According to an insider, the international Internet giant Yahoo has set up a global research and development center in Beijing, which is reportedly an important turning point forYahoo's worldwide Internet strategy.

Promoted and drafted by Shanghai Information Service Association, China's first major online game service local standards have been published in Shanghai, with the aim of offering management regulations to the Chinese online game market and protecting the interests of both online game users and game companies.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has announced that it will join the Open Handset Alliance established by Google, which means the company will develop Android-based handsets and mobile services.

The China Cuisine Association has announced that China's first food and beverage e-procurement management platform has been established, allowing food and beverage companies to complete procurement efficiently and inexpensively.

The Jet Li One Foundation has jointly launched an online donation platform with Tencent to help Internet users in China make monetary contributions.

According to a measure on unified outsourcing of legitimate Microsoft products by netcafes in Dongguan, Microsoft aims to push netcafes in Dongguan to use legitimate software within five years.

IDGVC Partners and Infiniti Capital are splitting a USD20 million investment in a Chinese mobile gaming developer.

Executives from the Chinese Internet search engine Baidu talked over the past weekend with striking workers who protested against the company's salary cuts and its new sales commission policies.

To set up a long-term effective system for the management of Internet information, China's Hubei province now plans to promote the real-name system for users wishing to create websites and blogs.

Market research firm Analysys International has published its report on China's online game market in the first quarter of 2009, which states the revenue of China's online game market reached CNY5.514 billion, an increase of 8.3% compared with the previous quarter.

Microsoft China has announced that it has signed a three-year strategic cooperation memorandum with the Hangzhou municipal government and the company will set up its first cloud computer center in Hangzhou.

Chinese financial services software company Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited has reported its financial results for the six-month period and full year ended December 31, 2008.

China's CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation, has signed a binding term sheet to acquire, Informance International, a provider of enterprise manufacturing intelligence solutions, in exchange for an undisclosed amount of shares of CDC Software.

China's encryption standards have a new international convert, as Sybase has succumbed to following the Chinese government's edicts on data security and has duly received a security certificate from the Chinese government.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has signed a framework agreement with the Guangdong government to invest CNY80 billion in the province in the next five years to support its network construction and business development in Guangdong.