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TE Circuit Protection's MHP Technology Now Offers Smart Activation Feature

New MHP-SA device offers a more robust, space- and cost-saving approach for protecting high-power, multi-cell lithium battery applications

MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TE Circuit Protection, a business unit of TE Connectivity, today announced a new Metal Hybrid PPTC (MHP) device offering Smart Activation (SA) functionality. The MHP-SA device provides a resettable, cost-effective and space-saving alternative to typical methods of protecting high-power lithium battery and module applications. These include cordless power tools, e-scooters and light electric vehicles (LEVs) and standby power and energy storage systems (ESSs).

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The new MHP-SA device helps provide overcharge protection in large multi-cell battery packs and modules in which circuit protection devices interface with electronics as part of a sophisticated battery management system. The MHP-SA device's Smart Activation design feature accomplishes this via a third terminal signal line that enables external activation.

In a typical scenario, an IC monitors the battery system's temperature, current and voltage and, if an abnormality is detected, it switches on a FET and activates the heater element (PPTC) of the MHP-SA device to heat the bimetal. The bimetal contacts then open and cut contact to the main line. The first in a series of planned devices, the new MHP-SA50-400-M5 device has a 50A/400VDC maximum rating and its hold current is 50A on the main line. The device can be activated electronically with as little as 3A via the signal line.

MHP technology utilizes a hybrid circuit protection approach, combining a bimetal protector in parallel with a polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) device. Resettable MHP technology offers excellent arc suppression characteristics and also offers a smaller size and thinner form factor compared to larger DC fuses or other protection devices.

The MHP-SA device helps save design costs due to its ability to employ a low-power switch to open the main line, enabling lower-cost FETs to be installed. And because the MHP-SA device is resettable there is no need to overrate for inrush currents. In some cases, designers can replace larger, higher-cost DC fuses with an MHP-SA device.   

"Few protection solutions address high-rate-discharge battery applications, and traditional circuit protection techniques tend to be large, complex and/or expensive," said Ty Bowman, TE Circuit Protection Global Battery Market Manager. "The MHP-SA device offers design benefits in multi-cell battery packs that conventional circuit protection approaches are unable to deliver. The MHP-SA device provides a rugged, resettable overcharge protection solution that offers battery pack designers and manufacturers a way to optimize space, reduce cost, enhance safety and help meet future battery safety requirements."

For further information or technical assistance, call (800) 227-7040, or visit http://www.circuitprotection.com. To find a sales representative in your area, please go to: http://www.circuitprotection.com/contactus.asp.

    Model:                             MHP-SA50-400-M5 (50A,
                                       400VDC); additional
                                       ratings planned
    Price:                            Available upon request
    Availability:                     Samples available now
    Delivery:                         12 weeks ARO

ABOUT TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity is a global, $14 billion company that designs and manufactures nearly 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly 100,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry--from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks--enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities.

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             Ty Bowman                     Hope-Sutton Salvador
             Global Battery Market Manager Global Manager Marketing Communications
             TE Circuit Protection         TE Circuit Protection
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4G World Expands to Asia

Largest Independent Event Focusing on Entire 4G Ecosystem Will Address World's Leading Regional Market

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM TechWeb today announced plans to extend its popular 4G World Conference and Expo to Singapore. 4G World comes to serve the APAC region, which today represents nearly half of all mobile users globally. The inaugural event will be held May 21 through 23, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. For more information visit http://asia.4gworld.com

"A recent Pyramid Research report indicates that LTE subscriptions in Asia-Pacific will top all other regions by 2014," said Berge Ayvazian, Program Chairman of 4G World and Senior 4G Consulting at Heavy Reading. "We're launching 4G World Asia as an open industry forum for the entire 4G ecosystem to facilitate an exchange of innovation and expertise focused on the Asia market."

"4G World Asia is part of the acquisition of the 4G World Conference and Expo brand by UBM earlier this month," said Joe Braue, EVP/Group Director of Light Reading which will be co-producing the event with the TechWeb Events Network. "We'll be able to optimize UBM's worldwide expo and conference infrastructure to ensure its success."

4G World Asia's program and ancillary special events will provide a unique reality check for stakeholders in the global 4G community. Ayvazian will be leading discussions that will examine the unique opportunities and challenges associated with the intense growth and market demands of this region.  4G World Asia will feature executive keynotes, in-depth technology tracks, special focus summits and industry-recognized training programs that encompass critical aspects of 4G business and technology, including:

    --  Technology and investment priorities for 4G
    --  Game changing 4G business models
    --  Migration, deployment and launch strategies
    --  Asia Pacific region opportunities and case studies
    --  4G value creation and service strategies
    --  Radio access and core network innovations
    --  Capacity and coverage optimization
    --  Backhaul technology solutions
    --  Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
    --  Mobile cloud applications delivery
    --  Smartphones, tablets and cloud-connected devices
    --  Mobile transactions and commerce
The two-day conference program, pre-conference summit, and training sessions are expected to attract hundreds of industry experts, media partners and sponsors.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses - media solutions, marketing services and paid content - UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a UBM plc company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

About 4G World 2012

4G World(TM) continues to be the world's largest independent conference and expo event covering the global technology and applications ecosystem for next-generation mobile broadband networks. The 4G World 2012 four-day conference program will include updates on the latest innovations in wireless business and technology from more than 200 speakers and industry leader keynotes.

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Babylon.com Launches Three New Mobile Applications

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PPC Associates Introduces New Focus on Search/Display Integration

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PPC Associates, a San Francisco Bay Area-based digital marketing company with over 60 clients and $85 million in annual spend, is expanding its display marketing management, CEO David Rodnitzky announced today. The company launched its initiative with the hiring of Senior Display Media Manager Sean Nowlin, who joined after three years in-house with Progressive Insurance.

"The display media landscape has evolved to favor quantitative marketers," PPC Associates CEO David Rodnitzky said. "Offering ROI-driven display media management was a logical next step for PPC Associates, and we're excited to offer our clients another way to profit from online marketing."

PPC Associates was founded in the Bay Area in early 2008 as a PPC-only marketing agency; the company has grown to 40 full-time employees offering Facebook, display, and SEM services to a roster of top-tier global clients. Nowlin's hiring signifies an important step toward the integration of search and display, which will give clients a new platform for additional revenue and traffic.

PPC Associates will join forces with MediaMath, a DSP (demand-side platform) company, to synthesize display data across channels and improve data accuracy - and follow-up optimization - for multiple-platform accounts.

"We're excited about our partnership with PPC Associates where, through one platform, we will be able to leverage the power of both search and display in a scalable way," said MediaMath CRO Mike Peralta, who said that incorporating display can drive significant gains in both profit and brand awareness. 

"Being able to integrate the buying cycle's two biggest pieces - search and display - is huge. It brings us a step closer to that Holy Grail of knowing how a customer moves through each stage," Peralta added. "We're able now to analyze our portfolio of impressions like you would analyze a portfolio of clicks for SEM. It's really taking a lot of what started in SEM and bringing it to display. The combination is a huge coup for advertisers."

PPC Associates' roster of clients includes e-commerce, lead gen, private-sale sites, and B2B. The agency recently scored 91% on a Net Promoter System® study measuring client satisfaction and is accepting inquiries from savvy and growing prospective clients. Information can be found at http://www.ppcassociates.com or by emailing info@ppcassociates.com.

    CONTACT: Hillary Read, PPC Associates Marketing Manager
             info@ppcassociates.com; 603 359-0039

SOURCE  PPC Associates

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Hearsay Social Powers Top Financial Services Firms on Social Media

Northwestern Mutual, Thrivent Financial, and California Casualty Deploy Hearsay Social to Achieve Social Marketing Success and Regulatory Compliance

SIFMA Strategic Partner Hearsay Social Unveils New Capabilities for Financial Advisors, Recruiters, and Relationship Managers

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearsay Social, the leading enterprise social marketing platform, today announced the addition of several of the world's largest financial firms to its customer roster, including Northwestern Mutual, the "World's Most Admired" company in the life insurance industry in 2011 according to FORTUNE® magazine with over 6,000 financial representatives; Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a Fortune 500 provider of financial services with 2,200 representatives; and California Casualty, a leading insurance provider. Also the social platform of choice for Farmers Insurance Group, Hearsay Social now powers compliance and marketing for the top social financial services and insurance companies on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

Hearsay Social was also recently named the sole social media strategic partner of SIFMA, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Leading Financial Firms Standardize on Hearsay Social

Northwestern Mutual announced today that it has standardized its more than 6,000 FINRA-registered representatives using LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter onto the Hearsay Social platform. Northwestern Mutual uses the full suite of Hearsay Social offerings:

    --  Hearsay Social Compliance Module for FINRA/SEC compliant infraction
        monitoring, capturing, archiving, and Rogue Page Finder.
    --  Hearsay Social Enterprise Architecture including single sign-on (SSO),
        LDAP directory integration, and integration with CA Siteminder and HP
        Autonomy to deliver security, compliance, ease of use, and scale.
    --  Hearsay Social Campaign Management and Page Management for scheduling
        posts and campaigns across firm, business unit, and individual employee
        profiles, business pages, and timelines.
    --  Hearsay Social CRM for deepening customer relationships.
    --  Hearsay Social Analytics to roll-up metrics on social media profiles
        across the company.
Hearsay Social also announced today that Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a Fortune 500 provider of financial services, and California Casualty, a leading insurance provider, have selected Hearsay Social to provide regulatory compliance and social marketing success for their employees on social media.

"Our partnership with Hearsay Social gives us added peace of mind that we're compliant with regulatory requirements which allows us to focus on maximizing the power of social media at a local level," said Kyle Marie Woods, Marketing Strategist at Thrivent Financial.

Thrivent Financial, a faith-based, not-for-profit financial services organization serving nearly 2.5 million members, understands that compliance is of paramount importance when engaging on social media. Thrivent financial representatives using Hearsay Social will cover a range of products and services, as well as focus on community engagement and philanthropic initiatives.

"Financial services professionals see great promise in using LinkedIn to make them more productive and successful," said Jennifer Grazel, Head of Category Development, Financial Services, at LinkedIn. "Hearsay Social's solutions enable those professionals to connect and leverage their networks to build their business and get the insights they need to be better at what they do."

The Hearsay Social Compliance Module provides complete compliance and coverage for all firm employees on all major networks, no matter their point of access. The platform allows advisors to use social media to build their books while meeting FINRA and SEC regulations on advertising, monitoring, and record retention.

Hearsay Social today announced new capabilities:

    --  Continuous monitoring and real-time remediation for infractions. This
        unique capability means that prohibited words and phrases (e.g. free,
        guaranteed, profanities), private customer data, stock ticker symbols,
        and other infractions are identified as they happen and automatically
        deleted or flagged for resolution.
    --  Support for any device, including mobile. Hearsay Social is the only
        vendor to provide complete compliance for all devices: mobile devices,
        tablets, and home or company PCs. No matter which device an employee
        uses to post to the social network, Hearsay Social will provide
        continuous infraction monitoring and real-time remediation.
    --  Any access point. Capturing and archiving for posts from native
        LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, in addition to capturing and
        archiving content posted from within the Hearsay Social portal.
    --  Capturing and Archiving for LinkedIn Groups.
    --  Dynamic hierarchies for fast-changing organizations. Hearsay Social
        dynamic hierarchies capability means that compliance infraction
        monitoring adapts automatically as enterprise organizations change.
        Hearsay Social integrates with corporate LDAP directories so that
        fast-changing organizations can have complete compliance at all times,
        even as new employees join, change roles, or leave.
    --  Compliance management efficiency. Easy processing of social infractions
        reduces compliance review time spent and staffing by 50%.
"Hearsay Social, Northwestern Mutual, and Thrivent Financial share a vision for the transformational power of social media for relationship-building," said Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih. "Supported by Hearsay Social's complete FINRA/SEC compliance capabilities and empowered by our easy-to-use social marketing platform, the company's financial representatives can now safely and fully embrace the ROI of sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+."

