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Stories about: World-Wide Telescope

Is Sky in Google Earth a Shameless Copy of the Microsoft World-Wide Telescope Project? Google is stargazing... from Microsoft's own backyard. The Mountain View search giant today introduced an updated version of Google Earth, enabling users to explore not only the planet but also in excess of "100 million individual stars and 200 million galaxies" via the Sky option. With Sky, Google Earth virtual... 22 August 2007 13:15 GMT Microsoft Turns Your PC into a Ground-Based Telescope Your home PC has the chance to become one of the most powerful ground-based telescopes in the world. Microsoft revealed that World-Wide Telescope will enable users to access technology that will enable them to explore distant stars, galaxies and quasars via millions of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. A map ... 7 March 2007 05:29 GMT