Chinese Virus Wins the Space Race
vnunet reports:
A computer virus has made it onto the International Space Station (ISS), but Nasa says there is no danger to critical systems.
Nasa has confirmed that a computer on the ISS has been infected by the Gammima.AG. virus, which tries to steal login names and passwords to popular online games like Maple Story, HuangYi Online [...]
Go When You Can, Not When You Have To
Pacific Epoch reports:
A hacker infiltrated Tsinghua University’s online news channel on August 24 to post an article under the name of Tsinghua University president Gu Binglin criticizing Chinese universities for “pissing in the minds of students”, reports xinhuanet.com. Tsinghua announced the attack the same day, dispelling any doubts that Gu would use such “foul” language [...]
Suing Microsoft: All Together Now
The South China Morning Post reports:
A mainland competitor of Microsoft Corp is urging a united front against the world’s largest software company for alleged monopolistic practices in the country.
Evermore Software, a developer of a productivity application suite that competes with Microsoft Office, wants to help a Beijing-based lawyer instigate a government probe into the United [...]
E-House: CRICkey!
Pacific Epoch reports:
Shanghai-based real estate services company E-House (China) Holdings Limited (NYSE: EJ) reported second quarter revenues of $43 million, up 79% year-on-year, before market open on Wednesday. Net income was $11.7 million, up 85% from the year-ago period.
Primary real estate agency services brought in $28.3 million of E-House revenue, increasing 38% from a year [...]
Microsoft Makes Ketchup
China Tech News reports:
Hong Lei, the webmaster of Chinese download website Tomatolei.com and writer of Windows XP Tomato Edition, reportedly has been taken into custody by the Suzhou Public Security Bureau.
Tomatolei.com was founded in 2003 and offers the download of the latest Windows XP Tomato Edition and also other useful software, as well as online [...]
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