    --  Hearsay Social Compliance Module for FINRA/SEC compliant infraction
        monitoring, capturing, archiving, and Rogue Page Finder.
    --  Hearsay Social Enterprise Architecture including single sign-on (SSO),
        LDAP directory integration, and integration with CA Siteminder and HP
        Autonomy to deliver security, compliance, ease of use, and scale.
    --  Hearsay Social Campaign Management and Page Management for scheduling
        posts and campaigns across firm, business unit, and individual employee
        profiles, business pages, and timelines.
    --  Hearsay Social CRM for deepening customer relationships.
    --  Hearsay Social Analytics to roll-up metrics on social media profiles
        across the company.
About Hearsay Social

The world's largest companies, including Northwestern Mutual, Thrivent Financial, State Farm, Farmers Group, and 24 Hour Fitness, use Hearsay Social's award-winning technology platform to achieve regulatory compliance, build stronger customer relationships, and bolster their brand across all the major social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. Hearsay Social, a SIFMA strategic partner, has raised $21M from Sequoia Capital, NEA, and top executives from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, and YouTube, and is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in New York and Ohio.

Hearsay Social Blog:blog.hearsaysocial.com

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Twitter:@HearsaySocial

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Editorial Contact:
Virginia Nicoletti

408.655.5005
virginia@hearsaysocial.com

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National Instruments Introduces NI Single-Board RIO Embedded Devices With Multifunction I/O for Custom Application Development

News Highlights

- Multifunction I/O in a board-level reconfigurable I/O (RIO) product with built-in analog I/O

- Customization through daughter cards on two models

- More built-in peripherals including two RS232 serial ports, an RS485 port, Ethernet and options for a CAN port, USB port and SDHC card slot

- Alleviates the effort of designing an entire embedded system from scratch so designers can focus on the custom parts of their applications

NUREMBERG, Germany, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Embedded World -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced four new NI Single-Board RIO board-level embedded devices featuring a real-time processor, Spartan-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA), analog and digital I/O and more built-in peripherals for custom embedded control and monitoring applications. The new devices provide engineers with off-the-shelf FPGA and real-time processor technology through NI LabVIEW while maintaining the custom I/O often required for high-volume deployments through the option of a RIO Mezzanine Card connector. The connector provides direct access to FPGA digital input/output (DIO) lines and certain processor-specific functions for mating custom daughter cards. NI Single-Board RIO alleviates the effort of designing an entire system from scratch so designers can focus on the custom parts of their applications, such as the I/O.

With the new devices, engineers can achieve the shorter time to market of an off-the-shelf system along with the I/O customization offered by in-house designs, providing the best of both worlds. The devices also feature built-in analog I/O so engineers can take advantage of the company's industry-leading analog expertise in addition to their application-specific circuitry. The devices' low-cost, small form factor; built-in I/O; real-time processor; and FPGA provide an ideal platform for embedded monitoring and control applications in industries such as medical and energy.

Product Features

    --  NI sbRIO-9623: 256 MB of memory, 128 MB RAM, 16 channels of 12-bit
        analog input, 4 channels of 12-bit analog output, 4 DIO, 96 RMC DIO
    --  NI sbRIO-9626: 512 MB of memory, 256 MB RAM, 16 channels of 16-bit
        analog input, 4 channels of 16-bit analog output, 4 DIO, 96 RMC DIO
    --  NI sbRIO-9633: 256 MB of memory, 128 MB RAM, 16 channels of 12-bit
        analog input, 4 channels of 12-bit analog output, 28 DIO
    --  NI sbRIO-9636: 512 MB of memory, 256 MB RAM, 16 channels of 16-bit
        analog input, 4 channels of 16-bit analog output, 28 DIO

Learn more by viewing these additional resources:

    --  Product: See What's New With NI Single-Board RIO
    --  Video: NI Single-Board RIO Out of the Box

Click to Tweet: From #EW2012, @NIGlobal releases 4 new NI Single-Board RIO embedded devices that offer multifunction I/O for custom design http://bit.ly/zjRBVr

About NI RIO
NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware combined with NI LabVIEW system design software provides a commercial off-the-shelf solution to simplify development and shorten time to market when designing advanced control, monitoring and test systems. NI RIO hardware, which includes CompactRIO, NI Single-Board RIO, R Series devices and PXI-based NI FlexRIO, features an architecture with powerful floating-point processors, reconfigurable FPGAs and modular I/O. Engineers can program all NI RIO hardware components with NI LabVIEW to rapidly create custom timing, signal processing and control for I/O without requiring expertise in low-level hardware description languages or board-level design.

About National Instruments
Since 1976, National Instruments (http://www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI's graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company's long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.

    Pricing and Contact Information
    NI sbRIO-96xx                              11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin,
                                               Texas 78759-3504
    Contact NI for pricing information         Tel: (800) 258-7022, Fax: (512)
                                               683-9300
    Web: http://www.ni.com/singleboard               Email: info@ni.com
    *All prices are subject to change without
     notice.
CompactRIO, LabVIEW, National Instruments, NI, ni.com and NI FlexRIO are trademarks of National Instruments. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.

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                               683-5126
    Reader Contact:            Ernest Martinez, (800)
                               258-7022
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Microsoft Outlines Evolved Security, Privacy and Reliability Strategies for Cloud and Big Data

Trustworthy Computing Next advocates for continued focus amid new computing inflection points.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the RSA Conference 2012, Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing,shared his vision for the road ahead as society and computing intersect in an increasingly interconnected world. In a new paper, "Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Next," Charney encouraged industry and governments to develop more effective privacy principles focused on use and accountability, improve end-to-end reliability of cloud services through increased fault modeling and standards efforts, and adopt more holistic security strategies including improved hygiene and greater attention to detection and containment.

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Ten years ago, the computing ecosystem was at a crossroads when Bill Gates introduced TwC and called for industry collaboration. Today, technology and society are more interconnected than ever. Big data's strain on privacy protection, the shifting relationship between government and the Internet, and the evolving threat model all raise new challenges for industry and governments globally.

"We are at another inflection point, with expectations for better security, privacy and reliability growing at an exponential rate," Charney said. "Now is the time for industry and governments to develop and adopt strategies and policies that balance business and societal needs with individuals' choices."

The Cloud and Big Data

The proliferation of devices and cloud services has resulted in a massive aggregation of global data, also known as big data. While offering many potential societal benefits, this collection of data poses unique challenges. From a security perspective, big data represents a valuable target for attackers. As the cloud and devices become more integrated with society, people also become increasingly dependent on the reliability and availability of data and services to function. Finally, the massive increase in the amount and types of data available for collection, analysis and dissemination has strained traditional rules to protect privacy.

One solution for the privacy challenge is for government, industry, academia and consumer groups to collaborate in updating current privacy principles to address the world of big data. These revised principles should place a greater focus on appropriate uses of data. They should also include an "accountability" principle to help ensure organizations use and protect data in ways consistent with individual and societal expectations. Together, these principles can help reduce the burden on the consumer and shift greater responsibility to the data collector.

"Microsoft has long been a contributor to the global debate and discussion on the future of privacy," said Malcolm Crompton, managing director of Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd. "The global framework proposed by Scott Charney tackles head-on many of the difficult realities of today's environment. It's a great contribution to the dialogue."

The Role of Government

The advent of big data has also been challenging for governments. Any transformative technological change that recasts the way people live will engender deeper government engagement. This is because governments' relationship with the Internet is a complex one. In theTwC Next white paper, Charney said governments globally are simultaneously users of the Internet, protectors of individual users as well as the Internet itself, and exploiters that capitalize on the power of technology for a variety of purposes.

In times of need, governments may use online services to keep citizens informed, and first responders can react more effectively than those not using cloud-based services because they have GPS devices, mapping capabilities, street views, videoconferencing and other cloud-based services. Such benefits only materialize, however, if these systems meet reasonable expectations of overall service reliability.

Recognizing this fact, governments may play an increasingly active role in many aspects of the Internet. Some nations are looking at legislatively mandating the adoption of information risk-management plans for those managing information and computing systems.

The Evolving Threat Landscape

While the quality of code has improved and infection rates have declined for products developed under Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle, the threat landscape continues to evolve. Opportunistic threats have been supplemented by attacks that are more persistent and, in many cases, far more worrisome. While some of these attacks have been called "Advanced Persistent Threats," that term is often a misnomer. Some are advanced, but many are not; attack vectors are often traditional and unsophisticated. What marks these attacks is that the adversary is willing to persist over time and is firmly resolved to penetrate a particular victim.

"The new security challenges today are to some extent the same as the old security challenges. They've just been magnified," said Alan Levine, chief information security officer at Alcoa Inc. "An organization may be targeted by a determined adversary who has the time, skills and tenacity to prevail."

Companies must improve their basic hygiene approach to counter the opportunistic threats and make even persistent and determined adversaries work harder. This can be accomplished by designing systems not just to prevent attacks and recover from them, but also to detect successful attackers quickly and contain them so that their unauthorized access or disruption is limited. This new paradigm of protect, detect, contain and recover can serve as a practical foundation for managing risk in the age of persistent and determined adversaries.

More information about Microsoft's vision for TwC Next is at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/security.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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CONTACT: Rapid Response Team, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, +1-503-443-7070, rrt@waggeneredstrom.com, for Microsoft Corp.

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Banks and Other Financials Seek to Reinvent Themselves through Social Media, According to Change Sciences Group Report

New research looks at how 22 leading banks, investment firms and credit unions are changing the way they do business through social media.

NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Some banks and other financial services firms are using social media to change their image according to a new research report released today by internet researchers Change Sciences Group in New York. Gone are the days when big banking and investing companies didn't have to worry that someone would hear about a bad customer experience. Nowadays a disgruntled customer's story can easily be broadcast across Facebook and Twitter.

To jump to details about the research visit: http://www.changesciences.com/Reports/Social-Media

A handful of financial firms are rising to the challenge by responding to customers on social media in authentic and meaningful ways, according to the report. But the report's biggest finding is that some firms are going a step further and are using social media to do nothing short of reinventing their brand and rebuilding trust with a wary consumer.

"We're moving into a new era of personal fiscal responsibility. Part of this trend is people banding together online to encourage things like saving, budgeting, and smart investing. Financial firms are beginning to think of ways tap into this, and social media is the place where it's happening," said Pamela Pavliscak, a Change Sciences Partner, and one of the report's authors.

The report finds however than most banks and other financial services firms are woefully behind the social media curve. Customer questions and complaints in social media circles go unaddressed or are addressed in inauthentic ways.

To learn more about the research and download the complete firm rankings, visit http://www.changesciences.com/Reports/Social-Media.

Companies covered in the report include Ally, America First, Ameriprise, Bank of America, BB&T, BECU, Capital One, Chase, Citi, EverBank, HSBC, ING Direct, Navy Federal, PNC, PNC Virtual Wallet, Schwab, SunTrust, TD Bank, TIAA-CREF, US Bank, USAA, and Wells Fargo.

