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Google says it will take "all necessary steps" to remove pornography from its Chinese language portal, Google.cn The firm was responded to criticism from China's internet watchdog which said Google was "disseminating pornographic and vulgar information". Google has been warned twice about allo
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Iraqi police say early morning bomb attacks have killed at least 11 people in different areas of Baghdad. A car bomb exploded on the road to the government compound known as the Green Zone killing at least five people. Another attack in the eastern Sadr City area killed three students on a min
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British scientists have developed a portable microwave scanner to help police identify individuals carrying concealed guns and knives. It is small enough to be used covertly, at some distance from the subject. The device is based around microwave radar technology and is designed to pick up the
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BEIJING -- China plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software that blocks access to certain Web sites, a move that could give government censors unprecedented control over how Chinese users access the Internet. The government, which
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Qwest Communications International, the telecommunications company, said on Monday that it was calling off the auction for its nationwide long-haul data and telephone network. The company, based in Denver, said the network was more valuable to the company than the amount it would raise in a sale
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A remarkable new networking gadget from Novatel Wireless Inc. seems to have gotten everything right except the name. It's called MiFi, a catchy but inaccurate moniker for such an unselfish product. Anybody with a BlackBerry or an Apple iPhone knows what it's like to carry the
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Google appears to be laying down the gauntlet in the e-book market. In discussions with book publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by year's end through which publishers could sell digital versions of
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Prior to 3D printing technology, prototype models were typically a very time consuming process. Draftsmen and modeling craftsman would create a 3D model out of wood, clay, polymers, resins or other materials to bring an architect’s or product designer’s drawings to a live mock
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