AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press releases for Wednesday 20 February, 2002

SINGAPORE: Data storage provider Seagate Technology today announced that its disc drive products are being utilised by I.T company Wincor Nixdorf in the world of retailing. Joel Stead, Seagate senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, said, “This endorsement by Wincor Nixdorf is one of many examples of the 'storage everywhere' phenomenon -- in which storage has become the core technology at the heart of new applications and architectures in our information-centric world.

LAS VEGAS: Adam MacDonald, a bartender from the T.G.I. Friday's(R) Melbourne, Australia, has been named as the best Friday's(R) Bartender at the 2002 T.G.I.Friday's World Bartender Championships, which were staged in Las Vegas.

TOKYO: The Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. today announced the closure of the Yamanouchi Research Institute, Oxford, UK, which will be completed at the end of April. The Yamanouchi Research Institute (UK) has been engaged in basic research focusing on cell biology in close cooperation with Yamanouchi's research center in Tsukuba, a media release said.

EAST GRAND FORKS: WayCool3D.com, Inc. has introduced a new product, the 3D Video Floor!, which projects still and/or moving images that appear to float from ankle up to knee height. WayCool3D.com, Inc.'s 3D products include 3D image projecting mirrors & picture frames, 3D lighting fixtures and 3D tables.

FREMONT: Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. today announced today that it has sold its multiple ProteinChip(R) Systems to leading hospitals, universities and government agencies in China for use in profiling in a variety of diseases, to thus develop predictive diagnostic tests. Ciphergen also said it has established a formal relationship with the Universities Confederated Institute for Proteomics (UCIP), and has “signed an agreement with UCIP to provide priority technical assistance to UCIP members, which include many of the leading medical colleges and universities in China, a press release said.

SAN DIEGO: Optical technology provider LightPointe today announced a strategic partnership with Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL), India's leading telecommunications equipment and solutions provider. HFCL will be the exclusive distributor of LightPointe's FSO equipment in India and will also distribute LightPointe gear throughout Southeast Asia.

LOS ANGELES: Trillium Digital Systems, a communications software provider, today unveiled the wireless communications industry's first software complying with “Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 4 specifications Meeting 3GPP Release 4 requirements “will be a necessary step for wireless operators who aim to optimize their network structures and attain operational cost savingsE the company said.

EMERYVILLE: Educational products company LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. today named manufacturing industry veteran Joseph Chiang to lead the company's Manufacturing and Engineering Division, headquartered in Hong Kong, China. Chiang “will be responsible for all manufacturing, operations, and engineering in Hong Kong and China for LeapFrog the company said.

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