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Green Dam enforcement watered down
News China's Web filtering efforts face more hurdles as school administrations and Internet cafes are without, or have uninstalled content sifting software.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, Government, Personal Computers, Computer, software, Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0
Lenovo to refocus on Chinese market
News With the company back in the hands of Chinese executives, it will now concentrate more heavily on its home market, according to Wall Street Journal report.
Tags: Desktops, Forecasting, Earning reports/forecasts, Servers, Leadership, PC Company, Forecasting, Liu, Lenovo Group Ltd., Emerging Market
Unfolding the Olympic IT roadmap
News spotlight Technology makes or breaks Olympic dreams--ZDNet Asia looks back at ICT planning for Beijing 2008 Games, which goes as far back as 2001.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Personal Computers, Servers, Data backup, disaster recovery, Business applications, Atos, RFID, Wireless, Touch Screen
Guangzhou event shows keen interest in open source
Blogs After my long trip to Guangzhou, I am now back in Beijing for China's National Day holiday. It is a sunny day today and ...
London Olympics puts IT on a diet
News Each part of the computing infrastructure will be streamlined to minimize redundant equipment and energy consumption, says Games chief integrator.
Tags: Diagnostics and monitoring, Server platforms, Atos, Monitoring System, London Olympics, London, Silicon.com, International Olympic Committee, security alert, Beijing
Could Lenovo and Acer team up?
News After announcing a record quarterly loss of US$264 million, China's largest PC company is struggling while its Taiwanese rival is closing in on Dell.
Tags: Mergers, Personal Computers, Acer Inc., Sales, Chinese company, Lenovo Group Ltd., China, Beijing, industry, Dell Computer Corp.
OpenOffice Beijing Conference is open
Blogs The 6th OpenOffice Annual Conference 2008 in Beijing is almost ready. I just got a nice entry pass from the organizing c...
Olympics: Going the green distance
News The Chinese government, Olympic officials and technology team all have a hand in making Beijing 2008 one of the "greenest" in the history of the Games.
Tags: Green IT, Servers, Infrastructure/architecture management, remote access, energy efficiency, KPMG Consulting Inc., China, Beijing, information technology, Olympic Games
Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Olympics
News International Olympic Committee officials voice confidence in the organization of this year's Games, as China continues to gear up for the global sporting event.
Tags: Green IT, Business applications, Software engineering/development, Atos, Xinhua News Agency, International Olympic Committee, China, Beijing, information technology, Olympic Games
India still top choice for offshoring
News Bangalore retains crown as top global delivery destination but Beijing is now a stronger contender thanks to the build-up to the Olympics, says analyst IDC.
Tags: Offshoring, Outsourcing, City, India, Delivery Location, International Data Corp., Environment, network, Bangalore, Mumbai
Google brings Olympics updates to mobile phones
News Searches for sports and Olympics-related queries will bring up schedules and results for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Search, Mobile, Google Inc., Cell Phone, Search Engine, Advertisement, phone, Summer Olympics
Olympic torch built with PCs in mind
News Designed by Lenovo and the second lightest among the Games, the Beijing Olympics torch was built based on the same considerations used to manufacture computers.
Tags: Product development and design, Personal Computers, Security, Lenovo Group Ltd., printer, graphic design, Kuala Lumpur, China, Beijing, desktop
Olympics security is no game
News U.S. companies are supplying high-tech surveillance gear to the Beijing Olympics. The concern is how it might be used after the Games.
Tags: Security, General Electric Co., Security Equipment, Honeywell International Inc., security technology, China, Beijing, U.S., Olympic Games, George W. Bush
Google offers snapshot of VisualRank efforts
News Google's new VisualRank technology will bring better and meaningful results for image searches. One of its innovations includes a limited set of facial recognition characteristics.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Hewlett-Packard Co., Facial Recognition, Google Inc., image search, web technology, researcher, Beijing, Adobe PDF
Apple struggles to win fans in China
News Can a beefed-up retail strategy help the computer company boost its measly market share?
Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Mac OS, Hardware, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, intellectual property, Apple iPod, digital music player, China
