SYDNEY--5 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuestLICENSING RIGHTS... CHIBA CITY, Japan: SENSIO Technologies Inc., the inventor ofthe SENSIO 3D technology, is proud to announce the developmentof its first generation 3D high definition decoder chip whichwill also feature JVC's (Victor Company of Japan) unique realtime 2D to 3D conversion technology. TIMESTAMP SERVICE... CLEVELAND: Hyland Software Inc., developer of OnBaseenterprise content management software, along with OnBasemaster VAR, PFU, and technology partner, Fujitsu ComputerProducts of America, has announced the Integration for the PFUTimeStamp Service module which will be available in OnBase'sversion 6.2 scheduled for release later this month. www.onbase.com SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS... WICHITA, Kansas: Spirit AeroSystems Inc. has announced thatit has entered into an agreement with Aviall Services Inc. ofDallas, Texas, for international parts distribution. Thecontract covers all markets outside the United States andCanada. www.aviall.com AKRION ANNOUNCES... ALLENTOWN, Pasadena: Akrion, Inc. has announced that it hascompleted its previously announced acquisition of most of theassets and selected liabilities of SCP Global Technologies,Inc., a manufacturer of batch-immersion tools based in Boise,Idaho. www.akrion.com VIRON'S VT-111... LONDON, Ontario: Viron Therapeutics' lead drug candidate,VT-111, has been selected as one of the top 10 most promisingcardiovascular drugs in development, offering significantpotential for strategic partnering. www.vironinc.com BUSINESS CONFERENCE... REDMOND, Washington: SourceCode Technology Holdings Inc.(SourceCode) continues their support of the Microsoft partnerecosystem as a platinum sponsor of the Microsoft SOA andBusiness Process conference. The conference is being held onOct 3-6 in Redmond, WA and expects to draw approximately 800business and technical professionals from industry partners andcustomers. www.k2workflow.com DESIGN CONTEST... AUSTIN, Texas: Luminary Micro together with Circuit Cellarmagazine and Keil, announces the launch of theDesignStellaris2006 design contest for the Stellaris family ofmicrocontrollers - the world's first silicon implementation ofthe ARM Cortex-M3 processor. The contest will close February 7,2007. www.luminarymicro.com www.luminarymicro.com/home/try_before_you_buy.html www.LuminaryMicro.com/DesignStellaris2006 www.luminarymicro.com/sales www.arm.com/developersconference www.keil.com/distis PROTIVITI LAUNCHES... MENLO PARK, California: Protiviti Inc., a leadinginternational provider of internal audit and business andtechnology risk consulting services, has launched operations inIndia with the opening of offices in Mumbai and New Delhi. www.protiviti.com SEABED LOGGING... LONDON: Electromagnetic Geoservices AS (emgs) has launchedproceedings in the High Court in London against OffshoreHydrocarbon Mapping plc for the infringement of one of emgspatents related to Seabed Logging, also referred to ascontrolled-source electromagnetic marine surveying for thedirect detection of hydrocarbons beneath the seabed. CALIFORNIA MICRO... MILPITAS, California: California Micro Devices has unveileda dual display and audio controller for wireless handsets thatincorporates the VESA Standard Mobile Display Digital Interfacelink, which is fully compatible with QUALCOMM's Mobile StationModem chipset solutions. www.cmd.com www.calmicro.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on October 14, 2006 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com PARTNER PROGRAM... HOLTSVILLE, New York Symbol Technologies, Inc., TheEnterprise Mobility Company, has announced that more than 350Independent Software Vendor partners have joined itsPartnerSelect ISV Partner Program in less than 17 months. www.symbol.com www.symbol.com/partner QUARTERLY DIVIDEND... HAMILTON, Bermuda: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. announced thatit has declared a regular quarterly dividend of US$0.23 percommon share. The dividend is payable on 27 October 2006 toshareholders of record as of 13 October 2006. www.wpstewart.com OTIS FEATURED... FARMINGTON, Connecticut: Otis Elevator Company, a unit ofUnited Technologies Corp., will install 70 Gen2 elevators andeight escalators in a major residential development on Dubai'slandmark Palm Jumeirah Island. www.otis.com LICENSE AGREEMENT... MILAN and VANDALIA, Ohio: Eurand announced that it hasentered into a development and license agreement withGlaxoSmithKline whereby Eurand will use its Microcapstaste-masking and AdvaTab oral disintegration tablettechnologies to develop a new formulation of an undisclosedGlaxoSmithKline product. www.eurand.com NOVAGALI ANNOUNCES... EVRY, France: Novagali Pharma, a biopharmaceutical companyspecialized in ophthalmology, announces it has completedenrollment of patients in a pivotal multi-center phase IIIprogram to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Nova22007 forthe treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis well ahead ofschedule. www.novagali.com MOTOROLA LAUNCHES... MOSCOW: Motorola, Inc. announces the opening of "Red SquareMOTO" - the company's newest Global Flagship Store and itslatest thrust in the drive to re-invent retail for consumersseeking the hottest innovations in mobile communications. www.motorola.com STARPHARMA ACQUIRES... MELBOURNE: Starpharma Holdings Limited announced the signingof an agreement to acquire US-based Dendritic Nanotechnologies,Inc. for US$6.97 million payable through the issue ofStarpharma shares. www.starpharma.com www.dnanotech.com ACONEX SECURES... MELBOURNE: Aconex, has secured a contract with British GasExploration and Production India Ltd. to provide its onlineinformation management service to NRPOD, the Mid Tapti GasField expansion project, offshore Mumbai. www.aconex.com SETTLING DISPUTES... SYDNEY: Red Book, the independent vehicle valuation company,has made its pricing information available to all major Chineseinsurance companies so that they can use the Red Book values tosettle any vehicle insurance disputes. POSITIVE NEWS... BRISBANE: Australian drug development company AlchemiaLimited received further positive news for its SyntheticHeparin with the priority review for GlaxoSmithKlinessupplemental new drug application for Arixtra in treating acutecoronary syndromes by the US Food and Drug Administration. www.alchemia.com.au OMNIVISION EXPANDS... SUNNYVALE, California and CHIBA, Japan: OmniVisionTechnologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOSCameraChip solutions for high-volume imaging applications, hasunveiled a new high-performance Square Graphics Array 400 x 400resolution camera chip sensor. www.ovt.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)