Google phones postponed in China

The launch of two mobile phones which had been planned by Google in China has been delayed following a recent row over censorship and computer hacking.

Two Android operating system based phones were due to be launched by state run mobile phone company China Unicom in the comoing weeks, however this launch has now been put back for reasons believed to be linked to the ongoing dispute between Google, how has threatened to pull out of the Chinese market, and the government.

Google phones postponed in China

Google phones postponed in China

At the same time as this news surfaced, it seemed that foreign journalists who are located and working out of Beijing, China, have found themselves embroiled in a similar situation as the industrial and high-tech companies last week.

Several journalists claimed that their professional and personal Gmail accounts had been illegally accessed, and a forwarder had been set on their account to send messages to an unknown location.

Since this news was revealed, several journalistic groups have reminded their members of security safeguards that they should be taking in order to attempt to avoid becoming the victim of such attacks, including being wary of attachments in emails.

It is feared that several areas are being targeted in order to locate details of human rights protestors in China.