From tales of discovering the lost city of Atlantis, to the latest discovery from an Australian whose Google Earth armchair archaeology suggests large parts of Saudi Arabia are “immensely rich in archaeological remains” and “probably several thousand years old", armchair archaeologists are finding new things to go ogle!

The latest version of Google Earth integrates Street View and includes 3D species-specific models of trees. It also provides more convenient access to historical imagery.

Perth based Ipernica (ASX: IPR) is poised to launch a new media company based around high resolution digitised terrain maps, that it says will compete with Google Maps and with Microsoft Bing.

A new version of Google's Picasa photo editing and management application includes face recognition. Other new features include Google Maps integration for geotagging.

To save other developers from having to re-invent the wheel, Google has decided to open the source code of Google Update. Well, that's what the company implies.

The orbital debris from the collision of the U.S. Iridium 33 satellite and the Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite can now be tracked in real-time by using Google Earth and an Orbiting Frog. See how to do it here!

On Monday, February 2, 2009, NASA announced its collaboration with Google to bring a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of Mars. The Google Earth 5.0 will provide maps of the Red Planet so you can explore the planet just like NASA robots on its surface and NASA spacecraft orbiting above.

Afficionados of Google Earth who are tired of visiting all the landmarks on the planet can now go for a virtual swim in the ocean. The new feature Ocean in Google Earth lets people explore 3D underwater terrain, and browse ocean-related content contributed by marine scientists and explorers.

Look, I'm sorry, but it has to be said. Open Task Manager on any Windows computer and chances are there are a hundred processes even if you're just sitting idly on the desktop. What's with the obsession to constantly make crap run on startup? Let's look at some common offenders and how to cut them down to size.

Ever wondered just what it was like to live in Ancient Rome? Probably not, to be fair, but Google reckons it might be fun to find out.