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Article | 1/12/2011 Alibaba says no decision on joint Yahoo bid

Alibaba Group said it has not decided to be part of a bid for the whole of Yahoo, countering reports that the Chinese company is in talks with private...

Article | 30/11/2011 Acer sees Ultrabook shipments on track for Q4, with price drop in 2013

Acer expects to meet its target of shipping 250,000 to 300,000 ultrabooks in the fourth quarter, it said Wednesday, after struggling with declining PC...

Article | 30/11/2011 HTC wins ruling in U.S. case over digital camera patents

HTC has won a case in the U.S. that alleged the Taiwanese smartphone maker had infringed on several digital camera patents controlled by FlashPoint Te...

Article | 29/11/2011 Lenovo unveils new tablets, smartphone and plans 'smart TV'

Lenovo unveiled three new tablets and a smartphone for the Chinese market on Tuesday and said it will launch a smart TV product in the first quarter o...

Article | 29/11/2011 Protocol deal to bring compatible Microsoft apps to iOS, Android

Microsoft said on Tuesday it will license the protocols for many of its enterprise systems to a company that will develop compatible applications for ...

Article | 26/11/2011 Motorola releases slightly thicker Droid Razr-like phone for China

Motorola is bringing the concept for its Droid Razr smartphone to China's largest mobile carrier in a new handset, but has done so with a thicker casi...

Article | 24/11/2011 China overtakes U.S. in smartphone shipments, says research firm

China has passed the U.S. in the third quarter to become the world's largest smartphone market by shipments, but may find it tough to hold the positio...

Article | 22/11/2011 Razer plans smaller gaming devices besides laptop

Razer plans to release smaller gaming systems after the launch of its newest product, a 17.3-inch (43.9 centimeters) gaming laptop, which will start s...

Article | 22/11/2011 Nanya fires back at Elpida with patent complaint

Nanya said on Tuesday it has filed a patent infringement complaint in the U.S. against Japan's Elpida, further escalating the legal battle between the...

Article | 22/11/2011 China vows government offices will use legal software

China is introducing programs to ensure the country's local governments, from provincial down to county and municipal levels, are all using legal soft...

Article | 21/11/2011 Razer partners with China's Tencent for games on Blade laptop

Gaming hardware manufacturer Razer is partnering with China's Internet firm Tencent for games to run on its newest 17.3-inch (43.9 centimeters) gaming...

Article | 18/11/2011 Small Taiwanese firms finally get some new Android code

Some of Taiwan's smaller manufacturers said they were relieved to see Google release the source code for its Android 4.0 operating system, after being...

Article | 18/11/2011 US committee to investigate China's Huawei, ZTE

A US House Intelligence Committee is launching an investigation against Chinese telecommunication equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE to find whether t...

Article | 16/11/2011 Apple to audit suppliers after pollution concerns, groups say

Apple plans to hire a third-party auditing firm to investigate 15 of its suppliers suspected of violating environmental regulations, according to loca...

Article | 16/11/2011 China Mobile, China Unicom back NFC technology

China Mobile and China Unicom, two of the country's largest mobile operators, said they plan to bring SIM card-based Near Field Communication (NFC) te...