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CARACAS, Venezuela - Tuesday, December 18th 2012

For the second time this year, Venezuelan voters exercised their right to elect State Governors and representatives to Legislative Councils through a sophisticated electronic e-voting system that enabled electoral authorities to announce the official results in only 3 hours after the polls closed.

The modern technology used in the e-voting platform was designed, manufactured and implemented by Smartmatic, the leading developer of electronic voting systems in the world. Smartmatic’s system has been in use in Venezuela since 2004.

"Because our system is fully automated, Venezuela was able to conduct today’s voting to elect Governors in 23 states and regional officials only 70 days after the nation’s presidential election,” said Antonio Mugica, CEO of Smartmatic. "From the registration of candidates, to the verification of the systems through early auditing, to the immediate validation ... Read more »

Breakthrough Multi Mission Vehicle Drives Company Forward

CONNERSVILLE, Ind - Tuesday, December 18th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a bold strategic move forward, Carbon Motors announced today that it will begin taking orders for the Carbon TX7 – a breakthrough, Multi Mission Vehicle (MMV) offering integrated incident command, surveillance, prisoner transport and personnel carrying capabilities in an innovative and flexible package not available in the marketplace today (photos here). Deliveries are slated to begin in late 2013 ahead of full-scale production of the Carbon E7.

Law enforcement agencies currently deploy a variety of singularly focused, specialty vehicles in situations such as disaster management, search and rescue, warrant service, perimeter security, etc. These vehicles can range in price from several hundred thousand dollars, up to $2 million and carry extremely high operating costs.

With a starting price of only $149,950, the TX7 re ... Read more »

- Good Accuracy from DC to Millimeter with a Single Model -

TOKYO - Monday, December 17th 2012

2012 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference

(BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire)-- Toshiba Corporation(TOKYO: 6502) today announced the development of a compact MOS-Varactor1 simulation model that delivers high level accuracy from DC to the millimeter wave (60 GHz) region. The new model was developed in cooperation with Professor Nobuyuki Itoh of Okayama Prefectural University.

The new compact MOS-Varctor model introduces an original algorithm to express scaling effects and can capture the impacts of parasitic effects that dominate in the 60 GHz region. Measurement parameters from 1MHz to 60 GHz for samples with different cell sizes were used for modeling. In general, it is difficult to express MOS-Varactor with a single model, but this newly developed model fully succeeds.

The new model's accurate capture of parasitic effects supports realization of low power consumpti ... Read more »

Fund Represents a Landmark in Expanding the Investable Universe for Retirement Assets and Complements Existing Institutional Focus

NEW YORK - Monday, December 17th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arden Asset Management LLC ("Arden”), a leading independent alternative asset management firm with approximately $7.5 billion under management, announced that it has launched an open-end mutual fund with more than $700 million in assets as of December 17, 2012. The Arden Alternative Strategies Fund (Ticker: ARDNX), which offers investors access to professionally-managed hedge fund strategies, seeks to achieve capital appreciation. In pursuing this objective, the Fund seeks to achieve a relatively low correlation to the major equity and fixed income markets in a daily liquidity format.

The Fund complements Arden's core business of providing customized hedge fund solutions, managed accounts, commingled vehicles and other vehicles for its global institutional and pensio ... Read more »

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Sunday, December 16th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles today announced that its flagship central laboratory in the U.S. received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists(CAP) Biorepository Accreditation Program. The first of its kind, this accreditation was developed to ensure biorepositories are following best practices for collection and storage of biospecimens.

"We sought this CAP accreditation to underscore Quintiles’ consistent verification of biospecimen quality that we believe will fuel the next generation of personalized therapies and improve patient health worldwide,” said Thomas Wollman, Senior Vice President, Quintiles Global Laboratories. "This accreditation is a reflection of Quintiles’ unwavering commitment to quality in its labs through standard and uniform operating procedures for data and specimen collection, processing and storage.”

"Our goal with the Bi ... Read more »

INDIANAPOLIS - Sunday, December 16th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HCC Medical Insurance Services, LLC (HCCMIS), a provider of worldwide medical insurance, has enhanced their health-care provider network by adding the Coventry National Network, through First Health. Through their ongoing strategic partnership with CMN Inc., HCCMIS’s network now provides customers with increased medical-care provider choices throughout the U.S. including:

    Approximately 550,000 doctors and health care professionals
    5,000 hospitals
    Increased coverage in rural and suburban areas

Mark Carney, HCCMIS’s CEO, states "CMN’s relationship with First Health has expanded services to our customers by gaining access to even more leading doctors and facilities. Our increase in medical care providers reflects HCCMIS’s pledge to being a trusted international health insurance choice.”

Peter Lozier, Chief Network Officer for ... Read more »

High voltage and high current product for use in semiconductor testers and measuring devices

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TOKYO - Thursday, December 13th 2012

Toshiba Corporation(TOKYO: 6502) has launched an addition to its line-up of ultra-small USOP package photorelays, the high voltage, high current TLP3306. In addition for application in a range of high voltage semiconductor testers, especially SoC testers, which require particularly high voltage characteristics, the new photorelay is also a candidate for other applications that include battery and power supply control.

Applications 1. Semiconductor testers 2. Measuring devices

Key Features 1. Ultra-small USOP4 package (3.25 x 2.20 x 1.65 mm) 2. Can be driven with 400mA at 75V

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CHEVY CHASE, Md. - Friday, December 14th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MobileMedia Ideas LLC announced that a jury in the United States District Court in Delaware today reached a unanimous verdict finding that three patents owned by MobileMedia Ideas – US 6,427,078 covering camera phones, US 6,070,068 covering call handling and US 6,253,075 covering call rejection – are valid and infringed by Apple's iPhones.

"MobileMedia Ideas is pleased that the jury confirmed Apple's iPhones use our patented technology," said MobileMedia Ideas President and CEO Larry Horn. "MobileMedia Ideas' objective is to make these important technologies and others used in mobile phone and other portable devices widely available. We welcome Apple and others to enter into licenses for the use of these technologies."

MobileMedia Ideas, a company owned by Tagivan (a subsidiary of MPEG LA), Nokia and Sony, has a portfolio of inventions widely used in smart phones, mobile phones and other ... Read more »