Maxatec Extends its Range of Mobile Computing Devices by Distributing SAMMI Information Systems Portable Products in the UK

September 22nd, 2009 ALTRINCHAM, England - Today Maxatec announces the availability of its new Microsoft Windows Mobile(R) 6.1 terminal, the Maxatec HH 8010, which is to complement its current range of mobile computing devices that operate predominantly on Microsoft Windows CE (R) 5.0. The new HH 8010 terminal will take advantage of Microsoft's recent enhancements in Windows Mobile 6(R) for innovative applications.

September 20th, 2009 BOSTON - - XtremeESD(R) Protection, Praetorian(R) EMI Filtering, HDMI(R) and other Interface Protection Solutions Featured California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will showcase its broad range of protection solutions, including devices for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering at the Embebbed Systems Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on September 22nd and 23rd. These solutions are well suited to a wide range of applications, such as embedded and industrial computing as well as consumer electronics.

September 7th, 2009 NETANYA, Israel - - SMS1230 Presents Unparalleled Performance for DVB-T, ISDB-T, T-DMB, DAB - and FM Radio Siano Mobile Silicon (www.siano-ms.com), a leading global Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) chip maker, announced today the launch of a new multi- Standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1230. The SMS1230 supports the major Global broadcast mobile TV standards of DVB-T, T-DMB, and ISDB-T, and, in addition, digital radio (DAB/+) and FM Radio.

September 1st, 2009 PARIS - - DiBcom Observes Strong Increase in Sales of Components Destined for GPS Systems With Integrated Digital Television PARIS, September 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Meet us at: IBC - Amsterdam 11th - 15 September 2009 Mobile Zone M251 Faced with competition from smartphone applications, GPS manufacturers are offering added value by incorporating new functions such as TV. DiBcom, the leading provider of multistandard Mobile TV solutions, is proud to announce that its technology is now integrated into leading brands Mio and Garmin Navigation devices to enable the reception of digital television.

August 18th, 2009 ALTRINCHAM, England - Maxatec has signed an agreement with Group Sense Mobile-Tech Limited "GSML", Hong Kong, to distribute its range of mobile computing devices in the United Kingdom. Group Sense Group, ISO-9001 and ISO-14000 certified company, was founded in 1988 and is now one of the leading manufacturers of electronic dictionaries and other rugged handheld information devices.

July 7th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - - Claro Argentina launches the first TV phone that allows consumers to follow soccer matches and other favorite programs without additional cost Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile with its high-performance, single-chip mobile TV solutions, today announced accelerating adoption by leading operators throughout Latin America of mobile phones with a free-to-air TV feature enabled by Telegent. Since December of last year, subsidiaries of America Movil and Telefonica that are the leading operators in their country - including Telcel in Mexico, Claro Argentina, COMCEL Colombia, and Movistar in Mexico and Peru - have deployed multiple models of Telegent-enabled TV handsets that allow consumers to receive live, free-to-air broadcast TV programs - without additional cost.

June 11th, 2009 YORK, England - Varlink, the York based mobile computing and data capture specialist distributor, will offer Janam's XG100, the new Windows CE 6.0, rugged IP64 gun-shaped mobile computer that scans barcodes and communicates wirelessly. The addition of the XG100 augments Janam's line of rugged PDA-style mobile computers.

May 27th, 2009 SAN DIEGO - Pure Play Music, Ltd., (Pink Sheets: PPML) ("Pure Play") and WSA Distributing are partnering to launch a first of its kind music download service providing content from new and emerging artists. Under the terms of the agreement WSA will act as Pure Play's exclusive provider of microSD flashing and distribution in NA.

March 29th, 2009 SAN JOSE, California - XtremeESD(R) Protection, Praetorian(R) EMI Filtering, HDMI(TM) 1.3 and other Interface Protection Solutions Featured California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will be showcasing its broad range of protection solutions, including devices for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering at ESC Silicon Valley 2009 in San Jose, California from March 31 through April 2. These solutions are well suited to a wide range of applications, such as embedded and industrial computing, and consumer electronics.

March 22nd, 2009 ALTRINCHAM, England - Maxatec has launched a new colourful option to its new range of electronic point of sale terminals, launched in Q4 2008. The new colour bezels on the POS terminal allow the customer to colour co-ordinate the POS terminals to suit the customer's environment.

January 19th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The world's latest visual computing technology was Tuesday showcased at 'Visual Computing Seminar' here with leaders from the government, industrial and corporate communities learning more about revolutionary technology and seeing hands-on demos. NVIDIA, the world leader in visual computing technology, organised the seminar in association with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a global network of entrepreneurs and professionals and Hyderabad Software Exporters' Association (HYSEA).

July 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It's not communication overload but peer behaviour that determines whether people use their laptops or smart phones during a meeting, say researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. It was believed that the more people experienced communication overload, the more they would engage in electronic multitasking during meetings.

June 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Seeking to find common ground with authors, who have complained about copyright violations through search services, Google plans later this year to begin distributing and selling e-books on behalf of its publishing partners. "We've consistently maintained that we're committed to helping our partners find more ways to make their books accessible and available for purchase," Google spokesman Gabriel Stricker said Monday confirming the move first reported by the New York Times.

August 25th, 2009 AAR gets $40M contract from BAE SystemsWOOD DALE, Ill. — Aviation product supplier AAR Corp.

April 27th, 2009 Wiretaps go mobile to catch cell conversationsWASHINGTON — Law enforcement has gone mobile in its pursuit of wiretaps, as more Americans rely on their cell phones to communicate even in possibly criminal cases. A report issued Monday shows that 94 percent of all wiretap applications in 2008 were for a portable device carried by an individual, such as a pager or cell phone.

February 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Eyeing India's Rs.1.4 trillion ($30 billion) military hardware pie, US-based, General Dynamics, a global leader in providing defence-related information and communication systems, combat vehicles, munitions, weapon systems, special-mission aircraft and commercial space-related systems, Thursday announced the opening of its liaison office here. 'The liaison office will provide assistance and information to potential Indian customers as well as facilitate meetings among representatives of General Dynamics, the government of India and potential partners,' a company statement said.

July 30th, 2009 Arris Group posts 2Q profit on product salesSUWANEE, Ga. — Arris Group Inc., a communications equipment company, on Thursday reported higher second-quarter earnings, helped by sales of more profitable products.

February 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team led by an Indian-American scientist has developed a superfast microchip that is seven times faster, but uses 30 times less energy than the best that technology has to offer today. The technology, dubbed PCMOS (probabilistic complementary metal-oxide semiconductor), was invented by Krishna Palem, professor of Rice University and director, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Institute for Sustainable Nanoelectronics (ISNE), Singapore.

June 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists is developing hand-held devices that can detect the presence of aerosols in air above oceans by measuring how light scatters as it strikes the particles. The portable photometers have been developed by Alexander Smirnov, an AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, and his team.

April 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a religious application that alerts Muslim mobile users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers called salat. The application known as Sun Dial is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston.