Google censored in 1/4 of countries

"This morning, on their main blog,  Google posted a little reminder to everyone about its view on censorship on the web. Specifically, they don't like it. And while we all know their take on China's demand for censorship by now, the search giant also offered up a new interesting little factoid: of the 100 countries around the world in which Google offers their services, some 25 at least partially block them."

 Countries taking action by censoring the internet is increasing, and frankly I don't agree with it. In my personal opinion it isn't the governments place to censor anything for any reason. Censorship should be done on a far lower level, such as a company blocking access to specific websites. This is simply more efficient and provides far less potential for inconvenience. You would think when there are so many people and groups supporting this that the government as a single entity would be a lot less willing to step on people's toes by going ahead and censoring as they please. I believe perhaps it is time debate against internet censorship was taken a bit more seriously and we put some pressure on it.

Windows XP will not support Internet Explorer 9

It's official. Windows XP will not support Internet Explorer 9. A lot of people are outraged that this is so, but I have one question? Why? Unless you're pretty young, you should know that this trend has existed forever. Back in the day, people treated Windows 2000 like they did XP now. The facts are however, that Windows XP is an obsolete operating system. Windows XP was released in the year 2001. It has been 9 years approximately since it's release, and it has been succeeded not by just one, but two newer and better operating systems. What people are doing now with Windows XP would've been like clinging to Windows 98 when Windows 2000 came along. Believe it or not Windows XP doesn't really have a chance anymore. It's in it's coffin, and it's just waiting for us to shut the doors, so to speak.

It's not a matter of choice anymore. Tons of new operating system features have been released that boast important security fixes, performance increases, and new features entirely, and frankly I believe it's time XP died, or perhaps was killed. It's too obsolete to continue supporting new software. This is fact, not opinion.

In conclusion, one should not be outraged as support is dropped for XP. It is getting more than any operating system has yet, and frankly, consumers should keep that in mind and stop being such dinosaurs with their computers. See, personal computers are not designed to be legacy computers. They are meant to be replaced. If consumers intend to fight this, they should expect for flexibility to eventually snap, resulting in loss of compatibility. It's pretty simple really.