re: Yahoo, cisco, Microsoft - Axis of Evil - a cisco update
Unlike I implied above it seems that cisco equipment is sold "as is" to China's security services. Unlike the referenced essayist, I really cannot fault cisco for selling ordinary product to folks who are not prohibited by law. Microsoft however has done special software work for China to inhibit references to "democracy" etc. and I believe that Yahoo has also done such custom work. If I'm wrong about Yahoo, I'll stand corrected.