WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp. and EMC Corp. will act in alliance to help government agencies share information more securely, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

    The effort, called the Secure Information Sharing Architecture, or SISA, is a response to problems that agencies have in exchanging data because of different security systems.

    SISA is designed to build on existing software applications, networked storage and networking technologies, including Microsoft's digital-rights-management technology, according to the report.

    The three companies, aided by vendors such as Liquid Machines Corp. and Swan Island Networks Inc., plan to lay out a framework for combining the components in ways that will let agencies share information while keeping it confidential, the report added.

    Cisco aims to switch strategy

    BEIJING, June 29 -- Network equipment maker Cisco Systems aims to make its way into Chinese consumers' living rooms with consumer-oriented gear and services, which could generate a new revenue stream for the US tech giant.

    Cisco mainly makes routers and switches, which direct the Internet and e-mail traffic and form the backbone of the worldwide Internet networks. Full story

    Microsoft releases beta of 2 web-based applications

    BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Microsoft released a beta of two new web-based applications for storing and sharing photos and files -- Live Photo Gallery and Live Photo Folder.

    Live Photo Gallery allows people to easily sharing, editing, organising and printing of photos and digital home videos stored on their computers. Full story