Sun announced the availability of the JavaFX Preview release, which provides web scripters, designers and Java developers with a preview of the runtime and tools needed to create Rich Internet Applications (RIA) on the Java platform.

Grameen Foundation, Bakrie Telecom and Qualcomm, through its Wireless Reach initiative, announced the launch of the first Village Phone Program in Indonesia, branded as Uber ESIA, using 3G CDMA technology to provide affordable wireless telecommunications services for rural communities.

Qualcomm announced that it has completed the world’s first data call using High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network technology. The call achieved a data transfer rate of more than 20 Mbps in a 5 MHz channel.

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a contract to deploy the Atlantic-Mediterranean segment of the 15,000 km (9,000 mile), Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system. EIG is the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable system from the United Kingdom to India, and will significantly enhance capacity and diversity between the countries and territories of three continents.

Facebook and Intel will work together to optimize Facebook’s hardware and software as the company builds out its datacenter infrastructure.

Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have selected a high performance IBM computer to perform research they hope will one day lead to more effective treatment of medical conditions like infertility and thyroid problems.

In one of the most comprehensive educational technology programs in the world, the Portuguese government is providing educational PCs to school children receiving basic education - equivalent to elementary school - in a memorandum of understanding with Intel Corporation.

Poor quality software costs businesses billions of dollars annually and the cost of identifying and repairing a software defect in a product that is already being used by consumers can cost upwards of $16,000 for each defect. Recognizing these challenges, IBM is introducing new software that intelligently catches bugs and other defects while software code is being written - rather than after a product that is powered by software has already been shipped to customers.

Samsung unveils the successor to the company’s award-winning 81 Series LED LCD HDTV, with the launch of the new Series 9 LED LCD HDTV.

W3C today announced new standards that will make it easier for people to browse the Web on mobile devices.

Microsoft and ESRI today announced that ESRI ArcGIS users will have access to the mapping and imagery content provided by the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform inside ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server.

IBM’s X-Force says cyber-criminals are using public research on Web browser weaknesses to launch attacks before most users are even aware of their vulnerability.

AMD announced growing OEM support for its next-generation notebook platform with the addition of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division’s consumer laptops built on the next-generation AMD notebook platform.

NVIDIA announced the availability of three new desktop GeForce 9 Series graphics processing units (GPUs) that bring support for NVIDIA PhysX technology and CUDA general-purpose parallel computing to mainstream PC computing markets.

HP, Intel and Yahoo! announced the creation of a global, multi-data center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education. The goal of the initiative is to promote open collaboration among industry, academia and governments by removing the financial and logistical barriers to research in data-intensive, Internet-scale computing.

To help people remember key facts, IBM unveiled a software technology that uses the images, sounds, and text recorded on everyday mobile devices to help people recall names, faces, conversations and other important information.

Airvana and Alcatel-Lucent will develop an integrated solution – incorporating IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and CDMA/EV-DO femtocell technology – to support more effective delivery of mobile voice and multimedia services inside homes and offices.

Canon U.S.A. announced the first domestic installation of its new Canon CR-1 Non-Mydriatic Digital Retinal Camera at Rochester Family Eye Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Opera Software today announced that it has joined the Open IPTV Forum. This global organization is comprised of key IPTV and TV stakeholders working to produce end-to-end specifications to take the next generation of IPTV services into the mass market.

Sophos announced that its Sophos Email Security and Control offerings will now include Sender Genotype, a next-generation reputation filtering technology, designed to eliminate botnet spam at the IP-connection level.

Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 software, the photographer’s essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs.

AMD today announced that the power- and cost-efficient Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 2356 and Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 8356 now hold the top x86 web performance records for both 2P and 4P servers, as measured by the SPECweb 2005 benchmark.

Renesas Technology announced the SH77650, a single-chip SoC product optimized for image-recognition processing functions. The new device enables the production of more affordable vehicle information terminals, particularly the next-generation car navigation systems and peripheral devices that can help increase driving safety.

IBM has opened three centers of excellence in China, Mexico and India to provide clients with access to the latest technologies and processes in banking, retail and service management arenas.

Sun announced that LinkedIn, the largest professional networking site, has selected Sun’s MySQL Enterprise database subscription to support the company’s rapid growth.