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- G8 takes near-action on global warming--are you surprised?
- A minimal sort of statement of intentions from the G8 Summit in Japan happened. Too many conflicting interests. Too much money and power at stake. Perhaps not enough serious consequences yet. [poll=17] Apparently the leaders of the eight biggest...
- Tags: China, Global Warming, G8, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Offshoring: India still No. 1
- Bangalore remains on top as the global outsourcing leader but with prices on the rise in India, locations like Beijing and Auckland are catching up fast. Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal global delivery location for businesses, according to a new report from IDC. The...
- Tags: India, City, Beijing, International Data Corp., Delivery Location, Government, Vertical Industries, Outsourcing, Pricing, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Marketing, offshoring, China, Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2008-06-27
- Shaolin temple kick starts online store
- China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to flog its wares. SHANGHAI--China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to...
- Tags: Reuters, e-commerce, China, Temple, Online Store, Shaolin Temple, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- News items 2008-06-25
- Chinese antitrust and Microsoft
- As reported elsewhere and discussed by other ZDNet bloggers, a new antitrust law will come into effect in China on August 1st, and there is speculation that the Chinese government is using that law as basis for an investigation into the company. Not surprisingly, this brings a smile to the...
- Tags: China, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Government, Security, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- China detains web site defacer spreading earthquake rumors
- The Xinhua news agency is reporting that the web site defacer which I mentioned in a previous post regarding the use of web site defacements as tools for psychological operations, has been located and detained in less than a week after he defaced the Seismic Emergency and Public Center of...
- Tags: China, Web, Xinhua News Agency, Malware, Web Site, Web Site Defacer, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- China to sue MSFT over high prices
- How do you know when a country is ready to enter the legions of developed nations? When it's ready to sue Microsoft. AFP reports that China is conducting an anti-monopoly investigation into giant Microsoft. China's State Intellectual Property Office is leading the investigation and private firms will likely...
- Tags: China, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Tools & Techniques, Government, Piracy, Microsoft Windows, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for Microsoft
- Joining the U.S., the European Union, Japan and other sundry antitrust investigators who have set their sites on Microsoft, China is now looking into whether Microsoft is abusing its monopoly power. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: China, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Climate changing, political climate unchanged
- An international meeting in Bonn, Germany, has been trying to find common ground for the nations of the planet to deal with climate change. But nothing's changed politically and the meeting has accomplished little. The current Kyoto Protocol on climate change expires at the end of...
- Tags: China, Nation, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-14
- China says it's incapable of hacking Reps' computers
- The folks who brought you the Great Firewall of China and the Golden Shield are wholly incapable of breaking into the cyber-fortress that is the U.S. House of Representatives. So they say. Accused by U.S. Reps Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) of hacking into their...
- Tags: U.S., China, Computer, Productivity, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?
- Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...
- Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Senate hearing refocuses on China
- Well it's not nice to pick on China these days, what with the earthquake and all. But that didn't stop Dick Durbin from picking on Google, Cisco and Yahoo about their business dealings in China, as Anne Broache reports on News.com. In interesting part, the hearing focused...
- Tags: China, Cisco Systems Inc., U.S. Senate, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Senators weigh China's new laws on Web censorship
- CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh and Kara Tsuboi discuss the latest Senate hearing on American tech companies doing business in China. Representatives from Cisco, Yahoo, and Google come under fire for abiding by the laws of the Internet-restricting country.
- Tags: Web, Law, Channel Management, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, declan mccullagh, china, cisco, yahoo, google, senate, hearing, internet
- Videos 2008-05-20
- China’s hardcopy peripheral market achieved 9.9 mln units in 2007
- According to IDC, China’s hardcopy peripheral market achieved 9.9 mln units in 2007 and $2.58 bln in revenue, representing an increase of 9.6% and 17.6% over 2006 respectively. IDC estimates shipments of hardcopy peripherals to increase 8.0% and reach 10.7 mln units in 2008. by NB
- Tags: China, International Data Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-18
- CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberry
- A new report based on data collected at the observatory on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, shows CO2 levels in the atmosphere are higher than they've been in a long time. How long? About 650-million years. Global warming researchers says CO2 is major greenhouse gas and contributes to warmer...
- Tags: China, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Is it Google or China censoring Carrefour?
- I guess either way, the answer is ultimately China, but this latest news on Google's censorship in China is a bit strange. Chinese people are very upset with the French due to an attack on a wheelchair bound Olympic torch carrier. The act caused many Chinese people to...
- Tags: China, Google Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Weeks before the Olympics, China collects its first gold medal, USA gets silver
- Courtesy OECD and IEA. It's official, China is #1, world champ, leader of the pack. The US, long the leader, has relinquished its crown. A new study to be published in May says China now emits more man-made CO2 per year than the...
- Tags: China, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Zoho's Chinese bet
- Zoho today announced it has entered a white label distribution deal with Baihui for distribution of its applications in China. Today, the deal includes Writer, Sheet, Show and CRM under Baihui's branding. Assuming the deal works well, then it is understood the arrangement will be extended to include other applications....
- Tags: China, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Branding, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Our urine shows where we live
- It's almost logical that our urine contains traces of what we eat and drink. But an international team of researchers decided to learn more and has analyzed frozen urine samples from 4,630 people. These samples have been collected between 1997 and 1999 in China, Japan, the UK and the...
- Tags: China, Researcher, Japan, Bacteria, U.S. Here, Healthcare, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- 220 mln Internet users in China, making China #1 by number of users
- The number of Chinese on the Internet hit more than 220 mln as of February 2008, according to BDA China. USA had 216 mln users at the end of 2007, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. US penetration of 71% still exceeds China’s 17%. China has 1.3 bln people, compared with nearly 304...
- Tags: China, Internet User, Internet, AM
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- How evil is China?
- Matt Asay has a headline today that's doubtless worth a click -- Microsoft and Novell seek to exonerate Chinese piracy. The news peg is that Microsoft and Novell extended their existing agreement on IP to China. They call it "an incremental investment in their relationship" aimed...
- Tags: China, America, Matt Asay, Matt, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
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