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What If You Could Tweet Your Way to New Zealand?

Brancott Estate Wines Offers Two Airline Tickets to New Zealand for Tasting Notes of 140 Characters

PURCHASE, N.Y., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A good glass of wine is a great escape at the end of a long day.  But what if your escape could be real?  What if taste and smell could drag your other senses along?  What if simply drinking wine and tweeting your thoughts on it could score you two airline tickets to New Zealand? Now it can.

Brancott Estate, the world's bestselling New Zealand wine, is announcing the #WhatIf challenge in which participants are invited to use their noses, palates and Twitter accounts to share their thoughts of the producers' wine, via a creative 140-character take on the traditional tasting note. "Social media, and Twitter in particular, has changed the way we share our thoughts and feelings with the world, and has democratized subjects once dominated by a select few," says said Patrick Materman, Chief Winemaker for Brancott Estate. "The #WhatIf challenge is revolutionary for us, because it allows Brancott to hear how wine drinkers, not just wine experts, experience our wines."

Beginning today, wine enthusiasts need only to taste one of the wines from the Brancott Estate portfolio -- which includes an award-winning range of Sauvignon Blancs, Pinot Noirs, and a Pinot Grigio -- and craft their version of a tasting note, taking great care to utilize each of the characters allotted in the tweet. Two airline tickets to New Zealand will be the reward for one author's efforts in using creativity and judicious care to articulate their take on the taste of the Brancott wines.

The challenge closes on June 13, 2011, providing just about a month ripe with opportunity to compose the winning tweet. Each applicant is limited to one submission per day for the entry period, and all entries must be original and authentic.  By entering, contestants agree to the rules and regulations found on the Brancott Estate What If Facebook page.

Additional information and complete rules and regulations for #WhatIf can be found at http://www.facebook.com/BrancottEstateWhatIf.

ABOUT PERNOD RICARD

Pernod Ricard USA® is the premium spirits and wine company in the U.S., and the largest subsidiary of Paris, France-based Pernod Ricard SA. In July, 2008, Pernod Ricard completed the acquisition of the iconic ABSOLUT® Vodka brand from the V&S Group.

In addition to ABSOLUT®, Pernod Ricard USA's leading brands include such prestigious spirits as The Glenlivet® Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Chivas Regal® Scotch Whisky, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, Seagram's Extra Dry Gin®, Beefeater® Gin, Plymouth(TM) Gin, Martell® Cognac, Malibu®, Kahlua® Liqueur, Hiram Walker® Liqueurs, Pernod® and Ricard®; such superior wines as Jacob's Creek® and Brancott Estate®; and such exquisite champagnes and sparkling wines as Perrier-Jouet® Champagne, G.H. Mumm(TM) Champagne and Mumm Napa® sparkling wines.

The company is based in Purchase, New York, and has roughly 1,000 employees across the country.

Pernod Ricard USA urges all adults to consume its products responsibly and has an active campaign to promote responsible drinking. For more information on this, please visit: http://www.acceptresponsibility.com.

SOURCE  Pernod Ricard USA

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CONTACT: Anna Magliozzi; The Thomas Collective, +1-212-229-2294, amagliozzi@ttc-pr.com; or Krista Drew; Pernod Ricard USA, +1-914-848-4743, Krista.Drew@pernod-ricard.com

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Elsevier Enriches Online Articles With Google Maps

AMSTERDAM, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    - Interactive Maps Increase Effectiveness of Research Exploration and
Make Interaction With Content More Efficient

    Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services, announced today that Google Maps
functionality is now available in its journals. This new feature enriches
online articles on SciVerse ScienceDirect with interactive maps, adapting to
the needs of various scientific disciplines to visualize and interact with
the author's geographic data.

    Elsevier is one of the first publishers to introduce Google Maps
functionality permanently in a selection of its journals, enhancing the
online article, and serving the information needs of the scientific
community. The Google Maps application enriches an article with research data
that is visualized on an interactive map. These maps, which will appear in
the online article on SciVerse ScienceDirect, are based on KML (geographic
annotation) files created by authors.

    "Offering authors the opportunity to include interactive maps in their
article is part of our never-ending quest to explore better ways to create
and deliver online scientific content," said IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Vice
President of Content Innovation at Elsevier. "The interactive maps will help
users to increase the effectiveness of their research exploration and make
their interaction with the content more efficient. The introduction of Google
Maps on SciVerse ScienceDirect is another milestone in our ongoing
partnership with researchers, aimed at creating optimal capabilities for
exchanging research results and effectively digesting scientific
information."

    Professor M. Santosh, Editor-in-Chief of Gondwana Research, added: "Our
authors are delighted with this new feature. It greatly expands the
visibility and reach of their articles, and broadens the horizon of
information dissemination and interactivity. At the same time, our readers
benefit from the additional information the maps provide. By partnering with
researchers in developing this innovative feature, Elsevier has introduced an
innovation that is truly valued by our community."

    The Google Maps functionality is initially piloted with seven journals on
SciVerse ScienceDirect, in earth sciences, life sciences, and social
sciences. Scaling up to all applicable Elsevier journals on SciVerse
ScienceDirect is expected to happen later this year.

    About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services. The company works in partnership with the
global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals,
including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/) and Cell (
http://www.cell.com/), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
SciVerse ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), SciVerse Scopus
(http://www.scopus.com/home.url), Reaxys (https://www.reaxys.com/info/), MD
Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/php/253107335-63/homepage) and Nursing
Consult (
http://confidenceconnected.com/login/consult?env=PROD&URI=/nursing/index),
which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the
SciVal suite (http://www.scival.com/) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review
(http://www.medai.com/), which help research and health care institutions
deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

    A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier (
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home) employs 7,000 people
worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (
http://www.reedelsevier.com/Pages/Home.aspx), a world-leading publisher and
information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed
Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London
Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

   
    Media Contact

    Harald Boersma
    Senior Manager Corporate Relations, Elsevier
    +31-20-485-27-36
    h.boersma@elsevier.com

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Physicians' Growing Demand for Point-of-Care Resources Spawns iPointOfCare From Top Continuing Medical Education Provider; DIME

CHICAGO, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DIME announces iPointOfCare, a simple, direct, web-based browser that is designed to deliver targeted, relevant content to busy clinicians.

Internet point-of-care research is steadily on the rise among physicians. Currently over 86 percent of physicians now gather health, medical, and prescription drug information online, according to a recent study.  DIME's iPointOfCare website is poised to become the premier web-based continuing medical education resource for time-limited physicians.   

Leveraging the expertise of leading professionals, the iPointOfCareportal is a key leader in offering concise, on-demand educational resources for a variety of crucial therapeutic areas.  These educational resources can be researched while also providing CME credit to the physician.  The platform's clean and clutter-free design allows for ease of access to content for improved overall care for patients throughout the course of their treatment. 

iPointOfCare integrates across all browsers and devices and is optimized for the mobile environment, making it even more accessible to physicians seeking point-of-care information or CME credit.  Visit on the web at http://www.ipointofcare.org.

DIME is an independent healthcare continuing education provider with 17 years of experience.  Based in Chicago, the company serves physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the US through a variety of educational formats.  DIME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  It was the first medical education company to receive Accreditation with Commendation from the ACCME under its 2006 Updated Criteria for Accreditation.

DIME's areas of expertise include autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, pain, and women's health.

DIME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  DIME is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

DIME uses both digital and face-to-face formats to deliver education that meets the needs of physicians and other healthcare professionals.  DIME is part of the Publicis Healthcare Communications Group.  For additional information, please visit DIMedEd.org.

For more information about iPointOfCareplease contact Dawn Kenny at 312-553-8003 or email dawn.kenny@dimeded.org.

This press announcement was released on behalf of DIME by Audience Generation(TM), a digital, advertising, marketing and technology agency working with DIME to drive web users to the iPointOfCare portal. For more information or a complete list of services, visit http://www.audiencegeneration.com, by phone at 512.708.4679, or email mwayne@audiencegeneration.com.

SOURCE  DIME

DIME

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

T-Mobile Offers Monthly4G Plans Featuring Unlimited Talk, Text and Web With No Annual Contract

BELLEVUE, Wash., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced  two new No Annual Contract, unlimited Monthly4G plans starting at $50 per month, bringing more choice and value to customers on America's Largest 4G Network(TM). The new plans make it easier than ever for customers to step up to a rich data experience across T-Mobile's entire portfolio of Android(TM)-powered, Windows® Phone and BlackBerry® smartphones without an annual contract.

"Consumers today want more value and simplicity in how they purchase wireless," said Cole Brodman, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. "And that's exactly what we're delivering with our new Monthly4G plans -- providing customers with the nationwide network, great prices and a choice of any of our latest smartphones."

With Monthly4G plans, customers can enjoy unlimited Talk, unlimited Text and unlimited Web service on their smartphone from T-Mobile. Monthly4G plans start at $50 per month for unlimited talk, unlimited text and unlimited Web with the first 100 MB of data at up to 4G speeds, or $70 per month for unlimited talk, unlimited text and unlimited Web with the first 5 GB of data at up to 4G speeds*. 

In addition to the Monthly4G No Annual Contract plans, which became available May 22, T-Mobile continues to offer a 1500 Talk and Text plan with 30 MB of data for $30 per month, as well as Pay As You Go plans for as low as 10 cents per minute for voice calls. To find the T-Mobile plan that best fits their needs, customers can visit http://www.t-mobile.com. 

* Monthly4G plans provide access to wireless service for 30 days; capable device required to achieve 4G speeds. After high-speed allotment is used, speeds slowed for remainder of month. T-Mobile's HSPA+ 4G network not available everywhere. See coverage details at T-Mobile.com.

About T-Mobile USA, Inc. 

Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom AG (OTCQX: DTEGY). By the end of the first quarter of 2011, approximately 128 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group -- 33.6 million by T-Mobile USA -- all via a common technology platform based on GSM and UMTS and additionally HSPA+/HSPA+42. T-Mobile USA's innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile USA among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG. For further information on Deutsche Telekom, please visit http://www.telekom.de/investor-relations.

For more information about T-Mobile's 4G products, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.

SOURCE  T-Mobile USA, Inc.

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

CONTACT: Media, Paulina Hernandez, The Jeffrey Group / Public Relations, +1-212-620-4100, ext. 111, phernandez@jeffreygroup.com

Web Site: http://www.t-mobile.com

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Releases New Mobile App for iPhone and Android

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. (BCBSF) makes finding health care solutions easier for Floridians with the introduction of its first Florida Blue mobile app for the iPhone® and Android(TM) Smartphones.

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Designed to help consumers save time and money, and stay healthy, the company's latest mobile innovation brings health care to owners of iPhones and Android smartphones. By downloading the free app, members and non-members can easily get important health care information and tools to manage their health, as well as details about their BCBSF health plan and benefits, with just a tap.

"As a leader in Florida's health care industry, BCBSF is focused on becoming a health solutions company by providing consumers better products and services they need via their channel of choice. Our mobile app offers another solution--giving our consumers access to the information they need--whenever they need it," said Craig Thomas, chief marketing and strategy officer for BCBSF. "The new Florida Blue mobile app allows us to instantaneously provide relevant health tools and information while on the go."

Last year, BCBSF launched its mobile website with great success. Now, members can view their ID card and get benefit details and plan information such as deductibles, Health Savings Account (HSA) balance, and recent claims updates--instantly. Members can also find a doctor based on their plan's network, tap to save it to their contacts and map to the location. If a member leaves the doctor's office with a prescription in hand, they can save money by comparing drug costs at local pharmacies.

Other tools and information are available for both members and non-members such as real-time updates on weather forecasts combined with weather-related health alerts such as pollen, air quality and UV levels along with tips for managing their asthma and allergy symptoms. The app also offers all users information on Florida Blue center health events based on GPS location and a health toolkit feature with tools such as the health check where by entering age and gender users receive a list of recommended health screenings and immunizations for themselves, or their family. Users can download free ringtones, enter monthly sweepstakes, and share news and information about health care reform and videos of real people in the pursuit of health, with family and friends via Facebook and Twitter(TM).

With a goal of giving Floridians faster access to health care information and tools from wherever they are, BCBSF focused on convenience, simplicity and value when designing the apps.

"The new Florida Blue app for iPhone and Android is the newest mobile solution available to Floridians. We are focused on understanding the needs of mobile users in the context of their health when on the go and providing mobile solutions to meet those needs," said Adriana Murillo, director of strategic development for BCBSF.

