SYDNEY, March 4--AsiaNet/InfoQuest VIRAGE LOGIC... BEIJING: With nanometer design challenges escalating ininverse proportion to shrinking geometries, Virage LogicCorporation continuously delivers high quality semiconductor IPsolutions that help reduce overall design costs, boostmanufacturing yields and better manage low-power designs. Todaythe company announced that they have been invited to speak atseveral upcoming events throughout the Asia-Pacific region. http://www.viragelogic.com http://www.charteredsemi.com/forum www.sec.gov www.fsa.org/events/calendar.asp ASIAN CHAPTER... CAPE TOWN: The world's only international trade organisationdedicated exclusively to the ATM industry, ATMIA, willofficially launch ATMIA Asia in Hong Kong, China, on 7th-8thApril at its "ATMs and Electronic Banking in Asia" conference.ATMIA has just under 600 members in over 30 countries,including 72 banks and member companies covering the completespectrum of the ATM industry. The non-profit association hasestablished chapters in the USA, Canada, Europe, Africa andAustralasia. http://www.atmiaconferences.com http://www.atmia.com http://www.atmiaconferences.com/Events/Asia/Index.cfm http://www.globalasa.com MEMCON SERIES... PALO ALTO: Denali Software's popular worldwide Denali MemConSeries kicks off this year on Tuesday, March 15, in Taiwan witha full day of activities, including a keynote presentation fromPat Hays, vice president of engineering at MIPS Technologies.It will be held at the Ambassador Hotel Hsinchu in Hsinchu,Taiwan, beginning at 9 a.m. with Hays' keynote, "Enabling theNew Revolution in Consumer Products". http://www.denali.com LICENCE PRICING... SAN DIEGO: Recently, MPEG LA announced that an initial groupof companies reached a tentative agreement on the terms of apatent portfolio license to be offered by MPEG LA for use ofthe Open Mobile Alliance DRM 1.0 specification. The subsequentreporting of the MPEG LA announcements implied that OMA isparty to the proposed DRM 1.0 licensing structure. http://www.openmobilealliance.org SURFWARE LAUNCHES... WESTLAKE VILLAGE: Surfware, developers of SURFCAM CAD/CAMSystems, recently announced the formation of SURFCAMAustralasia to service the unique needs of the Australia andNew Zealand marketplace. This new entity pairs the talents ofpremier CAD/CAM technology providers: ProCam of New Zealand andDynaCAM of Australia. SURFCAM Australasia will provideoutstanding technical expertise and complete training programsthat cover all aspects of the production cycle from concept todelivery. http://www.surfware.com VP APPOINTED... NORTHVILLE: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced thatit has appointed Pieter Klinkers to the position of VicePresident of Sales and Marketing for the Company'sInternational Wheel Group, effective March 1, 2005. Pieterreplaces Marc Hendrickx who was recently appointed as VicePresident of the International Wheel Group's AluminumOperations. Mr. Klinkers will report directly to President FredBentley. http://www.hayes-lemmerz.com CADWALADER BOLSTERS... NEW YORK: Steven C. Sunshine, former head of Shearman &Sterling LLP's worldwide Antitrust Practice and AntitrustLitigation Affinity Group, and Jess Biggio and David P. Wales,Jr., former partners in Shearman & Sterling LLP's AntitrustPractice Group, have joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPas partners in the Litigation Department. http://www.cadwalader.com PRICES SETTLED... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the world'slargest iron ore producer, concluded iron ore and pellets pricenegotiations for 2005 with Arcelor, the largest Europeansteelmaker. http://www.cvrd.com.br CAR DESIGN... LONDON: The third Interior Motives Design Awards 2005competition has officially started. Since registration for theInterior Motives Design Awards opened on 5 February we have hada fantastic response from the worldwide design community. Withthe theme, 'the car design evolution continues...', theInterior Motives Design Awards once again aim to emphasise theimportance of car design and how it is reshaping the car. A http://www.interiormotivesawards.com ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING... NEW YORK: GIFTS Software, a leading provider of anti-moneylaundering, funds transfer, and e-banking solutions, announcedtoday that Banco do Brasil Japan has purchased its Anti-MoneyLaundering & OFAC Solution, GIFTSWEB EDD, for installation inits Tokyo branch. http://www.giftssoft.com BREAKTHROUGH NEWS... ISTANBUL: Yamanouchi will be holding a Press Conference atthe forthcoming European Association of Urology Congress inIstanbul, where the Results of the Landmark STAR Study,Comparing Vesicare (solifenacin) and Tolterodine ER Will be Announced. This will be transmitted live via the web: Date: Thursday 17th March Time: 11.00-12.30 hours Eastern European Time (EET) (EET = GMT + 02:00 hours; CET + 01:00 hour) http://clients.world-television.com/yamanouchi-03-2005 ELECTRONIC TICKETING... SYDNEY: Sabre Airline Solutions announced it had signed anagreement with American Airlines to implement new, open systemstechnology to provide an easy and efficient way to enableinterline electronic ticketing. http://www.sabre-holdings.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.)