The App Store: Now With 100% Less Fun!

Many of you have likely been hearing about the iPhone App Store’s crackdown on suggestive or titillating apps. The common thread in all the stories has been a deliberate vagueness on Apple’s part – they know if they define the content they don’t want as a list of rules then developers are just going to [...more]

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Feb 21 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Engadget Turning Off Comments

The conversation about technology on the interwebs is about to get a little quieter. Popular technology site Engadget is apparently having a little bit of trouble with the tone of some of the comments on their stories, and is temporarily disabling the ability to comment on stories. According to Engadget writer Joshua Topolsky, the conversations [...more]

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Feb 02 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss

Google Dumps Chinese Search Engine Censorship

Striking a blow for freedom of information, search engine giant Google has announced plans to discontinue its oft-criticized censorship of the firm’s Chinese iteration, Google.cn. “We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the [...more]

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Jan 22 2010
By Nex

Chinese Arrest 5,394 Users In Pornography Crackdown

China’s arresting people who, according to China’s Ministry of Public Security, are internet pornographers threatening the “emotional health” of children. The only problem is, if you visit the Ministry of Public Security’s website, you’ll find it’s filled with hot dudes & ladies! That’s a little hypocritical, isn’t it China? The women in these photos can restrict [...more]

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Jan 04 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos