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As Chinese workers flex their muscles, tech prices could rise

June 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck

Posted in: Budgets and spending, Gadgets, Hardware, IT employment, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, desktops, mobile technology, outsourcing, smartphones

The price of technology hardware bearing a stamp “Made in China” could start inching up soon as a movement among Chinese workers for better pay and working conditions begins to spread across the country.

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Tags: China, Foxconn, outsourcing, pay, suicide, technology, workers

Does China block your site? Try harder!

February 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck

Posted in: Communication, Compliance, Information security, Latest News & Views, Web sites, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware

The folks over at TechCrunch are reporting that the Chinese government is now blocking the popular tech site — and they think they know why. My question: How come the government in Beijing doesn’t see me as a threat, too?

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Tags: block, China, TechCrunch, Tianament Square

Shock treatment for Web addicts?

July 15, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck

Posted in: Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Web browsers, cybercrime

Next time you hear folks lamenting how much time Americans spend on the Internet, offer this little bit of perspective: In China, it was discovered that some Web addicts were getting shock treatments for their problem.

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Tags: China, shock treatments, Web addiction

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As Chinese workers flex their muscles, tech prices could rise

Posted in: Budgets and spending, Gadgets, Hardware, IT employment, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, desktops, mobile technology, outsourcing, smartphones

Does China block your site? Try harder!

Posted in: Communication, Compliance, Information security, Latest News & Views, Web sites, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware

Shock treatment for Web addicts?

Posted in: Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Web browsers, cybercrime

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