Inside Contactless, a maker of RFID (redio frequency identification) products, will be servicing China's higher education institutions with their newly won bid.

Chinese security researcher Liu Die Yu discovered and released details of new Microsoft Explorer 6 flaws on the Bugtraq mailing list. If the exploit is used on a computer, a cracker can download and execute a malicious file on a user's system.

Sony Computer Entertainment official Yoshiko Furusawa says China's gamers will get a limited release of the Sony PlayStation2 in December 2003.

In a move to shake off its dependence on foreign technology, China has begun to release its alternative to the DVD (digital versatile disc) standard–EVD (enhanced versatile disc).

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique announced recently that its subsidiary Sercel executed on November 26th an agreement for the acquisition of a 51% majority ownership in Hebei Junfeng Geophysical Co. Ltd., the main provider of geophones and seismic cables for the Chinese seismic market.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. signed an MOU with the Ministry of Education (MOE) to develop China's first national IC design training program.

In a recent kickoff meeting in Beijing, Oracle announced it will be supporting the National Center for Educational Technology (NCET), an organization under the Chinese Ministry of Education, in carrying out one of the NCET's key educational research projects.

Index Corporation has signed an agreement with the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) to develop and distribute Disney branded mobile content for the Chinese market.

Cedara Software Corp. a leading independent developer of medical software technologies for the global healthcare market, recently announced an agreement with Beijing Invention & Technology Corporation (BITC) to market Cedara's I-Suite Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) family of products in China.

FreeStar Technology Corporation, an international payment processing and technology company, and Xinhua Financial Network jointly announced recently their agreement to enter into a joint venture to distribute FreeStar's Internet credit card payment processing products to banks, financial institutions and Internet merchants throughout Asia, excluding Japan.

Business Wire has entered into a news distribution agreement with China's Technology Information Promotion System ("TIPS"), a government-affiliated agency that provides access to a multi-channel distribution platform that reaches Chinese enterprises, media, government and educational institutions, and consumers.

Royal Philips Electronics and Jilin Sino-Microelectronics Co. Ltd (JSMC) recently announced the establishment of a joint venture to develop, design and manufacture bipolar power products to be marketed and sold by the parent companies.

Xybernaut Corporation and the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beihang) recently announced that they will conduct joint research and development of mobile/wearable computing, and its application to the commercial and government sectors in China.

Sierra Wireless announced recently a distribution agreement with Putian Eastern Communications Group Co., Ltd. (Eastcom) in China for the AirCard 555 wireless PC Card.

Industries International, Inc., a growing manufacturer and distributor of telephones, telecommunications-related technology and lithium batteries in China, recently announced that it has signed an agreement to supply corded telephones to Foxconn Group, a global manufacturer of electronics products.