Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks
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Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks
Author: Admin     12 12th, 2022 in Uncategorized     No Comments »

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 The U.S.-based multibillion dollar online search engine, Google Incorporated, has announced Tuesday in a public statement on its official blog that the company has been the victim of a “highly sophisticated” and “targeted attack” against their corporate infrastructure that they allege “originated from China.” The author of said statement, David Drummond, […]

GitHub blocks public access to youtube-dl after RIAA issues DMCA notice
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GitHub blocks public access to youtube-dl after RIAA issues DMCA notice
Author: Admin     12 11th, 2022 in Uncategorized     No Comments »

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday, October 26, 2020 On Friday, code hosting and sharing website GitHub blocked the public access to youtube-dl, a software which can download videos from the internet via the command-line. The blockade […]

Clearing the air: Positions of Canadian parties vis-à-vis the environment
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Clearing the air: Positions of Canadian parties vis-à-vis the environment
Author: Admin     12 9th, 2022 in Uncategorized     No Comments »

Thursday, September 18, 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 2008 Day Stories from the 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 13 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: Libertarian John Kittridge in St. Paul’s 13 October 2008: Canadian scientists protest Harper’s attacks on science 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Paul Arbour in Carleton—Mississippi Mills 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Jo-Anne Boulding […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Author: Admin     12 6th, 2022 in Uncategorized     No Comments »

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

Indian royal family disinherits gay scion
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Indian royal family disinherits gay scion
Author: Admin     12 6th, 2022 in Uncategorized     No Comments »

Sunday, July 9, 2006 Manvendra Singh Gohil, the 40-year-old son of the erstwhile Maharajah of Rajpipla (India), was disowned by his formerly royal family for coming out as a gay man. Homosexuality was effectively criminalized in India in 1861 under British colonial rule. The sodomy laws, which remain in force today, mandate penalties of up […]

Manmohan Singh threatened on e-mail
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Manmohan Singh threatened on e-mail
Author: Admin     12 3rd, 2022 in Uncategorized     No Comments »

Friday, October 27, 2006 The Kerala police have received an email threatening Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his trip to the state. Singh is scheduled to visit Kerala on November 1 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the state’s formation. Three persons have been taken into custody by the Kerala police after an e-mail […]

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