Solid Oak Software, a Santa Barbara-based company, plans to release a low-cost version of its Internet content-filtering solution on the Chinese market. The company wants its product to rival Green Dam Youth Escort, the controversial software that stole its proprietary code and used it without authorization. The Ch... |
24 September 2009
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Many Chinese schools that were ordered by the government to deploy the Green Dam Youth Escort content-filtering application on their computers have complained that it interferes with a lot of pieces of software required for teaching. Some of the unhappy administrators have even proceeded to removing it from their net... |
17 September 2009
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled (PDF) that companies providing content-filtering software, such as antivirus vendors, are protected from liability, under the Communications Decency Act of 1996. The decision comes in the case of Zango vs. Kaspersky, but the court expresses concern that, in a more gener... |
29 June 2009
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One of the security industry's worst nightmares, a gigantic botnet of Chinese origin, might become a reality if the government in Beijing goes ahead with its plan to deploy the Green Dam Youth Escort censorship software on all new PCs sold in the country, starting next month. Security researchers warn that the c... |
13 June 2009
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Most movies released nowadays are filled with all sorts of sex and violent content, and some parents simply want to protect their kids against the possible influence that can be exerted by the respective scenes. And this is exactly the reason why the ClearPlay company has launched the CP-007 DVD player, a special typ... |
7 December 2007
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