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SmartDraw Launches World's First Visual Processor

Intuitive Software Helps Companies Easily and Effectively Integrate Visuals into Business Communications to Enhance Efficiency, Productivity and Growth

SAN DIEGO, June 8 -- With the launch of SmartDraw VP, the world's first visual processor(TM), SmartDraw is empowering the 95% of PC users, that today create only written documents, to reap the benefits of communicating visually.

Numerous studies have shown that visual communication is up to six times more effective than words alone, but until now less than 3% of business communication includes visuals like flowcharts, mind maps and other charts.  This is because using traditional graphics software to create them is just too difficult and time consuming for the typical business person. The visual processor solves this problem.

"A visual processor is to visuals what a word processor is to words," said Paul Stannard, CEO of SmartDraw. "Just as anyone can create professionally formatted written documents using a word processor, anyone can just as easily create professional-quality visuals with a visual processor.  This is possible because both the word processor and visual processor automatically format your content. When you add or remove text in your written document, the word processor automatically reformats the text and repaginates. In the same way, when you add or remove shapes in your visual, the visual processor automatically reformats the layout. You can even compose a flowchart using keystrokes, just like a word processor."

SmartDraw VP automates the creation of 70 different types of business visuals including flowcharts, mind maps, Gantt charts, timelines, floor plans, data charts and more. Built-in integration with Microsoft Office® and Adobe PDF allows users to create and then share SmartDraw visuals with a single click.

By enabling everyone in the organization to create visuals quickly and easily, SmartDraw VP allows an enterprise to cut through today's information overload and communicate more effectively by distilling complex information into an easy-to-digest visual form.

Communicating effectively by communicating visually with SmartDraw VP reduces errors, increases agility and lowers costs. In addition, visuals created with SmartDraw VP can help overcome language barriers common in multi-national firms and the global economy.

"The visual processor, and SmartDraw VP, represents a major breakthrough in the evolution of business communication," Stannard said. "After five years of customer research and product development, we have created something completely new. A visual company, with a visual processor on every desktop, proves every day that a picture really is worth a thousand words."

"SmartDraw enables anyone on our team to quickly and easily create the kind of impactful visuals that help us better communicate with clients and operate more efficiently," said Victor Bradley, Leadership Team - Information Systems at BBK Worldwide, which has adopted SmartDraw VP throughout the company for both internal and external communications. "We've realized nearly instant ROI since deploying SmartDraw VP, in large part due to the dramatically reduced workload on our graphic arts department. The software integrates easily with our other desktop applications and is very easy to learn, making it a snap to deploy and use on a daily basis."

"More data will be generated this year than in the previous 5,000 years combined," Stannard said. "To deal with the overload, organizations will be forced to sort, distill and communicate information dramatically better in order to succeed in the future. Visual companies are much more agile and able to take action to communicate and enact strategies that help them stay ahead of the competition. Over the next decade, I believe we'll see the visual processor become a business communication standard as ubiquitous as email is today."

For more information about SmartDraw VP, the world's first visual processor(TM), or to try it for free, visit http://www.SmartDraw.com.

About SmartDraw

SmartDraw helps businesses increase their bottom line by improving communication, refining operations, completing projects on time, and successfully implementing their plans through the everyday use of visual communication. Creators of SmartDraw VP, the world's first visual processor(TM), SmartDraw enables business professionals to easily and automatically create more than 70 types of common business visuals, including flowcharts, project charts, mind maps, org charts, timelines and more.  SmartDraw lets anyone achieve professional-quality results in just minutes. SmartDraw is used by more than half of the Fortune 500, as well as thousands of law firms, police departments, health systems and private enterprises of all sizes. Founded in 1994, SmartDraw is privately-held, with headquarters in San Diego, California. For more information or to download a free trial of SmartDraw, please visit http://www.SmartDraw.com.

Source: SmartDraw
   

CONTACT:  Megan Parker of SS | PR, +1-847-415-9326, mparker@sspr.com, for
SmartDraw

Web Site:  http://www.smartdraw.com/

Small Businesses Can Finally Control Their Website and Online Marketing in One Place

New service enables small businesses to simultaneously update their website, social media, online and traditional marketing. Most importantly, it shows what marketing is working and where.

FLEMINGTON, N.J., June 8 -- Technology entrepreneurs Jon Zack and Rick Morrison launch EggZack.com, an online service that makes it simpler for small businesses to reach their customer base on and off the web.

EggZack enables small businesses to simultaneously update their website and online marketing. When a user updates their website, EggZack automatically updates their social media, over 3,000 local publications, search engines, national media, blogs, their email lists and other relevant media. All this is done with EggZack's One-Click Update.(TM) In addition, small businesses can instantly see if their marketing information is being read and where, allowing them to see which outlets and websites are best at reaching their customers.

As part of their service, EggZack can provide a custom website, or integrate an existing website, on their content management system so that anybody can easily manage their own website.

"Small businesses often lose their identity in a nation of discount big box stores and online retail," says EggZack Co-Founder/CEO Jon Zack. "Accordingly, it is important for them to keep their website and online marketing up to date so they can compete. Unfortunately, small businesses often don't have the time or resources to market themselves across all online and local media. We created EggZack so they can easily promote themselves and actually see the benefits."

Local New Jersey company Destinations PFC, uses EggZack and has seen a 300% plus increase in visibility. "We have been getting some great exposure. The most fun was when a representative of Nike called us about our successful Nike Grind, a used sneaker collection campaign! We were amazed! That was very cool!" said owner Susan Kibler. http://www.destinationspfc.com

Co-Founder/CTO Rick Morrison said, "Information portability is key to online marketing. It is not enough for a small business to have just a current website; they need to get their marketing information out to the places where their potential customers are.  EggZack does just that."

With EggZack small businesses can finally take control and manage their website and online marketing in one place.

The company has offices in San Francisco, California and Flemington, New Jersey.

  Contact:
  Jon Zack
  908-788-1008 ext 722
  jzack@EggZack.com

Source: EggZack
   

CONTACT:  Jon Zack, +1-908-788-1008 ext 722, jzack@EggZack.com

Web Site:  http://www.eggzack.com/

Ericom Software Announces Plans to Support Microsoft RemoteFX

Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect's Integration with Microsoft RemoteFX will take Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 desktop deployments, management, and end-user experiences to a new level

CLOSTER, N.J., June 8 -- Ericom Software, the provider of PowerTerm® WebConnect, a unified solution for centrally managed and accelerated Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to desktops and applications, today announced that it will support Microsoft RemoteFX end-user enhancements immediately upon their release as part of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.

PowerTerm WebConnect is an advanced connection broker that supports a wide range of virtualized desktop computing platforms, including Windows Server Remote Desktop Virtualization Hosts with Hyper-V, Windows Server Remote Desktop Session Hosts (formerly known as Terminal Servers), physical / blade PCs and Cloud Computing. PowerTerm WebConnect's  acceleration technology for RDP, Ericom Blaze(TM) (http://www.EricomBlaze.com), accelerates RDP and is ideal for remote access to graphics-rich desktops, applications and content over WAN, WIFI, GPRS and other network types.

"We're delighted by the prospect of Microsoft RemoteFX capabilities being added to the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Remote Desktop Services platform," said Eran Heyman, Ericom Software's CEO. "Microsoft RemoteFX will bring a rich, native PC-like experience to PowerTerm WebConnect's LAN-based users."

"PowerTerm WebConnect will provide two key value-adds to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with RemoteFX users who currently are not working with PowerTerm WebConnect; one is from a management point of view and the second is from a user-experience perspective."

Heyman explained, "PowerTerm WebConnect comprises a powerful set of Remote Desktop Services enhancements that provide centralized configuration, management, monitoring and control. These capabilities enable organizations of all sizes to simplify deployments of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Remote Desktop Services and support a larger number of applications and users."

Heyman went on, "We are confident that Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Microsoft RemoteFX will provide a great user experience over the local area network (LAN). We will focus our development efforts for PowerTerm WebConnect's Ericom Blaze to deliver a great user experience over the WAN and other networks, making it a perfect technological complement to RemoteFX."

"Microsoft RemoteFX exemplifies Microsoft's commitment to developing technologies that both enrich the end-user experience and support industry's efforts to reduce the complexity of managing desktops by moving them to the datacenter," added Heyman. "With PowerTerm WebConnect, we will continue to enhance and broaden the scope of the RDS platform with best-in-class technologies that optimize desktop management and user-experience. We plan to support RemoteFX immediately upon its availability."

PowerTerm WebConnect provides significant benefits to organizations virtualizing and centralizing desktops on the Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services platform, including lowering the cost and complexity of providing enterprise-wide access management and control, increasing access flexibility and optimizing remote desktop experiences. Augmenting PowerTerm WebConnect's capabilities with those of Microsoft RemoteFX will push the adoption of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 virtual desktop deployments to a new level.

"As organizations prepare to deploy a centralized computing environment with virtualized or session-based desktops, IT professionals want to deliver a premium user experience to connected workers," said Mike Schutz, director of product management, Microsoft Corp. "The Microsoft RemoteFX capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will allow connected workers to access any type of application or screen content, including rich media and 3D applications. Companies like Ericom Software offer a path to the future by investing today in solutions, such as RemoteFX, that will increase the flexibility and performance of a centralized desktop."

About Ericom

Ericom Software is a leading global provider of Application Access, Desktop Virtualization and RDP Acceleration Solutions. Since 1993, Ericom has been helping users access enterprise business-critical applications running on a broad range of Microsoft® Windows® Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops, legacy hosts and other systems. With offices in the US, UK, EMEA, and Asia, Ericom also has an extensive worldwide network of distributors and partners. Our expanding customer base is more than 30 thousand strong, with over 7 million installations. For more information about Ericom and its products, please visit: http://www.ericom.com/.

  Ericom US Contact
  Ilan Paretsky
  ilan.paretsky@ericom.com
  201-767-2210 x9718

  Copyright© 2010 Ericom® Software. All rights reserved.

PowerTerm and Ericom are registered trademarks of Ericom Software. All brand and product names mentioned in this site are trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Ericom Software
   

CONTACT:  Ilan Paretsky of Ericom US, +1-201-767-2210 x9718,
ilan.paretsky@ericom.com

Web Site:  http://www.ericom.com/

Total E-Commerce Solution 3DCart Debuts Social and Mobile Commerce Support in New Version 3.2

100% Customizable Platform Now Supports Twitter, Facebook, YouTube as well as Shopping Via iPhones and Smartphones; 30 New Storefront Templates, Picnik Photo Editing Also Added

TAMARAC, Fla., June 8 -- Shopping cart software leader 3DCart today announced the release of 3DCart 3.2, a major new version that brings online shopping into the realm of social media and mobile computing.  For the first time, 3DCart retailers can post their products to Twitter or Facebook with a single click, easily integrate YouTube videos into product descriptions, and allow buyers to browse and buy from their iPhones and smartphones.

Other major additions in Version 3.2 include 30 new and appealing storefront templates, a new drag-and-drop edit bar, built-in photo editing using Picnik, 3DZoom product close-ups and more.  Together, the upgrades in Version 3.2 represent one of the biggest advancements yet for 3DCart.

For over ten years, 3DCart has been the easiest and most effective way to operate a successful online retail business.  More than 5,200 merchants across the U.S. and around the world depend on 3DCart for their daily online sales activity.  Unique among shopping cart platforms, 3DCart gives retailers the ability to customize their online stores to fit their unique needs including multiple "ship to" options, customer-facing CRM features, and easy-to-use customer browsing analytics, among other capabilities.  Perhaps best of all, 3DCart is priced by storefront capacity, not feature set, ensuring that all features are available to every merchant regardless of their sales volume.

"Shoppers are embracing social media and mobile computing by the millions. It's only natural that 3DCart, one of the most advanced shopping carts, should support these megatrends," said Jimmy Rodriguez, chief technical officer for 3DCart.  "With the debut of Version 3.2, our merchants can now make social media a part of their product marketing programs in just seconds.  And our iPhone and smartphone support means retailers can not only open up their stores to mobile shoppers, but also access their storefronts themselves from anywhere in order to view site activity, view or manage orders, or use CRM to interact with customers."

Over 50 New Features

3DCart 3.2 offers over 50 new features in all, giving retailers more ways to turbocharge their online businesses.  Major elements of the new version include:

  --  Social Media Integration--One-click posting of products to Twitter and
      Facebook plus the ability to integrate YouTube videos on product pages
      with a single clock.  Version 3.2 also offers built-in blog support,
      giving merchants the ability to promote merchandise through direct
      blog links.
  --  iPhone and Smartphone Support--In addition to enabling customers to
      view, shop and complete purchases using any smartphone or iPhone,
      Version 3.2 gives authorized employees remote access to an mCommerce
      application.  The app will allow these authorized users to interact
      with the 3DCart store, viewing daily site activity, viewing and
      managing orders, interacting with customers and more.
  --  30 New Templates--The additions to the template gallery will give
      3DCart merchants more ways to create a look that is uniquely their
      own.
  --  Picnik Integration--Picnik, recently acquired by Google, makes it easy
      to edit photos without specialized training.  It lets users instantly
      resize a photo, change colors or contrast, crop images, fix redeye,
      sharpen images and more.  By building Picnik into 3DCart, it's now a
      snap to turning average product photos into images that sell like
      never before.
  --  3DZoom--Research shows that 77% of online prospects are "very to
      somewhat" influenced by content quality when deciding to buy.  The
      addition of 3DZoom allows shoppers to instantly see a large, zoomed
      version of any product image, simply by placing their cursor on top of
      the photo.
  --  Other additions--Version 3.2 also incorporates a new drag-and-drop
      edit bar, redesigned administrative panel, and seamless third-party
      integration with Fulfillment by Amazon, Power Reviews, ShipWorks 2.9,
      FusioNBot, GoDataFeed, and TrueShip.

Finally, 3DCart 3.2 offers agencies and designers a new white label reseller option to increase their branding and revenue, while new APIs for developers that provide unparalleled custom control.

Free Trial Account

3DCart 3.2 is immediately available to current and new users.  For a complete feature list, or to register for a free 15-day trial of 3DCart, go to http://www.3DCart.com.

