http://www.guanxithebook.com Microsoft & China Related News Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:55:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/windows-users-brace-for-confickers-wiggle/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/windows-users-brace-for-confickers-wiggle/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:55:30 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/windows-users-brace-for-confickers-wiggle/ The News Review: - Windows users brace for Conficker’s wiggle - Chinese hackers ‘using ghost network to control embassy computers’ - Microsoft tomtom find way to settlement - Conficker worm ‘not so scary’ - NewMarket Technology Inc. Presents Greenfield Strategy in … Windows users brace for Conficker’s wiggle [/goto.php?url=aHR0cDovL25ld3MuY25ldC5jb20vODMwMS0xMDA5XzMtMTAyMDc4NTItODMuaHRtbA==] CNET News html roundup The Conficker worm is expected to hit the Internet on Wednesday but experts disagree on how extensive the damage could be. html” >Conficker flaw reveals which computers are infectedResearchers find flaw in Conficker that lets them detect which computers have the legitimate Microsoft patch and which were “patched” by the worm itself. (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)March 30 2009 1:54 p. Chinese hackers ‘using ghost network to control embassy computers’ Times nline getElementById(”enter-view-comment-error-container”). Dave Anonymous For the benefit of the Chinese themselves I think they need to find ways to put themselves into a position where they are not always having to deny deny deny. These endless denials in-and-of-themselves suggest guilt at some level. Tracy Williamsburg USALet’s forget that the easiest type of S to hack is Mac S and Ubuntu and try and improve our street cred by blaming MS products. True IT professionals know each S has multiple ways of being breached with the majority of the fault laying on the user’s shoulder regardless of S platform. Microsoft tomtom find way to settlement Minneapolis Star Tribune vidiu-Ionut Nicola-Roman pleaded guilty last year to his role in the scheme which involved sending e-mails that directed recipients to fake websites where they were asked to input sensitive data. Music download site for China launchedGoogle Inc. and major music companies launched a free Internet music download service for China on Monday in a bid to help turn a field dominated by pirates into a profitable legitimate business. Related from Pvandv : CNET News Daily Podcast: What the Microsoft TomTom settlement means Conficker worm ‘not so scary’ USA Today ?Though SecureWorks was not invited to become a member of the Microsoft-led. ?These are the security industry?s heavy-hitters? says Stewart. ?And you can be sure they are working diligently to mitigate the domain issue. NewMarket Technology Inc. Presents Greenfield Strategy in … FXBusiness newmarkettechnology. com) NewMarket helps clients maintain the delicate balance between maintaining legacy systems and gaining a competitive edge from the latest technology innovations. NewMarket provides certified systems integration and maintenance services to support the prevailing industry standard solutions from companies such as Microsoft racle Infor Cisco Systems SAP Siebel and Sun Microsystems. Concurrently NewMarket continuously seeks to acquire emerging technology assets to incorporate into an overall product portfolio carefully packaged to complement the prevailing industry standard solutions. NewMarket delivers its portfolio of products and services through its network of Solution Integration subsidiaries in North America and the leading emerging markets around the world to include Latin America China and Singapore. NewMarket ranked Number ne in Texas Number Three in the United States and Number Five in North America on Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500 a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology media telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years from 2001-2005. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/windows-users-brace-for-confickers-wiggle/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/conficker-worm-might-originate-from-china/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/conficker-worm-might-originate-from-china/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:52:37 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/conficker-worm-might-originate-from-china/ The News Review: - Conficker worm might originate from China - China’s Guotai Fund to launch Nasdaq-linked fund - Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate - Video Game Makers Challenged by the Next Wave of Media - Where are the most valuable companies? Conficker worm might originate from China CNET News However there is a $250000 question: the origin of the virus. This is the amount Microsoft is putting up as a reward for any information leading to an arrest related to the case. China’s Guotai Fund to launch Nasdaq-linked fund Reuters financial market data provider Standard & Poor’s tojointly develop