Agilent Technologies Announces Extension to 20-Year Contract for the U.S. Navy's CASS Program and TimeSys Introduces LinuxLink Subscriptions for Frees

June 4 2006

Scientific & Technical Instruments industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) recently announced that it will support the U.S. Navy's Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) program beyond the 20-year production support contract to the year 2015. CASS is a high-performance, standardized test environment that is used onboard aircraft carriers and at other locations to test and maintain Navy aircraft electronics. Applera's Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI) unit agreed to acquire Agencourt Personal Genomics for $120 million in cash. Agencourt holder Beckman Coulter agreed to sell its minority interest for $50 million in cash. The deals are expected to close in the third quarter. APG's massively parallel fluorescence sequencing by stepwise ligation technology is a novel, extremely high throughput approach to DNA/RNA analysis, Applied Bio said.

Nissin Systems, Co., Ltd. and Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) Japan Ltd. (1-8-1, Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, President: Tsuneo Takahashi) announced LinuxLink by TimeSys(TM) support for Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX31 applications processor at Embedded Technology West. Nissin Systems demonstrated the new product, delivered and developed in partnership with TimeSys in the U.S., in their booth during the show (May 10 and 11, 2006 at My Dome Osaka). Anywhere MD INC. (Other OTC:ANWM) -- Anywhere MD INC. is now shipping the new version 5.6 of its clinical software. Some of the new features include: custom diagnostic templates, electronic documentation capabilities, new patient ID field to support patients with multiple claims and better compatibility with the latest wireless point of care technologies. Said Steve Hixson, CEO, "These new features in the latest version of the software allow the physician to document the patient visit in a matter of seconds.

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