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Caltech Researchers Create Nanoscale Crystal Device to Confine Light and Sound Vibrations

Optomechanical crystals could be used in information processing, as supersensitive biosensors, and more

27 Oct 2009

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Declares Special Cash Dividend of $0.02 Per Share

Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFOP), an innovative supplier of fiber optic components, subsystems and integrated modules for the optical network equipment market, today declares special cash dividend of two cents per share to be paid on January 15, 2010, to the record holders of AFOP common stock as of the close of business on Dec 31, 2009.

27 Oct 2009

AMD LASERS Announces Strategic Partnership for Picasso Diode Dental Laser

AMD LASERS, the world leader in comprehensive and affordable laser technology, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at providing even more value for dental professionals that purchase the Picasso diode dental laser.

27 Oct 2009

Sony Ericsson Launches Equinox phone; Available at T-Mobile USA

Sony Ericsson delivers a stylish, chic phone this fall with the introduction of the Sony Ericsson Equinox(TM) phone at T-Mobile USA, Inc. This mobile device offers exciting features that encourage individualism through unique pulsating night effects that enable users to never miss a call or text message.

27 Oct 2009

BERTL Awards the RICOH Pro C900 with a Five Star Rating

The Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) of Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced that its RICOH Pro C900 was awarded a Five Star Rating from BERTL. Several hundred copiers, printers, fax, multi-functional, color and production devices are evaluated and tested by BERTL each year. BERTL's prestigious Five Star Rating is reserved for a select number of devices that deliver outstanding business-critical features and provide its target user base with innovative and intuitive functionality.

27 Oct 2009

Motorola Launches New Products Under its Cable Access Portfolio

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Home & Networks Mobility business today announced the expansion of its cable access portfolio, with the introduction of compelling new products that enable cable operators to seamlessly and cost effectively migrate their networks to fiber deep architectures, and begin the transition to the all-fiber networks of tomorrow. Motorola will showcase its Fiber Deep and Cable Passive Optical Networks (CablePON) solutions in a demonstration at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, stand #4116.

27 Oct 2009

Motorola's RF Over Glass Solution Deployed in MetroCast Communications

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the first major deployment of its RF over Glass (RFoG) solution with leading regional cable operator MetroCast Communications. MetroCast will deploy the Motorola RFoG solution at select Virginia properties in specific rebuild areas, upgrading existing coaxial networks to fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) as it moves to increase bandwidth capacity for new digital and high-definition television (HDTV) channels, provide video on demand (VoD) services, voice services and tiered broadband services.

27 Oct 2009

DataCenter.BZ Enters Deal to Bring DubLink's Dark Fiber to its Ohio Facility

DataCenter.BZ, a Tier IV, carrier-neutral data center announced today it entered into an agreement with the City of Dublin to bring DubLink's dark fiber to the DataCenter.BZ facility located in Worthington, Ohio.

27 Oct 2009

Case Study on the Installation of the SunMizer DC Power Optimizer

'Selective Installation' on Residential PV System Recovers Over 50% of Power Loss Due to Shade

27 Oct 2009

Solar Panels Plus Introduces First USA-Made Evacuated Tube Collector

Solar Panels Plus (SPP), designer and manufacturer of innovative solar water heaters, solar air conditioning/heating systems and photovoltaic solar panels, today launched the SPP-30a, the first USA-made evacuated tube (ET) collector for solar water heaters. The SPP-30a is an important addition to the SPP product family, enabling distributors, dealers and contractors to offer a high-quality ET solution that complies with the “Buy American Act” section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

27 Oct 2009

Mellina Chooses Greenlight Initiative to Install LED Lighting at Marco's Pizza Restaurants

Greenlight Initiative (GLI), a USA headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, announced the successful installation of a complete LED-based lighting system for the first of a number of new Marco's Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia. Mellina LLC, the design builder for the Georgia projects reports this first installation has been well-received in terms of quality and energy-savings, and represents the first of 80 new locations over the next 3 years to be lit entirely with GLI’s qualified LED lighting solutions.

27 Oct 2009

Oclaro Introduces New VCSEL Laser for Intel Light Peak Technology

Oclaro (Nasdaq: OCLR), a leading supplier of optical components and modules for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the availability of a new VCSEL laser for the rapidly-developing Intel Light Peak technology market, designed to leverage optical technology to connect electronic devices such as peripherals, workstations, displays, disk drives and docking stations. Intel's Light Peak technology is bringing optical technology to the mainstream, and offers Oclaro the opportunity to further expand the applicability of its products into new markets such as computing and consumer electronics devices.

26 Oct 2009

Mindspeed Technologies' CPE Processor Chosen by Hitachi for Ultra-Low-Power Home Gateway

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that the company’s Comcerto customer premise equipment (CPE) processor has been selected by Hitachi to create an ultra-low-power home gateway that features 2Gbps routing performance with concurrent WiFi and carrier-grade Voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities. Hitachi’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) gateways are being deployed by Japan’s largest service provider in its rapidly growing FTTH access network.

26 Oct 2009

STAAR Surgical CAST Announces Significant Assessments from First Phase of nanoFLEX IOL Project

STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products today reported that the Collamer Accommodating Study Team (CAST) formed by the company in late 2008 has provided very promising initial patient vision assessments from the first phase of the project. The CAST is comprised of eight prominent cataract/refractive surgeons from across the United States who since June 2009 have implanted more than 300 eyes with the STAAR nanoFLEX intraocular lens (IOL) for the treatment of cataracts.

26 Oct 2009

New Lightning-Fast Dark Fiber Network System to be Laid to Connect the Coasts

It’s not just the St. Joe Valley Metronet that’s big on the high-speed, dark-fiber optic technology that permits it to transmit massive amounts of data in the blink of an eye.

26 Oct 2009