I quite like NewsMap and made a HTML5 version of it a while ago.

http://www.newsola.com

This is like... 8 years old or so?

That sounds about right. I definitely used it in 2005, maybe even 2004.

What do you people generally use for news nowadays? I've always liked this concept in principal, I guess I want this thing but better sourced/pruned perhaps.

About: http://marumushi.com/projects/newsmap

Have a <video>? No flash here.

edit: found one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wq9wfh8VBU looks cool!

The fast moving spinners give the impression that the page is loading quickly.

Flash? I thought most people have moved on from Flash.

The project is from 2004.

503 Error Service Unavailable for me here.

nice page, not as confusing as the other japanese sites... Would be even nicer without flash ;D

Nice Idea man.. cool. loved it.