Microsoft Corp, the world’s top manufacturer of software for personal and business computing, is reportedly planning to invest US$1 billion in its R&D facilities in China over the next three years despite the weary economic situation worldwide, sources reported, citing an unnamed sources, as saying.
However, there is no official comment on this expansion plan. The [...]
Chinese game designers, whose clients often include big names such as Sony and Nintendo, are attracting venture capitalists who believe the multi-billion dollar sector can grow despite the global economic downturn.
China does not have a long history of electronic games, but in neighboring Japan, where Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Nintendo [...]
An official of Microsoft said on Friday that the company would take a more flexible pricing strategy in China to allow more users to afford genuine software.
Lin Congwu, a marketing manager of Microsoft China, thanked the National Copyright Administration for publicly expressing “understanding and support” for the company’s anti-piracy efforts.
According to him, Microsoft would actively [...]
Microsoft Corp, the world’s top manufacturer of software for personal and business computing, plans to invest more on R&D strength in China despite the weary economic situation worldwide, sources reported, citing Zhang Yaqin, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and chairman of Microsoft China, as saying.
Microsoft also mulls outsourcing more business to China though the company will [...]
A top Chinese copyright official chided Microsoft for launching an anti-piracy tool that nags users of counterfeit software with a black computer screen and said the company’s prices were too high.
The U.S. software giant launched “Windows Genuine Advantage” in China last week, a programme that turns the background of the Windows operating system’s desktop black [...]
Microsoft is trying to woo consumers with a one-week discount of nearly 70 percent on its Office product in China, as it tries to win the battle against pirated software dealers.
The world’s largest software maker said it will reduce the retail price of its Office Suite 2007 home and student edition from 699 to 199 [...]
