chinadaily.com.cn - 7/2/2009
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Despite a last-minute delay in implementing Green Dam internet-filtering software, China's authorities and its PC manufacturers said Wednesday they expect the tool will end up on new computers. One day after the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) declared a postponement to ...
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presscentre.sony.eu - 6/30/2009
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presscentre.sony.eu —
Looking for a stylish music system that’s more
than a dock for an iPod®? Unveiled today from...
Sony is a new line of multi-functional compact audio system: the NAS-Z200iR and CMT-Z100iR . While minimalist in style, they are packed with superlatives. ...
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guardian.co.uk - 7/4/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
A Bristol company is putting a netbook computer
inside a Freeview TV set to create a screen-saving...
TV/PC combination for the UK market There's nothing new about adding a TV tuner to a PC, but adding a full PC to a TV set is a bit more unusual. ...
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The Bristol TV that's also a PC
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Green Dam's day not done
ZDNet Government —
... “This shows that when U.S. trade officials get involved, they get results,” Black said in a statement sent by email. But before you get too excited about the Green Dam backdown, consider this statement from a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), reported in The China Daily :“The government will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam. It’s just a matter of time.” Here comes the face-saving. The choice to delay was not because of US trade pressure, or civil liberties complaints, or becuase the software was a gross violator of copyright. No, it was ...
Green Dam Not Dead, Just Delayed
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... (MIIT) has told the English language China Daily newspaper that the Green Dam software delay was only temporary and that the plan would move forward. "The government will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam," the unnamed official told China Daily . "It's just a matter of time." The deadline was extended to enable computer makers to comply with Green Dam regulations, which stated that all PC makers must have the software preinstalled on all PCs sold in China. Several computer manufacturers said they wouldn't make that deadline, prompting the delay. So far, a ...
Green Dam Not Dead, Just Delayed
The Channel Wire —
... (MIIT) has told the English language China Daily newspaper that the Green Dam software delay was only temporary and that the plan would move forward. "The government will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam," the unnamed official told China Daily . "It's just a matter of time." The deadline was extended to enable computer makers to comply with Green Dam regulations, which stated that all PC makers must have the software preinstalled on all PCs sold in China. Several computer manufacturers said they wouldn't make that deadline, prompting the delay. So far, a ...
China's Green Dam 'Definitely' Coming
TechWeb —
Celebrations following the Chinese government's last minute decision to delay its requirement that all PCs sold in the country come with Web filtering software known as Green Dam may be premature. An unidentified Ministry of Industry and Information Technology official on Thursday told China Daily that it is only a matter of time before the rule get implemented. "The government will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam," he reportedly said. Such sentiment belies the notion that China has backed down. Indeed, when Western ...
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