Michael Kan - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Michael Kan

Article | 17/05/2013 Progress at Foxconn factories, but working hours still exceed Chinese laws

Employees at the Chinese factories of Apple supplier Foxconn continue to work beyond the country's legal limit of 49 hours a month, according to a rep...

Article | 16/05/2013 EU to investigate telecommunications equipment imports from China

The European Union is preparing to investigate the imports of mobile networking gear from China for anti-competitive practices, a move that's likely t...

Article | 15/05/2013 Foxconn's Hon Hai reports Q1 revenue drop, likely on weak iPhone 5 demand

Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry posted a 19.2 percent year-over-year decline in revenue for the first quarter, with sales likely affected by weak...

Article | 14/05/2013 China still safe for IT outsourcing, despite US security concerns, says vendor

China's reputation for security may have been marred by recent U.S. accusations of state-sponsored hacking but the nation is still a safe place as a t...

Article | 9/05/2013 Apple regains fifth spot in Chinese smartphone market, shipments soar

Apple retook its spot as China's fifth largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, as the country's market grew to triple the size of the U.S.'s.

Article | 9/05/2013 Mozilla's Firefox OS will also appear on high-end phones

The upcoming Firefox OS will appear on higher-end smartphones, and not just entry-level handsets, with Sony expected to release a premium device runni...

Article | 8/05/2013 China's Xiaomi takes crowdsourced phone development model abroad

Taiwan and Hong Kong may be only the beginning of Xiaomi's expansion outside China. The popular Chinese vendor of low-priced handsets is aiming at get...

Article | 7/05/2013 China's Alibaba aims for big smartphone sales of its mobile OS

Alibaba Group hopes to make a dent in Google's dominance of China's smartphone market, and has high hopes that handsets running the company's mobile O...

Article | 7/05/2013 Evernote originally wanted to make 'egg-like' hardware

Note-taking software provider Evernote originally wanted to delve into the hardware business as far back as 2007, with an egg-like device capable of r...

Article | 7/05/2013 Acer's Q1 net profit up 55 per cent, but revenue down

Acer said its net profit for the first quarter grew 55 per cent year-over-year, but its revenue continued to decline amid struggling PC sales.

Article | 7/05/2013 China's Baidu expands online video business with $370 million acquisition

China's largest search engine Baidu is getting closer to becoming the country's largest online video provider with a new US$370 million acquisition.

Article | 6/05/2013 Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013

Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said com...

Article | 6/05/2013 Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products

Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell i...

Article | 3/05/2013 China cracks down on Internet bird flu rumors

Chinese authorities have detained two Internet users for allegedly spreading rumors about the new bird flu virus on the nation's top Twitter-like micr...

Article | 2/05/2013 P2P piracy putting pressure on Chinese video sites

After spending millions to buy licensed TV shows and movies, China's top online video site is facing a surge in piracy from a new crop of offenders th...