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- Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?
- Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...
- Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK
- News items 2008-12-01
- What's blowin' in the wind? Alternative energy in China
- A new study of the Chinese wind energy market finds the country's growth will likely continue despite the global economic spasms. EER's report finds China will be #1 in generating electricity from wind by 2011. As much as the once communist state now embraces a brand of capitalism,...
- Tags: China, Alternative Energy, Wind Energy, EER, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- High-tech exec sent space info to China
- The president of a high-tech company with offices in Beijing violated U.S. arms export control laws, he admitted in federal court. Shu Quan-Sheng, 68, a naturalized U.S. citizen, said that from 2003 through 2007 he assisted China with the design and development of a cryogenic fueling system for...
- Tags: U.S., China, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Top Web sites in China in September 2008
- Rank Web Site Name Audience, 000 1 Baidu 171 2 Tencent QQ 117 3 Sina 108 4 Google China 81 5 Sohu 74 6 NetEase (163) 58 7 Soso 49 8 Hao123 48 ...
- Tags: China, Web, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Apple seeks iPhone expertise in China
- An Apple job posted briefly on Thursday for an iPhone Quality Assurance Engineer in Beijing hints that company is getting closer to launching the device in China. According to AppleInsider the opening sought candidates "to focus on international releases of our iPhone and iPod touch products for Beijing." The job...
- Tags: China, Apple iPhone, Beijing, Apple Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Tech Awards honor techy solutions for developing world
- From one-time-use syringes to fire logs made from an invasive African plant, the 2008 Tech Awards honored five innovators with $50,000 for creating technology solutions for problems in developing countries. CNET's Kara Tsuboi learns more about these seemingly simple solutions that have potential to make a big impact.
- Tags: Solution, Free Trade, Finance, News, kara tsuboi, the tech, tech awards, san jose convention center, developing countries, 3rd world, india, china, asia, building, syringe, schools
- Videos 2008-11-13
- Don't inhale, it's legal but it's toxic
- That's the conclusion of a United Nations report on the atmosphere above large sections of Asia. Guess all that economic growth comes with a little extra. Nasty plumes of smoke, soot, toxic gases and other fine manmade crud are found all over the planet, but the...
- Tags: China, Sunlight, U.N., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Remedying the trade imbalance with China
- Microsoft's attempts to shame Chinese users of illegal copies of Windows by turning their backgrounds black every hour is reflective of a wider problem of copyright enforcement in China. As Henry Paulson, Secretary of the US Treasury, notes in a recent "Foreign Affairs" article, it contributes to America's trade...
- Tags: China, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management, John Carroll, Henry Paulson, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- China Channel Firefox add-on (xpi)
- The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry supported by western companies.
- Tags: China, Mozilla Firefox, China Channel, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-10-28
- Lawyer claims that Microsoft is "biggest hacker in China"
- Microsoft has decided to do something about piracy in China. In a country where 82% of all software is pirated Microsoft has this month decided to roll out Windows Genuine Advantage WGA. This has led one Beijing lawyer to label Microsoft the "biggest hacker in China." by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: China, Lawyer, Microsoft Corp., Hacker, Hacking, Piracy, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- China overtakes US in broadband
- Both the USA and China had about 78 mln broadband lines at the end of August, but China grew twice as fast. In the USA, new broadband lines added fell from 3.4 mln in the last quarter of 2007 to barely 1.1 mln in Q2 2008. In China they rose...
- Tags: China, Broadband, Broadband Line, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?
- Any major Western company doing business in China is collaborating with the government to some degree. We know this. Chinese citizens know this. The best case scenario is probably Microsoft or Google's operations where access to certain information is limited. The worst case, until now, has been Yahoo's explicit cooperation...
- Tags: China, Yahoo! Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Tom, Government, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Wireless, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- The cost of doing business in China: Privacy
- There's a good amount of scuttlebutt today on a report that highlights how the Chinese government is monitoring Skype traffic for keywords that may offend the Communist party. The report in question Techmeme, Breaching Trust: An analysis of surveillance and security practices on China's Tom-Skype platform, details...
- Tags: China, Monitoring, Privacy, Skype Technologies S.A., Tom-Skype, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Chinese monitoring Tom-Skype messages
- China is running a massive operation to track and store text messages sent over Tom-Skype, a joint venture between a Chinese wireless provider and eBay-owned Skype, The New York Times reports. China has about one million censored messages, many of which contain personally identifiable information, according to...
- Tags: Message, China, Monitoring, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Web Servers, Security, Servers, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Clean-tech gets political while China moves into first place
- Clean-tech is getting more and more political. With so much money and government subsidy, or not, at stake, it was inevitable. A leading greentech venture capitalist spoke at the Democratic Convention. And the governor of Montana spoke about declaring energy independence for America, and added we Americans...
- Tags: China, Medal, Clean Technology, Montana, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- How the world watched the Olympics online
- Much has been made of NBC's Olympic numbers, which had the rights for online video in the US, and what that means for Silverlight. I thought the app was solid, the video quality was good, and all in all it was a win for Microsoft and RIAs. In that vein,...
- Tags: China, Olympic Games, British Broadcasting Corp., Video, Flash, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- iTunes is back in China but Tibet album is not
- Any lingering doubts that China was blocking iTunes over the Songs for Tibet album must be wiped away now. The Register reports that iTunes access is back in China, but not for the album released by the Art of Peace Foundation, which features Sting, John Mayer and Dave Matthews. ...
- Tags: China, Tibet, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'
- China is blocking iTunes, apparently over the album "Songs for Tibet," a benefit for The Art of Peace Foundation. The album features songs by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama. In an AP story, Michael Wohl, executive...
- Tags: China, Album, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- When will cleantech be profitable? How about Q2, 2008!
- The world's first solar power billionaire is on a role. Not in Silicon Valley or Spain or even solar-blessed Arizona. In China. The global gold medal winner in solar profits: Shi Zhengrong, head of Suntech Power. They make photovoltaics sold the world over. Free...
- Tags: China, Spain, Stock, Photovoltaics, Clean Technology, Suntech Power, Zhengrong, Manufacturing, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate 10 gov't databases
- If you needed a university certificate in China during the last couple of months, there's a big chance that a group of ten people could have supplied with you such, going a step further and adding your details in more than ten government databases across different provinces in the country,...
- Tags: China, Cybercrime, Hacking, Certificate, Government Database, Shanghai Daily, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
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