Category: Business
SST (SSTI) and Nanotech Corporation, a semiconductor foundry located in Changzhou announced the companies have entered into a multi-faceted investment, technology licensing and foundry relationship. Under terms of the agreement, Nanotech, will license SST's 0.25micron self-aligned SuperFlash technology, thus providing Nanotech's foundry customers, who are developing programmable logic and embedded flash memory products, access to SST's high-performance flash memory technology.
Category: Commentary
By Frank Yu
For a country that officially bans Internet pornography and other indecent materials, you can still openly buy strap-on dildos and sex toys in the various sex shops littering the urban sprawl of China. However try to find porn magazines or sex DVDs, even in shops stocked with every pirated movie under the sun, and you face a daunting task. This apparent incongruence is less about hypocrisy and more about the framing of the intended users for each service.
Category: Internet
Some Internet service providers in China including CITVC (China Internet TV Company), Baidu, Sina (SINA), Sohu (SOHU), Shanda (SNDA) and Shanghai Orient yesterday became signatories to the "Chinavnet Copyright Self-Discipline Convention" in Shanghai.
Category: Business
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMI) says it has finally resolved pending patent and trade secret litigations with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM).
Category: Internet
McGraw-Hill Education announced an equity investment in PRCEDU Corporation, an online education service provider for Chinese universities and academic institutions.
Category: Law & Policy
Shenzhen Dongjin has finally given official comments about Intel's (INTC) trademark dispute with the company. Intel has submitted a petition to Shenzhen Secondary People's Court, accusing Shenzhen Dongjin Communications Technology Stock Company of intellectual property violations.
Category: Software
The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) will allocate RMB10 million in support of the development of generally-used network game engines in China.
Category: Business
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd announced revenue and net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2004. Fourth quarter revenue reached NT$63.87 billion, while net income and fully diluted earnings per share came to NT$22.18 billion and NT$0.96 per share (US$0.15 per ADS unit), respectively.
Category: Computing
China's Great Wall Computer will launch more specialized game PCs for Internet cafes in hopes of capitalizing on that market.
Category: Wireless
China Wireless (CWLC.OB) is in discussions with a leading managed services company in Tianjin for the proposed acquisition of Tianjin Create Company by China Wireless.
Category: Business
Xinhua Finance announced that Mergent, Inc., its fully owned subsidiary, has expanded its product offering with the launch of a new service designed to deliver critical data to the rapidly growing hedge fund market.
Category: Law & Policy
Xinhua has announced that after an extensive check of the game publishing and software market, the General Administration of Press and Publications of China has banned 50 illegal games and publications.
Category: Software
Microsoft (MSFT) plans to enhance its anti-piracy engineering, education and enforcement efforts by expanding the Windows Genuine Advantage program to users in China.
Category: Law & Policy
Guoli Telecom has brought a libel lawsuit against Beijing Fuhua Chuangxin Technologies Development Company, owner of China Finance Online, for the latter's published article called "Guoli Telecom Unexpectedly Requests To Be Dismissed" on its website.
Category: Internet
Rumors in recent months say that Chinabyte.com is going to shift towards other business areas. Li Zhigao, CEO of Chinabyte, is quoted this week in local media as saying that the company will focus on building online virtual communities this year.
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