IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Active RFID Technology Selected by DP World for Street Truck Tagging Program at Three Australian Ports

September 28th, 2009 BRISBANE, Australia - Strategic Airlines ("Strategic") has become the newest operator in the domestic and international market after being awarded its Australian Air Operators Certificate (AOC) by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority today. The new airline can now launch commercial operations using its recently acquired Airbus A330-200, which arrived on Australian soil earlier this year.

September 20th, 2009 DORCHESTER, England - Did you know that there are about 30 fatal accidents and 6000 injuries each year involving fork lift trucks? Did you also know that a large proportion of these accidents are as a result of poor observation or insufficient fork lift truck training (www.newlandstraining.com/fork-lift-trucks)? Newlands Training Limited, based in Dorset is campaigning hard during National Fork Lift Safety Week (21st - 27th September) to ensure that companies understand the importance of safe driving and along with providing comprehensive fork lift truck training, has devised a quick check list for companies to ensure that they are employing the correct procedures when operating fork lift trucks. Lesley Simpson, managing director of Newlands Training says, "Many accidents are caused by insufficient observations by fork lift truck operators and if people follow this simple check list then careless mistakes should be minimised.

June 30th, 2009 FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - A new video that guides viewers through the innermost operations of American Apparel's item-level RFID inventory management system can now be accessed by apparel, retail and RFID professionals at www.ibmd.averydennison.com/american-apparel (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090701/PH41122 ) Titled RFID Case Study - American Apparel, the video is the first multimedia production that demonstrates how the largest apparel producer in the U.S. deployed item-level RFID to overcome inventory accuracy and replenishment challenges at selected retail stores, while appreciably increasing sales.

June 28th, 2009 DUBAI - The current economic downturn is creating new opportunities for professionals to upgrade their skills and competencies. With rising demand for such qualified professionals, S P Jain, one of Asia's top ranked Business Schools, is offering fellowships for its 1 year full time Global MBA program, accredited by AMBA, UK and conducted in Dubai and Singapore, two of the hottest Asian business destinations.

June 22nd, 2009 ZURICH - Silverstroke AG, an Ettlingen/Germany-based communications solution provider, won this year's European AutoID Award in the category "RFID". In doing so, the awarding committee acknowledged a groundbreaking object surveillance solution which uses RFID to protect an art collection.

June 2nd, 2009 KUWAIT CITY - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) and the National Offset Company (NOC) announced the premiere of a state-of-the-art Maritime Simulation and Training Facility at the ACK campus today. As a global leader in maritime systems and simulation training solutions, Lockheed Martin combined expertise from both arenas to provide customized high-tech maritime simulation and training devices to the facility.

May 26th, 2009 YPRES, Belgium - Melexis, an early and innovative semiconductor player in the RFID market, demonstrates its new sensor tag IC, the MLX90129, during the Sensor & Test exhibition. This contactless sensing system on a chip targets applications such as cold chain management, industrial data logger or medical monitoring devices.

May 18th, 2009 LIDKÖPING, Sweden - Handheld Today Announced the Nautiz eTicket(TM), a New Version of the Versatile Rugged Mobile Computer Nautiz X5(TM), Designed Especially for Transactions and Ticket Validations in the Public Transport Sector. The Handheld Group introduced today the new Nautiz eTicket(TM) rugged PDA with an integrated smart card reader.

March 22nd, 2009 LUSTENAU, Austria and KRISTIANSAND, Norway - IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Further Reinforces its Stronghold on the Tunnel, Oil, Gas and Mining Industry With the Recent Acquisition of the Privately Held Tunnelcom Norway based Tunnelcom is well noted for its Automatic Tagging System (ATS) - an electronic access, passage and safety system. Developed specifically for the isolated and challenging environments of tunnels and mines, Tunnelcom's solutions have been deployed all over the globe - most recently at the Norra Länken project in Stockholm.

March 15th, 2009 LONDON - UK Ports operator Forth Ports announced Preliminary Results today. In an interview with Cantos, Group Chief Executive Charles Hammond described the Ports performance as 'very strong with very good margins, very good volumes' and pointed to the positive 'Olympic effect' underpinning Tilbury.

August 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Engineering students at Central Michigan University have designed a device that provides navigation cues for the blind using innovative technology. The device, called The Smart Cane, detects obstacles and provides navigation cues by using Radio Frequency Identification technology - similar to what some major retailers use to tag merchandise to prevent theft.

July 1st, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - All 41 major and minor ports along Gujarat's 1,600-km coastline have been put on high alert following an Intelligence Bureau (IB) alert that terrorists could target maritime facilities on India's west coast. "All the key ports along Gujarat's coast at Kandla, Mundra and Pipavav were already on high alert after the Mumbai terror attack (of Nov 26) but now even the smaller ports have been put under heavy security cover," a senior Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) official said here Wednesday.

May 18th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian bank WESTPAC has dispatched a strike team to India as part of an offshoring reconnaissance mission a week after the bank's chief, Gail Kelly, drew widespread praise for suspending the practice of sending jobs overseas. The Australian understands the bank's top technology executives have travelled around India over the past two weeks to meet with about eight outsourcing companies.

July 24th, 2009 DUBAI - The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched a campaign to encourage customers to use modern communications technology and e-payment solutions, WAM news agency reported Friday. Saeed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority said that DEWA has taken measures to facilitate the use of e-payment solutions by using state of the art computers to help customers register with the e-payment service.

May 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpanT, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced that Founder and CEO Karl Mehta is a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Award in the Northern California. According to Ernst and Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

September 14th, 2009 Avaya in $900 million deal for Nortel businessNEW YORK — Nortel Networks, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection since January, has selected Avaya as the successful bidder for its segment that makes communications systems for businesses. Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Avaya Inc.

May 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpan, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, social networks, and virtual worlds, today announced that it has been selected as the Category Winner among this years OnHollywood 100 list of companies within the gaming category. PlaySpan was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on demonstration of growth, market opportunity, quality of innovation and customer traction.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has been inducted into the Honorary Senate of the Foundation Lindau Nobelprizewinners at Lake Constance. Sibal was inducted along with Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, during the opening ceremony of the 59th Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates, in Lindau, Germany on Sunday.

June 24th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas set ablaze a truck laden with iron ore in Khuti district of Jharkhand, police said Wednesday. Around 10 rebels intercepted the truck near Bhuiadih village in Khuti, 80 km from state capital Ranchi, and set it on fire late Tuesday night.

January 26th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Troubled Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds will make his return to first-class cricket from injury for Queensland's Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at the Gabba, Friday. The selection gives the controversial 33-year-old Queenslander one last chance to prove his form and fitness before the Test squad is selected for next month's South Africa tour.