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Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE is rumored to plan the release of a Windows Phone device in its homeland country in the near future, and the phone would run under the next flavor of Microsoft’s mobile OS, Tango. Moreover, the latest reports on the matter suggest that the company might name the phone Mimosa, and ... |
25 February 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Hackers around the world, the interview series in which we talk to hackers worldwide trying to find out what makes them tick, continues with a hacker from China. More specifically, 7z1, a member of Evil Shadow is one of the hackers that breached the Microsoft Store, or Microsoft Mall (as they call it), in India. He ... |
25 February 2012
09:41 GMT |
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A Dutch hacker allegedly part of Anonymous hacked and defaced a number of 68 sites with the purpose of posting protest messages against China’s domination over Tibet.
Cyber War News informs that 45 sites were defaced in the first part of the operation and another 23 the next day. All of the defacements were ca... |
25 February 2012
07:57 GMT |
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The Chinese Ministry of Public Security revealed that authorities terminated the activity of thousands of websites that were considered to be involved in illegal commercial activities as part of an operation targeting the black markets and any other services considered to be a threat to public safety.
The numbers su... |
23 February 2012
07:16 GMT |
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In a special “Nightline” edition yesterday, American television network ABC offered the first ever glimpse inside Foxconn factories, particularly those that handle assembly of the Apple iPhone and iPad. “Although we didn’t find any egregious violations, if the Fair LAbor Association finds any... |
22 February 2012
02:47 GMT |
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S3rver.exe, the 13-year-old Australian hacker, has kept himself busy by breaching a couple of websites that belong to the Chinese government, more precisely the sites of the Tongcheng Environmental Protection and an official police site.
“They support the Syrian Government by Vetoing resolutions and they are v... |
21 February 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Video game service producer and online game publisher NetEase has announced that it managed to obtain better than expected revenue and profits for the fourth quarter of 2011, which ended in December, powered by the World of Warcraft MMO and by online games Fantasy Westward Journey and Westward Journey Online II.
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20 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in China will soon be able to purchase in their country handsets that run under Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone Tango OS. The platform has been long rumored to arrive on devices during the first half of the year, and it appears that it might not be too long before it does so. In fact, ... |
20 February 2012
10:51 GMT |
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A Chinese court has ruled that iPad distributors in Huizhou, a small city in the Guangdong province, must stop sales of the Apple tablet computer, as a result of Apple infringing upon a trademark held by a local company called Proview Technology.
Proview has filed not one, but multiple lawsuits against Apple in the ... |
20 February 2012
10:36 GMT |
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ABC "Nightline" anchor Bill Weir has been offered exclusive access to Apple suppliers' factories in China to interview workers on the conditions inside the facilities where iPhone and iPads get assembled.
Weir is reportedly the first journalist to go inside the factories to ask workers about their welfare. Most... |
20 February 2012
05:45 GMT |
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There are a lot of people online. It's hard to say exactly how many though, but there are some pretty good estimates. Much more people are coming online too, but with only about 32.7 percent of the world's population, based on stats from the end of 2011, there's plenty of room to grow.And it will grow,... |
17 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Apple has confirmed today that some of the cool new features in Mountain Lion are specifically designed with the Chinese user in mind.
“Mountain Lion […] has features specifically designed to support Chinese users,” the Mac maker said in a press release today.
The company has made “signific... |
16 February 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Video game publisher Capcom has offered some new detail on Resident Evil 6, the next core game in the long-running zombie-powered series, admitting that the events of the game are all taking place during the year 2013 and offering some more information on the game setting.
The company also named a fictional town in ... |
16 February 2012
04:54 GMT |
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More than 8,000 usernames and password hashes were leaked by RevolutionSec from the official website of China’s Trade Administration (trade.gov.cn). Cyberwarnews informs that the massive data leak was published on Pastebin in two parts, the hackers, part of Anonymous, claiming that the breach is part of OpChin... |
14 February 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Nokia’s first Windows Phone out there, the Lumia 800, was made available only in a GSM flavor, yet it seems that the Finnish handset vendor is considering the launch of CDMA versions of the device as well. The company is getting ready to make the smartphone available for mobile phone users in China, and will do... |
13 February 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Chinese media outlets have confirmed that the Proview iPad trademark infringement verdict has prompted some local Administrations of Industry and Commerce (AIC) to confiscate Apple iPads found on sale at several retailers. Apple has lost a lawsuit challenging Proview's claims on the iPad trademark. The latter i... |
13 February 2012
04:24 GMT |
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This week saw the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) reveal new maps of the Moon. Thus far, nothing unusual, except maybe for the amazing resolution and level of detail these products contain. CNSA is indeed beginning to catch up with Russia, Europe and the US in space exploration.The data used to compile t... |
11 February 2012
06:51 GMT |
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For hundreds of years, the Chinese have been practicing a martial arts and training exercise called Tai Chi. After becoming interested in this routine, experts at the Oregon Research Institute were able to demonstrate that it can contribute to alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
This condition aff... |
10 February 2012
10:31 GMT |
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A study released by security firm NCC reveals the origins of most hacking operations and the estimated damages they cause to the global economy each year.
