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Lenovo: Apple is Missing a Huge Opportunity in China

Is Apple doing enough to reach Chinese customers? Not even close – if you ask Lenovo. According to Financial Times , Lenovo’s founder Liu Chuanzhi said Lenovo is “lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China. If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, we would be in trouble.” It’s a bit odd for a company chairman to speak about competition in that way, and a Lenovo spokesman later said the remarks were uttered during a “relaxed” moment during a dinner interview.
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Scraping the bottom of the IPv4 barrel for new addresses

As the remaining pool of IPv4 addresses dwindles (only 623 million are left!), it turns out that the remaining address space isn't exactly beachfront property. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) currently has 16 blocks of 16.8 million IPv4 addresses left—out of a total of 221 usable such blocks. In January, IANA gave the 1.0.0.0/8 block (all IP addresses starting with "1") to APNIC, the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre in Brisbane, Australia, which distributes IP addresses in Asia (excluding the former USSR) and Oceania. It turns out that this block is attracting no less than 150Mbps worth of assorted traffic before getting put into use.
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Cherrypal Asia runs Android on the cheap, comes in 7- and 10.1-inch flavors

What do you do if you're CherryPal , and you've already released a $118 netbook named Africa? Uh, you replace it with a $99 netbook named the Asia, of course. Actually, CherryPal has slapped together its Asia in two versions, a 7-incher at $99 and a 10.1-incher with an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam for right around $150, both running Android 1.6 paired to a "good-enough" (their words, not ours) 533MHz ARM9 core sourced from VIA ; both are available now.
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Google May Leave China on April 10

Google’s decision to cease its operation in China is edging closer to reality after months of negotiations. China Business News reports that Google plans to leave China on April 10. The report cites an unidentified Google China employee, but this information has not been confirmed by Google. Allegedly, Google gave its China employees the option of moving to the company’s U.S. headquarters or working for its Asia-Pacific operations
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Upgrading to Windows Phone 7 May Not Be Possible

Yes, most of us want Windows Phone 7 to be very different from Windows Mobile. And Microsoft promised that it will, indeed, be different — closer to the latest generation of Zunes than to a Windows Mobile 6.x phone. But it comes with a price: Chances are owners of Windows Mobile 6.x devices won’t be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7 software. Up until recently, it looked as though there was a chance of upgrading; as Microsoft’s UK Mobile Business Group Director Alex Reeve said , it’s up to their “hardware partners to think about.” But now, news comes out that owners of HTC HD2, a new Windows Mobile 6.5 device that seems more than capable of running the new software, won’t be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7 software. Furthermore, according to APC, Microsoft’s general manager for mobile communications business in the Asia-Pacific region, Natasha Kwan, none of the current phones have what it takes.
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Expat Daily: New Vietnam Visa Procedures, Teaching Jobs in France

    Vietnam six-month business visa   The editor of Viet Nam News is trying to help the Asia expat living in Vietnam to understand the recently approved six-month visa procedures. There is a concern among the foreign community that this will disrupt expat living on a month basis in the country. Viet Nam News seeks out the Deputy Director of the Immigration Management Department, Le Thanh Dung, for answers. “Dear Viet Nam News, The main topic of conversation amongst the expatr
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Expat Daily: New Vietnam Visa Procedures, Teaching Jobs in France

    Vietnam six-month business visa   The editor of Viet Nam News is trying to help the Asia expat living in Vietnam to understand the recently approved six-month visa procedures. There is a concern among the foreign community that this will disrupt expat living on a month basis in the country. Viet Nam News seeks out the Deputy Director of the Immigration Management Department, Le Thanh Dung, for answers.
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