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Google added recently the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill to their Crisis Response site.  It has overlay maps with satellite images, closures, news, etc.

Following up on Google’s promise from January 12th, Google China just moved its web servers for China to Hong Kong so that they can be run without censorship. Now it is up to Chinese authorities to decide to shut off all or partial access to Google.
Although Google is not the largest search engine in China*, [...]

Google recently added biking directions with Google Maps. See Bicycling as a drop-down option when looking for directions.

Beta Warning
The yellow note at the bottom to use caution isn’t just for legal reasons. Many have reported mistakes, such as directions to bike through Arlington Cemetery.
But, like everything Google, it seems to get better over time. People [...]

Google’s Crisis Response page for the Haiti earthquake has news, donation links, maps, satellite imagery, videos, and a Person Finder tool to look for or report on missing people.
This video is from the White House Haiti Earthquake Relief  site:

I used to tell people that the newest Internet Explorer 8 was safe enough. But recent events have changed my mind. The Chinese attacks on Google over Christmas were perpetrated using a vulnerability that exists in all versions of Internet Explorer. Microsoft still hasn’t fixed this.
Because of security concerns, both the German and French governments [...]