Chinese artist-dissident lauds Google plan to stop censoring
A well-known Chinese artist and activist voiced strong support late Tuesday for Google's plan to stop censoring results on its China-based search engine. Read more...

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Magic Box Browser Just Boxes You In
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Astronauts can now surf the Web, Tweet from space
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Pornography filters in India have little impact
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Group behind Twitter hack takes down Baidu.com
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