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It seems like every man and his dog is writing about google maps street view and thus, I feel the need to jump on the wagon. I personally think google maps street view is great; it is more useful than my street directory, and it gives me a chance to explore the world from the convenience of my desk.

But with these great advanced technologies, there are often some drawbacks which come with them. And google street view is of no exception. Many people are saying it is an invasion of privacy for having photographs of themselves, their homes, and their belongings available on the Internet for anyone and everyone to see.

A boing-boing reader is freaking out, Larry Dignan from zdnet is wary of the whole thing, Daniel Terdiman from Webware is doing a story or a photo gallery of spying with google street view and I am sure there are many more concerned users out there.

Whether it raises a serious privacy issue or not, most of us would be happy to agree that this google new feature is amazing and is definitely impressive.

Technorati Tags: google, street view, google map, web 2.0, privacy, street map

Ever wondered how google will be like in the future, say 20 years from now? the.voyager (Flickr) has uploaded a screenshot of the future google.

View this on flickr

That would be very cool!

Technorati Tags: google, search engine, humor

Web 2.0 ‘neglecting good design’

Top 5 javascript frameworks

Cool Things You Can Do With Google

Freebies Round-Up: Icons, Buttons and Templates

ESWAT web project framework

Technorati Tags: www, websites, bookmarks, web 2.0, design, javascript, framework, google, freebies

Computerworld published an article on The top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills discussing in details a list of dying computer skills which are decreasing in demands in today’s corporate world. The list consists of:

1. Cobol*
2. Nonrelational DBMS
3. Non-IP networks
4. cc:Mail
5. ColdFusion*
6. C programming*
7. PowerBuilder*
8. Certified NetWare Engineers
9. PC network administrators
10. OS/2

*Also check out my post on Programming Languages Trends to find out how programming languages are ranked and whether your programming skills are still up-to-date.

Technorati Tags: skills, career, programming, computer, IT, trends, programming languages

Technorati has been redesigned with color scheme of green and yellow in less than a year. Not only it has been redesigned, new functionalities have also been added and some old ones have been eliminated. In their own words:

First, we’ve eliminated search silos on Technorati. In the past, you had to know the difference between keyword search, tag search and blog directory search in order to make use of the full power of our site. No more. Starting today, we now provide you a simplified experience.

With this launch, we also provide you with more context around more stuff like videos, music, and blogs. Over time, these pages will become richer and more comprehensive as we add more information about the thing itself, like where it was published, who links to it, what other things are similarly tagged, and more.

A screenshot of their old design can be found here.

Technorati Tags: blogosphere, blogsearch, blogging, design, redesign, web design, launch, search, searchengine, technorati