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The Great Chinese Firewall

IMAGINE living in a country where bird flu is a constant danger, yet you can’t look it up on Google. You’re diagnosed with HIV AIDS but you can’t search for a Facebook support network. You’re trying to research a school project on religion but Wikipedia’s content on the subject is blocked. You’re in the mood […]

March 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Internet Security, Internet, General Articles | 2 Comments

Japan successfully launches high-speed Internet satellite

Japan successfully launched Saturday an experimental satellite aimed at providing high-speed Internet access across Asia, even when terrestrial infrastructure goes down, the space agency said.
The domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying the Kizuna satellite was launched at 17:55 pm (0855 GMT) with no glitches from the Space Centre on Tanegashima island off the southern tip of […]

February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Internet, Technology, News | No Comments