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A 23-year-old gamer from Taiwan named Chen Rong-yu, died in an Internet Café from New Taipei city, after a marathon session of online strategy game League of Legends.
Gamer deaths have been few and far in between, but each one managed to draw in unwanted attention from the mainstream media.
Now, a new onlin... |
7 February 2012
15:31 GMT |
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A report from Taiwan indicates that Apple has shifted most of the iPad 3 production to Pegatron Technology. Previously the Cupertino, California tech giant had relied on Foxconn to deliver the goods.
Taiwan’s Digitimes reports that Pegatron Technology has already landed a small volume of orders for the upcomin... |
10 January 2012
04:29 GMT |
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Industry sources in Taiwan are reporting that Apple’s iPhone 4S will arrive in the country between December 14-16 via the nation’s three largest mobile telecom carriers.Specifically, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) have been mentioned with joint intenti... |
22 November 2011
09:13 GMT |
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Apple's new iPhone 4S device might be released on the market in Taiwan before the end of this year, as the National Communications Commission (NCC) in the country has just approved it for use.
This means that wireless carriers in Taiwan would be able to add the new device to their offerings even before Novembe... |
4 November 2011
10:27 GMT |
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Now that Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) has been released, Canonical proudly announced a few minutes ago the official place and date for the upcoming Ubuntu Hardware Summit 2011 event which takes place once a year.This year's Ubuntu Hardware Summit event will take place on December 8th, starting at 9 AM local tim... |
17 October 2011
11:00 GMT |
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A futuristic green tower project has been entered by a Belgian architect into the Taichung Gateway City competition in Taiwan, with great chances of becoming a reality. If so, it will cost the Taichung City Government some TWD 6,588,000,000 (about $222M at the current exchange rate) with the estimated date of complet... |
14 September 2011
05:20 GMT |
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A fake Steve Jobs biography currently being sold in Taiwan for the equivalent of $8.10 (52 Yuan) has nabbed its seller around $39000 (one million NT).
Roughly translated to “Steve Jobs Gives 11 Advices To Teenager” in English, the book in question is reportedly translated by a man who goes by the name ... |
22 August 2011
03:06 GMT |
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A new report indicates Apple is on the verge of beginning tests with solar-powered solutions, if a number of Taiwan-based solar firms are to be believed.
Trade publication DigiTimes has learned from the Taiwanese firms that both Apple and Samsung have been “evaluating” the niche market for solar-powere... |
27 July 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Motorola XT316 is yet another Android-based mobile phone that the leading handset vendor has decided to bring to the market in Taiwan, which should be released on shelves as soon as tomorrow, July 22nd.
Featuring a 2.8-inch touchscreen and a full-QWERTY keypad, the new device will offer users more convenient meth... |
21 July 2011
12:51 GMT |
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In addition to Foxconn - Apple’s longtime partner and manufacturer of the iPhone - another Taiwanese company is said to have struck a deal with Cupertino to build as many as 15 million iPhones.
Citing the usual upstream component makers, industry publication DigiTimes reports that Taiwan-based notebook maker... |
5 July 2011
04:26 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion and wireless carrier Chunghwa Telecom have just announced the launch of BlackBerry smartphone and services on the market in Taiwan.The launch should provide enterprise customers and consumers in the country with attractive mobile solutions, the wireless services provide... |
25 January 2011
04:41 GMT |
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The alleged iPad Mini flaunted by a famous Taiwanese race car driver appears to be fake, according to a person with knowledge of how such results can be achieved.
