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Google Monday issued a brief apology for using part of a software application developed by rival Sohu.com Inc. in a recently released Chinese software tool of its own. "We want to face this problem directly and thus apologize to our users and Sohu," Google said in a post on its Chinese-language blog.

Intel plans to further reduce the size and power consumption of its mobile microprocessors over the next year or so, paving the way for computers that are smaller and consume substantially less power, a company executive said Thursday.

The Chinese government has given Intel permission to build a US$2.5 billion chip manufacturing plant in Dalian, on China's northeastern coast.

Beijing ISM Internet Technology Development Co. Ltd., the Chinese company behind the Gmail.cn e-mail service, declined to comment on a report that Google Inc. has renewed its attempts to acquire the Gmail.cn domain name

Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. have settled a dispute over rights to use the iPhone name. Under terms of the agreement, both companies have the right to use the name.

IBM generates a large chunk of its revenue by working with ISVs around the world.In turn, they get the chance to tap into technical resources, including development centres and the IBM's developerWorks Web site.

Google Inc. plans to announce an investment in Xunlei Networking Technology Co. Ltd., a Chinese peer-to-peer file sharing Web site, the China Daily reported on its Web site Thursday.

Dell Inc. is offering to recycle for free any of its products used by companies and organizations in China. The new program, announced last December, is the first time Dell has offered to recycle products sold in China.