The new Google steet view has sparked protests by privacy groups. The new Google feature allows users a 360 degree view of photographs taken of streets by Google’s car mounted cameras. The objection is that car number plates can be read and that driver’s right to privacy has been affected. Google has agreed to blur the number plates on cars in the photographs but warns that no blurring technique is 100% effective.

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The DVLA has announced that the last remaining block of prefix number plates will be available through telesales sometime in October 2008. Many will be racking their brains trying to pick a number which they can buy for a few hundred quid and sell later for thousands. What many don’t realise that some have already been auctioned while others will be held back for future auction. Some already sold are F1 ACE,F16 ARO,F1 BMW,F1 BOY,F1 ESH.

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