Earlier this week, Softpedia reported that famous Taiwan pop star and racer Jimmy Lin had posted a picture of himself holding two devices - the current-... |
23 December 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Apple is launching the iPad in new territories this week. Reports have confirmed ten of them, so far: Taiwan, Denmark, Portugal, South Korea, Czech Republic, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Hungary and Finland.Taiwan is known to have already started selling the tablet, while Finland has just posted the pricing scheme (courte... |
30 November 2010
07:02 GMT |
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Enraged over the disqualifying of a Taiwanese athlete during the 2010 Asian Games, hackers defaced the website of the Asian Taekwondo Union to post an offensive messages.On November 17, just seconds before the end of the match between Taiwan's Yang Shu-Chun and Vietnam's Vu Thi Hau in the first round of the... |
22 November 2010
04:58 GMT |
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Microsoft Taiwan has received numerous reports in recent weeks from local users who had their Windows Live Messenger credentials stolen and abused by hackers.It seems that most of the accounts are compromised through phishing. Attackers send spam messages to the entire friends list of the hacked accounts and direct p... |
19 November 2010
13:46 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just announced that the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is set to make an appearance on the market in Taiwan in early December via wireless carrier Taiwan Mobile.Moreover, the handset vendor announced that the new smartphone is already available for pre-order in th... |
18 November 2010
06:54 GMT |
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Apple is known to be officially discontinuing its Free Case program this month, today being the last day iPhone 4 owners can opt for a free Bumper or third-party case for their handset.Starting tomorrow, anyone who owns an iPhone 4 and believes to be suffering from “antennagate” problems needs to pick up ... |
30 September 2010
05:38 GMT |
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There is demand for the iPhone 4 in Taiwan, with some 200,000 pre-orders currently pending their fulfillment, according to a report by Taiwan’s Economic Daily. However, Apple’s three carrier partners in the territory only managed to gather up 2,000 units for the phone’s launch.Taiwan’s Economi... |
19 September 2010
15:41 GMT |
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Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, has cut its growth target in half as demand for Apple’s portables fail to offset slowing computer sales, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.The company’s Chairman, Terry Gou, confirmed the move in an interview at his off... |
6 September 2010
04:07 GMT |
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A security researcher named Wayne Huang was pressured by the Taiwanese government into canceling his talk at the upcoming Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. During his presentation the researcher planned to reveal information gathered in the past decade about the Chinese Cyber Army, an organization engaged in cyber e... |
16 July 2010
05:25 GMT |
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Chinese media reports claim that Hon Hai Precision Industry plans to raise workers' salaries by around 20 percent at its Foxconn unit in China, further addressing an overflow of worker suicides and rising public anger, msnbc reports. The news comes soon after Foxconn, which assembles Apple’s iPhone and iP... |
28 May 2010
08:11 GMT |
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I don’t know whether the way to catalyze more Windows 7 love is through the users’ stomachs, but it certainly appears that even the world’s fastest selling operating system can use a bit of extra publicity, especially in markets where its high level of popularity doesn’t necessarily translate ... |
18 May 2010
10:44 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion recently announced the launch of the BlackBerry App World on the market in Taiwan. According to the company, the new release offers BlackBerry smartphone users in the country the possibility to access a wide range of free applications developed for their devices. The Bl... |
14 May 2010
06:55 GMT |
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Digitimes claims to have received word that Taiwan will soon be tapped to provide components for Apple’s fourth-generation iPhone. Foxconn, the company responsible with the final assembly, has reportedly been receiving components from the various suppliers starting with April. The site in question notes that, ... |
5 May 2010
10:25 GMT |
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NetScout Systems, Inc., one of the market leaders in Unified Service Delivery Management, has announced that Taiwan Mobile, the second largest mobile service provider in the country, has launched the nGenius Service Assurance Solution on its network. Taiwan Mobile has invested over $311 million in the 3G infrastructu... |
22 April 2010
10:01 GMT |
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Motorola, Inc. recently announced that its WiMAX technology was used for the roll-out of a WiMAX network in Taiwan. Vee TIME Corp. launched a commercial mobile broadband network in the country, offering users access to an enhanced media mobility experience, putting together high-speed wireless services, along with i... |
19 April 2010
06:41 GMT |
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An interesting report (to say the least) reveals that Apple’s renowned secrecy goes as far as R.P. China. It is known that the Mac maker goes to great lengths to protect company secrets, while those who don’t comply usually get more than just a slap on the wrist, the report in question outlines. In the S... |
18 February 2010
03:42 GMT |
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Motorola announced today that Far EasTone Telecom (FET), a leading telecom operator in Taiwan, has just launched its WiMAX 4G network in Taichung city using end-to-end WiMAX solutions from Motorola Home & Networks Mobility. According to the company, the new network can deliver high speeds and is based on 4G technolo... |
26 January 2010
03:22 GMT |
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Currently, Taiwan-based LCD makers that produce panels larger than four inches are not allowed to invest in China and, in addition, their investments in advanced semiconductor manufacturing and production of ethylene are limited. When President Ma Ying-jeou was elected in 2008, he made a promise that he would work to... |
18 January 2010
05:21 GMT |
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Apple has reportedly placed orders in Taiwan not only for the screens used in its forthcoming tablet device, but also for the connectors employed by the so-called “iSlate.” At this point, it is no longer a matter of “if” the rumored portable is coming, but when. World of Apple has picked up o... |
29 December 2009
03:45 GMT |
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HTC Corporation, the mobile-phone maker that delivered to the market the first handset running under Google's Android operating system, the HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1), is rumored to be ramping up for the launch of an Android-powered mobile phone that will boast a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor inside. Moreover, ... |
