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SYDNEY, Sept. 28/ AsiaNet/ –

BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES…
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Nanoexa, a leading nanotechnology-based clean
energy company, and Decktron, a lithium battery and display company, Wednesday
jointly announced a definitive agreement to develop and transfer into
commercial use new lithium battery technology originally developed at the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
http://www.anl.gov
http://www.decktron.com
http://www.nanoexa.com

NETSUITE IMPLEMENTED..
SINGAPORE and SAN MATEO, Calif.: NetSuite, Inc., the leader in on-demand
business software suites, Wednesday announced that UP Your Service! College,
founded by internationally acclaimed service and partnership innovator, Ron
Kaufman, has implemented NetSuite to help build a global ecosystem with access
to all its company, customer and partner business information in real-time.
http://www.netsuite.com

AUTO SHOW…
LOS ANGELES, Calif.: Home to one of the world’s greatest concentrations of
automobile manufacturer design studios, Los Angeles is consistently ahead of
the next trend, spawning ideas to help solve tomorrow’s challenges today.
http://www.LAautoshow.com

IPTV ROLL-OUT…
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and MELBOURNE: Kasenna, The IPTV Company, a leading
provider of video-on-demand (VOD) content and MPEG-4 ready IPTV applications
for Triple Play services over broadband networks, and Australian systems
integrator CombiTel Wednesday announced that Kasenna PortalTV has been chosen
to deliver first of its kind IPTV services for Regional Internet Australia
(RIA).
http://www.kasenna.com
http://www.regionalinternet.com.au
http://www.combitel.com.au/

SECURITY SOFTWARE…
WASHINGTON: Think All Publishing Wednesday announced the all-in-one security
software CDROM that includes computer firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware
software — all the protection every home and small office user requires on one
CD-ROM from Think All.
http://www.thinkall.com
https://www.thinkall.com/product_antivirus_over.php

E-PASSPORT READERS…
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently
completed deployment of e-Passport readers at San Francisco International
Airport.

SET INDEXES…
HONG KONG: FTSE Group, the global index provider, has been selected by the
Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to take over the calculation of its domestic
indexes.
www.ftse.com

BANKING PLATFORM…
KENNESAW, Ga.: Conversion Solutions Holdings Corp, a Delaware Corporation,
has obtained contracts from Deutche Bank, ABN Amro Bank, Dresdner Bank and
Kommerce Bank.
http://www.cvsu.us
http://www.gsccca.org

GLOBAL BONDS…
KENNESAW, Ga.: Conversion Solutions Holdings Corp, a Delaware Corporation,
Wednesday announced an additional 5 billion Euro denominated global bonds on
the Republic of Venezuela with a 11% annual coupon has been added to the
companies Asset Management Portfolio.
http://www.cvsu.us

STORAGE ECOSYSTEM…
SAN FRANCISCO: The CE-ATA Working Group, an industry consortium comprised of
technology industry leaders such as, Hitachi, Intel, Marvell, Nokia, Seagate
and Toshiba Wednesday announced the maturation of the CE-ATA ecosystem, which
includes CE-ATA hard disk drives (HDD), host controllers, cables, connectors,
test equipment, IP cores, verification suites, and handheld consumer electronic
products, providing further validation for the continued standardization and
adoption of the CE-ATA protocol.
http://www.marvell.com

GPS CHIPSET…
HEILBRONN and SAN DIMAS, Calif.: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Magellan
Wednesday announced the availability of a new GPS chipset that integrates the
world’s latest GPS correlation technology with an ARM926EJ-S-based
microprocessor.
http://www.magellangps.com
http://www.atmel.com

TUNDRA CEO…
OTTAWA, ON, Canada: Tundra Semiconductor Corporation, the world leader in
System Interconnect, Wednesday announced that Daniel Hoste has been appointed
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company effective
immediately.
www.tundra.com

JOINT VENTURE…
HELSINKI, Finland: Wartsila, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC)
and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are establishing a joint venture to
manufacture large, low-speed marine engines in China. CSIC will hold 50% of the
joint venture, Wartsila 27% and Mitsubishi 23%.
http://www.wartsila.com

VISA MILESTONE…
FLORENCE: EuroFinance Conference — Visa International Wednesday announced
that the value of all purchases and cash withdrawals made with Visa Commercial
payment solutions worldwide has reached US$317 billion for the four quarters
ended June 30, 2006.
http://www.corporate.visa.com
http://www.visa.com/visacommercial

ALCAN PRIZE…
MONTREAL: Alcan and The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum
(IBLF) announced Wednesday the 2006 shortlist of candidates for the US$1
million Alcan Prize for Sustainability.
www.alcanprizeforsustainability.com

MATRIMONIAL PORTAL…
WASHINGTON: Indian Millionaire Club has launched the world’s first premium
matrimonial site, IndianMillionaireMarriages.com, catering to Indians and
others desirous of marrying an Indian spouse.
http://www.indianmillionairemarriages.com

ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCES…
SYDNEY: Emerging Australian nickel producer, Allegiance Mining NL has
successfully bought back and cancelled 13.5 million unlisted Allegiance options.
www.allegiance-mining.com.au

APPLICATION KIT…
DAVIS, Calif.: Rabbit Semiconductor, Inc. Wednesday announced the release of
its ZigBee/802.15.4 Application Kit.
www.maxstream.net
http://www.rabbit.com/press

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