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Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam?

Check out this document from Solid Oak Software, makers of CyberSitter. It's a comparison of CyberSitter with Green Dam-Youth Escort, the software China is insisting PC makers start installing on July 1. The file show just how similar CyberSitter's .dll files and Green...

Tags: China, CyberSitter, Solid Oak, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-25

US developer: China's Green Dam steals our code

US developer: China's Green Dam steals our codeWhy won 't they act more like Microsoft?"...he'd certainly prefer it be Microsoft's.Today Gates openly concedes that tolerating piracy turned out to be Microsoft's best long-term strategy. That's why Windows is used on an estimated 90% of China's 120 million PCs. "It's easier...

Tags: Piracy, Green Dam, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-13

CyberSitter 2001

CyberSitter 2001RUN, do not walk away from this software!!!True, cybersitter does have excellent options, but what good are they when they crash your browser every 5-10 miniutes... If you are looking for more stress, or just don't feel that you have enough frustration in your life, then cybersitter is for...

Tags: Web browsers, Cybersitter

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

Cyber Sitter 10.0 (Windows)

CYBERsitter is designed primarily for home, educational and small business use. Even though CYBERsitter has been designed to be easily installed and used by the most inexperienced users, there are plenty of advanced features for power users too. New Features! Now records all Instant Messenger chat conversations for AOL AIM,...

Tags: Parent, CYBERsitter, Filters, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-11-20

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Exclusive: Proof that Green Dam ripped off Solid Oak in 2006

Yesterday, I pointed out that China's Green Dam Youth Escort software purloins a 2006 version of Solid Oak's CyberSitter net-nanny software and that the developer - Jinhui- was involved in drafting specifications for "parental control software" also in 2006. It seems that this software has been around since '06. ...

Tags: Software, File, Datapth.exe, Datapth06, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Breaking news: Green Dam Day delayed

On the eve of destruction, China has delayed Green Dam Day. Reuters reports that China will delay an order that all PCs sold in the country come equipped with Green Dam-Youth Escort. The government had set July 1 as the day. [Add 1]...

Tags: Software, China, Agency, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Management, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-30

PC makers ask China Premier to stop Green Dam

Tech business organizations around the world have signed onto an extraordinary letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, asking for executive clemency from China's Green Dam-Youth Escort software, The Wall Street Journal reports. The letter says in part: [Green Dam] raises serious concerns for us and seems to...

Tags: China, Developer, Taiwan, Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Green Dam Watch: Software dates from '06, Sony is shipping, vendors will uninstall.

Item: Green Dam Youth Escort - the Chinese net nanny software that must be installed on PCs sold in China starting Wednesday - is largely stolen from a 2006 version of Solid Oak's CyberSitter software. For proof, see this post. Item: Rebecca MacKinnon...

Tags: Software, Sony Corp., McKinnon, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attack

Yesterday I posted that staff at Solid Oak were targeted with attack emails by sources unknown. Solid Oak is the maker of CyberSitter -- which was clearly purloined by the developers of Green Dam. At that point it wasn't clear that the questionable emails were definitely...

Tags: Software, Developer, Attack, Solid Oak, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-27

China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political repression

China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political repressionOur children should be so lucky!If our government would protect our children from porn, maybe we wouldn't have may of the problems we have in our society with our children and sex!RE: China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political...

Tags: Chinese Government, porn obsession, repression, political repression, coverup

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green Dam

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green DamM$ and the Chinese gov are working against GoogleWhen they can't compete they sue or create laws to stiffle inovation.Is Green Dam a block on trade too?I'm starting to wonder if Green Dam is not so much a block on...

Tags: Green Dam, Google U.S., Google Inc., Chinese Government

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort

True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...

Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Green Dam built on copyright, open source violations

The Register reports that China's Green Dam - Youth Escort software not only rips off Cybersitter software from Solid Oak but also uses open source code without proper attribution. A poster on SourceForge wrote: I am posting to reveal the factor that...

Tags: Software, China, OpenCV, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-15

US developer: China's Green Dam steals our code

This Green Dam story just keeps getting weirder. First, China issues this mandate that all new PCs will have to have software called Green Dam-Youth Escort preinstalled. It's claimed the software is just a porn filter, even though China runs the powerful Great Firewall of China, already. ...

Tags: Software, China, Developer, Solid Oak, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-13

EZDNSWatch From CYBERsitter 1.8 (Windows)

EZDNSWatch will check and monitor your computers DNS settings to prevent them from being hijacked. EZDNSWatch also supports OpenDNS and allows one click configuration. OpenDNS is a free public DNS server that is guaranteed safe and also provides protection from phishing and other dangerous sites you might accidentally encounter while...

Tags: Solid Oak Software, OpenDNS, Phishing, Domain Names, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-24

Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes bad

Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes badDoctor, it hurts when I do this[i]I've long held the belief that antivirus software can be almost as bad as the malware it's trying to protect you from. In fact, I believe that it's a lot worse. [/i]So you keep doing this...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Norton Co., Friday Rant, antivirus software, malware, Linux, virus, software

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

Utah governor signs Net-porn bill

Utah governor signs Net-porn billYou should have the freedom to not see.It is a shame they didn't create an ".xxx" domain early on. I mean sex material has such a huge share of internet space.Me- I wanted to see it all and I have and I rarely look at...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Internet, computer

Discussion threads 2005-03-21

Cybersitter 9 (Windows)

Cybersitter gives adults the ability to limit children's access to objectionable material on the Internet. Parents can choose to block, block and alert, or simply alert them when access to these areas is attempted. Working secretly in the background, Cybersitter analyzes all Internet activity. Whenever it detects activity that the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Internet Activity, Solid Oak Software, Internet

Software downloads 2003-11-16

Cybersitter 2002.2.8.13 (Windows)

CYBERsitter 2002 is designed primarily for home, educational and small business use. Even though CYBERsitter has been designed to be easily installed and used by the most inexperienced users, there are plenty of advanced features for power users too. CYBERsitter provides over 30 categories of filtering making it the...

Tags: Parent, Microsoft Windows, CYBERsitter 2002, Filters, Internet

Software downloads 2002-10-26