Sydney--26 Sep--Asianet/InfoQuest PLANHQ LAUNCHES... SAN FRANCISCO, California, and WELLINGTON: This Wednesday at the DEMO Fall conference in San Diego, PlanHQ will officiallylaunch its web-based business planning software on stage at 10am PT. http://planhq.com www.demo.com OPENING ANNOUNCED... LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Aero Toy Store, the world's most distinctive aviation brand, has announced the opening of itsLas Vegas sales centre located at McCarran International Airport (275 East Tropicana Avenue, Suite 130). www.aerotoystore.com NEW FRAGRANCE... PARIS: Chlo? and Coty Prestige, the selective division of Coty, announce the press launch of a new Chlo?'s women'sfragrance in October 2007 for an on-counter date in February 2008. www.coty.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$250million on October 9, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.Fannie Mae will also redeem US$100 million in MTN securities issues on October 5, 2007. www.fanniemae.com QUALCOMM UPDATES... SAN DIEGO: Qualcomm Incorporated has updated its financial guidance for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ending September 30, 2007. www.qualcomm.com TIME USES... DETROIT: Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the U.S., recently rolled out WoodWing's Smart ConnectionEnterprise system to produce, among other titles, FORTUNE, Money, People, Sports Illustrated and TIME Magazine. www.woodwing.com REAL SOFTWARE... AUSTIN: REAL Software, provider of REALbasic, cross-platform that really works, has announced that REAL SQL Server 2007, thecross-platform multi-user database server for use with REALbasic, is shipping. www.realsoftware.com www.realsoftware.com/download www.realsoftware.com/products/realsqlserver LOCKHEED MARTIN... CANBERRA: The Commonwealth of Australia awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at US$20.6 million to upgrade the MK92Fire Control System to support the introduction of Standard Missile 2 capability into the Royal Australian Navy Adelaide-class guided missile frigates. www.lockheedmartin.com EXCELCOMINDO DEPLOYS... HELSINKI: Comptel Corporation, the leading vendor of dynamic Operations Support System software, announced that PTExcelcomindo Pratama Tbk, has deployed Comptel Convergent Mediation Solution. www.comptel.com www.xl.co.id www.lt-indonesia.com 4D DELIVERS... PARIS: 4D SAS, the award-winning maker of an integrated platform that simplifies the process of developing anddeploying business applications, has announced the immediate availability of 4D v11 SQL Developer product lines that letsdevelopers create powerful SQL powered business applications while maintaining compatibility with existing 4Dapplications. www.4d.com MANAGEMENT BUYOUT... HONG KONG: The Executive Centre, one of Asia's largest serviced office operators, has announced the completion of amanagement buyout that will enable the company to achieve its strategic vision and growth plans in Asia. The deal is backedby the alternative investment manager Marathon Asset Management LLC, which will partner with the current management team of The Executive Centre. www.executivecentre.com www.marathonfund.com BYTEMOBILE ANNOUNCES... MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in mobile internet solutions for network operators, announced that WILLCOM, Inc. of Japan has deployed its embedded browser optimization technology to accelerate web browsing for handset subscribers. www.bytemobile.com MICROSOFT OFFICE... PARIS: The Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft Corp has announced at the Apple Expo in Paris its product line-up for the upcoming Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac release. www.microsoft.com www.microsoft.com/mac www.microsoft.com/emea www.microsoft.com/emea/presscentre www.microsoft.com/emea/contactus www.microsoft.com/presspass PRODUCTION ORDER... PORTLAND, Oregon: Axial Vector Engine Corporation has announced the signing of an MOU with Eastcom Ltd of London,United Kingdom for the production of AVEC 195 horsepower 605 torque gasoline engines for various civilian applications. www.axialvectorengine.com FRIENDSTER LAUNCHES... SAN FRANCISCO: Friendster, Inc. has announced that Friendster.com is available in Traditional Chinese, allowing Friendster users and visitors a choice of either English or Traditional Chinese languages to navigate the site, enter content and use Friendster's complete set of social networking features. www.friendster.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.