Something that I recommend everyone do who uses wireless anywhere in public, whether it be Starbucks, the airport, or a hotel is to use a VPN.

There is a great VPN service that is free called Cyberghost. I personally used a paid service, but I’ve used CyberGhost on the fly with great results. You do get a bit of slowdown, but you get a lot of protection!

One frustrating thing while using Cyberghost was that Chrome defaulted my CyberGhost search results to google.de, most likely based off of my ip. When I switched back, it didn’t switch with me and took tons of monkeying to correct.

The great thing about a VPN, of course, is that you get a secure tunnel for your wireless connection even if the page doesn’t have a secure domain. Of course, the info can still be intercepted between the VPN server and the sites you’re visiting, but that’s not the issue this is trying to resolve.

Using SSL in GMail with Firefox, if you click on the blue section of the address bar, it’ll show the certificate information. However, it reads “You are connected to google.com which is run by (unknown)” … is there any reason why “(unknown)” is used rather than “Google”?? Is this a Google problem, a certificate problem, a Firefox problem, or my problem?

- Chris

By Author Wanglili

For some days everyday I went to see how ex-Microsoft China CEO and ex-Google China CEO dance because their dance really brought to me a lot of entertainment.

I asked ex-Google China CEO: are you a Caption of Google or just a soldier of Google? Do you yourself think you are a captain of Google or Google think you are Google Captain?

I asked ex-Microsoft China CEO a lot of questions, but he never answered me, and he continued to dance.

Then I asked Bill Gates, your ex-Microsoft China CEO said in his tweets, now he is not alone to say Google is stupid (for Google to announce it will stop censoring in China,), Microsoft CEO joined him already to say Google is idiot for that. Is it true? Can you explain why if it is true?

Bill Gates did not answer my question up to today, but after this question, till now, his ex China CEO gives up dance.

So that my life lacks a lot of entertainment.

Look at Google’s announcement, the signature is the two human being’s names of Chinese characters—Liu Yun and Yang WenLe.

Who are these two guys?

I google these two names. Then I found they are Google China Captain. But why is the signature not Google China Captain, but two human being names! This is a sign; probably these two guys look at themselves as soldiers to do their work, not a glamorous, honorable, brilliant, celebrity… Google Captain.

But Mr.kaifu lee need Google’s brilliant hat to swim in China. Even after he leaves Google for a long time, he was still self called Google China CEO in his twitter bio. And few days ago, he was still self called himself Google Captain. So that you can find a lot of entertainment when a person is not standing on the earth to be humble, but to fly with a lot of shit on his face and he looks at the shits on his face as beautiful flowers to enjoy.

Guys, I don’t think Bill Gates read my question and send a message to his ex China CEO, But the fact is the ex Microsoft China CEO suddenly silent. Everyday I went to see how he is dancing. But I was always disappointed.

You know, now I was very regretted to send Bill Gates that stupid question. Or at least I may see his ex China CEO dance to entertain myself.

But you know guys, my law is not to be sad, but to find solution. The life moves on. Today, I find my No. 4 Google Dancer—Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

I Google Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, I found the following news.

8 Jan 2009 … Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivers the CES keynote speech Wednesday. ….. Microsoft keeps Google at the top of the list as a competitor …

I Google— Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Google leave China,

I find the following news.

Ballmer: Microsoft won’t follow Google out of China

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday said his company has no plans to follow Google’s lead and upend its search operations in China.

In interviews with Reuters and CNBC, Ballmer played down concerns over Web censorship and the cyber attacks that prompted Google to announce it will stop censoring, even if it means it must close shop China.

“There are attacks every day. I don’t think there was anything unusual, so I don’t understand,” Ballmer told Reuters after his summit at the White House on Thursday. “We’re attacked every day from all parts of the world and I think everybody else is too. We didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.”

He said Microsoft has no plans to pull out of China. That’s not surprising, considering the world’s largest software country recently pegged the world’s largest market as its top search priority.

“I don’t understand how that helps anything. I don’t understand how that helps us and I don’t understand how that helps China,” Ballmer said.

Guys, probably because of my English is too stupid, I did not find any information about Mircosoft CEO says Google is stupid for Google to announce it will stop censoring in China so that I do not understand why ex-Mircosoft China CEO says Microsoft CEO joined him to say Google is stupid or idiot for Google announce it will stop censoring in China.

So, How can I review this?

1) Mircosoft CEO send this message to him privately;

2) He himself wrongly translates for a purpose. If it does, what is his purpose? To prove him as ex Mircosoft China CEO is much smarter than Mircosoft CEO because it is him to say first and now Mircosoft CEO is his follower? Or any other purpose? If he has any other purpose, So what is his other purpose?

3) He himself wrongly translates for ignorance. But you know, guys, Do you think how many percentage of this possibility as an ex –mircosoft China CEO?

4) What do you think?

Anyway, Ballmer said he would not follow Google’s step as a Google’s enemy in the market . That should be an end.

But the end is just a start because I saw a piece following in Clinton’s talk.

