Numerous predictions were made at the beginning of the year about what we can expect to dominate the headlines in the IT industry in 2010. From cloud computing finally becoming a mainstream technology, to the enforcement of harsher green IT regulations. It was all covered in the top CTOs’ Nostradamus renditions. However, not one of these foresaw the rise of a virus that would threaten to sever ties between Google, the world’s top Internet search engine, and China, the world’s top Internet using nation.