Philips Xenium X-Connect Full-Touchscreen Phone Leaked
	It looks like Philips will soon unveil its second full touchscreen mobile phone, after the X800 model that surfaced a few days ago. The new touchscreen handset is called Xenium X-Connect and it's said to bring more advanced features than the ones packed in X800. We ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 09:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Moto Yintai L800t Passes the FCC Tests
	A few days ago the FCC approved one of the new Motorola phones that the US-based producer included in its 2008 line-up. We're talking about Motorola L800t, or Moto Yintai, as ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 05:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Japanese Military Gains Space Access
	Almost four decades of Japan using the space for non-military applications are about to end on Friday with the introduction of a bill said to give the military space access. The action came with the visit of the Chinese President Hu Jiantao, whose country shot down one of its weather satellites last year, spreading fear amongst the Japanese people. In 1969 the parliament introduced a resolution stating that Japan would only use space for p ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 03:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ultrasounds for Mating
	The noise of a waterfall can easily cover the croak of a frog and this is why, in most cases, many frogs living near flowing water have quiet croaks and lack vocal sacks. However, a Chinese frog came up with the perfect solution for this tiny predicament: ultrasound croaks! We’re talking about the small concave-eared torrent frog (Amolops tormotus = Odorrana tormota) from eastern China, which thus manages to overcome the noise of the water ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 02:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Belgium Suspecting Chinese Hackers of Cyberespionage
	Belgium is the latest country attacked by Chinese hackers who attempted to break into the state's computers in order to conduct cyberespionage activities, the Belgian officials warned a few days ago according to UPI. The Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen sustains that Chinese hackers may have sent dangerous emails containing malicious software to Belgian computers in order to steal certain information. The reason? The European Union and ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 03:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

