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Google has redesigned its Google Streetview website to show off some more of the highlights from its camera cars world travels with ski slopes, World Heritage sites and a selection of the coolest views from seven continents.

The coolest part of the new site though is the page which shows the Google Streetview snowmobile used for getting mountain shots. Google also shows off the Google Trike for navigating less hospital places and the Google Streetview Trolley it’s using for capturing footage from inside museums and historic buildings. You can see all three in the gallery above.

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Now Google Streetview games aren’t new as such – remember the Google Streetview racing game? – but we think this is the best yet: a Google Streetview zombie game. Created by Wonder-Tonic’s Mike Lacher, it’s a really simple challenge but surprisingly fun: you click your way around the Google Maps location of choice while trying to avoid the cartoon zombies that try to hunt you down. It’s hardly Left 4 Dead but it’s fun nonetheless. How long can you survive?

Out now | £free | Google Streetview zombies

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Google quietly revealed a hidden secret of the Google Streetview programme – it’s been using driverless cars. In typical Google fashion, the news that the search giant has pushed us one step closer to Skynet was revealed in a blog post. It’s got us wondering: are Google driverless cars the future of motoring and a brilliant innovation for making our roads safer or a recipe for disaster?
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Google received more requests for data from the UK government than any other in Europe. UK  agencies made 1166 requests between July and December 2009 according to a new Google Government Requests Tool. The launch of the tool comes just after international privacy commissioners sent an open letter to Google boss Eric Schmidt and EU concerns around Google Streetview.

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Google privacy issues have been highlighted in an open letter to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt. The letter signed by privacy officials from 10 nations including UK Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, flags up Google Streetview privacy issues and looks back at all those Google Buzz teething problems.
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Google has struck back against allegations that it’s breached European competition laws by messing with search rankings. The search giant has put forward Amit Singhal, a Google fellow and expert on its search algorithm, to explain the issues. His conclusion? Search is a little bit complicated.

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Google Streetview should shorten the time it keeps uncensored photographs, according to EU regulators. Google currently keeps snaps for a year but the EU has asked that it cut the period to six months. Google claims its current policy is “legitimate and justified”. Google vs EU: Round 2, fight!

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Google StreetviewGoogle Streetview could soon feature ads mapped onto real world posters, billboards and buildings if Google implements a recently granted patent. Read on to find out how Google plans to remake the real world in its own image…

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