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Avnet to Distribute Opnext's Optical Products in America

The Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) and Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXT), a global leader in the design and manufacturing of optical modules and components, have signed a distribution franchise agreement. Under the terms of this agreement, Avnet will distribute Opnext’s line of optical products in the Americas.

4 Dec 2009

TROY Group Introduces the TROY 3015 SecureRx Printer

TROY Group, Inc., a Worldwide Leader in Secure on-Demand Printing Solutions, announces the addition of the TROY 3015 SecureRx(TM) Printer to its line of secure prescription printing solutions. Based on the HP LaserJet Enterprise P3010 printer series, TROY's 3015 SecureRx(TM) Printers provide a fast 42 page per minute print speed, robust HP LaserJet workgroup printing capability and enhanced TROY prescription security features. This introduction coincides with TROY's 50th hospital system installation that employs TROY SecureRx(TM) prescription printing solutions.

4 Dec 2009

arcutronix's FCX Transponder Series for Efficient Optical Data Transport

arcutronix adds extra flexibility to customer networks: FCX4G and FCX10G allow any kind of optical data transport with 3R functionality from 100Mbps to 10Gbps. They cover the whole bunch of services, such as SAN interface Fibre Channel 1G, 2G, 4G, 10G, 10GFEC as well as Ethernet LAN/WAN from Fast Ethernet to 10G Ethernet, STM1, STM4, STM16, ATM, OTN, etc.

4 Dec 2009

N3L Optics Offers Interchangeable Lenses and Goggles for Holiday

Interchangeable lenses and build-it-yourself goggles lead the eyewear trend as holiday shoppers search for gifts that will provide year-round performance. Featuring the latest products from sport eyewear manufacturers Smith, Rudy Project® and Oakley® performance sunglass retailer N3L Optics (TM) offers an extensive assortment of sunglasses and goggles that deliver the customization and versatility that sport enthusiasts depend on.

4 Dec 2009

Motorola Ventures Invests in Multi-Touch Anywhere Platforms Provider

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that Motorola Ventures, the company's strategic venture capital arm, made an investment in Sensitive Object, a leader in multi-touch anywhere platforms and natural user interface (NUI).

4 Dec 2009

Sentry Technology Enters Deal with Tyco Safety Products for OEM Traveling Camera System

Sentry Technology Corporation (Pink Sheets: SKVY) announced today, the signing of a contract with Thorn Security Limited, trading as Tyco Safety Products and Sensormatic European Distribution Limited, to sell an OEM version of the SentryVision® SmartTrack(TM) traveling camera system through offices located in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

4 Dec 2009

Tychi Systems Announces New Line of Safes Featuring Biometric Technology

Tychi Systems Inc., a leading manufacturer of fingerprint door locks, expanded their patented biometric technology to a line of safes

4 Dec 2009

PENTAX Introduces Atmospheric Interference Reduction Technology for Surveillance Lens

PENTAX Imaging Company has announced new technology to overcome the big challenges of the atmospheric interference of fog, snow, and haze in outdoor live security surveillance. PENTAX Atmospheric Interference Reduction (PAIR) system technology offers newly developed image processing circuitry installed directly within PENTAX lens housings with specific step-by-step signal processing for each lens characteristic.

4 Dec 2009

Kyocera Mita America Unleashes TASKalfa 300i 30PPM Black & White MFP

Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the expansion of its flagship TASKalfa multifunctional product (MFP) series with the launch of its latest black & white MFP: the TASKalfa 300i (30 pages-per-minute). The TASKalfa 300i completes Kyocera Mita’s award-winning black & white MFP product series, joining the most recent introductions, the TASKalfa 520i and 420i models (52 and 42 pages per minute, ppm respectively).

4 Dec 2009

Clear-Lite's ArmorLite SAFETY ECO CFL Available on Amazon.com for Pre-Order

Clear-Lite Holdings, Inc., (“ClearLite”) (OTCBB: CLRH), a leading innovator of eco-friendly lighting and the appreciably safer ArmorLite™: A Safer CFL™, announced that its new ArmorLite SAFETY ECO CFL™ is available for immediate pre-order on Amazon.com.

4 Dec 2009

SteelSeries Launches Sudden Attack Ikari Laser Mouse

Award Winning Gaming Gear Now Available in Limited Edition Camouflage and In-Game Graphics

4 Dec 2009

Scientists Use Laser Technology to Measure Changes in Glacier Thickness

Changes in the thickness of a glacier are traditionally measured by means of wooden poles and snow-shovels

4 Dec 2009

Nikon Secures License for Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Technology

Nikon Corporation, an innovator of advanced optical instruments, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Harvard University granting Nikon the rights to use the Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Nikon will manufacture STORM enabled microscopy systems and market them with the N-STORM name.

4 Dec 2009

Canadian Solar Intends to Establish Module Manufacturing Unit in Ontario

Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ), a leading vertically integrated provider of solar cells, solar module, custom-designed solar application products and turnkey solutions for the residential, commercial and solar farm markets, today announced that it is commencing the site selection and approvals process to establish a 200 megawatt (MW) module manufacturing facility in Ontario.

4 Dec 2009

Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator Helps Take Images of Central Part of Star Cluster

Noted for harbouring Eta Carinae — one of the wildest and most massive stars in our galaxy — the impressive Carina Nebula also houses a handful of massive clusters of young stars

4 Dec 2009