Taiwanese PC maker Acer will launch its online application store in 2011.

According to statistics on the official website of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's electronic manufacturing industry grew by 17.7% year-on-year in May 2010; and the output of mobile phones in the country increased by 36.7% year-on-year in the first five months of 2010.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has unveiled its first smartphone product named Lephone, along with a new laptop brand Skylight, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

According to reports in foreign media, Chinese PC maker Lenovo has launched its new ThinkPad Edge series based on AMD's microprocessor and it is reportedly the first time for Lenovo to adopt AMD's chips in its notebook products.

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.

Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry has announced plans to invest at least USD1 billion to build a new plant in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.

South Korean LCD manufacturer LG Display has announced that it will invest over USD3 billion to build a Guangzhou-based LCD flat-panel plant, which will be the company's first LCD flat-panel factory in China.

Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry and the international technology company Hewlett-Packard have reached an agreement with the municipal government of Chongqing on the construction of a plant for the production of notebooks and relevant devices.

According to Chen Min, vice president of the Shenzhen-based PC company Hasee Computer, with the improvement of the cross-strait relationship, Hasee will enhance cooperation with Taiwan and the company is considering setting up a research and development center on the island.

Samsung has adopted the VIA Nano processor, made by Taiwan's VIA Technologies, in the new Samsung NC20 mini-notebook.

Intel (INTC) has announced plans to build a Linux software center to assist Taiwan's local manufacturers in extending their notebooks and Internet terminals to the global market.

According to Hong Hanqing, general manager for BenQ's marketing department, the company's digital camera products will start to be sold in Gome from November 11 and it plans to occupy over a 10% market share in the Chinese mainland digital camera sector in the next two years.

Lenovo (LNVGY) can't wait to cash-in on its Olympics sponsorship and has announced the final Internet charity auction of limited-edition notebook PCs inspired by the Lenovo-designed Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch to benefit organizations in China.

Intel (INTC) formally launched five Centrino 2 processor technologies in Beijing this week.

VIA Technologies announced in Beijing the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture.