Maybe you already saw this video from a company has bean just bean acquired by Google.
both video and acquisition happen yesterday. interesting work this company is doing: “maintains an open database of things in the world”.
see the video
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/deeper-understanding-with-metaweb.html
http://www.metaweb.com/

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We are pleased to announce that ITA will held the first symposium on free software on the 9th of March 2010, the main objectives of the symposium is to shed the light on ITA national initiative to promote

This initiative comes as part of Information Technology Authority (ITA) strategic directions to play a neutral role [...]

China has closed down what is believed to be the country’s biggest training website for hackers, state media has reported.

They say the site, Black Hawk Safety Net, gave lessons in hacking and sold downloads of malicious software.
The reports say three people suspected of running the site were arrested.
Hacking is a sensitive topic for China, [...]