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Contact UsTight Chinese censorship on internet and media dubbed as Great Firewall of China has been cracked open on the eve of Beijing Olympics as Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) has released a set of five tools that will allow users free access to internet.
Great Firewall of China cracked open during Olympics
August 5th, 2008 by Kiyani
Google to counter Baidu with is own MP3 search in China
August 3rd, 2008 by Kiyani
Google China is planning to introduce MP3 search as it struggles to compete Baidu in China. This move comes as a surprise because music industry has been critical of Baidu for its MP3 search although Baidu says it tries its best to protect copyright material.
China manufactures world’s cheapest laptop
July 28th, 2008 by Kiyani
A Chinese manufacturer Carapelli Ltd. is selling world’s cheapest laptop at a price tag of $130.
Red Cross website hacker from China jailed
July 15th, 2008 by Kiyani
Yang Litao, 23 from China has been sentenced to two years in jail after he was found guilty of hacking Red Cross website to steal funds meant for Sichuan earthquake victims.
Microsoft monopoly in China under investigation
June 19th, 2008 by Kiyani
Chinese authorities have started investigating Microsoft’s market position in the country for abuse. Microsoft has monopoly not only in China but all over the world due to its Windows operating system.
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US congressmen reveal hacking from China
June 12th, 2008 by Kiyani
Two US congressmen Frank Wolf and Christopher Smith have revealed that their office computers were hacked by hackers from China. According to the statement released four of Wolf’s Capitol Hill machines were compromised in August 2006.
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Isn’t Baidu doing what Google does? So why all the fuss?
June 4th, 2008 by Kiyani
Recently China’s largest search engine Baidu has come under fire from music industry accusing it of supporting pirated music. Baidu provides an index of over 740 million web pages, 80 million images, and 10 million multimedia files. It attracts at least 5.5 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com survey.
China and USA are leading sources of cyber attacks
June 2nd, 2008 by Kiyani
Akamai Technologies, Inc. in its report has said that China and US are the leading sources of hacking attacks, especially against Windows systems. Akamai provides distributed computing platform for global Internet content and application delivery.
Meet Red-ray, a Blu-ray rival from China
May 27th, 2008 by Kiyani
Just when we thought the DVD format war is over, we have got new player Red-ray and this time from China. Blu-ray may have defeated HD-DVD but now it faces another challenge from Chinese made Red-ray DVD.
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Spammers taking advantage of disasters in Burma and China
May 23rd, 2008 by Kiyani
Global Secure Systems, an internet security firm has reported that spammers are exploiting the tragedies that struck Burma and China recently. They are sending phishing emails and Trojans disguised as news reports and donation requests to help people affected by the tragedies.