About Change Sciences Group
Change Sciences was founded in 2000 to bring advanced user experience research methodologies to the web. Its clients include 11 of the top 15 retirement and investing companies, and 16 of the 20 largest banks, and 18 of the Fortune 100.

Contact:
Steve Ellis
888-864-1160 x722
steve@changesciences.com

SOURCE  Change Sciences Group

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RSA and Zscaler Teaming Up to Deliver Trusted Access for Cloud Computing

New Solution to Enable Enterprises to Establish Visibility and Control over User Access in Cloud and Mobile Environments

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA(®) CONFERENCE --

News Summary:

    --  RSA and Zscaler are collaborating to develop a new cloud-based solution
        to help secure access and identities in the cloud
    --  Cloud-based solution to integrate RSA's Cloud Trust Authority, RSA(®)'s
        Adaptive Authentication and Zscaler's Cloud Security service
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RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC) and Zscaler today announced they are jointly developing a cloud-based solution to assert continuous trust in identities accessing any web application or cloud service.  The solution is designed to help enable organizations to apply policy and control to identities even outside corporate networks, and simplify the challenge of managing user credentials associated with multiple cloud applications and web services.  The integration of risk-based authentication and identity federation from RSA's Cloud Trust Authority and RSA(®) Adaptive Authentication solutions along with the inline web security capabilities of Zscaler's Cloud Security service would enable a ubiquitous service for continuous, risk-aware identification of users accessing the Internet.

The solution will include strong user authentication, identity federation, and dynamic risk assessment based on device identification, user behavioral profiling, and vulnerability detection.  The combined service being developed will be engineered to help organizations mitigate the risks of data theft, service abuse, and other threats that stem from insufficient authentication, stolen credentials or compromised user devices and accounts.  By monitoring the behavior of authenticated users and environmental conditions, the developed service will create a dynamic risk profile that can be used by web applications to minimize the potential of access from compromised accounts, bots, and malware, while still ensuring a positive, simple user experience.

Analyst Quote

Phillip Hochmuth, IDC Analyst

"Enterprises are shifting mission-critical applications and data into the cloud, and users are becoming more mobile than ever.  As a result more and more access to enterprise resources is occurring from outside corporate networks, using devices not controlled by the enterprise IT teams.  Attackers know that they can often steal corporate data more easily by compromising user accounts, sessions and endpoints, rather than attacking the enterprise servers or SaaS applications directly.  Zscaler and RSA are developing the industry's only solution to this growing risk by integrating dynamic, behavior-based authentication with a global web security platform that protects users and data across all applications and web destinations."

RSA Executive Quote

Art Coviello, Executive Vice President, EMC Corporation and Executive Chairman, RSA

"Tight integration between trusted authentication and web security technology delivered as a cloud service will offer much needed defense to counter increasingly sophisticated threats in mobile and cloud environments. RSA provides risk-aware authentication which, when combined with Zscaler's Cloud Security service, will help enable continuous identity assurance and policy enforcement in the cloud."

Zscaler Executive Quote

Jay Chaudhry, President and CEO, Zscaler

"Trust is no longer about simply identifying the user. With more devices accessing more applications and data from more locations, trust must be established and enforced dynamically. Through this development partnership with RSA, Zscaler will enhance security for our customers and the cloud services they depend upon, by continually and dynamically establishing trust."

Joint Go-To-Market Initiatives

In addition to development of the cloud service to provide inline identity-awareness, both companies will also work together to jointly market and sell the combined solution.

RSA and Zscaler are showing a proof of concept of this capability in their booths at the RSA(®) Conference. RSA will also demonstrate a beta version of the RSA(®) Cloud Trust Authority federation service.

Security and Compliance in the Post-PC World

Mobility and Cloud Computing change not only how and where organizations access information and applications but also how to manage ensuring trusted access, policy enforcement and even governance.  Ensuring and managing this trust becomes more complex as more and more IT services and sensitive information are accessed and consumed via devices, networks and applications that live entirely outside of corporate IT's direct control.  RSA outlines five key criteria that are essential to delivering security and compliance for this remote, hyper-extended world.

1. Authentication must move to the cloud.  To address increased mobility of end users, authentication itself must be delivered from the cloud regardless of user location.

2. Enterprise identity management must extend to the cloud.  Identity information confined within the enterprise must extend to the cloud rather than create multiple independent silos of identities.

3. Trust must be constantly verified. Trust is the key component throughout the user session and must go beyond authentication at login to more confidently detect and prevent session compromise.

4. Security must be risk-based.  Risk-based controls and analytics need to adapt to the risk levels that exist as users travel to remote locations, utilize remote networks and access a broader variety of cloud and web-based applications.

5. Leverage an ecosystem.  Providing trust, visibility and control will require an ecosystem versus any single vendor solution.  Security must be built into the Internet directly across all devices and access methods wherever the user and information reside.  This requires an ecosystem of vendors working in concert.

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About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC is the premier provider of security, risk and compliance management solutions for business acceleration. RSA helps the world's leading organizations solve their most complex and sensitive security challenges. These challenges include managing organizational risk, safeguarding mobile access and collaboration, proving compliance and securing virtual and cloud environments.

Combining business-critical controls in identity assurance, encryption & key management, SIEM, Data Loss Prevention, Continuous Network Monitoring, and Fraud Protection with industry leading eGRC capabilities and robust consulting services, RSA brings visibility and trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit http://www.EMC.com/RSA.

About Zscaler

Through a multi-tenant, globally-deployed infrastructure, Zscaler enforces business policy, mitigates risk, and provides twice the functionality at a fraction of the cost of current solutions. It enables organizations to provide the right access to the right users, from any place and on any device - while empowering the end-user with a rich Internet experience. For more information, visit us http://www.zscaler.com.

RSA and EMC are either registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.  All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws.  Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (v) component and product quality and availability; (vi) fluctuations in VMware, Inc.'s operating results and risks associated with trading of VMware stock; (vii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (viii) risks associated with managing the growth of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (ix) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (xi) fluctuating currency exchange rates; (xii) threats and other disruptions to our secure data centers or networks; (xiii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (xiv) war or acts of terrorism; and (xv) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in the filings of EMC Corporation, the parent company of RSA, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  EMC and RSA disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

SOURCE  EMC Corporation

EMC Corporation

CONTACT: Lona Therrien, RSA, The Security Division of EMC, +1-781-515-5449, lona.therrien@rsa.com; or Paula Dunne, for Zscaler, Contos Dunne Communications, +1-408-776-1400, or mobile, +1-408-893-8750, paula.dunne@zscaler.com

Web Site: http://www.emc.com

FireScope Unify 5.0 Delivers Fresh Perspective to Technology-to-Business Interrelation and Deepens Integration Capabilities

New Version Introduces Nebula Interface, Incident Financial Penalty Analysis, Enhanced Enterprise Service Bus

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FireScope Inc., the leader in aligning customers' technology performance to their business and customer experiences, today announced the general availability of FireScope Unify version 5.0, marking the first appearance of a completely redesigned interface option named Nebula and significant enhancements to its Enterprise Service Bus, among many other enhancements.

The Nebula interface, available as a user-configurable option, leverages the latest in HTML5, CSS3, Canvas and jQuery technologies to improve informational density and further refine FireScope's "2-Clicks to Root-Cause" signature capability.  Much of the design of the new interface was driven from extensive discussions with FireScope customers, and the myriad ways they are visualizing their environments ranging from C-level business performance dashboards to granular specialist views and communal service status screens.  The new interface moves the solution's primary navigation to an unobtrusive ribbon at the top of the page to enable wall-to-wall visualization of how technology performance drives business outcomes.

"When you consider the massive amount of data that FireScope collects and the intelligence it produces, visualization can present a challenge," said Bret MacInnes, Practice Manager for UCS/FlexPod.  "With the Nebula interface, FireScope has found the perfect balance of presenting the right information to the right people and allowing that information to be consumed at a glance which enables the ability to easily drill down to the root cause of the issue."

A tour of the new Nebula interface can be viewed at http://www.firescope.com/Products/Unify/Features/Nebula/.

"FireScope customers recognize that our development isn't driven by how many new features we can pack in, but in how we add measurable value," said Jason Beavers, Senior Vice President of Technology Operations for FireScope.  "How you visualize information is just as important as how you collect it, every new perspective offers opportunity for new insight and therefore added value for the business.  This is why every customer we have previewed Nebula to during its development has immediately asked how quickly they can get their hands on it."

Also introduced in version 5.0 of FireScope Unify are enhancements to event and policy escalations, offering new insights into the financial costs of repeated incidents and thus helping customers keep their commitments to customers while driving greater efficiency from their technology investments.  At individual Event Definitions, Aggregate Event Definitions and Policies, users can now trigger escalation of events based on their frequency over a period of days or a specific date range.  Once an escalation is triggered, the solution will calculate a cost of the failure, by frequency of incidents or duration of violation, which can be used for contractual penalties, chargebacks and more. 

For example, users can configure a scenario whereupon a critical application process fails to meet transaction performance thresholds 6 or more times in a week, escalating the event to the business owner and communicating the cumulative financial penalty of $1500 per instance of failure.  FireScope Unify's integrated report builder can also leverage this added dimension of event analysis to provide strategic analysis of service performance from a financial perspective.  No other solution on the market includes this capability, marking yet another industry first for FireScope.

FireScope Unify's Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) has also received significant enhancements in this release.  The ESB provides FireScope's unique ability to integrate with virtually any business application, homegrown solution and legacy monitoring and management toolsets - all without requiring users to write code or edit files.  The end result is that organizations can easily and effectively aggregate all of their technology and business data into a single interface to correlate technology performance with business outcomes and shape future investments to maximize competitive advantage for the business. 

In this latest release, all connections are now completely isolated from other connections for improved performance and hot deployment of new connections is now supported.  Other improvements enable greater possibilities for future integration support with JSON, REST, as well as providing a flexible and extensible architecture that easily supports growth and dynamic change and business needs evolve.

Release notes for FireScope Unify 5.0 can be found at http://www.firescope.com/QuickStart/Unify/ReleaseNotes/.

Existing FireScope customers with active maintenance and support agreements are encouraged to use the automatic update capability in their FireScope deployments to receive this update.

About FireScope
FireScope is the leader in aligning customers' technology performance to their business and customer experiences through highly innovative, on-demand solutions. FireScope's suite of products includes three primary enterprise offerings: FireScope Stratis(TM) - The only Cloud-Era enterprise management solution; FireScope Unify(TM) Business Service Management (BSM) - your dashboard for enterprise IT strategy; FireScope Orchestrate(TM) Configuration Management Database (CMDB) - your playbook for IT Operations. FireScope Inc., headquartered in Huntington Beach, California has offices in Sydney, New York, Dallas and London. To learn more about FireScope and its advanced ITSM solutions, visit http://www.firescope.com or call 877-780-3473.

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FireScope Inc.

CONTACT: FireScope, 1-877-780-3473, pr@firescope.com

Web Site: http://www.firescope.com

Team4Cures:  New Free Fitness Tracking App From The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From the organization that has trained more than half a million people to achieve their personal fitness goals, comes Team4Cures, a free iPhone app to help users track their athletic progress.

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), which created Team In Training (TNT), the world's biggest and most successful endurance sports training charity program, has created the Team4Cures app to provide users a simple way to set and track fitness goals.

