Goodbye, creepy guy holding a rifle. Goodbye, dude walking out of a sex shop. Goodbye, public urinators. Due to privacy complaints, Google has been forced to delete scores of its best Street View shots.

Google was already forced to blur faces and license plates, but the pile of complaints has resulted in some images being pulled completely. Google doesn’t appear to be legally obligated to remove the photos; in a statement, a spokesperson said, “The images you see on Street View are the same images you would see if you were to walk or drive down the road yourself,” which is one of those “we’re being nice but we don’t have to” kind of explanations.

Read more .. Via [Gizmodo]

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More powerful cameras mean that we need powerful storage solutions. Well, here’s the latest portable external hard drive photo manager from Digital Foci. It goes by the name of the Picture Porter 35 and the device features a 160GB+ hard drive, a 3.5 inch color LCD screen, an integrated card reader supporting CF, MMC, SD/HC, miniSD, Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo, and xD-Picture cards, a USB host, and a TV or a projector output.

It’s not the most beautiful device we’ve ever seen, but it’s a great tool to backup your endless vacation photos and enjoy them. The Picture Porter 35 will be introduced at CES next week, but won’t be available until Summer of 2009. No price info yet.

[Thomas-PR]

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