The Chinese government Tuesday criticized Google for being “totally wrong” by stopping censoring its Chinese-language search results, while reaffirming that the foreign investment environment will not be affected in China, a ready made reaction after two months of tension sparked by the search engine’s pullout threat.

Surveys showed that the majority of China’s Web users is not much affected by Google’s decision to reroute searches to its Hong Kong-based site. (more)

Washington – Google’s decision to withdraw its main Chinese website from the mainland and relocate to Hong Kong was a business decision that did not involve the US government, the US State Department said Tuesday.

“This was a business decision by Google,  as to the issue of Internet freedom and the flow of information around the world,” spokesman PJ Crowley said. (more)

Domain names are essentially a human way of allowing the Internet to work. Every single computer that exists on the Internet is given a number to identify itself (an “IP address” such as 69.73.172.201). Within this sequence of numbers is also a way of finding out who else is in your “group” and where to find other “groups” but that’s starting to get a bit complex for our needs here. (more)

Restriction by IP address is secure against casual nosiness but not against a determined hacker. There are several ways around IP address restrictions. With the proper equipment and software, a hacker can “spoof” his IP address, making it seem as if he’s connecting from a location different from his real one. Nor is there any guarantee that the person contacting your server from an authorized host is in fact the person you think he is. The remote host may have been broken into and is being used as a front. (more)

What should do when viewing a secure page or website with https url and the browser complains that the site certificate doesn’t match the server and asks user to continue?

The host name of the Web server is an unalterable part of the site certificate. If the name of the host doesn’t match the name on the certificate, the browser will notice this fact and alert you of the problem. (more)

When choosing the colors for your website, you need to first think of your audience. Is it a global audience? Is it primarily Western? Eastern? Are they older? Younger? Male? Female? All of these things, and more can affect the color choices for your website. (more)

Ever feel like you’re talking to someone from a foreign country when all you want is a little help with your website? Web Hosting Jargon explains what some of the web hosting industry’s technical terms mean, so the next time you contact tech support you’ll feel like you’re talking to someone who lives a little closer to home. Today we’re going to look at the job of a name server. (more)