Chinese anti-virus solution provider Kingsoft says it will join hands with e-commerce service provider Taobao.com, online payment provider Alipay, and browser platform Maxthon to launch an online shopping security platform to meet the ever-increasing risks faced by online shoppers.

According to reports in local media, the cooperation between the Chinese security software providers Qihoo 360 and Kingsoft has come to an abrupt end.

China Internet Network Information Center has officially submitted the pure Chinese top-level domain "dotZhongguo" to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for international approval.

To fight phishing websites and to further protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese Internet users, Chinese Internet security provider Kingsoft and one of China's largest third-party browser providers Maxthon have established a cooperation.

Chinese security software providers Kingsoft and Qihoo 360 have agreed to launch customized security services on each other's platforms.

Microsoft has published a list of websites that are not compatible with its new browser product Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate and nearly all Chinese mainstream websites are included in the list.

After speculation last week, Chinese portal website Sohu.com (SOHU) has now launched an official version of its Sogou Internet browser.

A representative from Sohu.com (SOHU) has confirmed that the Chinese Internet company plans to launch its own Internet browser product, but the detailed schedule for making it available to users has not been released.

China Mobile (CHL) has reached an agreement with Microsoft (MSFT) to pre-install Microsoft's Windows Mobile Internet Explore 6 browser in the Samsung Omnia handsets sold by China Mobile.

Zhejiang Alipay Internet Technology, the online payment subsidiary of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group, has announced that its payment website will support Mozilla's Firefox browser, making Alipay one of the first Chinese online payment platforms to fully support non-Microsoft browsers.

After a four-month beta test of five different versions, Qihoo has recently launched the formal version of its browser product 360se1.2.

Qihoo 360 has announced that its pop-up blocker, which can automatically close pop-up windows of desktop software, is undergoing a small beta test.

Mozilla has announced plans to cooperate with Chinese Web portal Sohu.com (SOHU) to launch a new Olympics-related special version of the Firefox browser.

Alibaba's subsidiary China Yahoo has for the first time made an apology to Qihu360 for the improper competitive practices its service Yahoo Assistant has brought to Qihu360.

With the global release of Web browser Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Corporation, the operator of Firefox in China, has begun to turn its eyes to the campuses of Chinese universities and the mobile phone field in the hope of seeking a favorable position in the two sectors.