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In the last 12 months google has made massive amounts of acquisitions, so much so companies are in deed wondering if they will be the next company google buys. The search engine is on a quest to rule the technology world. Just this week google announced it was buying a photo-sharing Web site called Panoramio and confirmed the acquisition of security software vendor GreenBorder Technologies.

Google is said to be in talks to purchase an online RSS feeds site and software called Feedburner for US$100 million. Google last year paid US$1.65 billion for YouTube and US$3.1 billion for DoubleClick.

Google is working on several product lines, but most prominently is an online office suit that is free which is going to put a dint in Microsoft’s office suit.

But one piece of google software is a little concerning to the authorities is called Google earth it’s a technology that allows people to look at anywhere on earth in reasonable resolution. However , not in real time. In the recent news it was revealed that terrorists recently arrested by authorities planning a strike against JFK airport were consulting maps and google earth. Questions are being raised should this technology be freely available to the general public.

# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 4:27 AM