It goes without saying that China has proven it is a true heavyweight global contender. The herculean growth achieved by China over the past two decades is unprecedented in the annals of human history. China has overtaken Japan to become ...
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When you talk with the executives of most U.S. companies the subject often turns to the global market and the opportunities for growth that countries like China offer. However, as that conversation continues the next thing you often hear is ...
Tags: China, opportunities, Intellectual Property, theft of IP
IDG News Service - An Internet safety education campaign will point out scams and other online dangers with an initial target audience of children and seniors. The new Digital Citizens campaign, launched Thursday, will also strive to shed ...
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The file-sharing company BitTorrent has begun testing an advertising model through which it would share ad revenue with content producers whose work is downloaded through the service, promising a way for artists to monetize informal sharing ...
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Google has restricted access in Saudi Arabia to a controversial movie trailer on YouTube that mocks the Prophet Muhammad, the company said Wednesday, taking the total number of countries where it has blocked the video to six. The move by ...
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U.S. law enforcement officials said on Tuesday that three websites that were allegedly distributing illegal copies of copyrighted Android cell phone apps had been seized in what is described as the first such operation against cellphone ...
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SAP has agreed to pay Oracle US$306 million in connection with the corporate-theft case that Oracle filed against it and a former SAP subsidiary in 2007, according to a filing made Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...
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U.S. drivers seem to hold conflicting opinions on in-car Internet access, viewing the technology as a driving hazard and even a threat to privacy while praising the entertainment and safety features it offers. These opinions, presented in ...
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International animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced that the chocolate bar Toblerone,which is owned by Mondelēz International,will now be produced only with eggs laid by cage free hens. This move comes after Mondelez ...
The New York Court of Appeals carved out a rather large exception when it ruled that a man could not be accused of certain child pornography charges because he did not "possess" the images - he'd viewed them online. And in early 2011, the ...
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Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. Three months ...
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Oracle has sued former partner CedarCrestone on grounds it has been providing third-party support for Oracle’s software in an illegal fashion, a move that echoes previous actions Oracle took against former SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow ...
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During the SteelOrbis fall 2012 conference&67th IREPAS meeting held in Munich on September 30-October 2,Peter Marcus from World Steel Dynamics(WSD)has assessed the current situation in the world steel industry and provided an outlook for ...
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IDG News Service - Brand-new laptop and desktop computers sold in China contain preinstalled malicious software, which has infected millions of computers around the world, according to an investigation by Microsoft revealed on Thursday. ...
Business Standard reported that the Odisha government recently found itself in a tight spot over the role of its PSU Odisha Mining Corporation in excess production with the opposition pointing out that the state owned miner had extracted ...
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