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	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. 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. Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attack Yesterday I posted that staff at Solid Oak were targeted with attack emails by sources unknown. Solid Oak is the maker of CyberSitter - which was clearly purloined by the developers of Green Dam. Swedish court: Pirate Bay judge not biased Was the judge in The Pirate Bay trial biased? After all, it turned out after the trial, although he didn't disclose it at the time, that Judge Tomas Norstom was a member of several pro-copyright organizations. Is that enough to earn TPB a retrial? Get Latest Headlines in RSS		Panasonic VIERA LCD HDTV Buy now, only: $599 Apple iPhone 3G Black Now Only: $99 NEW TECHNOLOGIES Sponsored content and IT resources Privilege Access Control For Compliance with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Read this paper for an explanation of the security gap between UNIX/Linux operating system design and GLBA compliance, and a review of Gartner's paper on the importance of controlling UNIX superuser privileges. (Symark Software) Unrivaled Red Hat support now available from Novell Get top-ranked Novell support for your Existing Red Hat Environment Online IBM Smart Business Time Savings Test Get a free, customized online report that reveals how your organization can significantly reduce the time spent on IT administration. (IBM) Fact or Fiction: Debunking the Top 5 Misconceptions about Data Protection Data is the most valuable asset an IT department must protect, and technology has evolved to meet this requirement. Learn how in this informative white paper. (Lumension Security)
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