The numbers show that hackers from the UK cost the global economy over $2 billion (1.4 billion EUR) in the year that passed, counting a total of 23 million hack a... |
2 February 2012
09:38 GMT |
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As Apple defends itself from allegations regarding its awareness of Foxconn mistreating workers, the Chinese electronics company that assembles Apple’s iPhones and iPads is now recruiting an additional 100,000 employees.
Things may not be as bad as previously reported, if thousands are scrambling to score a jo... |
31 January 2012
05:35 GMT |
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After postponing the iPhone 4S launch in China because of scalpers, Apple has decided to implement a system that requires full details of the customer, including a government-issued photo ID. The name and ID number must match as well.The system is accessible only a few hours every day and it appears that customers mu... |
30 January 2012
10:53 GMT |
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Last week, Twitter announced that it now had the ability to censor tweets on a country by country basis. Many people took this to mean that Twitter will now start censoring tweets whereas it wasn't censoring them before.
That wasn't true of course, and Twitter clarified the situation, but that didn't ... |
30 January 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had to fire up the orbital outpost's thrusters on Saturday, January 28, in order to ensure that the facility is not impacted by a set of space debris. The orbital junk were produced by a Chinese military test that took place back in 2007.
The Asian nation ... |
30 January 2012
08:18 GMT |
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The malicious Sykipot campaign that’s designed to target various industries in search for corporate secrets has been persistent in the past few months, and Symantec researchers have kept themselves busy trying to find out more information on the operation and the Trojan itself. Their latest investigations reve... |
28 January 2012
06:10 GMT |
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After in May 2011 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) revealed the fact that an Online Blue Army had been established with the purpose of improving China’s ability to defend its military networks, now it seems that the project is taking shape. According to ECNS, the country’s military experts claim ... |
20 January 2012
08:46 GMT |
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China is one of the world's most important PV panel supplier. In addition, the nation is also focusing on its own development, struggling to meet stricter emission standards and boosting the development of renewables.
Under these circumstances, the implementation of a 18 MW solar plant in Dunhuang, Gansu Provi... |
18 January 2012
07:42 GMT |
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Apple has officially canceled the launch of the iPhone 4S at some retail locations in Beijing and Shanghai, following outbreaks at the company’s stores where entire teams of ‘scalpers’ were waiting to buy the iconic handset.
Apple has confirmed in a statement provided to AllThingsD that the company... |
13 January 2012
03:01 GMT |
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There are now over 500 million internet users in China. In fact, there were 505 million at the end of November last year, so the number is even bigger now.
This puts the country firmly at the top as the biggest internet market in the world. The US, the second biggest internet market, is half the Chinese one, at 270 ... |
12 January 2012
04:50 GMT |
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We recently learned that the large number of hacking operations that took place in China may have exposed as many as 100 million individuals, but police investigations revealed that most of the cybercriminal activities were in fact made up or committed by actors who were actually working for the breached companies. ... |
11 January 2012
04:09 GMT |
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China is one step ahead in the global race seeking to curb the amount of greenhouse gas emissions while boosting the usage of renewable alternatives to power households, without impacting the environment. The most recent accomplishment revealing its sustainable goals marks the partnership between Canadian Solar Inc,... |
10 January 2012
07:18 GMT |
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For 386 yuan a month, China Unicom customers will get to take home a free iPhone 4S with a two year plan, the wireless operator announced today. Unicom is China’s second-largest wireless services operator. The company has just kicked off a killer promotion that provides customers with a free iPhone 4S when the... |
6 January 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Although Siri won’t be multilingual when it hits the Chinese market next week, the digital assistant is on pace to learn Mandarin, an Apple spokesperson has confirmed. Apple this week confirmed a multi-country roll-out for its latest iPhone, one of the key territories being China, on January 13th, Friday, Next... |
5 January 2012
09:12 GMT |
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Apple has just announced that China will be getting its newest and most amazing iPhone yet, next Friday, January 13. Additional territories are scheduled to receive shipments as well.According to the official announcement, “…iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, will be available in China and 21 additi... |
4 January 2012
09:10 GMT |
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The numerous hacking operations that took place in China in the last days of 2011 may have affected around 100 million users and even though some of the websites in question denied their security was breached, the number of victims is much higher than in a normal cyberattack.
