Oct 9--PRNewswire/AsiaNetAIRPORT SECURITY... FRANKFURT: Frankfurt airport owner-operators, Fraport AG, today said they have tightened security in response to the conflict escalation in Afghanistan, which could delay flights.U.S. ARMY... ARLINGTON: This year's 47th Annual Meeting of the U.S. Army Association has been suspended due to the mounting conflict in Afghanistan, a news release said today. President General Gordon R Sullivan that it was imperative that there be no distraction for Army leaders "as the execution of "Operation Enduring Freedom" continues and enters a new phase for America's Army". ENGINEERING SURVEY... HONG KONG: Electronic Engineering Times Asia's multi-lingual 2001 Annual Salary and Opinion survey polling 3,000 engineers across ten Asian countries has been released reporting Hong Kong engineers as the region's highest paid, according to a media release.VOICE TECHOLOGY... SALT LAKE CITY: Wireless and mobile device company, Fonix Corporation, today announced a collaboration agreement with Internet and telephony company, HCI Lab. Speech technology will be leased to Fonix to develop Korean and English-language platforms, the companies said.SOFTWARE DEAL... SAN JOSE: Agile Software Corporation announced today that Fujitsu will employ its technology to facilitate collaboration with internal divisions and supply chain partners and achieve cost reductions.ELECTRONIC DESIGN... HONG KONG: Highest penetration in the worldwide Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software market is in consumer electronics and computers and computer peripherals, with datacom/networking and telecom industries coming in third, the latest research shows. The study jointly conducted by Gartner Dataquest and Electronic Engineering Times Asia undertook to identify current and emerging trends in Taiwan's design activities, a press release said. NEW OPERATING SYSTEM... SALT LAKE CITY: A new PC operating system that is "compact, modular, scaleable, deterministic and customizable" has been launched by Eyring Corporation, the company announced today.INVESTMENT PLAN APPROVED... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International will move forward with the RMB 860 million investment plan for its Jining power plant, following the approval of its board of directors, the company announced today. INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES... DALLAS: iVB Network Solutions today responded to a perceived need for "business and service planning, marketing assistance, product customisation, operations support services and product integration" with a new Omvia Professional Services technology.MEDIA DISK DEAL... SAN JOSE: Media disk drive producer, Komag Inc, has extended its volume purchase agreement with Western Digital Corporation for another three years, the company said today.FINANCIAL RESULTS: TAIPEI: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering today announced its unaudited consolidated net revenues for its Kaohsiung packaging operations for September 2001 at over $NT 3,000 million. (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).