About 3DCart:

3DCart (http://www.3DCart.com) is a complete e-commerce solution for new or existing websites.  The company's services include the tools, advice, support, and technology to manage an entire online operation, so clients can focus on managing their orders.  3DCart is able to design and implement innovative web solutions to meet a company's specific requirements.  Whether clients are looking to update their existing web store or develop a completely new design, 3DCart maintains a flexible approach to ensure they provide the right solution for the company.  One monthly fee pays for the store setup, security, design, and maintenance.

Source: 3DCart
   

CONTACT:  Molly Antos of S&S Public Relations, Inc., +1-847-955-0700,
ext. 9327, mantos@sspr.com, for 3DCart

Web Site:  http://www.3dcart.com/

Sensei Enterprises Becomes Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

FAIRFAX, Va., June 8 -- Sensei Enterprises, Inc. announced today that it has attained Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status recognizing Sensei's expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs.

Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive benefits that can be passed through to clients in a way that helps their businesses grow. Partners are also provided with an advanced level of training and support.  As one of the requirements for attaining Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status, Sensei clients were polled and asked to provide references.  The survey respondents were anonymous and all gave Sensei very high marks, much higher than the Partner average.

Sensei's Director of Information Technology, Jeff Fox, noted: "We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers. The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for customers."

ABOUT SENSEI ENTERPRISES, INC.

Sensei Enterprises, Inc. is a nationally known computer forensics, security and information technology company. Based in Fairfax, Virginia, Sensei combines legal expertise with high-level technical certifications to serve the technology needs of the legal and corporate communities. Sensei's principals are the co-authors of The Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide (2010, ABA) and speak and present on electronic evidence and legal technology throughout the country. To learn more, please visit http://www.senseient.com.

For more information about this release, call Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. at 703-359-0700.

Source: Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., +1-703-359-0700

Web Site:  http://www.senseient.com/

eVoice Launches Free iPhone App for Mobile Businesses

New iPhone app helps mobile workers maintain a professional image while away from the office

LOS ANGELES, June 8 -- eVoice® announced today the availability of its new iPhone® Voice app as a free download from the iPhone App Store.  The iPhone Voice app makes it easy for eVoice subscribers to manage business on the go - answering and routing calls professionally, converting voice mails to text, while reinforcing the business-centric image mobile workers need when away from the office.  eVoice is a brand of technology leader j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NasdaqGS: JCOM) and is currently available online as a six-month free trial at http://www.evoice.com/.

To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/evoice-launches-free-iphone-app-for-mo bile-businesses-95656369.html

The eVoice service makes it possible for mobile professionals to route incoming business calls to multiple phone numbers, including cell, home office, home phone, etc.  eVoice helps solve a dilemma faced by many mobile professionals: "How can I maintain my professional image and availability to my clients and customers when I'm away from the office?"

The iPhone app integrates key features currently found in eVoice's web-based application, including:

  --  Click to Call/Caller ID: This feature lets eVoice subscribers maintain
      a professional image when making business-related calls from the
      iPhone: the receiving party's caller ID screen displays the eVoice
      number, not the iPhone number.
  --  Message Search: Saves time by eliminating lengthy voicemail searches.
      Messages that have been converted to text can easily be retrieved
      using keyword search.
  --  Enhanced Dialing: Speed dial allows important business contacts to be
      reached with one touch.  Business calls can be made using the eVoice
      phone number; personal calls using the iPhone number.

eVoice offers a choice of three plans, starting as low as $12.95/mo and including: choice of toll-free or local number; auto attendant; call routing (forwarding, transfer, screening); enhanced voicemail; voicemail-to-text; customized professional greeting; conference calling; online account administration and call history; custom hold music; and more.

"The smart phone is increasingly becoming a communications centerpiece for mobile professionals," said Mark Meyers, director voice services for j2 Global Communications, Inc.  "With new features such as Click to Call and Enhanced Dialing, our new iPhone app makes it easier for eVoice subscribers to project a professional image when doing business from a mobile phone."

  eVoice is a registered trademark of j2 Global Communications, Inc.

  About j2 Global Communications

Founded in 1995, j2 Global Communications, Inc. provides outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services to individuals and businesses around the world. With offices in eight cities worldwide, j2 Global's network spans more than 3,600 cities in 48 countries on six continents. The Company's websites appear in numerous languages, including Dutch, French, German, Spanish English and more. Payments are accepted in currencies that include the U.S. Dollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Japanese Yen, Euro, Hong Kong Dollar and more. j2 Global provides live sales and customer service support in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Dutch, German, French, Cantonese and more. j2 Global markets its services principally under the brands eFax®, eFax Corporate®, Onebox®, eVoice® and Electric Mail®. As of December 31, 2009, j2 Global had achieved 14 consecutive fiscal years of revenue growth and eight consecutive fiscal years of positive and growing operating earnings. For more information about j2 Global, please visit http://www.j2global.com.

  Press contact:
  Bill Threlkeld
  Senior Manager, Public Relations
  pr@j2global.comhttp://www.evoice.com/
  Twitter: @eVoice
  Facebook: eVoice

  Related Link:
  eVoice Website

Video:  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/evoice-launches-free-iphone-app-for-mobile-businesses-95656369.html
Source: eVoice
   

CONTACT:  Bill Threlkeld, Senior Manager, Public Relations,
+1-323-386-2382, pr@j2global.com

Web Site:  http://www.evoice.com/

CollegeHumor Partners with PepsiCo's SoBe to Launch SoBe Studios

Premium Content Partnership to Launch New Web Series "Mr. Vicarious"

NEW YORK, June 8 -- CollegeHumor, an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACI), today announced a new premium partnership with SoBe to launch SoBe Studios, a content factory that will produce a steady stream of brand-relevant videos for distribution across multiple media platforms, including TV and the Web.  With more than 5 videos already launched and more in production, CollegeHumor and SoBe today also announced the upcoming premiere of a new three-part web series, "Mr. Vicarious," as a part of this collaboration.

The latest campaign between the partners is "Mr. Vicarious," which will premiere on June 9, 2010.  Featuring comedians Paul Scheer and Nick Kroll, the new series coincides with SoBe's redesign or "re-skin" of the SoBe Elixir and Tea bottles.  Filmed at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, the comedians "re-skin" themselves and live vicariously through three actors dressed up as different characters, including a karate sensei, a massage therapist and a caricature artist. This hidden camera special causes much disruption to the unknowing passerby.

"SoBe is very in-tune with what their consumers want and this, combined with a willingness to be flexible and a focus on pushing the bounds of creativity, makes them a really exciting partner for us," said Ricky Van Veen, CEO of CollegeHumor.

Leveraging the proven creative web production and development expertise of CollegeHumor, a business that has already produced more than 1,000 original web videos and hours of TV content, the programming initiative will expand SoBe's creative outreach to further enhance the brand's existing marketing and product initiatives. The content will utilize CollegeHumor's huge platform of more than 10 million monthly unique readers but will be designed to live anywhere including television commercials, podbusters, and programming.

"SoBe is all about leveraging unique business partnerships to deliver engaging, relevant content and experiences to its fans, so partnering with CollegeHumor, arguably among the best millennial content experts, provides SoBe an opportunity to develop branded entertainment that resonates with consumers who matter most," said Angelique Krembs, SoBe Marketing Director. "Whether they are producing TV ads, video series or live stunts, it's clear that CollegeHumor understands our audience and knows how to connect with them in meaningful ways."

SoBe Studios has already launched 5 videos with more in the pipeline.  One of the most popular was the SoBe Lifewater(TM) Zero Inhibition Bracket Challenge to coincide with the men's college basketball tournament featuring Kenny "The Jet" Smith and Kendra Wilkinson that were watched more than 200,000 times across the web. Another popular video series, "How to Impress a Swimsuit Model," was shot earlier this year in Las Vegas and has already generated one million views.

About CollegeHumor Media

CollegeHumor Media, a division of Electus and operating business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACI), is a leading comedy driven entertainment company that targets young adults age 18-34.  Comprised of CollegeHumor.com, BustedTees.com, TodaysBigThing.com and SportsPickle.com, CollegeHumor Media delivers original videos, pictures, and articles created and/or curated by their in-house editorial staff.  Founded in 1999 with the launch of CollegeHumor.com, CollegeHumor Media properties attract a loyal following of over 10 million unique visitors a month.  In addition to online content, CollegeHumor Media has expanded into apparel and other forms of entertainment including two CollegeHumor books published by Penguin, "The CollegeHumor Show" on MTV, and a feature film now in development with Paramount.

About IAC

IAC operates more than 50 leading and diversified Internet businesses across 30 countries... our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world. To view a full list of the companies of IAC please visit our website at http://www.iac.com.

About SoBe

SoBe is a product of Purchase, N.Y.-based Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages (PCNAB). PCNAB is a division of PepsiCo, which offers the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that each generates more than $1 billion in annual retail sales.  Our main businesses - Frito-Lay, Quaker, Pepsi-Cola, Tropicana and Gatorade - also make hundreds of other nourishing, tasty foods and drinks that bring joy to our consumers in more than 200 countries.  With annualized revenues of nearly $60 billion, PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth, called Performance with Purpose.  By dedicating ourselves to offering a broad array of choices for healthy, convenient and fun nourishment, reducing our environmental impact, and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, PepsiCo balances strong financial returns with giving back to our communities worldwide.  In recognition of its continued sustainability efforts, PepsiCo was named for the third time to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and for the fourth time to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America) in 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.pepsico.com.

  Contact Information:
  --------------------

  CollegeHumor
  Leslie Cafferty
  (212) 314-7326
  leslie.cafferty@iac.com

  SoBe
  Bart Casabona
  bart.casabona@pepsico.com
  914-253-2027

  Jenny Bohuslavsky
  jbohuslavsky@webershandwick.com
  212-445-8384

Source: CollegeHumor Media
   

CONTACT:  CollegeHumor, Leslie Cafferty, +1-212-314-7326,
leslie.cafferty@iac.com; or SoBe, Bart Casabona, bart.casabona@pepsico.com,
+1-914-253-2027; or Jenny Bohuslavsky, jbohuslavsky@webershandwick.com,
+1-212-445-8384

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

Underwriters Laboratories Acquires Leading High Tech Testing and Data Security Company RFI Global Services Ltd

Deal expands UL global services for wireless and cellular communications and payment systems

NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 8 -- Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, announced today that it has acquired RFI Global Services Ltd, a leading provider of testing, approval and consultancy services to the global technology market, including data security, cellular, wireless and smart card technologies.  The company is a market leader in testing and certifying new generations of payment devices, including contactless cards and terminals as well as broader mobile payment systems.  RFI Global will be integrated into UL's Verification Services business, which provides performance testing, inspection and auditing for product manufacturers and retailers worldwide.

"This acquisition allows us to further extend our global safety mission and better serve companies in the growing wireless, performance and data security markets," said Keith Williams, president and CEO of UL.  "Every day, an increasing number of products are transmitting data wirelessly and many organizations are relying upon wireless protocols.  Combining the expertise and market positions of UL and RFI Global allows companies to come to a single organization for safety, sustainability, wireless and security product testing."

Headquartered in Basingstoke, near London, RFI Global will operate under the name RFI Global, a UL Company, and current management will report directly to UL Verification Services leadership.

"This acquisition gives RFI Global the opportunity to be part of an organization with global reach, technical knowledge and brand reputation," said Stephen Kirk, CEO of RFI Global.  "UL and RFI Global have a long-standing relationship providing complementary services to customers. This acquisition strengthens our value proposition to our customer base and allows us to expand joint offerings on a much broader scale."

Expanded offerings as a result of the acquisition include EMC testing and software capabilities enabling companies to better track and manage global product approval processes.

  Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

  About Underwriters Laboratories

UL is an independent product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for more than a century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems from more than 66,000 manufacturers each year. In total, there are more than 20 billion UL Marks appearing on products worldwide. UL's global family of companies and network of service providers includes 68 laboratory, testing and certification facilities serving customers in 102 countries. For more information, visit: http://www.ul.com/.

About RFI Global Services Ltd

RFI Global is a trusted provider of consultancy and testing services to the global technology market. RFI Global's expertise covers Cellular, Wireless and Smart Card technologies, with particular emphasis on convergent products (i.e. those that combine multiple technologies).  With over 20 years of experience and a global presence, RFI Global has built a reputation for the quality of its service, the expertise of its staff, and the ability to deliver in demanding timescales. For more information, visit: http://www.rfi-global.com/.

Source: Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Joe Hirschmugl, Media Relations Manager of Underwriters
Laboratories, +1-847-664-1508, Joseph.F.Hirschmugl@us.ul.com

Web Site:  http://www.ul.com/
http://www.rfi-global.com/

Majesco Entertainment Announces E3 2010 Line-Up

Includes Crafting Mama, Babysitting Mama, Greg Hastings Paintball 2 and Zumba Fitness®

EDISON, N.J., June 8 -- Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ:COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced their E3 line-up for this year.  E3 2010 will take place June 15-17, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Majesco's Game Line-Up Includes:

Babysitting Mama - Introducing a brand new way to experience Mama on Wii(TM)! Babysitting Mama includes a plush baby doll that you tuck the Wii Remote(TM) into, turning the doll itself into your controller for the game. Players can enjoy more than 40 activities using the doll and Nunchuk(TM) controller: rock the baby to sleep; bounce the baby; feed, bathe, change and play with the baby, plus much more.  Babysitting Mama launches on Nintendo's Wii(TM) system this holiday.

Crafting Mama - Mama is challenging your creativity in the only dedicated arts & crafts game available. Join Mama and her award-winning formula of addictive, stylus-based activities as you sew, mold, paint, cut and much more in 40 different projects that let you create and then play with your crafts. Crafting Mama launches exclusively on Nintendo DS(TM) this October.

Greg Hastings Paintball 2  -  Get ready for authentic paintball action from the #1 name in the sport. Greg Hastings Paintball 2 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii(TM), and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system lets players create an unstoppable team of real players, load up on revolutionary new gear and guns, and brave the unpredictable elements in 62 massive fields based on real locations around the world. The game is scheduled to launch this September.

Monster Tale  - A group of nasty kids have snuck into a secret world inhabited by monsters and enslaved them as their pets. This ragtag pack of kids is using the monsters to do all sorts of selfish, destructive things that will ultimately result in the downfall of the Monster World. That is, until little Ellie discovers the Monster World and befriends a mysterious young monster named Chomp. This dynamic duo sets out on a fantastic adventure where our Monster Tale begins.  Monster Tale debuts on Nintendo DS(TM) and is scheduled to ship this December.

Swords - Swords pits you against the best of the best from past, present, and future in the ultimate sword fighting contest with Wii MotionPlus(TM) support. Make your way from the dojo to the Final Showdown, and prove that you are the greatest swordsman of all time! Swords launches on Wii(TM) this September.

Zumba Fitness® - Join the party! Bring the ultimate Zumba Fitness® experience home with the first interactive game based on the wildly successful fitness program.  Zumba Fitness® pairs red hot international dance steps with sexy Latin and international rhythms to create an exhilarating fitness-party on your console that's focused on the joy of movement.  Follow Zumba instructor fan favorites Tanya Beardsley, Gina Grant and Zumba's creator Beto as they guide you through 30 routines that will make you forget you are even exercising.  Systems for Zumba Fitness® will be announced at E3.

For assets and more information on Majesco's E3 videogame line-up, please visit http://www.majescoentertainment.com.

About Majesco Entertainment Company

Majesco Entertainment Company is a provider of video games for the mass market.  Building on more than 20 years of operating history, the company is focused on developing and publishing a wide range of casual and family oriented video games on Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM) and other leading systems.  Product highlights include Cooking Mama(TM), TETRIS® Party Deluxe, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum.  The company's shares are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol: COOL. Majesco is headquartered in Edison, NJ and has an international office in Bristol, UK. More information about Majesco can be found online at http://www.majescoentertainment.com. @Majesco is on twitter or at http://www.twitter.com/majesco.

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Certain statements contained herein are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These forward-looking statements may be identified by reference to a future period(s) or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate" or "continue" or the negatives thereof or other comparable terminology.  The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors.  These factors include but are not limited to, the demand for our products; our ability to complete and release our products in a timely fashion; competitive factors in the businesses in which we compete; continued consumer acceptance of our products and the gaming platforms on which our products operate; fulfillment of orders preliminarily made by customers; adverse changes in the securities markets and the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity.  The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to release publicly the results of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

Source: Majesco Entertainment Company
   

CONTACT:  Marina Beck, Rogers & Cowan, +1-310-854-8192,
mbeck@rogersandcowan.com

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

National Instruments Announces New Products for Connecting NI LabVIEW to Industrial Networks

New Interfaces for PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and DeviceNet Allow Engineers to Add High-speed Measurements, Custom Control and Web Connectivity to Existing PLC and DCS-based Systems

AUSTIN, Texas, June 8, 2010 -- National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) today announced new interfaces for PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and DeviceNet that make it possible for engineers to connect LabVIEW, programmable automation controllers (PACs) and embedded systems to their existing industrial networks. The new interfaces provide industrial control engineers the ability to add high-speed measurements and analysis, advanced control, Web connectivity and data logging to existing systems to improve the performance and quality of their machines. The new NI CompactRIO PROFIBUS C Series modules connect CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO to PROFIBUS DP networks as masters or slaves, which add high-performance measurements and custom control to systems that have standardized on PROFIBUS. In addition, NI announced a new one-port FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1 interface for USB and a pair of DeviceNet master boards for PXI and PCI.

Currently, PROFIBUS features more than 30 million installed nodes worldwide and is one of the leading industrial networks for connecting programmable logic controllers (PLCs), I/O, sensors and drives in industrial and automation systems. The new C Series modules make it possible to connect CompactRIO PACs and NI Single-Board RIO embedded systems to a PROFIBUS industrial network and add high-performance measurements, advanced analysis and custom field-programmable gate array (FPGA) logic to existing systems. Engineers now can easily upgrade and retrofit existing machines and systems by using the new PROFIBUS modules to quickly add high-performance, flexible NI hardware and LabVIEW graphical software to accomplish high-speed and custom tasks that traditional PLCs are not designed to solve.

FOUNDATION Fieldbus is a simple, two-way digital communication protocol commonly used in process automation. The new NI USB-8486 is a one-port FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1 interface that provides data logging, configuration and control in HMI and distributed control system applications. The new interface connects FOUNDATION Fieldbus devices to standard desktop, industrial and notebook PCs. The USB-8486 is ideal for portable data logging and in-the-field configuration and maintenance of devices and networks.

DeviceNet is an industrial protocol that is based on the controller area network (CAN) physical layer and is managed by the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association. The new NI PCI-8532 and NI PXI-8532 scanner (master) interfaces are specifically designed for applications that involve managing and controlling other DeviceNet devices on the network using LabVIEW graphical programming.

For more information on how NI PACs, embedded hardware and LabVIEW add a wide variety of functionality to existing industrial systems, readers can visit http://www.ni.com to view the white paper, "NI Connectivity to Industrial Communications" on the NI Developer Zone. For additional information on the specific protocols, readers can visit http://www.ni.com/profibus, http://www.ni.com/fieldbus and http://www.ni.com/devicenet.

About National Instruments

National Instruments (http://www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 30,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 15 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 5,000 employees and direct operations in more than 40 countries. For the past 11 years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department by calling (512) 683-5090, e-mailing nati@ni.com or visiting http://www.ni.com/nati.

  Pricing and Contact Information

  CompactRIO PROFIBUS DP Master/Slave    11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin, Texas
   Module, 1-Port                        78759-3504
  Priced* from $1,699; euro 1,699;       Tel: (800) 258-7022, Fax: (512)
   213,000 yen                           683-9300
  CompactRIO PROFIBUS DP Slave Module,
   1-Port                               E-mail: info@ni.com
  Priced* from $999; euro 999; 120,000
   yen
  USB-8486, 1-Port FOUNDATION Fieldbus
  Priced* from $1,899; euro 1,899;
   238,000 yen
  PCI-8532, DeviceNet Interface, 1-Port
  Priced* from $999; euro 999; 125,000
   yen
  PXI-8532, DeviceNet Interface, 1-Port
  Priced* from $999; euro 999; 125,000
   yen
  Web: http://www.ni.com/
   industrialcommunications
  *Prices are subject to change without
   notice.

CompactRIO, LabVIEW, National Instruments, NI and ni.com are trademarks of National Instruments. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.

Editor Contact:       Hilary Marchbanks, (512) 683-5937

Reader Contact:       Ernest Martinez, (800) 258-7022

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CONTACT:  Editors, Hilary Marchbanks, +1-512-683-5937, or Readers, Ernest
Martinez, 1-800-258-7022, both of National Instruments

Web Site:  http://www.ni.com/

KIWIBOX.COM Released Platform for Easiest URL Shortening to Its Online Community for Young Adults and Old Teens to Explore, Connect, Party

NEW YORK, June 8 -- KIWIBOX.COM, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: KIWB) announced today that they have developed and released a platform for URL shortening appropriately called- "4kiwi". This technology, available on its social network website and worldwide under the URL http://www.4kiwi.com, shortens extensive links into something more convenient and manageable. This will make the social networking site and the interaction with other platforms simpler, neater and more efficient, without the presence of run-on links, while increasing the identification with the brand and social network site "kiwibox".

Link shortening through 4kiwi.com can benefit both corporate and personal agendas.

Examples of corporate benefits include: minimization of the amount of incorrect sites visited by a potential customer, simpler ways to measure effectiveness through link tracking, and the ability to unify links and improve your prospects' experience. In order to measure this effectiveness, link tracking uses measurements such as: amount of clicks per URL, time spent on the site, location of the user, and metadata. Examples of personal benefits include an easier way to dictate a URL to a friend, avoiding link breakage in emails or messages, evading URL garbling, and using the smallest amount of space possible. Limited space is a huge issue, especially in today's social media centered world. Twitter was a large instigator in this URL shortening trend due to the character limit imposed on its site. Users on Twitter have a 140 character limit which is severely hindered if they post a lengthy link. In the past, Twitter has been known to use bit.ly and in January, 2010 they encoded 3.4 billion links (including Twitter and other sites) and continue to have record days.

4kiwi.com encompasses many more benefits than its leading competitors. Unlike other sites, when a link is shortened through 4kiwi.com, options include: posting the shortened link directly to kiwibox, facebook, or twitter, as well as being able to easily attach it in an email. 4kwi.com is the dawn of a new age and kiwibox.com has once again shown that it is a fierce competitor in the social networking world.

About  KIWIBOX.COM:

KIWIBOX.COM is the only stand-alone social network community company whose shares are traded in the public stock  market under the trading symbol "KIWB". KIWIBOX.COM was founded in 1999 to give teenagers a voice on the internet and was a leader in the teen oriented world for several years. In 2008, the company launched a new version 2.0, expanding its community to serve old teens & young adults to explore, connect and party. After a restructuring of the company in 2009, a new website technology platform was announced in 2010. Further developments and integration of mobile and strategy technology, in combination with traditional marketing efforts are planned to increase membership and to be a prominent website in the social networking world for young adults and old teens.

This press release contains certain statements relating to future results, which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from either historical or anticipated results, depending on a variety of factors. Potential factors that could impact results include the general economic conditions in different countries around the world, fluctuations in global equity and fixed income markets, exchange rates, rating agency actions, resolution of pending regulatory investigations and related issues, including those related to compensation arrangements with underwriters, pension funding, ultimate paid claims may be different from actuarial estimates and actuarial estimates may change over time, changes in technology and internet developments, commercial property and casualty markets and commercial premium rates, the competitive environment, the actual costs of resolution of contingent liabilities and other loss contingencies, and the heightened level of potential errors and omissions liability arising from placements of complex policies and sophisticated reinsurance arrangements in an insurance market in which insurer reserves are under pressure. Further information, concerning the Company and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect the Company's financial results, is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source: KIWIBOX.COM, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Andre Scholz, +1-212-239-8210, ascholz@kiwiboxinc.com

Web Site:  http://www.kiwibox.com/

First Orion Announces New Features for PrivacyStar BlackBerry App

SmartBlock Leverages Crowdsourced Data to Proactively Block Nuisance Calls and 'Do Not Disturb' Automatically Texts Callers With Away Message

CONWAY, Ark., June 8 -- First Orion today announced new features to its popular PrivacyStar BlackBerry app. The powerful, yet easy to use application providing unlimited call blocking and reverse caller lookup now has a SmartBlock feature that takes the top blocked numbers from amongst PrivacyStar subscribers and proactively blocks them across its entire user base. A new Do Not Disturb feature allows users to redirect callers to their voicemail while simultaneously sending them a text message acknowledging their call.

PrivacyStar's new SmartBlock function takes the top blocked numbers the PrivacyStar community has blocked and automatically blocks them across its network of subscribers. Now PrivacyStar subscribers can keep known nuisance callers from calling them by selecting SmartBlock in their settings menu. The list of blocked numbers that make up SmartBlock is kept current in accordance with PrivacyStar user activity.

PrivacyStar users will also be able to share the numbers of nuisance callers with their friends. Once an unwanted call is received the PrivacyStar subscriber can choose to include that number in their Privacy List and send that number in an email to a friend. This is particularly helpful when dealing with debt collectors who often target the numbers of an entire family.

For BlackBerry users who want a break from calls, but do not want to block them entirely, PrivacyStar's new Do Not Disturb feature forwards all incoming calls to voicemail while sending a text message to the caller. PrivacyStar subscribers are able to create their own customized text message.

"Our new SmartBlock feature helps our customers avoid harassing callers before they even receive the first call," said Jeff Stalnaker, CEO of First Orion. "Along with the new ability to share the numbers of nuisance callers with friends and family and the Do Not Disturb text message option we aim to consistently grow our portfolio of privacy services."

PrivacyStar provides comprehensive and unlimited call blocking. BlackBerry users can block individual numbers, entire area codes or enter any combination of digits for a truly personalized service. Telemarketers who transmit a string of random numbers or 'spoof' their number in an attempt to fool caller ID can also be blocked. All blocked calls can be managed, including unblocking, from a personal web portal that is automatically synced with the device.

PrivacyStar remains the first and only mobile app that captures detailed information about possible telemarketing violations including date, time, number and identity and makes it easy for users to supply this information to law enforcement authorities for investigation.

  PrivacyStar Features and Benefits
  --  Simple to Use - After receiving an unwanted call, select the number
      from the call log to add to the Privacy List and that call will be
      blocked in the future
  --  Caller Lookup - PrivacyStar Caller Lookup allows a user to identify
      unknown callers by name and take appropriate action, such as adding to
      the contacts list or Privacy List
  --  SmartBlock - Employs crowdsourced data from PrivacyStar users to
      automatically block the top offenders - kept current according to user
      activity
  --  Do Not Disturb - Forwards all incoming calls to voicemail and sends a
      text message acknowledging the call
  --  Report Potential Telemarketing Violations - Upon the user's request,
      PrivacyStar captures detailed information about possible violations
      including date, time, number and identity. PrivacyStar allows users to
      easily provide this information to law enforcement authorities so they
      may take action
  --  Web Portal - Utilize the fully integrated personal web portal to
      manage blocked callers (including unblocking), provide additional
      details on violations and manage the PrivacyStar account

  About PrivacyStar

PrivacyStar allows users to lookup callers not in their address book, block unwanted callers, report Do Not Call List violators to authorities and provides capabilities focused on allowing users to take control of their mobile phone. PrivacyStar is available for $2.99 (USD) per month or for discounted semi-annual and annual periods after a free 7-day trial period. BlackBerry users in the United States and Canada can download PrivacyStar at http://www.PrivacyStar.com, BlackBerry® App World or by texting "myprivacy" to 74700.

About First Orion

First Orion delivers the only network-based privacy and preference service to wireline, wireless, VoIP users and smartphones. First Orion has patented numerous privacy and preference solutions and is based in Conway, Arkansas. The company provides consumers the best in phone privacy solutions.

First Orion and PrivacyStar are registered trademarks of First Orion, Corp. All registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.

  Roseann Hernandez
  FortyThree, Inc.
  831.332.9744
  PrivacyStar@43pr.com

Source: First Orion
   

CONTACT:  Roseann Hernandez of FortyThree, Inc., +1-831-332-9744,
PrivacyStar@43pr.com, for First Orion

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

TurnTo Unveils Next-Generation Social Commerce Suite for Online Retailers

Applications Integrate Social Networks with Customer Transactions to Increase Sales While Protecting Privacy

NEW YORK, June 8 -- TurnTo Networks, a leader in onsite social shopping, today introduced the TurnTo Social Commerce Suite, providing online sellers with next-generation social shopping tools that leverage social networks and customer transaction data to drive sales while protecting shopper privacy.  The Social Commerce Suite includes TurnTo Social Merchandising, now coming out of beta and adding a broad range of new features, and TurnTo Social Purchase Sharing, a newly introduced member of the TurnTo lineup.

