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Business Wire, Sept 9, 2003

BraddaHead, a designer and manufacturer of leading-edge intelligent CCTV security and surveillance system, is to show-case its new, JPEG2000-based, digital CCTV system -- Second Sight -- at the upcoming ASIS 2003 and National Summit on Security shows in New Orleans and Washington D.C.

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BraddaHead Selects Analog Devices' JPEG2000 CODEC as Video Compression Engine for New Digital CCTV Security and Surveillance System

BraddaHead, a designer and manufacturer of leading-edge intelligent CCTV security and surveillance systems, announced today it has chosen Analog Devices' JPEG2000 imaging CODEC as the video compression engine for its new digital CCTV system -- Second Sight (also announced today). The CODEC, the ADV202, is a state-of-the-art JPEG2000 processor that enables BraddaHead to deliver a digital CCTV system based upon the superior functionality of the new JPEG2000 image processing standard. With JPEG2000 at the heart of its system, Second Sight provides high-quality images at fast update rates with low data storage and network bandwidth requirements.

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Mattel and Maserati Enter Into New Era of Luxury with Simultaneous Launch of Quattroporte and Hot Wheels(R) Collectible Counterpart

Mattel Inc. (NYSE:MAT) and Maserati today concurrently debuted the Maserati Quattroporte and its Hot Wheels(R) die-cast counterpart at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The Maserati Quattroporte is the newest edition to the collection of vehicles meticulously replicated by Hot Wheels(R) designers and engineers to capture the authentic experience and style in a 1:18-scale version.

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Fall into the Splendor of White: The Beauty of the Ocean Spray(R) White Cranberry Harvest is Back!

The harvest of deep crimson cranberries has always been a reminder that autumn is upon us. But, there's a new color heralding the season's arrival 3/4 white. Ocean Spray(R) begins harvesting white cranberries in early September just a few weeks earlier than red. These berries are inherently lighter in color, in fact nearly white, offering an interesting contrast to the traditional red cranberry harvest. With the introduction the white cranberry, cranberries are now harvested twice in one season -- the late summer white harvest and fall red harvest.

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Panasonic(R) Introduces Faster, Lighter, More Durable Toughbook(R) CF-29

Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, the leading provider of ruggedized portable computers, today announced the release of the Toughbook(R) CF-29, the new gold standard in high-performance, MIL-STD-810F, wireless-enabled notebook computers.