ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc., an online technology and software provider which has, since its inception in 2003, led the field in full-service media development for small and medium enterprises (SME’s), today announced the appointment of a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Mr. Hongli Xu will be taking the job of CTO at ChinaNet. CEO of ChinaNet, Mr. Handong Cheng, proclaimed that “he will provide critical leadership as we continue to elevate ChinaNet’s position in the Chinese media and advertising markets”.

Cheng went on to extol the appointment, saying of the candidate that “Mr. Xu brings over two decades of experience in the internet and software development industry in various sectors”.

With two years as head of development and management of an entire suite of software products for ThinkingPower Technology Co., Ltd. – a company working in broadcast and television markets via e-government software applications – Mr. Xu has the experience

The Nevada Company Ormat Technologies announced that Ormat Subsidiaries Ltd., its Israeli subsidiary, entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Sunday Energy Ltd. Sunday is a private Israeli energy company and the agreement will be to construct and operate solar-photovoltaic energy systems with a total capacity of 36 MW throughout Israel.

According to the JVA, Ormat will now own 70% of each special purpose entity (SPE) with Sunday contributing the rights to all of its property and roofs required to develop solar energy systems above 1 MW to SPE’s.

The agreement between Ormat and Sunday will have major effects throughout the industry. Sunday is a leading developer in the Israeli PV market while Ormat has over four decades of experience in the development, construction, financing and operation of hundreds of megawatts of renewable energy projects worldwide.

The estimated capital expenditure for 36 MW of solar power systems is

Ambient Corp. and Itron Inc. (Nasdaq: ITRI) today jointly announced the development of a module designed to eliminate the need for drive-by utility meter reading. The Ambient® EDC module is a more advanced option to smart metering over legacy automatic meter reading using encoder receiver transmitter (ERT) modules.

“The possibility of leaving assets stranded without a clear road map or without a viable option for incorporating such assets into a smart grid platform has prevented many utilities from deploying smart grid technology. The new EDC module, developed with cooperation from Itron, gives utilities a critical migration path linking their legacy meters to newer advanced communications systems without stranding recently deployed assets,” John J. Joyce, president and CEO of Ambient stated in the press release. “With greater than 60 million ERT meters in the U.S. alone, the market potential is very significant.”

The EDC module can be integrated into Ambient’s smart grid

On early Thursday morning, Abaxis Inc announces the launch of the first fully automated canine wellness program that includes a Canine Heartworm Antigen Test. Abaxis is a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis instruments for the medical research and veterinary markets. Abaxis Inc clearly stated that they have received an USDA approval for their Canine Heartworm Antigen Test to be performed on the company’s VetScan VS2, a fully automated machine. The company’s VetScan VS2 instrument is small machine that would perform 25 different tests configured in different panels within minutes. Almost every veterinary practice in North America, incorporate Abaxis instruments into routine wellness testing and annual check-ups.

Chief Technology Officer for Abaxis commented that they have been working on the development and that they have conducted extensive clinical testing of

Data Call Technologies Inc., content provider for the fast growing digital signage industry, announced recently that it has finalized agreements and development initiatives to provide extended weather content to the global digital signage market. Data Call has become an important player in the digital signage industry by offering a wide selection of real-time content for display on digital signs. Weather content is an especially popular and effective offering, and will now include global meteorological conditions, Doppler radar images, and weather forecasts.

Data Call’s Chief Technology Officer, Jim Tevis, commented on the new developments. “Many of our U.S. clients are beginning to deploy digital signage networks in markets outside the United States. As such, requests for global additions to the Direct Lynk product line have become more and more frequent. With weather content topping the request list, we completed the development of

There is a hidden gem on the Toronto Stock Exchange and its name is Day4 Energy. Day4 has been gaining national recognition as a leading technology developer and manufacturer of high performance solar electric molecules. Today, the company took a major step forward when they announced the expansion of its product offering to include the Day4 60MC-I featuring the breakthrough Guardian Technology.

Guardian Technology is unique in that it dramatically improves the performance of the photovoltaic (PV) modules when exposed to partial shading, snow, debris and other external factors that under normal circumstances cause a substantial reduction in power yield. Day4 60MC-I modules with Guardian Technology are three times less sensitive to these external factors. They also offer as much as 25 percent greater power yield from the same installation area due to higher installation density and enable viable PV installations on many sites that have been previously considered

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Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) will be presenting at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference in New York, NY, on September 9, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The Company will be represented by George Gleason, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Greg McKinney, Executive Vice President and Controller.

In today’s tough economic climate, the majority of U.S. hospitals are challenged to generate low single-digit profit margins given the impact of rising supply costs, variances in supply utilization, and reduced revenue due to changes in patient volumes and payor reimbursement. To address these existing challenges, MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) is

Data Call Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has finalized agreements and development initiatives to provide global meteorological conditions, Doppler radar images, and weather forecasts. According to the press release, the company has already begun marketing these products to entities outside the U.S.

Jim Tevis, Data Call’s Chief Technology Officer, commented, “Many of our U.S. clients are beginning to deploy digital signage networks in markets outside the United States. As such, requests for global additions to the Direct Lynk product line have become more and more frequent. With weather content topping the request list, we completed the development of that product and will now turn our attention to developing and testing global additions to the rest of the Direct Lynk product line.”

Presently, Data Call offers comprehensive weather coverage to a total of 215 countries and territories, including Antarctica, Argentina, Cuba, the Czech

OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will change the way we produce oil. Through the use of algae, the world will now be able to manufacture clean oil, anytime and anywhere. This will all be done without the old method of drilling for oil. OriginOil, Inc.’s ability to provide oil through algae not only makes it environment-friendly, but will ensure that it is cost effective and never ending.

The processes in which algae oil is extracted is called the ‘milking’ process. Through this process the algae oil is not destroyed during the extraction, thus allowing for continuous extraction. Due to the tough cell walls of the algae, live extraction or milking can become a challenge, yet OriginOil, Inc. has met that challenge at bench scale and is now being scaled up to intermediate 200-gallon tank size.

OriginOil, Inc. has assembled a management team that

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The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Townsend Kokam LLC today announced their proposed joint venture, Dow Kokam, has been awarded a $161 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a new generation of high-power battery technology to supply the automotive industry and power the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles.

Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, announced today that John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, will present at the 11th Annual Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, CO on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time.

Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP), a leading provider