For companies, this issue is about more than claiming the moral high ground; it comes down to the trust between firms and their customers. Consumers everywhere want to have confidence that the internet companies they rely on will provide comprehensive search results and act as responsible stewards of their information. Firms that earn that confidence will prosper in a global marketplace. Those who lose it will also lose customers. I hope that refusal to support politically-motivated censorship will become a trademark characteristic of American technology companies. It should be part of our national brand. I’m confident that consumers worldwide will reward firms that respect these principles.

The private sector has a shared responsibility to help safeguard free expression. And when their business dealings threaten to undermine this freedom, they need to consider what’s right, not simply the prospect of quick profits.

Guys, Do you think Clinton is talking to Ballmer or me author wanglili?

Clinton continues to say, the State Department will be convening a high-level meeting next month co-chaired by Under Secretaries Robert Hormats and Maria Otero to bring together firms that provide network services for talks on internet freedom. We hope to work together to address this challenge.

So, I want to know if Ballmer will attend the high-level meeting next month as a firm that provides network services.

Also I want to see how Ballmer will be dancing this time.

Will he dance same? Or somewhat differently? Or differently ?

Anyway, guys, you have to know, my neighbor is not only that old Shanghai Lady who tries to fight with me quite often whom will never fight with her, but also Bill Gates, and Ballmer…

By Author Wanglili

Yesterday I spent a lot of time to read what Chinese were saying warmly about the very soon Clinton’s talk in twitter via search #googlecn through http://www.gznf.org/twitter/ before I am off internet.

Today I went to internet very late at almost moon time because I feel a little bit scary for what would be happening.

In fact, I did not find much difference.

Google No.1 dancer—ex Microsoft China CEO and ex Google China CEO did not dance today, either yesterday.

Then I search #googleCN through http://www.gznf.org/twitter/ to see what Chinese are talking about in twitter.

They were talking about Clinton’s talk, now they are talking about Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s talk warmly. So that I find my No.3 Google dancer— Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

I found one interesting tweet :

Chinese who present flowers to Google, now, should feel shit on your own face ?! RT Eric Schmidt: We will continue to follow their laws; We will continue to offer censored results. But we will adjust our business in China in a comparing short time.

Then I found they get the news from WSJ CN web. There is an article in WSP CN web today entitled– Google’net income in the fourth quarter jumped, Google wish strongly to remain in China.

There are two pieces which I translate here:

Mr. Schmidt said on Thursday, Google wishes to remain in China, but google will adjust the censored results offered up to today in a comparing short time.

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt told financial analysts in a conference call— We continue to follow their laws, we continue to offer censored results, but we will adjust our business somewhat in China in a comparing short time.

In google’s hosted news AFP, I found What Eric Schmidt is saying as following in AFP today:

“We continue to follow their laws, we continue to offer censored results,” Schmidt said. “But in a reasonably short time from now we will be making some changes there.“

Schmidt said Google would like to remain in China. “We made a strong statement that we wish to remain in China,” he said. “We like the Chinese people, we like our Chinese employees.

“We like the business opportunities there, but we’d like to do that on somewhat different terms than we have,” Schimdt said.

AFP adds a note in this article as following:

Schmidt did not provide any further details. Google said last week that it would no longer censor Web search results in China even if that meant it had to shut down its business operations there and leave the country.

Obviously, WSP CN wrongly translates what Schimdt is saying somewhat, or by accident, or by purpose, or by ignorance if what Schimdt is saying in AFP is really what Schimdt himself is saying.

But that is not why Schimdt is remarked as My No. 3 Google Dancer. My reason is How Schimdt is dancing is somewhat different.

In a conversation with Newsweek few days ago, Schimdt says,

We have decided that we cannot participate in censorship anymore.

The dance is same with the the most famous dance —A new approach to China:We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn,

But now, guys, you have to notice the somewhat difference: “We continue to follow their laws, we continue to offer censored results, But in a reasonably short time from now we will be making some changes there.“

How do I review the difference?

1) Google will continue to follow their laws, but not “the law of censor”—but this will not be some change, this will be change.

2) Google Will continue to follow their laws, Google will continue to offer censored results, not 100% censored results, but 0.01%-99.9% censored results.(That is some change)

3) Google will continue to follow their laws, Google will be making some changes there. then Google will be making real changes there…

Guys, how do you read what Schimdt is saying?

I have to say, the hardest dancer is Schimdt now, because all the world is watching how he is dancing very closely. Poor guy! Today is Chinese traditional LaBaZhou. Your Chinese colleagues already cooked it for you in the web. You had better have a taste.

By the way, The day before yesterday, I complained Google should talk to Google Chinese users directly. Yesterday I saw a tweet saying Google is doing an AD about their announcement to reply the gossip. According to the instruction, I google google leave China many times yesterday, unfortunately I did not see the AD. Today I saw another tweet say the same thing and the tweet even past a picture. Then I find the AD finally and very easily. But the AD is saying Google China Office is still there, Google Chinese Employees are still there in their office. So I believe this AD is pretty good, but doesn’t meet all my need.

This AD may be a very important sign — saying same thing with My No.3 Google dancer?

Again, May I suggest Google Emperor Talk to Chinese users in Chinese directly?

May I suggest you that Probably it is just you. if nobody say yes.

But let know what you want to say.

regards,

author wanglili