To find out more information, visit http://www.bcbsfl.com/mobile.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) is a leader in Florida's health industry. Since 1944, the company has been dedicated to meeting the diverse needs of all those it serves by offering an array of choices. BCBSF is a not-for-profit, policyholder-owned, tax-paying mutual company. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla.,BCBSF is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. For more information concerning BCBSF, please see its Web site at http://www.bcbsfl.com.

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CONTACT: Steven Hendricks, +1-813-882-6718, steven.hendricks@bcbsfl.com

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

AT&T Helps Businesses Streamline Fleet Management With Three New Solutions

Complete Innovations and the Xata Turnpike Solution Join AT&T's Portfolio of Mobility Applications for Businesses

DALLAS, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today announced the availability of three leading mobile transportation and dispatch management applications from Complete Innovations and Xata Corporation, enhancing AT&T's portfolio of fleet management solutions. Available directly from AT&T, these services are designed to streamline operations, optimize fleet and mobile workforce performance and facilitate fleet operators' adherence with the CSA 2010 (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) initiative.

With these new applications, businesses can get valuable insight into fuel consumption, vehicle maintenance needs, asset location and more, while drivers can find destinations more easily to deliver products on time.

"Challenged by rapidly increasing operating costs, companies that routinely use vehicles need to manage their fleets more effectively than ever," said Chris Hill, vice president, Advanced Mobility Solutions, AT&T Business Solutions.  "That's why we're adding three new, efficiency-boosting solutions to our Fleet Management portfolio.  Courier Complete from AT&T, Fleet Complete from AT&T and Xata Turnpike from AT&T will help our customers closely monitor all aspects of vehicle activity for enhanced productivity and cost savings."

The Complete Innovations and Xata Corporation products join AT&T's award-winning portfolio - ranked number one for Next-Generation Fleet Management Solutions by business decision-makers in 2010.(1)

Complete Innovations products from AT&Tinclude two different solutions for different types of fleet, asset and mobile workforce needs:

    --  Courier Complete from AT&T offers companies in the courier, messenger
        and distribution industries an easy-to-use solution for managing
        operations.  With Courier Complete from AT&T, businesses can wirelessly
        dispatch services and track the location of deliveries, giving managers
        visibility into their operations.  It provides unique, industry-specific
        capabilities that specifically address the needs of couriers, including
        electronic signature capture, mobile barcode scanning on packages and
        automated order scheduling.
    --  Fleet Complete from AT&T is a comprehensive, GPS-based workforce, fleet
        and asset management solution for small and mid-size businesses.  Proven
        to help lower operating costs and enhance efficiencies, Fleet Complete
        from AT&T allows users to monitor fleets in real time and analyze past
        data to check in on the productivity as well as the safety of drivers.
        Its detailed reporting system gives fleet managers insight into vehicle
        maintenance needs, idling times, out-of-route or unauthorized stops and
        more.

"With nearly 12 years' experience in providing GPS fleet tracking and mobile workforce solutions, we are confident that businesses across a variety of industries will embrace the benefits of Courier Complete and Fleet Complete from AT&T," said Tony Lourakis, CEO, Complete Innovations.  "We are thrilled to launch these two mobile workforce and fleet management applications on the AT&T network."

Xata Turnpike from AT&T helps private and for-hire fleets and owner-operators to comply with CSA 2010, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative intended to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related accidents.  Xata Turnpike makes it easy for businesses to abide by hours of service (HOS) and International Fuel Tax (IFTA) reporting requirements, while simultaneously helping them to optimize their fleets' performances.  Users can install Xata Turnpike from AT&T in just minutes and then run the application on their existing mobile devices.  Cost-effective and feature-rich, the Xata Turnpike solution recently won the Frost & Sullivan Price Performance Value Leadership Award for Commercial Vehicle Fleet Management.(2)

"The impact of CSA on a fleet's operations is enormous," said David Gagne, Chief Operating Officer, Xata.  "In fact, the FMCSA estimates that 47.9 percent of carriers that received satisfactory ratings during the past five years would fail inspections under the new rules.(3)  Xata Turnpike from AT&T is a simple and affordable way for companies and drivers to collect, see, sort and use driver and vehicle data to improve safety and compliance.  And best of all, they can use their existing AT&T-enabled cell phones, smartphones and tablet computers."

Over the last several years, the number of companies using fleet management solutions has grown substantially, fueled by advanced technologies such as powerful smartphones, GPS location services and machine-to-machine solutions.  Frost & Sullivan industry analysts noted in a 2010 report(4) that the subscriber base for Field Asset Management has increased from 1.4 million subscribers in 2008 to 2.4 million in 2010.

AT&T Fleet Management solutions help businesses get ahead of the curve with innovative wireless technologies for tracking and monitoring mobile assets.

(1) Frost & Sullivan, 2010 North America CXOs' Choice Award for Overall Best Next-Generation Fleet Management Brand, May 2010.

(2) Frost & Sullivan, 2010 North American Price Performance Value Leadership of the Year Award for Commercial Vehicle Fleet Management.

(3) U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 242, December 2008.

(4) Frost & Sullivan, 2010 North American Mobile Field Asset Management (FAM) Market, January 2010.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About Complete Innovations Inc.

Complete Innovations Inc., is a leading global provider of mission-critical operational solutions for mobile workforce and transportation-related companies. For more than 11 years, Complete Innovations Inc. has been providing dispatching, fleet tracking and mobile resource management solutions to over 4,000 companies Worldwide. The company markets its products under Courier Complete, Fleet Complete, and FuelFast brand names, and maintains relationships with AT&T, Microsoft, Motorola, and TELUS.  Visit Complete Innovations Inc. online at: http://www.completeinnovations.com.

About Xata

Xata Corporation (NASDAQ: XATA) provides intuitive, automated fleet management software solutions to the trucking industry. By delivering real-time critical information on vehicle and driver performance, Xata makes it easy for fleet managers, dispatchers and drivers to collect, sort, view and analyze data to help reduce costs, increase safety and compliance, and improve customer satisfaction.

Xata's award-winning solutions include 1) XataNet, a full-featured, enterprise-wide solution that helps private and for-hire fleets drive continuous improvement, and 2) Xata Turnpike, a technologically advanced, low-cost, easy-to-install solution that runs on drivers' existing cell phones, smartphones and tablet computers. Both solutions help fleet managers and drivers meet established and emerging electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) regulations. Xata also offers a portfolio of professional services, including implementation, training and consulting, to help its customers deliver bottom-line results. For more information, visit http://www.xata.com or call 1.800.745.9282.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. 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.

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Call of Duty® Elite Will Unite and Ignite Gaming's Largest Online Community

Activision's New Service Will Offer 30 Million Call of Duty Players Innovative Ways to Connect, Compete and Improve

Will Launch With This Year's Most Anticipated Release Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 on November 8, 2011

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's most passionate online gaming community can now connect, compete and improve their Call of Duty® multiplayer experience through Activision's (Nasdaq: ATVI) innovative new online service, Call of Duty Elite.

Developed from the ground up by Activision's new Beachhead studio, Call of Duty Elite offers cutting-edge features that significantly enhance the franchises' multiplayer experience and deliver a new level of social engagement that will unite more than 30 million players worldwide.  Additionally, the service will offer exclusive, high-production value, original entertainment programming designed exclusively for the Call of Duty community.

"The average Call of Duty player spends 58 minutes per day playing multiplayer. That is more than the average Facebook user spends per day on Facebook. And yet, right now, there are very few tools to unite and super charge that social community," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "Whether it's allowing you to connect with your friends, or people of a similar skill level, people who live in your city, people who share your favorite passions, join competitive clans or social groups, or upload, view and comment on the incredible mass of player-generated content, or watch and comment on exclusive created content, Call of Duty Elite will give people more ways to connect with fellow players than ever before. Elite will also allow players of every level to improve their game with an intuitive suite of tools, and compete in tournaments for both real and virtual prizes."

Call of Duty Elite will include several industry-first innovations, and is designed to reset the bar for what players can expect from a multiplayer experience for this year's most anticipated game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.  Elite will offer two-way communication between the service and the game, so that the choices and decisions that players make in Elite through the mobile and web interfaces will affect their in-game experience.  The service will be fully integrated into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and will launch alongside the game onNovember 8, 2011.

Call of Duty Elite's features and services engage the community in three key ways:

    --  Connect: Call of Duty Elite gives players unprecedented control over
        their multiplayer experience, transforming it into a true social
        network. Players can compete against friends, players of similar skill
        levels and players with similar interests, join groups, join clans, and
        play in organized tournaments. They can also track the performance,
        progress and activity of their entire network, both in the game itself,
        as well as through mobile and web interfaces.  Elite will be an "always
        on" way for players to connect with the Call of Duty community.
    --  Compete: Call of Duty Elite establishes the most exciting, competitive
        environment in a multiplayer game.  Players will have available a
        constant stream of events and competitions, tiered to group them with
        those with similar abilities.  Both in-game and real-world prizes will
        be rewarded to all skill levels.
    --  Improve:  Call of Duty Elite is like having a personal online coach. It
        provides players with a dynamic strategy guide that tracks their
        statistics and performances down to the most minute details.  It can
        show gamers how they stack up against their friends or others in the
        community. Tools and information are provided so players can learn and
        up their game.

Carrying forward to future Call of Duty games, Elite will chronicle a player's gameplay history in a cohesive career record, keeping track of every kill, every game and progress.

"Call of Duty Elite has been tailored for Call of Duty's diverse base of players - hardcore gamers, casual weekend warriors and even beginners - and additional features will be revealed when we premiere Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer later this summer," added Hirshberg.  "Over 7 million gamers play Call of Duty online each day logging hundreds of hours of multiplayer per player per year.  Of course, the out of the box Call of Duty multiplayer experience that gamers have come to love and expect will continue as is.  However, for those players looking for more, Call of Duty Elite will supercharge their experience."

Many key features of Call of Duty Elite will be available to Call of Duty players free of charge.  Additionally, for players who want to up their game, Call of Duty Elite will offer a premium membership with a wide range of state-of-the-art services, exclusive entertainment programming and all-inclusive game content for less than the cost of any comparable online entertainment service currently in the market.

The servicewill be accessible on a number of platforms -- via web browsers, mobile devices, through game consoles and within the game interface itself -- so that players can connect with Call of Duty Elite whenever and wherever they want.

Call of Duty Elite will launch this fall with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. However, to test the scale of the service, Activision will hold a public beta this summer for Elite with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.  For more information, go to http://www.callofduty.com.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, http://www.activision.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.   Activision Publishing generally uses words such as "outlook," "will," "could," "would," "might," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes," "may," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimate," future," "plan," "positioned," "potential," "project," "remain," "scheduled," "set to," "subject to," "upcoming" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Activision Publishing's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Activision Publishing's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms, declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision Publishing's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware (including peripherals) and related software, industry competition including from used games and other forms of entertainment, litigation risks and associated costs, rapid changes in technology, industry standards, business models including online and used games, and consumer preferences, including interest in specific genres such as music, first-person action and massively multiplayer online games, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors, and third-party developers, including the ability to attract, retain and develop key personnel and developers that can create high quality "hit" titles, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates and tax rates, and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities and potential challenges associated with geographic expansion, and the other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

Activision, Call of Duty and Modern Warfare are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc.  All rights reserved.  All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Activision Publishing, Inc.

Activision Publishing, Inc.

CONTACT: Maryanne Lataif, SVP, Corporate Communications of Activision Publishing, Inc., +1-310-255-2704, mlataif@activision.com

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

Market Group: Announcement of Shortlist of Tenderers to Construct European DataWarehouse

LONDON, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --     The Market Group is pleased to announce today the
six finalists that have been invited to participate in the next stage of the
tender process to select the European DataWarehouse's (ED) constructor. The
Request for Proposals (RfP) process will continue for about one month from
its issuance. Following a review of the responses received to the RfP, the
successful tenderer will enter into a contract to construct ED. The names of
the four institutions and two consortia that have been invited to participate
in the RfP process are as follows:

    1) Bank of New York Mellon;

    2) Experian;

    3) Sapient;

    4) Thomson Reuters;

    5) Bloomberg consortium comprising: Trepp, Markit, Intex, CoreLogic
Solutions and Lewtan Technologies;

    6) Moody's consortium comprising: PECDC and OSIS.

    Following the RfP, a winner will be selected to start building ED over
the next few months. ED will be fully operational by the first half of 2012
to provide, among other things, verification services to originators for
compliance with the European Central Bank (the ECB) loan-level reporting
templates.

    Notes to editors:

    In December 2010, the Governing Council of the ECB announced its
intention to establish loan-by-loan data requirements for asset-backed
securities (ABSs) in the Eurosystem collateral framework, with the aim of
improving transparency and helping to restore investor confidence in the
European securitisation markets.

    To make this happen, the ECB is encouraging the creation of a
groundbreaking ED for the processing, verification and transmission of
loan-level data. In April 2011, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet invited
market participants to lend their support to this innovative project.

    Once constructed, ED will ensure that loan-level data is made available
to market participants to increase transparency in relation to, and
facilitate the risk assessment of, existing and future ABS transactions.
Processes and software systems will be put in place that allow ABS
originators to submit loan-level data to ED electronically, and the
loan-level data will be checked for compliance with the specific ECB
reporting templates as well as for consistency and timeliness.

    An independent group of market participants called the "Market Group" is
currently overseeing a tender process to select a company to build ED. As
part of the selection process, a Request for Information was issued this
April to which more than fifty companies responded.

   
    For further information please contact:

    The Market Group
    Paul D Burdell (CEO of Link Financial, Secretary of the Market Group)
    t: +44(0)207-793-2650
    paulburdell@themarketgroup.eu

    MHP Communications
    Andrew Jaques
    Ian Payne
    t: +44(0)203-128-8100

Source: Market Group

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Order & Chaos Online Has Generated $1 Million in Revenue 20 Days After its Release on the App Store

The First Update for the Game is Scheduled for June

PARIS, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --     After the overwhelming success of its first MMORPG on the App
Store, topping the charts in its first week, Gameloft is pleased to announce
today that Order & Chaos Online has generated $1 million in revenue 20 days
after being released for iPhone and iPad. To ensure the level of enthusiasm
among players remains high, Gameloft plans to massively expand on the game
with the first update scheduled for this June.

    "We knew that this first real MMORPG experience for iPhone and
iPad would meet the quality standards our customers want," said Gonzague de
Vallois, senior vice-president of Publishing for Gameloft. "We are pleased to
know that our customers have embraced our innovative business model, and we
are anxious to further enrich the gaming experience with this first update,
which is eagerly anticipated by our fans."

    Notable additions in the first free update of the game will
include new quests, a dedicated chat channel for each language as well as a
server migration service. Future updates currently in development, including
new dungeons and PvP (Player vs Player) arenas allowing players to battle
against each other in a dedicated area, will be added to enhance the game.
Regular updates will ensure that this ambitious title becomes the benchmark
MMORPG for smartphones and tablets.

    Order & Chaos Online is available for $6.99, which includes a
three-month subscription. After three months, players can renew their
subscription for $0.99 for one month, $1.99 for three months or $2.99 for six
months.

    About Gameloft

    A leading global publisher of digital and social games,
Gameloft(R) has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field
since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, including
mobile phones, smartphones and tablets (including Apple(R) iOS and Android(R)
devices), set top box, connected TVs and consoles. Gameloft partners with
leading international brands such as UNO(R), Spider-Man(R), James Cameron's
Avatar(TM), Ferrari(R) and Sonic Unleashed(R). Gameloft also operates its own
established franchises, such as Real Football, Asphalt(TM), Modern Combat 2:
Black Pegasus and N.O.V.A Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance(R). Gameloft is
present in all continents, distributes its games in 100 countries and employs
over 4,000 developers.

    Gameloft is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN:
FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA).

    For more information, please visit http://www.gameloft.com

Source: Gameloft

Gameloft Contact: Aude Fouquier, Corporate Communications Director, Tel +33-1-58-16-20-40, Mail: aude.fouquier@gameloft.com

Funtalk China Holdings Limited Enters Into Definitive Agreement With Fortress Group Limited and Fortress Merger Sub Limited for Going Private Transaction

HONG KONG, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Funtalk China Holdings Limited (the "Company" or "Funtalk") (Nasdaq: FTLK), a leading China-based retailer and wholesale distributor of wireless communications devices, accessories and content, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Fortress Group Limited ("Parent") and Fortress Merger Sub Limited ("Merger Sub") pursuant to which Parent will acquire Funtalk for US$7.20 per share (the "Transaction").  The Transaction values Funtalk's equity at approximately US$443 million on a fully diluted basis, and represents a 35.9% premium over the Company's 30 trading day average price as quoted by NASDAQ on March 24, 2011, the last trading day prior to the Company's announcement on March 25, 2011 that it had received a "going private" proposal.

Parent is a newly-formed entity jointly owned by ARCH Digital Holdings Ltd. ("ARCH"), Capital Ally Investments Limited ("Capital Ally"), GM Investment Company Limited ("GM"), Sinowill Holdings Limited ("Sinowill"), which is controlled by the chairman of the board of directors of the Company, Mr. Kuo Zhang, Huge Harvest Enterprises Limited ("Harvest"), which is wholly owned and controlled by the chief executive officer of the Company, Mr. Dongping Fei, Kingstate Group Limited ("Kingstate"), which is wholly owned and controlled by Mr. Hengyang Zhou, executive president of Beijing Funtalk Century Technology Group Company Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Trend Focus Limited, which is wholly owned and controlled by Mr. Francis Kwok Cheong Wan, senior vice president of corporate investor relations of the Company ("Trend Focus", together with ARCH, Capital Ally, GM, Sinowill, Harvest and Kingstate, the "Consortium Members" or the "Consortium").  Merger Sub is a newly-formed exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.  The Consortium Members currently own, in the aggregate, 46,458,314 ordinary shares, or approximately 77.09% of the outstanding shares of the Company (excluding outstanding warrants and options of the Company).

In connection with the Transaction, PAG Asia Capital ("PAGAC"), Parent and the Consortium Members have entered into a subscription agreement pursuant to which PAGAC has agreed to subscribe for equity-linked securities of Parent, subject to certain conditions, the proceeds of which shall be used in part to provide financing for the Transaction.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will be the surviving entity in the Transaction as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.  In the Transaction, each ordinary share of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Transaction will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive US$7.20 per share in cash without interest, except for the ordinary shares beneficially owned by Parent, Merger Sub, the Consortium Members and any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company which will be cancelled without receiving any consideration.

The Company's Board of Directors, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the Independent Committee formed by the Board of Directors, approved the definitive agreement and resolved to recommend that the Company's shareholders vote to approve the definitive agreement. The Independent Committee, which is composed solely of directors unrelated to any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Consortium Members or any of the management members of the Company, negotiated the terms of the definitive agreement with the assistance of its financial and legal advisors.

The Transaction, which is currently expected to close before the end of the third quarter 2011, is subject to the approval of the definitive agreement by an affirmative vote of shareholders representing two-thirds or more of the shares present and voting in person or by proxy at a meeting of the Company's shareholders which will be convened to consider the approval of the definitive agreement, as well as certain other customary closing conditions.  If completed, the Transaction will result in the Company becoming a privately-held company and its ordinary shares will no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is serving as financial advisor to the Independent Committee. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as U.S. legal advisor to the Independent Committee, and Maples and Calder is serving as Cayman Islands legal advisor to the Independent Committee. Latham & Watkins LLP is serving as U.S. legal advisor to the Company.  Shearman & Sterling LLP is serving as U.S. legal advisor to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited is serving as financial advisor to the Consortium.  Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is serving as U.S. legal advisor to the Consortium, and Conyers Dill & Pearman is serving as Cayman Islands legal advisor to the Consortium. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is serving as U.S. legal advisor to Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is serving as U.S. legal advisor to PAGAC.

Additional Information about the Transaction

The Company will furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a report on Form 6-K regarding the transaction, which will include the definitive agreement related to the Transaction and related documents. All parties desiring details regarding the transaction are urged to review these documents, which are available at the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov).

In connection with the proposed Transaction, the Company will prepare and mail a proxy statement to its shareholders. In addition, certain participants in the proposed transaction will prepare and mail to the Company's shareholders a Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement. These documents will be filed with or furnished to the SEC. INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY THESE MATERIALS AND OTHER MATERIALS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS. In addition to receiving the proxy statement and Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement by mail, shareholders also will be able to obtain these documents, as well as other filings containing information about the Company, the proposed Transaction and related matters, without charge, from the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov) or at the SEC's public reference room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. In addition, these documents can be obtained, without charge, by contacting the Company at the following address and/or phone number:

Funtalk China Holdings Limited
21/F, Block D The Place Tower
No. 9 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China 100020
Tel: +86-10-5709-1100

The Company and certain of its directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from our shareholders with respect to the proposed Transaction. Information regarding the persons who may be considered "participants" in the solicitation of proxies will be set forth in the proxy statement and Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement relating to the proposed Transaction when it is filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants will be included in the proxy statement and Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement and the other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available.

This announcement is neither a solicitation of proxy, an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities and it is not a substitute for any proxy statement or other filings that may be made with the SEC should the proposed Transaction proceed.

About Funtalk China Holdings Ltd.

The Company is a retailer and distributor of wireless communications devices, accessories and content in 30 provinces in China. The Company has branch offices and regional distribution centers, operates a chain of mobile phone retail stores and has an internet retailing platform.

Safe Harbor and Informational Statement

This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. The Company may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements, and investors should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements made by the parties as a result of a number of factors, some of which may be beyond the Company's control. These factors include the risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Further, the forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, collaborations, dividends or investments made by the Company or other parties. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

    For more information, please contact:

    ICR, Inc.
    Bill Zima
    Tel: +86-10-6583-7511
    Or: +1-203-682-8233
    Email: bill.zima@icrinc.com

    Funtalk China Holdings Ltd. (China)
    Riva Zhang
    Investor Relations Manager
    Tel: +86-10-5709-1192
    Email: ir@funtalk.cn

SOURCE  Funtalk China Holdings Limited

Funtalk China Holdings Limited

Adknowledge Launches Integrated Affiliate Portal

New campaign management system provides integration of CPC and CPA campaigns, offering greater choices and pricing options for affiliate partners

NEW YORK, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Adknowledge, the leading long tail marketplace, announced the launch by its Affiliate Division of a new campaign management system with a combined cost-per-action (CPA) and cost-per-click (CPC) interface that offers affiliates increased flexibility and revenue potential. This interface is the culmination of two successful legacy platforms - Adknowledge's AdStation, a highly targeted CPC offering, and Hydra's leading CPA network - allowing affiliates the unique capability to launch and manage campaigns from one central location.

"Adknowledge is committed to empowering affiliates to maximize revenue potential by utilizing both CPC and CPA as complementary tools," said Greg Bayer, General Manager, Adknowledge Affiliate Division. "By introducing this innovative and combined dashboard, we can offer the power of a hybrid solution with more flexibility and less complexity. Affiliates normally spread their risk over several networks but this is a labor-intensive approach. This interface brings a new level of efficiency for our affiliates - the luxury of using one system to manage two channels, with the ability to switch campaign type in real-time. Ever since Adknowledge's acquisition of Hydra, this has been our top priority to continue to improve the affiliate user experience and offer hundreds of CPC and CPA campaigns in one central location - a stand-out in affiliate networks." 

The new dashboard contains proprietary features including the ability to view campaigns by publishing channel, combined campaign search and reporting, plus a robust filter system to easily identify and launch the best performing campaigns.  Affiliates will find this tool vital in reducing their dependence on multiple networks and increasing their productivity in pursuit of campaign ROI.

In 2010, Adknowledge purchased Hydra (CPA network) cementing its position as the leading CPA-CPC partner for affiliate marketers. This combined interface is the final phase in the integration of these two networks and provides a powerful and intuitive platform to accommodate today's time-strapped affiliate marketer.  For more information, please visit http://www.adknowledge.com/publisher/affiliate.

About Adknowledge:

Adknowledge operates the 4th largest marketplace for advertisers to connect with their target audiences in hard-to-reach places on the Web with similar ROI as search. Since its founding in 2004, Adknowledge has grown organically and through acquisitions (including Miva, Super Rewards and Hydra) to become the largest privately-owned Internet advertising network. The company connects advertisers with consumers across the long tail Web via multiple channels, including mobile, email, search, domains and social networks. For more information on Adknowledge, visit http://www.adknowledge.com.