QDII products. China Southern plans to launch funds that track the benchmarkStandard & Poor’s 500 stock index. SPX giving mainlandinvestors exposure to a range of U. blue chips such asMicrosoft Corp (. ) Wal-mart Stores Inc (. Related from Liabilitymanagementsystems : Guotai Asset Management Chief Executive fficer to Ring the NASDAQ … Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. An employee at Microsoft China’s Hardware Innovation Center stated that senior management at the company recently completed negotiations with a number of Shenzhen-based small non-branded notebook computer manufacturers and has reached preliminary cooperation understandings with several companies. An informed source revealed that Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system would be made available to the manufacturers for USD 19 per copy. Microsoft China plans to launch a Windows 7 logo certification plan that will allow consumers to easily identify reliable products compatible with Windows. According to sources it will cost USD 200 for each computer model that receives Windows certification. Video Game Makers Challenged by the Next Wave of Media New York Times People are playing on consoles computers cellphones and hand-held gadgets. But a proliferation of free or low-cost games on the Web and for phones limits how much the major game publishers can raise prices. It also diverts attention from the game consoles like the PlayStation 3 from. Where are the most valuable companies? Seattle Times companies had four of the top five companies in terms of market capitalization. Microsoft ranked first followed by General Electric (second) Cisco (fourth) and Wal-Mart (fifth). Further evidence of U. dominance at the time was the fact that 14 of the 20 most valuable companies were headquartered in the United States. However as of mid-March only two among the top five companies were U. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/conficker-worm-might-originate-from-china/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate-2/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate-2/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:40:32 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate-2/ The News Review: - Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate - AP Technology NewsBrief at 6:52 am EDT - RIAA YouTube China: Plotting New and Creative Ways to Separate … - House of Commons network hit by Conficker computer worm - Battle Brewing ver Reconciliation Which Is Anything but That Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. An employee at Microsoft China’s Hardware Innovation Center stated that senior management at the company recently completed negotiations with a number of Shenzhen-based small non-branded notebook computer manufacturers and has reached preliminary cooperation understandings with several companies. An informed source revealed that Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system would be made available to the manufacturers for USD 19 per copy. Microsoft China plans to launch a Windows 7 logo certification plan that will allow consumers to easily identify reliable products compatible with Windows. According to sources it will cost USD 200 for each computer model that receives Windows certification. AP Technology NewsBrief at 6:52 am EDT TMCnet ’s iTunes orchestrates my music collection but sometimes it hits a wrong chord on the older and more eclectic CDs transferred to my computer. That’s why hundreds of songs in my iTunes library are missing the proper album artwork or have been lumped into loosely defined categories that don’t truly describe the music genre. I’m a PC and this time Microsoft’s buyingSEATTLE (AP) _ Apple’s Macintosh computers may be cool but Windows PCs are easier on the wallet. That’s the recession-sensitive message Microsoft Corp. is pushing in a new series of commercials that debuted Thursday. The ads also continue Microsoft’s work to reclaim the "I’m a PC" catchphrase from Apple Inc. and undo the stodgy image its competitor has bestowed on the Windows operating system. RIAA YouTube China: Plotting New and Creative Ways to Separate … TechNewsWorld The deal couldn’t come at a better time for Blockbuster which recently had to accept emergency financing in order to pay its bills after losing US$359-million in the fourth quarter. If Blockbuster doesn’t stop seeing red and start seeing green pretty soon it’s liable to turn black-and-blue. Shot Across the Bow?Microsoft doesn’t sue very often so when it. House of Commons network hit by Conficker computer worm guardian.co.uk The revelation is an embarrassment for the organisation running the network which contains nearly 1000 computers because. MessageLabs owned by Symantec is understood to be responsible for the antivirus and antispam filtering of communications with the network. Battle Brewing ver Reconciliation Which Is Anything but That New York Times But in Congress reconciliation can mean the opposite conjuring up relationships more along the lines of Yankees-Red Sox or Microsoft versus