SYDNEY--12 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SENSORMATIC IREAD AWARD... BOCA RATON, Fla.- ADT announced today that its innovativeSensormatic iREAD platform won a prominent industry award or"RFID Excellence in Business" at RFID World 2008 in Las Vegas.This award is a significant achievement as it recognizes thecompany's commitment to forward-thinking RFID solutions forimplementing item-level intelligence in retail environments.http://www.adt.com/global AMBERFIN LAUNCH... LONDON - AmberFin today announces the launch of the latestversion of its iCR software, an open-standards platform withfour-time Emmy award winning technology that can digitise andtransform new and archived content.http://www.amberfin.com ICRETE TOWER... NEW YORK - With its technology, the iCrete System produces astronger, more cost effective, environmentally safe concretefor the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center in New YorkCity.www.icrete.com EUROPE CHINA TUTORIAL... HAMBURG - Sino-European Economic Conference Opens - RocardReceives China-Europe Friendship Award. "This absence ofwestern knowledge about China's historical achievements is oneof several reasons for the western lack of respect for China,"said Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of the Federal Republicof Germany on the first day of the International EconomicConference, "The Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe" in theHamburg Chamber of Commerce.http://www.hamburg-summit.com. SURF VIDEO GATEWAY... YOKNE'AM - Surf Communication Solutions ("Surf"), a leadingprovider of multimedia embedded processing solutions, announcedtoday that NewGrid Technology ("NewGrid"), a Korea-basedcompany that designs, develops, manufactures and deployscarrier-grade telecom products, has selected Surf's DSPchip-level multimedia processing solution, the Surf DSP-82(TM),for inclusion in its new video gateway. http:/www.surf-com.com TATA COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCH... MUMBAI - Tata Communications, a leading provider of the newworld of communications, announced today the launch of a newGlobal VPN Extended Access Service (EAS). This newcost-effective solution extends VPN access to customer sitesthat do not require dedicated links as well as those located inhard-to-reach geographies. EAS complements Tata CommunicationsGlobal VPN Service to provide an integrated solution thataddresses the full range of customers' communications needs.http://www.tatacommunications.com CORENET GLOBAL FORUM... BANGALORE - CoreNet Global, the world's leading professionalassociation for corporate real estate executives, todayannounced that registration is officially underway for itslocal event entitled 'The Forum at Bangalore' which isscheduled to take place at The Leela Palace Kempinski hotel onNovember 28, 2008.http://www.corenetglobal.org ANADIGICS AMPLIFIER... WARREN, N.J.- In New Hybrid Set-Top Box Design ANADIGICS,Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD) today announced that its ARA2017programmable gain amplifier, optimized for DOCSIS 3.0 cablemodem applications, is featured in Sigma Designs' newmulti-channel, multi-standard, IP-Cable set-top box (STB)reference design. Developed for deployment in existing cableTV systems, the new design from Sigma is a turnkey solution fora DOCSIS 3.0 STB with an integrated cable modem andVoice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability.http://www.anadigics.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$500million on 21 September, 2008 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$820million on 22 September, 2008 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on 25 September, 2008 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of FINP securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$8.885 billion on 22 September, 2008 at a redemption priceequal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com PEPSICO WEBCAST... PURCHASE, N.Y.- PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today announcedthat its third quarter 2008 earnings conference call and slidepresentation for financial analysts and investors will bewebcast live over the internet on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 at 11a.m. eastern daylight time.http://www.pepsico.com WHIRLPOOL, LG AGREEMENT... BENTON HARBOR, Mich.- Today, Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) and LG Electronics agreed to a partial resolution of thepatent infringement action that Whirlpool brought against LG inthe U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in January2008.http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com THINKLOGICAL LAUNCH... AMSTERDAM and MILFORD, Conn.- Thinklogical, the leadingdesigner and manufacturer of fiber optic connectivity andswitching solutions, today unveiled the new VelocityKVM, asingle-mode fiber optic KVM extension system. The VelocityKVMproduct line harnesses advanced single-mode fiber optictechnology to transmit and receive DVI video and peripheralsignals up to 40 kilometers (approximately 25 miles).http://www.thinklogical.com XIOCOM ACQUISITION... ATLANTA - Xiocom Wireless, a global provider of integratedwireless broadband solutions, today announced its acquisitionof Madison, Wisconsin-based Mad City Broadband, an innovativewireless broadband provider that owns and operates a unifiedwireless mesh network in Madison.http://www.xiocom.com RISI'S CONFERENCE... BOSTON - Carol Roberts, Senior Vice President, IndustrialPackaging, International Paper (IP), will deliver the keynotespeech at the 13th International Containerboard Conference(ICC), RISI announced today. The event will take place onNovember 12-14, 2008 at the Chicago Marriott DowntownMagnificent Mile in Chicago.http://www.risiinfo.com NOVARRA, YAHOO! PARTNERSHIP... CHICAGO - Novarra, the Internet Mobility(TM) company, todayannounced an extension to their partnership with Yahoo! toprovide its Vision(TM) web solution for Yahoo! oneSearch.Novarra serves millions of transformed pages every day,enabling access to the best of PC Internet content on mobile.As part of the agreement, the companies deployed Novarra'sVision v7.3 platform that includes customized mobile contenthandling capabilities.http://www.novarra.com DISCOVER EURAIL... UTRECHT - The Eurail Group is bringing out several specialedition extended rail passes which are good for travelthroughout Europe in the spring.http://www.eurailgroup.com BLOOMBERG ASIA-PAC... NEW YORK and BANGKOK - Starting Monday, the BLOOMBERGTELEVISION(R) service will feature live coverage of Thailandwith the addition of its newest live television camera, inBloomberg's Bangkok news bureau.http://www.bloomberg.com DOW CORNING SILICONES... SHANGHAI - Adding to the joy that music and theater bring tocultural patrons -- as well as to the cities in which they arelocated -- is a new generation of striking architecture madepossible by silicone glazing technology.http://www.dowcorning.com/content/publishedlit62-1370-01.pdf AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.