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Apple wins lawsuit against Chinese electronics company

IT — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:51:41 +0800

IT Vendors Brace for Tougher Times

IT — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:27:50 +0800

IT vendors in China are starting to feel the pinch from the economic slowdown as sales slacken in Zhongguancun, the technology hub in the country.

GZ to Promote Digital TV Service

IT — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:14:57 +0800

Guangzhou would promote the digital TV business which features functions concerning information collection, commerce and entertainment. (file photo)Guangzhou would promote the digital TV business which features functions concerning information collection, commerce and entertainment, Vice Mayor Xu Zhibiao said at a meeting on November 26th. With digital TV services to be upgraded, citizens could not only enjoy the latest films but also pay electricity and water bills as well as other charges through the service. At the meeting, Shen Zhichao, Director of the Committee of Economic Affairs of the Municipal Party Committee, performed a lecture on promotion on the scientific & technological services and development of productive services in Guangzhou which brought forward proposals on planning for Scientific & technological services, establishment of innovative systems based on research and development, scientific services outsourcing, development of financial...

Chinese search engine Baidu plans post-scandal overhaul

IT — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:47:54 +0800

China's Nasdaq-listed Internet giant, Baidu, announced an overhaul plan on Friday after it was accused of letting unlicensed medical products suppliers buy higher rankings.

Baidu Mogul Tops Hurun China IT Rich List

IT — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:55 +0800

Although his net worth shrunk almost 500 million yuan to 13 billion yuan this year, Li Yanhong, Robin, CEO of Chinese search engine Baidu, held on to the number one spot in the 2008 Hurun China IT Rich List.

China Unicom to test W-CDMA 3G network in seven cities

IT — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:54:42 +0800

Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of China Unicom, has stated that he expected the Chinese government to speed up the issuing of 3G licenses.

Baidu says sorry about false search results

IT — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:39 +0800

China 3G pace gathers speed

IT — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:50:38 +0800

Jerry Yang to step down as Yahoo CEO

IT — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:34:49 +0800

Microsoft updates Windows Live to be starting point for "what's new"

IT — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:12:13 +0800

With most people using a variety of online services for sharing photos, e-mailing and social networking, Microsoft is trying to create a central place to keep track of it all — based on the company's own Web offerings.

Previous versions of Windows Live, Microsoft's suite of consumer-oriented online services, had limited integration with rival and complementary products from other companies. For example, Microsoft's blogging service, Windows Live Spaces, gave status updates whenever a contact wrote a new post on a blog.

"But the problem is, it was a closed system, so it was only what's new on Spaces, and there's just more new stuff going on in the world," said Chris Jones, Microsoft's corporate vice president heading Windows Live.

Now, a "what's new" feed on a personalized Windows Live home page (and within other Live services) will update you when someone in your self-selected network has posted a new photo, added a comment or written a blog entr...

Intel warns of sharply lower revenue

IT — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:34:53 +0800

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel Corp. whacked more than $1-billion (U.S.) from its fourth-quarter revenue forecast and ratcheted down its profit expectations because a clampdown on spending is reducing demand for its chips.

Intel's announcement Wednesday illuminates how the economic crisis is rippling across industries. As consumers and businesses cut back on buying all kinds of things, their reduced purchases of PCs are harming computer makers and their suppliers. Intel is the world's largest supplier of microprocessors, the brains of personal computers, with roughly 80 per cent of the global market.

Intel now expects sales of $9-billion in the last three months of the year, plus or minus $300-million. It previously expected sales between $10.1-billion and $10.9-billion, and analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were looking for $10.3-billion.

Intel blamed “significantly weaker than expected demand in all geographies and market segments” and PC makers...

Number of Chinese Netizens Could Reach 500 Mln

IT — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:47:56 +0800

Google's China market share to grow in 2009 - exec

IT — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:14:56 +0800

SHANGHAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Google's China's market sharewill grow compared with other markets next year despite thedownturn from the global financial crisis, the head of Google's(GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) China operations told Reuters on Friday. Kai-Fu Lee, co-president of Google China, said China was thebest performing market globally in the third quarter, butdeclined to forecast the growth rate for 2009. Lee was optimistic that Google would continue to attractonline advertising clients, despite the economic slowdown. "Even if companies cut down advertising spending in general,the advertising spending on Google is relatively unlikely to becut." "Clients approve the advertising mode of Google, because weguarantee it be well-targeted," said Lee on the sidelines of anindustry conference. But Lee recognised the uncertainties and challenges broughton by the global fina...

