Tag Archives: Internet in the People’s Republic of China

China’s ‘Great Cannon’ Lets Internet Censors Hack Sites Abroad

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A cybersecurity report released on Friday revealed how the “offensive system” developed by the Chinese Internet sensors works. This system apparently makes it possible for the censors to make the...

Amazon, Microsoft, and U.S. Cloud Companies in Hot Water over Chinese Censorship

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The Chinese government is tightening its grip on Internet censorship as it targets U.S. cloud companies including Amazon, Microsoft, and Akamai Technologies. According to the Wall Street Journal,...

Alibaba Looking To Be Chinese Netflix, Yahoo Stays Afloat With Alibaba Stock

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Alibaba wants to be the next Netflix. The Chinese internet conglomerate pretty much makes up every major U.S. internet phenomena in a single source. $YHOO: [video] Yahoo! to Retain Larger-than...

Alibaba Is aiming to raise $1B in IPO

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — China's Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $1 billion in a long-awaited IPO likely to have ripple effects across the Internet. Tuesday's filing sets the stage for the technology...

Sina plans New York IPO for Weibo microblog

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HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese internet company Sina Corp. plans to spin off its Twitter-like microblog service, Weibo, in a U.S. initial public offering to raise $500 million, a person with knowledge of...

With Yahoo On The Ropes, Mayer can still Lead A Big Turnaround!

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Yahoo! (YHOO) is very much on the ropes and its shares have suffered a shellacking after the Internet giant posted disappointing fourth quarter results, exacerbated by an even more uninspired...

Huge Internet Attack in China Leads to Investigation

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Many people were taken on a detour recently when they opened up their usually restricted sites in the People’s Republic of China. The rerouting led them to an anti-censorship site known as DIT...

China’s Internet Went Down by Largest Denial-of-Service Attack

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The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) issued a report regarding the protection of Chinese websites. The Ministry of Information Technology and Industry both shifted into high gear by...