SCNY 5 Megapixel Cell Phone Takes on Sony Ericsson
	If you ever wanted a 5 Megapixel mobile phone named SCNY, now you might have the chance to own one, as some Chinese producer thought of manufacturing a bunch of handsets under this name. Well, SCNY obviously brings to mind the SONY brand and since this new device is a phone that offers a 5 Megapixel camera, like some of Sony Ericsson's handsets, it's clear that we're talking about a product that wants to steal ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung SGH-L288 Brings 3G to China
	Samsung SGH-L288 (or simply Samsung L288) is the first mobile phone to be launched in China and to feature 3G connectivity, working on TD-SCDMA frequencies. The TD-SCDMA technology is developed by the Chinese Academy of Telecommunications Technology, especially for China and for its 3G ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nokia Brings More Java Games to China and Taiwan
	Mobile gamers from China and Taiwan have from now on extra titles to chose from, as more games from Nokia's SNAP Mobile platform are available for them, through additional distribution channels. Following Nokia's new deal with SINA Corporation, an important Chinese media company, users all around China have now access to a brand new range of connected ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Carrefour Censored by Google
	If China decides to censor a local website, nobody gets too amazed because such cases occur every once in a while and people have started getting used to it. However, a similar matter was spotted a few days ago and, at this time, nobody can say for sure if the one that imposed the censorship is actually Google or the Chinese government. Following the recent call for boycott on Carrefour of the Chinese residents, the French superm ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 02:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Philips M600, Fashionable Music Phone Coming Soon
	Philips M600 is a new music-oriented mobile phone that should be released pretty soon under Philips' brand name. The handset comes in a candybar form factor and has a very nice look, hence we could say it's both a ... [read more >>]
	25 April 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Anti-Piracy Groups to Incite Users Against File-Sharing
	As part of their efforts to stop illegal file-sharing, the Motion Picture Association and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry have announced a new campaign that would attempt to convince the Chinese users that illegal file-sharing must be avoided. The two organizations will distribute 300,000 booklets to the students of the country's top universities in which file-sharing is described as a way to get yo ... [read more >>]
	25 April 2008, 07:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung W599, the Latest Dual SIM Phone
	Samsung unveiled these days another dual SIM mobile phone, Samsung W599 (or Samsung SCH-W599), which will first be launched in China. The South Korean company seems to give a special attention to dual SIM devices, as these are currently very popular in Asia and they could ... [read more >>]
	19 April 2008, 06:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dell Enters Business With Chinese Local Retailers
	Dell has announced that it plans to increase its presence on the Chinese retail market via its Suning electronics chain. The company also plans to double the number of Gome stores that sell the company's desktop and notebook computers. Moreover, the system manufacturer today announced that it will also tighten the relations with the Hontu chain of retail stores, as well as with several other retail channels, such as Wuxin ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 10:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Critical Attack Over Windows 2000 in Progress
	Microsoft's Windows operating system is again causing trouble for its customers after security company Symantec confirmed that a new malicious code targeting the Chinese version of Windows 2000 is available on the web. Moreover, it seems like the code is able to exploit a critical vulnerability, which was actually patched by the Redmond-based company last week. However, the non-Chinese versions of the operating system are al ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 06:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Oldest Vertebrates
	Chinese researchers from the University of Xi'an found in 1999, in Kunming area, Yunan (southern China) vertebrate fossils older than 500 Ma. Myllokunmingia and Haikouichthys had muscles with a "W" shape (myomeres) in transversal section of the body and a cartilaginous skull and spine. The previous oldest vertebrate fossils were 480 Ma old, but from the Cambrian (542-488 Ma) when most living groups of animals h ... [read more >>]
	16 April 2008, 11:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ericsson Expands China Mobile's And China Unicom's Networks
	Ericsson unveiled today that it has signed two "GSM expansion framework agreements" with China Mobile and China Unicom, the giant Chinese mobile operators. The agreements were announced during a ceremony in Beijing, attended by Wen Ji ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 10:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World of Warcraft, One Million in China
	Blizzard's MMO phenomenon World of Warcraft didn't really get the huge numbers in Asian countries until now, but it was only a matter of time until this was going to happen, right? Well, Blizzard has just confirmed that one million concurrent players from Chi ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 02:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The First Cheap Ferrari Cell Phone
	Since Motorola came out with MotoRAZR Maxx V6 Ferrari Limited Edition, a Ferrari phone is not a new thing to see. But the Maxx V6 only looks like a phone, and not like a car. Assuming that the world might need a phone that actually resembles a Ferrari, an anonymous produ ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 10:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Image Search Got Tab'd
	There were a lot of tests conducted on the Chinese version of Google Search, so we shouldn't be too surprised in case a new interface/functionality appears out of nowhere. In fact, this is exactly what’s happened today because the Mountain View-based company has just rolled out a new appearance for Google Image Search China, the function which is based on tabs. As you can see if you look at the adjacent picture, Image Search ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 06:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cool G108, the Watch Phone in a Clamshell Body
	Cool G108 is one of the latest devices to come from China, and while you probably expect it to be a copy of an already existing product, as many Chinese gadgets are, the G108 is a pretty original creation. The device combines a cell phone and a watch into a small case – which is ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 03:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Acupuncture: 4 Millennia of Chinese Efficiency
	If you want to avoid traditional medicine and the inherent mounds of drugs, this is an alternative. Acupuncture refers to a group of techniques, employing very thin, small needles introduced in some precise body parts for achieving a therapeutic answer. Its efficiency seems to be given by the fact that it causes th ... [read more >>]
	03 April 2008, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Giant Cell Phone Weighs 22 Kilograms
	Slim and lightweight are definitely nice qualities for mobile phones, but the new king of handsets is far from having these attributes, and has all the chances to be designated the biggest functional cell phone in the world. A Mr. Tan, resident of Songyuan, China, worked about half a year to create a huge handset, based on its normal mobile phone, reports ... [read more >>]
	03 April 2008, 03:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Wants China, China Bans Google Earth
	China has always been somehow a prohibited land for Google although the search engine provider has struggled to evolve in the market by acquiring new companies, releasing new Chinese flavors of its products or signing deals with the local players. However, it always encountered problems, no matter if we're talking about fake agents who pretended to be hired by Google or about the Baidu reply which has always been pretty toug ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

