SYDNEY--5 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PATENT APPLICATION... SEATTLE: AFS Trinity Power Corporation Thursday filed its patent applicationdisclosing the company's new technology for an Extreme Hybrid car capable ofcarrying the average American motorist more than 250 miles on a single gallonof gasoline or ethanol. http://www.afstrinity.com http://www.ricardo.com ONLINE AUDIENCE... RESTON, Va.: comScore Networks Thursday announced the launch of comScoreWorld Metrix, the first true estimate of global online audience size andbehavior based on activity from the world's largest online behavioral researchpanel. http://www.comscore.com STATUE PLACED... PITTSBURGH, PA.: Carnegie Mellon University has placed a statue of famedChinese engineer, educator and alumnus Mao Yisheng on its campus in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania (USA). http://www.cmu.edu ENHANCED HYPHENATION ZAANDAM, Netherlands: WoodWing Software has introduced Smart Hyphen, whichdelivers enhanced hyphenation functionality to Adobe InDesign and InCopy CS2. http://www.woodwing.com IPO CLOSES... HONG KONG and MENLO PARK, Calif.: Shanghai Century Acquisition CorporationThursday announced the closing on April 28, 2006 of the company's initialpublic offering for 14,375,000 units (including 1,875,000 units subject to theunderwriters' over allotment option, which was exercised in full). (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)