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

Posted by msmash on from the breaking-the-wall dept.

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. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What does Edward Scissor-hands have to do with this? :/