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The massive Chinese search engine Baidu is in trouble after state media uncovered that unlicensed medical services are buying good positions on the page through their P4P (pay-for-performance) scheme.  This is a problem as more people then click through to their website and the pay for very expensive and totally… Continue Reading »

The latest data released by Microsoft has revealed some interesting truths regarding Vista, XP and security.  Nearly every possible aspect of Vista has been attacked, and it’s been labeled as a failure by many who continue to use XP and campaign for continued support.  However, data released in the Microsoft… Continue Reading »

Whenever one country receives a highly anticipated piece of technology first, many other countries get jealous and find ways to illegally obtain that device.  Currently, T-Mobile’s G1 was only released several days ago in America and hasn’t been released elsewhere at this time.  Some Chinese are desperate to try out… Continue Reading »

100 entries.  20 finalists.  3 winners.  1 grand award.  And a confused girl.  You might be having a little chuckle over the confused girl part.  But I really am. Of the 3,162 exhibitors at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair and all their acres of eye-popping electronics, how does a China… Continue Reading »

Recently, Porient announced a new UMPC, which would be a successor to their year old H9 UMPC. On the product page, there wasn’t a whole lot of information, and Pocketables decided to do a little research of their own to find out what Porient’s H12 UMPC featured. One of the… Continue Reading »

Beijing seems to enjoy being in the news a lot.  The city is holding the third annual WiMAX Global Summit on September 18 and 19.  The goal of the summit is to discuss the current state of WiMAX in China, its viability for China, and to keep momentum going.  The… Continue Reading »

Sharp is making some sharp decisions when it comes to marketing their cellular phones in China. This is the second Sharp cellular phone to be marketed in China by Sharp (the first was in June).  This phone, the Sharp SH8010C is being shown off at two press conferences in the… Continue Reading »

Earlier this month, Sony entered the PMP market in China by shipping out their PMX-M80. Today, they have announced another PMP that they plan to sell there as well, however, this is one is more affordable than the PM-M80 and will accompany the PMX-U50 and U53. The PMX-U55 sports a… Continue Reading »

Google is trying to increase it’s poor market share in China by offering free legal downloads of licensed songs.  According to the Reuters report, Google’s main Chinese competitor, Baidu, is facing lawsuits for allowing copyright infringement through downloading unlicensed songs. The new service from Google will allow Chinese internet users… Continue Reading »

Sony has recently began to venture into the Chinese market, and they did this by announcing the new, fancy, and pretty expensive PMX-M80 portable media player. One of the key features of this PMP is that it comes with preloaded maps, similar to Google Maps, which could be found on… Continue Reading »