TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Geek's marriage proposal on Google Street View

A LOVESTRUCK geek has asked his girlfriend to marry him - again - and the whole world can witness the proposal using Google Street View.
Software engineer Michael Weiss-Malik had been dating his girlfriend, Leslie Moreno, for "some years" when he decided to ask her to marry him in April.
But this "Proposal 1.0" as he called it, was "quiet and low-key", he said on his website, and "lacking in pizzazz".
So Mr Weiss-Malik decided to make a large sign that read "Proposal 2.0: Marry me Leslie!" and hold it up as the Street View car rolled past his office.
Mr Weiss-Malik, a Google employee, had heard that the Street View cars would be updating the images of the street outside his Silicon Valley workplace, and like other employees, he was encouraged to do a funny pose for the car-mounted cameras as an "Easter Egg" – an extra treat hidden within Street View.
Some employees rode bikes behind the car, others staged mock fights, and one even dressed up as the yellow Street View placemark.
Mr Weiss-Malik didn't tell Leslie about the stunt. Instead he set up a website, www.marrymeleslie.com, to explain his upgraded proposal and encourage visitors to tell Leslie about it.
"When she woke me up, she asked why there were all these strangers e-mailing her telling her to marry me," Mr Weiss-Malik told The Mercury News.
Google Street View has been criticised for invading people's privacy as the service, which launched in Australia this week, allows anyone with a broadband connection to see 360-degree views of most streets in major cities and country towns.
A pro-privacy group recently protested against Street View by posting images of Google co-founder Larry Page's house, plus details of his car route to work.
Despite the issues, Mr Weiss-Malik said he was comfortable with the technology.
"I dare say that it's the first time anyone in the history of mankind has proposed marriage in quite this way," he said on his website.
The couple plan to get married in May.