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UC Panel OKs Initial Work To Presidential Mansion

UC Panel OKs Initial Work To Presidential Mansion

<p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/UC-panel-OKs-initial-work-to-presidential-mansion-4822382.php">Click here to view pictures of the mansion</a>.</p> <p>The recession is over, and <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=education&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22University+of+California%22">University of California</a> officials need a place to party.</p>
Privacy Advocates Look To California

Privacy Advocates Look To California

<p><span style="font-size:16px; font-family:arial;">SAN FRANCISCO — Frustrated by a lack of action at the federal level, privacy advocates pushing for an online Do Not Track law are hoping a California measure will kindle a national debate.</span></p>
Google Street View Case Shows Challenges Posed By Watchdogs

Google Street View Case Shows Challenges Posed By Watchdogs

<p><b>Google loses its appeal in the Street View privacy lawsuit, highlighting the difficulties that counsel can face dealing with consumer watchdog groups</b></p> <p>For Google, the recent ruling by a U.S. appeals court concerning the tech giant’s Street View program represents both bad news and even worse news. </p>
Google Execs Have Developed a Taste for Pacific Islands

Google Execs Have Developed a Taste for Pacific Islands

<p>Top Google executives seem to have a penchant for travel on their private jet fleet to exotic locales in the Pacific Ocean, such as Tahiti, Palau, Fiji and Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323864604579069730686941454.html">according to Federal Aviation Administration records</a>.</p>
Court Says Privacy Case Can Proceed vs. Google

Court Says Privacy Case Can Proceed vs. Google

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — In a major legal setback for Google, a federal appeals court here said on Tuesday that a lawsuit accusing the Internet giant of illegal wiretapping could proceed.</p> <p itemprop="articleBody">The ruling, which comes at a moment when online privacy is being hotly debated, has its origins in a much-publicized Google initiative, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.street&hl=en">Street View</a>, which tried to map the inhabited world.</p>