Whether running, walking, swimming, cycling or hiking, Team4Cures was designed with the beginner athlete in mind, allowing the user to monitor their progress on a weekly basis. Available free from the iTunes store, the app informs the user when the goal has been reached.

The app also links to information about TNT, including the TNT blog and TNT events. Each day a different inspirational quote is posted.

"LLS's Team In Training has been applauded for its success in inspiring hundreds of thousands of individuals to improve their health and fitness, and achieve their goals of completing a marathon, half marathon, triathlon, century ride or hike adventure," said Nancy L. Klein, chief marketing and revenue officer.  "This new app will give more people a fun and simple way to meet their fitness goals and let them learn more about the Team In Training program."

Team4Cures users are also able to share their workouts and completed goals with their friends on Facebook and Twitter, something that can help reinforce a personal commitment to fitness. Following the FourSquare model, colorful digital badges are issued for workout milestones and upon completion of goals.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.

Founded in 1949 and headquartered in White Plains, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit http://www.LLS.org or contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. http://www.lls.org.

Andrea Greif
(914) 821-8958
andrea.greif@lls.org

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Hammacher Schlemmer Introduces The Classic Manual Typewriter

NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its 164-year history of offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected, Hammacher Schlemmer introduces The Classic Manual Typewriter, recalling the mechanical word processors used by Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, and other great writers.

Unlike lesser refurbished models, The Classic Manual Typewriter is newly manufactured to the exact standards of the originals, complete with seven tab stops, adjustable line spacing, and a backspace key.

The 44-key machine produces 88 symbols in 10-characters-per-inch in Pica 87 font--the typeface used to compose some of the greatest novels, screenplays, and poems of the 19th and 20th centuries.

"The Classic Manual Typewriter's keys produce the same click-clacking sound that some writers claim fosters creativity and it is ideal for addressing envelopes, creating labels, or filling out forms," explained Hammacher Schlemmer's General Manager Fred Berns.

The Classic Manual Typewriter has a lightweight plastic housing, a hardshell carrying case, and comes with a black and red spool ribbon.

The Classic Manual Typewriter is available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $199.95. For more information about this product, please visit http://www.hammacher.com/81898 or contact Trish Hammond at (847) 581-8987 or via e-mail at pr@hammacher.com.

About Hammacher Schlemmer
Hammacher Schlemmer is America's longest running catalog, offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected since 1848. The company provides unique products that solve problems or represent the only one of their kind, backing all products with The Hammacher Schlemmer Lifetime Guarantee. Hammacher Schlemmer's innovative offerings are available through its catalog, website, and its famed landmark store on East 57th Street in New York City.

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Hammacher Schlemmer

Web Site: http://www.hammacher.com

New Campaign Urges Rochester Youth to Learn Smart Cell Phone Habits

Public Service Initiative Aims to Increase Awareness among Students, Teachers and Parents

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new public awareness campaign launched today in Rochester, aiming to teach area youth about safe and smart cell phone use. The campaign is a partnership between INOBTR ("I Know Better"), a non-profit organization focused on educating kids through public awareness to keep them safe, and the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe), a non-profit international alliance focused on teaching youth about using new media devices and platforms in safe and healthy ways. The Internet Keep Safe Coalition also partnered with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), which is home to leading researchers in the area of child internet and cell phone use, the Center for Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital at Boston, and Woogi World, a virtual school for K-6 students. Funding for this campaign comes from a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

Cell phone ownership among children under the age of 12 is increasing rapidly, and today's cell phones have capabilities that go beyond just calling and texting to include taking and sharing photos as well as playing games and surfing the web. Without learning key lessons about safe and smart cell phone use, a cell phone can become a distraction, a social impediment and even a danger. This campaign teaches young people where and when to use a cell phone, and what conversations should happen in person, as opposed to via phone call or text message.

In partnership, iKeepSafe, RIT, CMCH and Woogi World developed this educational program which offers professional development for teachers, resources for parents, and educational games for students focused on six principles of cell phone use:

1. Identity/Reputation Presentation and Monitoring: use cell phones to portray yourself in safe, healthy, and fun ways while protecting both identity and reputation;
2. Relationship Management--Online and Offline: maintain relationships using communication that best balances clarity and convenience for a healthy interaction in a given situation;
3. Multitasking: focus on one activity at a time, as appropriate, so you can actually do more, have more fun, and stay safer;
4. Domains of Use: learn strategies for non-disruptive phone use that also keeps you connected and entertained;
5. Responsibilities to Self, Family, and the Law: learn how to use cell phones in ways that do not put yourself or your families at risk;
6. Maximize the positives: learn the positive entertainment, social, and safety opportunities that come with a cell phone. 

The Mobile Safe resources are available today at http://www.cellphonesmart.org. 

"The Cell Phone Smart campaign aims to encourage a new generation of responsible, ethical and resilient cell phone users, iKeepSafe CEO and President, Marsali Hancock said. " We are proud to partner with the U.S. Department of Justice to develop resources to empower educators and parents to teach these important lessons to youth to promote cell phone safety."

The "Cell Phone Smart" campaign supports the Mobile Safe curriculum and is comprised of educational public service ads that will appear at area movie theaters, as well as radio PSAs that will air on local stations. In addition, grassroots materials such as posters, brochures and fact sheets will be distributed and made available for teachers and other community leaders to use as awareness tools. Additional cell phone safety resources can be found online at the campaign's website, http://www.cellphonesmart.org. All campaign materials are available for download at http://www.projectyouthsafety.org.

"INOBTR is proud to lead this campaign, teaching young people in Rochester that owning a cell phone is a privilege, and with that privilege comes with responsibility and accountability," said INOBTR Communications Director Kelly McMahon. "The Cell Phone Safety campaign targets children age 8 and up.  Our goal is to educate kids at the ground level about when, where and how it's appropriate to use a cell phone."

The campaign kicks off officially with an event at The Strong's National Museum of Play gathering educators, education administrators and local officials invested in protecting Rochester's youth through this public awareness initiative. Speakers include County Executive Maggie Brooks, Dr. Sam C. McQuade III, Professional Studies Graduate Program Coordinator at RIT, Marsali Hancock, President and CEO of iKeepSafe.org, and Kelly McMahon from INOBTR.

Project Youth Safety PROJECT PARTNERS
The Rochester campaign is one of six public awareness initiatives addressing child and youth safety issues and is a part of Project Youth Safety, a comprehensive multimedia, multicultural youth safety awareness effort. Other project Youth Safety campaigns have focused on child abuse, domestic violence and teen violence. Additional information on this and other projects is available at http://www.projectyouthsafety.org.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families. Learn more about OJJDP's programs and resources at http://www.ojjdp.gov.

The Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe) is a broad partnership of governors and first spouses, attorneys general, public health and educational professionals, law enforcement and industry leaders working together for the health and safety of youth online. The Coalition provides innovative resources, including parent tutorials and educational materials like the Faux Paw the Techno Cat® Internet safety book series and animated films for children. iKeepSafe uses its unique partnerships to disseminate the safety resources to families worldwide, including its Generation Safe(TM) program launched in the U.S., Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam. To learn more, visit http://www.ikeepsafe.org/.

INOBTR ("I Know Better") is a non-profit organization that educates broadly through public awareness in an effort to keep kids safe.  Founded in 2007, the organization has led numerous awareness efforts, most recently Project Youth Safety, a multimedia child safety initiative. INOBTR can be found online at http://www.INOBTR.org.

SOURCE  Cell Phone Smart

Cell Phone Smart

Web Site: http://www.cellphonesmart.org

Timberline Knolls, Leading Residential Treatment Center, Launches Blog

Timberline Knolls Treatment Blog Offers Valuable Information for Professionals, Families and Individuals

CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Timberline Knolls, a leading residential treatment center for women and girls struggling with eating disorders, addiction, trauma and mood disorders, has launched its own blog. Timberline Knolls Treatment Blog offers information and resources for professionals, families and individuals who may need help or are in recovery.  The blogwill answer important questions the center often gets from referral sources and families. It will reveal insights that may help treatment providers and family members in their efforts to address a loved one's illness.

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"Timberline Knolls Treatment Blog will share stories of hope and inspiration," said James Gresham, chairman and CEO of Timberline Knolls.  "It will give readers a chance to get to know members of our clinical staff and gain more personal insights and information about our unique treatment approaches."

Monthly contributors from Timberline Knolls to the blog will include: Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008, eating disorders awareness advocate and community relations specialist; Kim Dennis, MD, medical director; Juliet Zuercher, RD, nutrition coordinator; and Margaret Nagib, PsyD, spirituality clinical coordinator.

Other monthly features on Timberline Knolls Treatment Blog will cover highlights of special events on campus, including photos and videos.  There will also be recaps and listings of Timberline Knolls' outreach, education and awareness events across the country.

"Our referral sources are based all over the country and many don't have a chance to visit our campus regularly, if at all," adds Gresham.  "This will be another avenue for them to stay in touch with the latest news on campus.  The information on the blog will be a valuable resource for them to share with their clients and families."

To visit the new blog, go to http://blog.TimberlineKnolls.com/

About Timberline Knolls:

Timberline Knolls is a leading private residential treatment center for women and adolescent girls (ages 12 - 65+) with eating disorders, substance abuse, trauma, mood and co-occurring disorders.  Located in suburban Chicago, residents receive excellent clinical care from a highly trained professional staff on a picturesque 43-acre wooded campus.  Women and families seeking Christian treatment can opt for specialized Christian-based therapy.  For more information on Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, call us at 877.257.9611.

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Sony Tablet(TM) P Available on AT&T 4G Network

Unique Tablet Design Features Two 5.5 Inch Screens, Easily Fits into a Pocket or Purse

DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today announced Sony Tablet(TM) P, a dual screen, multi-functional tablet ideal for mobile communication and entertainment, will be available beginning March 4. The 4G tablet will be sold for $399.99 with a two-year service agreement in more than 1,000 AT&T company-owned retail stores and online at http://www.att.com.

The new Sony Tablet P pushes the design of a tablet even further by elevating the user experience to entirely new levels. The unprecedented dual-screen layout of Sony Tablet(TM) P allows its two 5.5-inch displays to be used for different functions such as playing video on one screen while using the other as a controller, or checking email on one screen while using the other as a keyboard. Customers can also combine the displays into a single large screen and its unique folding design means it can fit easily into a pocket or purse.

At launch, users will be able to download apps optimized for the dual screens of Sony Tablet P via Sony's "Select App," including games, entertainment and lifestyle applications. In addition to optimized apps, Sony Tablet P users will have access to the full suite of Android applications via Android Market. Like its predecessor, Sony Tablet P is PlayStation(TM) Certified and provides access to the full suite of Sony Network Entertainment services. Sony Tablet devices are distinguished by four key features that set them apart from any other tablets on the market. These include: uniquely designed hardware and software, a "swift and smooth" experience (which includes Sony original features, Quick view and Quick touch), network entertainment services and cross-device connectivity.

Running on Android 3.2, Sony Tablet(TM) P is 4G**capable and Wi-Fi compatible. With a qualifying data plan, users of Sony Tablet(TM) P also have access to AT&T's mobile broadband network and unlimited access to AT&T's nearly 30,000 hot spots nationwide. With both 4G and Wi-Fi, customers can browse the Internet, access digital content including videos, games, and check e-mail, while on the go, nearly anytime.

