LG-Nortel has unveiled the first residential multimedia terminal based on the Android platform, which will allow users to enjoy customized phone services, broadband capabilities and innovative new applications in their homes.

Alvarion agreed with Nokia Siemens Networks to expand the existing OEM agreement to include Alvarion’s portfolio of mobile WiMAX solutions. As part of this new agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will resell Alvarion’s latest mobile WiMAX 802.16e solutions to Nokia Siemens Networks’ current and prospective WiMAX customers.

IBM announced new systems software for managing virtualized servers, designed to help clients plan, build and maintain data centers while reducing costs. IBM is also helping clients protect their long-term investments in Power Systems by announcing an upgraded path to its next-generation servers that will include POWER7 microprocessors.

AT&T Interactive and Yahoo! announced an agreement, under which AT&T’s advertising sales force of more than 5,000 will sell Yahoo! display inventory to local businesses across the United States. The collaboration adds Yahoo!’s display inventory to AT&T Interactive’s local online advertising portfolio, and takes advantage of Yahoo!’s audience reach and targeting technologies.

The BMW Group contracted Autodesk Consulting to automate the transformation of design data into marketing assets and create photorealistic, animated models of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand cars.

Intel is moving to a more advanced, 34nm manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) products, an alternative to a computer’s hard drive. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for PC and laptop makers and consumers who buy them due to the reduced die size and advanced engineering design.

In celebration of the first human steps on the surface of the Moon, Google is launching Moon in Google Earth, an interactive 3D atlas of the Moon, viewable with Google Earth 5.0.

Avaya signed agreements to purchase Nortel’s enterprise solutions business for US$475 million.

Fujitsu received an order from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) for a new supercomputer system which will be the most powerful in Japan when it goes online in 2010.

A consortium involving Alcatel-Lucent and Thales announced that it has been selected by the municipalities of Wuhan and Guangzhou, two major Chinese cities, to provide turnkey signaling solutions for metro projects.

Cisco announced results from Cisco HealthPresence pilot programs in Aberdeen, Scotland and San Jose, Calif., which found that more than 90 percent of the patients were satisfied with the remote care experience and would recommend it to others.

UnitedHealth Group and Cisco will build the first national telehealth network, which will give patients access to physicians and specialists when in-person visits are not possible. The new “Connected Care” program combines audio and video technology and health resources to expand physicians’ reach into rural, urban and other underserved areas.

Cisco and IBM will team on a pilot to help the Dutch utility Nuon and the city of Amsterdam make smarter use of energy by enabling consumers to make more informed decisions about their energy consumption.

NVIDIA announced that its NVIDIA Quadro line of professional solutions is optimized for Autodesk AutoCAD 2010.

MasterCard Worldwide, working in collaboration with Toshiba Corporation and Dai Nippon Printing, announced that a dual-interface card equipped for contactless MasterCard PayPass and contact EMV payment applications is launched in Japan.

LG Electronics will develop a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) business in India that will help securing carbon credits. The CDM was developed under the Kyoto Protocol as a cost effective way to limit overall global greenhouse gas emissions.

Ericsson and the Republic of Korea have initiated a collaboration aiming to use mobile broadband and other communication technologies, such as machine to machine (m2m), to create a green eco-system.

Alvarion announced a WiMAX 802.16e pilot with French operator Bolloré telecom in Marina Port Vauban in the south of France. The pilot is based on Alvarion’s end-to-end mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution operating at 3.5 GHz frequency band.

Akamai Technologies announced the release of the first quarter 2009 edition of its quarterly State of the Internet report. Leveraging information gathered from its network and published reports, Akamai’s quarterly report provides insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network and Web site outages and Internet connectivity levels across the globe.

In an effort to help higher education institutions support economic stimulus efforts and work-force development strategies, Microsoft has committed up to $50 million in higher education resources, training and certifications through the Microsoft Education Alliance Program agreement. The company will provide resources and tools for short-term work-force training and higher education enhancements.

NXP Semiconductors and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced their cooperation to deliver the industry’s first single-chip 45nm global LCD TV platform, TV550.

Fujitsu Technology Solutions and Citrix Systems announced an OEM agreement that expands the relationship between the two companies to help customers reduce the cost and complexity of implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for enterprise customers.

Ericsson and Telecom Italia are at the forefront of solar-powered site development, proving that alternative energy sources represent a viable business case for both emerging and developed markets.

IBM Research - Haifa has developed software that more efficiently and effectively hides sensitive or personal information that might otherwise appear on the computer screens of unauthorized personnel. It could prove particularly useful for security conscious fields such as healthcare, insurance, government or financial services.

IBM announced the launch of its Tokyo-based IBM Analytics Solution center which is part of a recently announced global network of analytics focused centers. Through these centers, IBM is addressing the growing demand for advanced analytics capabilities need to help clients build smarter business systems and drive improved decision-making.