Microsoft sued over alleged patent violations

IT — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:32:01 +0800

A small Chinese hi-tech firm is suing Microsoft for alleged intellectual property rights violations in its latest Windows Vista operating system, the second lawsuit launched in China this year against the US software giant for alleged patent violations.

Linux threat to Microsoft

IT — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:57:15 +0800

Small laptops are becoming a big problem for Microsoft's Windows business.

A new breed of lightweight computers called netbooks are beginning to crack the company's dominance of operating systems. Acer and Asustek Computer, which together account for 90% of the netbook market, are using the rival Linux software on about 30% of their low-cost notebooks.

The devices, which usually cost less than $US500, are the fastest-growing segment of the personal-computer industry - a trend that's eating into Microsoft's revenue. Windows sales fell short of forecasts last quarter and the company cut growth projections for the year, citing the lower revenue it gets from netbooks. When makers of the computers do use Windows, they typically opt for older and cheaper versions of the software.

''It's a real threat to Microsoft,'' said Dickie Chang, an analyst at research firm IDC in Taipei. ''It gives users a chance to see and try something new, showing them there is an alter...

Profit of telecom sector rises 10.3% in first three quarters

IT — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:42:42 +0800

China's telecom industry saw rising business volume and profit in the first three quarters of this year as telephone and Internet users increased steadily, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Wednesday.

Li, China Unicom offer $1.9b to take PCCW priva

IT — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:58:02 +0800

Microsoft to take more flexible pricing strategy in China

IT — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:06:28 +0800

Baidu Aims High for Own On-line Shopping Website

IT — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:51:29 +0800

PC makers roll out machines that can boot up in no time

IT — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:05:13 +0800

SAN FRANCISCO — It is the black hole of the digital age: the three minutes it can take for your computer to boot up.

"Half the time, I go brush my teeth," said Monica Loos, 40, who is starting a business selling stationery online from her home in San Francisco.

Now computer-industry officials want to give back some of those precious seconds. In coming months, the world's major PC makers plan to introduce a new generation of quick-start computers, seeing a marketing opportunity in society's short attention span.

"It's ridiculous to ask people to wait a couple of minutes," said Sergei Krupenin, executive director of marketing of DeviceVM, which makes a quick-boot program for PC makers. "People want instant-on."

Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo are rolling out machines that give people access to basic functions such as e-mail and a Web browser in 30 seconds or less. Asus, a Taiwanese company that is the world's largest maker of the circuit b...

Olympics drive Konka flat panel TV sales

IT — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:34:54 +0800

Electronics and telecoms equipment maker Konka Group (000016.SZ) said it had sold more than one million flat panel TVs by mid October due to a sales frenzy during the Olympics in August and the National Day break in October, the Shanghai Securities News reported. “Our turnover during the 7-day National Holiday totalled US$219.45 million (RMB1.5 billion), of which US$102.41 million (RMB700 million) was from sales of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs,” a Konka marketing official told the newspaper.

Foreign operators ready to ride China's 3G wave

IT — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:59:25 +0800

With the restructuring of China's telecom industry gearing up, foreign operators are pulling out all stops to seal local partnerships and position themselves for the 3G (third generation) era of the world's largest telecom market.

Telecom Techniques on the Cutting Edge

IT — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:42:55 +0800

A model displays a new mobile phone at the ongoing five-day P&T/EXPO COMM CHINA 2008, an international information and communications technology expo that opened in Beijing on Oct21. 2008.

Lawyer Accuses Microsoft of Anti-piracy Measures

IT — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:17:06 +0800

A Beijing lawyer has formally suggested China's Ministry of Public Security investigate and stop Microsoft's latest measures aiming to counter software piracy.

Slowing investment and exports dampen IT growth

IT — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:45:42 +0800

The growth rate of China's IT industry slowed in the first three quarters, while full-year growth is estimated at around 20 percent, according to a report released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Online video firms under bankruptcy risks

IT — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:47:22 +0800

Chinese venture-backed online video firms, which were on the edge of making profits, are now under risks of bankruptcy with the spreading US financial crisis, said a report in Monday's Economic Observer newspaper.

China Netcom, China Unicom Merger Completed

IT — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:58:15 +0800

China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited was fully incorporated into China Unicom Limited here on Wednesday, creating the new China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited.

84.5m Chinese uses mobile phones to surf Internet

IT — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:59:41 +0800

About 84.5 million Chinese were using their mobile phone to log onto the Internet, which accounted for nearly 30 percent of the country's total netizens, an industry expert said on Tuesday.

