IE6 holdouts beware: Twitter and others kill SSL 3.0 support after “Poodle”...
Most people are these days using browsers that support the much safer TLS web encryption protocol, but some aren't, notably those still using Internet Explorer 6 -- most of whom seem…
View ArticleChina denies involvement in “man-in-the-middle” iCloud hack
A Chinese government spokeswoman has strenuously denied accusations of state involvement in a widespread eavesdropping attack on iCloud users, despite evidence that the attacks took place in core...
View ArticleIBM to build Chinese cloud presence with help from Tencent
U.S. cloud companies see China as a huge opportunity. Now Big Blue is partnering with Tencent Cloud to bring cloud and SaaS business applications to that market.
View ArticleWhy is Chinese smartphone startup Xiaomi reportedly worth 13 times as much as...
Xiaomi the money: The Chinese smartphone maker is reportedly seeking funding at a valuation of $40 billion.
View ArticleWireLurker malware attacks Chinese Apple users, installing bad apps on iOS...
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have identified a novel and nasty strain of malware that steals device and user data -- but they reckon its full functionality is yet to…
View ArticleIs it boom time ahead (again) for solar panel manufacturing?
Why are we seeing such optimism when it wasn't so long ago when dozens of solar manufacturers shrank or went out of business?
View ArticleHSBC bank portal reportedly caught up in China’s Great Firewall
GreatFire.org, which monitors the activities of China's monolithic web censorship mechanism, claims HSBC's Akamai-using corporate banking portal has falled victim to the Great Firewall.
View ArticleGoogle appears poised to open an app store in China
There are tens of millions of smartphones running Android in China, but very few use Google Play services and almost none of them have access to Google's app store. It looks…
View ArticleChina makes abortive push for global web censorship declaration
The hosting of a "World Internet Conference" tech industry talking shop in censorship-happy China was always going to raise eyebrows, but this is classic: According to reports by TechCrunch, the Wall…
View ArticleFacebook courts developers to compete with rivals in Asia
Monday Facebook's mobile app server company Parse released statistics on its biggest user growth. Its adoption in Asia has skyrocketed.
View ArticleUber gets investment from Baidu to aid China push, report claims
The Chinese web giant Baidu will buy a stake in Uber worth up to $600 million, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg. The ride-booking company, which raised $1.2 billion earlier this…
View ArticleWith slim profits, China’s Xiaomi is more like Amazon than Apple
Xiaomi reported only 347.5 million yuan in net profit last year on a regulatory filing which works out to USD $56 million -- which means Xiaomi's operating margin works out to…
View ArticleChina slams cyberattacks after Sony job leads US to ask for help
The United States has asked China for help in blocking cyberattacks emanating from North Korea, officials told CNN and the New York Times in the wake of the attack on Sony…
View ArticleGmail access further restricted in China
Google's Gmail appears to have been blocked in China after months of disruptions to the service. On Friday, Chinese users reported a "severe disruption", according to GreatFire.org, which monitors...
View ArticleSneak peek: This is TCL’s GoLive video streaming service
All eyes were on Dish's new Sling TV service at CES this year, but others are moving forward with their own video streaming plans as well. One of them is TCL:…
View ArticleChinese attacks cost U.S. Defense Department over $100M
Chinese army hackers apparently caused more than $100 million worth of damage to U.S. Department of Defense networks, according to NSA research detailed in documents from the Edward Snowden cache. On…
View ArticleWhere the clean energy money flowed last year
New investments in clean energy -- from project financing to government funding to VC -- rebounded in 2014 to $310 billion invested globally, just shy of the annual global record for…
View ArticleMPAA sues China’s Xunlei for copyright infringement
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has sued Chinese file sharing operator Xunlei for copyright infringement, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The lawsuit, which was filed in China,...
View ArticleReport: China wants backdoors in imported tech, but only its own
Western companies are doing big business in China, but storm clouds lie on the horizon. According to a New York Times report, new banking security rules approved in the People's Republic…
View ArticleQualcomm to pay $975M to China in antitrust settlement
Qualcomm chips and intellectual property are increasingly found in smartphones around the world, but there's been a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the San Diego silicon firm for the past 14 months:…
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