As 'things' on the internet get bigger, so too have broadband speeds increased to keep up with them. These days, when multiple people in a household might be engaged in high-bandwidth activities like watching videos all at the same time, a fast connection is a necessity. For some people in China, though, it's also an impossibility. Although China's major internet providers -- telecom giants like China Unicom (HKG:762) -- have been steadily increasing their available speed, smaller local broadband providers haven't been following. And with major telcoms's recent and free upgrade ...
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Sep 9 2009
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Google Monopoly Off to A Bad Start. Players Unimpressed
Google's Monopoly, City Streets is off to a bad start. After Mr Monopoly, its official blogger announced that this highly anticipated game was up and running, its server somehow caught "fire" and the only thing that's showing is a Apache 2 Test Page. The delay has frustrated many players. Those who managed to sneak in either had their game crashed or received a message saying "Country not supported yet". Country not supported yet I am not sure exactly which countries are displayed as unsupported but besides North Korea, Israel and other countries, which chose ...
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Google’s Monopoly: City Streets Launches Today
Get rich on the Internet today! Well, not for real but at least you are guaranteed a really great time playing one of the world's most classic and addictive board game online. This collaboration between Google and board game maker, Hasbro saw the birth of Google Maps' version of Monopoly. Monopoly City Streets, which is launching today, is transforming this whole world into a game board! Players will start with three million US dollars and are able to buy any street available in the world, all thanks to Google Maps. The intention ...
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