Data Plans

Customers who sign a two-year service agreement have two postpaid data plan options to choose from, including:

    --  AT&T DataConnect 3GB: $35 for 3GB
    --  AT&T DataConnect 5GB: $50 for 5GB
Customers may still choose from the existing monthly billing options, or prepaid options, with no long-term commitment.  The Sony Tablet P without a long term contract will cost $549.99.

The prepaid plan options include:

    --  AT&T DataConnect 250MB: $14.99 for 250MB
    --  AT&T DataConnect 3GB: $30 for 3GB
    --  AT&T DataConnect 5GB: $50 for 5GB
Specifications

Display

    --  Resolution: 1024 x 480 (each screen)
    --  Screen Size: 5.5" (x 2 - dual screens)
Hardware

    --  Camera: Front - 0.3 Megapixel Rear - 5  Megapixel
Inputs and Outputs

    --  Headphone Output: 1
    --  MicroUSB: 1
Memory

    --  Internal Memory: 1GB
Power

    --  Battery Life (Approx): Up to 7 hours (based on general usage)
    --  Battery Type: Li-Ion
Processor

    --  Processor Type: NVIDIA® Tegra(TM)2 mobile processor, dual-core 1GHz
Software

    --  Operating System: Android 3.2
Storage

    --  External storage:  microSD card slot (expandable up to 32GB, 2GB microSD
        card included)
    --  Internal Storage Capacity: 4GB
Weights and Measurements

    --  Dimensions (Approx.): Open - 6.23l x 7.09w x 0.56h (inches) Closed -
        3.12l x 7.09w x 1.03 h (inches)
    --  Weight (Approx.): 0.83 lbs
Wireless/Networking

    --  Bluetooth® Technology: Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR
    --  Wi-Fi: IEEE802.11b/g/n
For more information on AT&T, please visit http://www.att.com.

**4G speeds delivered by HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul. Available in limited areas.  Availability increasing with ongoing backhaul deployment. Requires 4G compatible device. Learn more at att.com/network.

***Access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic. Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See http://www.attwifi.com for details and locations

Testing conducted by Sony. Testing consisted of full battery. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, the condition of battery pack, and many other factors. "Standard usage" means browsing web with Wi-Fi, playing music, playing video for the same amount of time. The built-in battery is consumable

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.  It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.  This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.

© 2012 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Natalie Young of AT&T, +1-404-986-1822, Natalie.young@att.com

Web Site: http://www.att.com

Turn Media Platform Winter 2012 Release Introduces Real-Time Brand Safety and Dynamic Video Bid Optimization Features

REDWOOD CITY, California, February 28, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Turn today introduced new features to its cloud-based Turn Media Platform, which
provides marketers with a comprehensive set of tools for the precise execution of
advertising campaigns. The Winter 2012 Release includes the industry's first real-time
brand safety controls, new contextual data from best-of-breed vendors, and robust video
advertising optimization features.

   
    - The new contextual targeting capabilities in Turn Media Platform increase
      the relevancy of advertising by correlating the content of a Web page with the content
      of the advertisement being displayed. Advertisers can create custom rules for buying
      inventory next to specific types of Web page content; for example a travel advertiser
      might only want to place advertisements on Web pages about warm weather.
    - New robust brand safety controls help advertisers avoid placing ads next to
      content that does not align with their brand values.
    - Finally, new dynamic video bid optimization features expand Turn Media
      Platform's cross-channel capabilities. These features enable marketers to adjust the
      price paid for in-stream or mobile video inventory based on specific performance
      goals.

    In an industry first, Turn Media Platform applies contextual targeting and brand
safety rules in real-time at the impression level, before inventory is purchased. Rules
are "universal," meaning they are applied consistently across every exchange, ad network
and direct publisher media purchase in a campaign.

    "By understanding page content, marketers can bid with confidence in real-time bidding
markets," said Ming Wu, vice president of trading, Accuen. "That's why we need partners
who offer actionable information for understanding and reaching target customers in a way
that ensures both relevance and brand safety."

    Three leading contextual information providers, AdSafe Media, Crystal Semantics and
Peer39, are the initial vendors for this launch data. Information from these vendors will
be integrated directly with Turn Media Platform alongside more than 100 partners that are
already part of the Turn best-of-breed ecosystem. Furthermore, advertisers can easily
switch on data from a single provider, or multiple providers, as part of their campaign
set-up process.

    Turn Media Platform gives advertisers the clarity they need to execute campaigns with
precision. The easy-to-use, self-service interface puts data insights into action in
real-time, helping advertisers more effectively plan, optimize, and analyze their
marketing activities.

    About Turn

    Turn delivers real-time insights that transform the way marketers and agencies make
decisions. Our cloud applications and Internet-scale architecture work together to provide
clients with a complete picture of customers, help them execute cross-channel advertising,
and connect with a worldwide ecosystem of over 100 partners. Global 2000 marketers and
leading agencies rely on Turn for greater control over prospect targeting, for optimizing
campaigns, and for achieving market-leading advertising results. Turn is headquartered in
Silicon Valley with offices in Amsterdam, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles,
New York, and San Francisco. Company revenue has doubled every year of Turn's existence.
For more information, visit turn.com or follow @turnplatform.

Source: Turn

Propeller contact: Ben Titchmarsh / Helen Nassey, t: +44(0)7944-926-470 / +44(0)7506121999

The Flying Fugu Defines New Syndrome: Travafoodaholism

Food/travel blog diagnoses thousands of eating-obsessed travelers with previously unknown condition.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Food/travel blog, The Flying Fuguhas defined a new disorder: travafoodaholism. The condition is described as a passion for the food aspect of world travel to the point of obsession.

Signs that you may be a sufferer include conducting pilgrimages to iconic food destinations such as Feta, Dijon, Feta and Parma; dreaming of Belgian chocolate and crossing time zones to fit in more meals. The condition has struck a chord with food-obsessed travelers self-diagnosing themselves across the social media landscape.

Another test of food fanaticism lies in The Flying Fugu's name. Readers who even know what a fugu is fall within the blog's "extreme foodie" target readership. Naming the blog after the potentially lethal Japanese puffer fish may seem like a strange move, but a scroll through The Flying Fugu's recent articles sheds some light on the matter. Graphic descriptions of Tiet Canh (duck blood soup), Balut (chicken embryo boiled in its shell) and Hakarl (rotting shark meat) reveal that this blog is intent on educating its readers about some of the most daring meals the world has to offer.

The Flying Fugu CEO and Founder, Reuven Levitt comments:

"Food plays such a huge part in world travel and for many it's the thing that dominates every trip. Thousands of travelers set off in search of foodie adventures, often going to huge lengths to find extreme meals. But finding authentic, exciting food overseas can be a minefield. It was this that gave us the idea to start a blog dedicated to helping eating-obsessed travelers navigate the world's larder."

Following diagnosis travafoodaholics can find solace in the fact that help is at hand. Articles such as "101 Foodie Hacks: a Cheat-sheet on Finding the Best Meals Abroad" are designed to help them live with their addiction. 

If you think you could be a travafoodaholic then sign up for blog updates at: http://www.theflyingfugu.com. Follow the fugu on Twitter @TheFlyingFugu. 

About The Flying Fugu

Founded in February 2012, The Flying Fugu delivers a menu of delights to your inbox: daring delicacies from around the world, foodie travel tips to banish mediocre meals for good and easy recipes to re-create in your very own world kitchen. Sign up for blog updates at: http://www.theflyingfugu.com.

Contact
Katie Sorene
blog@theflyingfugu.com
Twitter @TheFlyingFugu
Tel: (510) 768 7016

SOURCE  The Flying Fugu

The Flying Fugu

Web Site: http://www.theflyingfugu.com

Aurasma Augments the Real World With Real-time Web Updates

**Company unveils new live update feature at MWC for its free augmented reality platform**

**Feature enables the "Internet of Things" to become an Augmented Reality**

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurasma, the world's leading augmented reality platform, has announced today at Mobile World Congress (MWC 12) a new feature that enables the real world to be merged with live, dynamic web updates. This announcement follows hot on the heels of Aurasma's launch of its 3D engine at CES 12, since rolled out by commercial partners including Bandai - one of the world's largest toy manufacturers.

The new feature, powered by HTML5, allows partners to deliver live web updates augmented into the real world. When viewed with Aurasma, print, products and even places can show live twitter feeds; buildings can be augmented with real-time information from social networks to show who is inside; share prices can be continually updated in newspapers; and tickets for public transport can show travellers the latest travel information. Being able to view live web updates using a mobile device in this way enables the "Internet of things" to become an augmented reality.

Launched in June 2011, Aurasma now has over three million users and three thousand commercial partners are also using Aurasma's free technology to merge their online and offline activity, making it one of the fastest growing platforms in the world.

With Aurasma, even everyday items can have digital depths.  The MWC delegate badge now delivers twitter updates of tweets that include the hashtags #MWC12 and #Aurasma. The back of a 20 Euro note transforms into an interactive audio-visual experience. To watch a video, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjbnI_JTgw

Available as a free app for iOS and Android devices or as a free SDK for app developers, Aurasma uses advanced image and pattern recognition technology combined with a meaning-based approach to computing to recognise and understand images and objects in the real world.  It then augments the real world with interactive digital content, such as videos, 3D animations and now, live web updates.

James Loxam, Chief Technology Officer at Aurasma said:

"Integrating live web updates into the platform allows partners to deliver up to the minute content within an 'Aura' - our name for when the physical and virtual worlds merge.  This feature, powered by HTML 5, adds a new, real-time dimension to the augmented Aurasma experience and opens up a host of new use-cases - we're looking forward to seeing how our partners innovate around it."     

Martina King, Managing Director at Aurasma said:

"There are a host of applications for this new live feature on the Aurasma Platform. It enables the 'Internet of things' to become an augmented reality, with print, products and places delivering real-time information and to access it, you just point your mobile phone at them.  Aurasma is changing the way millions of people see and interact with the world using their mobile devices and this new feature looks set to spark a new wave of innovation on the platform by our partners."

Aurasma will be demonstrating on the HP Stand (7C37) at Mobile World Congress (27 Feb - 1 Mar)

For Aurasma enquiries at Mobile World Congress 2012 please contact Tamara Roukaerts, Head of Marketing at Aurasma on +44 7795 463 276 or Tamara@aurasma.com

For further information or visuals, please contact the Aurasma team at Mischief PR on +44 203 128 6600 or Aurasma@mischiefpr.com

ABOUT AURASMA

Aurasma is the world's leading augmented reality platform, using mobile devices to merge the physical world with the virtual. Available as a free app for iPhone3G, 4 and 4S, iPad2 and high-powered Android devices or as a free kernel for app developers, Aurasma uses advanced image and pattern recognition to recognise and understand real-world images and objects in much in way the human brain does. It then seamlessly blends the real-world with rich interactive content such as videos and animations called "Auras". Auras can be created for printed images, product packaging, clothing, physical places and users can even use the app to create and share their own.

Since its launch in June 2011, Aurasma has had more than three million downloads. Over 3,000 partners in more than 70 countries worldwide are using the free technology in their campaigns or embedding the technology in their own applications, including global brands such as Panasonic, Mazda, Virgin Atlantic, Sky, BMW, Procter & Gamble, NET-A-PORTER, BBC Worldwide, Hyundai, UniCredit and Universal Pictures. Aurasma was developed by software company Autonomy - an HP Company.

