Consumer advocates welcome HP laptop settlement
2010-05-12 07:56:14
After nearly two months of intense negotiations, a consumer group has reached an agreement with Hewlett-Packard China in which the company promises to solve consumers' problems on a case-by-case basis, backed by guarantees
Motorola aims for bigger slice of smartphone pie
2010-05-11 10:57:10
Cellphone maker Motorola Inc foresees great growth potential in China's smartphone market as more and more users start surfing the Internet with handsets, a top company official said on Monday.
Hanwang to triple sales of e-readers
2010-05-11 10:48:12
China's biggest e-reader maker Hanwang expects its reader shipments to triple this year on growing demand, but may see its market share and margins fall on intensifying competition, the company's chairman said.
Stone-based paper rolls off production line
2010-05-11 10:30:55
A Chinese paper manufacturer has begun batch production of rich mineral paper (RMP), a paper made from ground stone, instead of wood and water.
Lenovo to take on the big boys with LePhone
2010-05-11 09:09:50
"I am convinced that Lenovo's latest smartphone, LePhone, will be a success in the Chinese market," said Liu Chuanzhi, chairman of Lenovo Group.
Software piracy rate declining
2010-05-11 07:11:37
About 45 percent of the software installed on computers in China last year was pirated, down by 2 percentage points from the previous year.
Taobao: Shanghai tops online shopping cities
2010-05-10 17:18:43
Taobao.com, China's largest online retail portal released a report Sunday on online shopping cities during 2009 to 2010. The top 10 cities mostly come from East China, led by Shanghai, International Finance News reported Monday.
China's Taobao, Yahoo Japan unveil strategic tie-up
2010-05-10 13:30:58
Yahoo Japan and Taobao, China's largest online retailer, will launch a strategic tie-up to sell each others' products, the companies said on Monday.
Bringing history to life for today's high-tech generation
2010-05-10 10:22:24
Visitors to Shanghai Expo will be amazed by the giant scroll painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival in the China Pavilion.
The man with the 3D ambition
2010-05-10 09:43:36
Entrepreneur aims to exploit an interest in computer graphics to make blockbusters.
iPads - real and fake - selling out in China
2010-05-08 10:12:00
New shipments are arriving every day in the hundreds, maybe thousands, to Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing. Transported covertly in the bellies of planes from the United States to China, the distribution channels are up and running, feeding a growing Chinese appetite for Apple's latest gadget du jour - The iPad.
Huge drop in Chinese video websites
2010-05-07 17:24:43
The number of Chinese video websites has dropped from 300 to just over 20 now, a decline of more than 90 percent, reported the Guangzhou Daily.