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Article | 10/08/2009 China detains 13 over death at Internet addict camp

Chinese police have detained 13 people over the death by beating of a teenager at an Internet addiction camp in southern China, according to state med...

Article | 7/08/2009 Chinese Microsoft Office rival launching on Web soon

A Chinese company that offers a rival suite to Microsoft Office is following industry trends by turning its software into a Web-based service.

Article | 7/08/2009 Lenovo sales recover, but still under pressure in Q2

Lenovo's PC sales began to recover in its latest fiscal quarter, but the world's fourth-biggest PC maker warned that the recession was not over as it ...

Article | 5/08/2009 U.S. sentences three for military tech leaks to China

The U.S. has sentenced three Chinese men to federal prison for attempting to export technology with potential military applications to China, the U.S....

Article | 4/08/2009 IBM takes analytics drive to China with new center

IBM announced on Tuesday a business analytics center in Beijing that will serve clients including the Chinese government.

Article | 3/08/2009 HTC to launch Click, two other Android handsets in China

The China subsidiary of High Tech Computer (HTC) will launch up to three mobile handsets with Google's Android operating system this year, according t...

Article | 30/07/2009 Yahoo China missing from Microsoft search deal

The search tie-up between Yahoo and Microsoft does not affect Yahoo's China properties, which are controlled by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, the gr...

Article | 31/07/2009 China iPhone pictures posted on news site

A Chinese news Web site has posted pictures that it claims show the iPhone model being tested for release in China, adding to expectations that the ph...

Article | 29/07/2009 Samsung mobile application store coming to Europe

Samsung plans to launch a mobile application store in Europe this quarter, following an increasingly popular path to revenue inspired by Apple's iPhon...

Article | 29/07/2009 'China's YouTube' pries path through profit puzzle

Youku.com, China's leading video sharing Web site, faces a challenge shared by YouTube and other rivals worldwide. The Web site has worked to expand i...

Article | 29/07/2009 IBM hosts applications in cloud for Chinese vendors

A new IBM product that allows data centers to host online applications for software vendors has been deployed in a Chinese technology park and could l...

Article | 24/07/2009 Several Chinese Android phones due in Europe this year

At least three Chinese companies have put Google's Android operating system on mobile phones they say will launch in Europe this year.

Article | 21/07/2009 Chinese news sites go down after reports on gov't scandal

Two of China's most popular technology news Web sites went offline Tuesday after carrying news reports that linked the son of China's president to a c...

Article | 20/07/2009 World of Warcraft awaits China's approval to relaunch

The relaunch of the popular online game World of Warcraft in China, where it has already been offline for six weeks, still faces an indefinite delay a...

Article | 17/07/2009 China's Internet users outnumber U.S. population

China's Internet users have surpassed the U.S. population in number, and more Chinese than ever are using e-commerce and accessing the Web through mob...