Tag: china
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…
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…
