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On eve of Tianamen anniversary, China blocks Twitter, Flickr, Bing

On eve of Tianamen anniversary, China blocks Twitter, Flickr, BingFrom BeijingIt sucks alright. When hotmail/live went down yesterday, I thought all my Chinese friends on Facebook were going to riot! It's back up now, but the other sites noted above are still down. Tonight at midnight many Chinese sites I...

Tags: Tianamen anniversary, Tianamen, Twitter, eve, Flickr, Bing

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

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News to know: Pre; NetApp; Bartz; Windows 7; Netbooks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Matthew Miller: Palm Pre reviews appear; can it beat the...

Tags: NetApp Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-04

On eve of Tianamen anniversary, China blocks Twitter, Flickr, Bing

This can't be any surprise. But we will not forget. According to reports, with the 20th anniversary of Tianamen Square China has blocked access to Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail and Microsoft's new Bing search engine on a massive scale. And the repression goes beyond...

Tags: China, Flickr, Twitter, Huffington Post, Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Gates: 'Ability to censor no longer exists'

Gates: 'Ability to censor no longer exists'Gates the CensorThe ability to censor, might not be there but that certainly didn't stop a certain willy gates from censoring mention of free software from the United Nations. What next fiddle in the legal system, to imprison annoying penguinista's, obviously those rascally characters...

Tags: INTERNET, Government, Chinese Government, Gates IS, political system

Discussion threads 2006-02-02

Congress looks askance at firms that bow to China

Congress looks askance at firms that bow to ChinantSo our government is allowed to do this, but companies aren't?...Freedom Starts at HomeAs recently as last year US bloggers had to fight the Federal Election Commission to keep the internet free for political discussion in America.Although the FEC has dropped regulating...

Tags: Government, INTERNET, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Congress, Federal Election Commission

Discussion threads 2006-01-12