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Based on input from shoppers and merchants gathered during its successful year-long beta phase with more than 35 innovative online stores, the Social Commerce Suite was built from the ground up specifically to meet the needs of online retailers.  The applications provide data control, privacy, and bottom-line results that go beyond generic social plug-ins. The TurnTo Social Commerce Suite also taps into real-world relationships to build direct connections between shoppers - social commerce 2.0 functions that represent the next step after first-generation social tools like customer reviews.

"TurnTo continues to push the envelope in social commerce, and from what we've already seen we are very excited to be among the first to bring this set of next-generation features to our site," said Tom Frenchu of TABcom, LLC.  "We have been very successful with TurnTo but feel we've only scratched the surface of its true power and capability. Companies are scrambling to unlock the financial power of social networking and it's clear that TurnTo has done its homework in driving social commerce forward while still exhausting all measures to protect the privacy of shoppers."

"The TurnTo Suite is a tremendous step forward in building trust between our shoppers and our brand while respecting their privacy along the way," said Chaim Posen, JomaShop.com.  "Through this release, TurnTo is filling a void in the social commerce space that until very recently was only focused on reviews and ratings from strangers."

TurnTo Social Merchandising runs directly on a merchant's site, showing shoppers what their friends have purchased there.  Online retailers who have already installed the beta version of TurnTo Social Merchandising have reported increased conversion rates, order size, and repeat purchases. As this product exits beta, TurnTo is introducing numerous enhancements, including:

  --  New levels of personalization
  --  Engaging new designs for product display
  --  Simplified friend-connection and opt-in sharing models
  --  Scalability to handle the largest purchase data sets while meeting the
      response time requirements of the most demanding sites
  --  API-based access to friend lists and news story publishing through
      Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, Mac and
      others

With TurnTo Social Purchase Sharing online retailers can now engage customers at the very last stage of making their purchase. Built into the order confirmation page of e-retail sites, TurnTo Social Purchase Sharing provides powerful tools to encourage buyers to share the news of their purchases with their friends on various social networks.  As social networks develop into a primary traffic source for e-commerce leaders, Social Purchase Sharing allows stores to effectively utilize the power of this channel.  Designed as an easy to implement solution for online retailers, TurnTo Social Purchase Sharing puts stores, rather than third-party social networking sites, in control of its customers' data.

"The introduction of the TurnTo Social Commerce Suite represents a significant milestone in the evolution of social commerce," said George Eberstadt, CEO of TurnTo Networks.  "Through the TurnTo Suite, online retailers can now tap into the social power of their full customer base while at the same time addressing privacy requirements.  It's good for shoppers, and it's good for merchants' bottom lines."

The TurnTo Suite will be generally available to online stores in the beginning of Q3 2010.

About TurnTo

TurnTo provides Onsite Social Shopping applications for online merchants.  TurnTo enables online stores to turn their entire customer base into references for friends and other shoppers, driving higher conversion rates, average order values, and repeat purchases.  TurnTo provides a powerful way to take advantage of the Facebook Open Graph and also supports other top social networks and email systems.  Internet Retailer 500 companies, including TABcom (Dog.com), CompUPlus, and Jomashop, use TurnTo's onsite social shopping to convert visitors into buyers; the conversion rate of shoppers who use TurnTo is 2-4 times higher than it is for those who don't.  TurnTo is a white-labeled, SaaS offering that can be integrated in a few hours. More information about TurnTo and its partner sites is available at http://www.turntonetworks.com.

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Source: TurnTo Networks
   

CONTACT:  Leo Tignini of iFluence PR for TurnTo Networks,
+1-908-907-6246, leotignini@iFluencepr.com

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

IBM Expands Collaboration Software Support to Include iPad

BERLIN and SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced an expansion of IBM Lotus messaging and collaboration software with the delivery of secure enterprise mail for the Apple iPad. The news was announced at both the Deutsche Notes User Group in Berlin and the Apple Developers Conference in San Francisco.

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IBM Lotus Notes Traveler is no charge software that can be downloaded by Lotus Notes customers providing two-way, over-the-air synchronization of enterprise e-mail, calendar and contact between Lotus Domino servers and mobile devices, including the iPad.  This means that Lotus Notes based information will automatically synchronize and be up to date on the device.  Lotus Notes Traveler also allows iPad users to enjoy the security of per message mail encryption.

"IBM is committed to providing the broadest possible collaboration software support on all major mobile platforms. With high anticipation and many requests for iPad compatibility for Lotus Notes, we're pleased we can offer this now at a highly secure level," said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president, messaging and collaboration, IBM.

Several organizations in a wide variety of industries globally have begun using Lotus Software on the iPad.

"Lotus Notes Traveler on the iPad is convenient and helps me stay on top of my e-mails.  I don't have to go home at night and fire up my laptop to see my messages," said Dave Stall, Lotus Notes Manager,  Roto-Rooter Services Company. "The iPad is sitting next to me on the couch and I can respond to anything that needs my attention quickly."

"I like when forwarding an e-mail, you can type the first letter of a person's name and get a list of people. You then select that person by tapping the screen. This saves a lot of typing and time," added Stall.

"I can see this taking the place of a laptop for the executive and sales staff, and they live on e-mail. Lotus Notes Traveler makes that transition easy," said John Roling, IT Director, Czarnowski, an IBM client and business partner.

"When Lotus Notes Traveler iPad users are in a meeting, they can now have up to date 'push' mail and calendar," said Almar Diehl, Groupware Consultant, e-office.

Also, IBM portal based web pages will display clearly on the iPad through the Safari browser.

IBM Lotus Notes Traveler Companion is a native iPhone OS application that enables the viewing of encrypted mail on the iPad and iPhone.  Traveler Companion is available in the App Store at

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibm-lotus-notes-traveler-companion/id346633 404

IBM Lotus Notes collaboration software is available for the full spectrum of proliferating mobile and Web connected devices which are used to access corporate applications and business processes. Lotus Notes is available in a cloud based version, and also comes bundled with hardware and other offerings via its Lotus Foundations line for mid-sized businesses.

More than half of the largest global 100 corporations use IBM's flagship collaboration offerings, Lotus Notes and Domino. These clients include the top aerospace and defense organizations; the top nine automotive firms; the top eight banks; the top four makers of consumer products; the top seven electronics firms; the top eight insurance companies; the top seven pharmaceutical organizations; and the top nine telecommunications carriers.

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

Media contacts: Michelle McIntyre, IBM Global media relations, m: 408-483-6681, mc@us.ibm.com

And Beate Werlin, IBM Germany media relations, o: +49-89-4504-1364, m: +49-172 8393551 beate.werlin@de.ibm.com

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CONTACT:  Michelle McIntyre, IBM Global media relations, mobile,
+1-408-483-6681, mc@us.ibm.com, or Beate Werlin, IBM Germany media relations,
office, +49-89-4504-1364, mobile, +49-172 8393551, beate.werlin@de.ibm.com

Web Site:  http://www.ibm.com/

Auto Retailers Can Now Buy eFleetDirect Vehicles on ZOOMWAREHOUSE, an Online Vehicle Auction

INDIANAPOLIS, June 8 -- eFleetDirect has partnered with ZOOMWAREHOUSE, a new, dynamic online auction to sell fleet, off-lease and repossession vehicles.  Unlike traditional physical and online auctions which represent both the buyer and seller, eFleetDirect in this venue is the seller and values a strong relationship with the buyers. Using ZOOMWAREHOUSE means there is no "middleman" and eFleetDirect has ultimate control of the sales process.

eFleetDirect recently expanded their operations to include remarketing programs for banks and other financial institutions. They found ZOOMWAREHOUSE to be a simple way to sell their inventory of fleet, lease and repossession units. These include not only cars, but occasionally motorcycles, recreational vehicles and other power sports units.

David Borshoff, VP of Business Operations and Development said, "We are offering a simple, friction free way for auto retailers to buy the inventory they need at very attractive price points.  Currently, dealers can register for free and do not pay a "buy fee."  Dave continued, "In today's tight market dealers need every available channel to find quality vehicles. ZOOMWAREHOUSE is one more source dealers can leverage."

eFleetDirect controls the inspection process and provides one of the most detailed evaluations offered in the industry. Buyers can view details from the report, see if there are any flaws and view an average of 45 photographs per vehicle.  This assures all buyers they are getting what they paid for at ZOOMWAREHOUSE. Additionally auto retailers are able to use the ZOOMWAREHOUSE website as a "virtual inventory showroom" and "sell a customer" before they actually acquire the vehicle.

All auction vehicles have a floor price where the bidding starts or dealers can select the "Buy It Now" option. This enables dealers to quickly acquire a vehicle they need for their inventory.  If dealers need a specific vehicle, eFleetDirect also offers a concierge service. This allows dealers to locate vehicles which may exist in a fleet that is due to be turned in. Dealers can preview the inventory on ZOOMWAREHOUSE, but registration is required to place a bid or view pricing.

About Us:

eFleetDirect is an asset remarketing company for fleets/lease, rental and financial institutions who are seeking a turn-key, cost effective solution for remarketing their portfolios.

Contact: David Borshoff | eFleetDirect | Toll Free 1.877.844.5330 | info@efleetdirect.com

Source: eFleetDirect
   

CONTACT:  David Borshoff, eFleetDirect, Toll Free +1-877-844-5330,
info@efleetdirect.com

Web Site:  https://secure.zoomwarehouse.com/

Palo Alto Networks Delivers 'Read-Only' Facebook

Gives enterprises more control over which employees can use Facebook, when, and for what purposes

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 8 -- Companies can now implement "read-only" Facebook policies in the workplace with next-generation firewalls from Palo Alto Networks(TM), the network security company. New, finer-grained control over who uses the popular social networking application and for what purposes means companies can enable Facebook for employees that need it for their jobs, while limiting its functionality for other workers who use it primarily for personal reasons.

This kind of granular control over the use of Facebook - by user, group, content or even time of day - is unique to Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewall. As a result, IT security managers are better equipped to prevent leaks of corporate data, improve worker productivity, and reduce security threats such as malware and viruses that increasingly use Facebook and other applications to invade the enterprise.

"Our message to IT professionals is 'yes, you can,'" said Rene Bonvanie, vice president of worldwide marketing, Palo Alto Networks. "Yes, you can safely enable applications like Facebook in your workplace. Yes, you can reap the rewards of social networking while mitigating the risks. Our next-gen firewall is the great enabler of Enterprise 2.0 apps."

How and Why: Read-Only Facebook

Imagine a manufacturing organization where certain members of the marketing group have "read-only" access to Facebook to monitor a competitor's social marketing efforts - without being able to post personal status updates or comment on friends' updates. The corporate communications team might have full use of Facebook, including applications and chat, in order to communicate with journalists. The legal team may have no access to Facebook, while the human resources (HR) staff has complete access but only between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.

In fact, organizations can get extremely granular by enabling or disabling discrete Facebook functions:

  --  Base access to Facebook
  --  Facebook posting
  --  Facebook chat
  --  Facebook mail (messages)
  --  Facebook apps
  --  Facebook Social Plug-ins

  All permitted traffic can be scanned for threats or confidentiality.

The new "read-only" Facebook functionality is available now at no cost to Palo Alto Networks customers.

Information on more than 1,000 applications that are identified by Palo Alto Networks can be found in Applipedia, part of the company's Application and Threat Research Center. Visit the online resource to find the latest news, commentary, and discoveries on applications and threats at http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/researchcenter/.

About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks(TM) is the network security company. Its next-generation firewalls enable unprecedented visibility and granular policy control of applications and content - by user, not just IP address - at up to 10Gbps with no performance degradation. Based on patent-pending App-ID(TM) technology, Palo Alto Networks firewalls accurately identify and control applications - regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or SSL encryption - and scan content to stop threats and prevent data leakage. Enterprises can for the first time embrace Web 2.0 and maintain complete visibility and control, while significantly reducing total cost of ownership through device consolidation. For more information, please visit http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/.

Palo Alto Networks, "The Network Security Company," the Palo Alto Networks Logo and App-ID are trademarks of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the United States. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

Source: Palo Alto Networks
   

CONTACT:  Steve Johansson, A&R Edelman, +1-650-762-2846,
sjohansson@ar-edelman.com, for Palo Alto Networks

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

Virtela Launches World's First Global Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC) for Networking, Security and Mobility

Industry-Breakthrough Architecture Features 50 Local Cloud Centers Worldwide, Bringing Services to End-User's Doorstep Key Enterprise Benefits: -- Open Architecture Delivers Any Service, from Any Location, using Any Network -- Eliminates "One Device, Per Service, Per Location" Model for 80% Cost Savings -- Enables World's First Cloud-Based Application Acceleration Service and Application Performance Guarantee

DENVER, June 8 -- Virtela, the world's largest independent managed network services company, announced today the world's first cloud architecture purpose-built for enterprise networking, security and mobility: Virtela Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC). Virtela ESC extends Virtela's disruptive multi-carrier network model to the cloud, up-ending conventional cloud models to deliver higher cost savings and faster service to enterprises worldwide.

Unlike other cloud computing approaches, Virtela ESC offers a breakthrough architecture that is open at every level, locally distributed around the world, and optimized for virtual devices.  These innovations unlock exponential benefits for enterprises faced with supporting increasingly distributed workforces that need fast and secure access to applications from anywhere in the world, often with decreasing IT budgets and staff. Virtela ESC frees the enterprise from common cloud constraints: closed platforms that tie services to a single network provider, centralized models that are inefficient for delay-sensitive applications, and "rack and stack" approaches that remain complex, costly and cannot scale with enterprise demand.

"Virtela ESC is doing for enterprise networking, security and mobility what Amazon EC2 has done for storage and computing," said Michael Suby, director of Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan. "At the same time, Virtela is offering enterprises for the first time a completely agnostic architecture that is interoperable across any public or private cloud, data center or hybrid environment, while delivering the consistently fast application response times that end users want and need."