Apple. Skip to next paragraph Blog. Related from Peternorberg : Beer battle brewing in Legislature ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate-2/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/riaa-youtube-china-plotting-new-and-creative-ways-to-separate/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/riaa-youtube-china-plotting-new-and-creative-ways-to-separate/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:38:52 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/riaa-youtube-china-plotting-new-and-creative-ways-to-separate/ The News Review: - RIAA YouTube China: Plotting New and Creative Ways to Separate … - Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate - House of Commons network hit by Conficker computer worm RIAA YouTube China: Plotting New and Creative Ways to Separate … TechNewsWorld The deal couldn’t come at a better time for Blockbuster which recently had to accept emergency financing in order to pay its bills after losing US$359-million in the fourth quarter. If Blockbuster doesn’t stop seeing red and start seeing green pretty soon it’s liable to turn black-and-blue. Shot Across the Bow?Microsoft doesn’t sue very often so when it. Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. An employee at Microsoft China’s Hardware Innovation Center stated that senior management at the company recently completed negotiations with a number of Shenzhen-based small non-branded notebook computer manufacturers and has reached preliminary cooperation understandings with several companies. An informed source revealed that Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system would be made available to the manufacturers for USD 19 per copy. Microsoft China plans to launch a Windows 7 logo certification plan that will allow consumers to easily identify reliable products compatible with Windows. According to sources it will cost USD 200 for each computer model that receives Windows certification. Related from Apowerdesigns : Apple Reworks iWork for Small Biz House of Commons network hit by Conficker computer worm guardian.co.uk The revelation is an embarrassment for the organisation running the network which contains nearly 1000 computers because. MessageLabs owned by Symantec is understood to be responsible for the antivirus and antispam filtering of communications with the network. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/riaa-youtube-china-plotting-new-and-creative-ways-to-separate/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:36:57 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate/ The News Review: - Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate - China closes digital window - Conficker: Doomsday or the World’s Longest Rickroll? - Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications Microsoft China Small Laptop EMs to Cooperate Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. An employee at Microsoft China’s Hardware Innovation Center stated that senior management at the company recently completed negotiations with a number of Shenzhen-based small non-branded notebook computer manufacturers and has reached preliminary cooperation understandings with several companies. An informed source revealed that Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system would be made available to the manufacturers for USD 19 per copy. Microsoft China plans to launch a Windows 7 logo certification plan that will allow consumers to easily identify reliable products compatible with Windows. According to sources it will cost USD 200 for each computer model that receives Windows certification. China closes digital window Asia Times nline During a glitzy product launch at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art company boss Steve Perlman boasted that games will appear and run as if they are playing locally. Running a demo using Crysis Wars a very graphic-intensive and hardware demanding game the team wowed the audience by playing the title on a cheap laptop streaming it over the Internet from a web server. Console manufacturers including Sony Nintendo and Microsoft are not going to be amused if the service which will be provided on a monthly subscription basis takes off. However as with many new innovative online offerings only those with reliable high-speed Internet connections will benefit sadly that excludes most of Asia. Conficker: Doomsday or the World’s Longest Rickroll? Washington Post In response the worm’s authors upped the ante by shipping Conficker. c which increased the number of download domains to 50000 and the number possible country-code domains in which those Web site names could be registered to 110. You would hardly know it from the press reports so far but the Conficker Cabal has not been sitting idly by in the face of this new threat. According to Cabal member Rick Wesson chief executive at San Francisco based security firm Support Intelligence the group has managed to engage all but one of those countries so far — the Republic of the Congo. Related from Build-your-own-computer-plan : PC security forces face April 1 showdown with Conficker worm Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. Sina and Microsoft (China) have already worked together on IE8 development for more than a year with cooperation including website compatibility efforts IE8-specific portals and development of a custom branded version of IE8. