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Comment Chinese (Score 1) 1

by firedragon852 on Monday July 07, 2008 @06:24PM (#24090741) Attached to: Learn a Foreign Language as an Engineer?

Most engineers from South Korea, Japan and India learn Chinese. At some point in your career in your field, you will have to work with the Chinese engineers. Most computer engineering jobs in this part of the world require knowing Mandarin Chinese.

Submission + - Blue-ray rejected in China, HD DVD lives (cdrinfo.com)

Submitted by firedragon852 on Thursday June 19, 2008 @06:33PM

firedragon852 writes: The recently proposed Chinese high-def format (CH-DVD) is still alive, despite Blu-ray's domination in the worldwide market. The format has been renamed to "China Blue High-definition Disc" (CBHD) and will be officially announced before the Beijing Olympic Games in August.

CHDVD, a Chinese High-def DVD format based on the HD DVD standard. had been officially announced last September. The format was backed by China High-definition DVD industry Association (CHDA), the Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center (OMNERC) and the DVD Forum.

DVD Forum representatives told CDIRnfo that the Blu-ray camp did not agree to include any Chinese IPs in their proposed format for China. As a result, the Blu-ray was not included in the candidate formats.

Submission + - Hutchison Whampoa invests in Facebook

Submitted by firedragon852 on Monday December 03, 2007 @12:52AM

firedragon852 writes: Reported by Guardian Unlimited, Hong Kong Billionaire Sir Li Ka-shing, the man behind Hutchison Whampoa and therefore Orange and 3 UK, has reportedly invested $60m of his fortune into taking a piece of Facebook. The deal, reported by Kara Swisher on All Things Digital, is small change to a man who is reported to have a fortune of $23bn — placing in the Top 10 richest men in the world list.

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