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With the addition of portions of Antarctica to Google’s Street View, Google can now claim Street View availability on all seven continents. It took three years of LARPing and accident catching, but they’ve done it. For now, the Antarctic viewing is extremely limited, but Google plans to expand with user-submitted photos and more official photography. You’ll notice that some Antarctic photos are completely unrelated to Antarctica. At one point there is a photo of a barn located in Wisconsin. But... Continue reading

If you had any doubt that Blizzard went all-out with their StarCraft 2 map engine, this should quell your concerns. YouTube user malou5a showcases his newest StarCraft 2 campaign creation; a fully-functioning third-person zombie shooter map. Featuring support for up to 8 players, bullet shells with realistic physics, a flashlight effect, power-ups, aim and weapon swap animations and lots and lots of zombies with automatic AI. While it’s not perfect, it’s a clear indication of how much work Blizzard put... Continue reading

Why even bother leaving the house these days? You can work from home, order our groceries from home. I mean, the internet has really revolutionized our entire culture. And now, the Map-Equipped Treadmill, properly known as the NordicTrack X7i Incline Trainer, shifts and inclines depending on the actual topography of the terrain you set as your own custom hiking route. Feel like taking a trip across the curvy roadways of San Francisco? Or maybe a simple race across Azeroth? Well, good... Continue reading

Shot on the streets of Italy, this image very well might reveal a multitude of possibilities.  Could it be intelligent life? Or maybe some sort of smoke monster? Congratulations to those of you analyzing this photo for half-an-hour. You’ve likely been staring at bird shit. Link [via]

Seeing the Google Street View car in your area is nothing new. But what happens when you team up with said Street View team and act out weird scenes on your street? That’s what residents of Pittsburgh, PA did when the cameras came a’flashin’ down Sampsonia Way: On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. Neighbors,... Continue reading

The oft-troubled Dodgeball service is on its way out at Google but that won’t keep the company from innovating new products. Case in point: Latitude. Google Latitude is a new location-based social networking experience. You install a widget to your iGoogle page if you’re on a computer and mobile users can directly access the Latitude website. Users can see other friends’ location, update their status message (just like Facebook) and it’s all in real-time! Privacy issues will no doubt keep... Continue reading

Living in New York, it’s quite frustrating when you just miss a train and are forced to wait for 25 minutes until the next one shows up. The latest iPhone update apparently can tell you when the next train departs when you use Google Maps. This is a really neat feature that I praise Google for doing. The real question is, will this feature hit the T-Mobile G1 anytime soon? Link

It appears Google is advertising its Maps service on the New York City subway. I found these pictures on my buddy Nick’s Tumblr, thus leading me to believe that Google would prefer you to use the Maps service over Hopstop. Too bad it’s stuck on the shuttle train. Link

It’s always nice to hear about video games getting updated so often now that online gaming is the way to go. EA has announced that they are going to be releasing a large upgrade to their game Battlefield 2142 in the spring of this year. Take a look at what EA has said about the update: Three new maps provide the setting for the Booster Pack. High up in the Alps the EU uses launch pods to launch an assault... Continue reading

Are you getting bored with the current maps on one of the fastest selling video games in history? Well, Cliffy B. has good news for you. The game developer turned geek superstar has said that on January 10, there will be two new Gears of War maps released. The two new levels are to be called Raven Down and Old Bones. So what are the missions for these new spankin new maps? Raven Down: A Raven Helicopter has gone down... Continue reading