A new code of conduct for telecommunications companies' interactions with mobile consumers in Hong Kong is gaining accolades from the government.

China's Ministry of Education says that the networks of all China's schools shall be subject to monitoring and education departments at each level shall conduct regular checkups on these networks and guide the schools in installing green online filtering software to remove bad information.

For about a day, businesses and computer users have been complaining about the near-shutdown of Internet services in China. According to information from China Unicom, due to the FNAL/RNAL cable breakdown caused by Typhoon Morakot last week, the Internet communication between China and other countries and regions such as the United States and Europe has [...]

Chinese online travel and hotel booker, Ctrip.com, has made a public announcement in which it apologizes to a consumer surnamed Liang for selling him fake insurance policies and agrees to pay him CNY4,000 in compensation.

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that the auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands has been completed, with Genius Brand, CSL, and China Mobile as big winners bidding a total of HKD1.5 billion.

Chinese Internet payment platform Yeepay.com says starting at 16:20 on January 14, 2009, the company's official website experienced large-scale hacker attacks.

Chinese software maker Kingsoft says it will acquire approximately 30.03% interest in aggregate in the share capital of Sky Profit.

GlobalScape (GSB) announced the availability of the latest versions of its CuteFTP file transfer products in Simplified Chinese and Russian.

China's State Food and Drug Administration has listed 23 websites that have been found to be posting false drug information or selling fake drugs.

According to a survey conducted by Taiwan Internet Association, each local resident in Taiwan received 29 spam emails daily on average, making the total number of spam emails received in Taiwan reach 110.1 billion in 2008.

According to information from the Chinese online home appliances store All3c.com, three Chinese TV makers of Skyworth, TCL, and Changhong have signed direct supply agreements with the website to sell their products through All3c.com's Internet channel.

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.

Chinese online game firm Shanda (SNDA) has announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 and stated consolidated net revenues increased 42.7% year-over-year and 11.8% quarter-over-quarter to a record high of CNY936.5 million.

A new alliance between American Internet security firm Verisign (VRSN) and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.com will give suppliers who subscribe to Alibaba.com's TrustPass membership service a way to verify their status as a legitimate business entity.

Email security firm Barracuda Networks says a webpage hosted in China is latest the destination for Internet users who fall prey to phishers' activities.