Exposing China's vast underground economy

Exposing China's vast underground economy


Exposing China's vast underground economy

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

90,000 people work on the dark side of the Net

Analysis  A new academic study has set out to illuminate for the first time the size and structure of the Chinese online underground, and found it affected nearly a quarter of the country's internet users last year and cost the economy over 5 billion yuan (£500m).…

Amazon UK to offer collection service at cornershops

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:34 AM PDT

'Yeah, I'll 'ave Amazon gear, pint o' milk an' a Mars bar'

Amazon is about to launch a service that lets UK customers pick up their purchases from one of 4,700 shops across Britain.…

Ten... phones for seniors

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Mobiles for mature intercourse

Product Round-up  Whatever Philip Larkin may have said about your mum and dad, you probably want them to have a mobile phone they can use. If you think an iPhone is easy you need to reset your sights. There are plenty of people who find switching a phone on a challenge and entering phone numbers daunting.…

HP to take one more stab at consumer tablets

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:40 PM PDT

Taps former Nokia exec to head new fondleslab division

If you thought HP's decision to spin off its webOS division into a new subsidiary signaled the end of its adventures in the mobile market, think again. According to reports, the PC maker is reshuffling its Personal Systems Group to launch a new business unit aimed at getting HP back in the tablet race.…

NASA picks the target for Curiosity's first road trip

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:37 PM PDT

Rover has to shoot itself first however

Pics  NASA has pronounced the Curiosity rover ready to get roving and has picked an interesting venue for its first roll across the Martian surface, but the probe has to shoot itself before it can go anywhere.…

Oracle: Google impurifying media's precious bodily fluids

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:42 PM PDT

Political groups, trade associations all in on it

Oracle says it would never give money to any outside blogger or journalist who writes about its ongoing litigation against Google – except Florian Mueller, that is. On the other hand, the database giant says Google employs an insidious "network of influencers" that it uses to "shape public perceptions" about the suit.…

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