Newstream.com Digest: Child Product Safety, HP Boosts Java Developer Productivity, First U.S. Internet-Based Alzheimer's Support Network and Other Free Multimedia for Journalists
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Now here are today's newest stories:
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Child Product Safety
Many parents worry that the products they buy might potentially harm their young children. It's always a good idea to be vigilant about what products have been recalled, but even well-made products, over time, can break and pose injury risks.
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HP Boosts Java Developer Productivity with HP Netaction Solutions
and Alliance with Hitachi
Hewlett-Packard Company today announced the availability of two offerings within the HP Netaction software family to support the Java(R) developer community, as well as an alliance with Hitachi ULSI Systems Co. Ltd. to offer developers of mobile products an integrated hardware-software environment. HP also announced its sponsorship of a popular mobile developer Web site, anywhereyougo.com.
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HEALTHvision Announces First U.S. Internet-Based Alzheimer's
Support Network
The first nationally accessible Internet-based support network for families coping with Alzheimer's disease has completed testing and is ready for a roll-out. Enabled by HEALTHvision, a leading healthcare Internet company, the Alzheimer's Caregivers Internet Support System (ACISS) is a comprehensive "one-stop shopping" service designed to support the medical, social and psychological needs of family caregivers of the estimated four million people in the United States with the disease.
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Casino Player Magazine Awards Foxwoods Top Honors
The readers of Casino Player magazine love Foxwoods and it shows. In the magazine's "Best of Gaming" issue next month, it identifies nearly four dozen areas where Foxwoods excels beyond all others in its class.
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Cadence PSpice Advanced Analysis Brings High-End Design
Capability to the Analog Engineer
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. , the world's leading supplier of electronic design products and services, announced the PSpice(R) Advanced Analysis solution that uniquely enables analog/mixed-signal circuit engineers to employ sophisticated design methodologies on the Windows NT and 2000 platforms. The most comprehensive analysis solution to address the mainstream printed circuit board (PCB) design market, the new product allows users to optimize performance and improve quality of designs before committing them to hardware.
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NextPage Launches Peer-to-Peer Platform on Sun Solaris(tm)
Operating Environment
NextPage Inc., the leader in Peer-to-Peer Content Networking solutions, on June 4 announced its peer-to-peer platform now runs on the Sun Solaris(tm) Operating Environment (Solaris OE). Through this integration, NextPage will capitalize on the high penetration of the Solaris OE as the preferred UNIX-based operating system in the enterprise and accelerate the adoption of its technology by existing UNIX users.
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Mitsubishi Electric's New ANGLEVIEW(R) FFD(tm) Technology
Improves Image Quality While Reducing Development Costs
The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. introduced a new fast response 15-inch thin film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) module, with its new Feed Forward Driving(tm) (FFD(tm)) technology being the centerpiece of the panel.
The ANGLEVIEW(R) display, designed in conventional twisted nematic (TN) mode, offers faster display response time, high brightness, high color saturation and a wide viewing angle, making a breakthrough in the clarity of motion video and scrolling text. The new panel is ideal for multimedia and LCD television applications.
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Mitsubishi Electric's Latest ANGLEVIEW(R) Displays Establish New
Performance Standard for Industrial Applications
Targeting the medical, industrial and instrumentation markets, the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc., introduced two new ANGLEVIEW(R) thin film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) modules with significantly improved features.
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New Forecasts from RHK Predict the Terrestrial DWDM Optical
Components Market will Decline 11% in 2001
New forecast data released by telecom market research firm RHK Inc. shows the worldwide market for optical components used in terrestrial dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and optical networking applications will decline 11% in 2001 from spending levels recorded in 2000. The decline is a result of excess inventory, a slowdown in network build-outs, and reduced spending by telecommunications carriers worldwide.
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RHK Releases Updated Forecast Study: North American Optical
Transport Equipment Market to Grow at Only 10% in 2001
New forecast figures from telecom market research firm RHK Inc. show growth in the overall North American optical transport market will slow to 10% in 2001. This compares to a 1999-2000 growth rate of 67% and a previous RHK forecast of 37% for 2001.
