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Google has put online some of the great art museums of the world. It has copied these museum's art collections. It also use it Street View approach use to create video tours of the associated museums. The site is located at -- http://www.googleartproject.com/

A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerised system uses a simple video camera, a high-resolution thermal imaging sensor and a suite of algorithms. Researchers say the system could be a powerful aid to security services.

This covers some of the tools and services under development and how to use them. While it is a little bit behind the curve, it covers search blogger, newsgroups, and other tools. It also list sites for Google employee blogging and sites that speculate what Google's next big thing will be.

Google has hit out at state attempts to clamp down on the internet by revealing governments' requests to remove data from the web and get information about users. Tonight it released a web page with a map showing country by country where it has had government requests or court orders to remove content from the YouTube video service or its search results, or to provide details about users of its services.