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The article reports on the support rendered by digital technology company Intel Corp. to tablet computer manufacturers in China. Topics discussed include the large production of personal computers (PCs), the domination of Taiwanese manufacturers, and the supply of table chips from Intel. It also presents the insights of Intel senior vice president Kirk Skaugen and IDC research firm analyst Bryan Ma on the PC market.

The article reviews the financial performance of the Chinese personal computer (PC) maker Lenovo for its fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2013 when the company declared a profit of 220 million U.S. dollars on a revenue of 9.8 billion U.S. dollars. It notes that Lenovo reported strong earnings even as demand for PCs has fallen sharply. It also attributes Lenovo's strong performance to the growing combined shipments of tablets and smartphones, as well as its large presence in China.

The article offers information on the quantum computer developed by Chinese researchers based on multi-phonon entanglement. Topics discussed include quantum computing architecture, investment on semiconductor development for conversion of personal computers (PCs) and mobile devices to homegrown chips, and methods of developing quantum computer.

Announces the names of Hong Kong investment companies that acquired the stock of Priceline.co Inc. and the plan of IBM Corp. to pay for Linux development in Asia and the Pacific region.

The article offers technology news briefs as of July 13, 2015. Topics include the death of Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo due to cancer, the China has on top in the Top 500 supercomputer ranking with its supercomputer, Tianhe-2 computer and the resignation of Ellen Pao as chief executive officer (CEO) of Reddit.

Reports that United States companies are striving to find a balance as political tensions between China and Taiwan, threatens to disrupt the flow of critical components. What breakdown in trade relations between the three could mean; Comments from Mike Campi, vice president of worldwide materials for Apple Computer Incorporated.

The article reports on a deal between the Hong Kong Judiciary and Unisys Corp. The Judiciary has awarded Unisys with a five-year outsourcing contract. Under the terms of the deal, Unisys Corp. will be responsible for providing continuing application support and maintenance. Unisys will also be expected to provide network infrastructure, office automation, and other information technology services. The article notes that details on the contract between the Judiciary and Unisys, specifically its value, were not disclosed.

The article reports that Hong Kong-based Alibaba.com Corp. has introduced a new company known as Alisoft, which will market hosted business software and small and midsize business enterprises in China. Alisoft will initially offer five kinds of software: customer relationship, sales force, inventory, marketing information management applications, and financial tools. Alibaba.com, which operates a business-to-business e-commerce site for consumers, has calculated that more than 40 million small and midsize companies are using advanced software.

This article reports on the plans of China Mobile Communications Corp. to start offering its subscribers in China a push electronic mail service based on Windows Mobile operating system of Microsoft Corp. It is noted that the two companies announced their intentions for the new offering at the ITU Telecom World 2006 conference. China Mobile Communications points out that the Push Mail service will allow users with mobile devices running Windows Mobile 5.0. send and receive electronic mail messages

The article reports on the new regulations in China that will fine Internet pirates of up to 100,000 renminbi for unauthorized use of copyrighted material on the Internet. Under the new regulations, uploading or downloading of copyrighted material will require the permission of copyright holder. Usage, production, and importation of devices capable of evading copyrights are also ban under the new regulations. The regulations are the answers of the Chinese government to the pressure of U.S. industry groups including Business Software Alliance, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America Inc. to improve its record on fighting the use of pirated software and media.

This article reports that Microsoft Corp. signed Windows operating system license agreements with two China-based computer original equipment manufacturers, Tsinghua Tongfang Co. in Beijing and TCL Corp. in Huizhou. These Chinese companies are moving in advance of a Chinese government mandate regarding the use of licensed operating systems in microcomputers. Vice premier Wu Yi attended the signing ceremony on her way to Washington, D.C. for trade negotiations with the U.S. The deal includes the Chinese companies' effort to educate end users about the advantages of licensed software.

The article reflects on the contract under which the U.S. State Department is buying $13 million worth of PCs from Lenovo as part of its IT modernization program. It argues that since Lenovo is a Chinese company, the deal could be a plot to enable the Chinese government to spy on the State Department. It comments that sourcing locally tends to be problematic not only because the company winds up with a mishmash of technology, but because it is unable to strategically leverage its buying power. It emphasizes that what really matters about the State Department contract is the bigger story of CDW Corp.'s emergence as a key supplier to U.S. government operations around the world.

