If you are Google Earth addict, you might notice that Google updated imagery of Google Earth and Google Local by higher resolution images. The announcement mentioned mainly to Google Earth in U.K. and some parts of Google Local. In addition, I just want to clearly state that it updated Thailand too. Now I can see my home clearer than ever.

We"re always trying to improve the imagery in and , but our latest update is bigger than usual. Not only have we added extensive 6-inch imagery for many parts of the U.K., but we"ve updated the Google Local database to match the coverage we have in Google Earth, and (drum roll, please) ... we"ve added two more zoom levels in Google Local"s Satellite mode! Now for many areas around the world you can see a lot more detail than you could before.

Today, Krishna Bharat, the creator of , that Google News has been taken out of beta! For me, I read Google News for a year without notice that it is still in beta. The great part of Google is to allow us to customize things and recommend the next best thing beside the content. That is applied to Google News by now. If you sign up for Personalized Search, the recommended news stories will be highlighted just below the top news stories on the page. Cool!

Former US teen star Leif Garrett has agreed join a strict drug-diversion programme for violating his probation in a cocaine case.

Garrett, 44, was commended by the judge at LA Superior Court for his decision and his release from jail was ordered.

On Wednesday he pleaded not guilty to possession of heroin stemming from an arrest on 14 December.

His first film was 1969’s Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and his hits include I Was Made for Dancing and Surfin’ USA.

The performer pleaded guilty in March to attempted possession of cocaine-based narcotics stemming from a 2004 arrest, and was placed in drug treatment.

’More intense’

After he failed to appear in court last month for a status report a warrant was issued for his arrest.

He had previously had been ordered into drug treatment, which he failed, but the spokeswoman said his new programme would be "much more intense".

"It’s frequent testing and daily counselling" and lasts a minimum of a year, she said.

Garrett has appeared in 36 films, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, and has released 10 albums.

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Normally you’d expect new cars to roll out with Wireless USB or WiFi support, but instead Merc Benz have put a PCMCIA slot into the new 2007 S-Class. Probably not for WiFi, this feature would let you use your audio stored on the card and other card adapters if you’re done with the CDs. Pricing and availability? Heh, heh...

Source: http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=70785&cat_id=505

At the first announcement, positioned itself as an alternative mail service with identical principle, archive them and never delete. This was because of its large startup space at 1 GB. Anyway, time proved that 1 GB were not enough for junk mails and especially forwarded mails including me. There are lots of unnecessary mails in my mailbox. I don"t want to use it anymore so I definitely want to permanently remove them all as fast as I can.

Last week, I still have to move them to the trash and then remove them out of the trash again.

Amazon.com plans to broadcast an original show on its website featuring performers and authors touting new releases - which will be for sale at the online retailer.

The 12-episode webcast series, which will begin airing on June 1, is the first offering in what the internet company says is a broader plan to add more original programming to its website.

Kathy Savitt, Amazon.com’s vice-president of strategic communications, content and initiatives, said the long-term goal is to help the company become more of a "destination", where offerings such as this help people find artists whose works they might not previously have thought of buying.