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Gmail goes down in China Great Firewall may be to blame

Many China-based Gmail users have discovered that they’ve been unable to access emails since the start of the weekend. According to GreatFire.org a China-based freedom of speech group many Gmail web addresses were blocked in China on Friday — cont…

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Google’s Gmail blocked in China

BEIJING (Reuters) – Google Inc’s Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world’s biggest email service with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame.

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Russia lets anyone use Earth-sensing data from its civilian satellites

The US government has been willing to loosen its grip on satellite data but what about the info from other countries? Don’t worry that’s opening up as well. Russia has declared that the Earth-sensing data it collects from civilian satellites is now…

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How would you change the BlackBerry Q5?

Your humble narrator doesn’t review too many gadgets so it’s always a treat when one hits the How Would You Change timetable. In my mind the BlackBerry Q5 was the company’s most important new device simply because it would show if BlackBerry could …

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Sony’s Interview makes $15m online

Controversial Sony film The Interview becomes the studio’s most downloaded film ever just four days after its release online.

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Aphex Twin is making music software based on mutation

Aphex Twin (aka Richard James) is known for creating original complex sounds whenever he can but his next creation might just take the cake. He tells Groove that he hired a programmer to develop music software based on mutation. Once you give the a…

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Facebook says sorry for Year in Review

Facebook has apologised over its Year in Review feature after some users complained about the images chosen to sum up their 2014.

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‘The Interview’ and the aftermath

After a very public admonition by President Barack Obama Sony Pictures released The Interview to Google Play YouTube the PlayStation and Xbox stores and now iTunes to say nothing of over 300 independent theaters across the United States in time f…