SONY PlayStation 3 owners will be able to use their games console as a Tivo-like HD TV recorder when PlayTV ships later this month.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Frost & Sullivan China Award for Product Innovation is presented to HIMA (Shanghai) Safety System Co., Ltd. (HIMA), for its outstanding achievements in technology innovation, and in recognition of excellence and vision of the safety system -- HIMax.

HERNDON, Va., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The PTR Group, a leading real-time and embedded technology engineering services provider, today announced that it was awarded an information technology Schedule 70 contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the procurement arm of the federal government. The five-year contract streamlines the ability of Federal customers to purchase PTR's Embedded Linux training courses as well as Engineering Services staff labor to support development efforts.

MCLEAN, Va. and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the Naval Air systems Command (NAVAIR) to support the Tomahawk Weapons System Program. The task order has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a total value of more than $60 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed primarily at Patuxent River, Md. The task order was awarded under the U.S. Navy's SeaPort-e contract.

PURCHASE, N.Y., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MasterCard Worldwide today announced that USAA Federal Savings Bank will implement MasterCard Integrated Processing Solutions(TM) (IPS), the company's world-class debit processing platform. USAA will employ the full capabilities of the platform's branded network and issuer processing services in support of signature and PIN debit, and ATM driving.

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- LWG Consulting is pleased to announce the release of a new corporate website (http://www.lwgconsulting.com).

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Preformed Line Products Company (Nasdaq: PLPC) today reported financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2009.

(Telecompaper) Nokia plans to close its N-Gage mobile gaming platform, in favour of selling games on its Ovi Store. In a posting on the N-Gage blog, the company said it will stop selling games on N-Gage at the end of September 2010. While the N-Gage.com site together with the N-Gage Arena and other community features will remain in operation throughout 2010, the Ovi Store will be the new central place for all the mobile games that Nokia and other publishers offer from this point forward. Nokia will no longer publish new games for the N-Gage platform, and will not ship any more handsets with the N-Gage application pre-installed. The Ovi Store already offers over 1,000 games and is accessible from 100 Nokia handset models in over 180 countries. Ovi offers the possibility of posting reviews of games, and Nokia plans to add more community elements to the site for gamers.

(Telecompaper) Russian investor Alfa Group is planning to combine its minority stakes in Russian mobile operator Megafon and Turkey's Turkcell into a single company, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing Alexei Reznikovich, CEO of Alfa's telecoms unit. Swedish operator TeliaSonera, currently a shareholder in both Megafon and Turkcell, would get a minority stake alongside Alfa and other shareholders, Reznikovich added. According to the Alfa executive, a merger of Megafon and Turkcell assets would create a company worth around USD 30 billion, and nearly USD 50 billion when international markets recover. Norwegian telecoms group Telenor and Russia's Alfa Group recently ended a five-year legal dispute with a deal to merge their telecom holdings in Russia and Ukraine. Alfa and Telenor will merge their holdings in Russia and Ukraine into a Netherlands-headquartered company called Vimpelcom. Neither side will have control over the new company, which will be listed in the US.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ --