The Bastard Post » china http://bofh.cx Have you fed your little Bastard today? Fri, 20 May 2011 02:07:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Imitation is the most profitable form of flattery http://bofh.cx/index.php/2009/12/imitation-is-the-most-profitable-form-of-flattery/ http://bofh.cx/index.php/2009/12/imitation-is-the-most-profitable-form-of-flattery/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:52:17 +0000 weetabix http://bofh.cx/index.php/2009/imitation-is-the-most-profitable-form-of-flattery/ Infamous Chinese pirates launch Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP
Why have they moved to Ubuntu? Because their previous release — a pirate version of Windows XP itself — is being cracked down on by Microsoft.

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sholto writes “US intelligence agencies are advising top US IT executives to weigh their laptops before and after visiting China as one of many precautions against corporate espionage. Symantec Chief Technology Officer Mark Bregman said he was also advised to buy a new cellphone for each visit and to throw it away after leaving. Bregman said he kept a separate MacBook Air for use in China, which he re-images on returning, but claimed he didn’t subscribe to the strictest policies. ‘Bregman said the US was also concerned about its companies employing Chinese coders, particularly in security.’”

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