SYDNEY--3 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest FRIENDSTER ANNOUNCES... SAN FRANCISCO: Friendster, Inc., a top-10 global website based on trafficand the #1 social network in Asia, Friday announced that it has deployedsupport for the Facebook Platform on http://www.friendster.com as part of theFriendster Developer Program. http://www.friendster.com LSG ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK: Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSG), a developer andintegrator of intelligent LED lighting solutions, Friday announced inconjunction with its annual shareholders' meeting, that there have been furtherdevelopments in its on-going dispute with Philips Solid State LightingSolutions, Inc., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and Philips ElectronicsNorth America Corporation. http://investor.lsgc.com/financials.cfm http://www.pcalp.com http://www.lsgc.com SMOKE-FREE LAW... WASHINGTON: The government of India has taken a historic step to protect thehealth of the nation's more than 1.1 billion citizens by implementing anational law that requires workplaces and public places to be smoke-free,Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said in astatement Friday. http://www.tobaccofreekids.org PARTNER AGREEMENT... HORSHAM, Pa.: Astea International Inc., the leader in service lifecyclemanagement and mobility solutions, Friday announced that it has signed apartner agreement with Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd, a leading global ITservices and solutions provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US$7billion global technology, engineering, manufacturing and constructionconglomerate Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T). http://www.astea.com Q1 EARNINGS... ATLANTA: Global Payments Inc. Friday announced results for its fiscal firstquarter ended August 31, 2008. http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com SECOND NOMINATION... SAO PAULO: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forestproducts industry, Friday announced that VCP's Chief Executive Officer, JoseLuciano Penido, has been selected for the second time as the Latin American CEOof the Year. http://www.risiinfo.com http://www.vcp.com.br http://www.risiinfo.com/la_conf http://www.risiinfo.com/events/la_conf/program.html SUPERMICRO WINS... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader inapplication-optimized, high performance server solutions, Thursday announcedthat its SuperServer 6015W-NTR earned the top honor from GCN (GovernmentComputer News) over competitive product offerings from HP, Dell and Fujitsubased on GCN Lab test results. http://www.Supermicro.com NAVTEQ ANNOUNCES... PARIS: NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital map data forlocation-based solutions and vehicle navigation, Thursday announced thedevelopment of a new Map and Positioning Engine (MPE) strategy. http://www.navteq.com NEW CAMPAIGN... GENEVA: UNICEF and Pampers are partnering in a new campaign that will leadto the vaccination and subsequent protection of over 70 million women ofchild-bearing age, and their babies to come from tetanus by 2012. http://www.unicef.org http://www.pampers.com RISI APPOINTS... BEDFORD, Mass.: RISI Thursday said it has appointed Sampo Timonen, one ofEurope's leading Pulp and Paper industry analysts, as Director, EuropeanGraphic Paper. http://www.risiinfo.com DATA-BREACH REPORT... BASKING RIDGE, N.J.: Enterprises should assess their security strategiesknowing that the challenges differ significantly by industry and that aone-size-fits-all approach is rarely effective, according to a supplementalanalysis of data breaches released by Verizon Business on Thursday. www.verizonbusiness.com TANDBERG UNVEILS... NEW YORK and OSLO: TANDBERG, the leading global provider of telepresence,high-definition (HD) video conferencing and mobile video solutions, Thursdayunveiled the new immersive TANDBERG Telepresence T3 system, a new telepresenceserver and a new package of TANDBERG-certified services that complete thetelepresence experience. http://www.tandberg.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.