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.

Tsinghua University and Mozilla China have jointly developed a new Internet browser product that is specially designed for IPv6.

Chinese Internet security solutions provider 360 has published a commitment for user privacy protection and announced at the same time that it will submit its source code to China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center for hosting and testing.

U.S.-based commercial open source software firm SugarCRM has just named Yun-Ping Hsu as general manager of the company's China operations.

The Taiwanese GPS and communications products developer and manufacturer Garmin Corporation has joined the Google-dominated (GOOG) Open Handset Alliance.

A new mail spam report from Commtouch (CTCH) says China is a top location for zombie IP addresses.

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.

Microsoft (MSFT) and Novell (NOVL) have announced an incremental investment in their relationship focused on converting unsupported Linux users to supported SUSE Linux Enterprise, with a particular emphasis on the Chinese market.

Guo Yuanzheng, general manager of Mozilla Online Ltd, a China-based subsidiary of the Mozilla Corporation that is in charge of promoting Firefox in China, has told the local media that Firefox will soon start a new campaign to seize more market share in China.

Following the partial opening of its source code, Microsoft has now announced plans to provide free software to college students, including those studying in China.