This article discusses developments in information technology, computer industry, computer software industry, and computer service industry in China, Singapore, and the Philippines. China has set five-year plans for IT in the period 2006 to 2010. PDM International Pte. Ltd. has been charged with using unlicensed Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Autodesk Inc. computer software. A Philippines Department of Science and Technology Web portal integrates the databases of various government agencies and research institutes.

This article reports on the release of relabeled versions of Intel Corp.'s Pentium M mobile processors by unauthorized distributors in China. These distributors are trying to pass them off as chips with better performance and higher prices. But Intel Corp. contended that the problem is not widespread. The processors had been distributed to computer makers as engineering samples and were not intended to be sold to end users.

Comments on the vivid tolerance of software companies on the piracy of their products. Photograph exposé on the counterfeiting activity at Golden Arcade in Hongkong; Approximated price of pirated software; Possible involvement of the Hongkong triad in the counterfeiting activity.

The article presents a response by the author on comments made on his article "The Three Stooges."Stooges." The author argued that the three U.S. congressmen who raised a national security alarm in response to International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM's) plan to sell its PC business to China's Lenovo Group were engaged in legislative buffoonery. The reaction from some readers was intense. "You are just another silver-haired corporate lackey, toeing the corporate line," one wrote. It occurred to the author as he watched the little girl in the IBM commercial that a lot of these readers are probably irate about IBM supplying technology to educate Chinese children. After all, educated children grow up to be skilled adults who might very well be compelled to join China's military forces. The author has no doubt that many Americans contend that the national security would be better protected by withholding the means for Chinese children to be educated. The author opined that a little girl on a farm in China has just as much right to an education as a little girl on a farm in Iowa.

This section presents news briefs on issues and events related to the computer and Internet industry as of January 3, 2005. China's first network based on Internet Protocol Version 6 called CERNET2 (China Education and Research Network 2), begins operations, linking 25 universities in 20 cities across China at speeds as fast as 10 gigabyte per second, network officials say. On the other news, the latest version of the Santy worm poses an elevated risk to many Web sites built using the PHP scripting language, and protection of those sites may involve individually recoding them, security experts warn. Meanwhile, faced with intense competition from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and others, blade server vendor RLX Technologies drops its hardware lineup to focus on developing and marketing its RLX Control Tower 6G blade server management software suite.

The article presents information on latest developments in the computer industry. It reports that Sap AG has begun construction of a research and development campus for 450 software developers in Shanghai, China. The facility will help the software vendor serve one of its fastest-growing markets. SAP said that more than 800 companies and multinational subsidiaries in China use its products. Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) and Xerox Corp. last week jointly announced a S40 million contract to provide managed document services to nearly 200 of Barclays PLC's offices in Great Britain. The 66-month contract expands on a $350 million information technology services deal that EDS signed with London-based Barclays in June 2003.

Reports on the offshore IT outsourcing services in China. Factors contributing to China's competitive edge in IT outsourcing services; Types of IT works given to Chinese IT workers; Advantage of other countries over China in IT outsourcing services.

Presents a roundup of news from the worldwide computer and information technology industry as of May 1999. Include recommendations for the amendment to New Zealand's privacy act; Ending of the Telmex-Sprint Communications LLC joint venture; Cultural barriers hindering the adoption of online trading in Hong Kong.

Presents news about computer industry. Effects of the efforts of the Chinese government to crackdown personal computer smuggling on foreign vendors; How youth in France view the Internet; Information on Parlay, a technology from British Telecommunications PLC that will spur the creation of public phone network; Formation of the Russian Association of Electronic Commerce; Expansion of PointCast Inc. in Europe.

Discusses the impact of aggressive posturing of the US federal government against China over widespread Chinese software piracy and trade barriers on the efforts of the American computer industry to break into the Chinese market. Imposition of high tariffs; Views from industry officials; Analysts' views.

Presents a series of news about computer industry in July 1998. Internet activity in China; Features of the AXI 1.5 software launched by the Microsoft Corporation and American Express Travel Related Services Company; Purpose of IBM Corporation for extending the DB2.

Looks at comments made by Astec International Group MIS manger James Tang, at the Hong Kong Share/Guidance Conference, concerning the business and management skills of IS professionals in Hong Kong. Role of management; Question concerning IS professionals' ability to capitalize on business ventures; Consensus of persons attending conference.