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China Celebrates Two Decades of Internet Life with Commemorative Stamps

Ying Zhin   | Apr 21, 2014 08:22 AM EDT

China celebrated its twenty years of "Internet Life" by issuing a special set of commemorative stamps that were unveiled in Nanjing on Sunday. read more

Nokia Stops Sale of Lumia 2520 due to Risk of Electric Shock

Ying Zhin   | Apr 20, 2014 05:14 AM EDT

Nokia has stopped the sale of its first-ever tablet, the Lumia 2520, and warned customers worldwide about the potential risk of an electric shock from using its charger. read more

Search for the Missing MH370 Demonstrates Highs and Lows of Chinese Technology

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | Apr 19, 2014 09:01 AM EDT

Jiaolong could prove to be an invaluable partner to the American submersible now leading the underwater search for MH-370, but Chinese experts said Jiaolong isn't doing this because its mother ship is unreliable and prone to breaking down. read more

Survey: Facebook is Bad for Sex

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | Apr 19, 2014 07:49 AM EDT

A survey by British condom maker Durex uncovered a startling fact: five percent of American respondents checked Facebook during lovemaking. read more

Advanced Japanese facial recognition device now scanning faces in Hong Kong

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | Apr 18, 2014 02:58 PM EDT

Shoppers of all nationalities in Hong Kong stores are having their faces scanned and recognized by an advanced Japanese technology hailed as a key breakthrough in facial recognition. read more

Microsoft Eyes Internet of Things Dominance with Azure

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | Apr 18, 2014 08:22 AM EDT

Microsoft Corporation says its new "Microsoft Azure Intelligent Systems Service" will manage not only Windows-based devices but devices running other operating systems as well. read more

Scientists Discover Earth-like Planet Kepler-186f

Ying Zhin   | Apr 18, 2014 01:47 AM EDT

Space scientists have just discovered what could be the closest thing to planet Earth. The National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) announced Thursday that its astronomers, using a Kepler telescope, have spotted a planet that is similar to Earth and is orbiting its own "sun". read more

Candy Crush to Enter China

Marcel Woo   | Apr 17, 2014 05:47 AM EDT

The popular online game Candy Crush, which has millions of global users on Facebook, will soon hit the Chinese market following the agreement signed between the game's creator, UK-based King Digital Entertainment, and China's biggest Internet firm Tencent. read more

China's First Bitcoin ATM Opens

Marcel Woo   | Apr 17, 2014 05:43 AM EDT

Despite the recent controversies involving the virtual currency Bitcoin and the restrictions imposed by China's central bank, the country saw its first Bitcoin ATM on Wednesday. read more

Samsung Galaxy S5 Vulnerable to Fingerprint Spoofing

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | Apr 16, 2014 09:12 AM EDT

Security Research Labs penetrated the Galaxy S5's fingerprint sensor only four days after the smartphone hit worldwide markets. The same laboratory last September used the same fingerprint spoofing ploy to deceive Apple's iPhone 5S into opening. read more

Millions of Android smartphones in China at risk from Heartbleed bug

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | Apr 16, 2014 08:45 AM EDT

Reports have confirmed that Android is not immune to the Heartbleed bug that allows hackers or cybercriminals to steal passwords and other personal information, including bank account numbers. read more

Apple Dominates China's 4G Handsets Market

Marcel Woo   | Apr 14, 2014 12:26 PM EDT

Apple continues to dominate China's growing 4G handsets market, taking up 58.7 percent of the market share in the first two months of this year, a study conducted by Sino Market Research Limited revealed. read more

Massive Mobile Phone Spam In China Driven By Sales Gimmicks

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | Apr 14, 2014 09:17 PM EDT

Chinese mobile phone users were hit by over 300 billion spam SMS messages in 2013. This mammoth number of spam texts remains a persistent problem in China, which is the world's largest mobile phone market. read more

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