The Chinese security software provider Qihoo has announced that by the end of December 2008, its Qihoo 360 security software had been installed nearly 200 million times.

Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC has released its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2008, in which it states the company made about NTD64.56 billion revenue in the period with net profit of NTD12.45 billion.

Beleaguered Chinese wireless value-added services firm KongZhong (KONG) has announced that Sam Sun, its chief financial officer, is leaving the company by the end of the week.

Fujitsu China, the Chinese subsidiary of the Japan-headquartered IT service provider Fujitsu, has signed a strategic cooperative memorandum with the government of Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong province, to build a financial data center in the area to promote cooperation in the Pearl River Delta.

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that the auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands has been completed, with Genius Brand, CSL, and China Mobile as big winners bidding a total of HKD1.5 billion.

Jointly invested by the Shanghai Synergy Culture and Entertainment Group, Shanghai Jingwen Investment and Sony, China's first blue-ray disc production line has been put into production in Shanghai.

China's Focus Media (FMCN) is taking advantage of the low media exposure during this week's Lunar New Year holiday to announce a number of executive changes at the company that become effective immediately.

China TechFaith (CNTF) and Qigi, a Chinese smartphone brand, will launch four new high-end smartphones for China Telecom and China Unicom customers in the second quarter of 2009.

An enforcement notice has been issued against a commercial fax sender in Hong Kong for continuously breaching the anti-spam rules outlined under Hong Kong's Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance.

After the Chinese media crucified Internet travel company Ctrip.com (CTRP) last week for allegedly selling fake travel insurance policies online, the company announced over the weekend plans to throw CNY10 million at establishing an integrity service refund system to help alleviate these types of problems in the future.

Communication on China's new 3G network can now make it to the roof of the world, as China Mobile Tibet branch has announced that its first TD-SCDMA trial base station in Tibet has been opened in Lhasa and the first TD-SCDMA mobile phone call in the history of Tibet was made this week.

According to an insider quoted by local Chinese media, the result for China Unicom's WCDMA tender has been revealed, though the detailed statistics are currently not available.

U.S.-based Qualcomm (QCOM) has granted China's LT Mobile Communication a worldwide patent license to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber units implementing the CDMA2000 standard.

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

Just days after Chinese Internet travel website Ctrip.com (CTRP) proudly released its corporate social responsibility report for 2008, and days before the frenetic week-long Chinese Lunar New Year travel season begins, a Chinese consumer has made a big splash in local media with his complaint that Ctrip.com is selling dubious air insurance policies online.