During the prestigious 2007 Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, camera crews using video-optimized Nokia N93i devices tagged along with the Young Creative Film Competitors on their 48 hour mission to shoot a 30 second commercial, also using the N93i, for MTV SWITCH, a new campaign from MTV Networks International designed to educate and encourage alternative options

A standard laboratory tool for measuring pharmacological activity of biological substances and performing other related tests may soon be replaced by a new miniaturized bioassay that will be faster, cheaper and more efficient for scientists to use, with new technology developed by Singapore‘s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN). The new assay, named DropArray, slashes

NeckarCom Telekommunikation GmbH, a German telecoms provider, has launched its commercial Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service following the implementation earlier this year of a WiMAX network in the Ulm region by Motorola.  The flexibility of the WiMAX solution has enabled NeckarCom to easily integrate all of its current standard voice services across the WiMAX

Cyprus House plenary began here today a four-day debate on the 2008 state budget. The state budget for 2008, which is the last to be presented in Cyprus pounds before the country adopts the Euro in January 2008, provides for revenues of CYP3,3 billion and expenditure of CYP3,8 billion. Left-wing AKEL Parliamentary Spokesman Nicos Katsourides

Over 6,600,000 passengers traveled through Larnaka and Pafos International Airports from the beginning of 2007 until the end of November 2007, according to the latest passenger figures, a press release issued by Hermes airports said.According to the press release, this figure puts Cyprus on track for a new record for 2007, with just under 7

In association with the EIU   The key to reliable corporate forecasting is the ability to draw together culture, process and internal and external data into a balanced and cohesive framework enabled by technology, says KPMG International. While getting it right is difficult, it is critical: reliable forecasting is at the heart of the business

The Schengen zone, where citizens and tourists travel without passports is set to expand on December 21 to include new member states, but not Cyprus, which is expected to join in 2009. The Schengen zone, named for the wine-making town in Luxembourg where the agreement was signed in 1985, currently allows unhindered travel between 13

The European Central Bank injected an unprecedented $500 billion into the banking system at a below-market rate, in a cash injection to counter the impact of the global credit crunch. The aim is to cut the cost of lending between retail and commercial banks, which has jumped in the past few weeks. The rate at