SYDNEY, Nov.18 -- AsiaNet
AUTO-DIMMING MIRRORS...
ZEELAND: Gentex Corporation, the leading supplier of
automatic-dimming mirrors to the worldwide automotive industry,
has begun shipping interior automatic-dimming mirrors for the
2005 Mark X, Toyota's mid-size luxury sedan. The vehicle is the
successor to the Mark II, one of the most popular and
best-selling vehicles in Japan.
http://www.gentex.com
TELECOM SECTOR...
DENVER: Integrated Research, the world's largest supplier of
systems and application management solutions for HP NonStop
servers, has announced that Boston Communications Group, Inc
was its beta customer for the development of PROGNOSIS Smart
Plug In for HP OpenView.
www.bcgi.net
www.ir.com.
SANTA PARADE...
SYDNEY: Popular Disney Channel presenters Scott Cain and
Asha Kuerten from Studio Disney will make their Santa Parade
debut in Auckland on Sunday 28 November. The Disney Channel/SKY
Television float will feature a giant TV screen and some of
Disney Channels best-loved characters, and of course favourite
kids TV personalities Scott and Asha will be there too!
www.disneychannel.co.nz
CONTRACT SIGNED...
RIO DE JANIERO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the world's
largest producer of iron ore and POSCO, one of the major
steelmakers in the world, signed a ten-year contract for the
supply of up to 103 million tons of iron ore fines from April
2005 to March 2015.
http://www.cvrd.com.br
GLOBAL AGING...
LONDON: According to a new AARP international opinion leader
survey released today, most opinion leaders from the leading
industrialized nations are aware of the coming impact that
aging will have on their respective economies. However, they
believe their countries are not well prepared to deal with
potential implications that may result. This feeling was
especially prevalent in Italy, Germany and Japan.
http://www.aarp.org
BAUXITE DEPOSIT...
RIO DE JANIERO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce informs that it
won the international competition promoted by Paranapanema S.A.
for the research, evaluation and exploration of the bauxite
deposit in the Pitinga region, Municipality of Presidente
Figueiredo, Amazon State, Brazil.
http://www.cvrd.com.br
MOBILE SECURITY...
COLUMBUS: FB-4, a leading provider of security applications
for Symbian based smartphones, today announced it will
distribute its Mobile Guard Security Suite to mobile network
subscribers worldwide using the new Preminet Solution from
Nokia.
http://www.fb-4.com
http://www.nokia.com/preminet
CLEARVIEW PROJECTS...
PRINCETON: Clearview Projects, Inc. announced today that Jan
Wolpert has joined the company as President & CEO. Most
recently, Jan was the president, founder and principal owner of
Wolpert Associates, Inc., a strategic management consulting
firm specializing in corporate development matters.
http://www.clearviewprojects.com
PORTABLE ELECTRONICS:
SAN JOSE: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor
solutions, announced today a complete family of
high-performance stacked Flash and Pseudo Static Random Access
Memory module products suitable for applications requiring low
power and small footprint memories.
http://www.atmel.com
PHYSICAL EXERCISE:
LONDON: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced
the upcoming release of EyeToy: Kinetic, an innovative new
physical exercise title produced in association with Nike
Motionworks.
http://www.scee.com
http://www.playstation.com
http://www.scee.presscentre.com
LICENSE AGREEMENT...
BEIJING: Motorola, Inc. today announced the signing of a
MediaCipher license agreement with DVN Technology Limited, an
affiliate of DVN (Holdings) Limited, China's leading technology
services provider of state-of-the-art digital TV broadcast
platforms.
http://www.dvnholdings.com
http://www.motorola.com
WIRELESS APPLICATIONS...
HONG KONG: Qualcomm Incorporated, pioneer and world leader
of Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless technology,
today announced that a number of compelling BREW-based wireless
applications currently available via operators with CDMA2000 1X
services, can now be downloaded live and run on the BenQ S80
WCDMA/GSM/GPRS dual mode handset.
http://www.qualcomm.com
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