Posts Tagged ‘ china ’

Malaysia grants license to Aussie rare earth plant (AP)

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AP - Malaysia on Wednesday granted a license for an Australian mining company to operate the first rare earths plant outside China in years, despite public protests over fears of radioactive contamination.

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Chinese companies battle over Internet video (AP)

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AP - China's two biggest video websites are fighting a court battle over accusations they are misusing each other's programming as rivalry heats up in an industry that is luring viewers away from bland state TV.

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Lawmakers Urge Action on Hacking

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Lawmakers seized on revelations that hackers based in China broke into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's computer network to demand legislation bolstering government and private-sector cyber security.

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$99 Chinese Tablet Is MIPS-Based, Runs Android 4.0

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$99 Chinese Tablet Is MIPS-Based, Runs Android 4.0

You could be forgiven for overlooking the Ainovo Novo7 , a 7-inch Chinese Android tablet, as likely just another me-too device to be sold in electronics districts next to fake iPhones and bulk cables. And in a way, that’s what it is: at $100, it can’t possibly be as well-built as the iPad...

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Facebook Acquires The Tech Behind WhoGlue, A Company That Sued It In 2009

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Facebook Acquires The Tech Behind WhoGlue, A Company That Sued It In 2009

Facebook has confirmed to us this morning that it did indeed acquire the Baltmore-based software firm WhoGlue earlier this month. WhoGlue builds social networking software for membership organizations (like college alumni networks, for example) and apparently had the fortuity to file a patent on something called  “Distributed personal relationship information management system and methods”...

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