Almost 90% of youths are Web users

IT — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:30:59 +0800

A SURVEY has revealed 85.6 percent of Chinese kids between nine and 16 are Internet users.

IBM Builds Online Version of China's Forbidden City

IT — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:27:46 +0800

Alibaba to Invest 5 Bln Yuan in Online Auction Unit

IT — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:18:53 +0800

The lucrative loneliness of the Chinese

IT — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:08:49 +0800

What happens when technology such as social networking websites moves "beyond just being a crutch to being the cultural gate itself," writes Jeremy Wagstaff

The Jakarta PostMonday, October 6, 2008

By Jeremy Wagstaff

At what point do social networks on the Internet start to supplant ones in real life?

Take China, for example. It's a relatively big example, so it's worth taking.

According to a recent article in Web in Travel, an online travel publication, China now has two generations of one-child families, and, in the words of Harry Hui, chief marketing officer of PepsiCo International, "one of the loneliest generations in the world".

Of course, he's saying this like it's a good thing, because marketers love lonely people (they can sell them chocolate and other kinds of comfort food, for example). But more interesting for me were the implications for technology as a kind of security blanket.

Here's how it looks to Hui: &q...

China's Alibaba Group to invest 5 bln yuan in Taobao

IT — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:14:27 +0800

Alibaba Group said the investment would go towards buildingup the Taobao platform, which has already been operating for fiveyears. It said that Taobao, which is often described as China's eBay(EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), will continue to offer its services for free to buyersand individual sellers. "Given the rapid growth of Internet use in China, we expectonline shopping will become a mainstream Internet application inthe near future," Jonathan Lu, Taobao president, said in astatement. China is estimated to have more Internet users than any othercountry. According to iResearch, China's online shopping market grewin gross merchandise volume to 56 billion yuan last year from 16billion yuan in 2005. U.S. Internet company Yahoo (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is a key investor inAlibaba.com. The announcement comes after Alibaba.com posted a 159 per...

Telecom firms told to share, co-build infrastructure

IT — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:47:01 +0800

Chinese government on Monday ordered its three domestic telecom operators to share and co-build infrastructure to avoid repeat construction in the wake of industry restructuring.

Alibaba and Home Inns team up to bring SMEs online

IT — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:36:46 +0800

Alibaba.com (1688.HK), China’s largest business-to-business trading platform, said Monday it will team up with Home Inns & Hotels Management (HMIN.NY), China’s largest budget hotel operator, to use the niche hospitality market to grow its business presence among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Shanghai Securities News reported. Alibaba will give SME members of Home Inns free access to its “winport” online stall, which allows them to sell goods online. Access rights to winport are valued at US$143 (RMB980) per year. Home Inns has attracted more than one million members nationwide, of which 40% are small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while Alibaba has over 30 million SME members. However, statistics show only 3% of China’s 42 million SMEs sell goods online due to expensive set up and maintenance costs and the complicated nature of online operations.

Baidu beats Yahoo, trails Google in AsiaPac search

IT — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:34:07 +0800

Baidu.com (BIDU.NASDAQ), the world’s largest Chinese-language search engine, has captured a 27.4% share of the Asia Pacific market, behind Google’s (GOOG.NASDAQ) 33.5% share and far ahead of Yahoo (YHOO.NASDAQ) with 19.7%, China Business News reported, citing a July report by US-based internet information provider comScore. “The Asia Pacific rim is a weak market for Google,” comScore Asia Pacific vice president Will Hodgman said. “Google’s influence is shrinking while Baidu is progressively eating into its share in this increasingly lucrative market.” Baidu firmly holds a 70% share in China and is quickly gaining ground in Japan after entering the market just one year ago. Japan is the region’s second largest online search market after China.

Asset sale on 'fast track:' Nortel

IT — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:25:30 +0800

Nortel Networks Corp. says it has seen interest from potential buyers around the world for a set of premium assets that the company put on the block last week in an effort to raise cash.

First Google Android Phone to Cost $199

IT — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:47:52 +0800

Chinese Facebook clone secures USD4-5 million in venture capital

IT — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:35:46 +0800

Adding to the list of Chinese social networking service providers like Xiaonei and Tencent, kaixin001.com (开心网) has confirmed to have secured USD4-5million in venture capital today from Northern Light Venture Capital headed by Feng Deng, one of the top 10 Chinese venture capitalists in 2007. Launched in April this year, the SNS that is still a private beta already boasts over 20 million active users. Rick Martin (@pandapassport) reports on CNET that the Chinese Facebook clone includes features such as a photo uploading, blogging & micro-blogging platform, music sharing and 1GB online storage space.Tangos Chan of cwrblog.net comments that the popularity of Kaixin001 is attributed to the Parking Wars and Friends for Sale games hosted on the platform.