SOURCE  Adknowledge

Adknowledge

CONTACT: Sylvania Tse, CJP Communications, +1-212-279-3115 x121, stse@cjpcom.com; Claudette Archer, Director, Affiliate Marketing, Adknowledge, carcher@adknowledge.com; Eric John, VP, Marketing, Adknowledge, ejohn@adknowledge.com

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

NETGEAR Simplifies Mobile Access, Raises Performance and Takes Pricing Leadership in Consumer Storage

The ReadyNAS Ultra family now supports mobile apps for Apple iOS and Android devices, is more than 50 percent faster and costs as much as $250 less

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced three new enhancements to the ReadyNAS® Ultra family of high-performance storage systems.  First, new mobile apps connect smartphones and tablets to ReadyNAS Ultra systems. Second, new firmware increases performance by as much as 50 percent. Third, new pricing brings affordable Intel-powered platforms to home users for the first time.

Two new ReadyNAS Remote mobile apps seamlessly extend stored digital content to Apple iOS and Android mobile devices. This "private cloud" enables easy connections from mobile platforms to personal music, movies, photos and files stored at home. ReadyNAS users may download, upload, view and edit their content securely from across town or across the globe.

The new RAIDiator firmware version 4.2.17 increases high-definition (HD) video playback and transfer speeds by more than 50 percent in Intel® NAS Performance Toolkit testing.  In addition, support for the latest 3-terabyte hard drives delivers the highest possible storage capacity.

Prices have now been lowered across the product line, shattering traditional price/performance barriers. Power users can bring Intel Atom-powered storage systems into home networks at the lowest cost ever.

Glenn Palome, a ReadyNAS owner in Holiday, Fla., uses the new Android mobile app to access files stored on his ReadyNAS system from his DROID phone and XOOM tablet. "It's as easy as opening the app and signing into ReadyNAS Remote," says Palome. "I store photos, documents and videos on my ReadyNAS and they all download to my mobile devices quickly and easily."

"Consumer NAS with remote mobile client access will continue to be an important on-premise alternative to cloud services, catering to consumers who don't trust cloud services because of security issues or don't want to add another layer of management complexity," said Pushan Rinnen, Research Director in the Data Systems Group at Gartner, Inc. "Leaders in the consumer NAS market will be those who continue to add features that keep pace with changing consumer behavior."

"Global mobile application sales grew 160 percent year-over-year. NETGEAR is committed to meeting consumer demands for remote access and home media application performance." said Tiffany Pham, Product Line Manager for Consumer Storage. "Gartner recently ranked NETGEAR as the worldwide leader in sub-$5000 storage systems based on revenue(1), and the ReadyNAS Ultra Family continues to bring mobility and performance at the best price on the market."

Pricing and Availability

The new pricing for NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra and ReadyNAS Ultra Plus systems, effective immediately:

    NETGEAR
     ReadyNAS Ultra
     and Ultra Plus       2 Bay             4Bay             6Bay
    Diskless         RNDU2000 - $299  RNDU4000 - $549  RNDU6000 - $799
                     RNDP200U - $399  RNDP400U - $599  RNDP600U - $899
    2TB              RNDU2120 - $399
    4TB              RNDU2220 - $499  RNDU4220 - $749
    ---              ---------------  ---------------
                                                          RNDU6320 -
    6TB                                                      $1099
    ---                                                  -----------

The ReadyNAS Remote mobile app is available now for $2.99 in the iTunes Store and the Android Market.

More information

To learn more about NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra and ReadyNAS Ultra Plus storage, please visit http://netgear.com/landing/ultra/ultra.aspx.

To learn more about the ReadyNAS Remote app for Apple iOS, please visit http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=4401.

To learn more about the ReadyNAS Remote app for Android, please visit http://www.readynas.com/index.php?s=readynas+remote+android+app.

(1) "Market Share: Network-Attached Storage/Unified Storage, Worldwide, 2010," Gartner, Inc., March 2011

About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of Big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail proven, whole home solutions for their customers. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 28,000 retail locations around the globe, and through more than 37,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at http://twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.

©2011 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, and ReadyNAS are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning NETGEAR's business and the expected performance characteristics, specifications, reliability, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR's products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers; product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions; failure of products may under certain circumstances cause permanent loss of end user data; new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR's products; the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology; the impact and pricing of competing products; and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 35 through 51, in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 3, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2011. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030730/NETGEARLOGO)

SOURCE  NETGEAR, Inc.

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NETGEAR, Inc.

CONTACT: U.S. Media, Sean Stevens of Atomic PR, +1-415-593-1400, sean@atomicpr.com, for NETGEAR, Inc.; or NETGEAR, Inc., U.S. Sales Inquiries, +1-408-907-8000, sales@netgear.com, or U.S. Customer Inquiries, 1-888-NETGEAR

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

Guardian Analytics Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection

Evaluation based on completeness of vision and ability to execute

LOS ALTOS, Calif., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Guardian Analytics, the market leader in predictive analytics-based fraud prevention software, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Fraud Detection.(i)  In the report, Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst, Avivah Litan highlights that the Web fraud detection market grew 35 percent in 2010 as cybercrime and malware-based attacks proliferated. Banking Trojans, such as Zeus, spread across the globe, circumventing strong user authentication using a second factor, such as a dedicated one-time-password token, and succeeded in pilfering the accounts of customers -- typically belonging to small businesses -- often stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time.

"Some hackers studied user and account behavior before pouncing on their targets, and were able to evade some advanced profiling systems where models were not tuned or were out of date. They were also able to defeat most strong authentication methods," said Litan in the report. "Thus, the ability to ward off these online attacks was an important factor that went into the product rating for the vendors evaluated in this Magic Quadrant."

"Our customers say that FraudMAP has been very effective at stopping fraud, saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars, as well as reputational integrity," said Terry Austin, CEO, Guardian Analytics. "We believe the recognition as a Visionary coupled with our rapid new customer acquisition are proof that our approach is what is needed to prevent fraud in the online banking environments of today and the future. We will continue to evolve FraudMAP rapidly to help our customers stay ahead of cybercriminals and become the heroes in the war against fraud."

Guardian Analytics is one of the few vendors in the report that uses mathematically predictive behavior scoring model that is self-learning as opposed to a rules-based system to detect fraud. Its SaaS solution, FraudMAP®, protects financial institutions and their customers by identifying suspicious activities relative to normal behavior that inform the detection of account takeover and fraudulent transactions. The SaaS delivery model allows for turn-key deployments on a wide variety of online banking platforms, and requires little to no IT resources.

FraudMAP has successfully identified a wide range of manual and malware-driven attacks:

    --  Account compromise stemming from Man-in-the-Browser, malware, phishing,
        and vishing
    --  Account reconnaissance where criminals perform unusual non-transactional
        activities to steal data to commit fraud in other channels or to plan
        the optimal time to commit online fraud
    --  Fraud staging, where criminals add new users to defeat dual controls,
        add mules/payees to ACH batches, create new wire templates, or add
        payees to bill pay
    --  Fraudulent ACH, wire, bill pay, and other bank-to-bank transfers

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2011 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Guardian Analytics

Headquartered in Los Altos, Calif., Guardian Analytics is focused on the prevention of online banking fraud and committed to making advanced solutions available to institutions of all sizes. The company's risk management approach to detecting account takeover and fraudulent transactions is built on deep expertise in behavioral analytics, online banking and online fraud. National and community banks and credit unions rely on Guardian Analytics to protect individual account assets the integrity of their online channels and their brand reputations. Founded in 2005, Guardian Analytics is privately held with venture funding from Foundation Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Split Rock Partners. For more information, please visit http://www.guardiananalytics.com.

(i) Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection" by Avivah Litan, April 19, 2011

SOURCE  Guardian Analytics

Guardian Analytics

CONTACT: Shannon Hutto, Bateman Group for Guardian Analytics, +1-415-503-1818, guardian@bateman-group.com

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

PNC Makes Banking Easier With Mobile App to Deposit Checks Via iPhone

Free Mobile Deposit Option Reflects PNC's Focus on Technology and Innovation

PITTSBURGH, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), announced today a new mobile banking feature that allows customers to conveniently deposit checks using an iPhone®, iPod Touch® or iPad 2®.

"There has been unprecedented change in consumer preferences and customers' relationship with their money," said Tom Kunz, senior vice president and director of e-business and payments at PNC.  "Mobile deposit is another way that PNC makes it easier for customers to achieve their financial goals with innovative products and new technology."

Mobile deposit is now available to all consumer and small business customers of PNC Bank after its introduction to PNC Virtual Wallet® customers in April. The new mobile deposit feature arrives as more consumers are choosing online and mobile banking services over traditional options. It is estimated that 40 percent of U.S. consumers will be banking on their phones by 2012 compared to almost none just a few years ago.

PNC's mobile deposit, which can be used by any customer with access to PNC Online Banking and an eligible deposit account, allows customers to make deposits anywhere at any time. The simple three-step process takes about 90 seconds. The customer first selects the deposit account and the amount, photographs the front of the check and then the back. Mobile deposits made before 8:00 p.m. are typically available the next business day.

Mobile deposit is PNC's most recent example of innovation. In 2006, PNC introduced remote deposit for business customers. Virtual Wallet was launched along with mobile banking in 2008, followed by Virtual Wallet Student® and a new iPhone app in 2009. In 2010, PNC added new features to Virtual Wallet that help customers save more, manage spending and avoid mistakes.

To view or download broadcast quality video and images related to this announcement, visit http://pnc.thedigitalcenter.com.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (http://www.pnc.com) is one of the nation's largest diversified financial services organizations providing retail and business banking; residential mortgage banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. Follow @PNCNews on Twitter for breaking news, updates and announcements from PNC.

iPhone®, iPod® and iPad® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

CONTACT:

Tim Rice
(412) 762-8033
timothy.rice@pnc.com

SOURCE  PNC Bank

PNC Bank

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

mophie Announces workbook for iPad 2

Smart Case with Interchangeable Color Straps Delivers Protection and Style

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- mophie(TM) today announced the availability of its new workbook iPad 2 portfolio case designed to provide protection and an improved user experience for the iPad 2. The light-weight adjustable case doubles as a stand, allowing infinite angles for viewing, typing and browsing, and features a magnetic integration that wakes and puts the iPad 2 to sleep upon opening and closing.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110531/AQ10885)

The workbook is as versatile in fashion as it is in function, adding an element of style with interchangeable elastic straps in complementary color combinations. The folio cases are now available in black and white and come with four mix-and-match closure straps in colors including magenta, yellow, cyan, purple, grey and black. Cases in gray, chocolate and purple are planned for release in the coming weeks, giving iPad 2 owners lots of options for protecting their device while also reflecting their personal style.

"mophie is driven to create products that are super functional without sacrificing style and design," said Ross Howe, senior director of product marketing. "Creating the new workbook was a great opportunity for us to have some fun with fashion elements and color combinations while also delivering the real protection, portability and enhanced function iPad 2 users want."

Black and white workbook folios with interchangeable straps are available now for $49.95 at mophie.com. Key features and benefits of the workbook include:

    --  Infinite Viewing--The design and flexibility allows the case to act as a
        stand for the iPad 2, delivering an infinite number of viewing and
        on-screen typing angles to enhance functionality and increase
        productivity
    --  Magnetic Closure - Wake your iPad 2 by opening the case; put it to sleep
        by closing
    --  Multiple Color Combinations--Cases in black and white now available with
        gray, chocolate and purple coming soon
    --  Mix-and-Match Straps - Interchangeable elastic straps provide a secure
        closure that caters to everyday style changes. Black cases ship with
        cyan, magenta, yellow and black straps, and white cases pair with cyan,
        magenta, grey and purple.
    --  Tough Exterior, Plush Interior--The durable animal friendly exterior is
        easy to clean, yet fully protects the device from damages. The soft
        interior fabric ensures the iPad 2 is cradled snugly inside
    --  Pass-Through Design--Enables full access to all ports and controls
        allowing users to simultaneously charge and sync the device without
        having to remove it from the workbook

For additional information regarding the mophie suite of products, please visit http://www.mophie.com.

