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Google ‘sister’ launches in China: A new search engine and social network provider called Goojje has appeared online in China. The site contains very similar branding to Google, and the final syllable “jje” sounds similar to the Mandarin word for older sister (jiejie). Goojje’s search results appear to be filtered for sensitive content in accordance [...]

For as long as anyone can remember Microsoft Office has a cheaper ‘upgrade’ price option – but not for Office 2010. Microsoft has confirmed to Office Watch that there will be no upgrade pricing offers for existing Office users. Everyone, existing customer or not, will pay the same prices for Office 2010 with no ‘reward’ [...]

CNNIC excludes oversea registrars from .CN registrations CNNIC, the official registry for .CN, announced that all oversea registrars will no longer be allowed to register .CN domains starting with January 6, 2010, 18:00 PM (Beijing Time). The registration stop is planned to be temporarily. According to the Chinese registry, difficulties in handling the comprehensive new [...]

High-quality online video has been in high demand in China, and Chinese search provider Baidu is hoping to fulfill that need. Baidu announced on Wednesday that it is creating an independent company to offer premium online videos to Chinese Internet users. The new entity is designed to work with content providers to supply copyrighted material, [...]