Changhong to launch plasma TV assembly line

IT — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:37:19 +0800

Electronics maker Sichuan Changhong Electric Co (600839.SH) will begin producing plasma display panel (PDP) TVs at its new US$877.58 million (RMB6 billion) assembly line by the end of the year, China Business News reported. The assembly line will mainly manufacture 42-inch and 50-inch models. Plasma TVs make up just a 10% share of China’s non-cathode ray tube (CRT) TV market, with the majority being liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs. Changhong chairman Zhao Yong said the company’s PDP TV sales rocketed 190% in the first half of the year, triple LCD TVs’ pace. He predicts two million PDP TVs will be sold in China this year and Changhong will be responsible for 25% of them. The figure is expected to be 30 million by 2010 accounting for 15% of total TV sales volume and 20% of total TV sales turnover. Zhao hopes his company will have a 30% cost advantage over its competitors Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Hitachi.

Shareholders approve proposed Unicom-Netcom merger

IT — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:15:20 +0800

3G Services in North Africa from Mobinil, Egypt

IT — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:39:20 +0800

Posted to the web 17 September 2008

Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil will begin offering third generation mobile services on Sept. 1, Egypt's state news agency MENA said on Friday.

"The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services, Mobinil, will launch its 3G mobile network in Egypt on September 1, immediately before the start of the (Islamic holy) month of Ramadan," MENA said, citing remarks by Commercial Vice President Guillaume Van Gaver.

Mobinil will present a case study at North Africa Com 08, being held in Cairo on October 14-15, just over a month after the launch of the 3G services!

Find out more! at: http://nafrica.comworldseries.com/

On November 1st, 2005 Alex Shalaby stepped up to become President and CEO of one of Egypt's leading corporations, Mobinil. Alex Shalaby was Chief Officer of Regulatory Affairs for Mobinil from 1998 to 2005 and was responsible for the licensing and regulations required for setting up Mobinil as the first mobile operator in Egypt...

Chinese 'facebook' friends hooked on games

IT — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:49:10 +0800

Beijing Olympics Fuel China Internet Use

IT — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:11:16 +0800

Chinese Internet users spent more time online and visited more websites during the Olympics than ever before, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Cut rate to boost 3G phones

IT — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:54:24 +0800

Samsung plans to build 2nd LCD module plant in Suzhou

IT — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:02:40 +0800

SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Samsung Electronics, the world's top supplier of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, announced the plan of building its second LCD module plant in Suzhou, to meet the growing demand for flat-screen TVs in China, Korea Times reported Monday. "The new plant will have an annual production capacity of some 2 million in the first phase. We expect the LCD module factory to start production in the first half of next year," said Samsung. The company added that 150 million U.S. dollars will be invested for the construction of a new plant and it will handle the investment alone without bringing in a strategic partner. Samsung already has an LCD module plant in Suzhou built in late 2002 where it assembles panels for notebook computers and monitors. "The expansion is necessary for Samsung at the...

Lenovo IT effort continues with Paralympics passion

IT — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:48:40 +0800

After the rousing success of the Beijing Olympic Games, the 2008 Paralympic Games kicked off with another remarkable opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest on September 6 - and as before computer-maker Lenovo is there to help.

Spain's Telefonica to raise stake in China Netcom

IT — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:13:30 +0800

The deal will be carried out in two tranches, the firstcosting around 368 million euros ($534 million) and the secondtranche costing between 392 and 434 million euros, the companysaid in a statement to the Spanish stock exchange. The purchase will make Telefonica the leading privateshareholder in the new company arising from the imminent mergerof China Netcom (0906.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and China Unicom (0762.HK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) with astake of 5.5 percent, a Telefonica spokesman said.

China Telecom orders 5 million phones

IT — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:32:58 +0800

CHINA Telecom, which is in the process of acquiring China Unicom's CDMA (code division multiple access) business, has bought 5 million CDMA phones and is expected to sell them at 200 yuan (US$29) as early as next month.

Law on Personal Information Protection Hailed by Public

IT — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:07:50 +0800

"Human flesh search engine", the idea of mobilizing thousands of individuals to dig out facts and expose them to publicity may no longer be a fun game to play as a draft amendment now bans government staff from seeking and publicizing private information.