links for 2006-02-14

• BetaNews | AOL Testing Chinese Language Portal
  "While it's not yet ready to officially enter the Chinese market like rivals MSN, Yahoo and Google, AOL has launched a beta test for a Chinese language version of its Web portal. The site is designed to reach the Chinese speaking community in the United S
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch AOL search freespeech)
• Yahoo! - Press Release: Our Beliefs as a Global Internet Company
  Private industry alone cannot effectively influence foreign government policies on issues like the free exchange of ideas, maximum access to information, and human rights reform, and we believe continued government-to-government dialogue is vital to achie
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch yahoo freespeech censorship humanrights search)
• Asia Times Online :: China flap turns up heat on US tech giants
  "Internet giants Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Cisco Systems are bracing for a severe tongue-lashing when a US House of Representatives subcommittee on global human rights convenes on Wednesday."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet censorship freespeech microsoft google yahoo cisco)
• Truth, Justice - or a near sighted attack on the Chinese way (angrychineseblogger.blog-city.com)
  "Alternatively, if you see the world that way, it could also represent a thinly veiled attempt to rally support for a new “Cold War” against an old enemy, and a component of a wider campaign to slow down efforts by rising foreign economy to reach pari
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet congress censorship freespeech humanrights yahoo microsoft google)
• Wi-Fi Networking News: Fon's Name Not Just Phonetic
  "In an interview this morning, founder Martin Varsavsky explained that Fon’s focus isn’t on laptops and plain handhelds. Rather, Fon’s focus is on cellphones, game consoles, and cameras that have Wi-Fi built in—or that soon will."
  (tags: FON wireless wifi)
• globeandmail.com : Scaling the firewall of digital censorship
  "More than fifteen years after the Berlin Wall was shattered with hammers and bulldozers, a Canadian-designed computer program is preparing to break through what activists call the great firewall of China."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet censorship freespeech humanrights oni-china)
• BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Party elders attack China censors
  "A group of former senior Communist party officials in China have launched a scathing attack on the country's handling of the media and information."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch censorship freespeech media)
• Chinese Internet censors face 'hacktivists' in U.S.
  "In response to China's crackdown and restrictions in many Middle Eastern countries, a small army has been mustered to defeat them. "Hacktivists," they call themselves."
  (tags: hacktivism censorship freespeech humanrights internet china chineseinternetresearch)
• Congress's dilemma: When Yahoo in China's not Yahoo | csmonitor.com
  "But lawmakers eager to end such cooperation may find it hard to do so, at least in Yahoo's case."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch yahoo censorship freespeech humanrights alibaba)
• USATODAY.com - Bill would keep servers out of China
  "Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., is drafting a bill that would force Internet companies including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to keep vital computer servers out of China and other nations the State Department deems repressive to human rights."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch yahoo google microsoft censorship freespeech humanrights surveillance internet)
• New law could ban US servers in China
  "no doubt the three search firms (and Cisco, under the spotlight for its firewall and router technology sales to China) do want a chance to make their case in public after the PR beating they have all taken in the last several weeks."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch cisco yahoo microsoft google censorship freespeech humanrights)
• WSJ.com - China Issues New Rules Banning Teens From Internet Cafes
  "China announced tough new regulations banning teenagers from Internet cafes and karaoke bars, stepping up a campaign to enforce public morality amid official concerns about drugs, gambling and prostitution."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet)