http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Google_EarthFind stories, videos, and photos about Google Earth from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:22:08 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/05/24/memorial.fallen.troops/tztop.fallen.map.motf.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Google_Earth14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Google Earth from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/24/memorial.fallen.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/24/memorial.fallen.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextEach year on Memorial Day, tens of thousands of Americans visit Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington to pay tribute to the men and women who died serving the United States.Mon, 25 May 2009 02:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/04/09/tf.dating.dealbreaker.dealmaker/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/04/09/tf.dating.dealbreaker.dealmaker/index.html#cnnSTCTextI have said and/or done the wrong thing so many times that it's truly the eighth wonder of the world that I ever managed to trick anyone into dating me more than once.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/11/google.earth.censor.california/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/11/google.earth.censor.california/index.html#cnnSTCTextOK, it's California. So we are quite used to the rest of the country rolling their eyes in knowing exasperation at our fads. But often, they turn out to be harbingers of national trends. And so the question: Will AB-255 (a bill that would "censor" some aspects of Google Earth) number among them as well?Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/google.earth/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/google.earth/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe fact that you now can explore the ocean through Google Earth isn't going to make Google much money directly. But the move is nonetheless smart.Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/14/digitalbiz.techteachers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/14/digitalbiz.techteachers/index.html#cnnSTCTextTeachers are often portrayed as being clueless about technology, but ever more of them are putting that stereotype to the test.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/15/mashup.internet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/15/mashup.internet/index.html#cnnSTCTextThink it, find it, match it, mash it!Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/db.touchless/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/db.touchless/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe screen of Apple's iPhone has focused much attention on touch as a user interface. iPhone users can rotate and resize images with finger gestures for instance.Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/12/12/aerial.tours/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/12/12/aerial.tours/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe hum of the single-engine Cessna fills your ears as you ascend above the Peruvian high desert. Below you, flat expanses of dry, brown earth extend in every direction, punctuated only by twisting dry riverbeds ... a lifeless landscape. Then the plane banks, and over the intercom the pilot directs you to look at what appear to be just another set of curving, squiggly lines.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/26/airplane.views/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/26/airplane.views/index.html#cnnSTCTextI'm strapping myself in for a ride to the edge of the sky. Outside my porthole, the ground crew is preparing the vehicle for launch. The entry hatch is sealed, the mobile gantry pulled away. All systems are go. Soon, powerful thrusters will accelerate us to more than 500 miles per hour. At the peak of our trajectory, we will soar above about 80 percent of the atmosphere. The view of Earth will be panoramic.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/eco.whitbeckamazon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/eco.whitbeckamazon/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt took six flights, six airports, six landing strips, each one consecutively smaller, to get me from my base in Mexico City to La Petanha, a village of about 250 people set deep in Brazil's Western Amazon.Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/30/digitalbiz.navigating/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/30/digitalbiz.navigating/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the second Fantastic Four movie, a character called the Silver Surfer glides effortlessly over the Earth's terrain on a gleaming trans-galactic surfboard.Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:37:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1728817,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1728817,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsInternet search giant Google Inc. unveiled a new feature Tuesday for its popular mapping programs that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the worldTue, 08 Apr 2008 17:35:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/04/technology/kirkpatrick_peace.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/04/technology/kirkpatrick_peace.fortune/index.htmAs 2008 gets underway we don't have peace. (Just look at this depressing list in Wikipedia of ongoing conflicts worldwide.) But Daniel Stauffacher doesn't get depressed. Instead he thinks technology can help. This entrepreneur and Swiss diplomat leads a recently-formed group called the ICT for Peace Foundation, which aims to promote the latest digital and Internet tools for the people who truly need them most. (ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology.)Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/26/nasa.wildfire.tech/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/26/nasa.wildfire.tech/index.html#cnnSTCTextNASA's unmanned aerial vehicle Ikhana is a cousin of the Predator B, an Air Force tool used for wartime surveillance and reconnaissance missions, but this drone is on a more benevolent mission: assessing the damage from wildfires in Southern California. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/13/fossett/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/13/fossett/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe hunt for missing aviator Steve Fossett in the rugged terrain of western Nevada could solve some much older mysteries.Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/technology/google.ap/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/technology/google.ap/index.htmGoogle is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth, the Internet search leader said Thursday.Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/08/31/fsummit.space.explore/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/08/31/fsummit.space.explore/index.html#cnnSTCTextCan everyone be an astronomer? It certainly seems that way, especially with some of the latest tools at our fingertips, like Google Sky, which allows Internet users to navigate through a digitized map of space. But some say virtual astronomy is not just for amateurs and should also be the way forward for professional space exploration. A future of virtual astronauts, too.Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/22/google.sky.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/22/google.sky.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextPopular mapping service Google Earth will launch a new feature called Sky, a "virtual telescope" that the search engine hopes will turn millions of Internet users into stargazers.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:28:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/13/technology/makower_waterdata/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/13/technology/makower_waterdata/index.htmWorld Water Week is upon us, an annual fete of all things H2O. The event, held in Stockholm, is the leading global meeting place for experts from businesses, governments, science, NGOs, academe and United Nations agencies. This year's event features the launch on Tuesday of a remarkable Global Water Tool, a free online resource to help companies calculate water consumption and efficiency across a portfolio of facilities around the world.Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:21:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1649187,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1649187,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMatt Damon proves third time's the charm in a snazzy spy thriller that's both exhausting and exhilaratingThu, 02 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/06/11/100083453/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/06/11/100083453/index.htmAt dawn, under the belly of a wrought-iron bridge, 12-year-old Somnath Dantoso drops a dumbbell-shaped magnet from his makeshift raft into New Delhi's Yamuna River. It is a routine he has followed ... Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/09/google.nasa.telescope/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/09/google.nasa.telescope/index.htmlWithin a decade, a dream team of astronomers and computer geeks vows to bring a world-class observatory to every desktop, giving anyone with a PC access to remote galaxies and exploding supernovae.Wed, 09 May 2007 15:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/10/google.genocide/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/10/google.genocide/index.htmlIf you Google the word Darfur, you will find about 13 million references to the atrocities in the western Darfur region of Sudan -- what the United States has said is this century's first genocide.Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/19/magazines/business2/Liverich_intro.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/19/magazines/business2/Liverich_intro.biz2/index.htmWe all know the drill: To make sure you have enough green for your golden years, you're supposed to max out your 401(k) contributions, invest in index funds and growth stocks, and not - repeat, not - splurge on that top-of-the-line Ferrari. All sound advice.Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:39:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/12/magazines/business2/virtual_mapping.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/12/magazines/business2/virtual_mapping.biz2/index.htmVirtual mapping tools like Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D are great for those who want to ogle their neighborhood - but they may soon turn out to be an even bigger boon for the advertising industry.Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/24/genome.disease/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/24/genome.disease/index.htmlResearchers say they have developed an enhanced map of the human genome that could yield breakthroughs in understanding the genetic origins of illnesses such as heart disease, Alzheimer's and various forms of cancer.Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:43:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393134/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393134/index.htmAs I write this column in the third week of October, not a single hurricane has made landfall in the eastern U.S. this summer or fall. It's still possible that a major storm will plow through the G... Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:33:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387489/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387489/index.htmSpend just a few minutes on Google's sprawling campus in Mountain View, Calif., and you'll feel it right away: This is a company thriving on the edge of chaos. Google, age 8, is pulling in $10 bill... Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:29:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/11/technology/business2_futureboy_0511/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/11/technology/business2_futureboy_0511/index.htmSAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - It's Google's world. We just live in it.Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/03/technology/business2_browser0403/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/03/technology/business2_browser0403/index.htmMotorola has announced plans to sell its auto electronics business to Continental of Germany for $1 billion in cash. The company made its last "motor Victrola" -- better known as a car radio -- in 1987, but it has stayed in the automotive business, supplying behind-the-dashboard electronics to Ford, General Motors, DiamlerChrysler and BMW, among others. The move could make Motorola a more attractive merger partner, since it leaves the company chiefly with broadband and wireless businesses. One question remains: Should we call the company just plain "Ola" now?Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:41:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/28/news/newsmakers/schmidt_biz20_1205/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/28/news/newsmakers/schmidt_biz20_1205/index.htmBefore he arrived at Google in 2001 to serve as adult supervision for Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt was little known outside SiliconValley.Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:46:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/05/8271400/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/05/8271400/index.htmMY FRIEND RICHARD has out-of-body experiences in which his spirit soars over landscapes near and far, peering down at cities and people and mountains and lakes while his body remains safely tucked ...Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:01:00 EDT