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LG Electronics Demonstrates World's First ATSC Non-Real-Time 3D TV Broadcast

Spare broadband capacity utilized to cache 3D programming for more home entertainment options

LAS VEGAS, April 13 -- LG Electronics is paving the way for next-generation digital television (DTV) broadcast standards and advancing its leadership in 3D television with the first public demonstration of Non-Real-Time (NRT) technologies contemplated in ATSC 2.0, a new activity of the Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC). The world's first broadcast of NRT 3D TV takes place at the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters convention which runs through April 15 in Las Vegas.

LG's NRT technology takes advantage of unused bandwidth in broadband digital TV transmissions. While viewers are watching live ATSC DTV broadcasts, the NRT function can simultaneously cache other broadcasts in the background onto hard drives or USB flash drives so the content can be viewed at a later time. LG has successfully tested the ATSC-compatible technology in Korea with SBS, one of the country's premier terrestrial broadcasters.

"LG is at the forefront of developing this technology for digital broadcasting," said Dr. Woo Paik, president and chief technology officer, LG Electronics Inc. "NRT 3D broadcast is a prime example of our leadership in 3D TV, and it fits very well with LG's efforts in the developments associated with the newest ATSC technologies."

The demonstration at the NAB show, conducted in cooperation with SBS, is built around prototype LG NRT- and 3D-capable HDTVs to record and replay 3D ATSC programming stored on an external USB drive. The experimental broadcast showcases the capabilities of emerging ATSC 2.0 technologies, expected to be the next enhancement in the ATSC family of standards, perhaps as early as 2011 or 2012.

LG expects NRT technology to have enormous commercial potential with broadcasters and content providers taking full advantage of the flexibility of ATSC broadcasting to deliver additional services such as Internet radio and video-on-demand (VOD).

For consumers who have already bought or plan to purchase LG 3D HDTVs, the company plans to offer a software upgrade so they can take full advantage of additional content through the NRT and 3D ATSC services when they become commercially available in the years ahead.

Also at the NAB show, LG Electronics is demonstrating how Internet connectivity related to ATSC 2.0 will help enhance the DTV viewing experience. With a hybrid terrestrial transmission and IP (Internet-Protocol) service, Korean broadcaster KBS and LG will showcase enriched content for viewers and exciting applications for broadcasters. The demonstration will highlight features on prototype LG broadband TVs, including an advanced electronic service guide, VOD capability, and clip services.

About LG Electronics, Inc.

LG Electronics, Inc.  is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 82,000 people working in over 115 operations around the world. With 2009 global sales of 55.5 trillion Korean Won (43.4 billion US Dollars), LG comprises of five business units - Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, Air Conditioning and Business Solutions. LG is one of the world's leading producers of flat panel TVs, audio and video products, mobile handsets, air conditioners and washing machines. For more information, please visit http://www.lg.com.

About LG Electronics USA

LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a global force and technology leader in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. In the United States, LG Electronics sells a range of stylish and innovative home entertainment products, mobile phones, home appliances and business solutions, all under LG's "Life's Good" marketing theme. Digital television pioneer and long-time consumer electronics leader Zenith merged with LG Electronics in 1999. For more information, please visit http://www.LGusa.com.

Source: LG Electronics
   

CONTACT:  John I. Taylor of LG Electronics USA, +1--847-941-8181,
John.taylor@lge.com

Web Site:  http://www.lg.com/

High Performance Solutions for Thin Film PV Energy Applications from H.C. Starck Inc.

EUCLID, Ohio, April 13 -- Through research and product innovation, H.C. Starck Inc., Fabricated Products Group has developed sputtering targets offering superior sputtering performance for thin films PV (TFPV) energy applications.

Focusing on CIGS, a-Si (amorphous silicon) and CdTe thin films solar module manufacturers, H.C. Starck has been developing and successfully producing custom sputter targets in molybdenum (Mo) and nickel based (Ni) alloys along with its other core competency materials: tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb) and tungsten (W).

H.C. Starck's planar and rotary sputtering targets were developed in response to the demand to lower the cost per watt in the rapidly growing photovoltaic industry. Their state-of-the-art Thin Film Materials Lab equipped with sputtering tools and supporting equipment for testing film characteristics made it possible for in-house prototyping and modeling to achieve this goal.

