US, China spar over copyright at conference
Chinese and U.S. representatives exchanged pleasantries and punches at an IPR forum in Beijing Friday, expressing disagreement over copyright protection.
China regulator shuts video Web sites, warns others
China's Internet regulator on Monday ordered 10 online video sites to shut down and warned another 17, resuming an aggressive policy on such sites that had been relaxed during the summer.
China looks to second-tier cities for tech talent
A recent promotional swing through Silicon Valley by representatives of the Xi'an municipal government called attention to some of China's second-tier technology cities. Although Beijing remains the first choice for technology talent, rising costs for personnel and real estate have led many companies to consider other locations in the country. Here is a look at four prominent up-and-coming Chinese technology hubs.
Skype says it was unaware of China message-logging
In a blog posting to the eBay subsidiary's corporate blog, Skype President Josh Silverman said his company had no idea that the Tom-Skype software, distributed to Skype users in China, was logging chat messages and storing them on a publicly accessible server.
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