TiVo Types in a Winner: Launches New TiVo Slide Remote With Slide-Out Keyboard

“Thumbtastic” Keyboard With Bluetooth Connectivity Lets People Spend More Time Watching and Less Time Searching

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO – News), a leader in advanced television services, including digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced the availability of the TiVo® Slide Remote with an easy to use, slide-out, QWERTY keyboard. The TiVo Slide provides users a richer TiVo experience through the delivery of progressive search in the television, making it easier to find your favorite series or celebrity on TV, YouTube, Netflix, Rhapsody and more.

“This finger-friendly device strengthens TiVo’s product offerings, giving consumers the best tools to find what they want more quickly,” said Jim Denney, vice president and general manager of product marketing for TiVo. “This is the first ever DVR remote with a full QWERTY keyboard, and we are certain that users will be excited to get their thumbs on it. The slick design has the same fun look of the classic TiVo remote, but makes it even easier to get more from your TV experience.”

TiVo was the first to deliver progressive media search and now with its new slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the TiVo Slide Remote allows consumers quickly and easily to find the latest and most relevant entertainment — whether that be via YouTube, Amazon Video On Demand, Netflix and more — all in one place, and all with one box.

The TiVo Slide Remote is an all-in-one remote control for the all-in-one entertainment box. Its Bluetooth technology increases the remote’s reliability, and range up to 30 feet away. Its sleek, peanut shaped design is fully backlit, and includes power and volume controls for the TV. And installation is fast with easy plug n’ play functionality. Just plug the USB receiver into the port on the TiVo box, and play.

To celebrate its availability, TiVo is giving away one TiVo Slide Remote control each day for 30 days! To enter the 30 Slides in 30 Days Sweepstakes, people must first become a fan of TiVo on Facebook or follow TiVo on Twitter. Fans and followers can then enter the giveaway for one of the thumbtastic prizes at www.tivo.com/30slides. We additionally encourage fans and followers to respond with the name of a favorite TV show, movie or web video — which they will be able to search for oh so much faster with the TiVo Slide.

TiVo Slide is available today at tivo.com for $89.99 and coming this weekend at Best Buy stores nationwide. The new remote will work with TiVo Premiere and Premiere XL units, TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL.

About TiVo Inc.
Founded in 1997, TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO – News) developed the first commercially available digital video recorder (DVR). TiVo offers the TiVo service and TiVo DVRs directly to consumers online at www.tivo.com and through third-party retailers. TiVo also distributes its technology and services through solutions tailored for cable, satellite and broadcasting companies. Since its founding, TiVo has evolved into the ultimate single solution media center by combining its patented DVR technologies and universal cable box capabilities with the ability to aggregate, search, and deliver millions of pieces of broadband, cable, and broadcast content directly to the television. An economical, one-stop-shop for in-home entertainment, TiVo’s intuitive functionality and ease of use puts viewers in control by enabling them to effortlessly navigate the best digital entertainment content available through one box, with one remote, and one user interface, delivering the most dynamic user experience on the market today. TiVo also continues to weave itself into the fabric of the media industry by providing interactive advertising solutions and audience research and measurement ratings services to the television industry www.tivo.com

Samsung Galaxy S is World’s First DivX HD Certified Android Mobile Phone

Brilliant new Android smart phone available worldwide, including U.S.

DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq:DIVX – News), a leading digital media company, and Samsung Electronics Co. LTD, a leading mobile provider, today announced that the Galaxy S™ is now DivX Certified® for HD video playback at 720p resolution. The Galaxy S is the world’s first Android™ mobile phone that is DivX Certified for HD and the second overall DivX HD Certified phone, following the successful launch of the Samsung Wave.

Now available in the United States, Europe and Asia, the Galaxy S has a large 4-inch super AMOLED display, which delivers an unrivaled screen quality for a better viewing experience. Powered by a 1GHz processor, the Galaxy S dazzles with amazing 3-D graphics, faster upload and download times, and a rich multimedia and gaming experience. As an Android-powered device, the Galaxy S also provides access to the more than 70,000 applications from Android Market.

