Tag: china
Nokia launch DRM-free Comes with Music service … in China
Nokia's Comes with Music service, which allows users to download an unlimited number of MP3 tracks is about to drop its DRM protection. But before all you Nokia X6 owners get too excited, note this: the DRM-free service is only…
Dell reveal Aero Android-based phone
Remember the China-only Dell Mini 3i smartphone? Well it's about to get a western release and a new name: the Dell Aero. While it's based on the Mini 3i, Dell are keeping tight-lipped about its promised new features for UK…
Google stops censoring Chinese search results, moves HQ to Hong Kong
Google have stopped censoring their users search results in China, after relations between the US company and Chinese officials rapidly deteriorated in the past few months. Google have now moved their Chinese-language search engineers to new offices away from mainland…
Authorities close in on Chinese Google hackers
US authorities have moved one step closer to finding the hackers behind the recent attacks on search giants Google. Teams of investigators have tracked the source of the attack to two educational facilities in China. With one institution closely linked…
Twitter stands up to the censors
First Google, now Twitter is standing up against this latest wave of web censorship. The brains behind the micro-blogging phenomenon have revealed that they are looking into ways to protect Twitter from Big Brother's uncomfortable gaze. Speaking at the World…
Security fix on its way to Internet Explorer
Microsoft are about to roll out a security update that should see users of Internet Explorer 6 protected from the attacks that have caused the French and German governments to condemn the browser. The vulnerability highlighted by the recent phishing…
Censorship in China may force Google.cn to close
A post on the Google blog titled "A New Approach to China" has revealed Google's plans to stop censoring search results gathered at their .cn domain. The decision follows a number of attacks on the Gmail accounts of Google users…
Dell's Mini 3i smartphone gets an official launch
I guess we will see handset making their debut in China a lot more often as the years go by. Anyhow there's no confirmation of a European launch for the device.
Disappointing turn out for iPhone's Chinese debut
Despite appearances to the contrary, the iPhone has still performed well in China in the lead up to this launch, with an estimated 3 million Hong Kong and Taiwanese imports of the handset reaching Chinese shores.
Chinese surfers to experience even more censorship
From 1st July all computers sold in China must be pre-loaded with software that prevents access to certain websites, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
For a country that is already ranked as the most stringent of online censors according to Herdict.com the move indicates further control for the Chinese government and less freedom for its public.
The software’s main developer claims that its Green Dam-Youth Escort programme would protect young internet users from “harmful” material such as pornography. However, China has been guilty in the past of restricting access to much less harmful sites. Only last week sites including Twitter, Hotmail, Live, Flickr and YouTube were reportedly off-limits.
Charles Mok, chairman of the Hong Kong division of Internet Society also expressed concerns that the software may be used “to collect personal data or filter other web sites”.
The Chinese government state that the programme is aimed at “constructing a green, healthy, and harmonious Internet environment, and preventing harmful information on the Internet from influencing and poisoning young people.”
Critics, such as myself, argue however that the programme is aimed at further controlling young minds, preventing them from finding out about some of the many atrocities their government are responsible for.
Why else would they ban access to Amnesty International?