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Doha, Qatar - Monday, December 31st 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Qatar University’s undergraduate and Masters programs in Environmental Sciences have become the first outside of the UK to be recognised by the world’s leading accreditation body for environmental science education degree programs.

The Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences (CHES) and the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) accredited QU’s BSc and MSc Environmental Sciences programs, which began in September 2008 and 2011 respectively, in a ceremony at Qatar’s national university earlier this week.

The award is the culmination of 15 months of hard work for the university’s Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, which began the process in March 2011.  Although CHES usually accredits only honors and graduate programs, an exception was made for QU’s BSc Environmental Science course because of its rigorous nature, which puts it at the same level as an honors program in other univers ... Read more »

SINGAPORE - Saturday, December 29th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Adds 2.6 million tonnes per year of new finished product capacity
World-scale facility increases jobs in Singapore
ExxonMobil begins producing specialty grade metallocene polymers in Asia

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobilhas commenced startup operations at one of the world’s largest ethylene steam crackers, the centerpiece of the company’s multi-billion dollar expansion project at its Singapore petrochemical complex.

The expansion, powered by a new 220-megawatt cogeneration plant, adds 2.6 million tonnes per year of new finished product capacity. It includes two new polyethylene plants, a polypropylene plant, a metallocene elastomers unit, an oxo-alcohol unit and an aromatics expansion, all of which are completed and beginning operation. Ethylene production is expected to start in the next few months.

"We have doubled the size of our finished product capacity at Singapore, making this the largest chemic ... Read more »

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DALLAS & TAIPEI, Taiwan - Friday, December 28th 2012

Xtera Communications Inc. (Xtera), a leading global provider of Optical and WAN networking solutions, today announced the launch of the XteraLink 300. This new, commercially available product line brings advanced networking solutions to branch offices, home offices, medium size businesses, apartments, hotels, and other multi-tenant buildings. XteraLink is designed to enable businesses to optimize network efficiency by maximizing ROI on existing infrastructure, improving network reliability and enhancing user experience.

XteraLink is an edge server appliance deployed on the border between enterprise intranets (LANs) and the Internet (WAN). It cost-effectively bonds multiple WAN links into virtual pipes to deliver bandwidth aggregation and WAN fault tolerance. With a maximum throughput of 300Mbps, XteraLink has 3 WAN, 1 LAN and 1 DMZ links, and a USB port for 3G cellular data cards. ... Read more »

TOKYO - Friday, December 28th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

2013 International CES

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) will showcase a reference display of an SDHC memory card with TransferJet™ close proximity wireless transfer technology at the 2013 International CES, to be held from January 8 to 11, 2013, in Las Vegas, U.S.A.

The SDHC memory card on reference display will be a product under development, integrating a TransferJet™ transceiver IC, a coupler, an RF filter, peripheral passive parts, an SD bridge connection circuit, and Toshiba's NAND flash memory.

Data transfer by TransferJet™ communications will be implemented in devices supporting SDHC memory cards, such as digital cameras and PCs, by inserting this card in the card slots.

About TransferJet™

TransferJet™ is a close proximity wireless transfer technology standard promoted by the TransferJet™ Consortium whose membership consists of 45 companies (as of December 28, 2012), incl ... Read more »

DUBLIN - Thursday, December 27th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien(NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire CV Ingenuity.The companies expect to complete the acquisition in the first calendar quarter of 2013. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

CV Ingenuity, a privately-held company based in Fremont, CA, is focused on improving patient outcomes in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) by providing solutions to relieve vascular obstructions, inhibit restenosis, and allow natural vessel healing. The company's core technology, while still in the investigational phase, is a Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) platform with a novel, proprietary, tunable, rapid-release system.

"We continue to be focused on technologies that deliver improved patient care, delighting both our physician and hospital system customers,” said Stacy Enxing Seng, President, Vascular Therapies ... Read more »

- Industry's highest level resolution brings enhanced image quality to digital still cameras -

TOKYO - Wednesday, December 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it will launch a new 20-megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor, the TCM5115CL, as the latest addition to its sensor line-up for digital still cameras. TCM5115CL offers the industry's highest resolution in the 1/2.3 inch optical format, using backside illumination technology (BSI) to improve sensitivity and imaging performance.

Sampling of the new sensor will begin at the end of January 2013 and mass production will follow in August 2013.

Continued advances in the resolution offered by compact digital cameras—now in the range of 10- to 16MP—have brought with them the challenge of improving performance and picture quality with smaller pixels. The TCM5115CL does just this by achieving a 15% improvement in full well capacity—the amount of charge an ind ... Read more »

Achieves high bandwidth of 10GHz by reducing switch terminal capacitance

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TOKYO - Tuesday, December 25th 2012

Toshiba Corporation(TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it will launch two-lane SPDT switches that support PCI Express 3.0 (8Gbps). The new products, TC7PCI3412MT and TC7PCI3415MT, reduce switch terminal capacitance to achieve high bandwidth characteristics of 10GHz at -3dB, making high-speed transmission with lower signal degradation capable.

The new SPDT switches have optimal configurations for all arrangements of PCI Express slots, connectors, and switches on the motherboards of desktop PCs and notebook PCs. They can also be used for high-speed differential lines, such as USB3.0, DisplayPort1.2, and SATA3.0.

Samples are available now with mass production scheduled for the end of January.

Applications Motherboards (desktop PCs), laptop PCs, servers

Key Features 1. Operating power-supply voltage: VCC=3. ... Read more »

ATLANTA & NEW YORK & PARIS - Saturday, December 22nd 2012 [ME NewsWire]

- Supports transformative opportunities in clearing and market structure amid regulatory change; - Dual headquarters in Atlanta and New York; will maintain iconic NYSE building

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, and NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX), the preeminent global equity, equity options and fixed income derivatives market operator, today announced a definitive agreement for ICE to acquire NYSE Euronext in a stock-and-cash transaction. The acquisition combines two leading exchange groups to create a premier global exchange operator diversified across markets including agricultural and energy commodities, credit derivatives, equities and equity derivatives, foreign exchange and interest rates. With leading clearing capabilities, the combined company will be well positioned to deliver efficiencies while serving custome ... Read more »

Fastest Mobile Version of UpToDate is Now Available on iPhone®, iPad® and Android™ Devices

WALTHAM, Mass - Saturday, December 22nd 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that UpToDate, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, released MobileComplete™ for Android™ users. A downloadable local version of its free app, UpToDate MobileComplete™, is the fastest mobile version of UpToDate, providing clinicians with access to evidence-based, practical recommendations, even offline. With this release, UpToDate offers customers local access to trusted, evidence-based information across iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

For individual subscribers, UpToDate MobileComplete takes the speed and convenience of UpToDate Mobile, a free on-demand app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, a step further, enabling users to download the UpToDate clinical content locall ... Read more »