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Web browser maybe, but sticking ads everywhere isn't the same as installing it everywhere. Maps is a part of their search product, so you know, you can search for physical locations. Next thing you'll be saying is Google is using their web search monopoly to push image searching, weather forecasting and calculator services.

Errrm, they already do search competing video services too. They have done since before video search was integrated in the main search page. Try searching for South by Dave Otto (just plucking a random video off the Vimeo front page) for example.

I'd believe Florian Mueller and Steve Jobs when he was alive before I'd believe searchenginewatch.

Google work for you?
https://developers.google.com/maps/faq#usagelimits

Yes, because Google Maps is such an open standard. /s

They provide access to their API, anyone can freely integrate it into their software, websites, or Android apps and even insert their own maps.

https://developers.google.com/maps/

Misleading, at best.

Google charges you if you go over a certain number of users:
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2122151/Google-Maps-API-to-Charge-for-High-Volume-Usage

If you want access to map tiles, you simply can't get them, and Google will send their lawyers after you if you reverse engineer.

At least with Apple maps commercial use is free. And Bing will let you license the raw map tiles and provide you with an API to get them.)

(Citation: I've worked on software that implemented Maps from scratch and tried to license from Google. Google also made the news recently when they raised their rates: )

Yes, because Google Maps is such an open standard. /s

They provide access to their API, anyone can freely integrate it into their software, websites, or Android apps and even insert their own maps.

https://developers.google.com/maps/

I agree, but Apple decided to partner with TOM TOM of all companies. These are the guys that drive people into lakes and down railroad tracks. Google put a ton of work into their maps product and API and sent their cute little Google mapping cars all over the world to get Streetview done. Apple should have just bought Garmin instead or just worked out a map revenue sharing deal with Google. It seems that our egos are what always get us in trouble.

IMHO Apple is on a very self destructive course with respect to Google. Google can do services on a scale that other companies can't even conceive and the backend is where the magic happens. Apple might have new shinier lights out data centers and Google products might have clunkier front ends but the backends (especially GMAIL, Google Docs, and Google Search) are untouchable. We see this everyweek as Apple mail and iTunes struggles to scale up. Hey everybody, don't forget, the next round of the Google Power Searching class starts tomorrow. Power Searching with Google Registration and the presenter at Google is confident enough in his company to use a MAC.

Which part?

You should try harder, these are in top 5 links for google search for "export your data from your google account".

So you're saying I shouldn't submit my question about what to do now that I've killed my landlady, ate her kidneys, posed as her daughter and emptied her bank account, and now need a solution to the smell emanating from the floorboards where I buried her dismembered remains?

Phew, glad you told me. I'll phone a lawyer and a fumigator instead.

Just apply copious amounts of bleach and ammonia, that's guaranteed to take care of the real problem.

Disclaimer: anyone who thinks this is serious advice should do some research first.

Google's numbers are especially tame. 300 million watts (total) is far below one watt per user (gmail alone has at least 350 million accounts). Certainly if you use Google services on your 30-watt laptop, you use more power than Google uses to serve you. According to Google, "in the time it takes to do a Google search, your own personal computer will use more energy than Google uses to answer your query."

Since Google offers almost all services for free, it has a strong incentive to minimize resources per user. I expect the paid services are the ones that use the bulk of the energy, but all data centers together are still a tiny fraction of total worldwide power usage.

Some searches show that it almost certainly exists --- for a picture and (quite mixed) reviews, see URL http://www.epinions.com/cmhd-PDAs-All-Handkey_Twiddler/display_~reviews .

Not to take away from their mistakes, but, one of the good things iOS brought to smartphones was a full fledged browser, so that means you can go to http://maps.google.com/ ...

A friend commented on FB that a problem (even a serious one like this) with a usable workaround (or use non-3D maps) is lower on the bad scale, compared to non-Nexus Android phones that do not receive timely security patches or upgrades. I have to agree with him.

