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MILPITAS, Calif., Oct 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Sigma Designs /quotes/comstock/15*!sigm/quotes/nls/sigm (SIGM 11.26, -0.23, -1.99%) , a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home, will be presenting and attending multiple industry conferences in October. Sigma experts will present technology trends and successful customer solutions in IPTV, connected media players that display Over-The-Top (OTT) content, home control, home entertainment networking, and more.

Sigma Designs is currently the only company with the key technologies OEMs and service providers need to address all aspects of the media processing, powerline, phoneline, and coaxial cable infrastructure within the connected home. Come and hear Sigma’s experts articulate where the digital home industry is headed and why. For a detailed list of upcoming events, please visit: http://www.sigmadesigns.com/events.php

Sigma Designs will be at the following events in October 2010:

What: Briefing suite at CEATEC 2010 Sigma Designs will demonstrate leading solutions in media processing, home entertainment networking, 3D display and home control When: October 5-9 Where: Tokyo, Japan at the Manhattan Hotel, booths 706, 707, and 708

What: Speaking engagement at the 3rd Annual LodgeNet Customer Technology Symposium When: October 6 Topic: As part of the LAN panel, Sigma Designs’ HomePNA Product Manager Eran Gureshnik will discuss efficient and cost-effective solutions for delivering HD video and audio content throughout multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in residential and hospitality markets Where: Boston, Massachusetts at the Fairmont Copley Plaza

What: Speaking engagement at Connected Home Global Summit When: October 6, 12:05 Topic: Navigating the Path to the Next Generation Set Top Box Leveraging Sigma’s expertise as the leader in IPTV set top box solutions, Sigma’s VP of Business Development Nadav Katsir will show where the market is headed and provide clear guidance on how set top box makers can navigate through market challenges to quickly deliver the next-generation features that service providers want Where: London, England at the Heathrow Marriott Hotel

What: Booth at KLabs Exhibition 2010 Sigma Designs will demonstrate its ground breaking residential gateway with remote management, cutting-edge HomePNA solutions, Android, and Over the Top solutions When: October 6-7 Where: Seoul, Korea at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, booth #7

What: Sigma-hosted event at Z-Wave Seminar Sigma Designs will host a detailed presentation for OEMs and ODMs on the benefits of a future in home control inside the Z-Wave ecosystem When: October 7, 13:00 Where: Tokyo, Japan at the Manhattan Hotel, in the Library

What: Booth at SCaT INDIA 2010 Come see Sigma’s revolutionary HomePNA-based Ethernet-over-coax solutions for triple play service over last-mile coax and within the home. Also on display will be Sigma’s affordable IPTV and hybrid set top box reference designs When: October 21-23 Where: Mumbai, India at the World Trade Centre, booth D26

What: Booth at Futurecom 2010 Come see Sigma’s broad range of solutions for home entertainment networking, media processors, and home control at the show When: October 25-28 Where: Sao Paulo, Brazil at the Transamerica Expo Center, B Pavilion, booth C71

What: Speaking engagement at Futurecom 2010 When: Thursday, October 28th from 11:30 — 12:00 Topic: Business Development Director Pablo Sandoval will present Sigma’s insight into the future of the digital home and how the addition of IP functionality will transform the future Where: Sao Paulo, Brazil at the Transamerica Expo Center, B Pavilion, Argentina conference room

What: Booth at Broadband World Forum 2010 Visit Sigma Designs to see why Sigma is the leader in home entertainment networking, media processors, and home control solutions When: October 26-28 Where: Paris, France at CNIT La Defense, booth D7

What: Booth at ICTC 2010 Sigma will showcase its broad range of solutions for broadband access solutions and media processors at the show. Company representatives will also be available to discuss Sigma’s solutions for Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) environments When: October 28-30 Where: Hangzhou, China at the Zhijiang Hotel, booths #223 and #224

What: Speaking engagement at ICTC 2010 When: Friday, October 29th. Click here for time Topic: Director of Business Development Alan Tseng will present an overview on how to provide high-quality triple play services in a Triple Network Convergence environment Where: Hangzhou, China at the Zhijiang Hotel

About Sigma Designs, Inc.

