SYDNEY--26 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NEW SERVICE... NEW YORK: netomat, Inc., pioneers in enabling seamless messaging across mobile phones and PCs, and Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), India's premier Broadband and Internet service company, Wednesday announced a partnership that enables consumers in India to create, get and share content on PCs and Mobile Phones. http://www.netomat.net http://www.vsnl.in JETSTAR FARES... SYDNEY: Jetstar Wednesday unveiled its launch fares and flight schedules for its long haul international operations with direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Sydney from 30 November this year. www.jetstar.com ASIA-PACIFIC ASSET... LONDON: The Asia-Pacific hedge fund market posted solid overall growth in assets of around 12 per cent during the first half of 2006, according to the latest mid-year industry assets by AsiaHedge. http://www.asiahedge.com ALERIS RESULTS... BEACHWOOD, Ohio: Aleris International, Inc. will issue its second quarter 2006 results before the market opens on Tuesday, August 8. http://aleris.com AUTO SHOW... LOS ANGELES: In a town renowned for its star-studded premieres, the automotive industry's stars will shine brighter than ever in Hollywood this November. INTEGRATED BROWSER... SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO: OpenTV Corp., a leading provider of enabling technologies for advanced digital television services, Tuesday announced the availability of the OpenTV Integrated Browser validation platform on Windows XP in partnership with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world. http://www.opentv.com http://www.tnavi.net NEW MICROCONTROLLERS... AUSTIN, Texas: Luminary Micro, a fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets, and sells ARM Cortex-M3 processor-based microcontrollers and was the first to bring ARM for $1.00 to embedded developers, Tuesday announced the availability of 13 new Stellaris family 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) and their associated development kits. http://www.luminarymicro.com http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/product_selector_guide.html http://www.mouser.com/luminarymicro http://www.LuminaryMicro.com/Press/25July06Launch / PRIMEYIELD DELIVERS... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor design software, Tuesday announced that integrated circuit (IC) designers can achieve fast runtimes when using Synopsys' new PrimeYield LCC module on IntelDual-Core Xeon 5160 Processors. http://www.synopsys.com MARKET LEADER... LONDON and NEW YORK: Creditex Inc. and CreditTrade, Inc. Tuesday announced the merger of their companies, creating a global force in the credit derivatives market, to be known as Creditex Group Inc. http://www.creditex.com http://www.credittrade.com PICA UNVEILED... TOKYO: Digital Media Professionals Inc. (DMP), the world-class leader of 3D graphics solutions, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday announced "PICA," a next-generation 3D/2D graphics IP core for embedded systems. http://www.dmprof.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.