To enjoy DivX video on the Galaxy S, consumers can load their video libraries of both standard definition and HD 720p movies in the DivX format on the internal and external memory (expandable to 32GB) and then watch their collections anywhere they choose. In addition, the Galaxy S can connect directly to other DivX Certified devices, such as HDTVs, turning it into a powerful mobile set-top box in the living room. The Galaxy S will also support the secure playback of major Hollywood titles in the DivX format from leading studios.

“The Galaxy S has exploded in popularity, and we are very excited to join Samsung in promoting its new DivX HD capabilities,” said Kevin Hell, Chief Executive Officer, DivX, Inc. “We’re pleased that Samsung recognizes the importance of the DivX brand in providing their consumers with a seamless, high-quality entertainment experience.”

“Samsung continues to launch feature-rich devices packed with innovative technologies,” said Younghee Lee, Senior Vice President, Samsung Electronics. “By obtaining DivX HD Certification of our new Android-powered multimedia smart phone, we’re giving our customers the freedom to enjoy their DivX videos up to 720p at home and on the go.”

DivX Certified phones are all tested to guarantee high-quality DivX video playback. DivX technology produces highly compressed video that requires minimal storage for the highest quality media experience on a mobile platform for viewing anytime, anywhere.

Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure a high-quality DivX media experience, including reliable video creation and playback, interoperability with other DivX Certified devices and the visual quality users expect from DivX.

For more information about DivX, visit www.divx.com.

About DivX

DivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the “three screens” comprising today’s consumer media environment—the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 300 million DivX devices have shipped into the market from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.

On June 2, 2010, DivX, Inc. and Sonic Solutions announced a proposed merger transaction. Sonic Solutions has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the proposed merger and both companies intend to mail a definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to Sonic and DivX shareholders following such time that the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC.

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2009 consolidated sales of US$116.8 billion. Employing approximately 188,000 people in 185 offices across 65 countries, the company consists of eight independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

TOCOM and SMX Deploy KVH-SingTel Ultra Low Latency Network Solutions

- Expanding Ultra Low-Latency Capability for Improving Liquidity -

KVH Co., Ltd. (KVH) and Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), market leaders in low latency services in Japan and Singapore respectively, announced today that Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) and Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) will provide KVH-SingTel’s low latency network solutions to market participants. This will enable the two exchanges to facilitate an ultra low-latency and fully redundant network service between Japan and Singapore.

TOCOM and SMX have been discussing potential collaborative opportunities to enhance liquidity on both the Japan and Singapore commodity markets. With the KVH-SingTel’s low latency network, market participants can simultaneously access both exchanges with the highest speed and scalability currently available for high-performance trading.

In global financial markets, Singapore is considered along with Tokyo to be an important center for traders from overseas. KVH extended its global Ethernet network into Singapore in April this year to support low latency needs in the trading community through the partnership with SingTel. KVH’s Tokyo Data Center has been endorsed by TOCOM as its access point location and proximity hosting provider since 2008. The expansion of ultra low-latency connections between Tokyo and Singapore opens another opportunity for global market participants.

Mr. Tadashi Ezaki, President and CEO of TOCOM said, “As Asia’s leading futures exchange, TOCOM is implementing measures to reach out to the global investment community. Through these initiatives, market participants would be able to enjoy broader access and trade more products on various markets with more arbitrage opportunities and increase liquidity. We expect KVH to continue supporting our endeavors to establish a strong foothold in Asia and other global financial and commodity markets.”

Mr. Thomas McMahon, CEO of SMX said, “SMX views the alliance as an important vehicle to unify the Asian derivatives landscape. Asia will be adding to the global benchmarks in terms of trading prices and indices. One fundamental element in building a comprehensive product range in the region lies in collaboration and in harnessing technology between exchanges. The appointment of KVH-SingTel as a connectivity point between Japan and Singapore enables both parties to deliver on this promise.”

Ms. Miyuki Suzuki, President and CEO of KVH said, “We are very pleased that both TOCOM and SMX have partnered our services for ultra low-latency connections between Japan and Singapore. KVH offers ultra low latency access to multiple exchanges, brokers and market data vendors from a single location as an ideal global High-Frequency Trading environment in Japan. We are expanding its capability to Singapore, Hong Kong and other key financial cities in Asia to support rapidly growing low-latency needs in the market.”

Mr. Lee Kai Hock, SingTel’s Vice President of Business Marketing, said, “Increasingly, trading companies are turning to high-speed network services to gain a competitive edge in the Asian markets. SingTel’s proximity hosting and ultra low latency services cater to this rapidly growing demand and enhance the high-speed trading capabilities of companies in the region.”

“Through the innovative use of infocomm technologies, we seek to open the doors to more exciting growth opportunities for trading companies and further strengthen Singapore’s position as a global financial hub.”

About TOCOM

Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) is Japan’s largest commodity futures exchange with a trading volume of 29 million contracts, representing approximately 90% market share, in 2009, and one of the most prominent exchanges in Asia. Futures contracts on a variety of industrial products are traded (i.e.: gold, silver, platinum and palladium in the precious metals market; crude oil, gasoline, kerosene and gas oil in the oil market; and rubber) and Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index, as well as Gold Options are traded. TOCOM was established in 1984 as a result of a merger between the Tokyo Textile Exchange, founded in 1951, the Tokyo Rubber Exchange and the Tokyo Gold Exchange.

TOCOM’s recent achievements include completing demutualization in December 2008, launching a new trading platform based on the Nasdaq OMX technology and introducing a night session in May 2009, as well as listing the Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index futures contract, TOCOM NEXT, in March 2010. The night session is scheduled to be extended until 4:00am JST in September 2010.

For more information about TOCOM, please visit www.tocom.or.jp.

About SMX

Singapore Mercantile Exchange is a pan-Asian multi-product commodity and currency derivatives exchange situated in Singapore. It offers a comprehensive platform for trading a diversified basket of commodities including futures and options contracts on precious metals, base metals, agriculture commodities, energy, currencies and commodity indices.

SMX offers market participants the benefits of market transparency, time zone convenience, price discovery and benchmarking, price risk management and multiple connectivity options. Counterparty clearing and settlement risk is effectively managed through its clearing house, the Singapore Mercantile Exchange Clearing Corporation. The regulator of Singapore’s financial markets – the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – has granted ‘Approved Exchange’ status to SMX since 2010.

SMX is backed by the world’s leading creator of exchanges – Financial Technologies (India) Limited – which has successfully established and currently operates 10 exchanges in India, Dubai, Singapore, Africa, Mauritius and Bahrain.

SMX is a member of leading international derivatives industry associations, such as the Futures Industry Association (FIA), the Swiss Futures and Options Association (SFOA), the Association of Futures Markets (AFM) and the Futures and Options Association (FOA).

More information is available at www.smx.com.sg

About KVH

KVH was established in Tokyo in 1999 by the private equity firm of Fidelity Investments as an Asia-Pacific IT/communications service provider. Through its facility-based optical fiber networks and data centers, KVH offers integrated communications and IT management solutions that include managed services, data networking, internet access, and voice services to business customers. KVH has a presence in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka (and in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore through affiliates) and serves over 1,700 corporate customers in broad industry segments such as financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, media, and e-commerce.

KVH launched its proximity hosting service in 2008 using its Tokyo Data Center as a hub based on experience in providing network connections with Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE). KVH Tokyo Data Center has been endorsed by Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) and Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) as their access point location and proximity hosting provider. In addition, KVH has been appointed as Proximity vendor for the OSE new derivatives trading system since June 1, 2010. More information on KVH can be found at www.kvh.co.jp/en/ .

About SingTel

SingTel is Asia’s leading communications group with operations and investments around the world. Serving both the corporate and consumer markets, it is committed to bringing the best global communications solutions to customers in the Asia Pacific and beyond.

With significant operations in Singapore and Australia (through wholly-owned subsidiary SingTel Optus), the Group provides a comprehensive portfolio of services that includes voice and data solutions over fixed, wireless and Internet platforms, as well as infocomm technology and pay TV.

To serve the needs of multi-national corporations, SingTel has a network of 37 offices in 20 countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States. These offices enable SingTel to deliver reliable and quality network solutions to its customers, either on its own or jointly with local partners.

The Group also has major investments in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand. Together with its regional partners, SingTel is Asia’s largest multi-market mobile operator, serving more than 293 million customers in eight markets.

