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Apple customers voice mixed reaction to reports of poor working conditions

Posted January 26, 2012 - 5:38 pm

Amid renewed reports of poor working conditions at factories making Apple products in China, it's unclear whether customers will demand change.
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China’s data center expansion includes eye on efficiencies

Posted December 30, 2011 - 11:27 pm

Chinese data centers and the environment
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China’s big data center build-out

Posted December 28, 2011 - 6:22 pm

Ramping up data centers in China
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China racing to expand data center capacity

Posted December 28, 2011 - 11:58 am

China is in the midst of an unprecedented data center construction boom that's providing business opportunities for U.S. companies and could see China emerge with one of the most advanced computing infrastructures in the world.
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More legal setbacks for Apple

Posted December 9, 2011 - 3:53 pm

Apple this week was on the short end of three out of four international court rulings involving patent disputes.
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Apple, you're not the iPad trademark boss of China

Posted December 7, 2011 - 8:17 pm

The Chinese company sued by Apple over rights to the iPad trademark files a counter-lawsuit to prevent Apple from selling its tablet under the iPad name.
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Are U.S. superspies at NSA getting into fight against ordinary hackers?

Posted October 27, 2011 - 1:45 pm

The National Security Agency -- a real-life Men in Black agency, if the MiB only eavesdropped on aliens instead of capturing them -- is lending its expertise to Wall Street as a way to stave off economic disasters that might follow widespread hacks and loss of confidence in banks.
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Chinese government defends its Internet policies as open and clear

Posted October 20, 2011 - 5:36 am

China on Thursday responded to U.S. concerns about its blocking of company websites, saying that China's Internet policies are open and clear. However, China said it objected to the U.S. exploiting the issue of Internet freedoms to interfere in its internal affairs.
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Chinese factory shutdown may affect Mac notebook supplies

Posted October 17, 2011 - 2:18 pm

The shutdown of production at a Chinese manufacturer may affect inventories of Apple's popular MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks, an analyst said.
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Robots play Ping-Pong: From Table Tennis to Terminator?

Posted October 17, 2011 - 10:29 am

Robots build cars and have Three Laws thanks to Isaac Asimov, but news shows like cute, even in China. Result? A new video of` a robot playing Ping-Pong, this time against another robot.
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RSA refuses to name China as culprit behind SecureID attack

Posted October 12, 2011 - 10:40 am

After six months of investigation and what it says is plenty of evidence of who is to blame for the data breach that undermined 40 million SecureID token users, RSA announced only that it can say only that the culprit was a hacker and a "nation state." Why so coy, RSA?
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Yahoo shares rise on Alibaba CEO interest in potential acquisition

Posted October 3, 2011 - 1:17 pm

Jack Ma, chief executive of Alibaba, says he would be "very interested" in acquiring slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo, which is looking for a buyer.
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Japan is latest victim in global military cyber espionage attacks

Posted September 20, 2011 - 12:43 pm

Japan's largest defense manufacturer is in hot water with the government after failing to report a series of spear-phishing attacks that infected 80 machines but reportedly yielded no secrets.
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How the metal shipping container changed the world

Posted September 20, 2011 - 11:38 am

We all know that China, and other low-wage countries, dominate manufacturing of consumer goods. But the key isn't just the low wages or lax regulations, but the shipping container. Yes, that 20 or 40 foot long metal box changed the world.
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Software industry calls half its customers thieves

Posted September 7, 2011 - 11:29 am

47% of PC users are willing to use illegal software, costing vendors billions, according to a study that weeps for the plight of highly profitable software makers but doesn't mention the billions customers waste on unnecessary maintenance, upgrades and rigidly obsolete licensing terms.
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Chinese officals urge change in tight controls of Internet: 'Quick, more censorship!!!'

Posted September 6, 2011 - 9:16 am

Number of online Chinese already outnumbers U.S. by 50%, and could triple; despite China-owned analogs for Facebook, Google, Twitter, control may break down and destabilize government, especially if political-protest attacks continue against its current policies.
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WikiLeaks shows Apple fight with iPhone, iPad fakes in China

Posted August 31, 2011 - 11:30 am

The WikiLeaks spotlight has turned to Apple and their continuing battle with counterfeit products made in China. Since Apple's real products are made in China, catching counterfeiters becomes difficult, especially when Chinese intellectual property enforcement is, well, rudimentary.
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Tip of the 'fake Apple store' iceberg in China?

Posted August 12, 2011 - 3:09 pm

The number of unauthorized Apple dealers in just one Chinese city is up to nearly two dozen.
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Why is the West silent on 5-year cyberwar launched by China?

Posted August 4, 2011 - 11:16 am

If every other international incident merits reprisals, sanctions or stern language from the bully pulpit, why have U.S. and U.K officials been silent about unprovoked cyberattacks from China.
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McAfee report shows 14 countries under attack in 5-year cyberwar

Posted August 3, 2011 - 12:38 pm

At Black Hat and in Vanity Fair, McAfee is releasing details of a report about a series of cyberattacks on 70 organizations in 14 countries, under the nickname Operation Shady Rat.
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Video

Dancing robot shakes its booty

Posted July 28, 2011 - 12:01 pm

Answering the question: Can a robot do The Robot? Yes, yes it can
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China has not built an effective iPhone-killing EMP weapon

Posted July 22, 2011 - 2:52 pm

Though it drains a lot of the excitement out of reading the screaming global security headlines, China has not, in fact, built an effective EMP weapon, just as the now-unsecret documents said.
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Reuters: China Telecom plans iPhone launch by end of year

Posted July 13, 2011 - 3:05 pm

China Telecom may become the second wireless carrier in that nation to offer customers Apple's smartphone.
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Breakfast links: Google making friends in Japan

Posted July 11, 2011 - 8:14 am

Also: Surprise! Groupon wants your personal data
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IMF gets flamed without help from Anonymous

Posted June 13, 2011 - 1:00 pm

No one knows yet where the IMF data breach came from, but Anonymous, the first source blamed and the one whose IMF's girded its defenses against, didn't have to do a thing.
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