Posts Tagged ‘Computing’
Tsinghua Tongfang Unveils One-year Replacement Policy For Notebooks
August 16th, 2010
Chinese PC maker Tsinghua Tongfang is making consumers happy with a new one-year replacement after-sales policy for its notebook products. This policy covers the company’s eight designated types of notebooks which were purchased after August 1, 2010, as well as all newly-launched notebooks in the future. Starting from the day of the purchase, all these [...]
Microsoft’s New Gaming Device Will Not Be Sold In Chinese Mainland
July 20th, 2010
Michel van der Bel, chief operating officer of Microsoft China, has revealed to the Chinese local media that due to policy limit in China, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console and the newly-developed Kinect controller-free gaming device will not be sold in the Chinese mainland market. However, Microsoft displayed the new Kinect-based games to its [...]
Asia’s Largest Cloud Security Center Launched In China
March 11th, 2010
Chinese anti-virus service provider Rising has announced the launch of its generically-named Cloud Security Center, which is reported to be the largest of its kind in Asia.
With a total investment of CNY130 million, the center reportedly has more than 5000 enterprise level severs in various geographic locations in China which can provide security check services [...]
Cloud Computing Center Planned In Taiwan
February 1st, 2010
Chunghwa Telecom, Trend Micro, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Taiwan’s Institute for Information Industry [...]
Asus, IBM Sign Agreement, End Legal Dispute
October 13th, 2009
Chinese PC maker Asus has jointly announced with IBM that the two parties have signed a cross-licensing agreement to enhance their cooperation and to end the protracted patent infringement dispute between the two.
The dispute between Asus and IBM started at the end of 2007 when IBM complained to the United States International Trade Commission and [...]
Dell To Set Up Solution Center In Dalian
July 17th, 2009
Dell and the government of Dalian’s Zhongshan district have jointly announced that the two parties will set up a Dell solution center in the district.
The new Dell solution center aims to meet the demands of local government, corporations, educational and medical institutions as well as general consumers. It will show Dell’s latest innovative technologies and [...]
MIIT: Installation Of Green Dam Can Be Delayed For Unprepared Manufacturers
July 1st, 2009
According to the spokesperson from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the installation of the Green Dam Youth Escort software can be delayed for those PC manufacturers who are not yet ready for providing the software bundled with their computers.
The spokesperson said during a press conference that the MIIT started to communicate with major [...]
China Plans To Pre-install Software For Preventing Viewing Of Pornographic Websites
June 8th, 2009
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the Chinese government hopes to pre-install web censoring software in PCs sold in China after July 1 to block some banned websites.
The Chinese government has reportedly sent notices to major PC makers, but has not released the requirement to the public. The software, which is called [...]
Kingsoft Teams With PICC To Launch Computer Security Insurance In China
April 29th, 2009
Chinese software and online game provider Kingsoft and the People’s Insurance Company of China have jointly announced plans to launch a computer insurance edition of Kingsoft Duba to provide better security to PC users.
This new computer insurance edition of the anti-virus software Kingsoft Duba is an insurance product targeting personal computer users, and people who [...]
Virus Alert: ASUS Recalls Eee Box PCs In Japan
October 14th, 2008
Taiwan’s ASUSTek Computer has announced a recall of its Eee Box PCs that were sold in Japan because they contain a virus.
