DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT...
HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. Wednesday announced that it has signed a
franchise distribution agreement with Microsoft Corporation to distribute
Microsoft's Embedded software products including Windows XP Embedded and
Windows CE.
www.arrowasia.com
NZ ELECTION...
SYDNEY: Centrebet punters are backing Don Brash to replace Helen Clark as
New Zealand prime minister.
http://www.centrebet.com
FREE TALK...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & MUMBAI: PeerMe Inc., a peer-to-peer voice
communication technology company, Wednesday announced the launch of its first
beta product that provides free, unlimited voice communications over the
Internet in India.
http://www.PeerMe.com
WALNUT RESEARCH...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Research at The University of Texas Health Science
Center in San Antonio has proven walnuts are a natural source of melatonin, a
powerful antioxidant that fights diseases like cancer.
http://www.walnuts.org
GPS TECHNOLOGY...
HEILBRONN & THALWIL: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the development
and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and u-blox AG, a leading
maker of innovative GPS technology, Wednesday announced the availability of
their latest GPS technology and product generation, ANTARIS 4, which sets new
standards in GPS performance, system architecture and functionality.
http://www.u-blox.com
http://www.atmel.com/products/GPS
PATENT RIGHTS...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.: Mycogen Plant Seeds, Inc., an affiliate of Dow
AgroSciences LLC, has been granted U.S. patent rights to Transgenic Bt in
Plants, according to an announcement issued by the U.S. Patent Office on
Tuesday.
http://www.dowagro.com
http://www.mycogen.com
NEW APPOINTMENT...
WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. Tuesday announced that H. David
Walker has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales/Marketing,
reporting to Jeffrey Turner, President and CEO.
SECTOR LEADER...
DALLAS, Texas: Reflecting its commitment to creating sustainable growth and
shareholder value, Kimberly-Clark has been selected as the sustainability
leader in the Personal Products sector of the 2006 Dow Jones Sustainability
World Indexes.
http://www.kimberly-clark.com
http://www.kimberly-clark.com/aboutus/sustainability2004
CONCEPT CARS...
FRANKFURT: At the International Motor Show (IAA) 2005 in Frankfurt,
Mercedes-Benz will be unveiling the "DIRECT HYBRID" and the "BLUETEC HYBRID,"
two groundbreaking concept cars.
AVR MICROCONTROLLER...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation Tuesday said it is expanding AVR
microcontroller support to AC and Brushless DC (BLDC) motor control
applications, providing highly flexible and cost effective solutions.
http://www.atmel.com
AIRPORT SERVICES...
MOSCOW: Moscow Domodedovo International Airport has embarked on improving
the quality of services provided to passengers in a sweeping campaign aimed at
satisfying the needs of its growing traffic.
BTO CONTRACT...
TOKYO: IBM Japan Ltd. has announced a five-year Business Transformation
Outsourcing (BTO) contract with Japan Automobile Recycling Promotion Center to
transform and deliver the processes associated with the refund of the motor
vehicle recycling fee to the owners of used cars exported overseas.
www.ibm.com/bcs
HOSTING SERVICES...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), Asia's leading
communications company, is the only regional provider of Managed Hosting
Services (MHS) that is BS 7799 certified.
UWB ANTENNA...
BARCELONA: Fractus, the pioneer developer of fractal antenna technology, has
launched an Ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna for the short-range wireless market.
www.fractus.com
INDUSTRY FIRST...
OSLO & BOSTON, Mass.: Nordic Semiconductor has launched the nRF24L01, an
industry first single chip 2.4GHz 2Mbit/s Ultra-low Power and Ultra-low Cost
MultiCeiver Solution with Embedded Link Layer Logic.
http://www.nordicsemi.no
RISING TRAFFIC...
FRANKFURT: In August 2005 Frankfurt Airport (FRA) again served more than
five million passengers, the second time in the airport's history that this
level has been exceeded in a single month.
http://www.fraport.de
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