Neowin News Feed for: China

Ballmer: Microsoft hiring thousands in China for Windows Phone and cloud services

Andy Weir — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:39:57 +0100

Speaking at a press conference in Shanghai, Steve Ballmer confirmed that the company is hiring "several thousand" new workers in China, to support its Windows Phone and Windows Azure efforts. Read more...

Apple slammed with fine over illegal copyright violation

Ben Buffone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:51:00 +0100

Apple has been hit with a $118,000 fine for illegally distributing copyrighted material in China. Judge Feng Gang ruled that Apple showed negligence in ensuring uploaded content was legal. Read more...

Chinese state-run media criticizing Surface Pro warranty

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:43:16 +0100

The warranties for Microsoft's Surface tablets are being criticized by the state-run Chinese media, following similar criticisms from the same media of Apple's warranties. Read more...

China stifling efforts to push IE6 market share below 1%

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:51:49 +0100

While the market share of Internet Explorer 6 remains low in many Western countries, China's huge share of 25.8% presents a thorn in the sides of Microsoft's effort to rid the word of the browser Read more...

After Tim Cook's apology, Chinese state media likes Apple again

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:02:17 +0100

Chinese state media have returned to their previous position in favour of Apple, praising Tim Cook for apologising over allegations of unfair treatment towards Chinese customers. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook issues apology for Chinese customer service issues

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:01:07 +0100

Apple CEO Tim Cook has issued yet another public apology, this time to the company's Chinese customers, stating it will improve communication on its warranties and improve training for service staff. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Pro to start selling in China April 2

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:22:12 +0000

Microsoft has announced that China will be the first country outside the US and Canada to sell the Surface Pro tablet. The Windows 8 Pro device will begin sales on April 2nd in that country. Read more...

Windows 9 is being promoted by a Chinese retailer

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:51:03 +0000

A Chinese student retail website has already started taking orders for selling Windows 9, in a deal that offers a free upgrade to the still unannounced next Windows OS if students get Windows 8. Read more...

Microsoft launches new Chinese web store on Tmall.com

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:07:05 +0000

Microsoft has announced it has launched a new official online web store for China at MicrosoftStore.Tmall.com, following the launch of its own Microsoft Store website in October. Read more...

Report: U.S. government looking into Microsoft for foreign bribery

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:40:46 +0000

The U.S. government is reportedly looking into claims that Microsoft might have bribed government officials in at least three countries in order to obtain government software contracts. Read more...

Did China's state run TV network pay people to slam Apple?

John Callaham — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:22:30 +0000

There are claims that China's state-run television network has now paid well known Chinese celebrities to slam Apple products via messages on their Weibo accounts. Read more...

How Microsoft lets the Chinese government spy on its citizens via Skype

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:56:09 +0000

A report exposes how the Chinese government uses TOM-Skype, the Chinese version of Microsoft's Skype, to spy on its citizens. The program searches for keywords and copies messages that contain them. Read more...

China: Google is discriminating against us

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:42:31 +0000

The Chinese government has published a report that criticises Android, and suggests that Google has been discriminating against Chinese companies. Read more...

Shanghai could be home to secretive Chinese hackers

Paul Ferson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:35:28 +0000

Unit 61938, a group of Chinese governmental hackers responsible for more than 100 documented attacks since 2006, might have been nailed on the outskirts of the world's biggest city - Shanghai. Read more...

Apple was hacked, small number of Macs infected

Brad Sams — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:21:54 +0000

We have heard from many companies who have stated that they have been hacked by foreign entities. If you are keeping a list at home of the companies who have been infected, add Apple to the list. Read more...

China overtakes US as largest smart device market

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:09:18 +0000

According to a report China is set to surpass the US as the world's largest smart device market by the end of this month. This comes from data aggregated from iOS and Android apps. Read more...

Chinese firm labeled bloatware as Microsoft security update

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:51:28 +0000

The Chinese company Qihoo has been accused by that country's government of tricking people into downloading its software, including one which Qihoo tried to label as a Microsoft security update. Read more...

Developer outsourced his own job to China; watched cat videos before getting fired

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:17:21 +0000

A recent Verizon security blog entry tells the interesting tale of "Bob", a developer who illegally got teams in China to do his job so he could go on Reddit and watch cat videos before he was fired. Read more...

Chinese law for real-name internet registration passed

Paul Ferson — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:58:01 +0000

Chinese laws forcing real-name registration to use the internet have been passed, with further revisions likely to come. The legislation could allow removal of "illegal" posts within the country. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 920 a big hit in China with fast sellouts

John Callaham — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:07:25 +0000

The Nokia Lumia 920 has become a big hit in China, as large lines formed outside the Nokia flagship store in Shanghai this weekend to buy the Windows Phone 8-based device. Read more...