Links
MWC 12 badge shows twitter updates:http://vimeo.com/37539813
20 Euro note comes to life when viewed with Aurasma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjbnI_JTgw

Aurasma:
http://www.aurasma.com
http://www.facebook.com/aurasma/
http://www.twitter.com/aurasma/
http://www.youtube.com/user/AurasmaLite
http://aurasmalite.tumblr.com/

SOURCE  Aurasma

Aurasma

Web Site: http://www.aurasma.com

PlayUp Selected as Fan Engagement Partner for America East, Southern and Sun Belt Conferences for Upcoming Basketball Tournaments

Innovative Sports Social Network App Becomes First-Ever Fan Engagement Partner Across Collegiate Conferences

NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --PlayUp, the first social network app exclusively for sports fans, socializers and gamers, announced today it has partnered with the America East, Southern and Sun Belt Conferences for the upcoming men's and women's conference basketball tournaments. This marks the first "Fan Engagement" partnerships in collegiate conference history.

Through PlayUp, for the first time in conference tournament history, fans will be able to break down all of the action with their counterparts from around the world, who all share a common bond over basketball and their fandom of the participating teams. PlayUp provides a unique opportunity for conferences and sports properties alike to extend their reach to fans through its' distinct mobile platform. While chatting about the tournament action, fans will simultaneously partake in in-app contests where prizes will be awarded based on user participation and distinctive content. 

"I am thrilled that PlayUp has been selected as the fan engagement partner during the most exciting time of the year for college basketball - and all of sports. Each of these conference tournaments will showcase high-level basketball, and we are looking forward to bringing the fan experience closer to the court," said Dennis Lee, PlayUp USA CEO.  "These conferences, by partnering with PlayUp, continue to push the envelope to innovate and drive fan engagement through our mobile platform. As social media further integrates itself within the sports world, athletes, teams, conferences and brands will be pursuing opportunities to best reach fans in this capacity, and the America East, Southern and Sun Belt Conferences are leading this trend."

The America East Conference men's and women's tournaments will be held from March 1 - 4 at the University of Hartford's Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in Hartford, Conn. "This partnership with PlayUp will give our fans the opportunity to interact with their peers over their shared passion, America East basketball," said America East Conference Commissioner Amy Huchthausen. "With our dedicated fan bases and alumni from our membership all over the world, this partnership offers a platform for everyone to show their pride during the most exciting month in college sports. Our conference features nine great institutions and elite talent on the court, and we are excited to work with PlayUp as our Official Fan Engagement Partner to expand national interest in our championship."

The Southern Conference tournaments runs from March 2 - 5 and will be played at the Asheville Civic Center and Kimmel Arena in Asheville, N.C., the home of the University of North Carolina -Asheville Bulldogs. "The Southern Conference has one of the most loyal fan bases in the country, and PlayUp will enhance their fandom during our men's and women's tournaments," said Jon Iamarino, Commissioner of the Southern Conference. "PlayUp is a great tool that helps our fans stay connected to their team regardless of any geographical barriers, and we are pleased to name the company as our Official Fan Engagement Partner. Collegiate athletics are centered around passion, pride and community and PlayUp promotes all these values."

The Summit Arena in Hot Springs, Ark. plays host to the Sun Belt Conference Tournaments from March 3 - 6. "March Madness is one of the most exciting times of the year for college sports fans and we chose to partner with PlayUp because this app makes these games even more exciting than ever before," said Travis Llewellyn, Assistant Commissioner for Electronic Media at the Sun Belt Conference. "Whether you're fortunate enough to be in attendance at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, watching the game with friends, or if you're alone on your couch, PlayUp fosters a way for fans of the Sun Belt Conference to watch the games together all from their mobile device."

PlayUp reached its first partnership in the college space back in January, becoming the Official Fan Engagement Partner of Fordham University Athletics. This was also the first fan engagement partnership for any university. In addition to PlayUp's collegiate partnerships, it also teamed up with NFL Stars Steven Jackson of the St. Louis Rams and Stevie Johnson of the Buffalo Bills surrounding Super Bowl XLVI.

For more information about the America East Conference, Southern Conference and Sun Belt Conference, visit http://www.americaeast.com, http://www.soconsports.com, and http://www.sunbeltsports.org, respectively.

PlayUp launched in October 2011 and enables sports fans to follow their choice of more than 30,000 live games while simultaneously discussing the action with fellow fans on their mobile devices. The free app includes real-time scoring and stats, along with the option to create private rooms to discuss the action with friends or join public rooms to interact with fans from around the world - play by play and pitch by pitch for every NFL, college football and basketball, NHL, NBA, MLB, and MLS game, as well as a variety of international leagues from around the globe. A recently launched web-based version allows usage of the platform by laptop and desktop computer users.

For more information on PlayUp, please visit http://www.playup.com. The PlayUp app can be downloaded for free in the iTunes Store.

About PlayUp:
PlayUp specializes in building mobile communities around sports. The company was founded by Australian entrepreneurs Luke Bunbury and George Tomeski in 2007 to develop mobile-based sports/social gaming applications. In 2010 PlayUp games were distributed in more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. The resulting PlayUp social network is the first real-time, mass-market social gaming platform enabling users globally to interact via their mobile devices during live games. For more information, visit http://www.playup.com.

About the America East Conference:
Since its beginning as a men's basketball conference in 1979, America East has evolved into one of the most comprehensive NCAA Division I conferences with 20 championship sports serving more than 3,400 student-athletes. Supporting the missions of its nine member institutions - Albany, Binghamton, Boston University, Hartford, Maine, UMBC, New Hampshire, Stony Brook and Vermont - America East is committed to developing champions in academics, athletics and leadership.

About the Southern Conference:
The Southern Conference, entering its 91st season of intercollegiate competition, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and helping build lifelong leaders and role models.  The conference has been on the forefront of innovation and originality in developing creative solutions to address issues facing intercollegiate athletics.  From establishing the first conference basketball tournament (1921), tackling the issues of freshman eligibility (1922), developing women's championships (1984) to becoming the first conference to install the three-point goal in basketball (1980), the Southern Conference has been a pioneer.  The Southern Conference is the nation's fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association.   The conference currently consists of 12 members in five states throughout the southeast and sponsors 19 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships.

About the Sun Belt Conference:
The Sun Belt was formed in 1976 with six members competing in four men's sports, and today comprises 12 institutions of higher learning while sponsoring 19 championship sports for men and women. The Sun Belt Conference enters its 35th season in 2010-11 with a proud history of athletic and academic success. The conference sponsors 10 women's sports (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball) and nine men's sports (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field). While 31 NCAA conferences sponsor multiple sports, the Sun Belt is one of only 11 to participate in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and Football Bowl Subdivision. The Sun Belt Conference is led by Commissioner Wright Waters, who is in his 11th full year as commissioner. Sun Belt Membership: University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas State University, University of Denver, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, University of Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee State University, University of North Texas, University of South Alabama, Troy University, and Western Kentucky University.

SOURCE  PlayUp

PlayUp

CONTACT: Jonathan Gluskin, SS|PR, +1-847-415-9319, jgluskin@sspr.com, or Joe Favorito, +1-917-566-8345, fatherknickerbocker1@yahoo.com, both for PlayUp

Web Site: http://www.playup.com

Rasmussen College Launches New Accelerated Business Programs to Help Meet Market Demand

Affordable, Online AcceleratED(SM) Programs in International Business and Business Systems Analysis Offer Degree Completion in as little as 18 Months.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Rasmussen College today announced the launch of two new programs in its online AcceleratED(SM) Bachelor's Degree Completion Program portfolio - International Business and Business Systems Analysis. Designed specifically to help adult students complete their Bachelor's degree in order to advance their career, these proprietary e-learning programs offer a seamless credit transfer process, including credit for prior learning experience, and accelerated course completion that enables students to finish their degree in as little as 18 months.

Tuition for both programs is affordably priced at just $260 per credit.

"We are excited at this opportunity to expand our AcceleratED Bachelor Degree Completion programs into new areas in order to meet the growing need we are seeing in the market," said Kristi Waite, Rasmussen College President. "We have specifically tailored these programs for adult learners who are highly motivated to complete the degree they once started and do it quickly at an affordable cost. With more offerings available, more students will be able to achieve their Bachelor's degree while also maintaining work-life balance."

Rasmussen College launched the first two AcceleratED Bachelor's Degree Completion programs in October 2011 leading with specializations in Marketing and Human Resources/Organizational Leadership. Enrollment for the International Business and Business Systems Analysis degree programs are now open for classes beginning in April.

"Our AcceleratED students benefit from Rasmussen College's proven instructional methodologies, top-notch faculty and demonstrated success in serving the adult learner, all within an accelerated program that offers a rapid time to completion," Waite said. "Plus, the affordable tuition at $260 per credit makes it ideal for our students with other obligations."

Each course offers a workplace-relevant, career-focused curriculum delivered by Rasmussen College's highly engaged professional faculty using state-of-the-art online teaching tools. Each course lasts six weeks, and students take two courses each term, completing their degree in just a year and a half.

Recent studies have shown that demand for college-educated workers will grow as much as 16 percent over the next seven years, while demand for other workers will remain flat. By 2018, it's estimated that nearly two-thirds of the nation's jobs will require some postsecondary education or training, which makes increasing the number of college graduates critical for reaching key national economic goals.

In 2010, about 56 million people in the U.S. had completed some college coursework or attained an Associate's degree. The Rasmussen College AcceleratED bachelor completer program aims to help these aspiring college graduates obtain a Bachelor's degree to enhance their opportunities for career growth and advancement.

In order to apply, prospective students must have already earned an Associate's degree or have successfully completed at least 40 semester credits. Additional credits may be granted for prior learning experiences. To help students get started quickly, applicants will receive an estimate of their allowable credit transfers within one business day and have access to a single admissions/enrollment point of contact to ensure a smooth process. The program is open to students nationwide with all courses delivered entirely online.

For more information, or to apply for Rasmussen College's AcceleratED Bachelor's Degree Completion program, visit http://www.Rasmussen.edu/AcceleratED .

To view this release in full, visit http://www.rasmussen.edu/press-release/2012-02-27/rasmussen-college-expands-affordable-accelerated-business-program-offerings-to-help-meet-market-demand/.

ABOUT RASMUSSEN COLLEGE

An innovator of higher education, Rasmussen College is a regionally-accredited, private college that specializes in offering the most in-demand degree programs in a highly supportive, student-centered educational environment.  Rasmussen College offers market-relevant programs from the certificate and diploma level through the associate's and bachelor's level online and across its 22 campuses in the Midwest and Florida to more than 15,000 students. By combining its expertise in career development with high academic standards and with unparalleled student support services, graduates of Rasmussen College leave with the most up-to-date knowledge, the skills that employers look for, and the tools to succeed in their chosen field.  Since 1900, the primary focus at Rasmussen College has remained constant: student achievement is of the upmost importance, the employer who hires its students continues to be a valued partner, and Rasmussen College is dedicated to being a primary contributor to the growth and development of the communities it serves. For more information about Rasmussen College, please visit http://www.Rasmussen.edu.

