Owen Fletcher - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Owen Fletcher

Article | 1/02/2010 China tablet PC maker may sue Apple over iPad design

A Chinese company that sells a tablet PC like Apple's newly announced iPad may sue the U.S. company over the similar design between the devices, it sa...

Article | 25/01/2010 Chinese human rights sites hit by DDoS attack

Five Web sites run by Chinese human rights activists were attacked by hackers over the weekend, as a separate row continued between Google and China o...

Article | 26/01/2010 Chinese censorship strong despite Google

The Internet has loosened the control Chinese authorities hold over information in the country, but censorship there will remain strong despite Google...

Article | 25/01/2010 China rejects accusations on Google hack, Internet freedom

China on Monday dismissed accusations of any official involvement in hacking attacks on Google and other U.S. companies, adding to tension between the...

Article | 22/01/2010 China slams Clinton's call for Internet freedom

China on Friday slammed remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promoting Internet freedom worldwide, saying her words harmed U.S.-Chi...

Article | 20/01/2010 China's Baidu sues US domain registrar after hack

Top Chinese search engine Baidu.com has sued its U.S. domain registrar over a hack that took down the Web site, alleging negligence by the U.S. compan...

Article | 19/01/2010 Report: Apple in talks with publisher on tablet e-books

Apple is in talks with HarperCollins Publishers about offering e-books for the upcoming Apple tablet device, a news report said late Monday.

Article | 20/01/2010 China: We are biggest victim of cyberattacks

China on Tuesday denied any role in alleged cyberattacks on Indian government offices, calling China itself the biggest victim of hackers.

Article | 19/01/2010 China pays Web users to find porn amid crackdown

China has paid cash rewards to more than 200 people who found online porn and reported it to authorities, as a government crackdown on undesirable Web...

Article | 19/01/2010 What Gmail hack? China spins news of Google threat

Chinese state media has spun Google's threat to leave China as a purely commercial move, as authorities there apparently work to limit discussion of h...

Article | 19/01/2010 China restores text messaging in cut-off Muslim region

China has restored mobile text message services in a Western province where they were suspended for months following unrest. Limited Internet access i...

Article | 19/01/2010 Gmail of foreign journalists in China hijacked

The Gmail accounts of foreign reporters in at least two news bureaus in Beijing have been hijacked, a journalists' group in China said Monday.

Article | 17/01/2010 Alibaba calls Yahoo's support of Google 'reckless'

Alibaba Group, the owner of Yahoo China, rejected as "reckless" a Yahoo statement supporting Google's stance in the country, after Google said it was ...

Article | 15/01/2010 China emphasizes laws as Google defies censorship

China said Thursday that foreign Internet companies are welcome to operate in the country in accordance with local laws, after Google defied authoriti...

Article | 14/01/2010 Timeline: Google's growth and censorship woes in China

Google this week said it would stop censoring search results on Google.cn, its search engine for users in China, and that the company may exit China a...