Teh interesting tech news stub thread

[Goat]

"Wet Computer" Literally Simulates Brain Cells

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article...rain-cells

[Sforza]

Google to stop filtering search results on Google.cn

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered--combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web--have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. 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 basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.

Via Wired.

Source article

[NiX]

Google's retaliating against China cuz China's been sniffing their data up, so I hear.

[Twin-Skies]

Google to stop filtering search results on Google.cn

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered--combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web--have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. 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 basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.

Via Wired.

Source article

While I am happy that a company as big as Google has the balls to stand up for its principles and say the corporate equivalent of a "F**k YOU!" to the Chinese government, I am worried about what will happen to the net community over there.

[Sforza]

While I am happy that a company as big as Google has the balls to stand up for its principles and say the corporate equivalent of a "F**k YOU!" to the Chinese government, I am worried about what will happen to the net community over there.

They will switch to yahoo china

[Lord_Leperman]

Locked doors on rooms and buildings might be a thing of the past. Structure Procedural System may very well revolutionize the way video games are played (in game). Imagine, every door and window in the game will always have something on the other side.

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[Hempire]

wow.....a psychedelic game would be so trippy awesome with that engine in mind

[Mjting]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugg...3s/1387199

[Fox]

Microsoft terminates Xbox Live service for original system.

[J.E_Magog]

Scuba pair ambush Google van

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/101102...google-van

[Twin-Skies]

Zaku Machine gun )

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[Serene]

This not really news but, it's somewhat related.

For the first time, I've seen the most eye scratching combinations to ever destroy a toshiba laptop:
Celeron x Vista

It crawls people...

[NiX]

Yeah I've experienced that too. Slap on 2GB RAM and it becomes usable. But still, that should have been using XP.

[Serene]

Sabi ko nga palitan nila ng OS eh. And yes it has 2gig ram. Still frikkin slow though.

[Twin-Skies]

Warner Brothers buys Arkham Asylum developer
http://kotaku.com/5477933/warner-buys-ba...sylum-devs