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Internet: The Great Firewall of China

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A non-profit group of web designers, film directors and journalists who want to make the Internet censorship system more transparent has put up a web site called the “Great Firewall of China”. On the site you can test if a particular website address is blocked in China and see how the site looks from the perspective of a Chinese user. It works by routing the requested url from…

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China: Censors open some access to Wikipedia (Access chart)

After having blocked access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for almost a year completely, China has now started to open up some parts of it. With the help of bloggers and Wikipedians across China Andrew Lih has created a chart of Wikipedia reachability from within China. The English language version (en.wp) is now widely accessible [...]


Singapore plans free wireless Internet

From January next year, Singaporeans will get to enjoy free wireless Internet in public areas for two years. The government hopes this will grow the broadband market from the current 50,000 users to about 250,000 users in two years. Three operators – iCELL network, QMax Communications and SingTel will participate in this government and industry [...]