Chinese software and online game provider Kingsoft has reached a strategic cooperation framework with Dell, and the two parties will hold a press conference to reveal concerned details after the Chinese New Year.

According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, the entrepreneur confidence index in China increased to 120.1 in the third quarter of 2009: an increase of 9.9 points compared with that of previous quarter.

According to the latest statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's software export reached USD4.93 billion in the first four months of 2009, a year-on-year increase of 48.2%.

Offshore software development company VanceInfo Technologies Inc. will deploy an outsourced development center for China Merchants Bank.

Sino Fibre Communications, a broadband and value added Internet services provider in China, announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with P2P Cash Inc. to explore the business opportunity for integrating the P2P Cash mobile commerce features into an advanced international barter trading platform.

Chinese software provider Kingsoft plans to invest CNY1 billion to build a 96,000-square-meter headquarters and research center in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

The Chinese instant messaging provider Tencent may launch a QQ-themed netbook in 2009.

According to the latest statistics from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the accumulated revenue of China's software businesses reached CNY697.73 billion in the first 11 months of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 30.8%.

U.S. IT and services company CSC is to open a new information technology services delivery center in Tianjin.

Achievo Corporation, a software outsourcing and information technology services provider, has opened a new research and development center in Wuxi, China.