Windows Azure to host new Chinese web TV service
Microsoft is teaming up with the Chinese ISP PPTV to launch a new web TV service in that country. The service will be powered by Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform. More...
Microsoft is teaming up with the Chinese ISP PPTV to launch a new web TV service in that country. The service will be powered by Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform. More...
Reuters was hacked on Friday, with an account being hacked and used to spread misinformation about the situation in Syria, and specifically about the Free Syrian Army's movements. More...
Almost two months after its official launch, IPv6 adoption is growing steadily, according to new research. The US currently leads the field by users, with over 3.3m users adopting the new protocol. More...
Activision has announced it has signed an agreement with Tencent to launch the free-to-play PC game Call of Duty Online in China, with public testing scheduled to start later this year. More...
The $12.5 billion merger of Google and Motorola Mobility could officially close early next week as the Chinese government has now given its approval for the deal. More...
Microsoft is off to a strong start in China as it now claims 7% of the market, surpassing the iPhone - which commands just 6% - but still lagging behind Android which holds the lion's share. More...
A protest over wages was held at a Chinese Foxconn plant on Friday, with some employees reportedly threatening to jump off a building. Foxconn claims the workers' issues have since been resolved. More...
Five people in China have been charged following an incident first reported in April 2011, in which a Chinese teenager sold his kidney so he could then purchase an iPad 2. More...
Richard Clarke, a former US cybersecurity advisor, says that China has hacked into most major American and British companies and stolen their R&D, and that's not even the really bad part. More...
China Telecom, a Chinese network operator with over 200 million subscribers, will offer the new Nokia Lumia 800c in the country exclusively, for the next 30 days. More...
HTC has apparently become the first smartphone maker to start selling a Windows Phone device in China as it takes pre-orders for the HTC Triumph (the Chinese name for the HTC Titan). More...
Shenzhen Proview Technology, the Chinese company embroiled in a legal battle with Apple over use of the iPad brand name in China, has filed suit against Apple in a Shanghai court. More...
A new rumor from a Chinese-based web site claims that the first Windows Phone devices with the "Tango" software update will be released in China in March via several different companies. More...
CEO Tim Cook today took the stage at Goldman Sachs in a rare public setting, talking about Apple. Cook said "We think that the use of underage labor is abhorrent. Noone in our industry is doing more." More...
Apple has resumed selling iPhone 4S smartphones in China online, about a month after sales were halted in that country in part because of scalpers that rioted in one city. More...
Apple has now stopped selling the iPhone 4S in its retail stores in China, at least for now, following the reports of huge crowds outside Apple's Beijing store Friday that started to throw eggs. More...
The launch of the iPhone 4S in China today included massive crowds at Apple's official Beijing store. Some members of the crowd threw eggs when the store didn't open to the public as planned. More...
Microsoft is reportedly investigating a threat of mass suicide of some of the workers at a Foxconn plant in China which makes its Xbox 360 game console as part of a pay dispute. More...
Apple has announced that its iPhone 4S smartphone will finally go on sale in China, the world's second largest mobile phone market, on January 31, along with 21 other countries. More...
A court in the city of Shenzhen, China, has rejected an Apple lawsuit targeting the usage of the name 'iPad' by a local company. More...
Apple cannot claim the trademark to the term iPad in China, following a court ruling that gave the rights to the name to Proview Technology who had previously trademarked iPad over 10 years ago. More...
Microsoft has decided to delay launching the Windows Phone 7 operating system and devices in China from a planned late 2011 launch date, until at least the first half of 2012. More...
A new report claims that pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 4S device sold out within the first 10 minutes of going live in Hong Kong on Friday which bodes well for sales in Asia overall. More...
We all know that China controls their internet with an iron fist. But did you know that they want the UN to enforce their censorship policies? And if they don't, China isn't afraid to do it themselves More...
Microsoft is expanding is Marketplace footprint to China and India. The new update will allow developers in China to register via App Hub and begin submitting new apps. More...
A new report from a Chinese newspaper says that five people have been arrested in Shanghai for allegedly producing and selling fake versions of Apple's iPhone. More...
New documents released by Wikileaks earlier this week suggest Apple is struggling to counter against the Chinese counterfeit gadget trade. Local authorities are reportedly uncooperative with Apple. More...
The Ministry of Culture in China has ordered the removal of specific songs from Chinese download sites. Among these are Lady Gaga's "Judas", and bizarrely, "I Want it That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. More...
China has surpassed the US as the world's largest market for PC sales, at least for the second quarter of 2011. More...
China has accidentally shown off on video some of its cyber warfare software. The video shows how China is attacking sources using US based IP addresses. More...
Nokia and China Mobile are teaming up to sell Windows Phone devices in China. China Mobile has over 600 million subscribers and represents a growth opportunity for both Nokia and Windows Phone. More...
The rash of unauthorized stores that are selling either real or knock off Apple items seems to be continuing in China. Reuters reports that the country's government has found that 22 more stores in the... More...
China is trying to force some retailers who are unauthorized to sell Apple products to, among other things, cover up its Apple logo. However it is having issues getting these retailers to comply. More...
A new report claims that users of Windows Phone 7 based devices in China are no longer able to update apps from the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. More...
China's largest search engine, Baidu, has experienced an unexpected growth in its strength during the third quarter of 2011. Baidu has recently focused more on providing e-commerce and videos, which seems to have struck home... More...
Zynga has joined a partnership with the Chinese company Tencent, who operate some of the largest online networks in China, including an instant messaging client called Tencent QQ. As The Telegraph outlines, the partnership allows... More...
The discovery that some people had established fake Apple stores in China blew up on the Internet about a week ago. Now Reuters reports that one city in China has ordered the shut down of... More...
Earlier this week, there were reports from various bloggers regarding the discovery of fake Apple Stores in the Chinese city of Kunming. Thanks to American blogger BirdAbroad, Chinese officials have begun an investigation into all... More...
An American blogger who lives in China has made a rather unusual discovery; a fake Apple Store found in the remote Chinese city of Kunming. In the store itself, a variety of Apple products are... More...
A state-run think tank of China, otherwise known as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has reported that it believes 1.3 million websites were shut down by the large Asian country last year. Despite the... More...
It looks as though mapping services provided in China by both Microsoft and Google are no longer under threat of being shut down, according to the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. The State Bureau... More...
Facebook continues to look for investment money even as the social networking service is reporting making preparations for what could be the biggest tech themed IPO in some time. Now there's word that the country... More...
What would you do to get your hands on Apple's iPhone 4? Here in the US it's just a modest investment to purchase one from AT&T or Verizon if you don't mind dealing with... More...
The Chinese military fears cyber-warfare with the United States, as their official newspaper has stated. The 'Liberation Army Daily', while not affiliated with the government, typically reflects the views of the Chinese government due to... More...
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is on a mission in China. His objective has little to do with the company he founded, especially given that 90% of Windows copies in that country are pirated.... More...
The state-run newspaper of China made a stern warning to Google today in the wake of Google's announcement that an attack on a number of Gmail accounts came from that country. Reuters reports that the... More...
The Foxconn manufacturing plant in Chengdu, China that suffered from an explosion on May 20 that killed three Foxconn workers has now repoened. AllThingsDigital reports that it has received a statement from Foxconn stating that... More...
On Wednesday, Google announced that it had discovered that hundreds of its Gmail accounts were the victim of an attack that it said originated from China. Today that country's government has gone on the media... More...
Google has admitted that hundreds of users of its Gmail service have been the subject of a attack to collect users passwords. Google revealed the attack in a posting on its blog site. It stated... More...
Liu Dali, a prisoner at the Jixi labour camp in the Heilongjiang province in China, has detailed his strange ordeal as he was forced to produce virtual gold as part of his incarceration. Liu would... More...