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Prisoners Forced To… Play Video Games?

Labor Camp Prisoners in China were forced by guards to play online multiplayer games in a moneymaking scheme. The plan (known to gamers as Gold Farming) was to force about three hundred convicts to gather currency by preforming mundane tasks, … Continue reading

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Skype Users Report Problems Signing In

Had any troubles logging into Skype lately? Well, don’t worry, a lot of other people have had the same problem. A small faction of it’s 170-something million users have sent in complaints about not being able to sign in. Skype … Continue reading

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Three Reasons the Internet Could Crash at This Moment

Before the internet was a worldwide entertainment system, it was developed to be a communication system that could survive nuclear war.  However, they didn’t realize exactly what this monster would become, and as we speak, the whole thing is resting … Continue reading

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