SYDNEY--9 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest VWR INTERNATIONAL... WEST CHESTER, Pa. - VWR International, Inc., a leader in the global researchlaboratory industry with worldwide sales of over $3.1 billion, announced thepromotion of Mr. MK Sathya to the position of Managing Director, India. http://www.vwr.com DIGI LAUNCHES... MINNETONKA, Minn. - New ConnectPort WAN VPN with integrated Sierra Wirelessembedded module increases upload speeds expanding wireless applications DigiInternational introduced a Rev A version of itsConnectPort WAN VPN, the industry's first commercial-grade EVDO Rev A WirelessWAN (WWAN) router. http://www.digi.com/products/wireless/connectportwanvpn.jsp www.sierrawireless.com www.digi.com THANKO INC... TOKYO - Thanko Inc., known as a leading provider of unique and usefulcomputer related and audio video products, step into world market. http://www.raremonoshop.com/ SPIRITUAL RESEARCH... MELBOURNE - The Spiritual Science Research Foundation states that 96 percent of the root causes of any type of addiction are actually in the spiritualrealm, caused due to possession by an entity. www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/addictions ST. MORITZ... ZURICH - For the time being, from November 6, 2006, the St. Moritz fashionlabel will be exclusively distributed on-line. http://www.stmoritz-store.ch OPERA WIRELESS... STOCKHOLM, Sweden - OPERA WIRELESS, S.L., a company specialized in wirelessconnectivity technologies and services, NANORADIO a fabless semiconductorcompany specialized in building components for WiFi applications and BLUSENS,Spanish market leader in Consumer Electronics and specifically in HandheldConsumer Electronics, today announced that they have entered into an agreementto offer WiFi solutions for portable multimedia players. www.blusens.com www.operawireless.com www.nanoradio.com FROST & SULLIVAN... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the development andfabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, together with Frost &Sullivan, a global leader in growth consulting, are proud to announce thatAtmel has been presented with the prestigious Frost & Sullivan award for GlobalGrowth Strategy Leadership in recognition of its outstanding performance in theworld Smart Card IC market throughout 2005. www.frost.com http://www.atmel.com/products FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of onesecurities issues amounting to a total of US$175 million on November 18, 2006at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com REDFORD TO... NEW YORK - Robert Redford, President and Founder of Sundance Institute, willannounce a pilot project of the Sundance Film Festival in conjunction with theGSM Association, representing the global mobile industry. http://www.multivu.com http://www.microsoft.com http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=36598 ECOSECURITIES REGISTERS... DUBLIN - EcoSecurities, one of the world's leading companies in the businessof originating, creating and trading carbon credits, announces the registrationof 22 Methane Recovery and Electricity Generation projects under the KyotoProtocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). http://www.ecosecurities.com REDFORD ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK - Sundance Institute, a champion for independent filmmakers forover 25 years, announced that it is joining forces with the GSM Association(GSMA), whose members serve more than 2 billion mobile phone customers acrossthe globe, to create the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project, agroundbreaking pilot project that will showcase and extend the reach of theindependent short film genre to mobile users worldwide. http://www.gsmworld.com http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com VERIZON BUSINESS... BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Verizon Business announced the global availability ofits Remote Internet Protocol (IP) Application Management Service. This customservice allows customers to cost-effectively outsource all or some of themonitoring and management of their business-critical applications. http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/618232.html http://www.verizon.com NVIDIA PRODUCTS... SANTA CLARA, Calif. - NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader inprogrammable graphics processor technologies, introduced two new productfamilies that transform the PC into the premier gaming platform: the GeForce8800 graphics processing unit (GPU), and the NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI media andcommunications processor (MCP) designed specifically for Intel Core 2 Quad andCore 2 Duo processors. http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=press_room http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020613/NVDALOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061108/SFW058-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061108/SFW058-b http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.nvidia.com K2.NET 'BLACKPEARL'... BARCELONA - SourceCode Technology Holdings Inc. announces the addition ofover 200 new features to the award winning K2.net(TM) 2003 advanced workflowand BPM platform. http://www.k2workflow.com KOMAG TO... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier ofthin-film media for disk drives, today announced that the Company willparticipate in the following investor conferences: Bear Stearns SMid-CapInvestor Conference on November 14 and UBS Global Communications and TechnologyConference on November 15, 2006. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990816/KOMGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.komag.com DOTMOBI LAUNCHES... DUBLIN and WASHINGTON - dotMobi, the official worldwide registry for the.mobi domain, this week launched the first round of its Request for Proposalsprocess for four highly anticipated premium .mobi domain names: "news.mobi,""ringtones.mobi," "sports.mobi" and "weather.mobi." http://www.dotmobi.mobi http://pc.mtld.mobi/switched/premiumsales.html MARVELL COMPLETES... SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Marvell Technology Group, Ltd., the leader in storage,communications and consumer silicon solutions, today announced that it hascompleted the acquisition of Intel's cellular and applications processorbusiness. http://www.marvell.com ON RISE... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) showed in the thirdquarter of 2006 (3Q06) the best performance in its history, posting newoperational and financial records. http://www.cvrd.com.br CASINO ROYALE... LOS ANGELES - In anticipation of the release of "Casino Royale," the newJames Bond film, and to celebrate the 60th Anniversary year of the Cinema andTelevision Benevolent Fund, The Band of the Scots Guards will play a selectionof Bond themes during the Changing of the Guard Ceremony at Buckingham Palace,on Thursday, November 9. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)