In the news: Google, 10 years in: big, friendly giant or a greedy Goliath?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/17/googlethemedia.google

Google Maps and Google Earth, launched in 2005, offer an astonishing interactive map of the planet, stitched together from aerial and satellite footage licenced from Nasa and various private companies. Google Street View, released in America last year, takes this a step further by providing photographs taken at eye level, which has prompted media alarm about invasion of privacy; the company insists the UK version, yet to launch, will obscure faces and licence plates.