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Internet in China: Internet population hits 420 million

The number of Chinese Internet users hit 420 million, with 277 million accessing the Internet via cell phones, portal website Sina reported, citing a report published by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) […]

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This is a Public Service Announcement: Google may harm your computer!

I got this message the other day while browsing on my Google Reader Account […]

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Watch Tim Wood’s “Lo-fi: Sketchbook Techniques for Interaction Designers” talk at IxDA | Interaction ’10 Conference

Tim Wood reviews practical drawing and sketchbook techniques that can serve as a cornerstone to the interaction design process. The concept of ‘drawing as problem solving’ will be introduced through case studies and real-world interaction design that demonstrate the efficiencies to be gained through the use of these techniques […]

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Media in China: opportunities in digital media

China’s fast developing digital media industry is lucrative, and the next big opportunity lies in assisting users to find digital content and make it more interactive […]

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Watch Christopher Fahey’s “The Human Interface (or:Why Products are People too)” talk at IxDA | Interaction ‘10 Conference

We can no longer ask users to think like machines just to be able to use software. This talk explores diverse areas of non-digital human experience – including language and theater, neurology and sociology – in order to frame and showcase some of the most exciting current and emerging user experience design practices, both on the web and in other media such as video games and the arts. The objective is quite simply to inspire designers to humanize their interfaces […]

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Internet in China: savvy China plugs into future

The idea of a world where even everyday objects, such as books and air-conditioners, are plugged into an Internet network seems like a scenario from a science-fiction movie. China is tapping into such a world […]

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Living in China: Internet users pick the Top 10 happiest cities in China

Which city do you think is the happiest in China? […]

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Gaming in China: online game revenues to reach $11 billion by 2012

According to a report recently published by research firm Analysys, revenues from China’s online gaming industry will reach 73.1 billion yuan ($10.7 billion) within two years […]

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US State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton “Remarks on Internet Freedom” at the Newseum

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks on Internet Freedom on January 21, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. at the Newseum, in Washington, D.C.; Secretary Clinton’s policy address laid-out the Administration’s strategy for protecting freedom in the networked age of the 21st Century […]

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Information Technology in China: Internet security experts say China has legions of hackers

A young Chinese hacker talks to a New York Times reporter about his world of trolling for information that may one day be worth money […]