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Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Google seems to have finally closed google.cn (prior to any formal announcement) — google.cn is now being redirected to Google Hong-Kong (google.com.hk).
Word in China is that Google will formally announce leaving china tomorrow (Tuesday)."
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Google's New Approach To China is to Serve from HK->

Submitted by abs0lutz3ro
abs0lutz3ro writes "Google stops censoring simplified Chinese search results on google.cn by redirecting users to google.com.hk, which Google maintains is entirely legal. From the article: "Due to the increased load on our Hong Kong servers and the complicated nature of these changes, users may see some slowdown in service or find some products temporarily inaccessible as we switch everything over... In terms of Google's wider business operations, we intend to continue R&D work in China and also to maintain a sales presence there, though the size of the sales team will obviously be partially dependent on the ability of mainland Chinese users to access Google.com.hk." Seems like google.cn got served; from google.com.hk"
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SPAM: Satellite bumped from formation to avoid collision

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coondoggie writes "French space scientists said they had moved one of the key Earth-observing satellites out of its orbit with four NASA satellites to avoid potential collisions. The French satellite, known as PARASOL (Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Science coupled with Observations from a Lidar) was flying in a constellation of satellites known as the A Train. The A-Train satellite formation consists of NASA’s Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, and Aura. The French Space Agency (CNES) said that after collecting observations synchronous with the other satellites from the A-Train for almost 5 years, PARASOL was moved to a lower orbit 2.4 miles (3.9 km) under the A Train after CNES noted PARASOL orbit tracks slowly drifting eastward over the past these past few months.
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Discovery To Launch First 3D TV Network In U.S.-> 1

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Deathsoldier11 writes "Three of the world's leading media, technology and entertainment companies — Discovery Communications, Sony Corporation and IMAX Corporation — today announced a joint venture established to develop the first 24/7 dedicated 3D television network in the U.S. The partnership brings together three leaders with an extraordinary collection of award-winning 3D content, technology expertise, television distribution and operational strength to deliver a high-quality three-dimensional viewing experience to home television audiences. The joint venture intends to launch the network beginning in the U.S."
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Google annouces plans for OS->

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digmshiphter writes "Google has finally annouced its plan to rule to known universe by creating an OS of its own called Chrome OS based on the Chrome browser. The new browser will focus on making the computer an interface between the web and the user, making speed a priority, and making the browser the main application in the OS. The official press release states, "Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.""
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Space

The supermassive black hole at our galaxy's core->

Submitted by Slatterz
Slatterz writes "The mystery of black holes — where gravity is so dense not even light can escape — has entranced science fiction writers and astronomers alike for years. Interestingly, a black hole believed to be four million times the mass of Earth's sun is said to exist at the centre of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Now, a new view of this mysterious inner region of the galaxy, including those parts shrouded in cosmic dust, has been created. The result is stunning images of our location in the universe, including the galactic core and the aforementioned black hole. Called the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL), the galaxy-atlas was created by a 125,000Kg telescope sitting in the Chilean Andes."
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British Library Puts Oldest Surviving Bible Online

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Peace Corps Library
Peace Corps Library writes "BBC reports that about 800 pages of the earliest surviving Christian Bible, the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript, have been recovered and put on the internet. "The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the world's greatest written treasures," says Dr Scot McKendrick, head of Western manuscripts at the British Library. ""This 1,600-year-old manuscript offers a window into the development of early Christianity and first-hand evidence of how the text of the Bible was transmitted from generation to generation." The New Testament of the Codex Sinaiticus appears in Koine Greek, the original vernacular language and the Old Testament in the version, known as the Septuagint, that was adopted by early Greek-speaking Christians. For 1,500 years, the Codex Sinaiticus lay undisturbed in a Sinai monastery until it was found in 1844 and split between Egypt, Russia, Germany and Britain and is is thought to have survived because the desert air was ideal for preservation and because the monastery, on a Christian island in a Muslim sea, remained untouched, its walls unconquered. The British Library is marking the online launch of the manuscript with an exhibition which includes a range of historic items and artefacts linked to the document. "The availability of the virtual manuscript for study by scholars around the world creates opportunities for collaborative research that would not have been possible just a few years ago.""

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