Conventional cloud architectures are typically designed to support store-and-forward services, such as storage and computing. Virtela ESC was built from the ground up specifically to optimize real-time and delay-sensitive applications that enterprises rely on and which require a different approach on three key fronts:

        Open Architecture. Virtela ESC is independent of the underlying
         network, carrier and technology.  As a result, it delivers the best
         service to any location, using any network anywhere in the world.
         This infrastructure independence gives customers the freedom to
         choose the best mix of carriers and technologies, for example, to
         optimize access to any enterprise application, public/private
         cloud service or data center resource. Virtela ESC is the only all-
         inclusive cloud architecture available today.

        Locally Distributed. Virtela ESC effectively brings services to the
         end user's doorstep via its highly distributed network of 50 Local
         Cloud Centers (LCCs) around the world. By extending the cloud
         closer to the end user, Virtela accelerates applications
         immediately, near the content source, and instantly mitigates
         security threats near the origin of attack. This is in stark
         contrast to the centralized hosting model of conventional clouds,
         which may take end user traffic halfway around the world before
         reaching desired applications. Virtela ESC offers the deepest
         geographic reach of any cloud platform available today.

        Optimized for Virtual Devices. Virtela ESC changes the "One Device,
         Per Service, Per Location" status quo model. Virtela has decoupled
         services from hardware, virtualizing multiple services in its Local
         Cloud Centers to eliminate the complexity and expense of deploying
         multiple branch office devices. This results in an order of
         magnitude cost savings and ease of use.

        Virtela ESC services are available at zero upfront cost and have
         proven to deliver an 80% reduction in total cost of ownership. For
         example, an enterprise network and security deployment for 20
         branch offices could cost $600,000 upfront for hardware devices,
         plus the same amount in maintenance and IT staff costs, for a total
         of $1.2 million in the first year. The same deployment with Virtela
         ESC would require no upfront cost and a total of $120,000 in
         service fees: 10 times less expensive.

        Virtela ESC services scale from as few as two branch offices to
         thousands of branch offices for a single enterprise. Services can
         be activated within minutes and feature a consumable pay-as-you-
         go pricing model. Virtela ESC is the only virtualized cloud
         architecture for networking available today.

"With an astounding total of 10 million branch offices around the world, enterprises are more distributed than ever and need to cost-effectively extend centralized cloud benefits to the branch office while maintaining control and functionality," said Vab Goel, CEO of Virtela. "Virtela ESC meets that need with a distributed architecture that gives enterprises an all-access pass to whatever resource they need, wherever they need it, instantly from the cloud at dramatically lower costs."

New Services Enabled by Virtela ESC

Virtela ESC serves as the foundation for a multitude of industry-first services in enterprise networking, security and mobility.  In a separate announcement today, Virtela launched the flagship service powered by Virtela ESC: the world's first cloud-based application acceleration service. Available now, Virtela's Cloud-Based Application Acceleration Service speeds applications five to 25 times faster for just $5 a day per branch office.

Virtela's new application acceleration service is backed by the industry's first application response time experience guarantee. If a customer's applications do not run faster, they do not pay - in fact, Virtela pays them 250% of the service charge. This unprecedented Service Level Agreement (SLA) also extends to Virtela's existing managed application acceleration services, including its appliance-based offering, and hybrid cloud/appliance -based solutions continue to be available to meet customers' specific requirements per location.

Virtela ESC also enables equally disruptive new security services, such as real-time distributed security, and mobility services, such as managed smartphone services, which will be formally announced at a later date and feature industry-breakthrough service pricing, activation and guarantees.

  To learn more about Virtela ESC, please see these online resources:

  --  Virtela ESC Executive Brief by Frost & Sullivan
  --  Two-minute Virtela Application Acceleration Video
  --  Test Drive Virtela's Cloud-Based Application Acceleration Service

Virtela offers an extensive suite of managed network, security, infrastructure management, and application acceleration services, which leverage a unique model that aggregates and integrates the best local, regional and global networks to offer unparalleled geographic reach. By adding a unique overlay of intelligence that performs optimal routing and automatic failover for customer network traffic, Virtela's multi-carrier Global Service Fabric(SM) and Enterprise Services Cloud(SM) give enterprises an inherently higher performing, more resilient and cost effective alternative to traditional carrier networks. Virtela is the single point of contact for expert design, implementation and 24x7 proactive monitoring and management worldwide.

About Virtela

Virtela Technology Services Incorporated, the world's largest independent managed network services company, offers award-winning services, including MPLS and IP-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Security, Infrastructure Management, and Application Acceleration, to enterprise customers around the world. Offering services in 190 countries, Virtela integrates and manages best-of-breed service providers through partnerships with 500+ carriers, to address the unique needs of its customers.

Virtela is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with Global Network Operations Centers in Denver, Mumbai, India and Manila, Philippines. For more information, please call +1 (720) 475-4000 or visit http://www.virtela.net.

Source: Virtela
   

CONTACT:  Jane Morrissey, Virtela, +1-720-475-4012,
jmorrissey@virtela.net; Catharine Morgan, Greenough Communications,
+1-617-275-6552, cmorgan@greenoughcom.com

Web Site:  http://www.virtela.net/

Magellan(R) Offers Large Vehicle Navigation Solution

The Magellan(R) RoadMate 1700 Combines an extra large 7-inch Screen and Power-Packed features optimized for larger vehicle navigation.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8 -- Magellan, one of the leading GPS brands, offers the Magellan RoadMate 1700 as a solution to the navigation challenges facing drivers of larger vehicles.  Although it is at home in any size vehicle, the Magellan® RoadMate® 1700 is uniquely designed for large vehicles such as RVs, Trucks, SUVs and minivans.

The Magellan RoadMate 1700 is designed to make driving and navigating larger vehicles easier and safer.  The extra large 7-inch WVGA full-color display provides four times the standard screen area for enhanced readability allowing the driver to spend more time with their eyes on the road and less on the screen. The Highway Lane Assist feature positions the driver in the proper lane for upcoming lane changes and exits - critical advance notice for larger vehicles. Magellan's OneTouch user interface gives you instant access to your favorite addresses and searches.

"The Magellan RoadMate 1700 was created for large vehicle drivers to make their journeys safer and easier," said Mike Wagner, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Magellan. "With its extra large color touch screen, built-in AAA TourBook® and Roadside Assistance, optional extension mount and CoPilot trucker software (sold separately), the Magellan RoadMate 1700 is the ideal travel companion for SUVs, family vacations in the RV or even commercial truck drivers."

The Magellan RoadMate 1700 includes preloaded maps of the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto Rico; Highway Lane Assist; Spoken Street Names, mini USB 2.0; a Micro SD; Multi-Destination Routing with Route Optimization, and integrated AAA TourBook® travel guide information. A convenient Video-In jack can be used to connect an iPod®, back-up camera or other video source to watch live video on the bright 7" display (cable not included).

Specialized optional accessories allow you to adapt the Magellan RoadMate 1700 to your large vehicle needs.  An optional heavy duty Extension Mount brings the GPS navigator up close and personal.  With three points of articulation and an extra 12" of extension, no cab is too large to maneuver the display within easy reach.  The specialized multi-surface mounting pad will stick directly to vinyl dashboards safely securing the device and avoiding the long reach to the windshield.

The optional CoPilot® Truck Software from ALK industries provides reliable and accurate truck-specific GPS navigation and mapping for drivers of all types and sizes of commercial and recreational vehicles throughout the United States and Canada. The Magellan RoadMate 1700 is now available online and in many retail locations. It includes a windshield mount and cradle, cigarette lighter adapter, protective pouch, USB data cable and an adhesive disk for dash mounting.

The unit retails for $299. For optional accessories, including cases, pouches and additional mounting options, visit http://www.magellangps.com/.

  Units for review can be obtained by emailing: rfinelli@magellangps.com.

  About MiTAC Digital Corporation

MiTAC Digital Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MiTAC International Corporation and promotes and sells products and services under the Magellan brand name. Magellan assists people to travel, work and play with leading portable navigation and positioning solutions across multiple consumer markets. Recognized as an industry innovator, the company is the producer of the award-winning Magellan RoadMate, and Maestro(TM) series portable car navigation, Outdoor and Mobile navigation devices. MiTAC Digital Corp. is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information on Magellan, visit http://www.magellangps.com/.

© 2010 MiTAC International Corporation. The Magellan logo, Magellan, Maestro, RoadMate and eXplorist are registered trademarks of MiTAC International Corporation and are used under license by MiTAC Digital Corp. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

  CONTACT:
  Raphel Finelli
  Magellan GPS
  Senior Public Relations Manager
  408-250-1778 or rfinelli@magellangps.com

Source: Magellan
   

CONTACT:  Raphel Finelli, Senior Public Relations Manager of Magellan
GPS, +1-408-250-1778, rfinelli@magellangps.com

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

Blurb Launches Blurb for Good

Blurb for Good enables anyone to create and use books to support social causes; Blurb will contribute funds for every book sold to qualified projects

SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 -- Blurb®, the creative publishing and marketing platform, today announced the launch of Blurb for Good, a platform that enables citizen philanthropists and non-profits to create and use books as a means to generate awareness, goodwill and monies for social causes.

"The vision for Blurb has always been inclusive of a platform for social good," said Eileen Gittins, founder and CEO, Blurb. "We have now reached the scale and platform richness that makes this dream possible. Even before the launch of Blurb for Good, we have seen authors use the Blurb platform to sell over 17,000 cause-related books and raise over $500,000.  Blurb for Good provides a means to supercharge efforts to use Blurb books as a means of raising awareness and generating funds for a specific cause."

Citizen philanthropy is a fast growing trend around the world. Social media has given individuals the tools to motivate their friends, family and others to get involved and support causes. In 2009, in the midst of challenging economic times, 92 percent of non-profit organizations saw an increase in the number of gifts received due to online promotion of fundraising for their causes.(1)

Anyone and any organization can join Blurb for Good at http://www.blurbforgood.com. Blurb for Good leverages the benefits of the Blurb platform, making it easy to design, publish, market and sell professional-quality books, using Blurb's award-winning Blurb BookSmart® software. Blurb for Good authors can set up a unique page in the Blurb Bookstore to help promote their cause, and their books will be featured in a special section of the Bookstore reserved for cause-related books. Blurb's social and community marketing tools, including the new Blurb BookShow(TM) widget, allow customers to share Blurb books anywhere online - on Facebook, blogs, web sites, iPad, anywhere.

Today, Blurb authors keep 100% of their profit. With the launch of Blurb for Good, Blurb is introducing a contribution program that will help authors raise even more funds for their causes. Authors can apply to receive a contribution from Blurb for every book sold. Blurb will provide contributions to qualified authors who are raising money for registered non-profit organizations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

"Earlier this year, I wanted to do something to support earthquake victims in Haiti," said Julie Van Rosendaal, founder of the popular food blog DinnerwithJulie.com. "It struck me that a cookbook created by the food blogging community would be a personal way for us to collectively do something that would make a difference by producing a tangible product to sell and raise funds. Thanks to the Canadian government, who matched sales of the book, and to Blurb, who made it possible to get the book from concept to online bookstore in under three weeks, and available to buyers worldwide, Blog Aid: Recipes for Haiti sold more than 1,800 copies in 7 days, raising more than $45,000 for Haitian relief."

"Photographers at Microsoft produced a 160 page fine art photography book as a Giving Campaign fund raiser for the United Way in fall of 2009," said Daniel Moore, participant in Photographers at Microsoft 2009. "The project was wildly successful, raising over $50,000 for charity. This was possible due to our partnership with Blurb, who provided high quality print services, on-demand order fulfillment, online store-front, funds collection and disbursement. We were able to deliver a quality product without being either in the printing business or the online sales business. Blurb has been a fantastic partner for us."

"We have seen Blurb books make a real difference in communities around the world," said Gittins. "With the launch of Blurb for Good, we look forward to enabling more of these projects and featuring them prominently in our Bookstore for all to discover."

About Blurb

Blurb® is a creative publishing and marketing platform that unleashes the creative genius inside everyone. Blurb's platform makes it easy to design, publish, market and sell professional-quality books, using Blurb's free, award-winning Blurb BookSmart® software. Blurb's bookstore and online marketing tools enable customers to market and sell their books, and keep 100% of their profit. Blurb's social and community features allow customers to create and share Blurb books among friends and colleagues with ease.

Blurb was founded by Eileen Gittins in 2005, and includes a team of design, Internet and media veterans who share a passion for helping people bring their stories to life. In 2009, Blurb shipped over 1.2 million books to more than 60 countries and generated over $45 million in revenue. Blurb is based in San Francisco with offices in London. For more info, visit http://www.blurb.com/.

(1) Convio Online Non-Profit Benchmark(TM) Study, March 2010

Source: Blurb
   

CONTACT:  Audrey Shedivy for Blurb, +1-310-770-0610,
audrey@henrygreypr.com

Web Site:  http://www.blurb.com/

20 Operators Team With Alcatel-Lucent to Bring Fast, Lower-Cost Broadband Connectivity in Africa With a New 17,000 km Submarine System

With Built-in 40 Gbit/s Capability, ACE Will Link 23 Countries From South Africa to France, Providing Some of Them With Direct Access to the Global Network for the First Time

PARIS, June 8, 2010--     Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has signed a
turnkey contract valued at over 500 million US dollars with Africa Coast to
Europe (ACE), a newly formed consortium composed of 20 operators linking Cape
Town in South Africa to Penmarch in France via a submarine cable network.
This new submarine network system, with built-in 40 Gbit/s capability, will
span over 17,000 km and will deliver super fast broadband communications to
and from the African continent and Europe.

    Upon expected commercial service in the first half of 2012,
this network will bring broadband optical data connectivity for the first
time to the people of Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Sao
Tome and Principe, and Equatorial Guinea. It will also provide a higher level
of service and traffic protection in the region by featuring Alcatel-Lucent's
technology advancements in next-generation coherent technology, including
innovations from Bell Labs, to deal with transmission impairments in a
cost-effective and automated manner.

    Initiated and headed by France Telecom-Orange, the consortium
is composed of twenty parties: Baharicom Development Company, Benin Telecoms,
Cable Consortium of Liberia, Orange Cameroun, Companhia Santomense de
Telecomunicacoes, Cote d'Ivoire Telecom Expresso Telecom Group, France
Telecom, Gambia Telecommunications Company, International Mauritania Telecom,
Office Congolais des Postes et Telecommunication, Orange Guinea, Orange Mali,
Orange Niger, PT Comunicacoes, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the
Gabonese Republic, Sierra Leone Cable, Societe des Telecommunications de
Guinee and Sonatel.

