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Bing in Chinese update

By Cankles | Published: June 15, 2009
After the recent mass blocking of social networks, photo services, and Bing – Microsoft’s new search engine – the intertubes have again been unblocked and procrastination amongst expats has once again returned to the status quo. With that in mind I thought an update to what Bing actually means in Chinese now that it is [...]
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Microsoft’s Bing in China

By Cankles | Published: May 28, 2009
In the nerdosphere today Microsoft announced a new search engine, dubbed “Bing” to be launched next week. In China bing.com is redirecting to cn.bing.com – leaving many (nerds) guessing what the Middle Kingdom will get in terms of a search engine. In Chinese, Bing could mean a number of things depending on which tone you [...]
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What does IE 8 say about Web development in China?

By Cankles | Published: March 23, 2009
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) was released late last week – another browser, “whoop-dee-do”, right? Well maybe, but, the new browser release is an interesting insight into the way Web development seems to happen in China. In non-geek speak the new browser uses a new rendering engine which more closely follows open standards such as [...]
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