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US testing new system to bypass Chinese web filters
Saturday, August 15th, 2009US testing new system to bypass web filters
The US government is testing a new technology in China that could soon give the country's 300 million web users another way to access information blocked by the Chinese government's filters.
The technology would pose yet another challenge to Beijing, which has been struggling to keep improper and violent materials, including pornography, away from its Internet users.
China’s maiden spacewalk to be broadcast live
Friday, September 26th, 2008China’s maiden spacewalk to be broadcast live_English_Xinhua
BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — China will broadcast live the nation’s maiden spacewalk slated for 04:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Wang Zhaoyao, spokesperson with the manned space program.The spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), will last about 30 minutes, he said at a press conference here Friday.
Excluding the opening and the closing of the module gate, the real spacewalk may take about 20 minutes, he said.
Mitsubishi Team creates ultra-thin colored solar cell
Monday, May 19th, 2008asahi.com : Team creates ultra-thin colored solar cell – ENGLISH
Japanese research team has created a green, organic thin-film solar cell, a breakthrough that could broaden the range of applications involving solar energy, including use in design-dependent products.The team, formed by trading house Mitsubishi Corp., Tokki Corp., a leading manufacturer of organic electro-luminescent devices, and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, hopes to produce the ultra-thin solar cell for commercial use by the end of this fiscal year, officials said.
Japan: NASA selects Noguchi for 6-month space mission
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Full story here: asahi.com : NASA selects Noguchi for 6-month space mission – ENGLISH
WASHINGTON–Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi was selected for his second mission in space–a six-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS) that he says could pave the way for emigration from Earth.
Thailand expands cellular service
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008Bangkok’s Independent Newspaper
AIS to launch 3g broadband this year
Advanced Info Service (AIS) is set to launch a 3G broadband cellular service on its existing 900MHz band within the next six months, its president Wichian Mektrakarn said yesterday.
Published on March 22, 2008
TOT, which owns the AIS concession, already has permission from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for AIS to import the third-generation equipment needed for the service.
However, the service is expected to be limited to some potential areas, said Wichian, who declined to specify the exact locations or investment cost.
If launched, AIS still has to share the revenue from the 3G service with TOT, given that the service will be launched on its existing concession owned by the state agency.
YouTube access blocked in China
Monday, March 17th, 2008The OTHER side of China rears it’s ugly head in a couple of places.
YouTube access blocked in China
Access to YouTube in China was denied on Sunday after footage of recent deadly protests in Tibet appeared on the video posting site. Attempts to call up the site met with a blank screen and an error message saying the web page could not be displayed. The access problems came after video clips began appearing on the site showing violent unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa that triggered a virtual lockdown of the city by security forces.
Chinese riot police march through the city of Kangding, located around 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province March 17, 2008. Chinese officials declared a “people’s war” of security and propaganda against support for the Dalai Lama in Tibet after the worst unrest in the region for two decades racked the regional capital Lhasa over the past few days.Reuters
China, which strictly controls access to information, has kept a tight lid on news out of Lhasa, with foreign journalists being denied access and foreign tourists ordered out of the city. The only footage broadcast by state-run media so far has been a short clip showing Tibetan rioters in the city destroying Chinese shops, but nothing has been released on the resulting crackdown by police.
Phillipines Broadband Scandal
Saturday, February 9th, 2008Full story with pics: ABS-CBN Interactive
The new witness in the Senate inquiry on the scrapped $329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal said Saturday he was forced to come forward and tell the truth after a former Malacañang official allegedly instructed him to lie.
MyToons.com expands online audience through YouTube partnership
Saturday, February 9th, 2008MyToons.com has inked a deal with video site YouTube to showcase the creative work of thousands of animators. The work will appear on a new MyToons branded YouTube channel that can be accessed through the YouTube Web site. MyToons.com provides a global platform for animators to design and share their original animated videos, cartoons and other content with animators.
Son finds hope for dying father on Internet
Friday, February 8th, 2008Son finds hope for dying father on Internet
The Internet is making connections possible that didn’t happen before. Now Stanford is marketing its clinical trials directly with its own all-inclusive Web site, med.stanford.edu/clinicaltrials.
Behind the Great Firewall | Chinese Technology
Friday, February 8th, 2008More here: Behind the Great Firewall | Technology | The Guardian
There were two very different snowstorms that blanketed China in the run-up to this week’s Spring Festival. The first, reported by the state media, was a natural disaster heroically battled by half a million troops and Communist Youth League volunteers. It left 5.8 million people stranded, but the people ultimately prevailed.The second, reflected through the prism of internet cynics, was a calamity exacerbated by official incompetence, indolence and optimistic weather forecasts. While the old media have quoted “heartwarming words” of appreciation for the government’s response and praised its own “heroic” reporters, the internet has been abuzz with furious denunciations of state broadcasters, forecasters and officials for getting the picture wrong.
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