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World Cup started yesterday, China's sleepless night also started. Chinese usually passively accept foreign cultural elements such as western clothing, NBA, Hollywood movies and even English.  The Chinese took a quite some time to get familiar with them. But soccer, particularly the World Cup, is different.

China declared their "Long-term Plan for Developing Human Resource (2010-2020)". The level of science in a country decides the country's present and future and human resources are an important base for developing science.

The Home Insulation Program began with high expectations. Its primary objective was to help stimulate the economy as part of the government's response to the global financial crisis. At the same time, it was hoped the program would deliver real green savings to home owners and provide a showpiece for the government's green credentials. 

A new brand in cable reels and cable products is knocking into the European DIY-market. The newly established Dutch company Designcord is launching the first product in their line-up this June: a AUTOREWIND CABLE REEL of 10 meters. 

Helsinki, Finland - May 4, 2010 - Fastrax Ltd., a pioneering supplier of high performance GPS receivers, Software GPS solutions and tracking systems for location-aware devices, today introduced the Fastrax IT520, the smallest GPS receiver in Fastrax's IT500 series GPS modules. The Fastrax IT520 features a form factor of only 10.4 x 14.0 x 2.3 mm, allowing for easy utilization in a variety of applications, including asset tracking and navigation systems, and battery operated consumer products.

Marseille, May 4, 2010. WYPLAY SAS, a pioneer in the development of the High-Definition Media Center, today announced it has closed a 9 million euro third round of financing.

Amundi Private Equity Funds, who led this 3rd round, was joined by A Plus Finance, Elaia Partners and Sofinnova Partners, Wyplay's second round lead investors reflecting their continued confidence in the company. Together with the two previous investment rounds totaling €14 million, the third round of investment brings the  amount raised by Wyplay
to €23 million over three years.

MILPITAS, CA - May 3, 2010 - Linear Technology introduces the LTC3615, a high efficiency, 4MHz synchronous buck regulator that incorporates a constant frequency, current-mode architecture.

Seoul, Apr. 30, 2010 - LG Electronics (LG),  announced that its 50/60 PK950 Plasma TV has been recognized as the "Best Photo TV Display" in the 2010 TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) Award.

San Jose, California (Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley) - April 27, 2010 - Synapse Wireless®, Inc. and Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB) today introduced a jointly developed wireless mesh networking solution that combines the award-winning Synapse SNAP^® network operating system with Silicon Labs' Si1000 wireless microcontroller (MCU).