I'm going to have to call bullshit here. Your username is puto and you work for AT&T as a manager? That's just too fucking obvious to be true. (For those who don't speak Spanish, "puto" means "fucking")

Before someone mods me down for what looks like trolling, the poster I'm responding to claims that "Apple always gives a resounding fuck you to the carrier because they do not like to admit they are wrong." Yet when I caught AT&T "cramming" third party charges onto my bill, the AT&T manager I escalated to had the balls to claim AT&T had "proof" they couldn't show me or describe to me that they received an approval for the cramming charge from my device at the very moment I was using that device to report a spam text message. AT&T has no business complaining about someone else giving a "resounding fuck you" when they do it to their customers all the time. AT&T needs to be broken up again, and their employees have no business complaining about other companies' practices.

https://www.google.com/search?q=def+leppard+drummer

Finally, you should install Cardapio. It gives you a hierarchical (organized by category) menu of applications so you don't have to know the name of app before you search for it (a major complaint about Unity).

So basically, people should download Unity and spend time customizing it to include missing parts of the classic/standard desktop that Unity's paradigm is supposedly superior to?

I use freetrack for flightsims and racing games etc, it's free headtracking software and can be found here: http://www.free-track.net/english/ . I put my setup together for around £30 including the PS3 etyetoy I use as the camera and the soldering iron as well! Slight modification for a webcam is needed to remove the IR filter, but it is quite straightforward as per this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jJfuP7YgPA. In conjunction with GlovePIE you can program your head movements in freetrack to any controls you desire https://sites.google.com/site/carlkenner/glovepie (normally I'd say glovePIE.org, but it seems to have been 'hacked' by a moron for the time being). It can be used with almost any external controller, but it works very well with Freetrack. For instance in an FPS you could use your head to control WASD (lean forward for W, lean back for S, lean left for A, and lean right for D ) while your able hand controls the mouse. You could however use whatever variation suits you for any particular style of game. Hope that helps.

I use freetrack for headtracking in flightsims, racing games and Arma II, it's a free version of TrackIR (overpriced and aggressive about its dubious IP so I avoid) look here: http://www.free-track.net/english/. It is quite simple to build a headset with some IR LEDs and almost any camera will work with it. I built my set-up for around £30 including the soldering iron and a second hand PS3 eyetoy modded as per these instructions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jJfuP7YgPA. In conjunction with Glovepie, software which will allow you to program controls via almost any external controller https://sites.google.com/site/carlkenner/glovepie. You would be able to program custom controls for any game of your choosing. For example in an FPS you would be able to use head movement to control WASD keys ( Lean forward for W, lean back for S, lean left for A, lean right for D) and your able hand for the mouse. Here is the link for Glovepie https://sites.google.com/site/carlkenner/glovepie. I would normally give you glovePIE.org, but some retarded script kiddie seems to have 'hacked' it at the moment. Happy gaming...

I use freetrack for headtracking in flightsims, racing games and Arma II, it's a free version of TrackIR (overpriced and aggressive about its dubious IP so I avoid) look here: http://www.free-track.net/english/. It is quite simple to build a headset with some IR LEDs and almost any camera will work with it. I built my set-up for around £30 including the soldering iron and a second hand PS3 eyetoy modded as per these instructions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jJfuP7YgPA. In conjunction with Glovepie, software which will allow you to program controls via almost any external controller https://sites.google.com/site/carlkenner/glovepie. You would be able to program custom controls for any game of your choosing. For example in an FPS you would be able to use head movement to control WASD keys ( Lean forward for W, lean back for S, lean left for A, lean right for D) and your able hand for the mouse. Here is the link for Glovepie https://sites.google.com/site/carlkenner/glovepie. I would normally give you glovePIE.org, but some retarded script kiddie seems to have 'hacked' it at the moment. Happy gaming...

I thought that all features (which use compositing) weren't enabled when you used a VM. Maybe it would have been different if you tried it on a separate partition on the bare metal.

Anyway, as a non-noob user (developer) I'm here to say that Unity as of 12.04 is pretty good for power users and developers.

