The Internet video channel of the Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com and the Taiwan-based PC maker Asus have jointly announced that the two parties have formed a strategic partnership for a video service.

Chinese electronics group Haier has signed an agreement with the government of Guyana to provide laptops for the "One Laptop Per Family" initiative of the country.

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has approved Acer's acquisition of iGware, a U.S. cloud computing technology company, and said the acquisition only has slight influence on the Taiwanese cloud computing software service market.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has announced plans to acquire a 37% stake in Medion AG, a PC company in Germany, for EUR231 million.

The one of world's leading computer providers, Asus has signed an agreement with Chongqing to locate its worldwide computer manufacturing base and its second Chinese operational headquarters in the city.

According to Jonney Shih, chairman of the Taiwanese PC maker Asus, the company plans to unveil its tablet computer product Eee Pad in June 2010.

Taiwan-based PC maker Asus has announced that the company made net profit of NTD6.497 billion, which equals CNY1.37 billion, in the third quarter of 2009, higher than its expectation of NTD2.97 billion.

Chinese PC maker Asus has jointly announced with IBM that the two parties have signed a cross-licensing agreement to enhance their cooperation and to end the protracted patent infringement dispute between the two.

Chinese electronics retailer Yongle said it will start to sell the G3 netbook, a customized convenient notebook developed by China Mobile, in its 63 retail stores in Shanghai from April 23, 2009.

According to statistics released by the market research firm IDC, the PC shipment volume in Taiwan was 688,300 in the fourth quarter of 2008, a decrease of 9.1% compared with the previous quarter.

China has published the list of the designated computer brands in its subsidy scheme for rural assistance, in which, seven PC makers, including Asus and BenQ, are unfortunately not included.

Chinese PC maker Asus and the China Association for Science and Technology have jointly announced plans to build popular science libraries, and Asus will invest CNY50 million in the next five years to build 1,000 popular science libraries around China.

Taiwan-based PC maker Asus has published its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2008, stating it made losses of NTD2.798 billion — the first loss since the founding of the company 19 years ago.

Intel has decided to cancel its Intel Developer Forum held in Taiwan from 2009 and the company will only hold such forums in Beijing and San Francisco, respectively.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo (LNVGY) plans to cut 200 jobs in its Beijing headquarters, of which about 5% are senior managers and directors.