SOURCE  Rasmussen College

Rasmussen College

CONTACT: Erin Werthman of Rasmussen College, +1-866-257-8253 or +1-413-636-6758, Erin.Werthman@Rasmussen.edu

Web Site: http://www.Rasmussen.edu

McLane Advanced Technologies Releases Latest Version of Standard Army Maintenance System - Enhanced (SAMS-E)

TEMPLE, Texas, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- McLane Advanced Technologies (MAT) announced the successful release of version 13.01.06 for the Standard Army Maintenance System - Enhanced (SAMS-E), the logistics system that enables the US Army to conduct maintenance management of vehicles and equipment. Collaborating with the Software Engineering Center-Fort Lee (SEC-Lee) and the Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM), the new release incorporates the Army Golden Master (AGM) version of Windows 7 for improved information assurance (IA) and Department of Defense compliance. Version 13.01.06 incorporates more than 170 enhancements into the baseline of SAMS-E, the Army's single ground maintenance and materiel management solution originally developed by MAT in 2004 to integrate multiple out-dated logistics systems. The new product is a secure, sophisticated solution that equips today's Army with the technology needed for the future.

The improvement to SAMS-E optimizes user experience by merging current Windows technology with state of the art security. Automation of tasks offers greater efficiency in managing day-to-day processes and increases the success rate for system backups and secure data archiving. The new release leverages Windows imaging technology, providing a controlled environment for smoother, more reliable implementations. As a result, system load-time is reduced by approximately 50% from the previous versions, delivering on time and under budget results. The streamlined workflow capabilities and improved implementation process make SAMS-E a valuable tool for a more cost-effective Army. In addition, 13.01.06 completely revitalizes embedded training with new e-learning capabilities and an interactive instructional approach.

"Our goal is to provide a superior product with quality training to prepare Soldiers for logistics excellence," said Drayton McLane, CEO of McLane Advanced Technologies. "MAT was formed to meet the demands for a more effective, efficient US Army logistics system and we continue to be committed to serving our customers by providing innovative technology solutions with uncompromising honesty and integrity."

About McLane Advanced Technologies

McLane Advanced Technologies is a global logistics and technology solutions company built upon a bedrock of over 100 years of global supply chain, warehouse, distribution, and technology experience. Utilizing our rich history, we have grown into a recognized technology leader in the Distribution and Defense industries. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.mclaneat.com  or call 254-771-6429.

Media Contact:
Amy Hepola
254-771-6429
amy.hepola@mclaneat.com
http://www.mclaneat.com

SOURCE  McLane Advanced Technologies

McLane Advanced Technologies

Web Site: http://www.mclaneat.com

DealExtreme Revamps Internal Order Processing for Faster Turnaround

HONG KONG, Feb. 28. 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- DealExtreme, in its efforts to provide its customers with the best possible service, is upgrading order processing methods to maintain high standards of buyer satisfaction. Concerted efforts are being made to create better processes in critical business areas to make sure DX stays the number one gadget retailer on the net.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101229/CN22302LOGO)

To ensure timely processing of orders placed during the Chinese New Year holiday, DX.com is implementing the following upgrades and changes:

    1. DX has created a new processing system with upgraded Order Management and
       Warehouse Management systems. They are capable of processing a
       substantially larger amount of orders and ensure they go out when
       available.
    2. DX.com has built and staffed new warehouses in the U.K., Australia and
       the United States to make sure items are in stock and are available for
       purchase. The stock amount shown on the website of a particular item is
       accurate, and can be relied on as being accurate.
DealExtreme's 320,000 square foot Digital Fulfillment Center is dedicated to processing and speeding up order resolution. It's adding new equipment and innovative business processes to ensure customers' orders are completed.

DX.com has also added a comprehensive Supplier Relationship System to keep in contact with suppliers to source more new products and stock them from a more varied pool of suppliers keeping stock at optimum levels.

When asked about DX.com's level of technology and expertise, Eric, IT Manager, said, "We are keeping pace with, and in some areas exceeding, technological advances in process management, and we aware of no other online retailer that has DX's capabilities."

DX.com understands it can be frustrating to wait longer than expected for purchased goods, and knows that great customer relations and low prices are the most important aspects of doing business in today's ultra-competitive market.

DX.com is committed to ensuring that both of these requirements are met and that their promise of superior service is kept.

DealExtreme Customer Dedication

DealExtreme is dedicated to bringing to its customers the very best in services as well as the largest array of product offerings. Together with free worldwide shipping and the lowest prices, DX.com is your number one choice for gadgets on the internet and the retailer most dedicated to the continual improvement of the way in which it does.

SOURCE  DealExtreme

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101229/CN22302LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
DealExtreme

CONTACT: Serena Peng, +86-136-3257-4907, serena@mail.dealextreme.com

DealExtreme Upgrades Customer Services for Faster Tickets Processing

HONG KONG, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- DealExtreme, in its continuing effort to provide its customers with the best possible service, is upgrading the customer service department to maintain its high standards of buyer satisfaction. Real effort is going into creating better process and execution in critical areas to make sure DX customers are able to resolve their issues more quickly.

(logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101229/CN22302LOGO)

DX.com, an international gadget and electronic online retailer closes for seven days each year for the Chinese New Year. During this closure DX.com still takes orders but informs its customers that those orders cannot be shipped during this annual hiatus. To that effect, DX must work doubly hard after the holiday to ensure that backed-up orders go out smoothly and quickly.

To ensure that support tickets are addressed more quickly DX.com is implementing the following customer service upgrades:

    1. Their customer service department is working 24 hours a day to resolve
       all outstanding tickets.
    2. Their customer support live chat is being staffed 24 hours a day, though
       the wait times to speak to a representative may be slightly longer than
       usual due to the increased volume of issues.
    3. DX has properly sorted and classified all of the support tickets to
       faster serve their customers.
    4. DX has hired and trained specialized customer service representatives to
       handle every support ticket type, and made sure these representatives are
       well versed in all of the relevant processes related to support
       resolution. These specialized positions were created and staffed well
       before the Chinese New Year in anticipation of the influx of support
       tickets.
"Customer service is always our number one priority, and something we are always looking to improve," says Tiffany, DX.com Customer Service Department manager. "We have a lot of tickets waiting to answer and we are working 24 hours a day to make sure we do. We are expecting to have the backlog of tickets resolved by the end of March."

DealExtreme Customer Dedication

DealExtreme is dedicated to bringing to its customers the very best in services as well as the largest array of product offerings. Together with free worldwide shipping and the lowest prices, DX.com is your number one choice for gadgets on the internet and the retailer most dedicated to the continual improvement of the way in which it does.

SOURCE  DealExtreme

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101229/CN22302LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
DealExtreme

CONTACT: Serena peng, +86-136-3257-4907, serena@mail.dealextreme.com

Thomson Reuters Cortellis Drives Drug Discovery and Development With Powerful New Web Services

Innovative technology fosters collaboration and expedites access to critical R&D information

PHILADELPHIA, and LONDON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters announced the availability of Cortellis for Informatics, a new capability that speeds access to critical life sciences research and development information found on its premiere life sciences platform, Thomson Reuters Cortellis.

Cortellis for Informatics uses sophisticated application programming interfaces (APIs) to enhance the research and development process by delivering real-time access to powerful information and tools for biopharmaceutical competitive intelligence, drug pipeline, and drug research and development.

Each API integrates Thomson Reuters data with proprietary content and public information sources into a comprehensive view that is customized to meet the needs of a company, team or individual researcher. With Cortellis for Informatics, data can be shared in a number of ways, including dashboards, custom reports and alerts, and intranet and mobile applications.

"We worked closely with Thomson Reuters during their development and testing phases, and I am delighted to say that the Cortellis APIs exceed my expectations and allow us to take advantage of Thomson Reuters content in the systems that drive our business," said Dr. William Hayes, director of Decision Support at Biogen Idec.

"For life sciences professionals, Cortellis for Informatics is a significant step forward," said Wendy Hamilton, senior vice president at Thomson Reuters. "The advanced options for obtaining information give customers access to our content beyond Cortellis' highly intuitive web portal. Information can now be incorporated directly on the user's preferred systems, customized to their needs, creating additional opportunities for integration across the entire organization."

Cortellis for Informatics streamlines information sharing across all levels of the organization. Instead of using multiple systems to manage workflows, researchers access up-to-the-minute news in the office, in meetings or at the bench. This ability to deploy high-quality Thomson Reuters information across the whole company in real time within internal systems provides greater opportunities for collaboration in the scientific search and discovery process.

Cortellis for Informatics provides web services for investigational drugs, drug targets, ontologies, patents, clinical trials and analytics.

For more information on Cortellis, visit cortellis.thomsonreuters.com.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.  We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 55,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more information, go to http://www.thomsonreuters.com.

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Thomson Reuters

CONTACT: Alyssa Velekei, Thomson Reuters, +1-215-823-1894, alyssa.velekei@thomsonreuters.com

Web Site: http://thomsonreuters.com

New white paper examines how GPGPUs and OpenCL can be used for improved performance in Natural User Interfaces

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - YOUi Labs, experts in developing Natural User Interfaces (NUI) for embedded
platforms, examines in a new white paper how both General Purpose
Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU) and The Khronos Group's OpenCL
specification can be used in a NUI engine to best utilize the available
hardware for efficiency and improved user experience.

"We are excited to harness the power of GPGPU Chips using the OpenCL
specification for embedded platforms to enable us to design and develop
richer natural user experiences," said YOUi Labs CEO Jason Flick.

NUIs must perform without hesitation and require more graphical
processing power than traditional UIs. Unlike video games, however, a
NUI's content is not predictable and can not be cached or
pre-processed. Due to this real-time content requirement, both CPU and
GPU utilization must be carefully balanced to maximize NUI performance.

"The adoption of GPGPU and the Khronos OpenCL specification will enable
us to offload precious CPU cycles traditionally required to perform
real-time calculation on larger data sets to more efficient GPGPU cores
speeding up the UI and saving power," said YOUi Labs CTO Stuart Russell.

YOUi Labs is deep into the implementation of the strategies discussed in
this white paper and will publish the technical results for performance
benchmarks and power usage in the coming months.

The "Levering GPGPU and OpenCL Technologies for Natural User Interfaces"
white paper is available as a public download from the YOUi Labs website as well as The Khronos Group website.

About YOUi Labs

When art meets science, something great happens. We live at that
intersection. We're a unique blend of math and physics engineers, visual artists and interaction designers who understand the true value of a great user experience. YOUi Labs exists to teach device manufacturers the new rules governing intimate
user interfaces so they can swiftly meet - even exceed - their
customers' new expectations. We build the products that do that.

About The Khronos Group

The Khronos Group is an industry consortium creating open standards to
enable the authoring and acceleration of graphics, parallel computing,
dynamic media and sensor processing on a wide variety of platforms and
devices. Khronos standards include OpenGL, OpenGL ES, WebGL, WebCL,
OpenCL, OpenMAX, OpenVG, OpenSL ES, OpenKODE, StreamInput and COLLADA.
All Khronos members are able to contribute to the development of
Khronos specifications, are empowered to vote at various stages before
public deployment, and are able to accelerate the delivery of their
cutting-edge media platforms and applications through early access to
specification drafts and conformance tests.  More information is
available at www.khronos.org.

(YOUi Labs is a registered trade mark of YOUi Labs Inc. Other names used
here may be registered trademarks of their respective owners.)

SOURCE  YOUi Labs

YOUi Labs

CONTACT: For more information, media and analysts please contact:
Francis Moran, CMO, YOUi Labs 
francis@francis-moran.com
http://www.youilabs.com
Twitter: @youilabs

Webzilla to Upgrade its Network Capacity up to 1Tbs

AMSTERDAM, February 28, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Webzilla, one of the world's largest web hosting providers, has completed the
expansion of the network and increased its capacity to 1000Gbs.