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/microsoft-china-small-laptop-ems-to-cooperate/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory-2/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory-2/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:29:14 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory-2/ The News Review: - China Becoming the World’s Malware Factory - Will Conficker Botnet Trigger ‘Unthinkable Disaster’? - Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications - Is the Floating Dollar Sunk? - China says Tibet torture video is ‘a fake’ as it blocks YouTube - Pirates prefer XP to Vista - Senate approves Locke as commerce secretary China Becoming the World’s Malware Factory PC World Hackers have had a lot of success launching widespread 0day attacks against programs like RealPlayer and Adobe Flash but they have also hit local Chinese programs including Xunlei QQ and UUSee. Security is often little more than an afterthought for local software developers Zhao said. “In China you have all this third-party software that’s very popular but which is much less secure than Microsoft software” said Wayne Huang CE of Web security consultancy Armorize which has research labs in Taiwan. Not only are exploits for Chinese programs like QQ much easier to find — software companies tend to take much longer to patch the exploits. “QQ is not going to be able to react as quickly as Microsoft” he said. Cyberattacks in the region can be ingenious. Earlier this month criminals redirected Taiwanese traffic to the tw. Will Conficker Botnet Trigger ‘Unthinkable Disaster’? Wired News Will Conficker become an evil twin to Google that lets criminals easily search for the valuable secrets of people running unpatched pirated copies of Windows in China and Brazil? r is it a censorship-busting peer-to-peer network erected by lawless but well-meaning cypherpunks? Most disturbing will it learn at an exponential rate until it becomes self-aware and decides humanity’s fate in a microsecond?The imagination reels at the possibilities of a botnet that contains 20 percent more computers than the last doomsday worm which as you know killed us all. With the April 1 deadline approaching I thought I’d better get my own apocalyptic prediction on the record now: Conficker like all the other botnets will mostly send spam. But tell us what you think. What would you do with a 12-million-node botnet? Submit and vote below. Show Conficker predictions that are:. Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. Sina and Microsoft (China) have already worked together on IE8 development for more than a year with cooperation including website compatibility efforts IE8-specific portals and development of a custom branded version of IE8. Is the Floating Dollar Sunk? Barron's SDRs based on a basket of currencies have never gained much usage except for IMF transactions. Asked about global confidence in the dollar at Tuesday’s press conference President bama called the currency “extraordinarily strong” and dismissed the need for an international currency. Americans should realize that the nation’s most successful export isn’t Coke or Boeing airliners or Microsoft software or even Hollywood films. It’s the dollar which is accepted around the world as a store of value. Under the current floating exchange-rate system the U. wasn’t limited by the gold in Fort Knox as to how many dollars it could issue. China says Tibet torture video is ‘a fake’ as it blocks YouTube Telegraph.co.uk China has a long history of internet censorship and is thought to have the most advanced internet surveillance systems in the world. A “Great Firewall” blocks content that is deemed unsuitable by censors while police scour the web to “harmonise” signs of dissent. Chinese web sites usually self-censor and sites including Google Yahoo! Microsoft and Skype all block terms they believe the government would want them to censor. In 2007 the city of Xiamen banned anonymous blog postings after text messages and blogs were used to coordinate protests against a planned chemical plant. Last year a report from the Pew Internet project in China showed that the majority of Chinese Internet users welcomed the idea of controls over content and believed it was natural that the government would censor the web. Alternatively you may have to open a web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer and copy the link over into the address bar. Related from Journowiki : YouTube Blocked in China - Again Pirates prefer XP to Vista Neoseeker In an acknowledgement of that fact Microsoft has released an updated version of its Windows Genuine Advantage tool that checks for recently stolen and ersatz product keys as well as attempts to bypass the