Tagged: China
-
Kindle grants China access to social not-working websites News
02.11.2010 Kindle e-Book readers are being snapped up in China's grey market amid claims that has the ability to bypass the Great Firewall of China.Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Social Networking, E-book Readers, China, Firewalls, Tablet, E-reader, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Kindle -
Chinese supercomputer beats the US for fastest in world News
01.11.2010 China has revealed a new supercomputer that has set a new performance record of 2.507 petaflops. Tianhe-1A operates 50pc faster than the world's previous top supercomputer, the... -
China replaces US as builder of fastest supercomputer News
28.10.2010 The fastest supercomputer said to have ever been built comes from the National University of Defense Technology, a research centre in China. The feat replaces the US as maker of... -
Former Twitter CEO and co-founder talk social activism through social networking News
12.10.2010 Former Twitter CEO Evan Williams has predicted that the use of Twitter as an agent for political and social change will increase in the upcoming years as the service grows. -
Outraged China blocks internet reports on Nobel Prize winner News
08.10.2010 China is attempting to block internet news that hailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and according to reports internet searches and... -
Ireland to become China’s investment 'Gateway to Europe' News
28.09.2010 Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD said he believes Ireland can become the "gateway" for Chinese investment into Europe. He made his comment in the wake of meeting a high-level Chinese... -
First graduates of joint Irish and Chinese Masters programme emerge News
17.09.2010 An awards ceremony was held in Dublin for the first graduates of the joint DIT and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China MSc in Computing programme. -
Apple in talks to buy Chinese tech firm - report News
06.08.2010 Apple is reportedly in talks to buy Chinese online games developer firm Handseeing Information Technology.Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions -
Digital futurist warns of more govt vs tech clashes News
05.08.2010 America’s leading digital futurist and US President Barack Obama’s IT guru Robert Atkinson of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation has warned that the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Search Engines, Mobility, Government, Digital 21, Communications -
-
Google renews ICP licence in China News
09.07.2010 The Chinese government has decided to renew Google’s ICP licence for Google.cn following an interim fix whereby search was being redirected to Google.com.hk, the Hong Kong... -
The chips are up! Semiconductor sales rise 47pc News
06.07.2010 Worldwide sales of semiconductors in May were US$24.7bn, up 4.5pc on April and up 47.6pc from the same month in 2009 when sales were US$16.7bn. -
Google adopts ‘new approach’ in China News
29.06.2010 Internet giant Google has announced it is adopting a “new approach” to its Chinese site, Google.cn, following complaints from Beijing that could see the company lose its... -
Google phases out internal use of Windows News
01.06.2010 Search giant Google is reportedly phasing out internal use of the Microsoft Windows operating system in the fallout of the cyber attacks on the company in China earlier this... -
Google may be leaving China in April News
19.03.2010 Google may be pulling out of China as early as 10 April, reports the China Business News, quoting an unnamed Google employee. -
Death of another Foxconn worker News
03.06.2010 Another worker at the now-notorious Foxconn plant in southern China, which has been linked with a spate of suicides, has died following what his family claim was over-work.Categories: Business -
Data thieves target Google password system ‘Gaia’ News
20.04.2010 Among information stolen from Google during Chinese cyber attacks last year was a top secret password system code-named Gaia after the Greek goddess of earth. -
-
US investigators pinpoint author of China Google attacks: report News
22.02.2010 The author of the sophisticated computer code used in the China-based cyber attacks on internet search giant Google last year has reportedly been found by US investigators.Categories: CIO -
Twitter developing anti-censorship tech News
28.01.2010 Twitter is looking at adding functionality to its technology to prevent tweets being censored by the Chinese and Iranian governments, said Twitter co-founder Evan Williams at...Categories: New Media