About mophie

mophie is a California-based, award-winning designer and manufacturer of mobile intelligent devices and accessories. It is widely recognized and highly acclaimed for its creative designs and innovative solutions. mophie is the proud developer of the juice pack, the first "Works With iPhone" portable battery solution certified by Apple Inc. All of mophie's products are developed to address real consumer and business needs and are seamless integrations of industrial, electronic, software and artistic designs. Its products are available in Apple stores, AT&T stores, Best Buy stores and on http://www.mophie.com and http://www.amazon.com. Follow mophie on Twitter at twitter.com/mophie or on Facebook at facebook.com/mophielovesyou

SOURCE  mophie

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110531/AQ10885
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
mophie

CONTACT: Formula PR for mophie, +1-619-234-0345, mophie@formulapr.com

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

Barneys New York Launches International Shipping to 90 Countries on E-Commerce Site Barneys.com

NEW YORK, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, announced today that its e-commerce website, Barneys.com (http://www.Barneys.com), has introduced international shipping to 90 countries including Canada, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia, and China.

International customers of Barneys will enjoy the same full-service online shopping experience currently available to domestic customers, but will be able to make payments in their preferred currency with cost-effective international shipping and handling services.  By going global, Barneys is able to offer its carefully edited assortment of products to those outside of the existing US e-commerce market.

"Barneys has always been a destination for International tourists and it is a natural step to offer our web services to the rest of the world.  Barneys has incredible global brand recognition, but we could only service here in the US.   International shipping has fundamentally changed that reach," says Daniella Vitale, Chief Merchant and Executive Vice-President of Barneys New York.

Barneys has partnered with FiftyOne Global Ecommerce, the recognized market leader in international e-commerce, to provide exceptional service and convenience for its customers around the world. FiftyOne allows US retailers to transact with customers in over 90 countries worldwide, making it the most comprehensive global e-commerce offering available in the marketplace today.

Launched in 2005, Barneys.com translates the upscale environment and curated assortment of the flagship stores into the digital realm.  Barneys.com provides a feature-rich, sophisticated environment and an engaging online shopping experience to further strengthen the brand's relationship with its clients around the world. Barneys also operates a fully transactional mobile version of its site along with The Window, a luxury content site that offers an insider view to designers, fashion, events, and the Barneys team.

To learn more about international shipping, including a complete list of countries as well as logistical information, please visit http://www.Barneys.com.

About Barneys New York

Barneys New York is a luxury specialty retailer with flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale. Founded as a men's retailer in 1923 in downtown Manhattan it turned into an international arbiter of high style for both women and men in the 1970s and became renowned for discovering and developing new and innovative design talent. Barneys is famous for selling the most intriguing edit from the world's top designers including women's and men's ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and gifts for the home. Barneys' signature sense of humor and style is manifested in its creative advertising campaigns, original holiday themes, and celebrated window displays. Barneys' innovative and CO-OP, a mecca for young and emerging designers, was launched in 1985 and has since expanded into a freestanding store concept. Barneys operates more than a dozen CO-OP stores in eight states across the U.S. For more information about Barneys New York please visit http://www.Barneys.com.

    Barneys New York
    International Shipping

    ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
    ARGENTINA
    AUSTRALIA
    AUSTRIA
    BAHRAIN
    BANGLADESH
    BARBADOS
     BELGIUM
    BELIZE
    BOLIVIA
    BRAZIL
    BRUNEI
    BULGARIA
    CAMBODIA
    CANADA
    CHILE
    CHINA
    COLOMBIA
    COSTA RICA
    CYPRUS
    CZECH REPUBLIC
    DENMARK
    DOMINICA
    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    ECUADOR
    EGYPT
    EL SALVADOR
    ESTONIA
    FINLAND
    FRANCE
    GERMANY
    GREECE
    GRENADA
    GUATEMALA
    HAITI
    HONDURAS
    HONG KONG
    HUNGARY
    INDIA
    INDONESIA
    IRELAND
    ISRAEL
    ITALY
    JAMAICA
    JORDAN
    KUWAIT
    LATVIA
    LIECHTENSTEIN
     LITHUANIA
    LUXEMBOURG
    MACAU
    MALDIVES
    MALTA
    MEXICO
    MONACO
    MOROCCO
    NEPAL
    NETHERLANDS
    NEW ZEALAND
    NICARAGUA
    NORWAY
    OMAN
    PAKISTAN
    PANAMA
    PARAGUAY
    PERU
    PHILIPPINES
    POLAND
    PORTUGAL
    QATAR
    ROMANIA
    SAUDI ARABIA
    SINGAPORE
    SLOVAKIA
     SLOVENIA
    SOUTH AFRICA
    SOUTH KOREA
    SPAIN
    SRI LANKA
    SURINAME
    SWEDEN
    SWITZERLAND
    TAIWAN
    THAILAND
    TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
    TURKEY
    UKRAINE
    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    UNITED KINGDOM
     VIETNAM

SOURCE  Barneys New York

Barneys New York

CONTACT: Marisa Pucci, +1-212-450-8696, mpucci@barneys.com

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

Zinio Puts Thousands of Magazine Titles in Android Market for Tablet Devices

24 Top Magazines Given Free to All Android Users Who Download Zinio before June 15

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --Zinio, the world's largest newsstand, announced today that its market-leading digital magazine experience is now available on Android 3.0 tablets. Thousands of magazines that satisfy every passion and hobby, from Road & Track and Rolling Stone to Robb Report, ELLE and BlackBook, are now available to Android users on the Zinio app in Google's Android Market. Whether they are at home on their PCs and Macs, or on the road with their Apple or Android tablets and select smartphones, magazine lovers get the most from their magazines with Zinio.

At launch, more than 20,000 magazines will be available through Zinio on Android devices spanning select 2.2, 2.3 and all 3.0 Honeycomb versions, including Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad, Acer Iconia Tab a500, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and more.  All Android users who download Zinio before June 15 will automatically be given - for free - 24 of the latest issues of top magazines across all major genres, including Cosmopolitan,ESPN The Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Men's Fitness, O, The Oprah MagazineandUs Weekly.

Unlike digital magazine options that require a different app for every title, or that are only available on one operating system, Zinio users get to keep all of their current and archived issues in one application, across multiple devices.

"Zinio offers the greatest breadth for magazines today, both in terms of device and platform availability and sheer number of titles globally," said Rich Maggiotto, Zinio president and CEO. "We continue to deliver new features and platform availability that allows our users to enjoy their favorite magazines in the most compelling way. In the coming month, we will also be adding other operating systems to the mix to allow Zinio users access to their magazines from all of their devices, as well as introducing new ways to explore and enjoy digital content," continued Maggiotto.

Android users who download Zinio will also be able to explore the interactive features in Marie Claire and Seventeen soon after launch, with other interactive titles, including Harper's Bazaar, Harvard Business Reviewand Zinio's sister company's exclusively digital title VIVmag, available in the coming months. These titles leverage Zinio's interactive capabilities to provide an enhanced reading experience including embedded video, dynamic ads, social connections and search.

Free Magazines upon Download, through June 15: AFAR, BlackBook, Cosmopolitan, ELLE DECOR, ELLE, ESPN The Magazine, Esquire, Food Network Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Harvard Business Review, Home Theater, Juxtapoz, Marie Claire, Men's Fitness, Men's Journal, Motor Trend, O, The Oprah Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, Popular Mechanics, Road & Track, Robb Report, Rolling Stone, Seventeen and Us Weekly.

Android Device Availability:

    --  Android 3.0 Honeycomb Devices supported: Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad,
        Acer Iconia Tab a500, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
    --  Android Preload Devices (Android 2.2, 2.3, 3.0): Samsung Galaxy Tab,
        Samsung Galaxy S II, Dell Streak, Motorola Atrix, T-Mobile G2x, T-Mobile
        G-Slate

About Zinio

Zinio is where the world reads, interacts with and explores the largest selection of magazines across the most popular reading devices. No other platform provides global access to more than 4,200 magazine titles covering every major genre, industry, specialty and hobby. Zinio users currently download millions of magazine issues a month in 33 languages and 19 currencies - from every major global publisher. The company is focused on creating an intuitive and effortless reading experience that transforms how we read, from passive to active, from solo to social. With Zinio, readers can easily search for what they are passionate about, share with friends, save and curate content, shop for products and house and store all of their favorite magazines in their Zinio applications.

Founded in 2001 and privately held, Zinio is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona and Taipei.  For more information, please visit http://www.zinio.com, or follow us on Twitter at @Zinio.

SOURCE  Zinio

Zinio

CONTACT: Molly Mulloy, +1-415-248-6335, molly.mulloy@zenogroup.com, or  Nick Mendoza, +1-310-566-3984, nick.mendoza@zenogroup.com, both of Zeno Group for Zinio

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

Servio Announces ServioMedia SEO Content Solutions

SEO Writing Clients Include Target and Healthline

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Servio announced today that it has launched ServioMedia, a new Servio solution that will provide industrial-strength content engineering through an online workforce of more than 90,000 credentialed, quality-controlled workers. ServioMedia offers publishers and e-retailers the ability to create high quality SEO writing and video at scale without the need to recruit, hire, train, and manage in-house teams. ServioMedia clients include Target and Healthline.

"With the recent changes in Google's search algorithms, high quality SEO content has become more important than ever," said Servio CEO, Alex Edelstein. "We are the only company offering not just SEO writing, but a complete range of industrial-strength content engineering services from keyword research to translation. Clients like Target and Healthline have chosen to work with us because Servio is the only company able to offer a full complement of SEO content services at the scale, quality, and price they need."

Servio is writing tens of thousands of unique product descriptions for Target to help them rank higher in search results, and convert more sales on site. Servio's workforce of more than 90,000 researchers, writers, and editors ensure that work is done quickly and accurately--while maintaining the tone and style that Target requires.

Healthline, a leading online publisher of health related content, relies on Servio to craft thousands of high quality keyword-optimized health articles. Separate groups of Servio workers research, write, and edit each article and Servio then employs expert review by an online team of registered nurses to ensure that the content is accurate. Writers can consistently earn $20 or more an hour, and RNs have earned as much as $300 in an hour.

About Servio

Servio (formerly CloudCrowd) provides industrial-strength content, SEO and data solutions for customers including Target, eBay, and Healthline.

Servio is powered by the CloudCrowd workspace platform, its proprietary global workforce of more than 90,000 workers. The CloudCrowd platform is the most advanced work and SEO environment on the web, providing rich workflow and powerful innate quality-control.

Popular applications of Servio services include:

    --  Retail Product Description: Servio writes thousands of unique, engaging
        product descriptions each week for Target and other customers.
    --  Press Release and Resume Services: Servio provides industrial-strength
        creation services to companies in the marketing and hiring industries
        who wish to offer press release and resume services to their customers.
    --  Search Engine Optimization: Servio's massive workforce enables a
        highly-distributed application of high-quality, "white hat" optimization
        practices.
    --  Article & Blog Creation: Servio provides consistent, scalable creation
        of content, including blog subscriptions that generate a powerful flow
        of useful, topical, fresh material.
    --  Video Creation: Servio's VidPost(TM) technology is the lowest cost
        solution for the rapid creation of large quantities of topical, targeted
        video content.
    --  Translation and Editing: Servio provides industry leading economies and
        production throughput for its translation and editing customers.

The company's patent-pending technology allows Servio to guarantee 24 hour turnaround across all of its services while charging disruptively low prices.

Operating since 2009, Servio has processed more than 3 million paid tasks. The company is one of the largest editorial service and writing services in the world, providing access to more than 1000 active, credentialed word technicians.

The company was founded in 2009 by Jordan Ritter, who co-founded Napster, and Cloudmark (two of the most scalable web applications ever built) and Alex Edelstein, who played seminal roles in the development of modern email systems (at Microsoft), web browsers (at Netscape) and search engines (at Inktomi).

Media Contact:Mark ChatowVP MarketingServio625 Second Street, Suite 250San Francisco, CA 94107415-512-1590media(at)serv(dot)iohttp://www.serv.io

SOURCE  Servio

Servio

Web Site: http://www.serv.io

THine Adopts Scalado's IP to its ISP for Smart Phones

TOKYO and LUND, Sweden, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --     THine Electronics, Inc. (JASDAQ: 6769, "THine"), the global leader in
high-speed interface and provider of mixed-signal LSI for flat panel displays
and mobile phones, and Scalado, the leader in imaging software solutions,
have announced today that THine adopts Scalado's IP to its image signal
processors (ISP) for smart phones.

