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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. Will look at logs and jail people who used it? by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will look at logs and jail people who used it?

  2. Re:Huh? by avandesande · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It was sort of interesting at the time, but now it just another 'Johnny Depp Acting Weird Movie'

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