Taiwanese computer, communication and consumer electronics retailer Tsann Kuen has announced plans to return to the Chinese mainland market in 2009.

The Chinese security software provider Qihoo has announced that by the end of December 2008, its Qihoo 360 security software had been installed nearly 200 million times.

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.

Founder Technology has published a notice stating Ma Zheng, past general manager for Lenovo's (LNVGY) digital peripherals, has now hopped to rival Founder Technology and will be the company's vice president responsible for the notebook customer group.

Apple (AAPL) has announced plans to sell refurbished products on its Chinese official website at discounted prices, and these products include the iMac and iPod product lines.

The Chinese instant messaging provider Tencent may launch a QQ-themed netbook in 2009.

Seven Chinese online game operators, including Shanda (SNDA), NetEase (NTES), Giant (GA), The9 (NCTY), Perfect World (PWRD), Ourgame and Holdfast, have jointly announced plans to cooperate with the Chinese security software provider 360 to fight game identity theft trojan viruses.

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.

After Tencent announced plans to block Caihong QQ, which was originally rumored to be related to the Chinese social networking site 51.com, the Chinese SNS website admitted that the software was owned by 51.com, but it announced at the same time that Caihong QQ is a legal instant messaging assistant software.

The Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising has apologized to its users for a bug in its Kaka Assistant product and announced at the same time that the company would help users to restore their lost emails and missing data.

CDC Corporation (CHINA), a hodgepodge of Internet and software businesses operating in China and and around the world, announced financial results for the third quarter of 2008 and said total revenue from continuing operations was USD103.8 million in the quarter, a modest 5% increase compared to USD98.4 million in the third quarter of 2007.

The international telecommunications equipment manufacturer Nokia Siemens Networks has confirmed that David Ho, chairman for Nokia Siemens Networks Greater China, formally departed from his position on October 31, 2008.

China's leading social networking services website Xiaonei.com has announced plans to open its Internet payment system application program interface, making it the first SNS website that has opened its payment system to third parties.

Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei has announced plans to join the non-profit organization Symbian Foundation, which is run by Nokia, along with nine other companies, including the British chip designer ARM and the credit card giant Visa, to gain free access to the Symbian mobile phone operating system software provided by Nokia.

Jiangmin, one of China's leading anti-virus software provider, has recently launched its anti-virus product for 2009, KV2009, starting a new round market of competition in China's busy anti-virus software sector.