authentication process. As part of its ongoing campaign against illegal and pirated copies of its software Microsoft is using the WGA program to nag by displaying a black desktop on pirated copies of Windows XP. The WGA tool revert users’ desktops back to black after one hour if they change the background color. Users of illegal copies are also treated to a permanent nag notice in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. Senate approves Locke as commerce secretary Reuters state from 1997 through the end of 2004. That capped a career in Washington state politics for the former prosecutor and state legislator. As governor he worked to expand trade with China for the state’s wheat and apple growers as well as two of its corporate giants Microsoft and Boeing. “ne of the most critical jobs the commerce secretary performs is finding markets for American products and technologies. He understands how important this is and he knows how to do it successfully” Washington Senator Patty Murray said. Business groups hope that background will make Locke a key ally in the bama cabinet. But he’ll also be under pressure from labor groups to prod China on a number of trade-related concerns including Beijing’s record on workers right. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory-2/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:22:44 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory/ The News Review: - China Becoming the World’s Malware Factory - PC security forces face April 1 showdown with Conficker worm - Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications - Senate approves Locke as commerce secretary China Becoming the World’s Malware Factory PC World Hackers have had a lot of success launching widespread 0day attacks against programs like RealPlayer and Adobe Flash but they have also hit local Chinese programs including Xunlei QQ and UUSee. Security is often little more than an afterthought for local software developers Zhao said. “In China you have all this third-party software that’s very popular but which is much less secure than Microsoft software” said Wayne Huang CE of Web security consultancy Armorize which has research labs in Taiwan. Not only are exploits for Chinese programs like QQ much easier to find — software companies tend to take much longer to patch the exploits. “QQ is not going to be able to react as quickly as Microsoft” he said. Cyberattacks in the region can be ingenious. Earlier this month criminals redirected Taiwanese traffic to the tw. PC security forces face April 1 showdown with Conficker worm USA Today In the past few months Conficker’s creators have infected at least 3 million Windows PCs worldwide with malicious software and perhaps as many as 12 million. At this moment the bad guys are locked in a high-stakes showdown with a posse of security groups led by Microsoft. Conficker’s controllers have set a date for what amounts to a cyber-shootout at the K Corral. Next Wednesday — April Fools’ Day — millions of infected PCs called bots will begin reporting for further instructions presumably to begin spreading spam stealing data or carrying out online scams. And there appears to be little the good guys can do to cut off such communications. “We have not yet begun to feel the real impact of Conficker” says Paul Henry researcher at security firm Lumension. Related from Tianjigh : Conficker Worm Strikes Back With New Variant Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. Sina and Microsoft (China) have already worked together on IE8 development for more than a year with cooperation including website compatibility efforts IE8-specific portals and development of a custom branded version of IE8. Senate approves Locke as commerce secretary Reuters state from 1997 through the end of 2004. That capped a career in Washington state politics for the former prosecutor and state legislator. As governor he worked to expand trade with China for the state’s wheat and apple growers as well as two of its corporate giants Microsoft and Boeing. “ne of the most critical jobs the commerce secretary performs is finding markets for American products and technologies. He understands how important this is and he knows how to do it successfully” Washington Senator Patty Murray said. Business groups hope that background will make Locke a key ally in the bama cabinet. But he’ll also be under pressure from labor groups to prod China on a number of trade-related concerns including Beijing’s record on workers right. