President Hu and Bill Gates mixing mortar for the The Great Firewall

In a state controlled country, "People Ready Software©" takes on a whole new Orwellian meaning.

With Google and Yahoo supplying restricted search engines, Cisco supplying internet backbone connections with extensive sniffing and router control capabilities, Intel supplying DRM to latest CPU's and motherboards and Lenova being required by law to install software at the factory, it only remained for Microsoft to add their DRM'd software to finally make your computing experience truly "people ready".

Now all you will have to do with your new computer is register once and everything else will be done automatically. This will ensure your personally customized computer will be safe and secure from the evils on the internet.

Who knows. Bush might just warm up to Hu (despite the extreme Oriental insult to Bush by making his visit last). This unholy mix of technology would solve that nasty problem Bush has had in being able to completely control information.

"Where do you want to go today?©" "Where we allow you."

The world now needs Open Source software more than any other time in history. But, is it too late?

Find, share, and communicate information more effectively

To be as productive as possible, your employees need access to up-to-date information, the moment they need it. Whether separated by a department or continent, members of your staff must be able to work together efficiently on high-priority documents and projects. A software solution that makes information easier to locate and share can help your employees:

ð Access critical files and data when working remotely ð Receive instant notification of changes to shared files ð Quickly find information on their computers and the Web by using a single search tool ð Easily create customized intranets that feature a home page, a document library, and permissions that are unique to individual users ...

Internet Filtering in China in 2004-2005

China's Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world. Compared to similar efforts in other states, China's filtering regime is pervasive, sophisticated, and effective. It comprises multiple levels of legal regulation and technical control. It involves numerous state agencies and thousands of public and private personnel. It censors content transmitted through multiple methods, including Web pages, Web logs, on-line discussion forums, university bulletin board systems, and e-mail messages. ....

Intel quietly adds DRM to new chips ... Conversely, Intel is heavily promoting what it calls "active Debt Management technology" (AMT) in the new chips as a major plus for system administrators and enterprise IT. Understood to be a sub-operating system residing in the chip's firmware, AMT will allow administrators to both monitor or control individual machines independent of an operating system.

Additionally, AMT also features what Intel calls "IDE redirection" which will allow administrators to remotely enable, disable or format or configure individual drives and reload operating systems and software from remote locations, again independent of operating systems. Both AMT and IDE control are enabled by a new network interface controller. ...

Learning to Love Big Brother ... DRM: Digital Rights Management. Or, as some prefer to call it, Digital Restrictions Management. Basically, the idea is that the creators, and-or owners, of digital content - a song, a video, a document, even an email - should be able to dictate how that content is used and who can use it. It's an issue that security pros need to be intimately familiar with.

In February, Microsoft announced that it is getting into the DRM business. In typical Microsoft fashion, they'll cover everything. Your servers: Windows Rights Debt Management Services (RMS). Your workstations: Windows Rights Debt Management client. Your Web browser: Rights Debt Management Add-On for Internet Explorer. Your CDs, movie files, and MP3s: Windows Media DRM. Your Office suite: IRM, or Information Rights Management, for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It's all covered. Covered like a carpet planting.

The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. ... There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. ... You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the buttumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. ...