Top 10 vnunet.com articles, 20 Mar 09

Google Street View

Most popular with readers this week has been the arrival of Google Street View, letting UK web users locate photos of their houses, streets or any other interesting landmarks via Google's photo mapping technology. However, we doubt it will be long before unauthorised or unexpected images start coming to light on the site and are used for unintended purposes.

The major product launch of the week has been the release of Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft hopes IE8 will revive interest in its browser against rivals such as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome, which has also had a new beta release this week. In our first look at the updated browser, we found that the security features and greater support for standards were welcome features; if not enough to tempt back rival browser fans, they should certainly encourage users of older IE versions to make the upgrade.

Google Street View: Bad news for UK cheats
Search giant promotes potential business uses, but privacy concerns remain

First Look: Internet Explorer 8
Our initial impressions of Microsoft's newly released browser

Flying car takes to the skies
First successful test flights for the Terrafugia Transition

Apple to unveil iPhone 3.0 software upgrade
Major rewrite on the cards

Dell ships ultra-thin Adamo laptop
'World's thinnest laptop' now available to pre-order online

The case for (and against) an Apple netbook
Can the Mac make it in the mini market?

Google takes Chrome back into beta
New browser promises to be a speed demon

Security experts blast BBC over botnet stunt
Hijacking computers was unethical, say researchers

Top 10 best things about the web
A look at the positive aspects of the online world

Tim Berners-Lee admits to falling for online scam
Web founder conned out of money by bogus shopping web site