Tagged with chinese software

Green Dam bursts under netizen pressure

I had meant to post this yesterday when I learned of it, but having my nation’s birthday to celebrate proved too much of a distraction–apologies. So, if you’ve not yet heard, Green Dam Youth Escort appears to be dead. What was, as of July 1, to be mandatory censorship software installed on all new computers …

July 2, 2009
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Green Dam Youth Escort: A Summary of the Holey Harlot

Not since the release of Windows Vista has such a poorly designed, expensively developed, non-mandatory but strongly encouraged, scenically sounding piece of software created such a buzz as has Green Dam Youth Escort. The new was-said-to-be-mandatory-but-now-isn’t-and-maybe-never-was software, produced for the Chinese Government as a way to protect the world’s most massive population from the evils …

June 19, 2009
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