Sigma Designs is a leading fabless semiconductor provider of highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that are used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home. SoC solutions include media processing, wired and wireless networking, video image processing, and home control along with system software to form the critical components of consumer electronic products that include Internet protocol TV (IPTV) set top boxes, gateways, Blu-ray players, and media communication devices. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs has direct sales representatives in the United States, Brazil, China, Europe (Denmark), Israel, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and distributors in Korea, Russia and India. For more information, please visit Sigma Designs’ web site at www.sigmadesigns.com.

Sigma is a trademark or registered trademark of Sigma Designs in the U.S.A and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are believed to be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Sigma Designs, Inc.

Sigma Designs Layla McHale, +1-408-262-9003 layla_m@sdesigns.com or Sterling Communications for Sigma Designs Jay Nichols, +1-415-992-3210 jnichols@sterlingpr.com

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U.S. musician John Mayer performs at May 2010′s Rock in Rio Music Festival in Lisbon

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The pop star’s sudden move left his 3.7 million followers waiting on the world to change.

Monday’s word that John Mayer discontinued his social media account left fanatics in a difficult place. Mayer’s spokeswoman told the AP that the close of his Battle Studies Tour and more in-house studio work were factors in disconnecting his Twitter audience.

With Mayer’s account now in a defunct state, what happens to the tweets that were attached to his page? The Washington Post‘s Melissa Bell analyzes that question, introducing a tinge of black-market mayhem to the equation.

(More on TIME.com: John Mayer in our Top 10 Apologies)

While attempting to buy or sell any username violates Twitter’s user code of conduct, Technology Review reported last May that Russian cybercrime forums were sweeping up batches of dormant pages for cold hard cash.

But Bell asks a business question that strays from the bad. If Twitter allowed sales of large accounts like Mayer’s, could those proceeds go to good causes? Think 140 charitable characters or less, from pages that start out as free promotion tools.

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Former St. John’s Dean of Asian Studies and Vice President Cecilia Chang, fired in June for embezzling about million worth of donations from the university, was charged again on Thursday — this time, for forcing students to act as her servants.

The New York Times reports that Chang was in charge of granting 15 scholarships annually, most of which went to overseas students. Told that they must work for the university in order to maintain their scholarships, students were surprised to find themselves at Chang’s beck and call. According to the New York Post, in a letter of complaint to the university, one student wrote, “[Chang] let me be the housekeeper for her house and give me scholarship…she ask us work 122 days per year per person.”

Among other menial household tasks, scholarship recipients were instructed to deliver money to Chang when she was gambling in Connecticut, drive her son to the airport at three a.m. and help her falsify documents. Chang has been charged with forced labor and bribery.

During her hearing, Chang did not enter a plea. Her bail stands at .5 million and, if she is found guilty of the 205-count indictment, she could be in prison for at least ten years.

Chang’s lawyers contend that she committed no crime.

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New Planet Could Sustain Human Life?

Astronomers have made an amazing discovery; a planet that they believe able to sustain human life. This planet is called “Gliese 581G” and is located in the “Goldilocks Zone”, an area not that far from earth.

Gliese 581G is said to possible have a supply of liquid water along with the proper gravity, atmosphere, and surface to support human life. The planet is about three times as big as Earth.

This planet does not rotate, meaning that one side is always sunny and hot while the other is cold and dark; however, scientists reasons that there should be a belt in the middle which would have constantly pleasant, tee-shirt weather.

New Planet Discovered 2010, Gliese 581g, New Earth Like Planet?

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(NECN) – Astronomers have announced a pretty spectacular discovery.  It’s an earth-like planet they say could have the conditions to support life.

The planet, known as Gliese 581G, is located in the habitable “Goldilocks Zone,” which isn’t actually too far off from earth.
    
Astronomers say the planet could contain liquid water, and also could have the proper surface, gravity and atmosphere.
    
It does not rotate, so one side is always bright and hot, the other dark and cold. Scientists say that right in the middle of those two areas, it would be considered “short sleeve shirt weather.”

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