2007 May

Another cool tool and member of the GoogleEarth family has been released.  Here’s John Hanke’s explanation of Google’s Lat Long Blog,
Welcome to the Google “geo” blog. As web mapping (dare I say “the geoweb”?) matures, we’re finding that we have a lot more to communicate about new developments in Earth, Maps, Local, and our APIs. [...]

According to a recent New York Times article, the presence of laptops in the classroom is being reconsidered.
The students at Liverpool High have used their school-issued laptops to exchange answers on tests, download pornography and hack into local businesses. When the school tightened its network security, a 10th grader not only found a way around [...]