Canonical, developer of the open source operating system Ubuntu, has announced that Dell will sell PCs with the pre-installed Ubuntu operating system in its over 100 new retail stores in China.

With a 13.5% global share, the Chinese PC maker Lenovo became the world's second largest PC maker for the first time, exceeding Dell, according to the PC shipment report for the third quarter of 2011 released by the market research firm Gartner.

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.

Amit Midha, chairman for Dell Greater China, has revealed at Dell China's performance communication meeting for the second quarter of 2012 fiscal year that due to the growth of its large enterprise business unit and public utilities business, Dell China's revenue increased by 20% during the reporting period.

An executive from Dell has revealed that its eye-catching 10-inch tablet computer Streak 10 Pro will be first launched in the Chinese 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.

Paul-Henri Ferrand, president for the Asia Pacific and Japan regions of Dell, revealed that Dell China's revenue increased by 22% during the first quarter of 2012 fiscal year.

Taiwan-based PC maker Acer has announced that Gianfranco Lanci, chief executive officer and president of Acer, has resigned from the company, with immediate effect.

To increase its market share in China, Dell plans to set up over one thousand retail centers in 2011 and open another one thousand after-sales service sites in small cities in China.

Munich-headquartered Wirecard AG and the Chinese third-party Internet payment platform Alipay.com have signed a cooperation agreement to provide fast and secure payment services to Internet users.

PC maker Dell has announced plans to build a new China operating center in Changsha, capital of Hunan province.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, PC maker Lenovo has announced plans to appoint Justin Liang as its new general manager for the Taiwan region.

Dell has announced that its plant in Xiamen will start providing desktop computers and related products to its clients in Taiwan, and the company promised to enlarge operating investment in Xiamen.

David Roman, head of marketing for Lenovo Group, announced that the Chinese PC maker plans to launch a dual-mode PC product named IdeaPad U1 in China at the beginning of 2011.