Chinese are going flat out for IoT
Published in IoT
Thursday, 01 September 2016 12:26

Chinese are going flat out for IoT

 

Reach $127.5 billion by 2020

Beancounters at IDC have been shuffling their tarot cards and are predicting that the Chinese manufactures will be flat out buying up IoT gear by 2020.

Samsung's China adapted features on Jumbo phone paying off
Published in Mobiles


Wants to get the inside trouser measurement of the market

Samsung’s adding tailor-made features to its large-screen Galaxy Note 7 are causing the phone to be a sensation in China.

China puts quantum cats in space
Published in News
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 11:09

China puts quantum cats in space


Birth control to Ginger Tom

China appears to be investing in a huge number of potentially dead or alive cats as it builds one of the world's biggest wireless quantum networks.

Apple helped run Uber out of China
Published in News
Thursday, 04 August 2016 12:00

Apple helped run Uber out of China


Hard to find a good guy in this story

Apple's billion dollar investment in car-hailing app Didi Chuxing in May helped kick Uber out of China.

China cracks down on internet news
Published in News
Monday, 25 July 2016 16:01

China cracks down on internet news

No original reporting, thank you so much

Online companies in mainland China have been ordered to put a halt to writing news that isn’t sanctioned by the government.

China backs the Imperialist publishers
Published in News
Thursday, 21 July 2016 11:45

China backs the Imperialist publishers


Bans ad-blocker plus

The Chinese authorities, which are not famous for Kowtowing to big business appear to have surrendered to the demands of the western publishers and blocked Ad-block plus.

Qualcomm sues Meizu
Published in News
Friday, 15 July 2016 12:45

Qualcomm sues Meizu


Other players might also face the wrath of its mighty briefs

Qualcomm has sued the Chinese smartphone vendor Meizu for infringing its patents and reports from China suggest that Oppo and Vivo might also be dragged into court.

Tame Apple Press attacks Chinese phone maker
Published in Mobiles


How dare you say you invented the rounded rectangle?

The Tame Apple Press is incandescent with rage at the antics of the Chinese phone maker which won a patent case against the fruity cargo cult.

IBM promises 200 petaflop supercomputer
Published in News
Thursday, 23 June 2016 12:58

IBM promises 200 petaflop supercomputer


Need to beat the Chinese

The US is clearly embarrassed the Chinese Sunway TiahuLight system is leading the supercomputer arms race. Now the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that is having a new IBM system, named Summit, delivered in early 2018 that will now be capable of 200 peak petaflops.

China builds supercomputer without US
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 21 June 2016 11:20

China builds supercomputer without US


We don't need your imperalist Xeons

China has stuck two fingers up at the US ban on it importing Intel Xeon chips, by building the world's fastest super computer based around its own home grown chips.