This Is Official: World's Shortest Man
	Now, it is official: the world's shortest man is a Chinese: the 20-year-old He Pingping. The man is 73 cm (2.4 feet) tall and he is a native of Huade county, Wulanchabu city (in Inner Mongolia province). His father, He Yun, said that, at birth, he had been only the size of an adult's palm. The parents of He are both of normal height. He has two sisters of normal height who are both married now. He Pingping suffers ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Earth – An Illegal Mapping Service Threatening the National Security
	The Mountain View-based company, Google, is now encountering new problems regarding the imagery provided by Google Earth, as the Chinese authorities seem to be ready to ban lots of mapping services including Google’s. What’s interesting is that the Chinese officials labeled these solutions as ‘illegal’ because they show sensitive information which should be hidden from the public eye. According to an article published in China Daily, th ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 04:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Sea Silk Road
	Silk, the highly sought-for item in the ancient Rome, was brought from China by caravans that had to cross thousands of kilometers of deserts, rough terrain and abrupt mountains. To all these, the frequent attacks of the bandits added, in the wild passes of the mountains, on the road whose end was on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. No wonder people looked after a "Sea Silk Road". Even so, the dangers were not eliminat ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 09:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Save Darfur Coalition’s Site Hacked from China
	The Save Darfur Coalition is a non-profit group created to draw attention to the ongoing genocide caused by civil war in western Sudan’s Darfur region. Relying on the strong commercial agreements between China and Sudan, the group is trying to get the Asian country to pressure Sudan’s government into stopping the killing, but so far it has been unsuccessful. Furthermore, they have found their web site hacked and an unauthorized e ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pro-Tibetan Aimed Cyberattacks
	People supporting the Tibetan cause have more to worry about than Chinese censorship and retaliation, there’s a new wave of attacks aimed at them and in many aspects it’s far more dangerous. The human rights groups that are sympathetic to the anti-Chinese protesters are targeted by cybercriminals, and the messages are all designed in such a way that anti-virus tools will not detect them as being malicious. The emails all have ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 17:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Online Text Message Spam under Probe
	Spam has followed the natural evolution course of advertising. First designed only for computers, now, as the mobile ads continue to increase in importance, the unwanted messages have ported to the handheld devices in a flash. What better place to target with such an attack than the biggest mobile communications market in the world, China. The scandal currently underway has been dubbed "Text-message Gate" by the Chin ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 06:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dell Starts the Chinese, Indian Markets Offensive
	System vendor Dell is currently pitching at distributing its PC offerings on the Chinese and Indian markets. According to the company's CEO and founder Michael Dell, the company experiences high demand on the Asian markets. More and more computer manufacturers are designing their products for the Chinese market. Dell and Lenovo are only a few of the PC vendors that introduced low-cost computers targeted at the rural and e ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 21:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Kicks Tibet News off Search
	Compromise is all this life is about for most people. Meeting your better half mid-way in every crisis that might result in tension between you two is the way to resolve everything, and the same goes for any negotiations being held between two companies, when one doesn’t have the upper hand. There’s only one area where compromise should never be an option, and that is the freedom of speech. China has yet to learn that lesson, and ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dell to Spend $29 Billion in Components on China Market
	System integrator Dell has announced that the company intends to buy $23 billion of components from China this year, and other $29 billion in 2009. According to the company, switching supply markets will help Dell to keep down on raw materials spendings. The company broke the news during the celebration of the 10th year of operations in China. China is one of the favorite supply markets worldwide, given the fact that China ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 04:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Digimon MMO in the Making
	Earlier in the day we talked about the rise of the Chinese MMO market and about how the value of business conducted in that market was going to reach 3 billion dollars by 2010. Now we're going to talk about how MMOs developed on Eastern principles have a shot at gett ... [read more >>]
	20 March 2008, 09:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No More Swearing Online, Says University
	Like I reported earlier, censorship is so present in China before the Olympic Games, almost like it was running for gold. Now, it hits everywhere that has something, even remotely, to do with more people than, say, one. The forums are starting to feel the cold, chilly ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Army of Terracotta Soldiers
	In 1974, while digging for a well, the Chinese farmers from a village in the Shaanxi province discovered several terracotta statues. They were the first of thousands of statue-soldiers of an army buried in the tomb of the Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang, who died 2,200 years ago. The 8,099 soldiers, 300 horses and 200 chariots guard the tomb of the emperor. The combatants were placed in 40 lines, like in a parade, on a length of 200 m (66 ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

China Blocks Google and YouTube Again!
	Tired of reading about the Chinese government censoring the media and then going halfway for the compromise? Well, you’re not going to enjoy knowing that it happened again, and in a period that was supposed to show the world that all is not as bad as dissidents make is sound like. The first pointer that the government was set on lowering its standards, at least for the period of time prior to the Olympic Games, was given when, in ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 05:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

1-year of Stand-by Time Offered by a Chinese Phone
	A recently spotted mobile phone manufactured in China claims to provide no less than 365 days of stand-by time. Which, yes, means one whole year. The handset can apparently do this thanks to the fact that it packs a powerful 16800 mAh battery. Compared to the batteries that most of today's mobile phones have – around 1000 mAh – this is indeed something that is worth to be mentioned. It even makes ... [read more >>]
	13 March 2008, 07:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

