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Google Scales the Great Firewall, Falls Off 105 Minutes Later (techinasia.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Citizens of mainland China unexpectedly found themselves with unfettered access to Google search late last night, commencing a golden age of censorship-free searching that lasted all of 105 minutes. For the duration of the film Edward Scissorhands, lasting from 11:30pm on Sunday to 1:15am on Monday morning, Google's search -- but not other services like Gmail or YouTube -- was unblocked

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  1. Nothing to see here by mdsolar · · Score: 4, Informative
  2. Re:Huh? by Sax+Russell+5449D29A · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ironically there's a film on that list called Firewall.

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    -SR