    With an ultimate design capacity of 5.12 Terabit/s, ACE has
built-in 40 Gbit/s, providing the broadband infrastructure that will address
present and future needs for connectivity and capacity. This new super high
speed data network will cost-effectively support innovative broadband
services such as e-education and healthcare applications. These applications
will also benefit from a dedicated initiative from Baharicom in collaboration
with philanthropic organizations, to establish a broadband capacity endowment
to provide capacity grants for development programs and charitable
institutions.

    ACE's costal route will link South Africa to France - via
Namibia, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao
Tome and Principe, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia,
Sierra Leone, Guinea, The Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Tenerife (Spain) and
Portugal - and will have 21 landing points along the route.

    "ACE is further proof of the need for faster and more
cost-effective capacity and alternative route to provide everyone with
broadband access, so crucial to social and economic development," said Yves
Ruggeri, Chairman of the consortium's Management Committee. "Alcatel-Lucent
combines field-proven experience, reliability and the customer focus we need
for such a crucial project that will set a new milestone in the development
of the African communication infrastructure."

    "ACE is set to advance the African communication infrastructure with new
connectivity to expand the adoption of basic and advanced broadband services
at affordable rates," said Philippe Dumont, head of Alcatel-Lucent's
submarine network activity. "This new contract further confirms our
commitment to put our newest 40Gbit/s technology at the service of
information enablement to ensure that broadband access is economically spread
throughout the continent, while improving service reach and stability."

    More about the Alcatel-Lucent's solution for ACE

    Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its advance submarine line terminal
(1620 Light Manager) working at up to 40Gbit/s and using phase shift keying
(PSK)-based modulation formats with next-generation coherent detection to
deal with transmission impairments in a cost-effective and automated manner.
As part of the solution, Alcatel-Lucent will also supply its branching units
and will implement its 1678 Metro Core Connect in the landing points that
will be located along the route in Swakopmund (Namibia), Luanda (Angola),
Muanda (Democratic Republic of Congo), Libreville (Gabon), Bata (Equatorial
Guinea), Santana (Sao Tome), Kribi (Cameroon), Lagos (Nigeria), Cotonou
(Benin), Accra (Ghana), Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), Monrovia (Liberia), Freetown
(Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinea), Banjul (The Gambia), Dakar (Senegal),
Nouakchott (Mauritania), Tenerife (Spain) and Lisbon (Portugal).

    About Alcatel-Lucent

    Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted
transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic
industries such as defence, energy, healthcare, transportation, and
governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video
communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged
broadband networking, IP and optics technologies, applications and services,
Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of
Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications
industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced
global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local
partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2
billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located
in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent
blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.

Source: Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Peter Benedict, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-84, peter.benedict@alcatel-lucent.com ; Valerie La Gamba, Tel: +33(0)1-30-77-35-91, valerie.la_gamba@alcatel-lucent.com . Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations : Frank Maccary, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-12-11, frank.maccary@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tom Bevilacqua, Tel: +1-908-582-7998, bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tony Lucido, Tel: +1-908-582-5722, alucido@alcatel-lucent.com ; Don Sweeney, Tel: +1-908-582-6153, dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com .

Trade in Your iPhone Right from Your iPhone

Gazelle launches mobile website to help iPhone 4 upgraders

BOSTON, June 8 -- Just in time for the launch of Apple's iPhone 4, Gazelle (http://www.gazelle.com), the nation's largest consumer electronics reCommerce service, is launching a mobile site to let customers trade in their used iPhone right from their phone: iphone.gazelle.com.

The mobile website's intuitive interface allows customers to find out how much their iPhone is worth in less than one minute.

  --  Go to iphone.gazelle.com
  --  Select your model (2G, 3G, 3GS)
  --  Answer four quick questions about the phone's condition
  --  Get your cash offer

From there, customers ship their phone to Gazelle (packaging and shipping is free) and then get paid.  Although Gazelle expects prices to drop throughout the week, today customers can get more than $250 for used phones, allowing many iPhone owners to upgrade for free.

Gazelle has already seen a record number of iPhone trades and expects that tens of thousands of Apple users will trade in 2Gs, 3Gs, and 3GSs to help offset the cost of upgrading to iPhone 4.  "If you're planning to upgrade, we think you should upgrade smart," said Israel Ganot, co-founder and CEO of Gazelle.  "Our mobile site will bring the ability to upgrade into the palm of your hand, making it simpler than ever to offset the purchase of a new iPhone."

A new iPhone launch means big business for the reCommerce industry.  Last year, thousands of consumers' gazelled iPhones ahead of the 3GS launch in order to get cash for an upgrade.  This year, with so many 2G owners ready to take the leap to newer technology, Gazelle expects trade-in fever to have an even more noticeable impact on the market.  Gazelle ensures all data is properly removed from every gadget that is traded, and 100% of the items that are sent to Gazelle are responsibly reused or recycled.

ABOUT GAZELLE

Gazelle (http://www.gazelle.com), a service of Second Rotation, Inc., is committed to providing an easy, fast, and safe way for consumers to get cash for selling unwanted electronics or to recycle them responsibly.  To date, more than 80,000 consumers have used the service as a way to clean out closets, get cash and help out a good cause.  In addition, Gazelle empowers consumers to avoid time consuming and risky online experiences associated with peer-to-peer selling.  Consumers can rest assured that all personal information is thoroughly removed from their item while benefiting from conveniences like free shipping and packaging.  Based in Boston, Gazelle is backed by premier venture capital firms Venrock Associates and RockPort Capital Partners.

  PRESS CONTACT:
  Michael Schneider
  RF|Binder Partners
  (212) 994-7546
  gazelle@rfbinder.com

Source: Gazelle
   

CONTACT:  Michael Schneider, RF|Binder Partners, +1-212-994-7546,
gazelle@rfbinder.com

Web Site:  http://www.gazelle.com/

Due to Popular Demand ClearOne Expands Its Personal Conferencing Chat Product Line to Include the new CHATAttach

ClearOne's Popular Personal CHAT Group Conference phones are now expandable

SALT LAKE CITY, June 8 -- ClearOne (http://www.clearone.com/) (NASDAQ:CLRO), a global communications solutions company that develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming media, and connectivity systems for audio, video and web applications, today announced new members of its award winning CHAT® speaker phone product line, the CHATAttach(TM) family, featuring the ability to daisy-chain and support larger conference venues.

The new CHATAttach 150, 160, and 170 facilitate PC based conference calls using USB connectivity for applications such as Skype, Microsoft Office Communicator and Cisco IP Communicator for medium and large conference rooms. The CHATAttach conferencing system includes 2 group USB speaker phones, an attach cable, and power supply.  The system enables balanced distribution of microphones and loudspeakers as well as distributed control for easy access to mute and volume controls from either speaker phone. No matter where participants are seated, conversations are natural, crystal clear, and effortless.  The group USB speaker phones can also be used separately if an optional USB cable is purchased.

The first new member of the CHATAttach family is the CHATAttach 150 designed for PC conferencing and collaboration applications such as soft phones, web conferencing and software video conferencing. The CHATAttach 150 will begin shipping in August 2010. The next member is the CHATAttach 160, specifically optimized for Skype that enables users of Skype to benefit from CHATAttach capabilities and has shipments beginning in Q3 2010. The final new member of the product family is the CHATAttach 170 optimized for Microsoft Office Communicator applications and will be available in early Q4 2010.

"Since the launch of the CHAT family we have had increasing requests from customers to use these solutions in larger rooms," said Gary Hansen, Senior Manager, Product Management - Telephony Products. "The new CHATAttach product family will give users the capabilities they have been asking for."

  All ClearOne CHATAttach products feature HDConference® audio technologies.
  --  Full duplex-- Allows users to both listen and speak at the same time.
  --  Distributed Echo Cancellation-- Identifies and eliminates acoustic
      echo for audio that is more intelligible.
  --  Noise reduction-- Identifies background noise from lights, fans,
      projectors, etc., and eliminates it.
  --  First mic priority-- Intelligently changes microphone levels depending
      on who is speaking.
  --  Automatic gain and level controls-- Adjusts microphone and speaker
      levels automatically.
  --  Adaptive modeling-- Continuously samples room acoustics for any
      changes to maintain continuous perfect audio quality.

  CHATAttach 150 MSRP $849.99
  CHATAttach 160 MSRP $849.99
  CHATAttach 170 MSRP $899.99

  About ClearOne

ClearOne is a global communications solutions company that develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming media and connectivity systems for audio, video, and web applications. The reliability, flexibility and performance of our advanced comprehensive solutions enhance the quality of life through better communication, education, and entertainment.

We develop, manufacture, market, and service a comprehensive line of high-quality audio conferencing products under personal, tabletop, premium and professional (installed audio) categories. We occupy the number one position in the global professional audio conferencing market with more than 50% of the global market share. Our conferencing solutions save organizations time and money by creating a natural environment for collaboration.

NetStreams, recently acquired by ClearOne, delivers the ultimate IP A/V experience by distributing high definition audio and video over TCP/IP networks. NetStreams' products, designed for commercial and residential use, offer unprecedented levels of performance, functionality, simplicity, reliability, and expandability. By combining audio/video content, meta-data and control signals into one stream and incorporating industry standards, NetStreams' newly patented StreamNet® solutions are a smart investment, enabling the Power of AV over IP(TM) - today.

NetStreams' StreamNet technology provides elegant solutions for streaming media & control applications such as digital signage, distribution of HD video and audio, LAN Cloud Matrix Switching(TM), and audio paging over data networks.

  ClearOne Contact:
  Mary Evans
  801-303-3582
  mary.evans@clearone.comhttp://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=509&to=ea&s=0

Source: ClearOne
   

CONTACT:  Mary Evans, ClearOne, +1-801-303-3582, mary.evans@clearone.com

Web Site:  http://www.clearone.com/

DJ Hero(R) 2 to Spin Hit Music With Electrifying Social Experience This Fall

Two Turntables and a Microphone, Freestyle Gameplay and Host of Chart-Topping Hits From World's Hottest Artists Highlight Sequel to #1 New Videogame IP of 2009 Soundtrack to Spin Beats From Dr. Dre, The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Over 85 Others Award Winning Producer Deadmau5 Joining the Crew as In-Game Playable Character Free Download of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" Mixed With Deadmau5's "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" Offered to Celebrate Announcement

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 8 -- This fall, living rooms will transform into nightclubs letting budding beat chemists, singing sensations and all of their friends party together by firing up two turntable controllers and a microphone to experience their favorite music as they've never heard it before in Activision Publishing Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ATVI) DJ Hero® 2 - the follow-up to the #1 new videogame intellectual property of 2009, DJ Hero®.  Picking up where the award-winning DJ Hero soundtrack left off, DJ Hero 2 spins together the hottest tracks blazing up the charts and legendary club anthems from the biggest artists in pop, dance and hip hop including Dr. Dre, The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and over 85 others.   Fueling the party will be a host of all-new social multiplayer game modes and innovative freestyle gameplay giving virtual DJ's the ability to crossfade, scratch and sample in over 70 speaker-blowing mashups from the hottest DJ's and Producers around the world, including Deadmau5 - part of dance music's elite - who will be starring as an in-game playable character.

To celebrate the announcement, DJ Hero owners and all of their friends will have the opportunity to download, spin, scratch and battle a mix from DJ Hero 2 as downloadable content.  The mix features the sultry sounds of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" Mixed With the blistering beats of Deadmau5's "Ghosts 'n' Stuff."  The mix will be available for free from June 8-14 on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

"DJ Hero was the best music game of 2009 and with DJ Hero 2 we're delivering a new easy to pick-up, challenging-to-master experience that all players can enjoy together," said David Haddad, Chief Operating Office, Guitar Hero.  "With new social game modes, the inclusion of full microphone support, all-new levels of creative freedom and an amazing soundtrack, DJ Hero 2 is the ultimate mixer of music and friends."

"We're improving upon all the gameplay elements from DJ Hero that gamers loved with the all-new freestyle gameplay and a host of new multiplayer game modes," said Jamie Jackson, Creative Director, FreeStyleGames.  "But we're not stopping there either as the award-winning soundtrack is getting bigger songs from hotter artists that our talented crew of DJ's is spinning into hits that fit the gameplay flawlessly."

DJ Hero 2 will deliver the ultimate way for players to come together and party with a host of new multiplayer modes - including DJ Battles that pit DJ against DJ in mixes produced specifically for battle gameplay - and invite vocalists into the spotlight with integrated on-screen singing and rapping of lyrics and rhymes while bringing the party to life with jump-in/jump-out Party Play gameplay.  Featuring the biggest dance, pop and hip-hop hits by the hottest artists everyone knows and loves remixed by world-class DJ's in an all-new way, the game's soundtrack delivers over 70 unique creations only available in DJ Hero 2.  Further immersing players into the music, the game offers a heightened level of creative input and allows everyone to add their own touch, directly impacting the beats they're spinning with freestyle scratching, crossfading and sampling.  The game will also feature an all-new career-based Empire Mode where players start out as an up-and-coming DJ on the road to becoming the head of a major entertainment empire, all of which is founded solely on their success as a DJ.

Dropping this fall, DJ Hero 2 will invite a wave of new digital disc jockeys to the turntables as the game will be available as a Party Bundle which will include a copy of the game, two turntable controllers and a microphone, offering the ultimate "party-in-a-box."  Gamers who experienced the #1 new videogame intellectual property of 2009 can pick up DJ Hero 2 as a Turntable Bundle featuring one turntable controller and a copy of the game or as standalone software.  The game is in development by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 and the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo.  The game is not yet rated by the ESRB.  For more information about DJ Hero 2, please visit http://www.djhero.com, facebook.com/djhero and twitter.com/djhero.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

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, Russia, Japan, 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, rapid changes in technology, industry standards and consumer preferences, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Activision Publishing, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors and third-party developers, 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, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, and the other factors identified in the risk factors section 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.

Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Activision are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc.

"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.  Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo. All rights reserved.

Source: Activision Publishing, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Aaron Ross Grant, Manager, Public Relations of Guitar Hero,
+1-310-255-2535, aaron.grant@guitarhero.com, for Activision Publishing, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.activision.com/
http://www.djhero.com/

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One Number, Many Contacts: Stay Connected With Group Communication, Only From Verizon Wireless

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 8 -- Verizon Wireless is making it easier for customers to call, text or send voice messages to their friends, family and colleagues with an exclusive new product called Group Communication.  Equally valuable for both customers and small businesses, Group Communication can help families plan where to meet for dinner, coaches schedule a baseball or soccer practice or business owners contact their employees quickly.  Group Communication enables simple, collaborative calling without the hassle of multiple numbers or conference bridges.

