SYDNEY, Feb. 2--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CFK ANNOUNCE... MELBOURNE: Childs Family Kindergartens Limited is pleased toannounce that a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie BankLimited (Macquarie) intends to acquire up to a 30 per centinterest in CFK. EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS... SYDNEY: As winter approaches, there are growing fears forearthquake victims trying to rebuild their lives, said PakistanPress Foundation Secretary-General, Mr Owais Aslam Ali. www.asianetnews.net ANTI-COUNTERFEITING PROGRAM... NEW ALBANY: Abercrombie & Fitch announced that it issignificantly expanding its commitment to combat thecounterfeiting of its products on a global scale by launching anew anti-counterfeiting program, which will be known as theAbercrombie & Fitch Brand Protection team. http://www.abercrombie.com http://www.abercrombiekids.com http://www.hollisterco.com DEVICE SERVER... WEST JORDAN: Opengear Inc., a quality supplier of consoleserver and remote management solutions, has announced theavailability of Opengear's Secure Device Server line. http://www.opengear.com PATENT LAW... TAIPEI and HSINCHU: Fish & Richardson P.C. and theIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will present anintensive half-day seminar on "United States Patent Law andLitigation" in Taipei on March 7, 2006 and in Hsinchu on March9, 2006. http://www.fr.com/taiwanpatentseminar DINMAR LINKS... OTTAWA: DINMAR, a leading North American healthcareinformation technology company, announced that four hospitalsin Eastern Ontario's Champlain Region have successfullyimplemented the company's Oacis EMPI (Enterprise Master PatientIndex) solution suite as a first step towards linking patientrecords region-wide. www.dinmar.com VIDEO SURVEILLANCE... LOVELAND: A4S Security, Inc. has announced the results of atest on the company's ShiftWatch Video Surveillance productsimulating last year's London bus bombing. www.storagebysony.com www.mediabysony.com http://www.shiftwatch.com INNOCENTIVE SECURES... ANDOVER, Mass.: InnoCentive announced it has closed a $9million Series A Preferred venture capital financing round ledby Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc., a New York-based venturecapital firm. http://www.omidyar.net http://www.spencertrask.com http://www.innocentive.com OTIS ELEVATORS... FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of UnitedTechnologies Corp., will supply and install 21 elevators for a29-story office tower under construction in London's historicSquare Mile district. http://www.otis.com MURDER ARREST... CANBERRA: Almost four years after the body of Janelle Pattonwas found on Norfolk Island, a New Zealand man has beenarrested in relation to her murder. WATER DESALINATION... BRISBANE: Aqua Dyne, Inc and the Australian, CommonwealthScientific and Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO), theFederal Governments Premier Research Organisation will beadvancing the study and use of Solar Energy in thermal waterdesalination for the Coal Mining Industry. CORPORATE IN-BOXES... SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.: World leading enterprise threatprotection company, SurfControl, has announced a partnershipwith Canon System Solutions to release a co-branded version ofSurfControl RiskFilter in Japan. http://www.surfcontrol.com http://www.canon-sol.co.jp (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)