In a very unexpected move, the Chinese authorities have indefinitely postponed their order that all PCs sold in the country must come with software, called Green Dam Youth Escort, that blocks certain websites.

According to Reuters, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who had previously organized a protest against the Green Dam initiative, has also called on the people of China to celebrate its demise. About 200 Beijing residents, dressed in t-shirts mocking Green Dam, have arrived at a trendy art zone cafe to party all day in celebration of this victory in a war against censorship.

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Microsoft has started running a series of online ads for Internet Explorer 8, including this curiosity featuring a woman projectile vomiting. The other ads in the series, posted to YouTube last week, are a little less risky.

The Technologizer blog claims to be disgusted by the new ad, which does have the additional annoyance factor of trying to invent a series of new internet acronyms. And yet, good or bad, it’s an ad that will get people talking…surely that’s the whole point?

What do you think: is it over the line? Let us know in the comments ...