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It's given us robot cars and internet-enabled glasses -- but when it came to creating a "Street View" of a desert , Google hit on a low-tech solution. It hired a camel. The beast has become the first animal to carry Google's Trekker camera, which is typically hoisted by humans to capture 360-degree images of destinations inaccessible to its Street View cars. Google spokeswoman Monica Baz says the camel, reportedly named Raffia, was an apt way of documenting the beautiful shifting sands of Abu Dhabi's Liwa Oasis. Google street view   

NEW YORK (AP) Hackers stole personal information from millions of JPMorgan Chase customers this summer, in one of the biggest breaches of a financial company. The bank says only non-financial data was taken names, addresses, telephone numbers and email. But that s still a lot of personal detail, and experts warn that customers need to be vigilant about identity theft in the next several months. The theft involving 76 million households and seven million small businesses raises questions about the safety of personal information, especially at banks. What risks do people face? Will this keep happening? And can bank customers reduce the threat of identity or financial theft? Q: How concerned should I be if the hackers didn t get Social Security numbers, bank account or credit card information? A: We may not yet know the full scope of what the hackers were able to steal, says Eric Chiu, president of HyTrust, a clou...