SYDNEY, July 14 -- AsiaNet TREND MICRO... CUPERTINO, Calif.: Trend Micro, Inc., a leader in networkantivirus and Internet content security software and services,will support Network Access Protection technology fromMicrosoft, a comprehensive infrastructure that allows systemadministrators to monitor and control machine access tocorporate networks, according to a press release. www.trendmicro.com VIVENDI GAMES... SINGAPORE & LOS ANGELES, Calif.: Vivendi Universal Games haspromoted Hubert Larenaudie to President of Asia Pacificeffective immediately, a media statement said. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issue amounting to a total ofUS$23,221,000 on July 23 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com SIPEX POWERBLOX... MILPITAS, Calif.: Sipex Corporation, a leading supplier ofhigh performance, analog integrated circuits, has launched theSP7652, its first PowerBlox family of high current, highvoltage, ultra-miniature DC/DC buck regulators, a mediastatement said. www.sipex.com CVRD CHINA... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the largestdiversified mining company of the Americas, has signed anagreement with Yankuang Group Co., Ltd., one of the mainChinese coal producers, and Itochu Corporation, one of theleading Japanese trading companies, to incorporate the jointventure Shandong Yankuang International Coking Co. Ltd., whichwill produce metallurgical coke in China, a media statementsaid. www.cvrd.com.br CLEARHEART & INTERMINDS... AUSTIN, Texas: ClearHeart, the maker of the powerful,easy-to-use, PhotoGia digital image enhancement software, hasretained Interminds, LLC to oversee the sale or licensing ofthe Company's patent-pending technology, according to a pressrelease. VIRTELA COMMUNICATIONS... DENVER, Colo.: Pixelworks, Inc., a leading provider ofsystem-on-chip ICs for the advanced display market, is usingVirtela Communications Inc.'s managed private networkingservices to connect its locations in China and Taiwan with itsU.S. corporate offices, a media statement said. www.virtela.net www.pixelworks.com NETCRACKER MOVE... WALTHAM, Mass.: NetCracker Technology, a leading provider ofOSS and IT Infrastructure Management solutions, has moved tonew corporate offices in Waltham, MA., a media statementsaid. www.netcracker.com 100.COM & LOOKSMART... SYDNEY: The Webs newest search engine 100.com has signed acontract with LookSmart, Ltd. to include LookSmarts directorylistings and bid-for-placement distribution network in itssearch results, according to a press release. HIV/AIDS MEDICINES... BANGKOK: In a presentation before the XV International AIDSConference, Pfizer Inc Chairman and CEO, Henry A. McKinnell,Ph.D., pointed out the critical need for new HIV/AIDStherapies, particularly to address the issues of resistance andtolerability to existing medicines, a media statement said. GEMPLUS WINS... LUXEMBOURG: Gemplus International S.A., the world's leadingprovider of smart card solutions, has won nine new customerwins in emerging smart banking markets in Asia Pacific, SouthAmerica, and Europe, according to a press release. www.gemplus.com HIV DRUG... BANGKOK: Data from a new study with the HIV proteaseinhibitor Invirase has demonstrated the best HIV RNA responseyet seen in a large group of HIV-infected patients given highlyactive antiretroviral therapy, a media statement said. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--