    This week the capacity between Webzilla and Tier 1 networks in the United States of
America has been expanded by 160 Gbps by Level3 provider. Thus, the overall capacity of
Webzilla datacenters exceeds 1Tbs.

    The upgrade will enable Webzilla to continue its growth, thus keeping port utilization
at an acceptable level - about 70%. This ensures that at any given time, the company will
be able to provide the necessary capacity for both new and current customers for which
increase of the project's scale may be needed.

    Webzilla pays great attention to the connectivity in both of its datacenters in the
USA and Europe. In addition to high capacity Webzilla has another advantage - the
connection to multiple Tier 1 providers, including Level 3, Global Crossing, Telia Sonera,
NTT Communications and others. Due to this fact Webzilla can always offer its customers
around the world flexible solutions when it comes to routing matters. This measure also
allows Webzilla to quickly address any kind of issues with traffic. This is very important
for large projects which need to ensure the availability of their servers to users from
around the world.

    Connections to multiple Tier 1 providers and a capacity of more than 1Tbs enable
Webzilla to provide customers with high level connection. Similar service isn't offered by
any other web hosting company in the world.

    About Webzilla

    Founded in 2005, Webzilla is one of the world's fastest growing hosting companies. The
company has datacenters in the USA and Europe. Webzilla serves some of the internet's most
demanding ventures, game developing companies and payment platforms. Webzilla specializes
in fully managed dedicated hosting and colocation services. For more information visit
http://www.webzilla.com.

Source: WEBZILLA Europe

Note for Editors: Nadya Frank, Webzilla's marketing department, Tel.: +31-20-893-2774, Mail: nadyafrank@webzilla.com

Ticketmaster App for iPhone Released

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ticketmaster, a Live Nation Entertainment company, today released their Ticketmaster app for iPhone® and it is currently available on the App Store(SM).  iPhone users can use the app to discover events, browse event details and purchase tickets.  As an extension of Ticketmaster.com, the app allows users to log into their MyTicketmaster account for a seamless purchasing experience on their iPhone.

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"Our team is focused on delivering a cool, fan-friendly experience for buying tickets on all kinds of devices.  Our new Ticketmaster app is the definitive way for fans to find and purchase tickets for events using their iPhone," said Kip Levin, executive vice president of eCommerce, Ticketmaster. "It is a must-have for every fan of live events."

The Ticketmaster app for iPhone scans users' iTunes music library to understand music preferences and users can choose to have the iPhone's built-in location services activated to automatically recommend relevant upcoming local events. Fans can further personalize the recommended shows by using more than 40 preset filters.

The app also offers deep social media connections, allowing fans to easily Tweet and Facebook® during the discovery phase, after purchasing tickets and check in on Foursquare during the event, helping to extend the fun and excitement of the event beyond the event itself.

Fans can download the free app on the App Store at:  http://m.ticketmaster.com/app

About Ticketmaster:

With operations spanning 19 countries, Ticketmaster is the world leader in event ticketing and ranks among the top five eCommerce sites globally.  Ticketmaster is a division of Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world's top five eCommerce sites, with almost 27 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 22,000 shows annually for more than 2,300 artists globally. Front Line is the world's top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling nearly 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit http://www.livenation.com/investors.

iPhone and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.  App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

Content purchased from the iTunes Store is for personal lawful use only.  Don't steal music.

Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.

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Ticketmaster

CONTACT: Jacqueline Peterson of Ticketmaster, +1-310-360-3051, Jacqueline.Peterson@ticketmaster.com

Web Site: http://www.ticketmaster.com

La Costa Resort and Spa Introduces Next Generation of Resort Technology Providing Ease, Accessibility and Advanced Service

Carlsbad Resort Launches New Website and Mobile Apps Following $50 Million Renovation

CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of unveiling a $50 million top-to-bottom renovation, La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. launches new technology to enhance the guest experience at all levels. La Costa's updated technological offerings include the launch of an all-new website, LaCosta.com, as well as mobile applications including a way finding app for meeting guests and a golf course app offering multiple features including animated flyovers of the two championship golf courses. Guests will also see iPad stations in various parts of the property to stay up-to-date with social media, news and property happenings.

"La Costa has undergone a tremendous transition over the past year," says Paul McCormick, vice president and general manager of La Costa. "The extensive renovations have elevated the guest experience at every touch point, so it was a natural progression that we offer these new applications and website, which will help ensure the guest experience surpasses expectations."

Highlights of La Costa's Enhanced Technological Offerings:

Re-Designed Website
La Costa's newly re-designed website offers a visual journey through the fresh offerings at the resort, including the brand new adult-only pool, Edge. The updated site features tools for exploring the resort's offerings including dedicated photo galleries, video tours and helpful tips from La Costa's experts in golf, spa, wellness, culinary and vacation planning. A key feature now available for easier booking is a "compare packages" tool that allows guests to do side-by-side comparisons of vacation packages. The website also features animated golf course tours.

For meeting planners, La Costa's website showcases new tools including video tours, photo galleries, expert advice and an interactive property map that allows planners to view a La Costa map complete with images, capacity charts, room set-up options and more.   

Way Finding Mobile Application for Groups and Meetings
As one of the largest and most picturesque coastal meeting destinations in Southern California, La Costa features approximately 110,000 square feet of expanded, flexible indoor and outdoor meeting space on the 400-acre campus, including the addition of meeting planner suites as part of the renovation. 

The meeting and event space now offers digital touchscreen way finding applications created by PSAV® Presentation Services to better serve meeting guests. The interactive screens are available throughout the meeting spaces and include key information such as property maps, group meeting schedules, group itineraries and flight information. Guests will also have the option to download a mobile app to their smart phone to access La Costa's way finding application.

Golf Course Application
Enhancing the functionality of La Costa's all-new 18-hole Champions Course, along with four redesigned holes on the South Course, is a new "CourseApp," created by Best Approach, that features animated flyovers, a GPS range finder with a yardage guide and an option to book tee times. This new feature will not only help develop strategies for improving a game, but will allow guests and members to connect directly with the clubhouse via a mobile app.

SOURCE  La Costa Resort and Spa

La Costa Resort and Spa

CONTACT: Laura Millett/ Heidi Baldwin, Murphy O'Brien, Inc., +1-310-586-7142/ +1-310-586-7129, lmillett@murphyobrien.com/ hbaldwin@murphyobrien.com

Web Site: http://www.LaCosta.com

4Videosoft Updates iPad Transfer: Helps You Perfectly Enjoy Your iPad Life

BEIJING, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- "From the first day (the iPad) shipped, we thought that the tablet market would become larger than the PC market," Apple chief executive Tim Cook said during the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco. With the development of the iPad, 4Videosoft has updated all of its miraculous and powerful iPad software to help iPad users fully enjoy their iPad life.

Among all the updated iPad products, 4Videosoft's iPad Manager Platinum has to be said the most welcome one to all the iPad fans. The best iPad transfer software is produced especially for iPad users and it has the ability to transfer various files between the iPad and computers freely, such as music, movie, photos, camera roll, camera shot, TV shows, Podcasts, iTunes U, eBooks, voice memos, SMS (MMS) and contacts. It can also transfer iPad files to iTunes and transfer files among various Apple devices when you connect them to a computer simultaneously. The upgraded iPad Transfer highly supports all Apple devices, such as the iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod touch and others, and is compatible with the latest iOS 5 and iTunes 10.5.1.

Besides, this top-ranked iPad Transfer software from 4Videosoft is also capable of converting DVDs and video files to MP4, MOV, WMV, MP3, AAC and other popular video and audio formats supported by iPad and other portable Apple players. Then you can transfer the converted video and audio files to your player directly without any difficulty. Or you can save the converted file to "My Cache" temporarily for transferring later. If you want to make your own customized iPhone ringtone, it is also available with 4Videosoft's iPad Manager Platinum. It can help you extract M4R ringtones from any DVD, video or audio file you select easily.

After this update, 4Videosoft's iPad Manager Platinum has much more intelligent features. For more detailed information or to get a free trial of the latest version, please visit the following website: http://www.4videosoft.com/ipad-manager.html

Windows System Requirements

    OS Supported:                         Windows XP (SP2 or
                                          later), Windows Vista,
                                          Windows 7
    Hardware Requirements:                800MHz Intel or AMD CPU,
                                          or above; 512MB RAM or
                                          more

About 4Videosoft Studio

4Videosoft Studio is a professional multimedia software provider, which aims to constantly produce excellent multimedia desktop applications for all Windows and Mac users, so as to give 4Videosoft users an unparalleled digital life. With advanced technologies, dedicated R&D team and progressive spirit, it can always bring multimedia users various surprises and excellent audiovisual experiences. For more information, please visit: http://www.4videosoft.com

SOURCE  Harbour Software

Harbour Software

CONTACT: Darcy Gao, +86-187-0148-9910, pr@4videosoft.com, http://www.4videosoft.com

Web Site: http://www.4videosoft.com/ipad-manager.html

Overstock.com Launches O.info Consumer Information Portal

O.info designed as a one-stop portal for making product information easier to find

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK), today announced the launch of a new consumer information portal: http://www.O.info. The website features blogs, reviews and buying guides, all to help consumers make informed decisions about products before purchasing.

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Overstock.com Chairman and CEO Patrick M. Byrne said, "We've made O.info the place to find helpful information about our products. The site features unique customer reviews with insights into the appearance, function and fit of a product.  Each product has an overall rating as well as individual user ratings to help make the shopping experience easier for consumers, particularly when deciding among similar products. So whether you're just beginning your research for a purchase or you're ready to buy, the information you need is just a click away with O.info."

Along with consumer goods, O.info contains in-depth information on cars, travel, insurance and business products.

The O.info domain was acquired in September 2011 from Afilias Limited, the official .info domain registry.

Roland LaPlante, CMO of Afilias, said, "Overstock.com has a focused branding strategy for its Web properties including the use of single-character 'O' domains like O.info. The .info domain has been available for more than a decade and has more than eight million users. In fact, .info is the most popular new generic top-level domain (gTLD) assigned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Named and Numbers (ICANN)." 

About Afilias

Afilias is a global provider of Internet infrastructure services that connect people to their data. Afilias' reliable, secure, scalable, and globally available technology supports a wide range of applications including Internet domain registry services, mobile solutions and Managed DNS. For more information on Afilias, visit http://www.Afilias.info.

About Overstock.com

Overstock.com is a technology-based retail company offering customers a wide variety of high-quality products, at great value, with superior customer service. The company provides its customers with the opportunity to shop for bargains by offering suppliers an alternative inventory distribution channel. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Overstock.com is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market System and can be found online at http://www.overstock.com and http://www.o.co. Overstock.com regularly posts information about the company and other related matters on its website under the heading "Investor Relations."

Overstock.com®, O.co®, Worldstock Fair Trade®  and Club O Rewards® are registered trademarks of Overstock.com, Inc.    O.info(TM),  Club O(TM), and Club O Rewards Dollars(TM) and Your Savings Engine(TM)' are trademarks of Overstock.com, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the uses and benefits of the use of the O.info domain and related branding statements. Our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, or any amendments thereto, and our other subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission identify important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections, estimates or forward-looking statements.

SOURCE  Overstock.com, Inc.

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Overstock.com, Inc.

CONTACT: Media, Kirstie Burden, +1-801-947-3116, kirstie@overstock.com, or Investors, Kevin Moon, +1-801-947-3282, kmoon@overstock.com, both of Overstock.com, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.afilias.info