SYDNEY--9 Mar--AsiaNet/Infoquest KOMAG PARTICIPATES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier ofthin-film media for disk drives, today announced that the Company willparticipate in the Deutsche Bank 2006 Technology Conference in Miami, Floridaon March 14, 2006. http://www.komag.com SOFTWARE RELEASE... OTTAWA: LPI Level Platforms Inc. today announced the release of ManagedWorkplace 5.0, a comprehensive remote monitoring and management softwareproduct for IT solution providers that offer managed services to their smalland mid sized end customers. http://www.levelplatforms.com GLOBAL ALLIANCE... FORT WORTH, Texas, PADBORG, DUBAI, and MIAMI, Fla.: Axiom Telecom,Brightstar Corp., Dangaard Telecom, & RadioShack Corporation today announcedthe formation of BRAXDA Telecom, a distribution, supply chain and retailalliance built to serve the wireless telecommunications industry worldwide. http://www.brightstarcorp.com http://www.braxda.com http://www.RadioShackCorporation.com http://www.RadioShack.com PROGRAM EXPANDS... MANASSAS, Va.: ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) today announced theaddition of Kentucky-based Gibson Laboratories, Inc. to the ATCC LicensedDerivative (LD) program. http://www.atcc.org http://www.gibsonlabs.com POKER TOURNAMENT... ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: World Poker Exchange today announced plans to partnerwith Autumn Light Media, L.L.C. to produce the second annual London Open pokertournament. http://www.Worldpx.com FTSE INDEX... TOKYO: FTSE Group, the global index provider, today confirms the results ofthe March review of the FTSE4Good global index series. http://www.ftse.com MARVELL SUPPORTS... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Marvell, the leader in storage, communications andconsumer silicon solutions, today announced that the Company's industry leadingWLAN products have been optimized to work with Intel Corporation's newestprocessor family (codenamed Monahans) based on third generation Intel XScalearchitecture. http://www.marvell.com FRACTUS CHOSEN... BARCELONA: Fractus, the fractal antenna technology pioneer, has allowedFrench mobile handset manufacturer Sagem Communications to create its newultra-slim my300X mobile phone line by developing an ultra-slim internaltri-band GSM antenna. http://www.fractus.com MFC AWARDED... FORT COLLINS, Colo.: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. today announced thatits Aera Transformer digital MFC has been awarded default-standard status on anew semiconductor platform by a major Japanese original equipment manufacturer(OEM). http://www.advanced-energy.com DUCK RESCUE... MELBOURNE: An anti duck shooting lobby group from within the AustralianLabor Party is inviting international media, (already in Victoria to cover theMelbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games), to join the group, and the CoalitionAgainst Duck Shootings rescue team on Victoria's wetlands at the opening ofthis year's duck season. www.duck.org.au www.alpmods.org.au GROUP OBJECTS... SEOUL: Steel Partners II, L.P. and Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Partners MasterFund LP and High River Limited Partnership, collectively known as The KT&G FullValue Committee, today condemned KT&G management's latest efforts to confuseand mislead shareholders. DLNA GUIDELINES... PORTLAND, Ore.: Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) announced that itsHome Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines have expanded to include avariety of new features and device classes, including mobile deviceconnectivity, quality of service, and printing. http://www.dlna.org JAPAN SUBSIDIARY... TOKYO and SAN MATEO, Calif: NetSuite, Inc., the world leader in on-demandbusiness management software, today announced the establishment of NetSuiteK.K., a wholly-owned subsidiary with exclusive rights to NetSuite'saward-winning products in Japan. http://www.netsuite.jp http://www.netsuite.com BANK DEPOSITS... SINGAPORE: High-interest deposit accounts have caught on in Asia Pacific,following global successes like those offered by ING Direct, which now boasts13.3 million customers and funds entrusted of $176 billion. www.rfasiapacific.org (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)