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15 March 2010

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Hungry Beast

The Beast File - Google loves to know ALL about you

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Meet Google. The noun that became a verb. The world's favourite search engine, and the company whose motto is "Don't be evil..."

Graphics by Patrick Clair, written by Elmo Keep and Jon Casimir.

Hungry Beast airs in Australia on the ABC, 9PM Wednesdays. More stories: abc.net.au/hungrybeast
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Let me Google that for you...

Google is in court, here, here and here.

Google is planning on “buying one company per month.”

Google is according to this report, “hostile to privacy.”

Google is planning to sell virtual ad space in Street View.

Google is responsible for creating this, which is amazing.

Google is responding to your privacy concerns.

Google is this many statistics.

Google is... Skynet?

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