OCT 23, 2007 msft STV news

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Microsoft Signs With Digital China And D.Phone On Concept Stores
October 23, 2007
Microsoft (MSFT) China has recently signed with D.Phone and Digital China to open 35 Windows Mobile concept retail stores in the first-tier and second-tier cities of China in the coming year.

Chen Jingxin, director of Microsoft's Mobile Communications Department in Greater China region, has told local media that Microsoft wants to expand its reach among Chinese consumers. Microsoft previously opened five similar stores in Shanghai to display and sell Windows Mobile operating system based smart phones.

According to Chen, Microsoft believes that smart mobile phones are the computers for the future. People are surrounded by technology and they need to realize more functions via mobile phones. This is the mission of Windows Mobile.

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perhaps thats why its up alomst 20 cents after close ?

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The news is not out yet as it is still oct 22 : )

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HP's First Netcafe Opens In Beijing
October 23, 2007
After about six months of trial operation, HP's (HPQ) first flagship netcafe Hang Tian Wang Yuan has been formally brought to fruition, along with the company's long-brewing netcafe strategy.

As the first flagship netcafe of HP, Hang Tian Wang Yuan is positioning itself as a high-end professional game competition netcafe. It features 350 HP professional netcafe DC5750 computers, which, according to Hu Kai, general manager of Hang Tian Wang Yuan, provides optimized gaming solutions.

Lu Siyu, a manager from China HP's Commercial Use Desktop Computer Business Department, says that HP began to pay attention to the netcafe market from the second half of 2006 and it has launched an overall netcafe solution and set up a netcafe sales channel this year. Lu says that HP will continue to recruit netcafe talents across the country in 2008 to further implement its netcafe strategy.

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Best Buy To Open Its Second Store In Shanghai
October 23, 2007
Lv Weimin, senior vice president and chairman of Best Buy (BBY) China, has disclosed to media that Best Buy will soon open its second store in Shanghai, but he has not talked about the location or other details of the new store.

Best Buy is rumored to be currently busy preparing for the opening of the new store which will be located in a busy business area of the Puxi area of Shanghai.

In June this year, Yang Deming, president and COO of Best Busy Asia, said that Best Buy would open two more stores in Shanghai before March 2008 and would increase its total stores in China to 6-8 in the coming 18 months.

As the largest consumer electronics supplier, Best Buy has advantages in electronics like computer and digital products, but it seems to be facing fierce competition in China when Chinese electronic retailers like Suning and Gome are vigorously expanding in the market.

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The news is not out yet as it is still oct 22 : )

ill try and keep it a secret ;)