人類活動依然關系到野生東北虎的保護

A file photo of wild Siberian tiger

新華社十一月四日報道，野生動物專家說，保護力度的加大給中俄邊境地區的野生東北虎保護帶來希望，但人類活動仍然影響著它們的自由活動和居住，而這也是這種高度瀕危物種能否生存的關鍵。

東北虎虎是亞種老虎，活動范圍曾經在俄羅斯遠東地區、中國東北部地區和朝鮮民主主義人民共和國北部地區。由于森林的減少和偷獵行為，目前只有大約20只野生東北被確信生活在中國的吉林省和黑龍江省一帶，而在鄰國俄羅斯，野生老虎的數量預計在430只到500只之間。

毒霸免費一年 搶奪用戶

據中國網報道，在騰訊和360公司的口水戰不斷升級之際，中國軟件商金山公司11月4日宣布，金山毒霸將向所有用戶免費使用一年。騰訊公司昨日宣布將在裝有360殺毒軟件的電腦上停止運行QQ軟件，此舉將迫使很多用戶尋找新的病毒防御軟件。

金山公司已經掛出毒霸鏈接供免費下載，對于付費用戶將追加升級服務。卡巴斯基也推出了類似促銷，旨在競爭對手360出現困難時，擴大自身利益。

Human activities still a concern for wild Siberian tiger protection

Wildlife experts said enhanced protection measures gave hope to the protection of wild Siberian tigers in China-Russia border region, but human activities still disturb their free movement and habitation, a key to the survival of the highly endangered species, Xinhua reported on November 4.

The Siberian tiger is a subspecies of tiger which once roamed in Russian Far East, eastern part of northeast China and northern part of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Due to fragmentation of forests and poaching, only about 20 Siberian tigers are believed to live in wild in Jilin and Heilongjiang, while the population of wild tigers in neighboring Russia is estimated between 430 and 500.

Kingsoft offers free virus ware

Chinese software firm Kingsoft has announced a special offer of one-year free use of its anti-virus software amid the intensifying rivalry between QQ and 360, China.org.cn reports. QQ announced yesterday that it was pulling its services from computers running 360's free anti-virus ware, a move that could force large numbers of users to seek new virus protection.

Kingsoft is offering free downloads of its software and free updates for existing customers. Kaspersky is running a similar promotion on its anti-virus package, to capitalize on 360's difficulties.

(China.org.cn November 5, 2010)