Security solutions provider Qihoo 360 re... |
4 January 2012
05:44 GMT |
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China is one step ahead in developing and implementing viable solutions to overcome the energy crisis. State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has recently announced the completion of what appears to be the biggest, most eco-friendly battery energy storage station, built in Zhangbei, Hebei Province.
The giant constru... |
4 January 2012
03:30 GMT |
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This Friday, Apple is hosting a one-day shopping event for Chinese customers looking to get a discount on iDevice accessories for Mac, iPod and iPad.
For iPhone owners, these Apple Store Exclusives include the Speck CandyShell for iPhone 4, the Nixon The Wire 3-Button Mic 8mm headphones, and the popular mophie Juice... |
3 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Chinese officials are happy to announce the successful testing of the first high-speed train capable of reaching speeds upwards of 500 kilometers (310.6 miles) per hour. If implemented, this will be the fastest, conventional-wheeled train, exceeded in speed only by Japanese MAGLEV trains.
The recent test took place... |
29 December 2011
03:31 GMT |
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Although China is the most important polluter in the world, it is also considered one of the most eco-conscious nations when it comes to its original recycling strategies. Instead of sending Christmas lights to local landfills, Chinese workers are diverting the impressive amount of waste, almost 20 million pounds of ... |
28 December 2011
11:17 GMT |
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Tianya.cn, one of the largest Chinese social networking websites, suffered a data breach as a result of which 40 million users became exposed.
Last week, we witnessed how some major Chinese gaming websites were hacked, millions of their members’ credentials ending up online for anyone to use. At the time we al... |
28 December 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Japanese company DeNA has announced that it is now working with Chinese social network Kiaixin001 to expand its Mobage social gaming network to one of the fastest growing markets in the world.
The deal means that all those who use Kiaixin001, which means more than 120 million people, can now use their already issued... |
28 December 2011
02:27 GMT |
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For the first time ever, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched more rockets in a year than the United States did. The achievement was marked last Thursday, when the Asian nation successfully launched a new high-resolution mapping satellite in Earth's orbit.
This again highlights the growing a... |
27 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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After yesterday we’ve learned about the hacking operations that targeted CDSN, leaving 6 million Chinese programmers exposed, it turns out that the programmer community was not the only one affected by a breach. Three other Chinese websites were targeted, from each the hackers leaking the details belonging to m... |
23 December 2011
03:14 GMT |
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A number of 6 million programmers are busy changing their passwords after a hacker managed to breach the safety mechanisms implemented by the Chinese Software Developer Network (community.csdn.net), one of the biggest software communities in China.
According to The Hacker News, a file containing usernames, cl... |
22 December 2011
03:22 GMT |
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The passing of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il did not only leave the country with a figurative dark legacy, but also with a rather obvious, real one. This image shows the country as viewed from satellite during the night. The sea of light to the south is South Korea, to the north is China. The Dear Leader pas... |
19 December 2011
11:03 GMT |
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While in China to promote his latest film, “The Flowers of War,” the country's first entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2012 Academy Awards, Christian Bale wanted to take some time to meet a personal hero as well.
However, he and a CNN crew were stopped dead in their tracks by ... |
16 December 2011
07:22 GMT |
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Since the current challenges noticeable on the global photovoltaic market make this technology less popular and profitable, China is looking forward to exploit the unlimited potential of solar thermal energy, appearing to be the next best thing involving renewables.
The plan doesn't look good just on paper, si... |
14 December 2011
03:00 GMT |
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China is scaling up efforts to green up transportation. Yesterday, the super power succeeded in opening its first automatic battery switching station destined for electric vehicles, in an attempt of raising the popularity and profit margins of the market.
China has struggled to satisfy the demand of the owners of e... |
13 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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Illegal fishing activities have recently made another victim. A South Korean officer was stabbed to death while he was trying to prevent a group of Chinese fishermen from fishing illegally 55 miles (90km) far from Socheong Island.
This is one of the most recent tragic events, part of a large series of similar incid... |
12 December 2011
04:46 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system has been pushed to various markets around the world already, and should make an appearance on even more of them soon, including China, though that will happen only next year.
Microsoft is reportedly hard at work preparing the release of Windows Phone on the l... |
8 December 2011
19:11 GMT |
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