Google staying in China
Google is committed to doing business in China despite criticism the company has faced for abiding by Chinese government censorship restrictions, reports Reuters.
Co-founder Sergey Brin last week made comments that prompted some journalists to speculate Google intended to change or eliminate its operations in China.
In fact, Brin reiterated Google`s intention to move ahead with its google.cn site -- a version of the leading Internet search engine that censors thousands of sites according to Chinese standards, report Reuters.
On 25 January, Google established Google.cn that operates on servers based in China, but now the users of Google.cn are not even up to 1% of people who use Google.com, reports TMC Net.
Google, which is also named Gu-Ge in Chinese for promotion, has been lagging behind its Chinese indigenous rival Baidu in China`s market, with the latter presently taking over a half of the Chinese market.
No fix for critical Windows 98, Me Flaw
Microsoft has encountered a critical vulnerability in Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Me that it simply cannot fix, the company acknowledged on Friday, reports Beta News.
Announced as part of April`s security bulletins, a remote execution vulnerability exists in Windows Explorer because of the way that it handles COM objects.
A malicious Web site could force a connection to a remote file server, which in turn causes Explorer to fail and potentially execute arbitrary code. Microsoft said it would need to reengineer a significant amount of the operating system.
Microsoft`s anti-piracy tool criticised
Microsoft is being criticised for distributing its Windows XP anti-piracy tool in a way that may leave many PC users in the dark as to what they are actually downloading, reports Information Week.
In addition, the software maker has come under fire for failing to make it clear to people installing Windows Genuine Advantage that the application communicates with Microsoft on a daily basis.
Microsoft on Friday acknowledged that it could have done a better job in explaining how the software behaves. The application is currently in beta.
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