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Tue 2008-08-05

Google Streetview in AU

Filed under: — daniel @ 09:24

Google Maps has launched Streetview for some Australian cities.

Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

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Age story

PS. Japan just launched too

Looks like the Citylink tunnels caused some GPS glitches — it thinks there are little bits of road way in the middle of The Domain.

Google blog announcement

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Wed 2006-05-24

Human to human transfer of Birdflu seen in Indonesia

Filed under: — josh @ 11:07

Human to human transfer of Birdflu has been seen in Indonesia. Six of the seven infected people have died. The infection chain from the index case is three people long.

That which was a matter of time may actually be upon us.

So, what’s your H5N1 survival strategy?

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Thu 2005-12-22

GMail opens

Filed under: — daniel @ 19:32

Gmail signupGmail is now open to new (uninvited) members, at least for Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey or the USA.

Curiously the signup process requires a mobile phone number.

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