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Tech news - August 2008

• Microsoft sees end of Windows era
  BBC Technology, 4 August 2008 (BBC)
  Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows. Called Midori, the cut-down operating system
• Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail
  LAS VEGAS, USA, 7 August 2008 (AP)
  A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages,
• Beijing controls Tibetans using Skynet electronic surveillance
  China, 23 August 2008 (Radio Free Asia)
  Skynet is now operational in Tibet. Beijing installed cameras in every district to monitor Tibetans. Currently, Tibetans must obtain passes from the government to enter cities.
• A new breed of hackers tracks online acts of war
  TORONTO, Canada, 27 August 2008 (Washington Post)
  Here in the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, a new breed of hackers is conducting digital espionage.
• Artist tells all about Chinese ordeal
  NEW YORK CITY, USA, 27 August 2008 (ArtNet)
  New York artist James Powderly made news during the Beijing Olympic Games when he was detained along with five other activists for planning a "Free Tibet" protest.
• Year of the Gh0st Rat - Talk by Greg Walton
  DHARAMSHALA, India, 26 August 2008 (Tibet Sun)
  On Friday 29 August at 2.30 p.m. at DIIR, Greg Walton will give a talk on information warfare and its implications for the Tibetan cause. Here are his comments:
• Chinese "hacker" discusses Chinese underground and attacks on western systems
  China, 26 August 2008 (PoliticalHacking.com)
  An interview with a Chinese "hacker" who claims to have participated in pro-Chinese attacks against CNN and other western organizations has been posted on YouTube.