Stories by: Owen Fletcher

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    Chinese authors turn up heat on Google over book scanning 19/11/2009 21:02:00

    A Chinese authors' group demanded late Wednesday that Google compensate writers whose books the U.S. company scanned without permission, cranking up tension in the country over Google's digital library project.
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    China rules Microsoft violated intellectual property rights 17/11/2009 17:46:00

    A Beijing court has ruled that Microsoft violated a Chinese company's intellectual property rights in a case over fonts used in past Windows operating systems, state media said Tuesday.
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    HP-Cisco battle spreads to China with 3Com deal 12/11/2009 20:46:00

    Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of networking gear vendor 3Com will unlock a major new market for the company, taking its growing rivalry with Cisco Systems to China, analysts said Thursday.
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    China lauds iPhone app that spreads state views 11/11/2009 16:49:00

    China's film and TV regulator late Tuesday praised the growth of an iPhone application from state broadcaster CCTV as the country looks for new ways to project its political views abroad.
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    No rush to adopt domain names written in Chinese in China 10/11/2009 21:39:00

    A global Internet governing body last month approved new languages for use in domain names, but at least in China some Web sites have hesitated to rebrand into Chinese from their well-known names written in Latin characters.
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    Only robots allowed at China's next Olympics 05/11/2009 13:28:00

    China plans to hold a robot Olympics next June with events including combat, dancing and track and field, state-run media said late Wednesday.
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    Lenovo profits return as restructuring pays off 05/11/2009 22:09:00

    Top Chinese PC maker Lenovo posted its first quarterly net profit in a year on Thursday, marking gains from a restructuring and strong sales in emerging markets.
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    Cisco to buy Chinese set-top box business 03/11/2009 15:11:00

    Cisco Systems will buy a Chinese set-top box maker as the country works to digitize all cable television by 2015, creating market opportunities for Cisco, the company said late Monday.
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    Chinese government agencies battle over Warcraft 03/11/2009 19:05:00

    A Chinese government agency halted its approval process for hit online game World of Warcraft to operate in the country on Monday, deepening its struggle with another agency for power over China's online game sector.
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    Lenovo, HP lead way into rural China PC market 03/11/2009 12:18:00

    PC makers looking to boost sales in recent years have increasingly zoned in on rural China, a vast and largely untapped source of new PC users.
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    iPhone gets slow start at China sales launch 31/10/2009 01:38:00

    The iPhone appeared to get a slow start in China on Friday night as China Unicom and Apple held a launch event largely free of the buzz and long buyer lines that have accompanied launches of the handset elsewhere.
 
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