An e-mail allegedly sent to Chinese university students from Facebook says the Palo Alto-based social media giant is now recruiting around 900 employees globally and wants gruaduates from 5 mainland universities, including Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Is Facebook trying to recruit employees in mainland China?
Number of weibo users hits 300 million
The number of weibo users has now reached 300mln, according to the 11th China Cybermedia Forum.
The not-so-secret life of Chinese hackers
Most of the time when you read stories about the much reviled Chinese hacker it's in the context of some cyberattack perpetrated on some website that has stupidly dared to hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. But really, what are Chinese hackers doing most of the time: well, duh, same thing everybody else is: trying to make some moolah.
Microsoft offering heavily discounted software during the National Day holiday
It's widely known that Microsoft has taken a fairly laxed approach to software piracy in China. Bill Gates has even admitted to Fortune Magazine last year that "while it was terrible that people in China pirated so much software, if they were going to pirate anybody's software he'd certainly prefer it be Microsoft's."
China mulls Information Security Protection Law; Target: Spammers
Too much spam on your mobile phone? You're not the only one being hit or getting angry. 30 NPC delegates are thinking of enacting a PRC Information Security Protection Law, which would provide a heavy deterrent to spammers.
China tech tidbits
Baidu has released its video search report, and Kaiser Kuo of the Ogilvy China Digital Watch translates and summarises some of the key findings. Interestingly, “adult-related” search terms account for 34.14% of daily search volume, followed by celebrity-related (14.74%), TV serial related (12.48%), and animation-related (12.21%) searches. Google is reportedly under investigation in China for tax evasion, says Paul Midler of The China Game.Chinese Skype users now exceed 25% of the global total.While venture capital...

