SYDNEY--28 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest VIWAWA GAME... SINGAPORE: Fans of the game Big 2 or "Choa Dai Di" as it ismore commonly known here in Cantonese, can now pit their skillsand display special moves like the Shift skill or Swap skill,against friends in the game of Big 2.5, a wacky variation ofBig 2. And all the action is happening on your PC in thecomfort of your home, or on your mobile while you are on thego, as you compete with friends or opponents staying justacross you or even from as far as the United States.www.viwawa.com CALIFORNIA MICRO.. MILPITAS, California: California Micro Devices todayannounced that it has established a design center in Chennai,India in a continuing collaboration with GDA Technologies, astrategic ASIC design partner with a presence there. CMD andGDA worked closely together on the physical design of CMD'scurrent display controller product, the CM5100, a serialinterface chip with embedded frame buffer memory that iscompliant with the Video Electronic Standards Association'sMobile Display Device Interface standard.www.cmd.comwww.gdatech.com DXO LABS... PARIS, and MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: DxO Labs announcedtoday the availability of three new embedded image processingsolutions specifically designed for camera phone applicationsand available as silicon IP licensed to silicon vendors. Thesenew solutions help mobile phone designers overcome thelimitations of ever shrinking pixels used in high resolution,small form factor camera modules.www.dxo.comwww.dxo.com/intl/embedded_imaging DXO LABS... PARIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: DxO Labs announcedtoday that the new DxO IPE and DxO ISP product lines ofembedded image processing solutions will contain the sameprofessional quality demosaicing technology as can be found inthe popular DxO Optics Pro v5 software package targetingserious and demanding photographers. This represents the firsttime that such high quality image processing has been madeavailable as silicon IP for implementation into mobile devicessuch as camera phones.www.dxo.com MORTGAGE MARKET PALM DESERT, California: Plunging interest rates helped by alower U.S. dollar are about to rescue both the U.S. housing andstock markets, says US currency specialist Mike McDonald. Notnext year, but immediately. McDonald follows the Dollar for aliving and has written two books on investing: A StrategicGuide to the Coming Roller-Coaster Market (June 2000), andPredict market Swings with Technical Analysis (2002, Wiley &Sons)www.glengarryadvisors.comwww.gm.comwww.hsbcusa.comwww.ml.comwww.citigroup.com IR RANKINGS... NEW YORK: MZ Consult NY LLC, a leading global investorrelations and financial communications firm, today announcedthat the registration period for the 10th annual edition of theIR Global Rankings and Awards has entered its final week --deadline is Friday November 30, 2007.www.irglobalrankings.comwww.mz-ir.com/webcast/mzconsult/irgr2007/?e MORGAN STANLEY... CHICAGO: Morgan Stanley's Client Listed Derivatives businessand Trading Technologies International, Inc. announced todaythat they have entered into a global software licensingagreement and TTNET distribution agreement in which MorganStanley will make available TT's high speed X_TRADERorder-entry software to its customers and internal tradingdesks globally.www.tradingtechnologies.comwww.morganstanley.com ANADIGICS ROCHESTER... WARREN, New Jersey: ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading supplier ofwireless and broadband communications solutions, announcedtoday that they have selected Rochester Electronics to be theirauthorized distributor of discontinued products.www.anadigics.comwww.rocelec.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$480million on December 7, 2007 and US$150 million on December 11,2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of theprincipal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com SHANGHAI'S CYBERKNIFE... SUNNYVALE, California: Accuray Incorporated, a global leaderin the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Hua ShanHospital in Shanghai has installed a CyberKnife RoboticRadiosurgery System for its Pudong District facility. Theinstallation marks the first CyberKnife System in Shanghai andthe fifth System in China, providing greater patient access tothe benefits of robotic radiosurgery.www.accuray.com SUNPOWER WOONGJIN... SAN JOSE, California: SunPower Corporation, a SiliconValley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solarpanels and solar systems, today announced that Woongjin EnergyCorp., its joint venture with Woongjin Holdings Company Ltd.,will dedicate a new 46,200-square-meter solar silicon ingotpulling factory on November 28th.www.sunpowercorp.comwww.woongjinenergy.comwww.woongjin.com ELSEVIER LAUNCH.. AMSTERDAM: Elsevier, the world's leading publisher ofscience, technology and medical information, today announcedthe official launch of 2collab, a free online platform forscientific collaboration.www.elsevier.comwww.2collab.com OTIS 'GREEN'... FARMINGTON, Connecticut: Otis Elevator Company, a subsidiaryof United Technologies Corp., was awarded a US$26 millioncontract to provide elevators and escalators at The Bow, a59-story office building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071127/NETU003http://photoarchive.ap.orgwww.otis.com TELIRIS QUALCOMM... NEW YORK: Teliris, the leading full-service provider oftelepresence solutions, today announced that Qualcomm hasselected Teliris' fourth generation telepresence solution for atrial program aimed at fostering deeper integration andincreased communication between its San Diego headquarters andresearch facilities located in Campbell, Calif. andBridgewater, N.J.www.teliris.comhttp://teliris.com/solution.html XENOME INVESTMENT... BRISBANE: Xenome Ltd, a specialist biopharmaceutical companydeveloping novel peptide drugs, announced today that it hassuccessfully raised US$10 million of equity finance. Thesyndicated funding round includes continuing support fromXenomes major investor, Queensland BioCapital Funds, forUS$2.7M, significant equity funding of US$5m from AmylinPharmaceuticals Inc, a top tier USA biotechnology companyheadquartered in San Diego, California, and US$2.3M fromInnovis Investment Partners.www.qbf.qic.com/www.xenome.comwww.qic.com EXPEDIA CHINA... BEIJING and BELLEVUE, Washington: Expedia Corporate Travel,a full-service travel management company, today announced plansto launch service in China through a strategic partnership witheLong, Inc. Companies doing business in China will have accessto fully localized service, global reporting capabilities andan in-country call center that is staffed with dedicated agentswho speak both Mandarin and English.www.expediacorporate.comwww.elong.comwww.elong.net/ GO SOLAR... SYDNEY: The Modern Group, Australia's biggest homeimprovement company is getting ready to give "solar power tothe people". The Australian owned company, established in 1979,is adding Solar Energy Solutions to its existing Eco-consciousproduct range which includes rainwater tanks, Kool Kotepaint and Enviroblind window roller shutters, and hopes consumers allaround the country will get onboard to do their bit for theenvironment.www.modernsolar.com.au AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.