SingTel employs more than 23,000 people worldwide and had a turnover of S$16.87 billion (US$11.82 billion) and net profit after tax of S$3.91 billion (US$2.74 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2010. More information can be found at www.singtel.com and www.optus.com.au

Maxatec Announces the Pidion Advance Semi-Rugged BM-170

Maxatec, the certified supplier of epos systems extends its range of rugged hand held mobile computing devices to include the Pidion Advanced Semi-rugged BM-170. A fast and reliable Wi-Fi and GPRS connection, teamed with its durability and stability, makes it a worthwhile addition to any hard-working business over a range of industries.

Adding to the existing mobile computing range, the Advanced Semi-rugged BM-170 is a durable, cost effective tool for improving and streamlining your business.

Suitable for a range of industries including Field Service, Healthcare, Fleet Management and many more, it promises to make your business more efficient and reliable.

The BM-170 offers its users a 1.5 metre drop-resistant outer shell, allowing it to withstand landing on steel surfaces multiple times. With the ability to function in temperatures ranging from -20C to 55C the BM-170 is a long-lasting and robust choice. The smart user interface, which encompasses a 3.5 inch touch screen display supported by a 3.0 megapixel AF camera, creates the perfect tool for workers on the move. The durable yet sensitive screen enables easy collection of digital signatures, taking orders, or looking up data, whereas the camera is ideal for capturing images for proof of condition.

Andrea Percival, Director of Maxa Technologies, said: ‘We are delighted that Bluebird has released the BM-170. There are some significant competitive advantages with the product, including battery capacity, camera and price. The Bluebird range just keeps on improving and is a highly attractive product set for many markets. We have been working with Bluebird for more than a year now, and we believe that our marketing activities with the Bluebird products are now paying dividends as we have carved ourselves a niche in a very competitive market.’

Connectivity includes a fast data communication with HSDPA mobile radio and Wi-Fi, as well as an integrated A-GPS allowing the device to be tracked at all times, leaving you to provide fast and reliable delivery.

The BM-170 utilises Windows Mobile 6.5 with a powerful 806MHz processor, offering best in class performance within an easy to navigate operating system. With a 128MB RAM 256MB ROM memory capacity and a 3,200mAh extended battery life the BM-170 will last through the busiest of days with ease and efficiency.

To view the BM-170 visit: http://www.maxatec-europe.com/press/2010/08/pidion-bm-170

About Maxatec

Maxatec is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Value Added Supplier of Specialist IT Hardware and Services to the Auto ID, POS and Mobile markets. As well as offering own brand products, Maxatec’s product portfolio includes Cognitive TPG point of sale and bar code label printers, Barcode & Label Printers NCR POS terminals, Extech portable receipt printers, TSC industrial label printers, Zebex bar code scanners, MMF cash drawers, FlexPOS POS terminals, and Firich (FEC) Touch screens and SAMMI mobile computing devices.

Maxatec also offers software and services including NiceLabel label design package, and a wide range of consumables (paper, labels, and ribbons), spare parts and in-house and on-site service capabilities.

The Maxatec brand is synonymous with high standards of service as well as high performance, high quality products.

Advantech and NetLogic Microsystems Announce 40Gbps AdvancedTCA Platform

Advantech, a global manufacturer of telecom computing blades and multi-core network platforms, and NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL – News), a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, today announced their collaboration to deliver the industry’s most advanced 40-Gbps AdvancedTCA (ATCA) platform using NetLogic Microsystems’ XLP™ multi-core, multi-threaded processors with 64 NXCPUs™, knowledge-based processors, and 10GE PHY solutions.

Advantech’s ATCA-7410 is designed to support the new 40-Gbps ATCA standards and is targeted at LTE enhanced packet core (EPC) gateways, service routers, metro ethernet, access aggregation, mobile backhaul systems and network security platforms. Building on the success of its Packetarium™ portfolio that uses NetLogic Microsystems’ XLR multi-core processors, the ATCA-7410 extends Advantech’s packet processing offering to the ATCA form factor to enable greater scalability and higher availability for OEMs building state-of-the-art networking equipment.

Each ATCA-7410 blade incorporates an impressive 64 NXCPUs from the XLP processor family, 128 knowledge-based processing engines from the NL11k processor family and multiple NLP1342 10GE PHYs to deliver significant advantages in performance, functionality, power and cost. This advanced ATCA system is targeted to meet the needs for Tier One original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to support systems with up to fourteen blades in a chassis to enable scalability to over 500Gbps throughput per chassis.

“The ATCA-7410 design leverages NetLogic Microsystems’ best-in-class technologies across the board,” said Eddie Lai, director of business development at Advantech. “It represents the breakthrough ATCA product which Tier-1 OEMs are waiting for to perform uncompromised processing on every packet of traffic with minimal latency to ensure predictable network behavior and eliminate bottlenecks.”

“We’re pleased to see Advantech utilizing the performance advantages brought by combining our market-leading products its new ATCA-7410 platform offering,” said Chris O’Reilly, vice president of marketing at NetLogic Microsystems. “We congratulate Advantech on the introduction of its flagship ATCA-7410 platform that offers compelling benefits to network equipment providers.”

Central to the ATCA-7410 solution are best-in-class XLP processors combining the power of 64 NXCPUs that each operate at up to 2.0 GHz and are based on an innovative superscalar engine with out-of-order execution capabilities to deliver unparalleled data and control plane performance, as well as the ability to support billions of in-flight messages and packet descriptors. The XLP cores are quad-threaded to effectively minimize bottlenecks and memory latencies that are inherent in data-plane processing applications. The 40nm XLP processors also include complete offload of network functions, including IPSec/SSL security functions, packet parsing, ordering, queuing, management, compression/decompression, storage, TCP segmentation and IEEE1588 hardware time stamping.

To complement the 64 NXCPUs, the XLP832 multi-core, multi-threaded processors interface directly over a 50Gb/s high-speed, low-latency serial bus to the NL11k knowledge-based processor, giving the CPUs high-speed access to 128 of NetLogic Microsystems’ market-leading knowledge-based processing engines to deliver up to 1.2 billion decisions per second of advanced Layers 2 – 4 flow classification, IPv4/IPv6 forwarding, ACL security and quality-of-service (QoS) policing. The NL11k is also produced in TSMC’s 40nm high performance process, again delivering optimum die size, performance and power.

To complete the ATCA-7410 solution, the blade includes multiple NLP1342 quad-port 10 GbE PHY devices from NetLogic Microsystems with best-in-class receive equalization and transmit pre-emphasis technologies for lower latency and jitter, and extended cablings distances for 10/40/100 GbE applications. The device, which is also manufactured in the advanced 40nm node, supports both direct-attach twin-ax copper and SR/LR optical cabling and offers the industry’s lowest power consumption of 0.5 Watt/channel to enable energy-efficient networking equipment.

Advantech’s ATCA-7410 platforms will be sampling in the fourth quarter of 2010.

About Advantech

Founded in 1983, Advantech delivers visionary and trustworthy industrial computing solutions that empower businesses. We cooperate closely with solution partners to provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications in diverse industries, offering products and solutions in three business categories: Embedded ePlatform, eServices & Applied Computing, and Industrial Automation groups. With more than 3,400 dedicated employees, Advantech operates an extensive support, sales and marketing network in 18 countries and 39 major cities to deliver fast time-to-market services to our worldwide customers. Advantech is a Premier Member of the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, a community of embedded and communications developers and solution providers. (Corporate Website: www.advantech.com).

About NetLogic Microsystems

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL – News) is a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions that are powering next-generation Internet networks. NetLogic Microsystems’ best-in-class products perform highly differentiated tasks of accelerating complex network traffic to significantly enhance the performance and functionality of advanced 3G/4G mobile wireless infrastructure, data center, enterprise, metro Ethernet, edge and core infrastructure networks. NetLogic Microsystems’ market-leading product portfolio includes high-performance multi-core processors, knowledge-based processors, content processors, network search engines, ultra low-power embedded processors and high-speed 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet PHY solutions. These products are designed into high-performance systems such as switches, routers, wireless base stations, security appliances, networked storage appliances, service gateways and connected media devices offered by leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). NetLogic Microsystems is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has offices and design centers throughout North America, Asia and Europe. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-408-454-3000 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.