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Two old stories making the rounds this week - old for us Geeks anyway. The stories both are of responsibility that comes with the power technology can now offer.

Google has released its Street View service, where you can view real pictures of streets in the major cities such as Newcastle. The Google Car went about each city with a big camera attached to it, and took pictures. They then said they would blur out people's faces and cars so they couldn't be identified, but it hasn't been good enough and people have been captured doing things as diverse as breaking and entering, leaving sex shops, throwing up and flashing their boobs.