Entries from Shanghaiist tagged with 'computer'
June 23, 2008
China Digital Times reports that a new virus is being distributed through e-mails with anti-China headings that ask readers to click on what looks like an embedded video player, but instead release a brutal virus onto the machine. Messages with subjects like “China is paralyzed by new earthquake,” “2008 Olympic Games are under the threat,” and “A new deadly catastrophe in China,” should be treated as potentially harmful.......
Continue Reading "Anti-China netizens beware!"May 3, 2008
Xinhua has an interesting opinion piece about the recent unbanning on mobile phones and computers in Cuba. First, the title of the article: 从免于匮乏的自由开始 meaning "Starting with the freedom from want". The political significance of the phrase "freedom from want" comes from Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union address, and comes, as we say nowadays, bundled with three other freedoms: speech and expression, religion, and fear. After reviewing history, the author then begins to......
Continue Reading "Opinionist: Xinhua on Cuba and freedom from want"April 21, 2008
From Mutantpalm.org comes a post about a Ming Pao report about a BBS posting (!) in which it was stated that some black-suit clad Freetibetters came into the subway and began playing tapes that advocated, well, you can guess what. This blog says the same thing. The four men got on on Line 2's Lujiazui and started playing the recordings and then got off. That blog post also mentions that security is a bit tighter......
Continue Reading "Free Tibet gets technological on Shanghai subway"