Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc. and the German luxury car maker BMW have signed an agreement to jointly develop and operate technical products related to in-car information system search services.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has signed a deal with China's QiMing Information Technology Company Ltd. to establish a joint-venture company to develop, manufacture and sell car multimedia products in China.

Chinese software maker UFIDA Software and its subsidiary will acquire Shanghai Infoservice Technology for CNY491 million, to enter the Chinese automotive sales and after-sales service information market.

Chinese companies seeking support on mobile and embedded 3D systems have a new company to rely on as Finland-based Futuremark Corporation has opened operations in Shanghai.

Airbiquity plans to offer its full suite of telematics and connectivity solutions to the Chinese telematics market through its newly-formed mainland company Ai Bi Ke Communications Technology Company.

Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei said it has launched mobile broadband products that can support Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, making Huawei the first Chinese manufacturer that supports the Windows 7 mobile broadband.

Chinese digital media and advertising company Focus Media (FMCN) will sell its subsidiary Sports Media to its competitor Goodmedia.

Tencent plans to introduce an IP encryption policy in its instant messaging software QQ to better protect the privacy and information security of its users.

America Online finally opened its Chinese website on September 9, 2008.