Reuters – China has delayed indefinitely a much-criticized plan to force manufacturers to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers sold in the country, in an abrupt retreat hours before the policy was due to start.
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PC World – Microsoft has done it again: The company has released another set of baffling and mystifying ads, but this time they’re actually funny. The software giant released four new ads to promote Internet Explorer 8 starring Lois and Clark’s Dean Cain as a 1960’s style ad man–no doubt inspired by AMC’s Mad Men. So far the new ad campaign is an online-only affair, and uses the tagline âBrowse Better.’
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AP – In a rare reversal, China’s government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.
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Reuters – China’s latest Internet controls have been assailed by rights advocates and Washington, and yet the real challenge to its “Green Dam” plan may be the nation’s own computer market, an anarchic digital bazaar.
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NewsFactor – Sony has begun shipping personal computers equipped with the Chinese-government mandated filtering software days before the July 1 deadline. Shipments of the PCs equipped with Green Dam software also include a disclaimer that Sony is not responsible for damage from the software, according to a University of Hong Kong journalism professor and blogger, Rebecca MacKinnon.
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