"For years, wireless phones have helped people stay in touch wherever they are.  Verizon Wireless is taking the next step by offering Group Communication, a service that lets people use one number to connect with all those people at the same time," said John Stratton, executive vice-president and chief marketing officer at Verizon Wireless.  "Group Communication offers a new way to share information, make plans and run businesses more efficiently, all managed online in your Verizon Wireless account."

Customers have two choices on how to set up Group Communication:

Family Group Contact provides a toll-free number -- 888-VZ-GROUP (888-894-7687) -- that automatically connects up to 20 members of an account with a call, text or voice message.  Businesses that have more than 20 lines can select up to 20 account contacts and connect with them using the toll-free number.  Members of a Family Group may include anyone on an account, plus one non-Verizon Wireless number or any wireline number not associated with that account.  Family Group Contact is $4.99 per month per account, and once subscribed, any member of the group with a Verizon Wireless number has the ability to initiate communication with the others.

Group Contact allows a customer to create up to seven customized groups, each with up to 20 different wireline, wireless or international phone numbers.  Group owners can initiate communication with a call, text or voice message by dialing a unique phone number assigned to the group when it is created.  Group Contact is $6.99 per month per line and includes Quick Contact, which allows users to ring all members of a Quick Contact group simultaneously.  When the first line answers, all others are disconnected, making Quick Contact perfect for those looking to connect with hard-to-reach individuals.

Customers can create and set up groups by logging into their accounts on either My Verizon or My Business.  Managing groups, including adding or deleting members, involves just a few clicks, and changes take effect immediately.

Group Communication from Verizon Wireless is powered by technology from Kodiak Networks.  For more information on Group Communication, go to http://www.verizonwireless.com/groupcomm, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store or call 1-800-2 JOIN IN.

Group Communication is not available in all areas and is subject to specific terms of use.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving nearly 93 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 81,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)(NASDAQ:VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD).  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

Source: Verizon Wireless
   

CONTACT:  Debra Lewis, Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7512,
Debra.Lewis@verizonwireless.com

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

Company News On-Call:  http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html

MovieTickets.com to Provide Exclusive Online Movie Ticketing for IMDb

LOS ANGELES, June 8 -- MovieTickets.com, the worldwide leader in advance movie ticketing, announced a multi-year agreement to exclusively provide online movie ticketing for IMDb. In connection with the agreement, West World Media will be the exclusive provider of movie showtimes on IMDb.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100430/MOVIETICKETSLOGO )

Under the terms of the agreement, ticket buyers searching for movies and movie showtimes on IMDb.com are now able to purchase tickets via a co-branded site for theaters affiliated with the MovieTickets.com service. This provides moviegoers with immediate access to the MovieTickets.com network of theaters. MovieTickets.com represents several of the largest exhibitors in the nation and 195 theater chains in numerous countries worldwide.

"IMDb is one of the most recognized brands on the Internet, especially among movie enthusiasts. We are excited to be working with a destination that services such a tremendous audience," said Joel Cohen, CEO, MovieTickets.com. "We've experienced continued growth in recent years within our affiliate network, and the addition of IMDb will greatly expand the ticketing opportunities and visibility for our exhibitor partners and their inventory that MovieTickets.com represents."

"IMDb is committed to providing our users with comprehensive showtime listings and unparalleled movie ticketing functionality," said Reed O'Beirne, IMDb business development. "We are so pleased to work with West World Media and MovieTickets.com to help IMDb users discover movie showtime information and purchase tickets online."

About MovieTickets.com

MovieTickets.com (http://www.movietickets.com), the worldwide leader in advance movie ticketing, offers moviegoers a destination for movie news, reviews and trailers as well as a convenient way to buy movie tickets in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at MovieTickets.ie; in Argentina at MovieTickets.com.ar; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. Formed in 2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ:HOLL), National Amusements, Cineplex Entertainment, Marcus Theatres (NYSE:MCS), Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and Time Warner, and leverages the collective theater chain expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently represents over 50 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group, which includes 195 theater chains, is about eight times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.

Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100430/MOVIETICKETSLOGO
Source: MovieTickets.com
   

CONTACT:  Katie Casey, Formula PR for MovieTickets.com, +1-310-578-7050,
casey@formulapr.com

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

Alcatel-Lucent Reports on its Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in 2009; Company Launched CSR Council and Stepped up Pace on Eco Sustainability Initiatives

PARIS, June 8, 2010--
   
    - CEO Ben Verwaayen leads new CSR Council formed to increase dialogue
      with external stakeholders as a step toward becoming best in class

    - Acted on Bell Labs research showing networks could be thousands of
      times more energy efficient, as one of the founding members of the
      GreenTouch(TM) consortium

    - Reinforced action plan and monitoring to drastically reduce
      environmental impact of operations, meeting 2010 carbon emission
      reduction goal in 2009

    - Enhanced assessments of vendors to ensure eco-sustainable and CSR
      practices

    - Alcatel-Lucent Foundation programs supported some 21,000 students in 17
      countries and encouraged volunteerism among employees

    Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) issued its 2009 Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) report
[http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/inbrief/index.html],
which gives an update on the company's actions to operate as a responsible
and involved corporate citizen. The report provides details on a broad range
of activities including:

   
    - Initiating the formation of the industry-wide GreenTouch(TM)[
      http://www.greentouch.org/] consortium and launching the Alcatel-Lucent
      Alternative Energy Lab [ http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut
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    - Enhancing assessment of suppliers in its supply chain to
      ensure eco-sustainable and ethical behavior throughout,

    - Employee volunteer programs, and

    - Creating a workplace that values diversity and provides
      growth opportunities for the company's 78,000 employees around the
      world.

    (Due to the length of these URLs, it may be necessary to copy and paste
the hyperlinks into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the
space if one exists.)

    In his introduction to the report, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben
Verwaayen stressed how central CSR is to the company's culture and way of
doing business. He stated that the company's ambition in regards to CSR is to
be, "best in class - nothing less, a leader in our industry across the broad
range of CSR issues. Our technology is an enabler so we feel a particular
obligation to be an engaged, active corporate citizen of the global
community."

    In 2009, the company launched its CSR Council with
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen as its chairman, to promote dialogue with
external stakeholders and to get their input and guidance on the steps the
company needs to take to achieve its goal of becoming best in class in terms
of its CSR efforts and results. The Council comprises six of Alcatel-Lucent's
senior leaders and two outside experts: Claude Fussler, Special Advisor to
the United Nations Global Compact, and Eric Olson, Senior Vice President,
Advisory Services, Business for Social Responsibility. The Council sets the
company's CSR goals, tracks programs and advices management on issues and
opportunities. It also advises the company's management committee on emerging
CSR trends.

    The industry-wide GreenTouchTM consortium was launched in
early 2010, with much of the work for the initiative taking place in 2009,
including the Bell Labs research that found communications networks could be
dramatically more energy efficient than they are today. This consortium,
which now has 16 members, is committed to making global communications
networks 1,000 times more energy efficient than they are today. While this
effort focuses on reducing the industry's own carbon footprint, the urgency
for this effort is made all the more significant given that communications
technology is an enabler for other industries that are also seeking to reduce
their carbon footprint. Consequently, there will be an even greater
dependence on networks going forward that will result in an even higher level
of energy consumption unless a dramatic redesign of these networks is
undertaken that emphasizes energy efficiency.

    The company is mobilizing its entire workforce to reduce the
company's global carbon footprint and is working on several fronts to develop
more eco-sustainable networks and operations, and that effort is showing
results. Alcatel-Lucent reduced its facility-based CO2 emissions by nearly
112,000 tons from 2007 to 2009, thereby exceeding its goal of reducing annual
CO2 emissions by 10 percent from their 2007 level by the end of 2010, and
providing more momentum for its ultimate goal of reducing its carbon
footprint from all sources by 50 percent by 2020. It has a robust program to
take back, remanufacture and reuse network equipment, and in 2009 handled
some 636 metric tons of equipment through that program. In June, the company
launched the world's first alternative energy lab and pilot site dedicated to
telecommunications in Villarceaux, France. The company's Alternative Energy
program was honored with France's Digital Green Growth prize [
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM
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ENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001886.xml] in 2009, and in March of
this year received the European Commission's Sustainable Energy Europe Award
2010 [
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM
0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONT
ENT_FILE=News_Releases_2010/News_Article_002009.xml], in the "Market
Transformation-Voluntary Commitments" category.

   
    Some of the other areas covered in the report are:

    - Engagement with key global stakeholders, including the World
      Economic Forum, the United Nations Global Compact, the Global
      e-Sustainability Initiative, the Alliance for Telecommunications
      Industry Solutions and the International Telecommunications Union Focus
      Group on ICT and Climate change.

    - Infusing sustainability and ethical practices throughout the
      company's supply chain. Alcatel-Lucent conducts on-site audits of
      suppliers to review the full range of CSR practices, including how
      employees are treated, safety practices, social and ethical policies
      as well as environmental issues. Alcatel-Lucent also engaged EcoVadis,
      a company that specializes in sustainable supply management solutions,
      to implement a rating system to help us better assess suppliers in this
      area and help them improve their practices. Nearly 80 percent of the
      assessments were rated satisfactory.

    - Supporting communities through the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation
      [http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/htm/en/ourFoundation.html], which
      spearheads the company's charitable activities. Foundation grants
      focus on education programs, especially for girls and women. In 2009,
      some 21,000 students around the world received help through 35
      Foundation-funded projects, and employees donated some 50,000 hours of
      their time to 225 "International Days of Caring" projects, ranging from
      park clean up days to comprehensive mentoring programs for students, in
      more than 40 countries.

    As it did last year, the company is publishing this report on
line, as one of the tactics it is employing to minimize its carbon emissions.
The report is available in three, digital, eco-friendly formats: 2009 CSR
Report In Brief version (in English only):

   
    - http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/inbrief/index.html

    - 2009 CSR Report Interactive version:
      http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/index.htm

    - 2009 CSR Report Full PDF version:
      http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/Alcatel-Lucent
      -CSR-Report-2009-En.pdf

    About Alcatel-Lucent

    Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted
transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic
industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and
governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video
communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged
broadband networking, IP and optics technologies, applications and services,
Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of
Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications
industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced
global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local
partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2
billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located
in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent
blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.

Source: Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Peter Benedict, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-84, peter.benedict@alcatel-lucent.com ; Alix Cavallari, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-16-58, alix.cavallari@alcatel-lucent.com ;  Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations: Frank Maccary, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-12-11, frank.maccary@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tom Bevilacqua, Tel: +1908-582-7998, bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tony Lucido, Tel: +1-908-582-5722, alucido@alcatel-lucent.com ; Don Sweeney, Tel: +1-908-582-6153, dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com

Motorola Announces Results for Its Any and All Offer, an Increase in the Tender Cap and Early Tender Date Results of Its Dutch Auction Offer

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 8 -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that approximately $138,183,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.22% Debentures due 2097 were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m. EDT on June 7, 2010, the Expiration Date for its previously announced cash tender offer for any and all of such debt securities (the "Any and All Offer").

Motorola has accepted for payment all debt securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Any and All Offer and expects to make payment for such debt securities in same-day funds on June 8, 2010.

                                                          Percentage
                                                               of
                              Principal      Principal    Outstanding
   Title of       CUSIP        Amount         Amount         Amount
    Security      Number    Outstanding      Tendered       Tendered
   --------      ------      -----------     ---------    -----------
   5.22%
   Debentures
   due 2097     620076AM1   $251,939,000   $138,183,000         54.85%
  -----------   ---------   ------------   ------------         -----

Motorola also announced that it has increased the combined aggregate principal amount of debt securities that it is offering to purchase in the Any and All Offer and the Dutch Auction Offer (together, the "Offers") from $400 million to $500 million (as increased, the "Tender Cap").  Except as amended by this press release, all other terms and conditions of the Offers as described in the Offer to Purchase dated May 24, 2010 (the "Offer to Purchase") and related Letter of Transmittal remain unchanged.

Motorola has set the maximum principal amount of debt that may be purchased pursuant to the Dutch Auction Offer as $361,817,000. Such maximum amount is equal to the difference between the new Tender Cap of $500 million and the principal amount of debt purchased in the Any and All Offer.  The aggregate principal amount of each series of debt securities that has been validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Dutch Auction Offer as of 5:00 p.m. EDT on June 7, 2010 (the "Early Tender Date") is set forth in the table below.

                                                          Percentage
                                                               of
                              Principal      Principal    Outstanding
   Title of       CUSIP        Amount         Amount         Amount
    Security      Number    Outstanding      Tendered       Tendered
   --------      ------      -----------     ---------    -----------
   6.50%
   Debentures
   due 2025     620076AK5   $378,669,000    $70,984,000         18.75%
   6.50%
   Debentures
   due 2028     620076AP4   $285,590,000    $82,748,000         28.97%
   6.625%
   Senior
   Notes
   due 2037     620076BA6   $446,444,000   $244,814,000         54.84%
  ---------     ---------   ------------   ------------         -----

Because the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the debt securities tendered pursuant to the Dutch Auction Offer as of the Early Tender Date, when withdrawal rights terminated, exceeds the Tender Cap, such debt securities, if accepted for purchase, will be purchased on a pro rata basis, and debt securities not purchased will be returned to the holders.

The Dutch Auction Offer will expire at 12:00 Midnight EDT on June 21, 2010, unless extended.  Holders of debt securities subject to the Dutch Auction Offer who validly tender their debt securities after the Early Tender Date and before the Dutch Auction Offer Expiration Date will only be eligible to receive an amount equal to the applicable Dutch Auction Offer Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Premium of $50 per $1,000 principal amount of debt securities accepted for purchase pursuant to the Dutch Auction Offer.

The complete terms and conditions of the Offers are described in the Offer to Purchase, as amended hereby, and the related Letter of Transmittal.  Motorola has retained J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. to serve as the Lead Dealer Managers for the Offers.  J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. may be contacted at (866) 834-4666 (toll free) or (212) 834-4802 (collect) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. may be contacted at (866) 627-0391 (toll free) or (212) 250-2955 (collect).  Motorola has also retained Global Bondholder Services Corporation to serve as the Depositary and Information Agent for the Offers.