    THine has started its ISP business since it completed an M&A deal in
January 2009 and launched the world-highest throughput ISP product for
13-mega-pixel digital still cameras of mobile phones as well as an
8-mega-pixel product. THine plans to develop new products with larger pixels,
higher throughput, and flexible functions for smart phone markets. Such new
products will have better noise reduction performance in movies, higher
sensitivity, and anti-shaking functions with higher speed as well as more
flexible options for additional functions in mobile handsets. THine will
achieve both of faster image signal processing and flexibility in consuming
captured images, using Scalado's SpeedTagsTM.

    After processing image signal captured by CMOS sensors, THine's ISP
generally transmits pixel data with encoding JPEG. Application processors can
reduce required memory capacities for data by enabling random access in JPEG
data, enabling high-speed consumption by combination of THine's high
throughput ISP and Scalado's SpeedTagsTM.

    "Since THine's ISP technology has the world-highest-level throughput,
THine can bring out Scalado's advantages in high-speed random access in JPEG
data and offer new value for mobile systems," said Mr. Masahiro Kato, COO and
Managing Director of THine. "THine plans to deliver its new products to
global customers widely."

    "It is of big value that THine, having great reputation in Asian markets,
selects Scalado's IP," said Mr. Fadi Abbas, Chief Marketing Officer/VP
BizDev, Co-Founder of Scalado. "Therefore, I expect that synergetic value
based on both companies' collaborative advantages will expand to smart phone
markets widely."

    About Scalado AB

    Launched in 2000, Scalado is a world leader in the mobile imaging
industry, thanks to a long history of developing innovative
platform-independent imaging solutions. Based on Scalado's unique Random
Access JPEG and more than 50 patent and patent pending technologies, these
innovations are currently being used by the world's leading global telecom
and platform players in over 800M devices to date, a figure that is rapidly
growing towards 1 billion devices. For more information, please visit
http://www.scalado.com.

    About THine Electronics, Inc.

    THine Electronics, listed on JASDAQ, is a fabless maker of innovative
mixed signal LSIs, such as V-by-One(R)HS, CalDriCon(R), LVDS, timing
controller, ADC, image signal processor, and power management, targeting its
strategic markets in high resolution DTV, tablet PCs, mobile phones, etc. For
more information, please visit http://www.thine.co.jp.

    TRADEMARKS

    All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

    Media Contacts:

    Yasuhiro Takada THine Electronics, +81(3)6860-0666, ir@thine.co.jp

    Fadi Abbas Scalado AB, +46733118222, fadi@scalado.com

Source: Scalado AB and THine

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Atmel ARM9-based Products Support Android OS

Atmel demonstrates Android compatibility on 400 MHz ARM926-based microcontrollers for consumer, industrial, computing and medical applications

TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Computex --  Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that the Atmel SAM9G45 and SAM9M10 ARM®-based products will support the Android(TM) operating system (OS) for applications in consumer, industrial and computing markets. Based on the 32-bit ARM926 processor, Atmel SAM9G45 and SAM9M10's ARM9(TM)-based microcontrollers are now compatible with Android, with full board support package (BSP) for the Android OS using SAM9M10-G45-EK boards.

Android is becoming an OS of choice with embedded developers not only in handsets and tablets but in a variety of applications in vertical markets, including household appliances, industrial equipment monitors and medical devices. It offers several benefits for embedded developers over traditional Linux® distributions, and is considered as an "out-of-the-box" Linux solution. It is a complete package built on top of the Linux kernel with libraries for audio and graphics, application framework, and browser and multimedia applications. With Atmel's new ready-to-use BSP for SAM9 devices, designers can now run Android on an Atmel ARM9 processor to save overall system costs and hours of coding time on the Android platform.

Atmel is collaborating closely with companies such as Mentor Graphics® (NASDAQ: MENT) to provide designers with the option to use a ready-to-use UI GUI (user interface graphical user interface) for their embedded applications in vertical markets. Phil Burr, director of UI product marketing, Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division said, "We are excited that the Atmel SAM9 class of devices will fully support the Android OS for consumer and industrial applications. We are working closely with Atmel to ensure embedded developers can quickly pull up our Inflexion UI tool to create rich UIs and get the most out of their hardware design using the easy-to-use, drag-and-drop Inflexion UI tool." Customers can also get additional support and customization services from third parties and the Android community.

The Atmel Android port is based on version 2.1 and supports a camera interface, hardware video decoding (for the SAM9M10 only), software decoding, Web browsing via an Ethernet cable or a WiFi SDIO dongle from Atmel partner H&D Wireless.

"Atmel is committed to bringing easy-to-use solutions for its ARM-based embedded developers to design applications in consumer and vertical markets," said Jacko Wilbrink, product marketing director, Atmel Corporation. "The support of Android OS on Atmel's ARM9-based products is proof of our commitment to listen to our customers and address their requirements. We will continue to provide our customers with tools and support that can help them save overall system costs and bring their products faster to market."

About Atmel SAM9M10 and SAM9G45 Microcontrollers

Atmel SAM9M10 and SAM9G45 microcontrollers include a 400 MHz ARM926-based microprocessor that integrates twin parallel external bus interfaces (EBI) to support dual data rate DRAM (DDR2) at 133 MHz. It also integrates high-speed (480 Mbps) USB Host and device ports with on-chip transceivers, Ethernet MAC, two interfaces for MMC 4.3 and SDIO/SD Card 2.0, as well as an LCD controller with touch screen support, and CMOS camera and audio interfaces. The SAM9M10 decodes video streams up to D1 (720 x 576 pixels) or WVGA (800 x 480) at 30 frames per second (fps). It is pin-to-pin compatible with the SAM9G45, and extends Atmel's ARM9(TM) offering at the top.

The multi-layer bus architecture for both devices are associated with 35 DMA channels, 64KB of SRAM that can be configured as TCM, and dual bus interface that sustains the high bandwidth required by the processor and its high-speed peripherals. The I/Os support 3.3V. Both devices are available in a BGA324 package with 0.8mm ball pitch.

More Information

More information on Atmel ARM-based products is available at: http://www.atmel.com/products/at91/default.asp?family_id=605&pr_arm-android

About Atmel
Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets.

© 2011 Atmel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Atmel®, Atmel logo and combinations thereof and others are registered trademarks or trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be trademarks of others.

Press Contact:
Agnes Toan, PR Manager
Tel: (+1) 408-487-2963, Email: agnes.toan@atmel.com

SOURCE  Atmel Corporation

Atmel Corporation

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

Leading Chinese Car Makers Display Qi Wireless Charging at Shanghai Auto Show

LONDON, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    - Demonstration of Qi Universal Wireless Chargers Shows Continued
Momentum for Global Wireless Charging Standard

    The Wireless Power Consortium ("WPC") today announced that leading
Chinese automobile manufacturers Geely, Chery, Changan and Dongfeng exhibited
cars featuring its universal wireless charging standard Qi at the April 2011
Shanghai Auto Show. This is the first time that embedded Qi wireless chargers
have been exhibited at a major auto show in concept vehicles, marking a key
milestone for universal wireless charging technology.

    As the world's first low-power wireless charging standard, Qi brings
simplicity, convenience and flexibility to consumers because it ensures
interoperability between any Qi-enabled device and any Qi charger, regardless
of brand or manufacturer.

    "Integrating Qi into automobiles makes charging devices easy for
consumers and eliminates cord clutter for drivers. We are delighted to see
the automotive industry demonstrating Qi," said WPC Chairman Menno Treffers,
"This is further evidence that manufacturers and consumers are demanding a
universal standard for wireless charging."

    Each manufacturer demonstrated a different application of Qi wireless
charging technology in their respective concept cars. Charging stations were
seen in center consoles, armrests and on the dashboards of the cars on
display. Each charging station could be used to charge one device.

    The wireless chargers were seamlessly blended into each car's interior,
complimenting the overall aesthetic design. The auto makers also used a
variety of materials beneath the charging surface including cloth, artificial
leather and plastics.

    Qi wireless chargers featured prominently in the following models: Geely
EC-8, Chery Riich G6, Changan CX30 and Dongfeng's electric concept cars. The
manufacturers demonstrated wireless charging with both Philips Qi phones and
an Apple iPhone 3 enabled by an Energizer Inductive Charging Sleeve. The
embedded Qi charging technology was provided by Leggett & Platt.

    Images available on request, please contact andy.sephton@text100.co.uk:

    Figure 1: WPC's Qi wireless charging technology displayed in the center
armrest of Changan's CX30 at the Shanghai Auto Show

    Figure 2: WPC's Qi wireless charging technology displayed in the center
armrest of Chery's Riich G6 at the Shanghai Auto Show

    More information about the Consortium and Qi is available at
http://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com.

    About Qi and the Wireless Power Consortium

    Established 17 December 2008, the Wireless Power Consortium's mission is
to establish "Qi" as the global standard for wireless powering of
rechargeable electronic products. The 84 members of the Wireless Power
Consortium include industry leaders in mobile phones, consumer electronics,
batteries, semiconductors, components, wireless power technology and
infrastructure such as wireless operators, furniture and automotive parts
companies, electronics, batteries, semiconductors, components and wireless
power technology.

    http://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/about/our-members.html

   
    Media Contact

    For inquiries, please contact:
    Andy Sephton
    Text 100 Public Relations
    Phone: +44(0)208-846-0743
    Email: andy.sephton@text100.co.uk

Source: The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC)

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Barbados Launches Its Own OTA

MIAMI, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association (BHTA) has signed an agreement with Regatta Travel Solutions to launch BookBarbadosNow.com.  The site aims to become the primary resource for information and reservations for hotels and activities in the destination of Barbados.  Regatta recently announced the official release of its private label OTA Software (Online Travel Agency) and the signing of its first agreement with Puerto Rico.  Now Regatta will also work hand in hand with Barbados to attract more travelers to the destination while reducing the cost of each booking to suppliers.

"It is so exciting to have a high profile destination like Barbados embrace Regatta," said Ashwin Kamlani, President of Regatta Travel Solutions.  "This is going to change everything about the power that DMOs have to impact the tourism and local economies within their destination."

"We evaluated several companies for this project," said Sue Springer, Executive Vice President of BHTA.  "But Regatta is the only system that is specifically designed to handle everything we were looking for.  The combination of the advanced technology and the marketing knowledge that they bring to the table is very attractive to us."

The initial phase of http://www.BookBarbadosNow.com is live and has already generated bookings for the destination.

About the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association

The Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association was established in 1952.  Their mission is "Bringing people, research knowledge and technology together to resolve challenges of business and to stage a world class experience and performance."  Visit bhta.org for more details.

About Regatta Travel Solutions Inc.

Founded by Ashwin Kamlani, Regatta Travel Solutions provides specialized online booking technology and marketing tactics for DMOs (Destination Marketing Organizations).  DMOs that use Regatta to book travel on their sites can increase demand for their destination, lower the cost paid by suppliers per booking, and increase membership and participation for their organizations. Visit http://www.hotelinternethelp.com for more details.

SOURCE  Regatta Travel Solutions

Regatta Travel Solutions

CONTACT: Arancha Santos, Public Relations, Regatta Travel Solutions, +1-786-447-1895, PR@RegattaTravelSolutions.com

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

blinkx Unveils Chic Fashion Clips From FashionTV, CHIC.TV and VIDCAT

From the top designers to the best ready-to-wear trends, hundreds of fashion-forward videos are now available on http://www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced partnerships with FashionTV, CHIC.TV and VIDCAT to offer fashion, beauty and celebrity-style enthusiasts access to the best in fashion advice, news and trends. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising against the videos and share resulting advertising revenue with the partners.

From D.I.Y. fashion and haute couture, to celebrity style and beauty trends, fashionistas everywhere can find and watch the best fashion videos at http://www.blinkx.com. FashionTV provides an exclusive worldwide overview of fashion, beauty, lifestyle and luxury, showcasing the best shows from the main fashion capitals of the world, top designer's shows, top models, Hollywood stars on the red carpet, parties and fashionable events from around the world. CHIC.TV is a fashion and lifestyle video magazine that is at the forefront of established and emerging trendsetters. VIDCAT specializes in fashion and beauty and its video archives include fashion runway shows (1980s-present), backstage footage, designer interviews and vintage fashion newsreels from the 1950s-60s.

"Fashion videos are very popular on blinkx because fashion enthusiasts not only strive to stay up-to-date on upcoming trends, but also want to remember vintage styles from recent history," said Julia Blystone, chief marketing officer, blinkx. "We are thrilled to provide our users with such a comprehensive collection of high-quality fashion TV."