From my perspective, Unity is pretty good for multitasking workflows. In the earlier versions, Unity was useless for multiple workspaces because you could basically only have one copy of a program usefully running.

In the current version, there are indicators that tell you if one copy of a program is running, or two, or more. And if it's on the current workspace or not.

Although I had thought that I would hate it, it's actually pretty good, because 95% of the time you want to work with the apps, files, and programs you were most recently working with. Also, the Alt+Tab and Alt+` works well. They're basically integrated together so you can move out of one mode to the other (once you're in Alt+Tab or Alt+` mode, try using the arrow keys).

Also, one misapprehension I had about Unity was that youd have a huge number of icons down the left side. But since you only have one icon per program (instead of per window), it's not bad.

Finally, you should install Cardapio. It gives you a hierarchical (organized by category) menu of applications so you don't have to know the name of app before you search for it (a major complaint about Unity).

Not at all. Those triffids were developed as a reasonable alternative (and renewable) source of oil. They were first identified in 1951. wikipedia Google Images

I know you're trolling hard, but I'll bite anyhow. Some people reading here might (gasp!) actually agree with your drivel.

A website chooses not to store an infinite length password of yours

Here's the problem: they shouldn't be storing the password. They should be storing a HASH (that's a one-way function). Storing plaintext passwords is bad, m'kay?

Guys, it's free third-party e-mail. It's not your safe-deposit box.

Considering the provider, the infrastructure, the advertising dollars they make, etc. I think I'd expect more from Hotmail than I would the crappy POP3 account I might get from Charter (*blech*). Are you saying that because it's "free" (again, advertising dollars), it shouldn't be secure? Are you also saying that people don't have a right to ask for the simplest of security?

Not to mention, we all know exactly why they won't take more than 16 characters. Any bets your password's simply hashed into a 16 byte string anyway? Congrats, on your 17 character password being converted into 16 anyway.

Again demonstrating you don't understand decent hashing algorithms. Here's an exercise for you: pick any widely-used hashing algorithm (des, md5, sha-*, etc.) and then create a 100+ char string. Run that string through each of the hashing algorithms. Measure the length of the output (L) from each. Now feed the first L characters of your original 100+ char string into the same hashing algorithms again, and tell me if there's any difference in output.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

And finally, let's state the obvious: Limiting the password lengths also reduces the keyspace. See Brute-force attack.

...typical corporate bloviation. The kind of myopic propaganda that is designed to promote the concept that the only legitimate method of valuing anything is the market, and that any attempt to value something with anything other than the market is, by definition, illegitimate.

A "free and unfettered" market leads inexorably to the legitimization of prostitution, the selling of virginity ( https://www.google.com/search?q=Selling+her+virginity ) , trafficking in children, slavery, murder for hire, etc. It actually makes the entire concept of corruption impossible, while making it's reality unavoidable (and even ideal). Of course you sell your votes! It's not only legal (get out of the way of the market you evil government), it's the only way to measure your value, to yourself, your family, and to society. It's the very definition of a slippery slope.

Remember, if everything has a monetary price, anything can be bought or sold for money.

And if the market is the only legitimate measure of value, then everything has a monetary price. (And is thus terribly devalued, no matter the price.)

http://www.google.com/

No, your problem is believing that patents are vaguer than they actually are.

I've looked at the patent. http://www.google.com/patents/USD593087 Vague is probably the wrong word. Too broad is more accurate. 1) Apple claimed that Samsung violated this patent. 2) Looking at the patent drawings versus the supposed infringing models, I'd say that I can certainly tell them apart. 3) So exactly how close, or conversely, how far away from those drawings do I need to be to avoid a claim of infringement? Are confused consumers the measurement, as Apple suggested? Is one out of one million over the line? If not, how many?

It's true that the phrase "a rectangle with rounder corners" is a bit inflammatory, but that doesn't excuse the patent office granting overly broad patents.

2) Just last week I read that climate models had been using positive feedback to predict moisture (rain and drought) where in fact negative would be more accurate.

