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Japan readies for 'ring' solar eclipse

Special darkened glasses were selling out in Japan on Friday as anticipation built ahead of a "ring" solar eclipse above one of the most densely populated parts of the planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse

At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Earth on May 20 and 21.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Foxconn shows off changes at factory campus

The global controversy surrounding the treatment of assembly-line workers who manufacture iPhones and iPads - and just about every other consumer device - is triggering an unprecedented effort by Apple Inc. and its chief ...

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China official says Proview owns iPad trademark

(AP) -- Apple Inc. risks losing the right to use the iPad trademark in China, a senior official suggested Tuesday, as a Chinese court was seeking to mediate a settlement between the technology giant and a ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Chinese court seeking to mediate iPad dispute

(AP) -- A Chinese court is mediating between Apple Inc. and the Chinese company challenging its right to use the iPad trademark, seeking to get the companies to settle an awkward standoff over the issue.

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hon Hai to hike salaries for Taiwan staff

Taiwan technology giant Hon Hai, which makes gadgets for Apple, said Thursday it would hike salaries for its Taiwan staff as prices on the island soar.

Technology / Business

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan find may throw light on Pacific settlers

Taiwanese archaeologists working on an islet off China have unearthed the remains of a Stone Age male who may provide clues about ancient people who eventually dispersed throughout the entire Pacific.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

US radio episode about Apple factory abuse retracted

A popular US radio program on Friday retracted a story about harsh working conditions at factories that make Apple products in China, saying it contained "significant fabrications."

Technology / Business

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

iPad dispute signals new era in trademark troubles

(AP) -- iPotato, isock, icouch, istove, i-you-name-it. An Internet search for "i" words from A to Z will turn up just about any combination you might think up, from all over the world, only a handful of them ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Proview seeks to regain global rights to iPad name

(AP) -- Proview Electronics says it is now seeking to regain worldwide rights to the iPad name and is suing Apple Inc. for alleged fraud and unfair competition, hoping to have a 2009 sale of the trademark ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Company claiming iPad trademark sues Apple in US

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is facing yet another challenge to its use of the iPad trademark in China - this time in a court in California.

Technology / Business

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Company suing Apple over iPad name open to talks

(AP) -- The lawyer for a Chinese company suing Apple Inc. in China over its use of the iPad trademark indicated Tuesday that his client would be willing to discuss a settlement.

Technology / Business

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lower Chinese court rules shops should pull iPads

Apple's dispute over the iPad trademark deepened Monday after the Chinese company that claims ownership of the name said it won a court ruling against sales of the popular tablet computer in China.

Technology / Business

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

China faces conflict of law, business in iPad row

(AP) -- Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark - side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite observes spatiotemporal variations in mid-upper tropospheric methane over China

As a principal greenhouse gas, atmospheric methane is important to atmospheric chemical processes and climate change. In Vol. 56 of the Chinese Science Bulletin, a paper identified spatiotemporal variations of methane in the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0