"FashionTV entertains and inspires its trendy and fashion-forward audience with the latest news from major fashion shows, designer events and so much more," said Olga Chepurko, Business Development, FashionTV. "As the world's largest video search engine, blinkx is the perfect vehicle for budding and seasoned fashion fanatics everywhere to easily discover and watch relevant video content online."

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to find rich media on the Web. The company has made more than 720 partners and indexed over 35 million hours of video and audio content to date.

About blinkx

blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 35 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge - the growing amount of TV and user-generated content on the Web means keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to -- and even see -- video on the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at http://www.blinkx.com.

About FashionTV

Since its inception in 1997, FashionTV has been setting the highest standards for excellence in fashion and lifestyle broadcasting. It has become one of the most widely-distributed satellite channels in the world with over 75 satellite and thousands pay-tv operators, totaling around 400 million households and 7 million public locations in 193 countries across the five continents. The only TV equivalent to fashion print media appealing to everyone interested in fashion, style, beauty and trends, FashionTV understands and caters to its audience by providing original, unbiased and informative programming not available on other networks. A strong image and exceptional awareness of FashionTV's brand projects a unique, cosmopolitan and a modern style allowing for influential partnerships with many global brands.

About CHIC.TV

Established in 2006 and based in New York City, CHIC.TV is a fashion and lifestyle video magazine airing on largest Internet TV syndication network in the industry and best known for its 10 seasons of covering the New York Fashion Week.

Viewed by millions CHIC.TV's top shows, CHIC.TV Fashion and CHIC.TV Models include a library of hundreds of video clips and hours of editorial, original and independent content. CHIC.TV is at the forefront of style depicting established and emerging trend setters and is targeting lifestyle connoisseurs who wish to better their sense of style and enjoyment of life. Whether on the go, at the office or at home, CHIC.TV is always fun, exciting and fresh.

About VIDCAT

VIDCAT is a New York based video production and distribution company specializing in fashion and beauty. Our video archives include fashion runway shows (1980s-present), backstage footage, designer interviews and vintage fashion newsreels from the 1950s-60s.

We have produced training, trend and image programs for major fashion companies and international retail stores. We often use footage from the VIDCAT archives to enhance the productions for our clients. In addition, we license fashion footage from the video archives to television and corporate clients for broadcast and multi-media usage. We recently launched VIDCAT TV , an Internet Television Channel that features fashion videos from our archive. The channel is available for syndication to fashion and beauty related websites.

SOURCE  blinkx

blinkx

CONTACT: Tim Turpin of Sparkpr, +1-415-321-1894, tim.turpin@sparkpr.com; or Nicole Love of Marlin PR, +44 207 869 8328, nicole.love@marlinpr.com, both for blinkx; or NOMAD and Broker Charles Lytle or Christopher Wren both of Citigroup Global Markets Ltd, +44 207 986 4000, both for blinkx plc

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

Maxthon and Kingston Technology Partner to Provide Portable Maxthon Browser on 100 Million USB Drives: Superior Speed and Innovative Features

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Maxthon (http://www.maxthon.com), a global software and web services company, announces its partnership with Kingston Technology to provide the portable Maxthon browser on more than 100 million Kingston USB drives. The first several million of these drives, which contain the Maxthon 3 browser, are now available throughout the globe.

Now, customers using Kingston's UR drive portable USB desktop with have the option of surfing with web with Maxthon's flagship web browser: Maxthon 3.  "You can literally carry Maxthon 3 on your key chain, ready anywhere, at any time," says Karl Mattson, Vice President and General Manager of Maxthon International.  "This partnership is a testament to Maxthon's proven ability to consistently transform the web browsing experience with innovative features that set new standards of excellence."

Maxthon 3 is one of the 2 fastest web browsers in the world and offers more out of the box features than any other desktop browser.  With superior speed and ease of use, the Maxthon browser draws worldwide praise from consumers, businesses and technology experts. Reviewing Maxthon 3, CNET editors say Maxthon 3 "offers a full complement of features and options, and everything we tried worked well."  CNET also notes Maxthon 3's sophisticated use of dual rendering engines -- Trident and Safari. The former manages older, often IE-optimized web sites. The latter, Trident, manages the rest.  Maxthon 3 detects what type of a page it's opening -- Trident or Webkit optimized -- and uses the appropriate display engine. "Maxthon's use of dual engines is, in a word, cool. This is a unique capability that worked very well."

Read the CNET review:

http://download.cnet.com/Maxthon/3000-2356_4-75211640.html

About Kingston Digital, Inc.

Kingston Digital, Inc. ("KDI") is the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Established in 2008, KDI is headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, USA. For more information, please visit http://www.kingston.com or call 800-337-8410.

About Maxthon

Headquartered in Beijing, Maxthon is an innovative software company and developer of superior web browsers which continue to set new standards for simplicity, speed and security.  Each month more than 130,000,000 people use Maxthon's web browser in 120 countries across the world. Maxthon has also brings its best-of-breed browsing to the Android platform for mobile devices and tablet computers. For more information about Maxthon please visit http://www.maxthon.com.

SOURCE  Maxthon

Maxthon

CONTACT: Lewis Fein, +1-310-746-7771, lewis.fein@maxthon.com

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

Innotas Enhances Leading IT Management Solution With Spring '11 Product Release

Leading Cloud Solutions Provider Streamlines IT Project Management through Advanced Analytics and Seamless Prioritization Capabilities

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Innotas, the leading provider of Cloud Solutions for IT Management, today announced their new Spring '11 product release. The latest release of Innotas' award-winning IT Management solution delivers major enhancements in the areas of project analytics and prioritization. The Spring '11 product release is available immediately and has already been rolled out to Innotas customers and partners.

The Innotas Spring '11 product release incorporates significant updates to its current design by enhancing analytic capabilities, updating Dashboard features for the allowance of customized fields and increased sophistication in reporting, and added new scoring capabilities to increase prioritization for all IT work.  The Spring '11 product release also offers enhancements to increase software flexibility, support of more robust data with complex reporting, and enhanced visualization of portfolio analysis, prioritization, and business alignment.

After presenting the Spring release to a major technology research company, the recent enhancements, especially the analytics and Dashboard capabilities, received high praise for its innovative and measurable approach to true visibility across all IT.

"Our customers wanted to be able to customize the software with the features they use most. We increased the software's ability to meet our customer needs by updating the Dashboard which is customizable and more user-friendly," said Kevin Kern, President and CEO of Innotas. "Our goal with this product update is to enhance our customer's experience by making the software more user-friendly and customizable as well as adding more sophisticated tools of analysis."

Some of the more specific highlights of the release include:

Analytics:

    --  Enhanced visualization and Dashboards
    --  Multi-level drill-down, configurable Dashboards
    --  Publishable view-only Dashboards

Prioritization:

    --  Scoring across the project lifecycle
    --  Scoring in IT for both strategic and sustaining work
    --  Multi-user, weighting scoring

If you would like to learn more about Innotas' Spring '11 product release, please visit http://www.innotas.com or schedule a personal demo via info@innotas.com.

About Innotas

The Innotas IT Management Cloud solution is a seamless way to manage Resources, Applications and Projects across all IT. With a strong foundation in Project Portfolio Management and Application Portfolio Management, Innotas provides CIOs and IT Management with Cloud-based 360 degrees visibility across both strategic initiatives and sustaining operations for improved decision making across the entire IT portfolio. Innotas customers include Forbes, Tiffany & Co., Crocs, State of Montana, Crayola, Hamilton Beach, Burlington Coat Factory, The Northwest Company and World Vision. For more information please visit http://www.innotas.com or contact us at 866-692-7362.

SOURCE  Innotas

Innotas

CONTACT: Teena Touch PR for Innotas, +1-415-310-3125, Teena@teenatouchpr.com

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

Artificial Life Announces Opus-M(TM) Health: Dermatitis for Mobile

LOS ANGELES and HONG KONG, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire-Asia/ --Artificial Life, Inc., (OTC BB: ALIFE), a leading provider of award-winning mobile technology and applications, announced today their upcoming product Opus-M(TM) Health: Dermatitis (short form: Opus-M Health: Dt), a healthcare app specifically geared towards the monitoring of the dermatitis skin condition.

Dermatitis is any condition characterized by inflammation of the skin and affects both males and females equally. In the United States, 1 in 30 (or approximately 8 million) people are affected.* While there are various types of dermatitis, all share some common symptoms such as itching, lesions, swelling, and occasional weeping of fluids from the skin.  All of these symptoms may be monitored and recorded using Artificial Life (ALIFE)'s Opus-M(TM) Health: Dermatitis app.

Opus-M Health: Dermatitis includes a slideshow function for recording pictures of skin conditions and allows for PDF sharing of records via iTunes. Using Opus-M Health: Dermatitis, patients are able to record their skin conditions with more than 10 attribute options such as lesions, distribution, surface texture, and more. In addition, the app contains a body mapping feature to provide a clear and comprehensive indication of affected areas throughout the body. Overall, the Opus-M Health: Dermatitis app allows users to effectively keep track of their dermatitis-related body conditions and easily share this information with their doctors and caregivers.

Features of Opus-M Health: Dermatitis include:

    --  Ability to track over 10 core characteristics of inflammation/rashes to
        provide a more in-depth picture of skin conditions
    --  Body mapping feature to show specific areas affected by dermatitis
    --  Simple and easy-to-use data input for photo and text recordings
    --  A slideshow function to show changes of the condition and healing
        process over time
    --  An interactive graph to track and visualize measurements of areas of the
        skin being monitored
    --  PDF summaries of data that can be exported to patients and caregivers
        medical records via iTunes sharing
    --  Health tips on skin care to minimize the effects of dermatitis

As with all applications in the Opus-M Health family, Opus-M Health: Dermatitis will leverage Artificial Life's Opus-M platform for end-consumers, healthcare providers, and healthcare businesses. The app is scheduled to launch on the Apple App Store in Q2 2011 pending approval and will be available later for Android and Windows Phone 7.

Opus-M Health: Dermatitis follows the Company's successful launch of GluCoMo(TM), its diabetes monitoring app, and Opus-M Health: Neurodermatitis. Artificial Life's Opus-M Health platform will continue to expand and feature more healthcare apps such as the previously announced upcoming apps: Opus-M Health: Neurodermatitis Kids Edition, an expansion of the Opus-M healthcare skin app developed specifically for children affected by neurodermatitis; and Opus-M Health: HIV/AIDS, a healthcare app that is used for the monitoring of HIV/AIDS. More information about apps by Artificial Life can be found at http://www.botme.com and http://www.artificial-life.com.

"We are delighted to introduce Opus-M Health: Dermatitis into the Opus-M Health family. With its new features such as the body mapping function, this application shows Artificial Life's constant efforts to enhance the capabilities of its products to better meet the needs of users," said Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.

*Source: 1. "Prevalence and Incidence of Dermatitis," CureResearch.com, May 31, 2011. http://www.cureresearch.com/d/dermatitis/prevalence_printer.htm

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Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

About Artificial Life, Inc.

Artificial Life, Inc. has been a pioneer in artificial intelligence and mobile technology since its inception in Boston in 1994. We are a public US corporation (OTC BB: ALIFE) with listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurt: AIF.F; Xetra: AIF.DE) and headquarters and production center in Hong Kong. We have additional offices in Berlin, Germany (EMEA headquarters), Tokyo, Japan, and Santa Monica, USA. Currently our main business areas are: high quality (3D) interactive (massively multiplayer) mobile games, mobile participation television, mobile business applications, our powerful mobile commerce technology platform OPUS-M(TM) and our green IT solutions provided by Green Cortex, Inc. We have won many industry awards for our outstanding technology and products.

Facebook: http://www.botme.com/ref/alife-fb Twitter: http://twitter.com/alifegames MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/artificial_life_inc YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/alifegames

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our future results of operations, financial condition and business prospects. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although such statements are based on our own information and information from other sources we believe to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance on them. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual market trends or our actual results of operations, financial condition or business prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward looking statements for a variety of reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to obtain additional funding to operate and grow our business; the unproven potential of our mobile gaming business model; changing consumer preferences and uncertainty of market acceptance of our products; timely adoption and availability of 3G mobile technology; market acceptance for use of mobile handheld devices to play the interactive games; unpredictable mobile game development schedules; our reliance on a relatively small number of brands; our ability to license brands from others; our dependence upon resellers and telecommunication carriers and operators to distribute our products; our ability to successfully develop, introduce, and sell new or enhanced products in a timely manner; and the timing of new product announcements or introductions by us or by our competitors. For additional discussion of these risks and uncertainties and other factors, please see the documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed on March 16, 2010. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.

