Concerned over satellite images of its strategic installations being made available in the public domain by internet search engine Google, India has decided to constitute an expert group to suggest ways to safeguard the country’s interests. According to yahoo news, “Satellite images made available by Google include Rashtrapati Bahwan, residences of the Prime Minister, besides commercial airports, naval bases, atomic establishments and other sensitive installations, which could create a crisis from a safety point of view, he added.”
This story is on slashdot too. I have already written about this threat issues Google earth images created storm across India.
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Xara announces Xtreme Open Source
Xara announced that they are releasing an open source version of their vector drawing program, Xara Xtreme.
Xtreme Software is:
- Graphics software for all your drawing and day to day photo needs, ideal for both print and the web
- Creating web graphics
- See gallery/effects of Xtreme online
Xara Xtreme on Linux will bring a leading-edge graphic tool to the Linux platform. This is really a good news for all of us.
Read slashdot story and offical press release.