Moisture is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon. A hotter climate is able to hold more moisture. In fact, atmospheric moisture has increased by about 4% over the last 40 years. This is why it is a positive feedback - and a powerful one at that.

4) We are in an inter-glacial period and no one knows exactly how far the ice is supposed to recede.

We have been at the hight of an interglacial for the last 10,000 years. Temperatures have been relatively stable over than time, and should be slowly dropping as we head back into a glacial period. Over the last 50 years they have taken a sharp detour.

5) Had CO levels not been elevated by our actions, plant life would soon die - it's been decreasing for millions of years.

And would take millions more before this became a concern.

6) CO2 helps plants grow. Which will also take it out of the atmosphere.

Unfortunatly not at the rate that we are putting it in.

8) The prehistoric record shows significant vegetation (rainforest?) at higher latitudes - like Montana.

There are rain forests in Canada... what of it?

10) Alarmist articles bring eyeballs and ad-click revenue.

No argument there. I wish we could have a more reasoned debate but the media favours the extremes. That said, what is happening in the arctic is truly amazing. We have just about hit rock bottom. There ain't much left to lose! https://sites.google.com/site/arcticseaicegraphs/

Yet not a one climate model (to my knowledge) takes into account the biggest heat source and the biggest driver of that heat source.

https://www.google.com/search?q=climate+change+sun+spots

First hit is:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sun-spots-and-climate-change

most up-to-date climate models—including those used by the United Nations’ prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—incorporate the effects of the sun’s variable degree of brightness in their overall calculations.

This wasn't difficult. Are you being willfully ignorant?

I mean, I don't think it's great reasoning either, but try not to deliberately misrepresent the other side of the argument; it actually hurts your side.

Are you suggesting that its wrong to call a political party a bunch of racist bigots just because they support a policy that disproportionately effects minorities? Thats not what Democrats told me.

And apparently, the Willis Tower leans to the southwest: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.878381,-87.637596

A lot of my searches are for research papers, and the difference between the main Google and Bing is barely noticeable at all. Both get quite a bit of link-farm and paywall noise. However, Google Scholar is superior to everything else.

"extended compact genetic algorithm" .. standard google
"extended compact genetic algorithm" .. standard bing
"extended compact genetic algorithm" .. google scholar

Proposing a simple scoring mechanism with the score being the number of papers (PDF and PS files) actually linked to in the first page of results:

google.com - score 5
bing.com - score 4
scholar.google.com - score 8

I have mentioned this search term ("extended compact genetic algorithm") before about articles related to google and bing. Pretty much every time a Google vs Bing article comes up, I fire up this search on both to see how things have improved or gotten worse. Regular Google used to be a lot better, and Bing used to be a lot worse. I only add google scholar to show how good things might actually be if these sites stopped allowing pay-walls at the top.

A lot of my searches are for research papers, and the difference between the main Google and Bing is barely noticeable at all. Both get quite a bit of link-farm and paywall noise. However, Google Scholar is superior to everything else.

"extended compact genetic algorithm" .. standard google
"extended compact genetic algorithm" .. standard bing
"extended compact genetic algorithm" .. google scholar

Proposing a simple scoring mechanism with the score being the number of papers (PDF and PS files) actually linked to in the first page of results:

google.com - score 5
bing.com - score 4
scholar.google.com - score 8

I have mentioned this search term ("extended compact genetic algorithm") before about articles related to google and bing. Pretty much every time a Google vs Bing article comes up, I fire up this search on both to see how things have improved or gotten worse. Regular Google used to be a lot better, and Bing used to be a lot worse. I only add google scholar to show how good things might actually be if these sites stopped allowing pay-walls at the top.

I have never seen a good study of the actual proved innocent after death penalty administered, but I imagine the numbers will be very low.

The Colombia University Law School has done a study, which suggests the error rates are high: http://www2.law.columbia.edu/instructionalservices/liebman/liebman_final.pdf

For those interested in additional details, the appendices to that report (mostly tables of data and lists of cases) are in a separate document, viewable here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil

Point #6 of http://www.google.com/about/company/philosophy/

Though you're correct that "Don't do evil" is incorrect and that "Don't be evil" is/was an informal motto.
The philosophy and idea, regardless of the wording of the motto, is still a part of the company though.

