 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Microsoft courts Chinese consumers with slashed software price
Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2008 Microsoft said Thursday it had cut the price of one of its Office operating system products by more than 70 percent in China as it tries to encourage consumers to turn away from pirated software. "Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition will be available for consumers at a suggested retail price of 199 yuan (29 dollars) for a limited time offer," Jim Lin, public relations manager at Microsoft China told, AFP. The product, which cost 1,450 yuan in June before a 50-percent discount, will be on sale until early October, he said, without specifying how many copies will be offered. The move is part of US firm's latest attempt to sell authentic software to Chinese consumers, many of whom are used to buying illegal products. China is awash in counterfeit DVDs, fake brand-name clothing, shoes and handbags, which its trading partners say cost Western firms billions of dollars in lost sales each year. The United States filed a case against China in April last year at the World Trade Organisation over the problem. Related Links Space Technology News - Applications and Research
Cover-up as eight newborns die in Chinese hospital: report
Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2008Eight newborn babies died from an infection earlier this month in a northern Chinese hospital in an incident that was apparently covered up, state media reported Thursday. |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement |
