SYDNEY--28 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AMBERFIN POLL...
LONDON - A recent broadcast industry poll conducted by AmberFin reveals that
poor picture quality remains a major barrier to content adoption on new viewing
devices, such as a mobile phone and PC. Furthermore, 70 per cent of experts
surveyed agreed the industry is failing to capitalize on the new market
opportunities offered by the Internet, VoD and mobile due to the quality and
cost issues associated with repurposing and delivering high volumes of content
across multiple viewing devices.
http://www.amberfin.com
DAVOS CONNECTION...
SINGAPORE - As the World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off in Switzerland
talking about economic regeneration and the further bridging of the digital
divide, Telnic Limited, the registry operator for the new .tel top level domain
(TLD), announced that the host town for the WEF is amongst many municipalities,
towns and cities that are securing their .tel domain names.
http://www.telnic.org
AUSTRALIA'S ELECTRANET...
ATLANTA - Lancope(R), Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch(R) System, the
Best in NetFlow Analysis and the most widely used Network Behavior Analysis
(NBA) and response solution, today announced that ElectraNet, the largest
transmitter of electricity in South Australia, is using StealthWatch to improve
security and network performance monitoring. StealthWatch delivers
unprecedented network visibility, without massive investments in new hardware
or software, to significantly reduce the cost, time and resources spent on
incident response.
http://www.lancope.com
EQUMEN LAUNCH...
SYDNEY - Australian Company Launches New High-Performance Body-Optimising
Undershirt Immediately improving how men can look and feel on a daily basis,
new mens underwear brand Equmen today launched a state-of-the-art garment that
delivers health and body-optimising benefits: the Core Precision Undershirt.
www.equmen.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$6.715 billion on February 6, 2009
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
AIR CARGO WORLD...
ROSWELL, Ga. - Corporate Sustainability is a Key Driver, says Publisher
Steve Prince Air Cargo World, the global news authority on air logistics and
freight transport, has cited corporate sustainability as the key focus of its
new design, which it unveiled today. The new look will premiere with the
upcoming February issue of the monthly magazine, published by UBM Aviation.
www.ubmaviation.com .
ATMAIL CEO...
BRISBANE and COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Returning to his "roots of innovation,"
Ben Duncan, the founder and CEO of email systems provider AtMail, will embark
on a six-month trek to the furthest reaches of the Australian coast, outback,
brush-country and badlands. Traveling in a tricked-out Land Rover, complete
with computer server, satellite broadband access and (of course) remote Web
email, Duncan will combine adventure with innovation, using his time in the
wilds to draw on the solitude and awesome power of nature to develop new
technologies for his company - just as he did 8 years ago when he developed the
core technology for AtMail while undertaking a similar, year-long excursion.
http://www.atmail.com
CHINA INSTITUTE...
NEW YORK - China Institute, the New York City-based cultural and educational
nonprofit institution focused exclusively on China, announced a $750,000 CHINA
RELIEF FUND donation to the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development in
support of its efforts to build sustainable schools in Sichuan, China.
http://www.chinainstitute.org
PYRAMID RESEARCH...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Regulatory flexibility is a key factor of success for the
African mobile payments sector due to the fact that service providers need
active central-bank support and flexibility, according to a new report from
Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications
Network.
www.lightreading.com
www.pyr.com
FRIENDSTER TAGALOG...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Friendster, Inc., a top 20 global website based on
traffic* and the #1 social network in Asia, today announced that Friendster.com
is available in Tagalog, the most popular language in the Philippines that is
used by over 90 million people worldwide. Friendster's mobile site
m.friendster.com will also launch in Tagalog in the coming days. This new
language addition on Friendster gives the 14 million Internet users in the
Philippines and users around the world a greater choice of languages with which
to navigate the site, share content and use Friendster's complete set of social
networking features.
www.friendster.com .
ONLINE BELGIUM BANK...
NEW YORK - Maurits Paul Rijkeboer announces the launch of Money.Be, a new
online bank that operates out of Belgium. The current state of Belgium banks is
disastrous, Rijkeboer, the CEO of Money.Be says. Thats why we have created
Money.Be. We are confident that our foreign bank partner or investor will
benefit and customers will be excited about this concept and will flock to us.
http://www.Money.be .
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