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11/25/2024 02:25:32 am

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Paying for a car with one-yuan coins

Chinese Man Pays For New Car With Yuan Coins Weighing 5 Tons

A Chinese man with a strange sense of humor pulls off a stunt worthy of the record books

Halo 5

Halo 5 console game and TV series will invade the Earth in 2015

The great Halo franchise is again set to conquer consoles and TV screens in 2015.

Sony PlayStation 4

PS4 batters the Xbox One for the fourth month in a row

PS4 still rules but the XBox One has the top selling game.

Retrurn of the Jedi Episode VI

Star Wars VII starts filming; Spider-Man 2 conquers China's box office

The original cast from Star Wars is back and fandom is drooling.

Taiwan-owned factory burning in Vietnam

Violent Anti-China Protests In Vietnam Leave 2 Taiwanese Dead, At Least 90 Injured

Mob violence inVietnam sparked by anti-Chinese protests is spiraling out of control

Windows Phone 8 start screen

Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Will Be Here In June 24

Will support Windows Phone 8 for three years

Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile

Samsung Galaxy S5 Fast Track To Becoming Best Seller But Samsung Reports Lowest Quarterly Sales

Samsung's Galaxy S5 breakes sales records, but demand for smartphones is slowing worldwide

Surface RT with its Type Cover accessory

Tech's Latest Gunfight: Microsoft's Surface Mini Tablets Versus Ipads and Android Tablets

Analysts believe the reason for Microsoft likely unleashing a "Gang of Three Tablets" will be to attack the expensive Apple iPad at multiple pricing levels. Having three widely-priced Surface tablets won't only beat-up on the iPad. It will also prevent Google's Android operating system from completely dominating the tablet market.

BlackBerry Z3 Jakarta Edition

BlackBerry Launches Smartphone Designed for Emerging Markets

Could BlackBerry be developing a smartphone for China?

Gmail logo

Google Overhauling Gmail's Desktop User Interface

Gmail will soon have a similar look for the desktop and on mobiles

Chinese police

Chinese Policemen to Patrol Paris in June

A rising tide of petty crimes against Chinese tourists has convinced France to allow Chinese policemen to patrol the streets of Paris. Chinese police officers will patrol some of Paris' main tourism spots along with French police officers beginning June.

Transformers Age of Extinction

Hong Kong Chosen for World Premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction, the fourth movie in the hit Transformer series, will hold its world premiere in Hong Kong on June 19. Hong Kong was one of the major locations for the movie, which is expected to continue the massive box-office successes of its three predecessors in China.

iPhone 6

iPhone 6 to Hit Shelves in China and Elsewhere in August

The hotly anticipated iPhone 6 will go into retail in China and the rest of the world starting August. Tech sources in the US revealed that an iPhone 6 version with a screen size of 11.9 cm (4.7 inch) will go on sale in August. A 13.9 cm (5.5 inch) or a 14.2 cm (5.51 inch) version will be released in September.

Sydney Film Festival 2014

Sydney Film Festival 2014 Will Have A Special Focus On China

The world renowned Sydney Film Festival will shine the spotlight on Chinese cinema

Hongmi smartphone

Xiaomi is now China's third largest smartphone vendor

Xiaomi's low-priced Hongmi smartphone is taking market share from competitors.

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