April 5/PRNewswire-AsiaNetDISEASE TARGETED... LONDON: Scientists from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease today delivered guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the disease that is the world's fourth biggest killer. TAIWAN TURNAROUND... HONG KONG: WHEREVER.net, the Internet Protocol (IP) communications services provider, declared today that its Taiwan branch has shown a robust financial turnaround.CARRIER CHOOSES OPENWAVE... REDWOOD CITY: Openwave Systems Inc, provider of IP-based communications infrastructure software and applications, said today that the Indonesian mobile carrier, PT. Excelcomindo, will use the company's Mobile Access Gateway for its unfolding wireless Internet service.U.S AT FAULT?... HONG KONG: Microsoft's MSN has harnessed its instant messaging service to conduct a poll among users on whether the U.S intentionally breached territorial boundaries to cause a diplomatic incident with China earlier this week, the company said today.ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT... NEW YORK: Recent show persistent use of ARICEPT, a treatment for Alzheimer's, could delay patients need to be hospitalised, the two companies who produce the drug said today.CORPORATION STREAMLINED... DEARBORN: Visteon Corporation, the automotive components manufacturer, announced today its new corporate structure.FINANCIAL RESULTS... SAN JOSE: Selectica Inc, the Internet Selling Systems (ISS) developer, today posted its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter 2001.INTERNET DRIVES JAPANESE ECONOMY... NEW YORK: Internet commerce will spearhead the Japanese economy, according to a book written by Arthur Mitchell, partner at law firm, Coudert Mitchell that was released today.SYDNEY POST... EMERYVILLE: Extensity Inc, provider of Employee Relationship Management (ERM) Internet platforms, announced today the opening of its Sydney office to steer the company into the Asia-Pacific.PRODUCT PIONEERS... TOKYO: Toshiba Corporation today announced a pioneering new product - a read/write controller LSI supporting Memory Card, designed to connect to a range of digital gadget. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).