TAG: China

China Bans Time Travel

17 May, 2011, 3:46 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Lifestyle 3 Comments

Or at least, the presentation of time travel. More

Man Pays With Life for Cheap Shanzai Phone

17 Jun, 2011, 10:25 am IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile phones 3 Comments

This incident would surely ring loud for long in the minds of all those who forgo a device's quality, for a cheap price. More

California judge quashes Proview’s iPad lawsuit

09 May, 2012, 10:19 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 2 Comments

At a court in California, yesterday, China-based Proview Electronics’ ambitions to stop Apple from using the trademark term ... More

New report finds Android, Symbian are malware favourites

18 Aug, 2011, 5:18 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 1 Comments

If the report released by a certain security vendor based in China, Qihoo 360 is anything to go by, then Android and Symbian, at least in China are the most susceptible to malware. More

Google's China license renewed for a year

08 Sep, 2011, 6:37 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 1 Comments

Although search giant, Google had a successful run elsewhere in the world, its experience in China was a rocky one. More

Pakistan bars 13,000 obscene sites

10 Feb, 2012, 5:44 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 1 Comments

It is the end of the run for obscene websites in Pakistan, as officials block some 13,000 such sites in the country. More

China Begins Crackdown on Internet Porn

13 Apr, 2007, 11:47 am IST AP Windows

The Chinese government is launching a new crackdown on online pornography which it says has "'perverted China's young minds". More

Bejing Bans Phone Signal Blocker In Exams

30 May, 2006, 12:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Windows

The education system in China is not going to depend on mobile phone signal shielding machines anymore, to monitor cheating in exams. The Beijing Educ... More

China scorns U.S. cyber espionage charges

04 Nov, 2011, 5:41 pm IST Windows

China on Friday dismissed a U.S. report on online spying as "irresponsible", rejecting the charge that China uses cyber espionage to steal lucrative U.S. ... More

Google Faces Pressure as China Decides on Licence

30 Jun, 2010, 4:39 pm IST Reuters

Google Inc could face further pressure for its other products in China as Beijing is due to decide whether or not to renew a license for search engine More

China Bans Online 'Mafia' Games

29 Jul, 2009, 11:01 am IST IANS

China's culture ministry has issued an order to all websites prohibiting them to run, publish or offer links to online games featuring mafia-like gangs. More

China Wants a Piece of the Facebook Pie

11 Jul, 2011, 6:18 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking

Reports have surfaced that China wants in on Facebook stock. More

Google Says China Has Renewed Web Page License

09 Jul, 2010, 4:48 pm IST Reuters Services

After reviewing, Google says Beijing has approved its license. More

Govt officials say Proview owns iPad trademark in China

25 Apr, 2012, 10:20 am IST Services

Proview Technology (Shenzhen), which is battling Apple Inc in a Chinese court over the iPad trademark, is the rightful owner of that mark, a senior official ... More

Lenovo Android Phones Unaffected by Google China Spat

22 Jan, 2010, 9:57 am IST Reuters Services

Lenovo said its mobile phone based on Google's Android platform will not be affected by an ongoing spat between the search giant and the Chinese government. More

China Cracks Down on Internet Piracy

01 Nov, 2006, 12:00 pm IST IANS Services

The three-month campaign will target illegal websites and their operators, who provide downloads of materials they do not have the right to sell. More

Apple Possibly Working on Cheaper iPhone

12 Feb, 2011, 10:57 am IST Rossi Fernandes Smartphones

Plans to target the larger unexplored segment of the market in a bid to curb Android's growth. More

China Bans Unauthorised Downloads Off The Net

31 May, 2006, 4:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Smartphones

China has banned downloading of material off the net without the copyright holder's permission. The ban, to be implemented from July 1, is imposed o... More

Some Yahoo Email Accounts Hacked in China, Taiwan

31 Mar, 2010, 1:03 pm IST Reuters Smartphones

Yahoo email accounts of some journalists and other users whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week. More

Google Says China Web Search Fully Blocked

30 Jul, 2010, 11:48 am IST Reuters Smartphones

It was unclear whether access had been blocked by the Chinese government or if it was a temporary service disruption. More