As a vertically integrated supplier, H.C. Starck is one of the world's largest producers of molybdenum, tungsten and tantalum powders, and has expertise in reducing, pressing and sintering these high performance materials and finishing them for market. H.C. Starck uses highly specialized equipment and technologies capable of producing rotatable sputtering targets at the height of the most demanding requirements of target users in the areas of LCD display, large area coating and solar cell applications.

Best in class production capabilities with premier extrusion facilities, H.C. Starck can produce molybdenum rotary targets with inside diameters of 125 mm (monolithic) and 135 mm (bonded) applications in molybdenum up through the current largest rotary target requirement. Tantalum, niobium, nickel-vanadium and other materials also can be produced in planar or rotary form. Targets in lengths of 4 m (or more) can be produced per customer specification. H.C. Starck's extruded rotary targets are fully dense with extremely low oxygen levels.

Visit Cristian Cretu and David Fuller at the Society of Vacuum Coaters TechCon 2010 Exhibition, April 20-21 in Orlando, Florida - Booth 628 to find out how H.C. Starck can become your strategic partner working together to develop solutions for your demanding photovoltaic applications in solar energy.

For more information go to http://www.hcstarck.com and download a free brochure "High Performance Solutions in Thin Film Materials".

  Cristian Cretu                            David Fuller
  +1.216.692.6985                           +1.216.692.6985
  cristian.cretu@hcstarck.comdavid.fuller@hcstarck.com

  Contact
  H.C. Starck Inc.
  Fabricated Products Group
  1250 East 222nd Street
  Euclid, OH 44117 USA

Source: H.C. Starck Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Cristian Cretu, +1-216-692-6985, Fax, +1-216-692-0031,
cristian.cretu@hcstarck.com

Web Site:  http://www.hcstarck.com/

Right Hemisphere and Flatirons Solutions Bring Advanced 3D Capabilities to DITA-Based Technical Publishing

Companies to Demonstrate New 3D Technical Publishing Offering Next Week at the Content Management Strategies/DITA North America 2010 Conference

SAN RAMON, Calif. and BOULDER, Colo., April 13 -- Right Hemisphere®, the standard for the Visual Enterprise, and Flatirons Solutions, a recognized leader in enterprise and XML content technologies, today announced a new solution for incorporating 3D content into DITA-based technical documentation.  The solution enables users to directly repurpose 3D engineering assets for use in technical documents.  With this solution, organizations may insert 3D content into their documents either natively, or as links from 2D objects.  This direct access to lightweight 3D engineering assets enables technical publishing teams to lower their costs, be more accurate in product depictions, and complete their document deliverables more quickly thanks to reuse of existing content.

"There's no denying the power of 3D as a communications tool," said Right Hemisphere CEO Michael Lynch.  "Using a combination of rich 3D media and smart XML-based authoring makes technical content more usable and more effective for end users.  Including more 3D in technical documentation also helps with some of the globalization challenges manufacturers face today."

The new 3D technical publishing offering from Flatirons Solutions and Right Hemisphere leverages the DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) standard.  DITA is a modular XML-based architecture for authoring, describing, and delivering information through reusable "chunks" of content.  The new 3D-enabled DITA offering, announced today is built on top of the EMC Documentum® content management platform and integrates the Flatirons DITA Framework with Right Hemisphere's Visual Enterprise software.  The Flatirons DITA Framework is a set of powerful capabilities that allow technical publishing teams to adopt flexible, component-based content authoring processes that are increasingly critical to the timely delivery of multi-channel content.  Flatirons DITA Framework modules include content authoring, workflow, rich media management, and content globalization and localization support.

Right Hemisphere's Visual Enterprise software brings 3D authoring, importing, exporting, sharing and engineering asset management functionality to this joint technical publishing offering.  Through seamless integration with a wide array of enterprise systems, users of this integrated technical publishing offering enjoy direct access to lightweight representations of engineering models and related product information. This integration and content sharing helps ensure that content creators don't waste time re-creating an image that already exists in product engineering designs.

