Archive for May, 2007
China Backs Off Effort to ID Bloggers
Despite government announcements last year that it would begin to require bloggers in China to register their real names, the latest “draft self discipline code” for bloggers published by the government-supported Internet Society of China (ISC), says that registration of real names is “encouraged” rather than compulsory. Below is an excerpt from the May 22 [...]
Posted: May 23rd, 2007 under Code, ID, Main, Tech, U.S..
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Symantec virus update cripples “thousands” of Chinese PCs
From the Computerworld story:
A signature update to Symantec’s anti-virus software crippled thousands of Chinese PCs Friday when the security software took two critical Windows .dll files for malware.
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“With these files removed, Windows XP will no longer start up, and even the system Safe Mode no longer functions,” said one user writing to the alt.comp.anti-virus newsgroup [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2007 under China, Code, Corporations, Main, Tech.
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Sprint and Icop’s new “community surveillance system”
From the Kansas City Star article:
A surveillance system designed to give police an inside view during a hostage crisis or other emergency was unveiled today by Sprint and Lenexa-based Icop Digital.
The system, called the Icop Solution, uses the Sprint wireless network and surveillance cameras designed by ICop to allow police to see inside a school, [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2007 under Corporations, Main, Tech, U.S..
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