Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Online auction for security bugs

Online auction for security bugs


Windows for famous which has loopholes in software. Because it is made for people in general can uses easily and the speed of publishing is really fast.
Many malicious and criminal hackers find and use these loopholes to get access to the valuable information.
The auction house aims to staunch the flow of vulnerabilities to the underground by giving security researchers a legitimate marketplace for what they find. In this way, people who know vulnerabilities will report what they find and company who bid the report can fix their loopholes.

China officials break child rule

China officials break child rule

Chinese one-child law is known for particular kind of policy. This rule forced to have only one kid each family. If they have 2ed or 3, they must pay extra fee for breaking rule. Therefore, Chinese authorities have been breaking this rule. Because they have money to pay extra fee. And they have fear to lose there child who will inherit wealth and their serene old age. One-child law is galling for people make a living in agriculture. They need working people to farm. So there tends to kill baby if it were girl.
I agree china have a strict rule of demographic policy. Consequently population of china has become stable. So government should diminish the rule slightly. One family two kids would be good for long term of Chinese economy.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Thousands displaced by flooding

Thousands displaced by flooding

Big rain hits in England flooding. Dozens people forced on evacuate. Flooding stops England transportation and killed 3 people. Rain has been silently. But aftermath of flooding will be worse. Bad wet conditions will lead hot bed of bacteria. So England government must care flooding aftermath and clean up roads.
For the last 4 or 5 years, unusual whether has been occur everywhere and number of times have increased. Not just in England, America got huge hurricane last year and Japan now has been in strange pre-summer. I guess these unusual climates increase every year. Next decade, our whether history and forecast do not work on making prediction on unexpected weather. We have to think about this is a very serious problem.

HIV infection theory challenged

HIV infection theory challenged

HIV is known for virus infection that lasts a lifetime. HIV found just 30 years ago. It is very new type of virus so it entire illness has not been clear yet. HIV caused by loss of human immune cells and it often taking many years. But this time The Imperial found there is a flawed. They showed human immune cells which called T helper cells would fall to very low levels over a number of months, not years. Researching about HIV is ongoing project. We can not estimate that which is true or false. This article notice me that we have to have a doubt to any conclude and ongoing problems.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

"Oil for food" in Sudan proposed

“Oil for food” in Sudan proposed


In the world, at this time, there are conflicts still ongoing. In Sudan, more than 200,000 people have died in the four year and around two million have fled to refugee camps. UN Human Rights Council has proposed oil for food programme. This includes 30 recommendations and strict timetable. In the proposal three main themes are halt to the bombing of civilian targets, disarming the Janjaweed militia and bringing human rights violators to justice. I’m not really sure whether this proposal works or not. But Human Rights Watch said “The advantage of this new approach is that it provides a roadmap for future action.” I hope this scheme to be a framework of Sudan peace.

Finding peace in the wilderness

Finding peace in the wilderness


Aborigines have lived in the northern territories of Australia. The government talks of assimilating them into the mainstream, but has not worked yet. On the contrary, most of them are under the pressures of 21st Century life. They ravages by alcoholism, suicide and domestic violence. On the plateau where they lived is autonomous and alcohol free. The problem is Aborigines can not fit the mainstream life. One of the Aborigines guys went to a state school, but he quitted. Because of he couldn’t write, read and even recognize numbers. But are those really special than how to survive in the bush? This is a difference of concept of values. In the bush, writing calculating formula and knowledge of world politics does not mean anything.
Many problems related with Aborigines are unsolved. One is the amount of buffalo is increasing in the plateau. I think, one factor of circumstance absence hit a big impact on environment.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Killer banana rumor grips China

Killer banana rumor grips China


There days, Chinese products have been argued in the world consuming. Dog food and toothpaste which made in china contain poisons. So those accidents became consumer to understand rumor easily.

A rumor spread by text message. It effect banana’s price in Hainan island so badly, price slump is costing them up to 20 million yean ($US2.6) a day.

Chinese Health Ministry official already made this accident concluded and they said no baseless and not any scientific evidence.

If these happen continue constantly, Chinese product would lose belief from consumers. Fast modernize usually come with negative side.