Any questions or requests for assistance or additional copies of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal may be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation by phone at (866) 873-7700, or in writing at 65 Broadway - Suite 404, New York, NY, 10006, Attention: Corporate Actions.  You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offers.

This press release is not a tender offer to purchase or a solicitation of acceptance of a tender offer, which may be made only pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase, as amended hereby, and the related Letter of Transmittal.  In any jurisdiction where the laws require the Offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offers will be deemed made on behalf of Motorola by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., or one or more registered brokers or dealers under the laws of such jurisdiction.

This release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the timing and principal amount of debt securities to be purchased in two separate cash tender offers, including certain terms and conditions of the offers.  Although Motorola believes that the expectations contained in this release are based on reasonable assumptions, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct.  Actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed in this release.  Motorola, Inc. has included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and in other SEC filings, cautionary language identifying important factors, though not necessarily all such factors, that could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects.  From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile.  Motorola (NYSE:MOT) had sales of US $22 billion in 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.motorola.com.

    Media Relations Contacts:
    Jennifer Erickson
    Motorola, Inc.
    +1 847-435-5320
    jennifer.erickson@motorola.com

    Investor Relations Contacts:
    Dean Lindroth
    Motorola, Inc.
    +1 847-576-6899
    dean.lindroth@motorola.com

Photo:  AP Archive:  http://photoarchive.ap.org/
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020307/MOTLOGO
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: Motorola, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Media Relations, Jennifer Erickson, +1-847-435-5320,
jennifer.erickson@motorola.com, or Investor Relations, Dean Lindroth,
+1-847-576-6899, dean.lindroth@motorola.com, both of Motorola, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.motorola.com/

Vgo Communications Introduces First 'Active Presence' Solution to the Workplace

VGO enables a remote worker to not only see, hear and talk, but also move around and be more productive in distant locations

LAS VEGAS, June 8 -- Vgo Communications today announced its ground-breaking visual communications solution at the InfoComm tradeshow. VGO is the first "active presence" solution for the workplace. Active presence is game-changing in that it enables people to escape the stationary bonds of traditional videoconferencing / telepresence and actively work in a remote environment. VGO is a completely new solution designed for organizations looking to increase productivity, reduce costs and overcome the challenges of working at a distance. VGO combines two way audio and video capabilities with robotic enabled mobility to allow a person to have their presence represented in a distant location. Not only can a remote person see, hear and talk but they can also drive around just as if they were there. For under $5,000 plus a service contract, organizations can mobilize distant employees who need to manage, who contribute their expertise, who monitor activities and facilities or who just want to visit. Limited quantities will be available this month with general availability at the end of the summer.

"VGO gives a remote person complete independence," said Brad Kayton, CEO of Vgo Communications. "With VGO, you transport yourself to wherever you need to be - to the branch office, to the manufacturing line, to the classroom and then move around just as if you were there. It's much more than calling to a location, it is going there and being actively present. This unique capability has been extremely well received by our trial customers and reseller partners."

VGO is Unique

VGO active presence is comprised of the remote VGO device and the local Vgo PC App which are joined securely by VgoNet, a specially developed cloud-based overlay network.

A remote worker establishes their presence in a distant location using VGO, a 4 ft tall stylish audio / video communication device. The remote person's live image is displayed on the LCD display and they can be heard through VGO's integrated speakers. With its intelligent drive system, a distant worker can maneuver in tight spaces and turn within VGO's footprint. VGO can move from a snail's pace to a brisk walking speed. Sophisticated sensors and behavior algorithms ensure stability and safety. VGO's camera acts as the eyes of the remote person providing any desired view just as if they were looking around. VGO can also easily take hi-resolution snapshots and transfer them instantly back to the remote worker for closer visual inspections. The remote person hears with incredible clarity from all directions via VGO's four integrated microphones and adaptive audio sub-system. VGO does not require any actions or training by people who work in the locations where VGOs are being used. People interact just as if the remote person were there with them.

The remote person uses the specially designed Vgo PC App on their PC or laptop, to see, hear and move around just as they were there themselves. The Vgo PC App also replicates their voice and video image back at the VGO. Both the VGO and the Vgo PC App are connected through VgoNet, a Vgo Communications-built cloud computing network service that enables high quality communications while ensuring that stringent security and privacy requirements are met.

VGO is the result of more than two years of development and more than a year of customer trials and partner evaluations. Vgo Communications' team of experienced video and robotic experts advanced the underlying technologies required to develop a solution that meets the needs of the workplace. That combined with the recent ubiquity of wireless and broadband networks have enabled Vgo Communications to bring to market a product set that is simple to use, secure and low cost.

Careful attention to communications design has resulted in a high quality experience despite the challenges associated with a moving platform. Equally important is the unique physical design of the VGO and its ability to go wherever the remote worker requires. "Active Presence devices have not been available for the workplace until now," continued Brad Kayton. "VGO is friendly looking, non-intimidating and moves as if the remote person were there walking around. It's interesting in that our trials have shown that remote employees who are using VGO, actually command more attention than if they were there in-person."

Applications for VGO

VGOs have been trialed by more than 40 companies in a range of industries. Customers have identified applications within their organization where a remote person benefits from the use of VGO in performing his/her job. Manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education, large enterprises and small to medium businesses have all used VGO successfully.

"We used VGO for remote management and coaching of our outbound call center staff," said Neal Creighton, CEO of RatePoint, a rapidly-growing Internet business based in Boston. "Over a quarter, we measured our performance using VGO, and realized a 30 percent increase in sales. We have become avid fans of VGO. It would pay for itself in the first month of operation."

  VGO applications fall into three categories:

  --  VGO Expert. With today's pressure to get the most out of limited
      resources, having the right people in the right place is becoming
      increasingly difficult and expensive. Vgo enables you to have the
      right person, at the right time, and in the right place. Vgo can be
      used for remote management by team leaders and department heads. Vgo
      can be used for telecommuting by travelling VIPs. Vgo can be used for
      telehealth by select health care specialists. Vgo can be used by
      graduate school class teaching by remote professors. Vgo can be used
      for coaching by distant mentors. Vgo can be used for training by busy
      knowledge workers.

  --  VGO Monitor. VGO has been used to monitor facilities, processes and
      people. Security employees can use VGO to investigate an event before
      dispatching a person. VGO can be used by inspectors to audit and
      confirm an organization's operational procedures and safety policies.
      Healthcare workers can monitor hospital or at home patients with no
      action on the part of the patient. Results have shown that VGO can
      improve employee productivity when the boss is "actively present" even
      without direct interaction.

  --  VGO Visit. VGO can been used to visit people and facilities in
      situations where you would normally have to be there to get the full
      benefit. Healthcare organizations can make VGO available to family
      members of the residents in their senior care facilities and
      hospitals. Divisional managers can catch up with their peers to find
      out what's really going on. All types of organizations can give
      prospective clients tours of their distant facilities or headquarters
      and introduce the important people in the sales cycle.

  VGO Reseller Partners

VGO is sold, serviced, and supported nationwide by a set of experienced certified resellers. A charter member partner program has been in effect to enable select resellers to become certified in preparation for product general availability. These partners are leaders in their markets and have a proven track record in selling the benefits of visual communications and have the infrastructure to support customers that will have VGOs widely distributed around the county. They include: AVI-SPL (based in FL), IVCi (based in NY), Omnipresence (based in MA), Providea (based in CA & MA), RPS Communications (based in TX), RoData (based in PA), and SKC (based in KS). They deliver and support visual communications solutions today to enterprise Fortune 500 companies as well as to small and medium businesses.

VGO Availability

First deliveries of VGO to the reseller channel will be later this month. Resellers will be taking orders for VGOs which are scheduled for general availability in September. VGOs can be reserved now on http://www.vgocom.com.

About Vgo Communications, Inc

Vgo Communications, Inc. develops and markets visual communications solutions for the workplace. Originally North End Technologies, the company was founded in 2007 by experienced successful veterans of visual communications and robotics industries. Vgo Communications is VC backed and is based in Nashua, NH. We are leveraging the recent trends of widespread wireless high speed networks, lower specialized component costs and the universal acceptance of video as a communications medium to create a new market category called Active Presence.

For more information go to:

http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/public/kit/VgoCommunicationsINFOCOMM2010

Source: Vgo Communications
   

CONTACT:  Ned Semonite of Vgo Communications, +1-978-831-3195,
nsemonite@vgocom.com

Web Site:  http://www.vgocom.com/

Penrose Press Releases Beta-test Version of Serengeti Game

ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 8 -- Penrose Press is proud to announce the release of the experimental beta-test version of a new board game - Serengeti.

The Serengeti Game is the first game to employ the 'predator-prey' game mechanics developed by Ray Lauzzana in 2009. This mechanism controls movement across a node network connected by directional vectors. The movement may only pass along the direction of the vectors at a cost indicated on the nodes.

The game simulates the Serengeti ecosystem. Players take on the role of a migrating herd, emulating their migration to feeding areas, breeding their next generation, encountering predators which attack the herd and other grazing animals that join the herd.

The herds travel thru various types of terrain from savannah and forest to deserts, rivers and lakes. The climate and environment also effect the herd on its journey with monsoons, droughts, fires and earthquakes.

More background information and rules can be found at http://www.predatorpreygame.com/

Predator-Prey: Serengeti is a surprisingly easy game to play in spite of the complexity of its simulation. It is a great game for the whole family: an educational game that is fun for all.

Copies of the Beta-Test game may be purchased for US$40.00 plus shipping on the GameCrafter website:

http://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/predator-prey-serengeti

Customers who purchase this game are expected to register the game with Penrose Press and report their experience playing the game. A coupon must be returned with an additional payment of $10.00 USD. In exchange, they receive six animal tokens, the full color instructions in the language of your choice and additional parts that are required to play the game.

  Cover Photo:
  http://www.predatorpreygame.com/pics/cover.jpg

  Board photo:
  http://www.predatorpreygame.com/pics/board.jpg

  Game in Play:
  http://www.predatorpreygame.com/pics/gameinplay.jpg

Source: Penrose Press
   

CONTACT:  Ray Lauzzana, Penrose Press, +1-415-321-0689,
rlauzzana@penrosepress.com

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

01 Communique enters the online meeting market with the availability of a free Beta version of I'm InTouch Meeting

TORONTO, June 8 -- 01 Communique Laboratory Inc. (TSX: ONE - http://www.01com.com) today previewed a new online meeting service, I'm InTouch Meeting, and announced the immediate availability of a Beta release of the service - Free of Charge.

I'm InTouch Meeting is a secure web-based service, built on 01's patented technology, that enables businesses of any size to easily conduct online meetings by inviting up to 15 attendees to join the meeting using their desktop PC's. The service supports Windows-based operating systems (XP, Vista and Windows 7), has text and audio chat, whiteboard capabilities, ability to assign the mouse or keyboard to anyone attending the meeting and allows users to schedule multiple meetings.

"Our objective when designing I'm InTouch Meeting was to provide a cost effective, extremely secure and easy-to-use online meeting service that would provide all the key meeting features our customers have been asking for," said Andrew Cheung, President and CEO for 01 Communique. "I'm InTouch Meeting meets our objective by incorporating our patented technology ensuring a secure communication session is established. Building on expertise gained from our I'm InTouch suite of remote access services, we incorporated a highly intuitive user interface and extremely simple installation process. We also introduced a sharable license model at a very attractive price which makes hosting online meetings even more practical and economical."

I'm InTouch Meeting Standout Features

I'm InTouch Meeting separates itself from others on the market today with its -

  1.  Concurrent or shareable licensing - Our Shareable License Model means
      your employees can share your organization's I'm InTouch Meeting
      licenses. Unlike other online meeting products that require you to
      subscribe to 1 license for each employee that will be hosting online
      meetings, with I'm InTouch Meeting you only need to subscribe to the
      number of licenses that will ever be used at the same time. If your
      company has 50 employees who will be conducting online meetings, but
      only 10 meetings will ever be held at the same time, you only need to
      subscribe to 10 licenses. Plus, each employee can still have his/her
      own unique user name and password allowing administrators to
      accurately track individual usage and help ensure a higher level of
      security.

  2.  Security - Using our patented remote access technology we ensure that
      a secure communication session is established between all
      participants. In addition, we make use of multiple passwords and all
      data being transmitted is encrypted using industry standard 256-bit
      SSL encryption.

  3.  Intuitive User Interface - Our easy to understand control panel makes
      conducting a meeting a breeze. You can start a meeting or join one in
      seconds with no training required.

  4.  Enhanced File Transfer - Instantly send a copy of your presentation
      or report during the meeting to all participants using I'm InTouch
      Meeting's File Transfer capability. Perfect for securely sending
      files too large for email.

  5.  Easy Remote Printing - Use our Remote Printing feature to let your
      meeting attendees print copies of documents from your desktop to
      their local printers. All you need to do is select the "I'm InTouch
      Meeting Printer" from your document's print dialog and your attendees
      will be prompted to print the document using their local printers.

Try I'm InTouch Meeting today by going to http://www.imintouchmeeting.com to sign up for the free beta. There is no charge nor is there an obligation to subscribe during the Beta period. As an added bonus, if you sign up for the I'm InTouch Meeting Beta release and then subscribe to the service once it is released, you will be guaranteed a 15% discount off our published price for the life of your subscription. Pricing following the Beta is $29.95 monthly per license with two months free if you commit to an annual subscription.

About 01 Communique

Established in 1992, 01 Communique is an innovative force in the development and delivery of remote access, online meeting, support products and integrated communications software. We develop and market a suite of remote access services designed for small-medium sized business, mobile professionals and IT service providers. Our software as a service offerings are deployed on-demand and include functionality enabling on-line meetings, remote computing and IT support. All offerings are developed using our patented remote access technology and marketed under our I'm InTouch (http://www.imintouch.com) or I'm OnCall (http://www.imoncall.com) brand.

01 Communique has built an extensive market for its solutions through the cultivation of solid distribution channels and marketing partnerships. For more information on its products, visit http://www.01com.com or call (905) 795-2888 or (800) 668-2185 (North America only).

Source: 01 Communique Laboratory Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Jacob Katz, Public Relations, 01 Communique, (905) 795-2888
x211, jacob.katz@01com.com