EU Orders Google To Delete Street View Images After Six Months
By Roland Hutchinson on Monday 1st March 2010 7:45 am in Technology News
Last week we heard that Google was facing an Antitrust inquiry from the EU, now it looks like Google are having more problems with the European Union, regarding their Street View service.
Currently Google updates its images taken by its Street View cars an vehicles every twelve months, this is about to change as they will now have to delete all images stored in the EU after six months.
Boxee Beta Now Available On Apple TV
Good new for Apple TV users, as Boxee Beta is now available for Apple TV. Boxee Beta was launched in January, but the latest version wasn’t available at that time for Apple TV.
Corsair Nova And Reactor Solid State Drives
Corsair has announced a new pair of 2.5 inch solid state drives, the Corsair Nova and Corsair Reactor. The Corsair Nova will be available in two capacities 64GB and 128GB, and they feature read speeds of up to 270MB/s and write speeds of up to 190MB/s.
Nintendo Files DSI Patent For Toucscreen Steering Wheel
Nintendo has filed a patent for the Nintendo DSI for a touchscreen based steering wheel which would be used to control racing games on the Nintendo DSI.
The patent shows in the photos that the games would be controlled by moving a virtual racing wheel on the DSI touchscreen, rather than using the left and right buttons which you have to do at the moment.
Klipsch Image S4 And S4i Earbuds
Klipsch has launched a new range of stylish looking earbuds, ideal for tour iPhone or iPod Touch, the Klipsch Image S4 and S4i earbuds.
The Klipsch Image S4 and S4i earbuds feature a cool black and white design, and have noise isolation designed to give you a much clearer sound. Both models feature flexible oval ear tips,which are designed to be more comfortable.
Shuttle XS35 PC – Measures Just 3.3cm Thick
Shuttle has announced the launch of a new small form factor PC, the Shuttle XS35 PC, which is probably one of the smallest PCs made by the company measuring just 3.3cm thick.
The Shuttle XS35 PC will be shown off at CeBIT 2010, next month, it comes with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom D510 processor and features the NM10 Express Chipset, it has NVIDIA ION graphics, with an NVIDIA GT218 graphics chip and it is capable of playing back HD video.
Nokia N97 Mini Gold Edition
Back in December we saw the Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition, now Nokia has decided to release another of their mobile phones covered in precious metal, the Nokia N97 Mini Gold Edition.
The Nokia N97 Mini Gold Edition comes with the same features as the Nokia 97 Mini, it features a 3.2 inch touchscreen display, a full QWERTY keyboard and a five megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with a dual LED flash, plus 8GB of internal storage, a micro SD card slot and A-GPS.
Palm Web OS 1.4 Finally Coming Today ?
It looked like the latest version of Palm’s webOS, version 1.4 was due to hit today, as Sprint had placed an announcement on their website confirming that an over the air update would be coming to the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi sometime tonight.
Palm owners have been waiting for the latest version, webOS 1.4 for quite some time, it had been rumored to be released on the 15th and then the 25th of February, now we are not sure if it is actually coming today, as it looks like Sprint has pulled the article from their website.
Samsung Launching Skype Enabled HDTVs
Samsung and Skype have announced that they will be launching a range of HDTV’s which feature built in Skype software and broadband capabilities.
The new range of HDTV’s will enable users to use Skype’s video chat in their living room, as well as make calls over the Skype service. Two models are being released initially the Samsung LED 7000 and LED 8000.
Formula One Design Bicycle Costs $34,000
High end bikes end up being pretty expensive, but no where near as expensive as this model designed by a team of Formula One engineers, the Factor001 which will cost you a cool $34,000.
The Factor001 is designed to be the world’s most technically advanced training bike, the bike is made mostly from carbon fiber, although it is still strong enough to take on the road.
2011 Porsche Cayenne
Porsche has taken the wraps of their new 4×4, the 2011 Porsche Cayenne, and the new model has had a bit of a styling upgrade, with a more aggressive look than the previous versions.
Porsche are obviously trying to make their gas guzzler a little more environmentally friendly as they have announced the introduction of the Cayenne S Hybrid, which is Porsche’s first production hybrid vehicle.
