2008 IACP Cookbook Awards Finalists ReleasedThe International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) released the finalists for the 2008 IACP Cookbook Awards today. The awards honor the best writing and publishing in the food and beverage industry.
Avnet Electronics Marketing Appoints New Group Financial OfficerThe Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announces the appointment of Bill Crowell as senior vice president and group financial officer, effective immediately.
NetBeans 6.1 IDE Beta Supports Wide Range of Open Source Scripting Technologies and Offers Tighter MySQL Database IntegrationSun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAVA), the leading Open Source company, and the NetBeans(TM) community today announced the immediate availability of NetBeans 6.1 integrated development environment (IDE) Beta.
Internet Engineering Task Force to Meet in Philadelphia, March 9-14, 2008One-thousand five-hundred of the top Internet technologists from more than 40 countries are expected to collaborate in working groups to develop and refine Internet standards and address the most pressing issues facing the Internet and its nearly 1.5 billion users.
3M Introduces Family of New Mini Delta Ribbon (MDR) Cables for Digital Cameras for Machine Vision ApplicationsDesign engineers in the machine vision industry now have more machine vision configuration options than before.
Landscape Structures Inc. Announces Passing of President Barbara KingLandscape Structures Inc., a global provider of commercial playground equipment, sadly announces the passing of Landscape Structures
’ President Barbara King (Barb).
Bluewater Begins Commercial Endeavours With The Composite Cryogenic HoseBluewater Energy Services B.V., a member of the Bluewater group of companies, has acquired the exclusive rights to commercialise and market the patented Composite Cryogenic LNG transfer Hose.
WiQuest Announces Availability of New Wireless USB Reference DesignWiQuest Communications, Inc., the leading ultrawideband solutions provider, today announced availability of its seventh reference design kit. This new Wireless USB Device Embedded Card reference design enables device equipment manufacturers to build complete Wireless USB solutions with minimal cost and risk.
Nielsen: More Than Half of U.S. Consumers Would Give up ‘Convenience Packaging’ to Help EnvironmentResearch from The Nielsen Company shows that more than half of U.S. consumers would give up all forms of packaging provided for convenience purposes if it would benefit the environment, including: packaging designed for easy stacking/storing at home (58 percent); packaging that can be used for cooking, or doubling as a re-sealable container (55 percent); and packaging designed for easy transport (53 percent). U.S. consumers are slightly more likely to give up packaging for convenience purposes than the average global consumer.
AirInSpace Receives FDA Clearance to Market an Advanced Mobile Device That Captures and Inactivates Biological Particles from the Air for Medical PurposesCompany also appoints Wade Tetsuka as President of its U.S. operations and establishes headquarters in Sterling, Virginia. Company seeks to penetrate U.S. hospital market with novel and patented PlasmairT2006 by AirInSpace mobile unit
PNY Technologies Introduces the Verto GeForce 9600 GT Graphics CardPNY Technologies
®, Inc. today announced immediate availability of the Verto
™ GeForce
® 9600 GT 512MB graphics card. Based on the NVIDIA
® GeForce
® 9 Series of GPUs, this card is designed to support Microsoft Windows Vista
™ Premium as well as Microsoft
® DirectX
® 9 (DX9) and DirectX 10 (DX10) for current and next-generation PC gaming.
EA’S Need for Speed ProStreet Races onto the PSPElectronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced that the
PSP® (PlayStation
®Portable) system version of
Need for Speed™ ProStreet ships to retailers today in North America and in Europe beginning February 22.
Beacon, Metalico Biofuel Affiliate, to Acquire Biodiesel FacilityMetalico, Inc. (AMEX: MEA) today announced that its biofuel affiliate, Beacon Energy Corp. has entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the operating assets of Smithfield BioEnergy LLC, an affiliate of Smithfield Foods, for an undisclosed price
Movial Social Communicator Helps Operators Bridge Social Media and TelecommunicationsBreakthrough Offering Helps Mobile and Fixed Line Operators Increase Average Revenue Per User by Leveraging Popularity of Social Media and Capitalizing on Completely Integrated User Experiences across Multiple Devices
ExxonMobil Chemical’s New Santoprene TPV Weatherseal Grade Offers Excellent Adhesion at Reduced Costs for Corner MoldingsExxonMobil Chemical has commercialized a new Santoprene
™ thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) exterior weatherseal grade for automotive and construction corner moldings.