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- China explodes Green Dam
- In a rare retreat, it now looks like the Chinese government has given up on Green Dam-Youth Escort. The New York Times reports that the information technology and industry minister, Li Yizhong, said the idea that the program would be required to be installed on all computers...
- Tags: Software, China, Computer Company, Computer, Productivity, Government, Tools & Techniques, Regulations, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- China's Green Dam and the cyberwar implications
- Guest editorial by Oliver Day Chinese military leaders have always been aware of the military advantage the US has over the People's Liberation Army. Reading through their published assessments of Sino-US war possibilities confirm our belief that we would dominate them in the...
- Tags: Software, China, Vulnerability, Computer, Chinese Internet, Green Dam, Government, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Vertical Industries, Security, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Green Dam's day not done
- Chinese students were out partying in celebration of the news that China has delayed its mandate that PCs sold in the country must have intalled some spyware named Green Dam Youth Escort, according to Reuters. "We are very happy because we got what we wanted," a young artist said....
- Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Ed Black, PC, Manufacturer, Desktops, Manufacturing, Government, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- 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
- 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
- China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green Dam
- With less than a week until July 1 - the deadline for PC makers to start intalling the spyware called Green Dam Youth Escort - China appears to be cutting off access to Google after a bitter campaign accusing the American company of spreading porn. Meanwhile, U.S. officials have escalated...
- Tags: U.S., China, Google Inc., Free Trade, Tools & Techniques, Network Security, Networking, Security, Finance, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- July 1: Day for offline protest against Green Dam
- While PC makers are saying nothing about the impending July 1 deadline to install Green Dam Youth Escort on machines sold in China, as The Wall Street Journal non-reports in a non-story, Beijing artist Ai Weiwei is agitating for Chinese citizens to protest by staying offline July 1. The Daily...
- Tags: China, Protest, Citizen, Government, Internet, Vertical Industries, Search, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- US Embassy joins in the Green Dam fray
- The U.S. government is stepping into the outrage over Green Dam - Youth Escort - China's government-mandated spyware PC makers install on every computer sold in the country. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing released a "concerned" statement: The U.S. Government is...
- Tags: China, Industry, Outrage, Computer, Government, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-21
- China's not backing down but Green Dam Girl fights back
- Green Dam Girl is the manifestation of Chinese youth's anger over Youth Escort. There was a glimmer of hope that China would take an honorable retreat on Green Dam-Youth Escort and only require PC makers to ship the software on CD or with an install...
- Tags: China, Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: Third party read Palm Pre iTunes sync can work for now Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mice, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- 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
- Green Dam definitively blocks political sites - and creates security breach
- Despite China's claims that Green Dam Youth Escort - the spyware the government has commanded shall be installed on all new PCs - is merely a porn filter, it's now clear that the software filters a whole bunch of political content. According to The Wall Street...
- Tags: Software, Security, Content, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- China defends 'healthy development' of spyware
- Continuing its pattern of Orwell-speak, China defended its directive that all PCs sold in the country include Green Dam Youth Escort, which appears to be a straight-forward porn filter developed by Jinhui Computer System Engineering. From a BBC report: The purpose of this is to effectively manage...
- Tags: China, Internet, Spyware, Government, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Viruses And Worms, Security, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking software
- China is reportedly requiring all PC makers that sell in that country to ship an application that blocks access to certain Web sites and other content. Simply put, Censorship.exe comes bundled with PCs sold in China July 1.  According to the Wall Street Journal: The government,...
- Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Government, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
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