SYDNEY, May 18 -- AsiaNet SANDS MACAO... MACAO: Sands Macao, a one million square foot casino andentertainment complex, has opened the first American operatedgaming facility in The People's Republic of China'ssemi-autonomous region of Macao, a media statement said. www.venetian.com CVRD & NIPPON... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the largest ironore producer in the world and Nippon Steel Corporation, thelargest steelmaker in Japan, have signed a basic agreement forthe supply of 70 million tons of iron ore for the periodbetween 2005 and 2014 in Carajas, Brazil, a media statementsaid. www.cvrd.com.br WYSDOM RELEASE... TORONTO: Wysdom Inc., a leading provider of mobile servicedelivery platform software, has released the latest version ofMAP-OS 5.4, its open, scalable, flagship mobile SDP platform, amedia statement said. www.wysdom.com SPLASHPOWER APPOINTMENT... CAMBRIDGE: Splashpower, a company specialising in wirelesspower solutions for portable electronic devices, has appointedMichiaki "Mike" Tsurumi, the former President of Sony Europe,to the Splashpower Board of Directors as a Non-ExecutiveDirector, according to a press release. www.splashpower.com WEBEX SINGAPORE... MELBOURNE: GetIT Multimedia, an e-learning and trainingsolutions company based in Singapore, has integrated the webcommunications services of WebEx Communications, into its suiteof online training, content development and delivery services,a media statement said. www.getitmm.com www.webex.com PCMCIA SEMINAR... SAN JOSE, Calif.: PCMCIA, a leading technology tradeassociation, will offer an ExpressCard technology seminaralongside Computex 2004 in Taipei, a media statement said. www.pcmcia.org AIRBORNE INTERNET... ABOVE CANADA AT 36,000 FEET: Connexion by Boeing, a businessunit of The Boeing Company and Lufthansa German Airlines madehistory on flight LH 452 from Munich to Los Angeles by givingpassengers the opportunity to be the first in the world toexperience real-time, WiFi-based, high-speed Internetconnectivity on a commercial flight route, a media statementsaid. www.connexionbyboeing.com ENERSYS IPO... READING, Pa.: EnerSys has filed a Registration Statementwith the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposedinitial public offering of shares of its common stock, a mediastatement said. BUDWEISER GUAM... AGANA, Guam: Budweiser has launched the Bud Fresh RewardsCard, a new loyalty program that offers adult consumers in Guamprizes from can coolies to a new car all year long, accordingto a press release. www.budguam.com FRANKFURT AIRPORT... FRANKFURT: The president of the German Industry Association,Dr. Michael Rogowski and the chairmen of companies belongingto the "Air Transport Initiative for Germany" presented todayat Frankfurt Airport concepts and strategies for the sustainedstrengthening of Germany's air transport industry, a mediastatement said. www.fraport.de NVIDIA NOTEBOOK... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwideleader in visual processing solutions, along with the world'sleading notebook ODMs, has created a consistent graphicsinterface for PCI Express based notebook PCs, a media statementsaid. www.nvidia.com NVIDIA MXM... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwideleader in visual processing solutions, has announced in a pressrelease that its Mobile PCI Express Module initiative has seentremendous support from industry-leading notebookmanufacturers, designers and key component manufacturers. www.nvidia.com ZIGBEE-READY CHIPSET... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation has unveiled theindustry's first ZigBee-ready chipset with dedicatedcontroller, 868/900 MHz radio and stacks, the Z-link solution,according to a press release. www.zigbee.org www.atmel.com NETCRACKER TECHNOLOGY... WALTHAM, Mass.: Telstra, Australia's leadingtelecommunications and information services company, will beimplementing NetCracker OSS for its service delivery needs,according to a press release issued by NetCracker Technology. www.netcracker.com CHINADOTCOM CORPORATION... HONG KONG: chinadotcom corporation, a leading integratedenterprise software and mobile applications company in Chinaand internationally, posted revenues of US$35.9 million in thefirst quarter 2004, as compared to US$10.0 million in the firstquarter 2003, an increase of 258%, a media statement said. www.corp.china.com CHIPMOS BERMUDA... HSINCHU, Taiwan: ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd postedrevenue of NT$3,090 million for the first quarter 2004, anincrease of 81% from NT$1,705 million for the same period in2003 and an increase of 21% from NT$2,555 million for thefourth quarter of 2003, a media statement said. www.chipmos.com.tw (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)