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SoftBank grants US government the right to approve Sprint director
If takeover plans by SoftBank and Sprint are finalized, then SoftBank will give the U.S. government influence due to security concerns.
China's Lenovo battles PC slump, records record sales
The PC industry may be having a tough time, but Lenovo has managed to outshine rivals and record a 90 percent rise in quarterly profit.
Online businesses need citizens' arrest powers: Alperovitch
Former McAfee Threat Research vice-president Dmitri Alperovitch has called for greater powers for private companies, saying that they should be allowed to make citizens' arrests and limited retaliatory action against hackers.
Chinese govt invests $350M on original software
Central and local-level governments in the country has spent a total of 2.16 billion yuan on legal copies of software in the past three years to combat piracy.
Windows Azure's China debut set for June
[UPDATE] Microsoft, via its official licensing partner 21Vianet, will offer the public preview version of its platform-as-a-service offering next month. Japan will also have two local sub-regions to support the Azure expansion into Asia.
Did the US force China to develop its online army?
Whether the US or China started the online fight, both sides are rallying forces, and with the right spark, it could end with catastrophic consequences.
Chat app LINE preparing mechanism for China censorship
[UPDATE] The popular messaging platform appears to have a feature which detects politically sensitive words, according to a Taiwanese Twitter user who hacked his or her iPhone, and obtained a list of 150 taboo words.
EU: Huawei, ZTE 'dump' products in European markets
Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE are in hot water with the European Commission for allegedly ignoring trade rules and "dumping" their products into European markets.
4G to debut in Shanghai in June
China Mobile will start large-scale trials next month, inviting 5,000 users to test the latest 4G products including mobile phones and data cards based on TD-LTE technology.
Beidou to build stations in Pakistan for location accuracy
Chinese satellite navigation network will build operational reference stations after signing a cooperation agreement with Pakistan, which will make the country its fourth client in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tencent speeds up WeChat mobile games bid
Chinese tech giant says it is committed to developing games for WeChat, following a 228.4 percent year-on-year climb in its active monthly user base to 194 million.
China Unicom to upgrade broadband speeds in Beijing
Chinese telco to phase out lower speed packages with faster connections of least 4Mbps starting Friday, in response to government's goal of having 75 percent of broadband users on that speed this year.
EU trade probe against Huawei, ZTE to strain China ties
Chinese official says China will take "firm measures" to protect its interest should European Union trade chief Karel De Gucht insist on investigating alleged unfair trade practices by the Chinese companies.
China's Kingsoft unveils cloud-based APT product
Chinese software giant Kingsoft launches its first cybersecurity product specifically targeted to defend against real-time advanced persistent threats.
Gree to shut down China office
Japanese mobile games giant will close its Beijing-based office and lay off all employees on June 28, but it has yet to announce a compensation plan for employees.
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