For more information on ARTIFICIAL LIFE, INC., please contact:

Artificial Life IR and PR Contact: Adeline Law Tel: +852-3102-2800 ir@artificial-life.com

SOURCE  Artificial Life, Inc.

Artificial Life, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.youtube.com/user/alifegames

Win a Pair Of VIP Tickets to Goodwood's Festival of Speed, Courtesy of Intercasino

LONDON, May 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --     InterCasino, the world's first online casino is offering their regular
players the ultimate summer prize - the chance to win VIP tickets to the
Festival of Speed, taking place at Goodwood this July.

    The world famous event is one of the biggest motoring festivals in the
world offering the experience of a lifetime for any attendee. With a mixture
of faces from motorsport and a collection of the best cars in the world, it's
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    John Dickinson at InterCasino comments; "Here at InterCasino we really
value our regular players. We feel this is a great way to show how much we
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    The VIP package includes champagne reception, three course meal and
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    InterCasino provides a large variety of the most popular and well-known
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InterCasino site also offers improved functionality and features - offering
players the ultimate gaming experience.

    InterCasino is the longest running online casino the world, launched in
1996. The site provides a large variety of the most popular and well-known
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    For more information or to play, visit http://www.intercasino.co.uk

Source: InterCasino

Contact: Emily Taylor +44(0)207-440-9810

MoreMagic Launches Mobile Commerce Applications for Smartphones

The latest addition to MoreMagic's suite of mobile commerce and financial services applications enables Android, Blackberry, iPhone and Symbian users to pay for prepaid airtime directly from their handsets

WALTHAM, Mass., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MoreMagic Solutions, a leading global mobile commerce and financial services solutions provider, today announced the launch of its eTopUpOnline application for smartphones. The application is now available across all major global mobile platforms, including Blackberry, Android, iPhone and Symbian.

MoreMagic's international online prepaid mobile phone top-up service, eTopUpOnline (http://www.etopuponline.com), enables people to instantly top-up their own mobile phone or those of their family and friends anytime. In addition to the website, the electronic top-up service is also available from over 150,000 retail stores around the world.

The new eTopUpOnline smartphone application offers users even more choice and makes sending electronic prepaid top-ups easier and more convenient than ever before.  The application can be downloaded free of cost from the iPhone App Store, Blackberry App World(TM) and the Android Market from today.

Pankaj Gulati, CEO and Chairman, MoreMagic commented: "At MoreMagic, we are committed to developing mobile commerce and financial services solutions that offer mobile users around the world flexibility of choice, convenience and ease of use to complement today's fast-paced lifestyles.  This particular mobile application enables smartphone users to buy an airtime top-up from their handset which is a great addition to our portfolio. It delivers all the benefits of eTopUpOnline to the palms of users' hands, meaning that buying a real-time electronic top-up has never been so simple, secure and convenient."

About MoreMagic Solutions

With deployments in more than 60 countries worldwide, MoreMagic Solutions offers transaction platforms for mobile operators, financial institutions, content providers, and distributors, enabling consumers to purchase goods and services on demand using a mobile phone, POS, or web. MoreMagic's high-throughput payments engine (m:Broker(TM)) and the portfolio of pre-packaged mobile commerce applications in MagicSuite(TM), enable revenue-generating services, including mobile recharge, domestic and international mobile money transfer, mobile banking and mobile payments. MagicHub(TM), MoreMagic's global value exchange which is connected to a worldwide distributor network, brings mobile operator branded services to out-of-country customers, enabling communications with relatives back home, and increased usage on mobile networks worldwide.

For more information please see: http://www.moremagic.com

SOURCE  MoreMagic Solutions

MoreMagic Solutions

CONTACT: Elizabeth Chadwick, Account Executive, 44 207 751 4444, echadwick@miliberty.com

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

HSN Extends Leadership in Transactional Innovation With HSN Arcade(TM), a Casual Gaming and Digital Commerce Portal

Retailer to Launch Casual Gaming and Live Television Shopping Experience on a Single Screen

-- "Watch, Shop and Play(SM)" premieres At Midnight on HSN.com on June 1st --

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Multichannel retailer HSN has made an unprecedented move to combine casual gaming with the ecommerce experience. This new platform will allow people to play their favorite games online while simultaneously watching HSN streaming live in HD, viewing the item currently on-air and quickly shopping the last 15 items aired...all on one screen.  In addition, HSN Arcade(TM) will integrate with Facebook® to allow players to easily share their scores and achievements with their Facebook friends.   

HSN Arcade is an e-commerce channel that uses gamification by connecting unique products with gameplay, including the highly coveted "Today's Special."  Players can win prizes, including the Today's Special product or a gift card, by being the fastest to complete the daily "Today's Special Jigsaw Puzzle" and receiving the best score.  People will also be able to participate in tournaments with HSN's celebrity guests, hosts and other players for the opportunity to win other prizes, such as gift cards and products. Winners can be revealed in real time on TV, online and mobile.

"The launch of HSN Arcade is a strategic move to further differentiate the HSN shopping experience...by combining what people currently do online more than any other activities: shopping, gaming and sharing," said Jill Braff, EVP of Digital Commerce for HSN. "We are also excited to be using Facebook integration to allow players to post their achievements and their favorite HSN products seamlessly to their Facebook wall. Other sites have game arenas, but only HSN marries content and commerce in such an innovative way."

The combination of shopping, social and gaming taps into customer behavior.  According to Newzoo survey, currently more than 140 million people play casual games online, which represents 66% of the U.S. online population.  The addition of this platform to HSN's highly trafficked site and loyal customer base will extend HSN.com as an online destination.

HSN Arcade will host 25 games, including the exclusive Today's Special Jigsaw Puzzle and Lights! Camera! Subtraction! (featuring HSN's celebrities), as well as Crossword Puzzles, Word Search, Mahjongg, Sudoku, Treasure Hunt, Blackjack and more. The games will be free to play.  The experience will be further enhanced with the ability to share games, leaderboard rankings, badges and scores with friends using Facebook integration.   

HSN partnered with entertainment agency WME to help frame the gaming opportunity with external vendors and serve in a strategic role in evaluating proposals.  Arkadium, a leading provider of game solutions, was selected to develop HSN Arcade.  Additional games will be created and launched based on feedback and demand from people. 

About HSN:  Headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL, HSN is a leading interactive multichannel retailer, offering a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names to its customers. HSN incorporates entertainment, inspiration, personalities and industry experts to provide an entirely unique shopping experience. At HSN, customers find exceptional selections in Health & Beauty  (e.g.  M. Asam, Carol's Daughter, Coty, Elizabeth Arden,  Signature Club A, Andrew Lessman, Lancome, My Life Mary J. Blige, Benefit, Stila, Perlier, Serious Skin Care, Wei East, ybf Beauty); Jewelry (e.g. Heidi Daus, Iris Apfel, R.J. Graziano, Rarities: Fine Jewelry by Carol Brodie, Amedeo Scognamiglio, Tori Spelling); Home/Lifestyle  (e.g. Jeffrey Banks, Nate Berkus, Bissell, Colin Cowie, Dyson, Easy Exotic by Padma Lakshmi, Todd English, Emeril Lagasse, Happi Chic by Jonathan Adler, Joy Mangano, MoMA Design Store, Wolfgang Puck); Fashion/Accessories  (e.g. American Glamour Badgley Mischka, Joan Boyce, Curations with Stefani Greenfield, Libby Edelman, Sam Edelman, Chi by Carlos Falchi, Diane Gilman, IMAN Global Chic, "Timeless" by Naeem Khan, Twiggy LONDON, The Queen Collection by Queen Latifah, Sharif, Serena Williams Signature Statement); and Electronics  (e.g. Sony, Kodak, Acer, Olympus, GE, Panasonic). 

A leader in transactional innovation, HSN is the only retailer offering live streaming video in HD on three screens: TV, online and mobile.  HSN broadcasts live to 96 million households in the US in HD 24/7, and its website - hsn.com - is a top 10 e-commerce site, featuring more than 15,000 product videos.  Mobile applications include HSN apps for iPad, iPhone and Android.  HSN, founded 34 years ago as the first shopping network, is an operating segment of HSN, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSNI).

About Arkadium: Arkadium (http://www.arkadium.com) is the largest provider of game solutions for some of the biggest brands in the world.  The company's extensive library of popular games can be found on Facebook, iPhone, Android and premium websites by clients such as MSN, Hearst Magazines Digital Media, ESPN, ABC, Lifetime, and Discovery.  Family owned and operated, the company has grown organically since 2001 without funding, to more than 100 employees in offices in New York City and Ukraine.  With over nine million unique users a month playing Arkadium game titles, the company is pioneering the movement to bring the best of casual online games to social.  Their hit game, Mahjongg Dimensions, is one of their most popular titles.

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SOURCE  HSN

HSN

CONTACT: Kathleen Corless, +1-212-529-5533, kacorless@hlgrp.com

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

NIKSUN Unveils Next-Generation Network-Wide Monitoring Platform

New NIKSUN NetOmni(TM) Alpine offers most advanced intelligence and visibility across networks

PRINCETON, N.J., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NIKSUN®, a world leader in real-time enterprise network monitoring solutions, today unveiled NIKSUN NetOmni Alpine - its next-generation network-wide security and performance monitoring platform. NetOmni is the first network-wide monitoring platform built on NIKSUN's Alpine technology, the world's most scalable and modular technology designed specifically for large-scale network monitoring.

Today's changing IT environment is bringing a plethora of next-generation problems such as zero-day exploits, targeted malware, application outages, and compliance violations, threatening critical infrastructure and service delivery quality. And the single biggest challenge in solving these problems is gaining actionable insight into the dizzying array of unknowns associated with each security attack or performance issue. NetOmni is the only network-wide monitoring platform that provides organizations with the power to instantly know the unknown. Based on the most advanced data warehousing technology, organizations can simultaneously capture, correlate, and analyze all enterprise data-in-motion at multi-gigabit rates across heterogeneous networks, providing true 100% situational awareness and gaining the deepest insight of security threats, performance issues, and compliance risks.

According to Gartner analysts John Pescatore and Lawrence Orans, "Businesses have a number of use cases that drive the need to replay and analyze events that occurred across corporate networks. ...Some organizations take a more 'lean forward' approach to investigate network events on a proactive basis to stay ahead of potential incidents." (Network Forensics Market, John Pescatore and Lawrence Orans, Gartner, Inc., 26 March 2010).

Successful network-wide monitoring in today's connected world also requires comprehensive and actionable views of next-generation challenges, while tightly controlling user access to certain information. Through the most flexible web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI), NetOmni offers 360 degree visualization and analytics that allow organizations to not only easily visualize alarms and reports, but perform granular drill-down analysis to establish root-cause remediation of security threats, performance issues, and compliance risks. NetOmni also securely manages network-wide intelligence using a robust Single Sign On (SSO) mechanism and highly configurable role-based access control (RBAC), providing complete control to deliver the right information to the right people across heterogeneous networks.

"Today's increasing network complexity, growing obfuscation techniques, and exploding multimedia traffic volumes are bringing a host of next-generation problems from zero-day exploits, targeted malware and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), to service level disruptions and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance," said Dr. Parag Pruthi, Founder, Chairman and CEO of NIKSUN. "Traditional tools to help organizations deal with these problems across heterogeneous networks do not provide the power to known the unknown. NetOmni Alpine is the only network-wide monitoring solution that brings together total intelligence, unlimited visibility, and complete control into a single, easy to deploy and easy to use console."

NetOmni Alpine is available in three packages: Reporting, Analytics, and Full Suite.

For more information on NetOmni Alpine, visit NIKSUN's website at http://www.niksun.com

About NIKSUN, Inc.

NIKSUN is the recognized worldwide leader in making the Unknown Known. The company develops and deploys a complete range of award-winning forensics, compliance, security surveillance and performance management solutions for applications ranging from core infrastructures to edge and branch environments. NIKSUN's proactive enterprise scalable solutions deliver unprecedented flexibility and real-time response. The company's patented real-time analysis and recording technology enables enterprises, service providers and governments to provide secure and reliable network infrastructure and services. NIKSUN, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, has sales offices in major cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.niksun.com.

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