Archive for October, 2011

A peace, Chinese style

Simmering since September, then in an open exchange of blows out conflict between the company Qihoo and Tencent is finally over. It began when Qihoo, which belongs to the product 360 to the market leader in security software, Tencent accused that this popular with the QQ instant messaging program would spy on their users.


China's War of the software giant

In China is usually not the penguin for the Linux operating system, but for the most popular and most widely used instant-messaging program QQ Tencent Company. QQ is not just a simple chat program and some games. Is similar to Facebook dominates the western hemisphere, but in the People's Republic of blocked regularly, QQ also helps to justify their existence on the Internet.

Power Hungry China

At the beginning of October The Chinese government published a draft, providing for a reorganization of the electricity prices. New to a three-stage, progressive payment model regulate electricity prices.The first stage Price covers the basic needs for electricity and should be kept low. At the second stage with a slight price collection by 10% the average consumer to pay, to cover the rising cost of electricity works partially.

The highest-paid part-time job in the world

The Domino's pizza delivery Has invented the world for its 25th anniversary in Japan and the 50-year anniversary with a special surprise. The company is seeking a part-time workers for 1 hour. The salary: 2.5 million yen. This is the equivalent of € 22,000 or 2174 working hours of a normal employee of Domino's.

The slightly different succession

Masayoshi Son has risen as the owner of the telecom company Softbank and Yahoo Japan's largest shareholder of the fourth-most Japanese. So run the business successfully in the future, the 53-year-old businessman, a school for the future generation of leaders of the Group has established, as the Wall Street Journal reports.

The end of a cult object

Cassette Walkman, Sony has dominated the life of a whole generation. In July 1979, with the TPSL-2, the first of its kind on the market. The triumphal march of the mobile playback device lasted almost two decades until the electronics manufacturer Apple with the iPod, the digital revolution ushered.

The maglev train one step closer

The railway company JR Tokai makes forward with the construction of a high-speed maglev train between Tokyo and Nagoya. So far, three possible routes for the new building were available for selection. An independent commission has now decided for economic reasons for the direct route between the two cities.

The Achilles heel of Southeast Asia

The Asian countries have recovered thanks to increased exports from the economic crisis. According to the Asian Development Bank are located in the Southeast Asian countries, growth rates averaged 7.4 percent this year. In China's gross domestic product will grow by 9.6 percent did.The strong dependence on exports is also one of the biggest risks for the region.

Wahaha to billionaire

Hu Run, a Luxembourg reporter named Rupert Hoogewerf published its monthly magazine, The Hurun Report. Since 1999, he published it a year, the China Rich List, a list of the richest Chinese in the country. Included in the list of who has a fortune of more than one billion RMB, the average age of the listed person is 51 years.

A truck without a driver

Government research organization New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization has developed an autopilot for trucks. At a media conference in Ibaraki prefecture, the novelty was first presented. Two trucks drove in a convoy on a test track with the aid of an autopilot behind behind a manned trucks.