Microsoft has blocked access to Windows live messenger (i.e. Hotmail webmail and MSN chat) to people living in Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba and North Korea. The reason is that the company suddenly realised that it doesn't do business with countries sanctioned by the U.S. At the same time …
I said this earlier and unfortunately I did witness a part of it on Youtube and Vimeo and it is horrible.
I know petitions are of no value when it comes to changing policies here. But they make you feel a bit better.
Or …
One additional reason to love Disqus:
Twitter is a fast growing service that millions of people (including all of us here at Disqus) use to easily update and get updates from friends. We recently released the ability to tweet out comments for commenters with a Disqus Profile. This allowed people …
Blocking porn sites is not the main issue here, there are ways to circumvent censorship and if people want to watch porn, and they do, they will resurrect VHS.
A chart fromGoogle Insightshowing the search for the term "sex" and "سكس", originating from Egypt and from 2004 till …
Here is a link to latest responses on Twitter on the Egyptian decision to kill all the pigs. For sure an unprecedented decision like that is making a buzz around the world. Read what other people are saying. The least description of it is that it is an overreaction.
Killing 300,000 thousand innocent Egyptian pigs to prevent the swine flu from jeopardising our health is the most gruesome act of unjustifiable killing of animals I will ever witness.
The swine influenza type A (H1N1) is now a human transmissible virus of swine origin i.e. it spreads from …
Three days ago, an artist spray painted a stencil graphic on the grounds of down town Cairo by night, which next morning alarmed the state security and prompted wide questioning of people. Possibly on that same night and by coincidence Mo'men, a fast-food chain, stuck small stickers. What Mo'men did …
There is nothing more stupid or frustrating. This is like going into a bookshop that bans reading.
They shouldn't sell cameras.
I don't carry a pen with me all the time and if I do I won't be carrying a note pad. I take photos of products to remember the …
These are concise formulations of 8 different cases I have seen. All are in 140 characters or less. All people mentioned are refugees.
This is just an experiment with this format.
Her dad vanished when she was young. They detained & tortured her twice to know his whereabouts. 5th year in …
I hold a Palestinian Authority passport. It replaced the "temporary two-year Jordanian passport for Gaza residents" that we held until the Oslo Accords and the creation of the Palestinian Authority in the mid '90s, which itself replaced the Egyptian travel documents we held before that. A progression in a long …