This new type of street lamp can generate electrical power by means of wind and solar energy panel at the same time. In addition, it can store energy day and night. The green street lamps also apply to wider areas and their life is much longer than the ordinary street lamps. This will reduce pollutant emission, which means they are good for environmental protection.

Here's a Day 1 summary of the recent China 2.0 tour as it hit Shanghai - an excellent event organized by The China Business Network, CNReviews, and Web2Asia. During the two days I had a chance to visit some of Shanghai's more interesting Web companies. Day one covers visits to 51.com and Dianping.com, as well as dinner hosted by Alibaba (his 40 thieves stayed home).

The Firefox add-on, China Channel, offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China. Take an unforgettable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported by western companies). It's open source, free and easy.

Shanghaiist turns the rumour mill with the announcement that China Mobile will launch the HTC G1 Android phone to China. The phone was launched last Tuesday by T-Mobile in the US, and is the first device to run on the Google developed Android platform.

A touching tale of efforts by two Taiwanese businessmen to bring opportunity to the children of rural China.

According to estimates from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Beijing research firm BDA and the online market anlayst Nielsen/NetRatings, China has overtaken the US in the number of internet users at around 220 million. These numbers were estimated based on the online growth of 53.3% in 2007. The number on online users is expected to reach 280 million or more by the end of this year.

China Machete takes a look at Facebook access in China - why it is slow and/or inaccessible and what its (lack of) future in China may be.

The magic day has arrived - 08/08/08 - and like some Torch-ignited wildfire, a meme has spread across the Twittersphere whereby you include #080808 in all your twits to show your support and excitement for the Olympic Games.

For most spam there's no question that it is the scum of the net and deserves to quickly be cast into the bowels of HHR hell. However, I recognize that there is somewhat of a grey area when it comes to what the good peoples of the world consider "spam", and as such I've created these Submission guidelines and a Spam Policy/FAQ for guidance on the matter.

VERY COOL! Formerly blurry Google Maps page of Shanghai now shows fully detailed roads.