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Stop Censoring The Names Of Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Dickens And Other Penis Named People Please

1:20PM December 20, 2011 | Casey Chan

A cable company in the UK had a bit of a snafu with a super strict censoring system in its TV guide over the weekend. They were asterisking Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Dickens, the soccer team Arsenal, the movie Hancock and any other name or title that had a penis or butt related word in it. More »


Cars

British Government to Launch Satellites Into Orbit on the Back of Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo

12:00PM February 20, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Looks like the WhiteKnightTwo won’t be all play after all, as the British government wants to use Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft to send some state satellites into low orbit.

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Online

British Politician Wants OFLC Ratings For Websites

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9:26AM December 29, 2008 | Nick Broughall

British politician Andy Burnham wants the internet to have film-like ratings for every English speaking website. According to Reuters, he’s planning on negotiating with President Obama on drawing up new rules for websites around the world.

Obviously, I don’t need to tell you guys why this will never happen, but I will anyway. More »