Dell shows off smart phone ‘prototype’ at China Mobile event in Beijing

October 7th, 2009 Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&TSEATTLE — Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.

May 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A major reason why mobile phones have been relatively free of virus attacks is that the market is widely split, unlike in computer software, where one firm controls a large chunk of the market, scientists point out. If you own a computer, you are likely to be familiar with a nasty virus attack at some point.

June 22nd, 2009 T-Mobile to launch second Google phone in AugustNEW YORK — T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday. The "T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google" will be a touch-screen phone and will lack the physical keyboard of the T-Mobile G1, the first phone that used Google Inc.'s Android software.

August 12th, 2009 Microsoft to put Office programs on Nokia phonesSEATTLE — Microsoft is working with Nokia to put Office software and other programs on smart phones. The companies say people will be able to read, edit and create new Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote programs on Nokia smart phones, which run an operating system called Symbian that competes with Microsoft Corp.'s own Windows Mobile.

September 13th, 2005 "We are actively promoting Java in China as well as the rest of Asia-Pacific," said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive of Sun, in an interview with China Daily. "We are working with the (Chinese) government and other key players to establish Java as the industry standard for delivering open and secure services." Java technology is being used globally in more than 2.5 billion devices, including 1 billion smart cards, more than 708 million mobile phones, more than 700 million PCs, and in data centres of the world's largest companies and organizations.

September 3rd, 2009 Sprint to start selling phone with Google softwareNEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp. is releasing a phone sporting Google Inc.'s Android software on Oct.

September 9th, 2009 BEIJING - The Chinese government has pledged more aid from the country's financial institutions to boost its outsourcing industry, officials said Wednesday. In a statement posted on the website of the central bank Wednesday, the government urged the banks to develop more policies and credit products tailored for the outsourcing business, especially for firms in the 20 pilot cities for the industry, including Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing and Shanghai.

April 2nd, 2009 Suppose you are a family of three. What will you take home? 3 Apple iphones for you, your wife and your child or a car for your family (because now, Tata Nano is priced at $2,000 where as each Apple iPhone costs $700)? Like any other educated and rational country, Indians decided for the second.

October 7th, 2009 Dell to close Winston-Salem, NC plant, lay off 905ROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell Inc. says it will close a desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by the end of January.

December 31st, 2005 China will begin requiring prepaid cell phone subscribers to register their devices using their real names in 2006 said the country's Minister of Information Industry, Wang Xudong. The goal according to Wang Xudong is to cut down on surging cell phone spam and fraud, most of it delivered via text messaging.

June 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - China's government censors have begun to block access to Internet services Twitter, Hotmail and Microsoft's live.com ahead of the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown that ended the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement. The event falls on Thursday, reports the New York Times.

October 6th, 2009 Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnershipNEW YORK — Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android software. Verizon Wireless had already said it would sell Android phones, but the announcement suggests that the carrier is positioning these "smart" phones as a main means of competing with Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is exclusive to AT&T Inc.

September 3rd, 2009 Executive who led Google's China expansion leavingBEIJING — The executive who led Google Inc.'s expansion in China after being hired away from Microsoft Corp. following a high-profile court battle is leaving to start his own business, the U.S.

May 12th, 2009 Dell bans e-waste export to developing countriesSEATTLE — PC maker Dell Inc. is formally banning the export of broken computers, monitors and parts to developing countries.

July 28th, 2009 China's Xinjiang gets some phone, Internet serviceBEIJING — Limited phone messaging and Internet access are now available in China's Xinjiang region, more than three weeks after the government cut services in the wake of deadly ethnic riots, officials said Tuesday. Yang Guoqing, with the provincial government news center, said the government is now sending SMS (short message service) text messages to citizens, though they still cannot message each other.