Archive for June, 2009

China backs away from Internet filter (Reuters)

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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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Microsoft Pushes IE8 With Ads That Are Actually Funny (PC World)

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 ‘Browse Better.’

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

China backs down from requirement for Web filter (AP)

Customers surf the Internet at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. A California company that says its software was illegally used in Beijing's new Internet filter threatened possible legal action as PC makers faced a Wednesday deadline to supply the system with computers. U.S. trade officials and industry and free-speech groups have also appealed to Beijing to revoke its order, which requires suppliers to pre-install the Green Dam filtering software or include it on a disk with each PC sold from July 1. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)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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China filter software faces tough sell in digital bazaar (Reuters)

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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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Sony Ships Green Dam-Equipped PCs with Disclaimer (NewsFactor)

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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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

MPEG Video Wizard 4.0.4.113

The fastest MPEG2 editor and the smartest MPEG2 video writer. A very intuitive and easy-to-use video tool. Smart rendering with …

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

irrFuscator Frontend

06/29/09 – Protect SWF and AIR applications.

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

LeechBlock

06/29/09 – Restrict and block access to sites.

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

FlashPoints for AutoCAD

06/29/09 – Create and manage points Groups on your AutoCAD.

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Horoscopes 2009

06/29/09 – Make greeting cards and personalized scrolls with personalized horoscope information.

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009