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...Internet cafes are licensed. Those that are officially approved are expected to spy on customers and report anyone who accesses banned sites. Although the Public Security Bureau has deployed a corps of Internet police to block surfers from offending websites, there's no way a few hundred officers can filter the whole Web and maintain blocks that stymie users for long. In less than three minutes, Chen is able to access a blocked Chinese news site, using a proxy server that cloaks his online movements. Next to him, a friend uses the same technique to get to a porn site...
...licensed Internet caf?s in China, and all are required to monitor their customers by watching over their shoulders and blocking blacklisted Web pages. Although the Public Security Bureau has deployed a young corps of Internet police to block offending websites, there's no way a few hundred officers can filter all the pages on the Web and maintain blocks that stymie surfers for long. But the Internet police keep trying. According to the Hong Kong Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Beijing recently ordered all Internet caf?s to install software that immediately alerts one of the Public Security Bureau...
...fraud--and what to do if you get taken--at the NCL's website, www.fraud.org The best way to deal with spam is to delete it before you see it. Most e-mail programs have a feature called Rules (in Outlook, it's under the Tools menu) designed to filter incoming junk mail straight into your Deleted folder. Try filtering out all e-mail with three exclamation points (!!!) in the subject line. Other red flags include dollar signs and hot-button terms like XXX and nude. Trust me, it works. START RIGHT AWAY! It will definitely CHANGE YOUR LIFE...
NASA hopes, however, to launch within the next 20 years two new spacecraft that will circle our sun in unusual Earth-trailing orbits, studying the gravitational wobble of stars and trying to filter out some of their light. This, astronomers hope, will allow the hidden planets to pop into view. When the ships go online, 55 Cancri will be one of the first stars to receive a close look--a prospect that last week became more tantalizing than ever...
...familiar face in Kuala Lumpur's corridors of power. According to his associates, that was largely due to his strained ties with then Finance Minister and longtime Mahathir confidant Daim. Whatever the reason, Mokhtar found several key ventures at the state level mysteriously blocked. Reports began to filter back that his name was being blackened at the highest levels of government. Finally, Mokhtar asked for an audience with the Prime Minister. For the first 20 minutes, Mahathir sat stony-faced, his arms crossed. But, Mokhtar associates say, the PM began to thaw as Mokhtar explained himself. The meeting ended cordially...