A British Parliamentary committee has raised security concerns, echoing fears in Congress, about the potential threat that Chinese telecommunications-gear maker Huawei could be snooping on government and business interests. The Intelligence and Security Committee issued a scathing, 27-page report Thursday, expressing shock over the lack of oversight regarding the manner in which Huawei gear has …
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Amazon said to be developing 3D smartphone
Amazon is reportedly working on two smartphones, including one that would have 3D capability. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Amazon is developing a device that features a 3D screen that can be used without special glasses. Citing “people familiar with the company’s plans,” the Journal wrote that the phone would use retina-tracking technology that would make the images …
Read More »Huawei exec: We’re ‘not interested’ in the U.S.
A Huawei senior executive said Tuesday that the giant Chinese telecom gear maker is “not interested” in the U.S. market any longer. According to reports by Reuters and the Financial Times, Eric Xu, Huawei executive vice president and one of its three rotating chief executives, expressed exasperation at inquiries by U.S. lawmakers into concerns that the company’s gear could be …
Read More »Spy fears lead nuke lab to dump gear from HP unit, not Huawei
Los Alamos National Laboratory is reportedly removing network switches made by a partnership that once included controversial Chinese telecommunication gear maker Huawei because of national security concerns. But Huawei, which was rebuked last fall by the House Intelligence Committee for posing a national threat because of potential ties to the Chinese government, hasn’t been part of H3C Technologies, the partnership …
Read More »White House reportedly finds no evidence of spying by Huawei
An 18-month review by the White House found “no clear evidence” that Chinese telecommunications gear maker Huawei had performed any spying on behalf of the Chinese government, according to a Reuters report. The news service, citing two unnamed sources, said the White House looked into reports of suspicious activity, with the help of intelligence agencies and other government departments, and …
Read More »Lawmakers to U.S. companies: Don’t buy Huawei, ZTE
Now playing: Watch this: Lawmakers telling US companies not to buy from Huawei… 5:26 WASHINGTON, D.C.–The House Intelligence Committee released a report this morning, accusing two Chinese makers of telecommunications gear of posing a national security threat and discouraging American businesses from buying their equipment. In a 52-page report, the committee said that neither Huawei or ZTE addressed concerns raised …
Read More »Lawmakers frustrated by Huawei, ZTE during hearings
The House Intelligence Committee brought executives from two Chinese telecommunications gear makers to Capitol Hill today to press them on potential threats they pose to national security, but came away with little satisfaction. “I can say that I am a little disappointed today,” committee chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said at the end of the hearing investigating Huawei and ZTE. (CNET …
Read More »Inside Huawei, the Chinese tech giant that’s rattling nerves in DC
SHENZHEN, China –Chen Lifang is a bit flummoxed. Chen is a board member and senior vice president at Huawei, the giant telecommunications gear maker based here. She’s digesting news that broke a day earlier that the U.S. House Intelligence Committee has increased the pressure it’s putting on the company to disclose details about its ties to the Chinese government. The …
Read More »BlackBerry services beginning to be restored
Research In Motion has posted an update on its Web site listing the current status of service for its beleaguered worldwide e-mail and messaging service. RIM Chief Information Officer Robin Bienfait noted that e-mail systems are working worldwide, though the company is continuing to clear backlogged messages. In the United States, Canada, and Latin America, the BlackBerry Messenger and browsing …
Read More »Near death, WebOS is more popular than ever
What is it about death that makes the once-living so much more appealing? Take WebOS, the mobile operating system that Hewlett-Packard all-but-euthanized last Thursday. It was a decision born from the fact that HP generated nearly no business for the TouchPad, its iPad-wannabe. And sales of smartphones running WebOS, such as the HP Veer, paled next to rival handsets running …
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