Owen Fletcher

Articles by Owen Fletcher

China online game gang wars take down Internet service

Escalating DDOS attacks between rival online game providers caused massive Internet outage in China ...

Chinese domain names to flood Internet

China expects domain names that end in Chinese characters to be mainstream in two years...

Chinese antitrust law could target foreign IT firms

Following antitrust complaints filed against Microsoft a wave of grievances against foreign companies pave the way for new draft regulations that build on pricing rules ...

Indian outsourcer cultivating Chinese clients

Infosys China gets the majority of its revenue from offshore services, while a little over one-third comes from services performed for Chinese businesses. But the Indian outsourcer intends to change that

China backs down on Green Dam porn filter plan

Porn filter was meant to be optional and that the plan was misunderstood because it was not explained clearly, says Chinese minister of Industry and Information Technology

13 detained over death in Chinese Internet rehab boot camp

A 15-year-old boy was allegedly put in solitary confinement, scolded and beaten to death within one day of his arrival at the camp for Web-obsessed teens

Ever heard of Evermore?

The Chinese vendor has had 20 million downloads of its office suite software. Now, it wants to challenge Microsoft and Google in the online apps arena

China pulls plug on shock treatment for Internet addicts

Net junkies rejoice. The government has banned a controversial treatment for Internet addictions which, according to some bloggers, involved being tied down and shocked for 30 minutes at a time at one hospital...

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