Posts Tagged ‘Taiwan’

Workers At Apple Supplier Suffer From n-Hexane Poisoning In China

According to Hong Kong media, about 62 workers from China’s Jiangsu province have been hospitalized for n-Hexane poisoning while they worked for Wintek, a supplier of Apple.
The reports, which also appeared in mainland Chinese media like Sohu.com, state that the workers were working on touchscreens for Apple’s iPhone products before they got n-Hexane poisoning and [...]


Dell Sues Taiwanese Company For Manipulating LCD Prices

American PC maker Dell has sued five companies, including HannStar Display from Taiwan, for jointly manipulating the prices of LCD products.
Dell filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, stating that the five companies, including Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba, Seiko Epson from Japan and HannStar Display from Taiwan, were involved in LCD price fixing [...]


Cloud Computing Center Planned In Taiwan

Chunghwa Telecom, Trend Micro, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Taiwan’s Institute for Information Industry [...]


SMIC Reaches Accommodation With TSMC

Chinese semiconductor foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has announced that it reached an agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited.
SMIC was previously found guilty of theft of trade secrets from TSMC by the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, in the United States.
Under the settlement agreement, the two parties will implement mutual release of [...]


Internet Services In China Affected By Typhoon

For about a day, businesses and computer users have been complaining about the near-shutdown of Internet services in China. According to information from China Unicom, due to the FNAL/RNAL cable breakdown caused by Typhoon Morakot last week, the Internet communication between China and other countries and regions such as the United States and Europe has [...]


Taiwan: Buyers Of “Shanzai” Mobile Phones Face NTD300,000 Fine

According to Taiwan’s National Communications Commission, people who sell or buy “Shanzai” mobile phones via the Internet or in electrics marts will face a fine of up to NTD300,000, which is about CNY60,000, in Taiwan.
According to reports in Taiwanese local media, NCC recently stated that under the Administrative Regulations on the Controlled Telecommunications Radio-Frequency Devices, [...]


McAfee Appoints New Managing Director For China

International technology security company McAfee has appointed Wen Zhenbang as new managing director for China.
In his new position, Wen will be in charge of McAfee’s business expansion in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as to ensure the efficient operations of different departments.
After assuming the position of managing director for McAfee China, Wen [...]


Perfect World Sends Online Game To Korea

Chinese online game developer Perfect World (PWRD) says its game “Chi Bi” is heading to South Korea via a new licensing agreement.


Fujian Plans To Introduce Retired IT Talents From Taiwan

China’s Fujian province has announced plans to welcome about 1,000 retired information technology talents from Taiwan, seeking intellectual support from the other side of the Taiwan Strait.


AUO Appoints Andy Yang As New CFO

AU Optronics Corporation, one of the world’s leading Chinese TFT-LCD makers headquartered in Taiwan, has announced the appointment of Andy Yang, current associate vice president of AUO’s finance center, as new CFO of the company effective from March 1, 2009.