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.