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Delays for Green Dam filter installation

The Financial Times is reporting that computer retailers in Beijing aren't expecting PCs equipped with the Green Dam-Youth Escort software until several weeks after the official deadline of July 1: Staff selling Lenovo, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, Acer,... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Tue, Jun 30 2009

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