The combination of technologies from Right Hemisphere, Flatirons and EMC form a comprehensive, state-of-the-art solution for publishers of technical content.  As Flatirons Solutions Chief Technical Officer Eric Severson noted, "Technical publishing teams have long faced the challenge of accurately conveying information from product developers. The ability to access 3D content from product design teams and leverage it in a wide array of publication output formats is incredibly powerful, and will be a tremendous benefit to our technical publishing customers."

Right Hemisphere and Flatirons Solutions will demonstrate the capabilities of their new joint offering for the first time April 19-21 at the Content Management Strategies/DITA North America 2010 conference at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA.  For more information on Right Hemisphere or Flatirons Solutions and their products and services, please visit their respective Web sites at http://www.righthemisphere.com and http://www.flatironssolutions.com.

About Flatirons Solutions

Flatirons Solutions provides expert consulting, systems integration, systems and software engineering, and program management services to commercial and government clients.  Flatirons Solutions is a leading content solutions provider specializing in XML-based publishing, digital asset management, and business process automation. Flatirons Solutions also engineers mission-critical systems for government agencies. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and with offices in Washington, DC and Texas, Flatirons Solutions delivers its services to clients worldwide. For more information visit Flatirons Solutions on the web at http://www.FlatironsSolutions.com.

About Right Hemisphere

Right Hemisphere is the standard for Visual Enterprise solutions.  The company's software and solutions help Global 1,000 manufacturers to optimize their mission critical business processes such as engineering, manufacturing, service and support, training and sales and marketing.  The software does this by unifying visual product information with relevant business data readily available in corporate CAD, PLM, and ERP systems. It then automatically delivers this intelligent product information into commonly used business documents, file formats and even directly into business applications for secure downstream use anytime, anywhere. Founded in 1997, Right Hemisphere is based in Silicon Valley and Auckland, New Zealand. For more information, please visit http://www.righthemisphere.com.

The names of companies and products mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Flatirons Solutions
   

CONTACT:  Susan Austin of Right Hemisphere, +1-408-266-2322,
susan.austin@righthemisphere.com; or Pat Dawson of Flatirons Solutions,
+1-303-542-2142, Pat.Dawson@flatironssolutions.com

Web Site:  http://www.righthemisphere.com/
http://www.flatironssolutions.com/

What Do Hugging Taylor Swift and Stand-Up Comedy for Pete Sampras Have in Common? They're More Than Myth(TM)

Legendary stories are finding their home at new storytelling platform

CHICAGO, April 13 -- More Than Myth(TM) (MTM) kicked off their 'grand social experiment' 3/31 to capture and chronicle the most uninhibited and outrageous (but true) stories of a generation.  Through a simple 3-step process MTM makes it easy for members to tell their greatest stories.  People vote to determine what stories will be immortalized via guaranteed publishing in MTM's upcoming book.

Michael Wekall and Ryan Leander know about wild stories.  They're the guys behind 'A Hug From Taylor Swift,' the viral documentary phenomenon which got the attention of the Pop-and-Country superstar.  Taylor has personally responded by issuing 'video challenges,' turning the quest for a hug into an interactive game.

But Michael, a History major at Auburn University, is hoping the hug is just the beginning.  "I started this as a challenge to myself - to see if I could make something big happen with my interest in film," Michael said.

Enter More Than Myth(TM).

"MTM is a platform for elevating people's most outrageous stories," said founder Daniel Tweedall, "Michael and Ryan have shown they know how to tell a great story.  So we're helping them with Taylor, while collaborating on bringing a new story to life in a similar way."

That story belongs to comedian Rajiv Satyal, who in an interview with MTM shared his bizarre yet inspiring moment which encouraged him to pursue stand-up: performing for Pete Sampras.  Not recently in Los Angeles where he lives today - as an Ohio high schooler at The Masters tennis tournament in the locker room... after he'd asked Sampras on a dare to wear a Charlie® (the Tuna) mascot costume.

"It's funny," said Rajiv, "books and movies are always proud to be 'based on a true story.'  But in life we say 'Wow, that sounds like something out of a book/movie.'  My Sampras story isn't about the celeb factor - it's that we all have these 'life is stranger than fiction' moments.  And they're the best stories."

"I'm excited because this is a great way to bring MTM's stories to life for people," said Tweedall.  "When you boil it down it's about a guy who had fun living in the moment and experienced something incredible.  Our generation relates to that on many levels."

