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Canonical, the software company that manages and funds Ubuntu, announced to develop a new, open-source operating system customized especially for Chinese users called ' UbuntuKylin OS '. According to the BBC, Chinese government and Canonical partner to launch its home grown operating system. China signaled its intention to move away from its dependence on western software products i.e windows. Canonical staff and Chinese researchers will be working on the OS at a Beijing lab. China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will collaborate with Canonical to come up with Kylin to run on servers, aimed at websites, online shops, and hosting. The first version of Ubuntu Kylin is for the laptops and desktops. Therefore the Android dominates the Chinese market for a few more years. The Ubuntu Kylin is not for the mobile device because Canonical already has the Ubuntu Mobile OS. Future releases will also include integration with Baidu maps and shoppi...

The recent hacking of the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) website by a group called the 'Pakistani Cyber Army' has raised concerns about the security measures of servers maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The NIC is responsible for government server maintenance. While the NIC remains silent on the issue, sources in the security establishment suggest that the NIC's safety mechanisms were inadequate. Several reminders had been sent to NIC, urging them to upgrade their hardware. The CBI's official website was hacked on the night of December 3rd to 4th. The CBI has registered a case against unknown individuals in connection with the hacking. A report titled "Shadows in the Cloud" by a Canadian think-tank, comprising the "Information Warfare Monitor" and "Shadows Server," earlier this year indicated evidence of a cyber-espionage network. This network compromised government, business, and academic computer systems ...

China is taking decisive action against computer hacking with a new law set to govern the sentencing of hackers and other internet offenders. This initiative, announced by the Ministry of Public Security, aims to enhance cybersecurity in response to the growing threat of cybercrime. Lawmakers are currently working on judicial interpretations of these new regulations. Gu Jian, deputy director of the Ministry's Network Security Protection Bureau, stated that these rules are expected to be released by the end of the year. This development represents China's latest effort to strengthen security against cybercrime. Since 2004, more than 1.64 million online offenses have been reported to China's Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center. Although 80% of these cases involve online pornography and scams, hacking incidents are on the rise. Gu noted that eight out of ten computers with internet access in China are now suffering from "botnet attacks." In these attacks...

Chipmaker Nvidia announced that a new supercomputer built in China, powered by over 7,000 of its graphics processor units (GPUs), is now the world's fastest. This supercomputer, constructed by the National University of Defense Technology and located at the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, has a processing power equivalent to 175,000 laptop computers, according to Nvidia officials. With sustained performance reaching 2.5 petaflops, this Chinese supercomputer, named Tianhe-1A, is 30% faster than the world's second most powerful supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, as per Nvidia's claims. The Tianhe-1A will serve scientists in various fields and will also be available for international use. Nvidia, known for its high-end video cards favored by gamers, is now promoting its technology for diverse applications beyond graphics, including supercomputers that run complex simulations in astrophysics and other computation-heavy tasks. Supercomputer...