AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, January 7, 2011

Friday 07 January 2011 16:25
MEDIA ALLIANCE...

SAN DIEGO and LAS VEGAS: DivX(R), a division of Sonic Solutions(R) (Nasdaq:

SNIC), and LG Electronics, Inc., a global leader and technology innovator in

consumer electronics, today announced plans to showcase DivX TV(TM) and

RoxioNow(TM) at CES 2011 as a part of a strategic alliance to include both

solutions on LG's next-generation 2011 network Blu-ray Disc players and home

theater systems with NetCast Entertainment Access.

http://bit.ly/fQNcrg

INTERNET TV...

SAN DIEGO and LAS VEGAS: DivX(R), a division of Sonic Solutions(R) (Nasdaq:

SNIC), today announced at CES 2011 that DivX TV(TM), the company's

comprehensive Internet TV service that enables consumer electronics

manufacturers to bring a broad range of web-based content to home and mobile

devices, is continuing momentum with new partners across content brands and

integrated circuit manufacturers.

http://bit.ly/huE6VS

CAR DEVICES...

KOBE: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED is currently developing next-generation

vehicle-mounted devices under the three general themes of "linking cars with

society", "linking cars with people", and "linking cars with other cars, and

cars with infrastructure".

http://www.fujitsu-ten.co.jp/english/index.html

http://bit.ly/h4HsLO

CORPORATE FORUM...

SHENYANG: The 9th China Corporate Governance Forum, hosted by the Shanghai

Stock Exchange, opened in Shanghai in December, 2010. Neusoft Corporation

("Neusoft", 600718.SH) won the "Award of Board of Directors of Listed

Companies" for its excellence in corporate governance. This award represents

one of the highest recognitions in the nation for corporate governance given by

stock exchanges to listed companies so far.

http://www.neusoft.com/en

http://bit.ly/eYFT0b

SUNDANCE FESTIVAL...

NEW YORK: Sundance Channel will celebrate the world renowned Sundance Film

Festival in Europe and Asia with a 10-day lineup of films spanning the

Festival's rich history, with new titles airing each night. The special

programming event, which runs 21-30 January and coincides with the 2011

Sundance Film Festival, will also feature the Sundance Channel premieres of

selections from last year's Festival, the award-winning His & Hers and the

nominated The Imperialists are Alive.

http://bit.ly/dIDigi

WOMEN'S HEALTH...

PALO ALTO: Viveve, Inc., a development stage women's health company,

announced today that it has received the European CE (Conformite Europeenne)

mark for the use of its Viveve System for the non-surgical treatment of laxity

of the vaginal introitus (opening), after childbirth, to improve female sexual

function.

http://www.viveve.com

http://bit.ly/g4ldLR

CLOUD COMPUTING...

ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud

infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that

industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has positioned it in the visionaries

quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for "Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs),

North America" published Nov. 29 and authored by Kelly M. Kavanagh and John

Pescatore.

http://www.savvis.net

http://bit.ly/fOPSfl

LCD PANEL...

LAS VEGAS: At the 2011 International CES in Las Vegas, Samsung Electronics

Co. Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. unveiled the next generation of the Microsoft

Surface experience featuring PixelSense technology, which gives LCD panels the

power to see without the use of cameras.

http://bit.ly/epYsEa

CD LAUNCH...

VANCOUVER: Following up on 2009's successful debut CD "The Twenty Second

Century, Canada's 22nd Century released "Where's Howie?!!". Produced by

legendary rock producer John Webster (credits: Aerosmith, Alice Cooper,

Scorpians, Motley Crue) and mastered by Todd Simko (Pure), Where's Howie was

recorded in Vancouver's Mushroom studios and released Jan 6, 2011 on Bugnut

Records.

http://22ndcenturyofficial.com

http://bit.ly/gJYZYH

DESIGN AWARD...

COPENHAGEN: Novo Nordisk has been awarded the 2010 GOOD DESIGN(TM) Award[1]

for NovoTwist(R), the innovative needle designed for use with the Novo Nordisk

insulin delivery device FlexPen(R) and Victoza(R) (liraglutide) Pen.

http://bit.ly/hJCbGu

GLASS MELTING...

NEWTON: Join H.C. Starck Inc., Fabricated Products Group at the upcoming

Glasspex India 2011 exhibition in Mumbai, India, January 12-14 at the Bombay

Exhibition Centre, Hall 6 Booth C41. Meet our knowledgeable team to discuss

solutions to your glass problems using H.C. Starck's high purity molybdenum

Glass Melting Electrodes.

http://www.hcstarck.com

http://bit.ly/dHYmHr

NEW DEGREE...

LONDON: Hult, the multinational business school well-known for its annual

million-dollar competition among students to find the best plan for a chosen

charity, has launched a degree in the emerging academic discipline of using

business solutions to solve social problems.

http://www.hult.edu

http://bit.ly/dH2ayY

POWERMAT WIRELESS...

LAS VEGAS: Consumer Electronics Show - Haier, one of the world's foremost

producers of household appliances, including air conditioners, washing machines

and refrigerators and Powermat, the leader in wireless power, announced their

mutual intent to introduce Powermat wireless capability into white goods and

digital products.

http://bit.ly/dXOloP

KNEE PAIN...

SINGAPORE: For 12 years, Mdm Yap suffered from terrible knee pain, which

hindered her from the most basic activities such as standing while cooking and

leisurely walks. Even going up and down the stairs was painful.

www.apos.com.sg

http://bit.ly/ghGT64

CUSTOMER TECHNOLOGY...

SINGAPORE: CrimsonLogic, leading provider of eGovernment solutions and

services, announced that it has embarked on a strategic project to develop a

National Authentication Framework (NAF) for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

http://www.crimsonlogic.com

http://bit.ly/glhBR7

PRINTER LAUNCH...

ROSH-HA'AYIN: Kornit Digital, a leading-edge company that develops,

manufactures and markets high-speed industrial and commercial digital inkjet

printers (http://www.kornit-digital.com/), superior pigmented ink and unique

chemistry solutions for the textile industry, announced today the release of

its new Kornit Avalanche 951 industrial Direct-To-Garment printer at ISS Long

Beach 2011.

http://www.kornit-digital.com/

http://bit.ly/fecSjJ

HIGHWAY SUMMIT...

SALA: Karlsson Spools sponsors the 3rd China Off-Highway Vehicle Summit

2011. The Summit, which will be held on January 17-18 in Beijing, is focusing

Green & Energy Efficiency Strategies.

http://bit.ly/e4Q1t9

HI-TOUCH TV...

QINGDAO: On January 6, CES (Consumer Electronics Show) officially opened in

Las Vegas, at which Hisense's executive vice president Lin Lan introduced the

company's newest technologies and products debuted at the show.

http://bit.ly/eBPa0J

DIV-X LG

SAN DIEGO and LAS VEGAS: DivX(R), a division of Sonic Solutions(R) (Nasdaq:

SNIC), today announced that LG Electronics, Inc. will adopt DivX Plus(TM) HD

Certification worldwide in digital TVs (DTVs).

http://bit.ly/fFQmhf

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