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Hong Kong Sites Called Riskiest

When it comes to dangerous domains Hong Kong is the leader according to a new report from McAfee, "Mapping the Mal Web Revisited."The report found that 19.2 percent of all Web sites ending in the .hk domain pose some kind of security threat to Internet users. China (.cn) took the second spot with 11 percent.

Hong Kong's Broadband Is How Fast?

In case you're still convinced there's a true open market in broadband space and the handful of companies running it are sufficient competition for each other, consider this: in Hong Kong, you can get a fiber-to-the-home connection 20 times faster than Verizon's FiOS connection for about the same price.

Flickr Criticized For Regional Censorship

Yahoo's Flickr is the latest target of criticism after restricting access to erotic art photos in Hong Kong. Though Internet companies self-censoring in certain countries is not a new dilemma, this incident coincides with a blogger that faces fines for just linking to offending material.

Hong Kong Cracks Down on Spam

Hong Kong legislators are looking to pass a bill which will outlaw all unsolicited commercial e-mail messages. The extreme nature of the bill has local businesses up in arms.