eBay Points Fingers at Romania’s Lack of Interest in Cybercrime
	After seeing out how several warnings sent to a number of countries that have been the most productive in phishing attacks hit a brick wall, eBay burst and warned that there must be something more that can be done to stop fraudsters from targeting auction sites. Alongside Romania, which was nominated as having the biggest problem, were China and Russia, all three the source of the majority of the scams aimed at eBay users for per ... [read more >>]
	11 March 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pentagon Worried About Chinese Hackers
	Every year, the annual report on China’s military power that the Pentagon presents before the U.S. Congress is met with criticism by the Asian country, and every year the US say that they are worried by the advancement level the rival power has achieved. That’s the backbone of what has been going on, the meat on the bones is, however, changed every year with various details. China gets upset because it is portrayed as a war-loving count ... [read more >>]
	10 March 2008, 12:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dumped Chinese Woman Burns 400 Cell Phones
	What reason(s) do you think would someone have to set on fire hundreds of mobile phones? There aren't many reasonable ones that you can think of, right? Well, a woman from China burned more than 400 handsets because she was dumped by her husband. The couple was living in ... [read more >>]
	10 March 2008, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mobile Users – Ransomware Trojan Victims
	Symbian Series 60 owners in China are facing a rather disturbing problem right now, that of the Kiazha-A Trojan, that holds the phone for ransom, according to reports from McAfee. It is a component of a sophisticated mobile malware bundle, dubbed MultiDropper-CR, that infects other devices via Bluetooth or corrupted MMS messages. The message owners of the S60 are greeted with a message that is roughly translated as "Warni ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2008, 12:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Apple's iPhone Will Come to China. Or It Won't. Or It Will
	At the beginning of 2008, after many rumors and speculations, China Mobile said its negotiations with Apple to bring the iPhone in China had been called off. This although Apple never mentioned anything about having official discussions with the Chinese carrier ( ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2008, 05:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Yahoo! VS Chinese Dissidents Part 2
	If you remember the very publicized lawsuit of last November, when Yahoo! was pointed fingers at for handing access to email, email records and user identification information over to the Chinese authorities, this might feel like a deja-vu altogether. The first lawsuit was settled out of court with the plaintiffs, the imprisoned dissident’s family. Li Zheng, Zheng Cunzhu and Guo Quan filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Norther ... [read more >>]
	04 March 2008, 06:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Chang'e 1 Followed By Chang'e 2 in 2009
	Following the successful launch of the Chang'e 1, the first Chinese lunar orbiter, Chang'e 2 is supposed to launch in the course of next year, only to become the second probe in the Chang'e program. The third, Chang'e 3, will most likely be a robotic lander that is expected to launch somewhere around 2011. After the launch on 24th of October 2007, the short trip to the Moon and an accusation of forgery, the Ch ... [read more >>]
	04 March 2008, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Another IM Service Emerging
	The list of Internet companies that operate search engines and have gone for the instant messaging approach to communication just added Chinese-based Baidu. The fourth biggest search engine in the world is no meaningless addition to the above mentioned array, it will provide the Chinese with something specifically tailored to match their tastes. Testing of ‘Baidu Hi’ has already been started internally, since last Friday. At t ... [read more >>]
	03 March 2008, 16:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

In China, Rain Comes When Beijing Says So!
	When the rain dance fails, turn to cloud seeding, say the Chinese officials. With the imminent approach of the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is seriously taking into consideration the use of technology to clear pollution in the city and inhibit the rain from falling from the sky when it is not required, which basically means total weather control, a feat of engineering never attempted before by man. According to international reports, China has i ... [read more >>]
	29 February 2008, 09:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Baidu Cornered in New Piracy Suit
	Baidu has been a target ever since it emerged as China’s number one search engine. Crawling roughly everything, it was inevitable to be involved some way or the other in lawsuits caused by users uploading and linking to pirated software and entertainment content. So far, it was not involved this year in any scandal regarding programs and applications, but judging by the wave of lawsuits filed against it for the other type of content, it wo ... [read more >>]
	29 February 2008, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Woman with Feet Facing Backwards
	Disability or the secret for a high velocity? This Chinese waitress has not accepted a disability pension even if she was born with feet facing the other side. Wang Fang, 27, is a resident of Chongqing (western China) and says she has been able to live a normal life despite her condition, and she is perfectly capable of accomplishing her job duties. "I can run faster than most of my friends and have a regular job as ... [read more >>]
	28 February 2008, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

See the Olympics on MySpace
	The Censor-full China Central Television (CCTV) will allow two China-based web sites to offer streaming broadcasts of the Olympic events. Originally, under the January introduced Internet censorship plan, every site that wasn’t government-owned would be blocked, thus making streaming impossible. MySpace China and Tudou.com were chosen by CCTV, the Beijing Olympics’ official Internet and mobile phone broadcaster because of thei ... [read more >>]
	28 February 2008, 10:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Chinese Stone Forest
	The most spectacular calcareous relief in the world could be considered the Chinese Stone Forest. The Stone Forest National Park of Shilin-Lunan (Yunnan) is located in the Lunan Yu Autonomous County, 126 km (79 mi) southeast of Kunming, at altitudes of 1,700-2,000 m. It has an area of over 340 square km (135 square mi) but, together with the forests and localities, the surface of the National Park goes to 400 square km (160 squar ... [read more >>]
	26 February 2008, 08:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia