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RSS china in in newsGates: Software innovation poses privacy challenge
News Gates was speaking in Hong Kong at the 10th Anniversary of Microsoft Research Asia, the software giant's research arm based in Beijing, China. As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose "an interesting software challenge", said Microsoft... [14 Aug 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News A fifth of UK spam is now generated within the UK, which, Field points out, is more difficult to identify as spam than emails generated from previous spam hotspots China and Russia. The amount of spam stuffed into UK inboxes has quadrupled over the... [12 Aug 2008]
Olympics a non-starter for office workers
News While China prepares for a frenzy of co-ordinated enthusiasm for the Beijing Olympics, three-quarters of the 100 responses to the latest silicon.com poll said they would be focusing on work rather than keeping an eye on the Games. [08 Aug 2008]
Dell hits carbon neutral target
News The target was met through improved energy efficiency at Dell's own facilities combined with green electricity purchases and investments in wind power in the US, China and India totalling 645 million kWh and creating savings of 400,000 metric tons... [06 Aug 2008]
Nokia grabs bigger slice of market
News Countries such as Brazil, China, India and Russia continue to grow, even as sales soften in regions such as Western Europe. China, another key market for Nokia, was still up about 11 per cent with 17.6 million handsets sold during the quarter but... [21 Jul 2008]
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News NFC mobile wallet devices will remain limited next year - except in the Far East and China region where they are already established - but the number of devices shipping will begin to ramp up from 2010 onwards, says Juniper. [18 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry ready to burst into new pastures
News RIM wants to expand the BlackBerry service, now available in more than 140 countries, in China, Latin America, Russia and Southeast Asia. BlackBerry maker RIM is charging ahead with international expansion plans and investments in new handsets and... [16 Jul 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News The other four top-five networks were based in China. Google has released as open source a web application assessment tool, Ratproxy, that is designed to root out potential security flaws. Separately, Google also released Browser Sync, a product... [14 Jul 2008]
Only one in 10 Brits recycles old mobiles
News The survey is based on responses from people in 13 countries: Brazil, China, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, UK, United Arab Emirates and USA. Just one in 10 people in the UK recycle their old mobile phones. [09 Jul 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News How emerging powers such as China will drive this evolution It's been fascinating to me that China has seen a strong uptake of GNU/Linux encouraged by the government even as it also desires to cultivate technologies that can be much more readily... [30 Jun 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News Hi-tech China - in pictures… Beijing Olympics 2008 Inside Nokia's Beijing factory Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal global delivery location for businesses, according to a new report from IDC. [27 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing delays?
News China Mobile the world's largest wireless carrier with nearly 400 million subscriber accounts, is likely to have its launch delayed until late this year or early 2009, the Journal reported, citing sources. [23 Jun 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News Security vendor Trend Micro told ZDNet.co.uk that it has also seen hacker recruitment in universities, including in China. We've seen them recruiting in China. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [23 Jun 2008]
Mobile banking set to boom
News China and the Far East are forecast to be the biggest converts to mobile finance with more than 250 million MFS users by 2011, according to the report. Mobile banking is set for rapid growth over the next three years with the number of global... [18 Jun 2008]
Brics demand feature-packed mobiles
News Chia Yong Choon, regional marketing director Asia-Pacific and Korea at NXP Semiconductors, said at an NXP briefing on Friday that with mobile markets in Europe and the US growing saturated, the next great opportunity lies in emerging nations such... [09 Jun 2008]
