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Ogle Earth tells us there's a new Google Earth Beta out there. From the major fixes: "Major Fixes: * Improved performance and stability with large number of collada models
* Mac specific bug for time data being shown incorrectly
* All urls in description are now automatically converted to hyperlinks (wrap description with ... to avoid this)" Meanwhile, the Google Earth Blog tells us about new 3D buildings and additional content for Google Earth. From the blog: "A new Featured Content layer of reviews from the web site Yelp.com which hosts reviews by people who have been there." Update: 01/09 21:27 GMT by S :Google Earth is now out of Beta and additional updates listed by Ogle Earth.
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