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/china-becoming-the-worlds-malware-factory/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/sina-microsoft-ally-on-ie8-applications/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/sina-microsoft-ally-on-ie8-applications/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:21:49 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/sina-microsoft-ally-on-ie8-applications/ The News Review: - Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications - Qualcomm backs game console for `next billion’ - Microsoft Stands Accused of Patent Infringement Sina Microsoft Ally on IE8 Applications Marbridge Consulting marbridgeconsulting. Sina and Microsoft (China) have already worked together on IE8 development for more than a year with cooperation including website compatibility efforts IE8-specific portals and development of a custom branded version of IE8. Qualcomm backs game console for `next billion’ The Associated Press But instead of playing video games on disks the Zeebo will use digitally downloaded games — distributed through cell phone networks that players don’t even have to subscribe to. The console is not meant to directly compete with the latest powerful devices like Sony Corp. ’s PlayStation 3 Microsoft’s Xbox 360 or the Wii. Rather said Zeebo CE John F. Rizzo it is targeted at consumers in emerging markets like India China Brazil and Eastern Europe who generally can’t afford the latest high-end consoles or the games published for them. In many of these countries cell phone service is more readily available and cheaper than wired broadband. Zeebo unveiled Monday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco attaches to any TV and uses a fraction of the electricity that high-end gaming consoles need. Related from Ultimategamingnetwork : No recession here: NPD says US gaming industry in good health Microsoft Stands Accused of Patent Infringement CRIENGLISH.com The company said Microsoft uses an XML-based RSS information interactive processing approach in the software operating system Windows Vista which has been popularly sold in China as a successor of Windows XP without a license agreement. The Xi’an Intermediate People’s Court accepted the case and held the first court hearing in ctober. “Microsoft China appeared in court but they denied the violation” said Wang. To Wang’s surprise his company received notice from the Patent Re-examination Board of the State Intellectual Property ffice that Microsoft had applied an invalidity appeal to CECIT’s RSS-related patent in September. “We immediately organized a team including experts in law and technology to actively prepare the defense presentation” said Wang. “ur evidence and explanation gained the recognition from the board in November and received the final decision statement in February. ” However Microsoft still insisted on its innocence on the patent infringement dispute. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/sina-microsoft-ally-on-ie8-applications/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/it-mncs-upbeat-on-china-investment/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/it-mncs-upbeat-on-china-investment/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:13:46 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/it-mncs-upbeat-on-china-investment/ The News Review: - IT MNCs upbeat on China investment - Microsoft and MediaTek to Develop Smartphone Chipsets - China Southern Fund S&P to develop index products - Google Yahoo and Microsoft slammed for foreign censorship - Signs f Stress: Warren Buffett’s Downgrade China’s Treasury Jitters IT MNCs upbeat on China investment China Economic Net More IT multinational companies have moved their R&D centers and production bases into China and develop together with Chinese enterprises. In the middle of November 2008 Microsoft declared that it would invest 1 billion dollars in the future three years into the research & development in the field of mobile & embedded Internet platform entertainment as well as medical & health of Microsoft China. Microsoft had invested nearly 300 million dollars to build a new Microsoft China Research & Development Center in Zhongguancun China before this. In 2009 the amount of investment of Samsung in China is still great. Piao Genxi discloses that the total investment of Samsung China in 2009 will reach 1 billion dollars and it will give preference to talent training and technical research & development in the aspect of investment direction. Samsung’s research & development personnel in China in 2009 will reach about 4500. At the same time Cisco also indicates that its development in China has stepped into a new phase and the 16-billion-dollar investment plan promised in China is being steadily implemented. Microsoft and MediaTek to Develop Smartphone Chipsets Softpedia Back then Liao Qingfeng vice president of Microsoft China had just moved to the company. According to MTK the first chipsets for said smartphones are expected to become available sometime in the third quarter of the ongoing year about the same time the. China Southern Fund S&P to develop index products Reuters financial market dataprovider Standard & Poor’s to jointly develop overseas investmentproducts under China’s Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor(QDII) scheme the China Securities Journal reported on Monday. The companies will develop QDII funds that track thebenchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index. SPX givingmainland investors exposure to a range of U. blue chips such asMicrosoft Corp (. ) Wal-mart Stores Inc (. Google Yahoo and Microsoft