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Hexagon Acquired Two Vision Metrology Businesses in Germany

Hexagon has recently acquired all outstanding assets and intellectual property of two German companies within the vision metrology industry. The acquisitions will further enhance Hexagon’s worldwide product offering in multisensor vision technology.

10 Dec 2009

Luidia to Demonstrate New eBeam Edge for Education Interactive Whiteboard at BETT 2010

Luidia’s new eBeam Edge for Education has been designed especially for the classroom and features new Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite software

10 Dec 2009

GigOptix Unleashes Second Generation Hybrid ASIC Technology in 65nm

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) today announced the introduction of its second generation CX7800 hybrid ASIC technology in 65nm. Hybrid ASICs combine embedded metal-configurable digital logic with standard cell logic, Input/Output (I/O), memory and mixed signal Intellectual Property (IP). This development approach allows for rapid and economical product line development, enabling companies to introduce products five weeks faster than 65nm standard cell technology allows and saving companies an average of $500,000 in Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and tooling costs on each derivative product.

10 Dec 2009

Corning Announces Raised 2010 Glass Market Outlook on Strong LCD TV Sales

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today will announce that continued strength in worldwide LCD television sales has led to an increase in the company’s fourth-quarter glass substrate volume expectations, and an improved outlook on 2010 glass market growth. These improved estimates will be provided by Corning Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer James B. Flaws in remarks to be delivered at the Barclays Capital Global Technology Conference in San Francisco.

10 Dec 2009

France City Council Saving 35% Energy by Using Echelon LonWorks Technology

Echelon Corporation today announced that the city council of Sénart en Essonne, France, is saving 35 percent in energy use with its new networked street lighting system based on Echelon’s LonWorks® technology

10 Dec 2009

ACR Image Metrix's Presentation on Validating Software for Imaging Clinical Studies

Brenda K. Young, BA, CCRA, senior director of clinical operations at ACR Image Metrix™, an imaging contract research organization (CRO) located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has presented her experience in computerized system validation to the Drug Information Association (DIA) 3rd Annual Clinical Forum held in Nice, France, on October 19, 2009.

10 Dec 2009

BioWare Offers Support for AMD's ATI Eyefinity Multi-Display Technology

BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., re-invented the fantasy role-playing genre with its recent release of Dragon Age: Origins. With game patches issued days after the title’s debut, BioWare delivers full support for the visually striking AMD (NYSE: AMD) innovation, ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology. ATI Radeon graphics now give Dragon Age: Origins players the ultimate visual experience as they see more of this vivid in-game world, and at higher resolution.

10 Dec 2009

Laser Components Announces New InGaAs Photodiodes with Maximum Sensitivity at 1550nm

InGaAs Avalanche Photodiodes That Have a Detector Area from 80 µm to 350 µm

10 Dec 2009

PureSpectrum Plans to Unveil Four of its Linear Fluorescent Dimmable Ballasts in January

PureSpectrum, Inc. (OTCBB: PSRU) is preparing for a January rollout for the first of four linear fluorescent dimmable ballast models planned for release in 2010 that are expected to provide an immediate stimulant for the company’s sales efforts in the commercial and industrial retrofit and new construction market sectors.

10 Dec 2009

IUSD to Sign Deal with SunEdison and SPG Solar for Installation of Solar PV Systems

The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) Board of Education today approved a plan to enter into an agreement with SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic materials (NYSE: WFR), and SPG Solar to establish energy-generating solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems at twenty-one sites throughout the district. It will be the largest solar deployment for a public school system in the state of California.

10 Dec 2009

Exar Launches High Intensity LED Flash Driver Featuring Supercapacitor Flash Technology

Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) unveiled today the XRP6840, the industry's highest intensity LED flash driver with full management of supercapacitor based flash technology. The XRP6840 delivers up to 4.3Amps flash pulse which is ideal for high resolution mobile phone cameras and standalone digital cameras.

10 Dec 2009

Frbiz.com Comments on Samsung, Canon Telephoto Cameras

Samsung's new telephoto camera, the Samsung WB5000 not only has a great appearance but also a near professional performance quality. The camera, with its 3-inch display screen, 1250W pixels and 24 optical zoom, supports the 26mm wide-angle lens and both portrait and landscape photography. The WB5000 can be well qualified for entry-level users too. It is indeed a good choice.

10 Dec 2009

Himfr.com Reviews 2009 Top Single-Lens Reflex Cameras

The Pentax K-x is the latest in Pentax digital SLR cameras. The body follows the characteristics of a small camera, while the performance is the same with the SLR K-7. It is a high-performance entry-SLR; it has 20 kinds of body colors available and five kinds of handle colors, which caters for the trends and tastes of the consumer.

10 Dec 2009

Suntech Power Holdings Enters Long-Term Deals to Supply High Performance Solar Modules

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's leading manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced it has signed three long-term supply agreements for up to 490MW of high performance solar modules to be delivered over the next three years. Three of Suntech's strategic long-term partners in Europe including a value-added reseller, an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) company, and a project developer, signed the agreements to secure access to Suntech's market leading solar modules and to develop closer collaboration on market information, shipment planning, and new product roll-outs.

10 Dec 2009

Simon Property Retrofitts Carts and Kiosks with Lighting Science's SoL LED MR16 Lamps

Just as winter grips the Northeast, Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG), the country's largest owner, developer and manager of high quality retail real estate has taken another step towards "greening" its malls in the region. From New Jersey to New Hampshire, nearly 650 carts and kiosks in 29 malls have been retrofitted with 10,000 energy efficient SoL(TM) LED (light emitting diode) MR16 lamps from Lighting Science Group Corporation (Pink Sheets: LSCG).

10 Dec 2009