SYDNEY--11 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FREELANCING ACQUISITION...
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace today
announced that it had acquired the UK freelancing website Freelancer.co.uk
Freelancer.co.uk connects small businesses in the UK to freelancers across a
range of industries including software, web design, marketing and engineering.
www.freelancer.com
eID PROJECT...
LONDON: De La Rue Identity Systems, a world expert in secure e-government
identity solutions, today announced that it will design and roll-out East
Africa's first national eID project for the Government of Rwanda, as part of
the ongoing Rwandan National ID project (NID).
POKER VICTORY...
DUBLIN: Full Tilt Poker pro Jeff Madsen wins the 2010 Borgata Winter Poker
Open, taking home over US$625,000 for the victory.
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com
PHARMACOPEIAL EXPANSION...
HYDERABAD: As part of its mission to help ensure the quality, safety, and
benefit of medicines and foods worldwide, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
(USP) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a planned expansion of its USP-India
Private Limited facility in Hyderabad.
http://www.usp.org
HOTELCLUB APPOINTMENT...
CHICAGO and SYDNEY: Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: OWW) today announced the
appointment of Jeremy Bellinghausen as president of HotelClub
(http://www.hotelclub.com), effective immediately.
http://www.orbitz.com
SMS BLIZZARD...
STOCKHOLM: The short text message has become a popular way for friends and
families to keep in touch during holidays. In Sweden alone, 32 million SMSs
were sent on one network during Western New Year 2009-10, which corresponds to
nine SMSs per subscriber. During the Chinese New Year holiday on February 14,
telecoms experts predict that up to 19 billion SMSs will be sent.
http://www.ericsson.com
TURNKEY SOLUTIONS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: California Micro Devices, a wholly owned subsidiary of
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), will be showcasing its innovative LuxGuard
family of turnkey solutions for ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection and
thermal management for high power, high brightness LED (light emitting diode)
lighting applications at the Strategies in Light Conference and Exhibition 2010
at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California, on February
10th through 12th.
http://www.cmd.com
SECURITIES ISSUES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts
indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated
below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount
redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:
BLUETOOTH MODULE...
ESPOO: Bluegiga Technologies, the leading Bluetooth OEM module
manufacturer, introduces the first truly long range Bluetooth module
providing exceptional radio performance.
http://www.bluegiga.com
COMMUNICATIONS MANIFESTO...
NEW YORK: TechWeb's Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com), the
leading research-led media company serving the global communications
marketplace, today announced the publication of its SPIT Manifesto, a special
feature outlining a new area of coverage and concentration for its editorial
staff worldwide.
http://www.lightreading.com
PHOTOVOLTAIC SHOW...
SEOUL: Over 3 bustling days, from 3 to 5 February, 2010, the photovoltaic
market was all abuzz at one spot, at KINTEX, Korea.
http://www.exposolar.org
CONNECTPORT GATEWAY...
MINNETONKA, Minn.: Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) today introduced the
ConnectPort(R) X2 for Smart Energy gateway.
http://www.digi.com
STRONG QUARTER...
TORONTO: Varicent Software, an innovator and leading provider of incentive
compensation management and sales performance management solutions is proud to
announce that a strong Q4 has sustained positive company momentum and anchored
an outstanding year.
http://www.varicent.com
CODEC ADDITION...
BANGKOK: Today, TANDBERG announced it added the new Codec C40 to its
industry-leading C Series codec platform to allow even greater scale for
high-definition video deployments.
http://www.TANDBERG.com
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