24 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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The world's more proficient DRAM makers seem to be giving Taiwanese companies a hard time staying in the race for DRAM advancements. According to David Sun, co-founder of the world's top DRAM module maker Kingston Technology, these developers need to perform mergers and long-term collaborations in order to ... |
23 November 2009
09:13 GMT |
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Toshiba TG01 is the first smartphone that came to the market with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor inside. The handset was launched in a series of European markets in July, and its maker says that it has seen strong demand in the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Italy. Based on this, the computer maker has also lau... |
13 November 2009
08:16 GMT |
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The first public demonstration of Mobile WiMAX global roaming has been performed today in Taiwan at the WiMAX Forum Member Conference. The demonstration was announced by Clearwire, Tatung InfoComm and VMAX, showcasing the power of WiMAX in Taipei, and anticipating the commercial rollout of six WiMAX networks in Taiwa... |
26 October 2009
17:31 GMT |
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Yahoo is undergoing some major transformations, as it intends to shift towards more editorial content and away from search. Having sold its search business to Microsoft, Yahoo says it will focus on some core properties like its homepage. In an interesting move, though, the company is in the process of splitting sever... |
4 September 2009
06:56 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung reportedly released its first and only Android-powered mobile phone, the Samsung i7500 Galaxy, onto the Taiwanese market on Monday. The smartphone is available for purchase via wireless carrier Taiwan Mobile and should face great competition from the mobile phones the local han... |
10 August 2009
10:19 GMT |
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Planetary scientists now believe that nature may be employing earthquake defenses of sorts over a large fault in Taiwan, China, through the power of typhoons. They have learned that the massive storms, which bring about huge amounts of rain and floods, also help release some of the strain that accumulates in the faul... |
11 June 2009
02:20 GMT |
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The number of Android mobile phones launched this year seems to be growing exponentially, with more and more handset makers and wireless operators intent on adopting the platform, which is now sported on two devices coming from the Taiwanese company HTC, the Dream (the first Android phone) and Magic (just made availa... |
28 April 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Taiwan-based component suppliers are said to have begun shipping parts for what seems to be a new Apple iPhone. Apple's part suppliers have been previously rumored to be shipping hardware for an upcoming Apple device.9to5mac has picked up on a DigiTimes story citing the Chinese-language Commercial Times as sayin... |
9 April 2009
05:12 GMT |
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According to a lead Taiwanese inventor, a research team have managed to create perhaps one of the most important inventions in the history of mankind, a small device that is purportedly capable of detecting earthquakes about 30 seconds before they happen. If their claim turns out to be true, then we could soon see di... |
6 April 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Google has recently confirmed that it has set up a team that would provide technical support to hardware makers in Taiwan for the company's Android operating system developed for mobile phones. According to Chien Lee-Feng, president of Google Taiwan, the team is meant to offer support for phones. “Android ... |
13 March 2009
09:24 GMT |
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The Taiwanese Justice Ministry announced on Thursday that four of its officials had been arrested under accusations of being spies for mainland China. A spokesperson for the Ministry said in a press conference that the four had been filmed by Chinese authorities while entertaining themselves in several hostess lounge... |
12 February 2009
10:13 GMT |
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The significance of the gift that China made Taiwan is very high, analysts say, as the two giant pandas that are to be taken to the Taiwanese capital of Taipei tomorrow represent just the latest in a string of good-will gestures that the mainland engaged in over the past few months. The animals can only be found in t... |
22 December 2008
04:45 GMT |
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The technology up for discussion today is one of those appearances that, if you're not prepared for something big to come your way, kind of blows your mind. So, get ready, because a Taiwanese research institute has just made a pretty amazing discovery, as it claims, with the smartphone in mind. The institute dev... |
21 November 2008
06:08 GMT |
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Canada's RIM is trying to take over the Asian markets too (and not only the North American and European ones), as, after launching the BlackBerry Bold in countries like Indonesia and Singapore, it just announced the smartphone for Taiwan. Set to be released at the beginning of November via Taiwan Mobile, th... |
9 October 2008
03:36 GMT |
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An important part of the slightly over 22 million mobile users from Taiwan might want to know that, starting this month (October), Sony Ericsson will begin selling its C905 8 Megapixel handset on the Taiwanese market. Besides being the first 8 Megapixel phone ever built by Sony Ericsson, the C905 will also ... |
6 October 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Although Taiwan is HTC's home country, the company's Touch Pro Pocket PC has not been released there yet. But this is about to change in the near future, as the Windows Mobile handset manufacturer intends to strike a deal with Far EasTone, Taiwan's third largest mobile carrier, in order to start s... |
20 September 2008
05:20 GMT |
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People in Taiwan are currently threatened with the imminent impact of Typhoon Fung Wong, which is expected to make a landfall between Hualien and Taitung this morning. The typhoon's power has been rated at force-13, with winds blowing at 137km per hour. This has prompted the National Meteorological Administratio... |
28 July 2008
03:51 GMT |
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LG has just released a new phone on the Taiwanese market the LF KT520. First unveiled by the South Korean company at the beginning of the year, back in February (together with other 11 new handsets), LG KT520 is a mid-end device that looks simple but at the same time elegant, hence it will probably attract lots of ... |
25 July 2008
05:41 GMT |
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BenQ, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, has recently released one if its new 3G mobile phones, namely the BenQ E55. The handset was first seen back in May, but then there was nothing official about it. Now the new BenQ has hit the market, coming in a simple but nice clamshell form factor and bringing a set of n... |
22 July 2008
07:43 GMT |
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