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Google Keyhole, Google Scholar

Posted by michael on from the google-google?-google! dept.

baegucb_18706 writes "The front page of Google has a link to Keyhole where you can download a free trial of satellite imagery. Is it worth the cost for a subscription, and is it the start of the real commercialism for Google? And a challenge to MS's imagery?" D H NG writes "According to CNET, Google introduced a new service for academics called Google Scholar on Wednesday. This service searches scholarly literature such as technical reports, theses and abstracts. This service will not carry ads." And finally, reader ian@FalsePositives.com links to some speculation about how a sufficiently competent search engine could write the news itself.

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  1. woo hoo by gnoos · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first comment been waiting ages for that. wikkid.

  2. Please don't kill citeseer. by eddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you.

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  3. Slashdot news cluster by LupeSpywalper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is just a part of today's /. news cluster. You can browse images from 100 chinese satellites spotting californian cars via GPS.

  4. EPIC 2014 by gorbachev · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That one was really thought provoking. I am not sure if I should be scared shitless or wishing it was 2014 already.

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    1. Re:EPIC 2014 by Fr05t · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Sorry what was that you were saying? I just shit my pants, and not the good kind either.

  5. another shameless plug modded up to 5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    another shameless plug modded up to 5. /., you have become a tool of marketting wogs

  6. Scholarly Google? by Quixote · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Search for Microsoft on Google Scholar: 173,000 hits
    Search for Yahoo on Google Scholar: 52,300 hits
    Search for Google on Google Scholar: 520,000 hits

    There are some things even an 18-year-old company can't buy... ;-)

    Laugh.. it's a joke.