SYDNEY, Oct. 5--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CALYPTO DESIGN... SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif: Calypto DesignSystems, Inc. and Forte Design Systems have announced plans forthe industry's first integration of SystemC-based sequentialequivalence checking and behavioral synthesis. www.calypto.com www.ForteDS.com SORIN GROUP... VENICE: Sorin Group Cardiac Rhythm Management Business Unithas announced at the Venice Arrhythmias 2005 Congress, theEuropean launch of OVATIO CRT and NewLiving CHF, respectively,its new cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D)and pacemaker (CRT-P) for the treatment of heart failurepatients. www.sorin.com CHINESE ART... NEW YORK: Louise T Blouin MacBain, founder of the Louise TBlouin Foundation, has announced the creation of a $500,000cultural and artistic exchange program in China at a dinnerhonouring Chinese Minister Sun Jiazheng held at TheMetropolitan Museum of Art. www.ltbfoundation.org MICREL LAUNCH... SAN JOSE, Calif: Micrel Inc. has launched the MIC2208, a new1 MHz 3A PWM buck regulator IC in a tiny 3mm x 3mm MLF-10Lpackage. www.micrel.com NAVINI NETWORKS... RICHARDSON, Texas: Navini Networks announced that it isworking with British Telecommunications Plc (BT) to trialpre-WiMAX systems for the UK market. www.navini.com CENTOCOR INC... HORSHAM, Pa. and INDIANAPOLIS, Ind: Centocor, Inc. and EliLilly and Company announced that enrollment in the Abciximab inEmergent Stroke Treatment Trial-II (AbESTT-II), the phase IIItrial of REOPRO (abciximab) for the treatment of acute ischemicstroke, has been temporarily suspended. www.lilly.com CHINESEWORLDNET.COM INC... VANCOUVER: ChineseWorldNet.com Inc. presents Global ChineseFinancial Forum (GCFF) - North American Financing Summit atToronto Board of Trade on October 21, 2005. www.gcff.ca XBOX ADIDAS... AMSTERDAM: Two global brands, Xbox and adidas, haveannounced a long-term strategic alliance at X05, the MicrosoftXbox brand experience for the games and entertainmentindustry. www.xbox.com XBOX GAMES... AMSTERDAM: At X05, the Xbox brand experience for the gamesand entertainment industry, Microsoft Corp unveiled a line-upof games for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment systemas it gears up for launch 22 Nov in North America, 2 Dec inEurope and 10 Dec in Japan. www.xbox.com UPS DECEPTION... LOUISVILLE, Ky: After months of deception, UPS finally ownedup to the fact that it will breach its pilot's contract byfailing to deliver the flying from the Menlo acquisition onDecember 19, 2005, as promised, according to Capt. TomNicholson, President of the Independent Pilots Association. HALO MOVIE... LOS ANGELES, Calif: Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Foxannounced that triple-Academy Award winners Peter Jackson andFran Walsh will serve as the executive producers of HALO, theupcoming feature film based on Microsoft's video game fromBungie Studios. www.bungie.net www.universalstudios.com ITOUCH MOBILES... VIENNA: iTouch UK and iTouch Ireland will in future usemobile solutions by 3united for content download, mediaapplications and information services. www.itouch.co.uk www.itouch.ie www.3united.com XBOX 360... AMSTERDAM: A 19th-century industrial plant in Amsterdam wastransformed into a showcase for the Xbox 360 video game andentertainment system from Microsoft Corp on 4 and 5 Oct as morethan 1,000 members of the press and retail representativesgathered to get the low-down on the Xbox 360 launch for Europeand North America at X05, the Xbox brand experience for thegames and entertainment industry. www.xbox.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)