links for 2008-07-05

• Google Uses 613 Words About Adding 1 -- Privacy -- To Its Home Page | Danny Sullivan | SearchEngineLand
  "After yesterday, this just felt like too much overthinking an easy, simple change while a far more important issue was left without any public commentary on the blog at all". Danny less than impressed with Google fretting over homepage word count.
  (tags: google dannysullivan searchengineland privacy youtube)
• BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Sir Charles Wheeler
  I was lucky enough to see a panel discussion about the 50th anniversary of BBC television news in 2004 featuring Charles Wheeler, who was a great source of anecdotes, and had some very formidable opinions about the news business.
  (tags: journalism charleswheeler bbcnews obituary)
• Here is an illustrated summary of the BBC News 50 Year celebrations - currybetdotnet - 5 July, 2004
  My write-up at the time of the 2004 BBC News anniversary panel event which featured the late Sir Charles Wheeler.
  (tags: bbcnews currybetdotnet charleswheeler)
• Virgin Media blames 'administrative oversight' for threats on warning letters - Telegraph
  Getting into bed with the BPI and sending threatening snail-mail? I think that is Virgin Media firmly booted off my list of potential broadband suppliers for if/when I return to the UK.
  (tags: bpi piracy privacy virginmedia broadband telegraph)
• Google Street View cars have arrived in Britain - Times Online
  From the comments: "There are no privacy issues here- just liberals trying to make an issue out of nothing". Yeah. Stupid damn liberals. Who wouldn't expect that time you strolled to the newsagent being the default Internet view of a location?
  (tags: googlestreetview privacy timesonline)
• Google faces 'Street View block' | BBC NEWS | Technology
  "Mr Davies added: 'Google likes to think of itself as a global player. In reality it is acting like an irresponsible adolescent. It's time for the company to take responsibility for its actions and to do the right thing.'"
  (tags: privacy googlestreetview bbcnews)

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