The software, called Green Dam-Youthasscausedhas caused a torrent of protests from both Chinese computer users and global computer makers, including many in the United States, since the government order became public in early June.
Many global computer makers have declined to say how they would comply with the requirement, apparently hoping that the government would delay or reverse its decision under international pressure.
The company, which is based in Santa Clara, Calif., also said it hired Todd Bradley, a former executive vice president for global operations at the computer maker Gateway Inc., as the chief operating officer of the company's main division, which is responsible for sales of hand-held computers.
As Apple has hopped from a global afterthought to the world's fifth-largest computer maker, Microsoft's Windows operating system has endured on its status as a must-have work tool, not something a user could love.
Both industry watchers agree that growth remained more sanguine in markets outside the U.S. The tech-market analysis firms also agree that Kevin B. Rollins Kevin B. Rollins, chief executive of Dell, has the most reason to celebrate among his C-level peers: His firm maintained its global dominance among computer makers.
UK phone company BT Group and the world's No. 2 computer maker Hewlett Packard will pool their strengths to target global corporate spending on telecoms and technology, the firms announced on Tuesday.
Lenovo Group, the world's fourth biggest computer maker, said this month it would lay off 11percentt of its global work force and sharply cut executives' pay.
But the duo have got off to a quick start transforming a provincial Chinese computer maker into a global technology supplier with the power to withstand the economic slump.
Dell, the world's third-largest personal computer maker after Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo, lost share in the global PC market in the first three months of the year, according to the market researcher Gartner.
Hewlett-Packard, the world's No. 2 computer maker and largest maker of computer printers, said its board authorized an additional $1 billion toward the repurchase of its shares.