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Ultimate Car Lover Passes Half Way Point in Quest to Live
in His Car for 75,000 Minutes to Win $75,000
Sam Walters has been living in his car for more than 26 days (nearly 40,000 minutes) and he's just passing the halfway point as he pushes himself -- and his car -- to the limits to prove he's the country's most crazed car lover. Walters is living in his 1991 Acura Integra for 75,000 minutes (52 days, two hours) as he tries to complete the MaxLife Car Lover's Challenge for $75,000.
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SoloTrek(tm) XFV(tm) Achieves Lift-Off Power and Thrust
Millennium Jet Inc., a Silicon Valley aerospace company, announces it has achieved an important milestone while testing its paradigm-shifting new product, SoloTrek(tm) XFV(tm). The full-scale SoloTrek proof-of-concept prototype aircraft produced over 100 percent take-off power and thrust for the first time in its development program, thereby validating earlier predicted performance.
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AMCC's Mekong IC Enables End-to-End OC-192 System Solutions for
Next-Generation Intelligent Optical Network Equipment
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) announced the availability of the Mekong (S19204), the industry's first highly integrated OC-192 SONET/SDH framing and pointer processor device with on-chip features critical for next generation optical networking equipment. Mekong is a multi-feature integrated circuit enabling customers to collapse multiple functions down to one chip, including aggregation, pointer processing and grooming functions.
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AMCC Develops Zambezi, Offering STS Cross-Connect Solution
for Line Card Operations Up To 40GB/S
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) announced Zambezi (S8710), an STS-1 cross-connect grooming fabric designed for line card use. Targeted for add/drop MUX systems, digital cross-connects and multi-service switches, this device is optimized to enable 10Gb/s, 20Gb/s, and 40Gb/s line cards to be built with an integrated first and last, or Nth, stage grooming fabric.
This solution is capable of switching from the STS-1 level up to and including STS-768c traffic, including arbitrarily concatenated traffic. Zambezi's single-stage, non-blocking, switch architecture, easily enables broadcast and multicast configurations. In addition, the device offers an industry-leading low power dissipation of 8W (typical).
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AMCC Delivers 10 GBPS Digital Wrapper Backplane Serializer/Deserializer For SONET/SDH Transport and Very Short Reach
OC-192 Applications
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) announced the Verrazano (S2509), the industry's first 10 Gbps Digital Wrapper serializer/deserializer (SERDES) supporting SONET/SDH transport and Very Short Reach (VSR) OC-192 and OC-48 transponder applications utilizing four 2.488-2.67 Gbps links.
The Verrazano facilitates the development of SONET/SDH compliant serial backplanes, saving system developers up to 25% of a system's total bandwidth that would otherwise be lost with 8B/10B encoding schemes.
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BP Amoco Introduces New Optical-Quality Udel Polysulfone
BP Amoco Polymers has developed a new grade of optical-quality Udel(R) polysulfone designed to deliver improved performance in fiber optics applications.
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Kenetec Announces EdgeXpert(tm) Service Planning Suite Designed to Save Providers Money By Planning Network Service Access Requirements
Before Deployment
With EdgeXpert, providers can generate the accurate, detailed information they need to assess the economic impact of a project and network requirements prior to investing significant financial or manpower resources.
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Lord, Bissell & Brook Names New Managing Partner
The international law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook has elected Daniel I. Schlessinger, 46, as its new managing partner. He has also been appointed chairman of the firm's Executive Committee. He begins his duties June 1.
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Boeing Satellite Systems Promotes Alexis Livanos
to Executive Vice President Post
Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), the world's leading satellite manufacturer, has named satellite industry leader Dr. Alexis Livanos as executive vice president and second-in-command, reporting directly to BSS President Randy Brinkley. BSS is a unit of The Boeing Company .
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Rudolph Technologies Appoints Nathan Little as Vice President
of Operations
Little will be an officer of the company and will be a member of the senior executive staff reporting directly to Paul F. McLaughlin, chairman and CEO.
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