Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) appearance this week at the Canton Trade Fair in Guangzhou, southern China, has raised the hopes of console gaming fans in China that the XBox and its Kinect companion might finally be legally on sale here in the near future. Game consoles are technically illegal in China, but - as with so many things here - are actually widely available via other channels. Xboxes, PS2s, and PS3s - along with pirated games - can be easily found and bought. It was thought that the situation might change this year, with ...
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Sep 26 2011
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China’s Windows XP Pirate is Out of Jail – and Now Eyeing Android
The notorious Chinese software pirate behind the ‘Tomato Garden’ cracked editions of Windows XP is now out of jail, having served a two year term in the slammer. His arrest in 2009 brought to an end China’s biggest software piracy ring. It is estimated that his Windows XP Tomato Garden Edition was downloaded over 10 million times, and that Mr Hong profited from ad revenue on the download website. Now a free man, Hong Lei (pictured right) says he is abandoning his pirating ways, and also washing his hands of PCs ...
Sep 20 2011
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SecDev Group Issues Report on US Tech Companies’ Ethical Issues in China
China's tech market has all the makings of a dream for American companies: it's huge and growing fast, it's relatively untapped, and it can be enormously profitable if approached correctly. It also has all the makings of a nightmare: changes are lighting fast, it's heavily regulated, and entering the market can require companies to compromise their ethical values and participate in censorship and even become complicit in human rights abuses. A new report from SecDev, a Canadian analytics group, attempts to make sense of this and asks the question: how should ...
Aug 30 2011
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Microsoft is Being Sued for Abusing its Dominant Position in India
A New Delhi based law firm Singhania & Partners has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft India in Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) for reportedly abusing its dominant position in the desktop software market for its Windows and Office products. Further, the firm also claimed that Microsoft is forcing its dealers to sell more expensive Volume Licence costing Rs 9,300 ($202) for larger customers rather than OEM license of Windows Vista, which is available at Rs 6,350 ($138), although both products are quite identical in features. In case the customer wanted to opt for an OEM ...
Aug 30 2011
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Microsoft Launches Piracy-Fighting Viral Marketing Campaign in Hong Kong
Microsoft is launching a viral web campaign today in Hong Kong that’s aimed at reducing software piracy. The spot centres around a short comedy/drama series called Dream Break, where input from viewers via social media will affect the course of the plot before it hits its pre-set finalé at the end of next month. The video series has a Microsoft homepage - take a look here - and its own official YouTube channel, and will engage with HKers via Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo, MSN Messenger, and email. It's run in Cantonese ...
Aug 25 2011
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IE9 Turns Hungrygowhere.com and Tigerairways.com Into Windows Desktop Apps
Singapore-based sites Hungrygowhere.com (food reviews) and Tigerairways.com (flight booking) are now “site-pin enabled” if you’re using Microsoft’s latest web browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). How does it work?: IE9 users will be given the option to drag the websites into their Windows taskbar while they are on Hungrygowhere and Tigerairways (see above). Once completed, users can access both sites via the taskbar without the need to go through a web browser, giving them a desktop app-like experience. But I wonder how many IE9 users are there in Singapore to leverage on this ...
Aug 8 2011
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Windows Phone 7 Users in China Report Marketplace Blocked by Great Firewall
Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone users in China are reporting en masse that Microsoft’s app store, the Marketplace, is blocked or inaccessible in the country - making it impossible to download or update apps. The issue - which sees all attempted downloads fail with a connection error message - has been ongoing since the start of the weekend. WP7 users in China report that they can download apps within China only if they switch on a VPN, as many of them already do in order to access Twitter, which has been ...
Jul 18 2011
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Kootol Software from India Sends Notice to Microsoft, Apple, and Others Over Patented Technology
There are not many who have heard about India’s Kootol Software Limited before until today. Kootol Software, formed in 2010 by two brothers - Yogesh and Vijay Rathod - announced in a press release on Friday that they have sent a notice to several companies including Microsoft and Apple over the use of Kootol’s core technology in their products. Among the other big companies that have been sent notices: Yahoo, Google, Bharti Airtel Ltd., Webaroo Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd., Amazon, AOL, Nokia, Bebo Inc., ExactTarget Inc., Ford Motor, Foursquare Inc., IBM, ...
Jul 13 2011
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In 2011, China’s Factories Still Rife With Abuses and Awful Conditions [REPORT]
China Labour Watch (CLW), the not-for-profit organization that has monitored working conditions in China's factories since 2000, has just published its 2011 report on the persistent abuses at ten hi-tech manufacturing plants across that country. The factories produce gadgets for HP, Dell, Nokia, Motorola, MSI, Asus, Samsung, Microsoft, Apple, and many other well-known brands. By interviewing dozens of workers at each of the ten factories - spread across China's two main industrial hubs in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces - CLW got a clear picture of improving or deteriorating conditions, as well ...
Jul 4 2011
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It’s a Deal: Baidu to Get English Search Results From Bing
Finally it’s official. Both Baidu and Microsoft China have confirmed it: Baidu’s partnership with Microsoft’s Bing for English-language searches on Baidu.com is a done deal - after several months of rumors. With this partnership Baidu Search will show English search results based on Bing’s algorithms. It gives Baidu better quality search results, whilst also raising the profile of Bing in China. Although confirmed this afternoon, the Baidu-Bing tie-up is not yet in action. Speaking to Penn-Olson, Baidu’s Director of International Communications, Kaiser Kuo, said that the service will go live “in a ...
Jun 29 2011
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Microsoft Launches Office 365 in Asia
We love it when there isn’t much lag time in product launches between the U.S and Asia market. So we thought it was pretty neat when Microsoft announced the availability today of Office 365 in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. (Unfortunately, the launch isn’t for all countries in Asia though.) So what is Microsoft’s Office 365 all about? Well in short, a cloud-based IT enterprise solution. It helps businesses, both big and small, to collaborate online: Online real-time document sharing/editing Instant messaging Video and web meetings Secure email with calendar integration and more ActiveSync, which lets you ...
Jun 28 2011
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Korean Job Seekers’ Favorite Foreign Companies are Apple, Google
Yesterday we looked at a survey of Chinese students and which companies they hope to work for. Among the top foreign organizations on that list were names such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, and GE. In neighboring Korea, job seekers also have their eyes set on technology giants as potential employers, with Google and Apple topping the list. According to the survey of 1428 job seekers conducted by SaraminHR, 16.7 percent chose Google Korea as the most desirable foreign firm to work at. Apparently not even an occasional police raid is enough ...
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