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Twitter Will Be Available in China…Someday

While most of the world happily enjoys the Internet’s free services such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Google, in China these are either inaccessible or might become so in the following months. And, as shown by Google’s recent squabble with the Chinese government, it can be very hard to operate in the world’s most populous country. But Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has faith that Twitter will be able to operate in China, although it’s currently blocked by the government. At a New York panel discussion on social media and digital activism, Chinese activist Ai Weiwei asked Dorsey whether they can promise availability of Twitter in China . Dorsey said: “I would say yes.
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Very Chilled Chinese Man Destroys HP Laptop [Video]

What do you do when a laptop breaks down three months after purchase? Get it repaired? Sell it?
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Google Reportedly 99.9 Percent Sure To Shut Down Its Chinese Search [Censorship]

Though the last we heard, Google was nearing a compromise that would allow them to stop censoring their Google.cn results, the Financial Times is reporting that they are almost certainly going to close their Chinese search engine. Since their initial ultimatum in January, Google and China have traded vague statements about reaching a compromise, but, unsurprisingly, talks haven't produced a mutually agreeable solution. [ Financial Times ] More
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Flickroom Makes It Easier To Browse Flickr On Your Desktop

flickr is a leading photo sharing platform that allows you to share your photos and browse those uploaded by other users.  In order to use flickr, you need to visit flickr.com and perform your photo sharing activity. Many thanks to Flickroom that takes the flickr on your desktop.  Flickroom is a free Adobe AIR based application that provides an enhanced user experience in browsing flickr photos on your desktop.  With Flickroom, you can navigate between the photos in a quick manner  and share your photos seamlessly.  Since it’s developed with Adobe AIR, the application is cross-platform and can run on all the operating systems having Adobe AIR runtime installed. Key features of Flickroom include: Browse photos and groups of photos in an uncluttered manner.
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Flickroom Makes It Easier To Browse Flickr On Your Desktop

flickr is a leading photo sharing platform that allows you to share your photos and browse those uploaded by other users.  In order to use flickr, you need to visit flickr.com and perform your photo sharing activity. Many thanks to Flickroom that takes the flickr on your desktop.  Flickroom is a free Adobe AIR based application that provides an enhanced user experience in browsing flickr photos on your desktop.  With Flickroom, you can navigate between the photos in a quick manner  and share your photos seamlessly.  Since it’s developed with Adobe AIR, the application is cross-platform and can run on all the operating systems having Adobe AIR runtime installed. Key features of Flickroom include: Browse photos and groups of photos in an uncluttered manner.
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Rock Out with PixieTea and Her Amazing iPhone Band [VIDEO]

Remember the Stanford iPhone Orchestra and their kick-ass musical stylings? Well, there’s a new smartphone virtuoso on the scene by the name of PixieTea who could become more synonymous with the word “telephone” than Lady Gaga herself. The Chinese artist created a video and song — mostly on an iPhone 3GS — that has been going viral over in China. PixieTea’s video has become a hit on Youku (basically the Chinese YouTube), racking up 1,670,109 hits and counting since it was posted back in December. Gizmodo brought the vid to the attention of the U.S.
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Newegg selling ASUS Eee Box with Red Flag Linux pre-installed

Well, Newegg just seems to be full of surprises these days. The latest example is this ASUS Eee Box (model EBXB202-BLK-E0037), which wouldn't be so remarkable if not for the fact that it comes pre-installed with the Chinese Linux distribution, Red Flag Linux. That helps bring the price down to just $189.99 after rebate, which also gets you the usual Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and the standard Intel integrated graphics.
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BlackBerry Pearl 9100 to come in SureType and QWERTY flavors?

Remember Nokia's E52 and E55 ? Espoo took an interesting tactic with these two: start with the same basic phone and operating system, but offer it with two different keypad layouts (in fact, HTC did the same with its Touch Dual ). It's not a bad idea -- different strokes for different folks, right?
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Baidu Gets $50 Million to Bring New Video Site to China

China’s 400 million or so Internet users will soon be able to enjoy a new online video service. Baidu, the country’s top search provider, has announced plans to create a new video-on-demand website. With the domain name Qiyi.com registered, Providence Equity Partners (a global private equity investment firm that put $100 million into the Hulu pot) will invest $50 million to develop the advertising-supported online video business — with Baidu retaining majority ownership. Rather than user-generated content, Qiyi.com will provide “premium licensed content” OK’d by regulators for the “lawful distribution of professionally produced media and entertainment content on the Internet,” according to the announcement
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