SYDNEY, Oct. 12--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MERCER PRESENTS... SEOUL: Edouard Merette, President of Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Asia Pacific, will be presenting on 'Are Corporate Pensions a threat or an opportunity?' at World Knowledge Forum 2005. GAMES PORTAL... TOKYO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: PeerMe, Inc., a peer-to-peer voice communications technology company focused on voice enabling the Internet, and Boonty, the world leader in downloadable digital games, Tuesday announced the release of the first of a series of Japanese PeerMe games channels. http://www.peerme.com http://www.boonty.com DIABETES MANAGEMENT... LONDON: In the face of an emerging worldwide epidemic of type 2 diabetes, the Global Partnership for Effective Diabetes Management Tuesday launched the first global recommendations designed to help physicians overcome common barriers to achieving recommended treatment goals for diabetes management. http://www.diabetespressoffice.com JAPANESE LAUNCH... SANTA CLARA, Calif. and YOKOHAMA: At the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthodontic Society in Yokohama on Tuesday, Align Technology, Inc., the inventor of Invisalign, a proprietary method of straightening teeth without wires and brackets, announced the launch of Invisalign in Japan. http://www.invisalign.com IP SOLUTION... SAN JOSE, Calif.: CEVA, Inc., the leading licensor of digital signal processor (DSP) cores, multimedia, GPS and storage platforms to the semiconductor industry, Tuesday unveiled CEVA-SAS, a comprehensive solution for implementing Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) in SoC designs. http://www.ceva-dsp.com SPEECH SOLUTIONS... WOBURN, Mass.: VoiceSignal, the leading provider of speech solutions for mobile devices, Tuesday announced that it has licensed its VSuite 2.0 software to Chi Mei for implementation on Chi Mei Smartphones. http://www.voicesignal.com COREL INTRODUCES... MAIDENHEAD: Corel Corporation Tuesday unveiled Corel Painter Essentials 3, the complete home art studio built on the award-winning power of Corel Painter IX. http://www.corel.com http://www.corel.com/painteressentials3 HD RADIO... HONG KONG, HK Electronics Fair: iBiquity Digital, the sole developer of HD Radio(TM) technology, Tuesday announced that four new manufacturers -- City Electronics, OPUS Art and Technology Co. Ltd., Sangean and Zylux Acoustic Corp -- have acquired licenses to develop HD Radio modules and receivers. http://www.hdradio.com http://www.ibiquity.com REFERENCE DESIGNS... HONG KONG, HK Electronics Fair: iBiquity Digital Corporation, the sole developer of digital HD Radio technology, Tuesday announced that it has released new reference designs for tabletop and home HD Radio receivers. http://www.hdradio.com http://www.ibiquity.com DEVELOPMENT KIT... TOKYO: IPFlex Inc. on Tuesday announced it will start taking orders for the IPFlex FFT Development Kit which enables rapid development of dynamically reconfigurable FFT systems. http://www.ipflex.com LONDON OFFICE... LONDON: European Capital Financial Services Limited Tuesday announced the opening of its London office. http://www.EuropeanCapital.com INVESTMENT GRADE... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) Tuesday said Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P), one of the largest and most prestigious rating agencies in the world, assigned its "BBB" local and foreign currency corporate credit ratings to CVRD. http://www.cvrd.com.br SYSTEM CONTROLLER... SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Marvell, the leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, Tuesday launched Discovery V, the industry's most powerful system controller for Power Architecture technology-based microprocessors. http://www.marvell.com HOST CITY... ZURICH: Cities across the world are now being invited to become the Official Host Venue for the New7Wonders campaign, with the chosen venue to host three globally televised events over a ten-year period starting with the Official Declaration of the New 7 Wonders of the World on January 1 2007. http://www.new7wonders.com REMOTE MONITORING... DENVER, Colo.: Virtela, a global secure network solutions company, Tuesday announced its new Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) suite of services, which combines the simplicity of a managed service with a highly modular approach that offers customers unprecedented service choice and flexibility. http://www.virtela.net CAMERA PHONES... PARIS and TOKYO: Realeyes3D, the pioneer of handwritten messaging and an early leader in embedded mobile imaging applications and wireless data services for camera phone users, Tuesday announced that it has undertaken an extensive technology evaluation and field trial of its Digitizer3 Mobile Scanning service for enterprise applications with DoCoMo Technology, Inc. http://www.realeyes3d.com IBM CENTER... MANILA: IBM Monday opened a new global services delivery center in Manila, Philippines, which consolidates and significantly expands IBM's operations to meet the growing market demand for Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) services in Asia Pacific. www.ibm.com/bcs STRATEGIC ALLIANCE... KUALA LUMPUR: Asia's number one sports broadcaster, ESPN STAR Sports and Malaysia's Ministry of Youth and Sports Tuesday announced plans for a multi-year strategic partnership alliance to raise participation and interest in sport in the country. AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT... NEW YORK: Aircraft safety and management strategies for maintaining aircraft in a growing Asian aviation market -- issues that affect airlines, OEMs, suppliers, service providers and the military -- will be the focus of discussions and displays during Aviation Week Group's MRO Asia Conference & Exhibition, November 9 & 10 in Singapore. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com http://www.aviationweek.com/awin http://www.aviationnow.com http://www.aviationnow.com/conferences SPACE MISSION... ARLINGTON, Va.: Space Adventures(R), Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, Monday announced that American technology entrepreneur Greg Olsen successfully landed in Kazakhstan after a 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). http://www.spaceadventures.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.)