Tag: china
iPhone 5 ready for June, claims Foxconn employee
Apple's iPhone 5 may have just had its release date slipped early by an employee at Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturing plant that builds many of Apple's core hardware products. The Foxconn recruiter, speaking during a TV interview, stated that the…
Apple stops selling iPhone 4S in China due to rioting fears
And here's us thinking that the UK's usual gang of Apple fanboys queuing days for the latest iDevice were crazy; get a load of the rabid crowds scrambling for a piece of iPhone 4S action at the handset's launch…
Apple's viagra team can't stop the Chinese pirates
Apple are struggling to curb the rampant piracy of their products in China, as unlicensed Apple stores continue to pop up up and down the country selling knock-off gear imitating the Cupertino kings. Apple's legal teams were already slow off…
Chinese couple sells children to pay for online gaming habits
We've heard of some pretty awful cases of neglect when it comes to online gaming addiction around the globe, but never any quite as mercenary as this. A Chinese couple have been arrested after it was discovered the pair had…
Internet as human right and the evolution of technology
The internet should be seen as a basic human right, according to to Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web. Speaking at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference in India, Berners-Lee emphasised the importance of…
Google accuses China of sabotaging Gmail
Following problems with the Gmail email service in China, Google has reached a conclusion: it's not me, it's you. Engineers have looked into the problem at length, and concluded there is nothing technically wrong. This means it must be…
WikiLeaks Reveals Google's Struggles In China
It's been over a week since the first documents were leaked by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, yet despite the controversy, they continue to publish confidential cables sent from American embassies around the world. The latest cable reveals how Google's…
WikiLeaks: Great firewall of China blocks access to latest revelations
In news that's even less surprising than revelations that Silvio Berlusconi is perhaps a bit vain and that Colonel Gaddafi is ever so slightly mental, China's Internet regulators have today blocked access across the country to the latest batch of…
Google employees stop using Microsoft Windows
Google are encouraging their employees to stop using Microsoft's Windows OS. The move comes after a number of high-profile attacks on the search company were made through Microsoft products. An exploit in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser led to a…
Motorola MING design given a lifeline in "North Sea" Android phone
Hmm, I've seen that shape somewhere before. It seems Motorola aren't keen on giving up on the design that made the A1200 MING such a popular handset back in 2006, as these new spy shots from China reveal. Though little…