China considering space-based solar power station
Chinese scientists are considering how they can build and put into orbit a massive space station that would supply a constant stream of solar energy to Earth.
Chinese scientists are considering how they can build and put into orbit a massive space station that would supply a constant stream of solar energy to Earth.
Prices of gray market iPhones have fallen in China, according to a report by the Communist Party's official house organ today.
The iPhone 6 has received two of the three licenses needed in China before it can be sold there, according to an official government news report Thursday.
Government-controlled media outlets in China yesterday speculated that the iPhone 6 will not be immediately sold there because Apple retaliated against carrier partners who leaked details of the new models before their Tuesday launch.
China hopes to launch a home-grown operating system by October to wean the country from foreign-made OSes like Windows.
China's state-run television today took new shots at Microsoft's Windows 8, using a two-and-a-half-minute segment on a national show to blast the OS as a data thief.
China has banned the use of Windows 8 on government computers, a move officials there claimed was a reaction to the end of Windows XP's support.
China is working on a Linux operating system that can replace the now-vulnerable Windows XP and protect the country's networking infrastructure.
China's lunar probe, and the moon rover it carried, landed successfully Saturday night, marking a major accomplishment for the country's space efforts.
China on Monday launched a lunar probe carrying an exploration rover in what is expected to be the nation's first soft-landing on an extraterrestrial body.
Chinese authorities have started to detain Internet users for allegedly spreading online rumors, in its latest measure to control the country's social media sites.
China Mobile and China's state-run Xinhua News Agency have launched a new search engine at Panguso.com that will also tap the country's growing mobile Internet market.