SYDNEY, April 15 -- AsiaNet FRAPORT TRAFFIC... FRANKFURT: Traffic at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) again experienced above average growth during the month of March 2004. http://www.fraport.de DIVIDEND PAYMENT... RIO DE JANEIRO: Pursuant to the public announcement made on January 28, 2004, the Board of Directors of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) approved the payment of the first installment of its US$1.43 per share minimum dividend for 2004. http://www.cvrd.com.br NEWS LAUNCH... TORONTO: Naked News Thursday announced the launch of Naked News Daily Male featuring current international news and lifestyle features for gay viewers. http://www.nakednews.com NEW DIRECTOR... TORONTO: Sockeye Solutions Corporation, the leading developer of Adaptive Supply Chain Collaboration Applications, Thursday announced the appointment of Bharat Khuti as Solutions & Architecture Director. http://www.sockeyesolutions.com RESEARCH AGREEMENT... MILAN: Eurand, a specialty pharmaceutical company, Thursday announced that it has signed a research agreement with the University of Urbino (Italy) Biotechnology Centre to evaluate a potential new anticancer compound derived from indol-3-carbinol, a natural substance present in cruciferous vegetables. http://www.eurand.com FAX BOARDS... SAN DIEGO, Calif. & NEEDHAM, Mass.: Data On Call, a leading provider of outsourced fax messaging and electronic data delivery services, Thursday announced its wide-scale rollout of V.34 faxing based on Brooktrout Technology's latest TR1034 Series of intelligent fax boards, allowing faxes to transmit up to twice as fast as the industry standard V.17/14.4 Kbps (kilobits per second). http://www.brooktrout.com NVIDIA LAUNCHES... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Wednesday introduced the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 models of graphics processing units (GPUs) for high-performance desktop computers. http://www.nvidia.com INDUSTRY SUPPORT... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Wednesday revealed that its new GeForce 6 Series of graphics processing units (GPUs) is receiving rave reviews and widespread industry support from the world's top game creators and publishers. http://www.nvidia.com WIDE ACCEPTANCE... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Wednesday announced that the GeForce 6 Series of graphic processing units (GPUs) has been widely accepted by the world's leading add-in card manufacturers, PC OEMs and system builders. http://www.nvidia.com LIGHTING SYSTEM... CHARLOTTE, N.C.: China's ACAC, AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Ltd., has chosen Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems to supply a major portion of the lighting system on its new ARJ21 -- "Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st Century." http://www.goodrich.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)