| A Triple Bite from Technology |
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| Computing | |
| Written by Administrator | |
| Friday, 29 January 2010 16:11 | |
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Technology has been chewing-on businesses and governments alike over the past month or so. Google, recently bitten by a zero-day exploit in China, has been very vocal about this exploit and is threatening to pull out of China. This, in turn, has the U.S. government requesting a response from China on cyber security. Can't blame the U.S. government for making a case, as IP's from China have been traced as the source of several attacks over the past year or so. Needless-to-say, China is not happy about the bad press. In fact, they've been quite vocal in their denials and have basically told the U.S. "Don't mess with our business". China is akin to a spoiled child. The country believes it's right on most topics and seems to enjoy "flying in the face" of the world. So long as the world allows China to behave like a spoiled brat, it will continue to do so. If they were just a little less paranoid about information that might topple their power and concentrate on improving the lives of their citizens, they'd be better off. None-the-less, China does not seem happy about the technology bite it's received. Microsoft can't be any happier these days. Internet Explore contained the flaw that, in the end, allowed the perpetrators to gain access to Google's system. It's also something Microsoft new about in September of 2009 and didn't plan to release a fix until February 2010. A 5 month window, from the time they were advised of the flaw to a planned fix, seems a bit long to me. Perhaps to Microsoft now too. It certainly doesn't look good for the company when something like this happens. Will future Technology Bites come in triads? Microsoft/Google/China all bitten at once. Very cool! Unless you've one of the individuals China was trying to censor.
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