You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

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Jul 3, 20091 min

China gives Web filters another look, scurvy pirates get the hook

You win some; you lose some. This week China decided its Web censorship filtering software was not quite ready for prime time, while U.S. courts sentenced phone hackers and file swappers to some crime time. Another Facebook-wannabe went down the tubes, another gadget Web site got birthed, and yet one more politician is undressed, so to speak, by his own e-mails. Are you up to speed on all things geek? Prove it by acing our quiz. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and no, we won’t block your Web access if you mention Taiwan. Let’s begin.

1. China has put a temporary hold on the requirement that all PCs sold in the country contain the Green Dam Youth Escort Web filter. According to reports, which of the following Web content did Green Dam not entirely block?

a. Sites sympathetic to Falun Gong b. Keywords insulting Chinese leaders c. Hard-core porn sites d. Garfield the Cat

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