SYDNEY, Jan 5--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ONLINE COLLABORATION... SCOTTS VALLEY: Convenos, entering the market as the latestprovider of online meeting and collaboration software, Thursdayannounced general availability of Convenos Meeting Center, aweb-based collaboration and conferencing solution that canslash Web conference budgets for any size organization. http://www.convenos.com SINGTEL RATED... SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel),has announced that it has received excellent ratings fromcorporate users for its international data services inGartner's latest 'Survey of Best International NSPs,Asia/Pacific 2005' report. www.singtel.com www.optus.com.au EDUCATION GUIDE... WASHINGTON: A new electronic publication, "College andUniversity Education in the United States", to help studentsfrom around the world learn about opportunities for highereducation in the U.S. is now available from the Department ofState. http://usinfo.state.gov CONCEPT MOTORCYCLE... WOLFSBURG, and LOS ANGELES: In a world premiere at the LosAngeles Auto Show, Volkswagen has presented the GX3 - acompletely new type of motorcycle conceived by the Moonrakerteam and VW's Design Center in California, exclusively with theU.S. in mind. http://www.volkswagen-media-services.com BEYOND 2GB... LAS VEGAS: At the 2006 International CES this week, the SDCard Association (SDA) announced it expects to finalizespecifications for a new, high-capacity SD Memory Card, theSDHC Memory Card, that will expand SD capacity beyond 2GB - inearly 2006. http://www.sdcard.org http://www.sdcard.com MARVELL SOLUTIONS... LAS VEGAS: Marvell, the leader in storage, communications,and consumer silicon solutions, Wednesday announced the MarvellOrion product family, which enables groundbreaking media vaultplatforms that allow users to instantly access rich multimediaand data content throughout the home. www.marvell.com www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060104/SFW055 SONUS DEAL... CHELMSFORD: Sonus Networks, a supplier of service providervoice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, and VonageNetwork, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. and the leadingprovider of broadband telephone services to residentialcustomers in the U.S., announced today that Vonage Network hasselected the Sonus Network architecture to support theincreasing growth in its subscriber base. http://www.sonusnet.com http://www.vonage.com SUNCORP SELECTION... ATLANTA, and LONDON: CheckFree Corporation announcedWednesday that Australia's sixth largest banking group andfourth largest insurer, The Suncorp Group, has selectedCheckFree's Accurate NXG Operational Risk Management solutionto improve its reconciliation and exception managementprocesses, and potentially reduce operational risk across itsentire insurance, banking and wealth management business. www.checkfreecorp.com SCHIZOPHRENIA TREATMENT... MUNICH: A new study published Wednesday in the EuropeanArchives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience demonstratesthat quetiapine (SEROQUEL) and risperidone (RISPERDAL) haveequivalent efficacy in the treatment of patients withschizophrenia exhibiting predominately negative symptoms,however quetiapine showed superior tolerability especially withrespect to extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060104/197690 INVESTOR JV... LUXEMBOURG and TORONTO: Dexia and Royal Bank of CanadaWednesday announced completion of the joint venture, RBC DexiaInvestor Services, combining their institutional investorservices businesses in a new company with assets under custodyof approximately US$2.0 trillion. www.rbcdexia-is.com www.rbc.com www.dexia.com www.dexia-bil.lu QUALCOMM DEMONSTRATION... SAN DIEGO: QUALCOMM Incorporated, a developer and innovatorof Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other wirelesstechnologies, Wednesday announced it will conduct a live,over-the-air demonstration of FLO Technology with SamsungElectronics Co., Ltd., during the 2006 International CES in LasVegas, Jan. 5-8. www.floforum.org/ www.qualcomm.com www.samsung.com QUALCOMM DEMONSTRATION... QUALCOMM Incorporated, a developer and innovator of CodeDivision Multiple Access (CDMA) and other wirelesstechnologies, today announced the Company will conduct live,over-the-air demonstrations of FLO Technology, featuringdelivery and viewing of multiple channels of wirelessmultimedia content, on handsets from LG Electronics MobileComm(LG), during the 2006 International CES in Las Vegas, Jan.5-8. www.floforum.org www.qualcomm.com www.lgusa.com FLASH DVD... SANTA CLARA: Integrated Silicon Solution Inc., Wednesdayannounced a joint development program with IndustrialTechnology Research Institute of Taiwan for network DVDRecorder/Player applications that adds Flash card readerfunctionality to the DVD recorder/player and allows pictures,movies, or music to be played from or recorded to Flash cardsdirectly via the DVD system without using a computer. http://www.issi.com http://www.itri.org.tw RESORT PLAN... LAS VEGAS: Boyd Gaming Corporation announced Wednesday thatit will develop a multi-faceted, world-class resort complex onits 63-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip that will be opened inearly 2010. www.porternovelli.com/ www.echelonresort.com/ www.shangri-la.com/ www.boydgaming.com/ www.prnewswire.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)