The economics of computing in China have led to the kind of contradiction that Mao Zedong would have loved. A massive installation of Linux in government departments and schools across the country could be a precursor to family use when today's rural youth grow up, make money, move into the cities and buy computers for their children. But that scenario is still far away. Oh, and they provide a place for him to sleep. Linux is like a Chinese peasant uprising When the oppressed recognize their suffering, they find the strength to overthrow those in power, reports Beijing's China Youth Daily.
More music is pirated than paid for in China, says an upstart music label.
It's asking listeners to pledge allegiance to artists. Plagued by sagging ticket sales and a dearth of hits, the former sensations are heading rapidly to that Great Back Alley from whence no teen-pop act returns. And the sarongs aren't helping. Slim Shady takes a hit from the FCC Citing new indecency guidelines, the commission fines a radio station for playing Eminem.