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Google Earth version 4.3 gives software users a street-level perspective, a feature taken from the Web-based Google Maps.
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"Google racing for 3D map supremacy against Microsoft, which has been pouring energy into its Virtual Earth and Live Maps technology, including a major upgrade last week."
grammatical errors not grammer mistakes.
It the Street View feature from Google Maps for a ground-level view of some areas, and a new navigation method makes the software more like a first-person video game, Google said in a statement.
- Beware, the Google installer is evil!
- by sam99999999 April 16, 2008 10:39 PM PDT
- I tried to install the Google Earth update via "runas" since my ID runs in limited mode.
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(4 Comments)But the installer complained and said I need to use a full admin ID, and then it quit.
So just out of habit I ran msconfig and lo and behold, Google left an "updater service" AND an "updater" common startup item! I disabled both.
Then I decided to run Autoruns and I found a Google Toolbar notifier browser helper object had been added, even though I had declined Google Toolbar during the install. I disabled that too.
Then I had to stop the Google updater "service" which was now running.
I don't care what Google says, but this is pretty evil.