Just because you don't have a clue about high performance Javascript nor WebGL doesn't mean the post is a troll; When you are trying to hit 60 frames/sec even 10 ms can make a difference when you have to resort to stupid language tricks like pre-increment to optimize a brain-dead language because the interpretor is stupid.

Since obviously you don't know anything about high performance Javascript I would recommend you start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minification_(programming)

Maybe you could tell me why even Google is interested in high-performance Javascript; there implementation is called V8. From their homepage at https://developers.google.com/v8/

"V8 is Google's open source high-performance JavaScript engine, written in C++ and used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. It implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition, and runs on Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X 10.5+, and Linux systems that use IA-32, ARM or MIPS processors. V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application. To see just how fast V8 is, look at the benchmarks. A good introduction to some of the core concepts that make V8 so fast can be found in the 2012 Google I/O "Breaking the JavaScript Speed Limit with V8" video (slides). "

Instead of adding absolutely nothing of value to the conversation why don't you do something productive and learn how Javascript is implemented so you can see first hand how much overhead the implementation of Javascript has:
http://code.google.com/p/v8/source/browse/trunk/src/

Come back when you are interested in learning how to write fast JS; you might actually learn a thing or too.

Just because you don't have a clue about high performance Javascript nor WebGL doesn't mean the post is a troll; When you are trying to hit 60 frames/sec even 10 ms can make a difference when you have to resort to stupid language tricks like pre-increment to optimize a brain-dead language because the interpretor is stupid.

Since obviously you don't know anything about high performance Javascript I would recommend you start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minification_(programming)

Maybe you could tell me why even Google is interested in high-performance Javascript; there implementation is called V8. From their homepage at https://developers.google.com/v8/

"V8 is Google's open source high-performance JavaScript engine, written in C++ and used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. It implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition, and runs on Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X 10.5+, and Linux systems that use IA-32, ARM or MIPS processors. V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application. To see just how fast V8 is, look at the benchmarks. A good introduction to some of the core concepts that make V8 so fast can be found in the 2012 Google I/O "Breaking the JavaScript Speed Limit with V8" video (slides). "

Instead of adding absolutely nothing of value to the conversation why don't you do something productive and learn how Javascript is implemented so you can see first hand how much overhead the implementation of Javascript has:
http://code.google.com/p/v8/source/browse/trunk/src/

Come back when you are interested in learning how to write fast JS; you might actually learn a thing or too.

MakerBot has a patent on their automated build platform. See here:

http://www.google.com/patents/US8226395

-Jeff Moe (jebba)

McAfee:

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/04/21/1735211

Symantec/Norton:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9019958

ODDLY ENOUGH?

SOPHOS (vs. Google Analytics)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22Sophos%22+and+%22Google+Analytics%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1

APK

P.S.=> And I can & DID point out a LOT MORE, & it's happened to myself in wares I wrote, and those of VERY NOTABLE FOLKS in this industry (Nir Sofer of Nirsoft, as well as Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3132237&cid=41401485 which some dork downmodded & ran... )

... apk

He was saying that it comes in cans too.

The death penalty would make a fantastic shoplifting deterrent.

Probably not. They tried it in Britain: "...in twenty two years from 1749 to 1771 two hundred and forty persons were convicted of shoplifting and other analogous offences one hundred and nine of whom were actually executed."

Hi. I use the Makerbot Replicator professionally to make equipment for my lab. I'm also a member of the Makerbot Google Group, who largely share my views:

(1) Good on them for going closed source. The Makerbot people have done a lot of work advancing the state of the art in consumer-level 3D printing technology. And they're being copied all over the place: there are kickstarters for near-identical models with shittier manufacturing that undercut their business. This is exactly what patents are made for, to protect innovation! And Makerbot Industries held off going closed source until they were forced to. Ultimately, I want Makerbot Industries to stay alive and keep being able to sell stuff so they can keep their R&D going. Also, they're great advertisers for 3D printing technology, and they're helping it gain mass appeal. More power to them.

