Mobile Poppy Brings Overseas Australians Together Online

October 11th, 2009 BEIJING - In association with China's State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), People's Bank of China (PBOC), and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China Enterprise Forum is presenting "Opportunities in China's Outbound Investment" conference, to be held from Dec 2nd - 4th in Beijing. The Forum's official website is www.china-enterprise-forum.com The Forum brings together the CEOs of China's largest companies, who have invested over US$40 billion in outbound transactions in 2009 alone.

September 21st, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc., a leading online game developer and operator in China ("NetDragon" with its subsidiaries collectively known as the "Group"; Stock Code: 777), announced the launch of open beta testing for the Arabic version of its successful game "Conquer Online" at 9a.m. Beijing time, September 22, 2009.

September 14th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon" with its subsidiaries collectively the "Group"; Stock Code: 777), a leading online game developer and innovator in China, today formally announced the launch of "Demon Rising", a new Chinese expansion pack for its flagship Eudemons Online game.

August 13th, 2009 CANBERRA, Australia - Australians will have the opportunity to send text-like messages to potential intelligent life beyond Earth thanks to an initiative to be launched today to mark National Science Week. From today until 5.00 pm Monday, 24 August, the public can visit www.HelloFromEarth.net to post goodwill messages that will be transmitted to the nearest Earth-like planet outside our Solar System likely to support life.

August 6th, 2009 MUMBAI, India - Avid gamers are all set to take the field for a clash of the titans in the England vs. Australia test series presented by Indiagames, for the mobile and the iphone.

July 15th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon," with its subsidiaries collectively referred to as the "Group"; Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a leading online game developer and operator in China, announced that the English expansion pack, Raiding Clans, will be launched at midnight July 16 U.S.

May 19th, 2009 LONDON - Overseas Living magazine is proud to announce VFI Overseas Property - based in Calabria, Southern Italy - has won the award for Best Five Star Development in Italy, as part of the magazines Luxury Lifestyle Awards, 2009. VFI Overseas Properties is proud to be one of the largest real estate agents and developers in the area, now boasting an exceptional portfolio of land and property, and thanks to its pioneering moves to promote southern Italy it has subsequently brought considerable investment into the region: 3,500 properties being constructed with a value of EUR420m and many more developments to be released, this is now being matched by Italian government and EU funding.

May 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon"), a leading online game developer and operator in the PRC ("NetDragon", with its subsidiaries collectively know as the "Group", stock code:777) announced the release of a new English language expansion pack, "The Divine Path", for its fantasy online game, Eudemons Online, on May 8, 2009.

May 5th, 2009 SYDNEY - Problems Getting Email on Your Mobile, Sending Pictures or Browsing the Web? - it's Over! Configuremyphone.com launches today, offering a solution to the millions of Australians who struggle to manually set-up their mobile phones for services such as email, internet browsing and picture messaging. One in five Australian mobile users has experienced the disappointment of an error message when trying to send a picture, download a mobile game or use their phone to surf the internet.

April 26th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc., a leading game developer and operator in the PRC ("NetDragon" with its subsidiaries collectively known as the "Group", stock code: 777) announced that The Warlords, the English version of Tou Ming Zhuang Online, entered its open beta testing on April 24. The Warlords is a 2.5 D MMORPG game jointly created by NetDragon and China Film Group, sharing the same story as the film titled The Warlords.

August 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A Kiwi cat reportedly travelled for 100km clinging to the underside of a car. Poppy, a Burmese cat, is believed to have climbed into the undercarriage of a car belonging to friends visiting owner Sandra Stent in the North Island town of Levin, near Wellington.

October 13th, 2009 MELBOURNE - One in four Australian men secretly store phone numbers on their mobiles to hide them from their partners, a new research has revealed. The Microsoft survey of 1125 Australian mobile phone users also found that just 8 per cent of women owned up to the sneaky practice.

August 18th, 2009 SYDNEY - An Australian study conducted on youth gambling has discovered that teenagers are betting their mobile phones, running up debt on their parents' credit cards, and even wagering their virginity. The research conducted by the Central Coast Problem Gambling Service found most teens over 14 have gambled for money or goods, whether it is in the playground, online or illegally at pubs and clubs, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Telecom service provider Virgin Mobile Wednesday launched an online cricket fantasy game, Indian Hatke League (IHL), with an aim to leverage the cricket mania during the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The online game will provide users the option to play for any of the eight teams participating in the 47-day IPL, to be held in South Africa April 18-May 24, while their scores on the basis of performance will determine their standings.

June 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - One in four Australians have caught their partners cheating on them through a text message, according to a new survey. The survey commissioned by Telstra's State of the Nation has found that four in 10 Aussies send up to seven text messages a day, while one in three use texts to tell others about major events like births or promotions.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - A poll released on Monday by the Royal Commonwealth Society in London has found that more than three-quarters of Australians were far less attached to their membership of the Commonwealth than other developing countries, including India. Royal Commonwealth Society took the survey, after reviewing more than 6000 people who had gathered to mark the Commonwealth's 60th anniversary from seven Commonwealth member countries - Australia, Canada, Great Britain, India, Jamaica, Malaysia and South Africa.

September 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Majority of Australians chose mobile phone over their landline connections as their main communication tool, a new survey has claimed. According to Australian Media and Communications Authority data, 70 per cent of 18-31-year-olds look at their hand set as the primary source of communication.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Citibank today announced the launch of Citi Mobile, its mobile banking solution that combines the consumer need for convenient, on-the-go banking with advanced mobile technology that is compatible with popular mobile devices across most GSM operators. Through Citi Mobile, customers can check account balances, send money, issue drafts, pay bills, make credit card payments, register for services like e-Statements, request for a cheque book, stop payments and much more.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - On social networking sites, Indian students across the globe have been expressing their anger and condemnation of the racist attacks on Indians studying in Australia. Students overseas have launched an online protest in the wake of the attacks through social networking sites Facebook and Orkut.

July 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A new survey has revealed that Japanese tourists are the best in the world, and French the worst. The Japanese retained the top prize, with hoteliers worldwide naming them the world's best tourists, ahead of the British and Canadians.