" Company representatives even remarked that "Blu-ray was only a storage medium, " and reiterated that BD "wasn't the only way to view high-def content.

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I've been talking to the man behind Street View, Luc Vincent - via the rather clumsy medium of a Google Hangout - and asking him about the project's ambitions. (Our edited interview is above - but you can see the full version here).

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Prime Minister Putin was also characteristically direct and painted a robust view of the role that Russia plans to play in the medium-term governance of the global economy, building on their resource strength and technology innovation.

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"In our view, the predictability of Hungary's policy framework continues to weaken, harming Hungary's medium-term growth prospects, " the agency said.

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