Posts Tagged China

Google puts off launch of Nexus One in China

Guardian.co.uk wrote: Google has postponed the launch in China of a new mobile phone incorporating its email and web services, following its row with the government there over censorship and hacking of its internal network. "The launch we have been working on with [mobile carrier] China Unicom

01.19.2010 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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German Government Warns Against using IE

German Government Warns Against using IE

BBC.co.uk wrote: The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security. The warning from the Federal Office for Information Security comes after Microsoft admitted IE was the weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems. Micros

01.18.2010 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Google may pull out of China

Google may pull out of China

BBC.co.uk wrote: Internet giant Google has said it may end its operations in China following a "sophisticated and targeted" cyber attack originating from the country. The company did not accuse the Chinese government directly, but said it was no longer willing to censor its Chinese search engi

01.13.2010 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Alarm sounded over game futures

A stark warning about the finances of the games industry has been aired at the Edinburgh Interactive conference. The sector had suffered "significant disruption" to its business model, Edward Williams, from BMO Capital Markets told the industry gathering. "For Western publishers, profitability

08.15.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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China scales back screening plan

China has scaled back its plans to install controversial net filtering software on its citizens' computers. In June, the government said that all PCs would have to have the "Green Dam Youth Escort" software installed to filter out objectionable material. The announcement caused an outcry in Ch

08.13.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Expectations high for Apple’s quarterly results

Expectations are high for Apple Inc's quarterly results on Tuesday, in the wake of strong early sales for its new iPhone and improved sentiment on the personal computer market after Intel Corp's earnings. Apple launched its third-generation iPhone 3GS in mid-June, and also slashed the price o

07.21.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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China and India together surpass one billion mobile phone users

China and India together surpass one billion mobile phone users

The Asia Pacific region now contains the world's two largest mobile markets, China and India and together, these two account for 1.04bn of the world's 4.15bn mobile customers. In fact, Asia is the only region to have more than one 100m market. The positions occupied by the top two markets

07.15.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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China Locks Down Web After Riot

China clamped down on the Internet in the capital of China's northwestern region of Xinjiang on Monday, in the hope of stemming the flow of information about ethnic unrest which left 140 people dead. The government has blamed Sunday's riots in Urumqi -- the deadliest unrest since the 1989 militar

07.6.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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China delays internet filter plan

China is to delay a controversial plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with an internet filtering software, state media says. The filter, called Green Dam Youth Escort, was to have been required from Wednesday, but the industry ministry said computer makers needed m

06.30.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Google access disrupted in China

Access to Google has been disrupted in some parts of China, amid a row over what Chinese citizens should be allowed to view over the internet. Users reported they could not access either Google's search engine or its Chinese-language version. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang accused

06.25.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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