slammed for foreign censorship FierceCI The human rights organization in a new report said the firms have been too cooperative with governments that want to censor their citizens. The group cited China for its online censorship and Egypt for jailing bloggers and pointed to other countries that crack down on free speech reports BusinessWeek. Clothilde Le Coz of Reporters Without Borders said it is time for the companies to stop cooperating with “enemies” of the Internet. She said the three American companies are aware of what is taking place and should be more proactive in protecting their users from repressive governments. For more on this story:- check out this BusinessWeek. Related from Spamblockermonster : Russian spam bots crack Google Mail captcha Signs f Stress: Warren Buffett’s Downgrade China’s Treasury Jitters U.S. News & World Report Citing concerns about Berkshire’s equity and derivatives investments as well as Buffett’s tight grip on the company ratings agency Fitch cut the insurance and investment company’s issuer default rating by one notch to ‘AA+’. The downgrade is another setback to Buffett 78 coming a day after the billionaire lost his position as the world’s richest man to Microsoft Inc founder Bill Gates according to Forbes’ annual list. Buffett’s net worth plunged to $37 billion from $62 billion last year the list said. "Fitch views the company’s potential earnings and capital volatility derived from its large unhedged market exposures as inconsistent with the stability required at the ‘AAA’ level" the ratings agency said in its statement on Berkshire. Berkshire had its worst year ever in 2008 and Fitch also cited the firm’s "key man" risk in its downgrade due to Buffett’s large ownership and vital role in running the company. Meanwhile China’s Premier Wen Jiabao says he’s. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/it-mncs-upbeat-on-china-investment/feed/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/building-a-better-keyboard/ http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/building-a-better-keyboard/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:00:01 +0000 admin http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/building-a-better-keyboard/ The News Review: - Building a better keyboard - Signs f Stress: Warren Buffett’s Downgrade China’s Treasury Jitters - global economy vs jobs transfers in the Chinese Indian age Building a better keyboard International Herald Tribune Its current and less extravagant line is sold primarily in Japan. The living room and the bedroom are the next beachheads for keyboard designers. Ralf Groene a designer who worked on Microsoft?s Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 said he saw that people were using their PCs in many places outside the office. He wanted to nurture ??relaxed off-desk interactions?? by making it simpler for someone to type comfortably from a couch a recliner or maybe even a beanbag chair. The keys on Microsoft?s keyboard come with backlighting that glows only when the room is dark saving batteries. The price was set at $300 when it was announced but it is now available from many manufacturers for about $230 or so. Adding wireless connections and rechargeable batteries are just the first hurdles for moving a keyboard from the desk and to people?s couches laps and beds. Signs f Stress: Warren Buffett’s Downgrade China’s Treasury Jitters U.S. News & World Report Citing concerns about Berkshire’s equity and derivatives investments as well as Buffett’s tight grip on the company ratings agency Fitch cut the insurance and investment company’s issuer default rating by one notch to ‘AA+’. The downgrade is another setback to Buffett 78 coming a day after the billionaire lost his position as the world’s richest man to Microsoft Inc founder Bill Gates according to Forbes’ annual list. Buffett’s net worth plunged to $37 billion from $62 billion last year the list said. "Fitch views the company’s potential earnings and capital volatility derived from its large unhedged market exposures as inconsistent with the stability required at the ‘AAA’ level" the ratings agency said in its statement on Berkshire. Berkshire had its worst year ever in 2008 and Fitch also cited the firm’s "key man" risk in its downgrade due to Buffett’s large ownership and vital role in running the company. Meanwhile China’s Premier Wen Jiabao says he’s. Related from Auctionsmonster : Treasurys mixed after strong 10-year note auction global economy vs jobs transfers in the Chinese Indian age Cleveland Indy Media Indeed overseas multinationals have enormous choices. They are busy employing any local talent they can find. “They Are Stealing ur Top Talents!” Recently a survey of new Chinese college graduates showed that their top 10 choices for employment were the following companies in order: Haier IBM Microsoft Lenovo P&G GE Motorola Huawei China Mobile and Siemens. 2 Six of these are foreign names. These international players have a great deal of choice. ]]> http://www.guanxithebook.com/2009/03/building-a-better-keyboard/feed/