Closed source or not, 3D printing puts a ton of power in the hands of ordinary people. Who cares if the printer is patented?

(2) People are feeling betrayed and that is really, really sad. See Occupy Thingiverse for details. I really hope this doesn't end Thingiverse. But it is creating awareness of the Thingiverse license agreement, which I suppose is a good thing.

(3) GOD DAMN THAT THING LOOKS AWESOME. I can't help but want the Replicator 2, it's gorgeous. It looks like the design idea here is "it does less stuff but does it better" - there's no ability to print ABS and no dual extrusion, but if it works as advertised, getting good prints out of it will be much easier.

(4) It's almost annoying how fast they iterate. The original Replicator came out in January, and this thing's already out? WTF? I've barely had time to play with the previous one, and now the support community will be split between the two models. So it'll be harder to find info on the Replicator and not on the Replicator 2.

(5) I don't know if I'll continue to support Makerbot Industries so much. Truth be, before this annoucement I was already considering a cheaper non-Makerbot 3D printer (e.g. the truly open-source RepRap). If Makerbot is going closed source all the way, that may be enough of a push to get me to buy something else. I'd be willing to pay more to support the open-source ideal.

In short, if they're going pure capitalist, then I'm going to do the same to them.

How big are the grounds ? Do they have servants too ?

I have pictures, and I have pictures.

How big are the grounds ? Do they have servants too ?

I have pictures, and I have pictures.

Then I switched to Open Office.

And?! I need closure on this anecdote^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hevent

call 1-800-OBVIOUS for a course about reading between the lines or 1-800-MCKAY for a course to improve sarcasm/irony skills.

Or google I need closure on that anecdote to unwhoosh yourself . . .

Just a couple I use off the top of my head

Just a couple I use off the top of my head

It's messed up that people are still reacting differently because this was an online post than if it were a postcard or a phone call or note tacked to a utility pole. In other words, I fail to see what makes this newsworthy at all, let alone "news for nerds."

More than 70% of people in the U.S. are Internet users. That works out to over 200 million. OMG! It happened on teh IntarWebz! is a reaction that's about 15 years out of date.

Now if only the legal system would catch up with the new normalcy ...

A. Google Maps doesn't record your location in any way. To find out about how your browser obtains your location, and how it protects your privacy, see your browser's Geolocation documentation using the links above.

but let me guess, the statement is a lie, right?

Sorry but I believe Google over you who've I've already caught lying.

Then again, I doubt very much you are interested in the truth and just want to rabidly attack Google for no reason. As I said, I'm ashamed of you for the both of us.

https://plus.google.com/+JeffHuber/posts/7aPJrDsk1DA

Where's your link about Apple getting paid by Garmin?

Who's the idiot?

Have you guys seen the new art history book I wrote?

It's waaaaaay better than that Canadian book. I've embedded the pictures right in the book:
A Brief History Of Art
(Please send me $180 if you click on it)

Thanks!

You realise that the page is out of date right? The entry for Google Maps says "pre-installed on iPhone" which is quite clearly no longer the case. In fact, Google Maps is not available as an app on iPhone, only as a limited web application.

And for what it's worth, Turn-by-Turn is actually explicitly forbidden by the Google Maps API Terms. See section 10.2 paragraph C:

(c) No Navigation, Autonomous Vehicle Control, or Enterprise Applications. You must not use the Service or Content with any products, systems, or applications for or in connection with any of the following:

(i) real time navigation or route guidance, including but not limited to turn-by-turn route guidance that is synchronized to the position of a user's sensor-enabled device.

There are too many links for this topic, so here's my quickie google search. Pick your article! https://www.google.com/search?q=tsa+liquid+drink+eyedropper

No, it was Jeff Huber at Google.

https://plus.google.com/+JeffHuber/posts/7aPJrDsk1DA
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/google-maps-ios-app/