LUXEMBOURG - Dimanche 24 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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TOKYO - Friday, February 22nd 2013

International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2013

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the development of an innovative low-power technology for embedded SRAM for application in smart phones and other mobile products. The new technology reduces active and standby power in temperatures ranging from room temperature (RT) to high temperature (HT) by using a bit line power calculator (BLPC) and a digitally controllable retention circuit (DCRC). A prototype has been confirmed to reduce active and standby power consumption at 25°C by 27% and 85%, respectively.

Toshiba presented this development at the 2013 International Solid-State Circuit Conference in San Francisco, CA on February 20(1).

Longer battery life requires lower power consumption in both high performance and low performance modes (MP3 decodi ... Read more »

PARIS - Dimanche 24 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

World Investment Conference North Africa 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- World Investment Conference, un rayonnement croissant L’objectif des World Investment Conferences est de promouvoir et faciliter les investissements directs étrangers dans les régions et les pays offrant les meilleures opportunités. Depuis leur création en 2003, les World Investment Conferences ont un rayonnement croissant dans le monde. Elles sont désormais des plateformes où se dessinent les futures politiques internationales d’investissement. Ces dernières ont un impact décisif sur la croissance économique globale, de même que sur le paysage politique mondial.

Le Maroc choisi pour accueillir la 1ère World Investment Conference North Africa Considérée par les investisseurs comme l’une des destinations les plus attractives en Afrique, ce n’est pas par hasard si le Maroc a ét&eacu ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Saturday, February 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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DENVER - Friday, February 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPEG LA today announced that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has become a participating patent holder in Librassay®, MPEG LA’s licensing supermarket of diagnostic and research tool patent rights for tests and assays, kits, tools and instruments for biomarker detection and analysis, diagnostics and research.

WARF joins leading research institutions Johns Hopkins University; Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Partners HealthCare; The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University; The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania; and University of California, San Francisco.

"The addition of WARF, with its rich history in technology transfer, makes the already impressive list of life sciences research institutions that have joined Librassay® even more distinguished,” said Larry Horn, MPEG ... Read more »

Des millions de services additionnels de téléphonie mobile ont été fournis l'an dernier à l'aide de la solution de Gemalto


AMSTERDAM - Dimanche 24 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), le leader mondial de la sécurité numérique, aide les opérateurs de téléphonie mobile brésiliens à réaliser des campagnes marketing plus efficaces en utilisant sa solution novatrice Smart Message plutôt que les campagnes traditionnelles de SMS. La technologie de Gemalto améliore considérablement l'engagement et la satisfaction du consommateur, en assurant un dialogue de qualité, en temps réel, entre les fournisseurs de services mobiles et leurs abonnés. En réponse à l'adoption sans précédent de cette solution par les consommateurs, Vivo, un opérateur mobile brésilien de premier plan, a ... Read more »

The First Edition of the World Investment Conference North Africa (WIC North Africa) Will Take Place from March 20 to 22, 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco

PARIS - Friday, February 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

World Investment Conference North Africa 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The 1st edition of the World Investment Conference North Africa, organized in collaboration with the Moroccan Investment Development Agency (MIDA), will be held from March 20 to 22 in the city of Marrakech.

This international event will bring together business leaders, national and international investors, and personalities from the economic and political world to share and discuss investment opportunities in North Africa and the Middle East. Being in full socio-economic and political transition, the region is attracting an increasing number of investors because of its potential and development prospects. This event will also be an opportunity for Morocco to position itself as a promotion platform fo ... Read more »

ST. JOHN, Jersey - Friday, February 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mr. John W. Dick, Chairman of the Board of O3b Networks, announced today that Andrew Browne has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for O3b Networks and will officially join the company on 18th April 2013.

Andrew joins O3b from SES where he served as CFO for three years, during which time he consolidated its global Finance operations. An industry veteran with a wealth of experience, Andrew was CFO of Intelsat from 1995 to 1998 where he was instrumental in building the foundation for privatization including the formation of spin-off New Skies Satellites in The Hague, Netherlands. He then served as CFO of New Skies from 1998 to 2008, overseeing IPOs on the Euronext and NYSE before creating substantial shareholder value through private sales to private equity and ultimately to SES.

"O3b is on the cusp of an incredibly exciting future and I’m thrilled to be welcoming Andrew to the ... Read more »

DENVER - Dimanche 24 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--MPEG LA a annoncé aujourd'hui que la Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) est devenue un détenteur de brevet participant dans Librassay®, le supermarché d'octroi de licences de droits de brevets d'outils de diagnostic et de recherche pour tests et essais, kits, outils et instruments pour la détection et l'analyse, les diagnostics et la recherche de biomarqueurs.

WARF rejoint les grands établissements de recherche Johns Hopkins University ; Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research ; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ; National Institutes of Health (NIH) ; Partners HealthCare ; le Conseil de fiduciaires de Leland Stanford Junior University ; les Fiduciaires de l'Université de Pennsylvanie ; et l'Université de Californie, San Francisco.

« L'ajout de WARF, avec sa riche histoire de transfert de technologie, rend encore plus distingu&eacut ... Read more »

VILLEJUIF, France - Friday, February 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Worldwide Innovative Networking (WIN) Consortium in personalized cancer medicine is a global network of 28 leading academic, pharma, life science, and patient advocacy organizations spanning 13 countries. WIN2013, the 5th in a series of Symposia dedicated to advancing personalized cancer medicine through global collaboration, will be held July 10-12, in Paris, France.

The WIN2013 theme, Personalized Cancer Medicine: From Innovation to Implementation, will bring leaders from around the world together in a collaborative, global forum to share innovations that represent the most promising advances in personalized cancer care.

Global leaders in oncology have voiced their support for WIN2013. "I do not know of another forum which is designed to enable the globalization of patient specific cancer care; the discussions cover new technology through to clinical trials” statedMike Pellini, CEO ... Read more »

Millions of additional mobile services delivered over the past year using Gemalto solution


AMSTERDAM - Friday, February 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is helping mobile operators in Brazil achieve greater efficiency in their mobile marketing campaigns using its innovative Smart Message solution versus traditional SMS campaigns. Gemalto’s technology dramatically improves consumer engagement and satisfaction by enabling high quality, real-time dialog between cellular providers and their subscribers. In response to unprecedented customer adoption, Vivo, a leading mobile operator in Brazil, delivered millions of value added mobile services in the past year using the Gemalto solution.

Smart Message campaigns are delivered directly to a device’s idle screen giving customers a choice to opt-in to receive messages that allow service discovery and subscription ... Read more »