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23 April 2010 ~ 12 Comments

Kunming: One step ahead – 昆明:超前一步

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Most people in Shanghai believe that the economic capital of China is, in fact, the centre of the Earth. They think that leaving the city limits is like going back in time, or stepping from civilization into the countryside. 在上海的大多数人认为,中国的经济中心其实就是地球的中心。他们认为,离开这个城市的范围就像是回到过去,或从文明走向农村。 Well I can now reveal that Kunming, in Yunnan province, is ACTUALLY more advanced technologically [...]

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14 January 2010 ~ 25 Comments

China mourns the death of Google – 中国悼念谷歌死亡

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It almost seems inevitable at this point – Google will be pulling out of China. It is unclear about what exactly will still be available to the millions of people who use Google’s services every day here, but staff at Google.cn were rumoured to have spent yesterday watching Avatar and eating a farewell meal, before [...]

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13 January 2010 ~ 6 Comments

Hack back – Chinese hackers give something back to Iran! – 反击黑客-中国黑客给予伊朗的反击!

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It’s been confirmed that Baidu was in fact hacked by the funnily named ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ earlier today. 已经确认了今天早上百度确实被‘伊朗Cyber Army’给黑了。 Kaixin001 now reports that the Chinese were quick to give something back to the ‘community’ :) 开心001报道了中国人很快给予的反击。 :) (All text taken from Kaixin001.com) (所有文字来自开心001.com) ——————————————– http://www.downling.net, the biggest entertainment website in Iran was rendered unavailable [...]

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12 January 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Baidu hacked (pics) – 百度被黑(图片)

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Reports on Kaixin001 (The Chinese equivalent of Facebook) suggest that Baidu (The Chinese equivalent of Google) was hacked early this morning by Iranian cyber terrorists! This might be a hoax, but I think if it was then….they would have made a better PS picture! 来自开心001的报道,百度今早被伊朗恐怖分子所黑!这可能是个闹剧,但是我觉得如果是……他们可以PS得更好一些! Baidu hacked (pics) 百度被黑(图片) Check out these screencaps of the [...]

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22 December 2009 ~ 15 Comments

The best movie, album, drink, website, games and TV show of the decade! (Add yours!) (10年来最棒的电影,唱片,饮料,网站,游戏和电视剧!(加上你的!))

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I don’t know how it happened, but reports suggest that the first decade of the second millennium is about to finish. Crazy! I spent a year in France, two years in China, two years in Warwick University and five years in London – it all seems a bit of a blur! Some things, however, have [...]

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02 December 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Google Chrome Extensions and OS! (Google浏览器插件及操作系统!)

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It seems like Google is getting ready for its new Chrome OS operating system, and changes are happening quickly! They recently announced that it was opening the doors to its ‘Developers Area’ for Google Chrome Extensions (addons and plugins for its browser), and today I noticed another message at the bottom of the screen: 貌似Google已经为它的新的浏览器操作系统做好了准备,很多东西都在迅速地改变!他们近期称Google浏览器扩展(浏览器的插件)正是为‘软件开发者’打开了一扇门。今天我注意到了屏幕下面的另一个信息。 [...]

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27 November 2009 ~ 80 Comments

Christmas has come early for you! (If you want a Google Wave invite for Christmas) (提前发送圣诞礼物啦!(如果你想要Google Wave邀请))

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I think I was the last person to get access to Google Wave, however now I have it I want to use up ALL of my invitations to other people before it become OPEN and everyone can use it! 我想我大概是最后一个得到Google Wave邀请的人,不过我现在有了然后我想用所有的邀请给大家,在它开放以前,每个人都可以用它! So if you want an invite, just leave a comment here saying so (as [...]

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