ROUSSET, France, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- ARM7-based 32-bit Flash MCU with Software Programmable Power Switches and Voltage Scaling for Power-constrained Applications

SAN JOSE, California, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ultra low power 1.6 Volt microcontroller family

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the AVR(R) XMEGA(TM) family, an important addition to their successful AVR microcontrollers. The system performance of AVR XMEGA expands the market reach for 8/16-bit microcontrollers. With second generation of picoPower(TM) technology, XMEGA is the only family of Flash microcontrollers with true 1.6V operation. The ultra low power consumption is combined with fast 12-bit analog functions, a DMA controller, an innovative Event System and a crypto engine. All features free CPU resources which minimize power consumption and increase system performance.

MILPITAS, California, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Appro (http://www.appro.com), a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems, today announced the launch of its second Xtreme-X(TM) Supercomputer offering, the Appro Xtreme-X2 based on dual-socket, Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors. This supercomputer series represents a next-generation platform based on scalable clusters that brings all of the advantages of the company's expertise in high-performance computing (HPC) to a cost-effective, highly available, scalable, and energy-efficient architecture.

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NAPERVILLE, Illinois, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Co-founder Michael J. Birck remains chairman

The Tellabs Board of Directors appointed Robert W. Pullen Tellabs' new chief executive officer, president and director. Pullen, 45, is a seasoned industry expert with 23 years of experience at Tellabs in a broad variety of roles including research and development, sales, and services. The appointment is effective March 1.

"Rob is the right person to lead Tellabs through these exciting and challenging times," said Michael J. Birck, Tellabs chairman. "He brings the experience and knowledge that Tellabs needs to execute on our plan to improve performance."

DROITWICH, Worcestershire, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bristnall Hall Technology College (United Kingdom) adopts Ericom's remote access solution - The Alternative to Citrix - as an integral component in modernising the college's ICT infrastructure

Ericom(R) Software is pleased to announce that Bristnall Hall Technology College has selected PowerTerm(R) WebConnect - The Alternative to Citrix - to deliver a secure remote access solution to its staff and students.

NUREMBERG, Germany, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

.NET Micro Framework version 2.5 release delivers features enabling connected devices.

Today at Embedded World 2008, Microsoft Corp announced the availability of the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework version 2.5. This latest release provides developers and device-makers with support for Web Services on Devices and a native Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack, bringing powerful new options for network discovery and connectivity to smaller resource-constrained devices. Introduced a year ago at Embedded World 2007, the .NET Micro Framework now has over 40 companies leveraging the .NET Micro Framework porting kit licence to build custom hardware designs.

SINGAPORE, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- High-Bandwidth Cable System to Support Traffic Between Asia and US

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and five other international telecommunications carriers have signed an agreement to construct a new ultra high-speed submarine cable system linking the United States to Japan.

The other carriers involved in the project include Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI Corporation and Pacnet.

The US$300 million cable system, named Unity, will span 10,000 km across the Pacific Ocean, linking Chikura in Japan directly to Los Angeles in the United States. It is expected to be ready for service in the first quarter of 2010.

AACHEN, Germany, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- New regional development centre in Germany is part of US$75 million global investment by Windows Embedded Business.

Microsoft Corp today announced the launch of its first Microsoft Embedded Systems Development Centre (MESDC) in Aachen, Germany. The MESDC is part of Microsoft's effort to expand regional development centres in Denmark, France, Ireland, Serbia, the UK and other countries across Europe. The centre will support global product development and drive smart, connected, service-oriented device development.

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REDMOND, Washington, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service offering tapped as standard Windows platform for IBM retail systems.

Microsoft Corp today announced that it is working with IBM Corp to deliver a powerful Windows Embedded-based plug-and-play solution to help make it faster and easier for retailers and hospitality organisations to deliver information and services to time-conscious, empowered consumers.

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LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A new era in the sharing and publishing of news starts today with the launch of NewsML-G2 and EventsML-G2, the first parts of a new framework of XML-based news exchange formats from the International Press Telecommunications Council.

To support some of the latest innovations in web technology, NewsML-G2 allows the bundling of multiple news items -- articles, photos, videos or whatever - and a detailed description of their content and how the items relate to each other. Whether populating a website with complex news packages or building bundles of news items for resale or archiving, NewsML-G2 provides an easy way to package and exchange news.