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Waldorf Astoria, Shanghai: the ultimate gadget hotel
HANDS-ON And the best bog in town 17 October 2011 19:35 GMT TweetIt's not every day that you open the door to your toilet to watch it automatically opening its door for you, but then it's not every day you find yourself staying at the Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai.
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Chinese fakery continues - this time it's Apple Stores
So called "Apple Stoer" emerges 21 July 2011 15:46 GMT TweetApple has seen massive success amongst the emerging Chinese well to do classes who can afford to pay for its high end goods. But not everyone in China is willing to dish out cash for the latest piece of Cupertino equipment. Instead they opt for one...
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Accusations of Gmail spying unnacceptable, says Chinese gov
Attempts to hack top US officials and journalists 2 June 2011 14:00 GMT TweetChinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei is not happy about the recent blame placed upon China for the attempted hacking of the Gmail accounts of top US gov officials and journalists.
"Hacking is an international problem and China is also...
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Google avoids Chinese take-away
Licence renewed after backing down in row 9 July 2010 13:48 GMT TweetGoogle has updated its blog post regarding its censorship row in China with the simple sentence:
"We are very pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we look forward to continuing to provide web search and local products...
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Google gets the wobbles in China censorship row
Landing page compromise offered 29 June 2010 10:38 GMT TweetGoogle, who at one point threatened to pull out of China as a result of its web censoring, has now buckled in the long running dispute, by offering a compromise to the Chinese government that it hopes will be enough to let it carry on operating in...
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India bans phone imports from China
Over fears of spying and malware 29 April 2010 12:38 GMT TweetIndia's Department of Telecommunications has issued a blanket ban on imports of telecoms equipment from China, in a move that will hurt Huawei and ZTE, along with the rest of the Chinese telecoms industry.
Interestingly, the reason for the...
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Canon launches special-edition Jackie Chan 550D in China
We so want one of these... 27 April 2010 15:17 GMT TweetWe're already in agreement that the Canon 550D is one hell of an affordable DSLR. And, there's absolutely no doubt that Jackie Chan is anything other than a bone fide genius. So, what happens when you put them both together? Cue grown men fainting...
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'MMS Bomber' mobile virus infects millions in China
S60 3rd edition phones under attack 2 April 2010 16:42 GMT TweetA mobile virus has run riot in China since February causing financial loss to owners of infected devices. The "MMS Bomber" has made its way into over a million smartphones running Symbian S60 3rd Edition and largely affects Samsung and Nokia handhelds.
The...
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Motorola flees to Bing in Android deal
Google's China pullout forces phone maker to look elsewhere 11 March 2010 15:34 GMT TweetFollowing Google's noisy exit from China in January, Motorola's been wondering what to do about the handsets that it's planning to launch in the country in 2010. It can't run Google Search or Google Maps any longer, so instead it's jumped into the...
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Google postpones Chinese phone launch
Two Android handsets delayed as censorship row continues 19 January 2010 14:25 GMT TweetGoogle will delay launching two new mobiles phones into the Chinese market as a direct result of the current tensions between the internet giant and communist country's government.
Following the attacks on Google Gmail accounts belonging to...
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Google hack aided by insiders?
Company investigating whether employees were involved 18 January 2010 10:57 GMT TweetGoogle is reportedly conducting an internal investigation into whether one or more of its employees aided Chinese hackers in breaking into the email accounts of dissidents in the much-reported "Operation Aurora" hack on its Gmail service.
Reuters...
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China defends its right to censor web
"Google.cn is toast", claims analyst 14 January 2010 9:23 GMT TweetIn the wake of the recent declaration by Google that it will be refusing to censor search results in China any more, all eyes have been on the Asian superpower for its response. That response has now arrived, with multiple government departments issuing...
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Google threatens withdrawal from China
After humans rights activists' email is hacked 13 January 2010 3:13 GMT TweetGoogle has announced on its blog that it's considering pulling out of the Chinese market, following a cyber-attack from the country. Google says it has evidence that in mid-December hackers attempted to access the Gmail accounts of human rights activists....
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iPhone finally confirmed for China
China Unicom signs 3-year deal with Apple 28 August 2009 13:25 GMT TweetThe Republic of China is finally to officially get Apple's iPhone later this year, although many unofficial units are already reported to be widely in use in the region.
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Dell's Mini 3i smartphone unveiled
Only available in China 17 August 2009 12:29 GMT TweetThere's been whispering and murmerings of an Android smartphone from Dell for some time, and earlier in the year we brought you the first spy pictures of the device, but now the handset has finally been made official.
The Mini 3i, as it's...
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