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SYDNEY, Sept. 30 /AsiaNet/ –

ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER…
LONGMONT, Colo. - Displaytech Inc., the world leader in
liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplays, today announced that
its LightView 201k-EV2 Microdisplay Engine is featured as the
electronic viewfinder in the Olympus SP-500UZ digital camera.
http://www.displaytech.com

GALE EXPANSION…
SEOUL - On behalf of the Board of Directors of New Songdo
Development, LLC, Stanley C. Gale, Chairman of the Board,
announced the expansion of the development team of Gale
International Korea, LLC.
http://www.NewSongdoCity.com

COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT…
OTTAWA - General Dynamics Canada, along with its Australian
partners ADI Limited and Tenix Defence, has been selected by
the Commonwealth of Australia as the Preferred Prime System
Integrator for the first phase of the Battlespace
Communications System (Land) project, referred to as JP 2072
valued at AUS$97 (US$74) million.
http://www.generaldynamics.com

VIACOM AGREEMENT…
NEW YORK and BEIJING - Viacom Outdoor announced today that
it has entered into an agreement to acquire 70 per cent control
of Magic Media - the Beijing-based company that has the primary
rights for advertising on the city’s bus system.
www.viacomoutdoor.ca/mc_home.html

ALCAN TARGETS…
TORONTO - Alcan Inc. today announced updated long-term
targets for the corporation as a whole and for each of its four
Business Groups.
http://www.alcan.com

PEPSICO RESULTS…
PURCHASE, N.Y. - PepsiCo reported 13% net sales growth and a
14% increase in third quarter Division operating profit.
http://www.pepsico.com

OEM PARTNERSHIP…
OSLO, Norway - Fast Search & Transfer, the leading developer
of enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies, and
Sisis Informationssysteme GmbH, a well-known and respected
provider of library management and information portal
solutions, today announced an OEM partnership to enhance the
search capabilities of three SISIS products.
http://www.fastsearch.com
http://www.sisis.de

ZORAN CORP…
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - In a significant victory for Zoran
Corporation, today the United States International Trade
Commission issued orders finding that Zoran’s United States
Patent No. 6,584,527 is valid and infringed by optical disk
controller chips and chipsets sold by MediaTek and by a number
of MediaTek customers using the infringing chips and
chipsets.
http://www.zoran.com

AIDS FINDING…
LONDON - A recent AIDS journal article published by
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins reports 75% of samples taken from
2002-2003 were found to be weaker than those from 1986-1989,
both in terms of spread within individuals and transmission to
others.
http://www.AIDSonline.com
http://www.LWW.com

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