Report on manufacturing the Xbox in China: KYE recruits hundreds-even up to 1,000-"work study students" 16 and 17 years of age, who work 15-hour shifts, six and seven days a week. In 2007 and 2008, dozens of the work study students were reported to be just 14 and 15 years old. A typical shift is from 7:45 a.m. to 10:55 p.m.

Consumers in China are basically 5 times more likely to purchase something in the "virtual world" than are people in the US. This is because of a variety of things, such as the strict regulations China has on regular game consoles. Additionally, this opens up the market for future 'virtual buying' in other ways.

Google is threatening to pull out of China based on a recent attack by amateurs. It seems like amateurs have a lot more luck hacking these big nodes, given the story we read about mafiaboy.

Where governments pose restrictions, companies are finding ways to help people circumvent them. Apparently, business is booming for people wanting to use firewalls to get around their countries censorship. Even when the blocks get blocked, new ways continue to pop up.

Following Google's recent announcement that the company would "review" its business operations in China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will address the issue of Internet freedom in a speech Thursday in Washington D.C. Alec Ross is Clinton's senior adviser for innovation. He tells Renee Montagne that companies like Google shouldn't have to worry about cyber attacks.