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Hong Kong cracks down on spam

Slimy — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:34:09 +0100

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Hong Kong officials have announced spammers could be fined up to one million Hong Kong dollars (128,000 USD) and face up to five years in jail under a new law to control unsolicited advertising. A... Read more...

Hong Kong man loses appeal in internet piracy case

Slimy — Sat, 19 May 2007 06:06:24 +0100

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Chan Nai-ming, a 38-year old Hong Kong man convicted of sharing pirated movies, has lost his final appeal in the territory's highest court and will now have to finish serving a three-month prison sentence. He... Read more...

Warner Bros. to Offer Movies Online in Hong Kong

Slimy — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:12:02 +0100

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To combat movie piracy in the Asian Pacific countries, Warner Bros. announced plans to launch a new movie download service dubbed 08Media in Hong Kong. ViDeOnline Communications will offer the service initially with 100 titles... Read more...

Flickr targets Hong Kong market

Slimy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:56:58 +0000

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Popular photo-sharing site Flickr has announced plans to launch a version in traditional Chinese characters, initially targeting users in Hong Kong. The move from Yahoo-owned Flickr is part of its attempts to localise and increase... Read more...

Hong Kong Tops Broadband Speed List

dbfriends — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:56:16 +0100

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Think your 1Mbps connection is speedy? You ain't seen nothing yet. A Hong Kong ISP has unveiled a service which zips along at an impressive 1Gbps - well, for local traffic anyway. Connections outside of... Read more...

Hong Kong's First Filesharing Arrest

dbfriends — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:19:02 +0000

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Filesharers in Hong Kong have been sent a warning about their activities after the first arrest for sharing copyrighted files. Authorities there have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly sharing copyrighted material over the internet... Read more...

Nintendo wins piracy suit in Hong Kong

malebolgia — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:44:21 +0100

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Japanese game maker Nintendo says it has won one of its "most significant antipiracy judgments ever" against a Hong Kong company that sold devices capable of copying its games and putting them on the Net... Read more...