
A breakdown of the search queries made by children through 2009 reveals an unsurprising fascination with sex and porn, although some might be surprised to see “porn” ranking 4th for children aged 7 and under…
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Google has released its own software for Japanese text entry, called simply “Google 日本語入力” / “Google Japanese Input” in direct competition to Microsoft’s ubiquitous IME.
Initial reports indicate the software is very good indeed, although as usual Google insists on calling it a “beta.”
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Google’s search auto-suggest feature provides some despair inducing insights into the nature of Japanese matrimony, seemingly encapsulating the institution in disturbing detail…
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The makers of Bijin Tokei, a clock widget/app that features comely Japanese girls (“bijin”) holding up a clock for every minute of the day have announced that they will now be focusing on Bisei Tokei, which will feature seiyuu instead.
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A Chinese Internet supervisory body has sharply criticised search giant Google for “providing base information,” in the form of pornography and other subversive material, and demands the company censor the information even more heavily.
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Not satisfied with making their founder into the world’s most influential person, 4chan has flooded cat video sharing site YouTube with pornographic videos, declaring it “International Porn Day.”
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Google has been forced by public pressure to retake the entirety of its Street View photographs in Japan, with the camera lowered 40cm to prevent people’s homes being exposed to the world by a camera peeping over their fences.
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YouTube has decided to cripple its Korean site rather than comply with a new law which would force it to publish the real names of all contributors and commenters on the site.
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A scholar of real world places used as bases for anime scenes has compiled this extensive map using Google Maps, complete with comparison photographs in each locality and covering a wide variety of series, and some, such as Haruhi, are covered in great depth.
It is a very interesting resource.
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Some wag on 2ch came out with this rather interesting result, giving a powerful insight into the rise of the Lolita complex:
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NicoNico Douga’s dreams of world conquest may be over before they have begun, as it seems Google has acquired a service, Omnisio, which offers a strikingly similar feature set, including the ability to blanket videos in comments. The service is currently in beta on YouTube.
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