Posts Tagged ‘IM’

China Punishes 6330 Phishing Websites

According to Anti-Phishing Alliance of China, as of August 31, 2009, APAC had dealt with up to 6330 online phishing websites in recent months.
APAC mainly focused on two types of phishing websites: fake lucky-draw websites that imitate such famous companies as CCTV and Tencent, and websites that mock webpages of online payment service providers like [...]


Sogou Sues Tencent Over Unfair Competition In China

The Second Intermediate People Court of Beijing has accepted a lawsuit filed by Beijing Sogou Information Service Company and Beijing Sogou Technology Development Company, two affiliates of Sogou, against Tencent and Aldsoft over unfair competition.
The plaintiffs said that Tencent, a Chinese instant messaging and online game provider, blocks computer users from using Sogou’s Pinyin input [...]


Hubei To Promote Real-name System

To set up a long-term effective system for the management of Internet information, China’s Hubei province now plans to promote the real-name system for users wishing to create websites and blogs.
Recently, libel cases and privacy infringement issues have become serious problems on the Chinese Internet, especially in the blog and video sharing sectors. To solve [...]


Rising: Six Million Chinese Netizens Daily Visit Websites With Viruses

According to the latest website monitoring statistics offered by the Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising, the number of websites plagued by viruses and phishers recently shows a growth trend and the company’s Cloud Security system blocked 6.83 million visits to websites with viruses on January 20, 2009, alone.


Tencent Suspends Chinese QQ Chat Room

The Chinese instant messaging provider Tencent has announced on its official bulletin board forum that it temporarily closed its QQ chat room from January 8, 2009.


Tencent To Cooperate With Manufacturer To Launch QQ-themed Netbook

The Chinese instant messaging provider Tencent may launch a QQ-themed netbook in 2009.


Tencent Restructures South China Sales Department

Chinese media, including Sohu.com, has reported that Chinese instant messaging company Tencent has recently published an internal announcement with information about its plans to restructure its South China sales department and it has appointed Dao Feng as director for its South China sales department.


Tencent’s Dispute With 51.com Continues

After Tencent announced plans to block Caihong QQ, which was originally rumored to be related to the Chinese social networking site 51.com, the Chinese SNS website admitted that the software was owned by 51.com, but it announced at the same time that Caihong QQ is a legal instant messaging assistant software.


Coral QQ Infringement Case Ends With Prison For Chen Shoufu

The Coral QQ infringement case has ended and Chen Shoufu, developer of Coral QQ, was punished with three years in prison for copyright infringement.


Tencent Starts Blocking Chinese QQ Spyware Programs

Tencent will start a large-scale action aimed at eliminating illegally installed functions and spyware from its QQ instant messaging software in China.