"We're psyched," said Wekall.  "Partnering with MTM is going to be huge.  It's already looking incredible and we've just gotten started."

How will this story unfold?  When asked, Tweedall just laughs.

"It's a hysterical story to start, and we're working with a great comic and guys who know how to have fun with a big idea.  What's already lined up is interesting... to say the least.  The making of MTM is becoming a legendary story in and of itself.  It's going to be a damn good time."

For more information on the above and the $10K 'MTM: Living Legend' story contest, visit MTM's site at http://www.morethanmyth.com.

About More Than Myth(TM)

More Than Myth(TM) is a 'grand social experiment' created to capture and chronicle the most uninhibited and outrageous (but true) stories of a generation.  Those stories that your friends say 'sound like something out of a book?'  Now they can be: Launched March 31, More Than Myth(TM) is a next-generation platform that makes it easy to tell your greatest stories to friends and the world.  Which stories become enshrined in The Book is up to you.  Who said the road to glory had to be a tough one?

Charlie® is a registered trademark of StarKist Co. More Than Myth(TM) is a registered trademark of Different Drummer Ventures.  All rights reserved.

Source: More Than Myth
   

CONTACT:  Sarah Evans, +1-224-829-8820, sarah@sevansstrategy.com, for
More Than Myth

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

Ansca(TM) Mobile Unveils Corona(TM) 2.0 SDK for Multi-Platform App Creation at 360iDev, Touts Support From Major Flash Mobile Developers

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 13 -- Ansca Mobile -- makers of the Corona SDK -- today unveiled the public beta for Corona 2.0 at the 360iDev iPhone developer's conference.

With Corona 2.0, users can now seamlessly build apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices in one unified environment. The multi-platform functionality leads the list of new features available in the Corona 2.0 beta, and continues the company's mission of empowering developers to create apps quickly and easily.

The Corona 2.0 beta will be available this Friday, April 16 for all registered Corona developers, and the final ship is expected toward the end of Q2. New users who purchase the current Corona 1.1 release now from Ansca Mobile ($99/year) will receive the Corona 2.0 upgrade for free when it is released. Corona 2.0 will be available for $249/year after its release.

"The new version of Corona gives developers a much quicker turn-around time for building apps across different platforms," said Dave Lazarony, Ansca Mobile advisory board member and former Director of Engineering for Adobe's Creative Suite. "And when you can see your results so instantaneously, you're able to test them more thoroughly and try out more ideas in a shorter amount of time - all of which ultimately allows you to build a better piece of software."

Also at 360iDev, Ansca Mobile will be joined by guest speakers with extensive backgrounds in Flash mobile development:

  --  Greg Burch: Director of Technology at SlideRocket. Greg has over a
      decade of experience developing for mobile devices, and was the Lead
      Architect in Flex Mobile at Adobe where he also founded the Slider
      mobile Flex project.
  --  Scott Janousek: Founder of Hooken Mobile, a Boston-based mobile
      content development firm. Scott is an Adobe Community Expert for the
      Flash platform, and is Adobe-certified as a Flash designer/developer
      and as an instructor for Flash Lite.
  --  Darren Osadchuk: Founder of Ludicrous Software, a Winnipeg-based
      mobile software company. Darren is Adobe-certified as a Flash Lite
      mobile developer.

  Former Macromedia VP joins Ansca Mobile Board of Directors

Ansca Mobile added former Macromedia Vice-President of Engineering for Mobile Devices Gary Hooper to their Board of Directors. Hooper's experience in launching Flash Lite and founding Macromedia's mobile division will help establish Corona as the standard in multi-platform app development. Under Hooper's direction at Macromedia, Flash Lite was expanded to over a half-billion devices worldwide.

About Ansca Mobile

Ansca, Inc. (http://www.anscamobile.com/) is a venture-backed Palo Alto, CA-based mobile software company founded by two former Adobe mobile software engineers who previously led the Adobe Flash Lite engineering team. Their Corona software development kit empowers developers of all backgrounds to create graphically rich games and applications for Apple and Google mobile platforms.

Source: Ansca, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Hetal Bhatt of Ansca, Inc., +1-217-691-4992,
hetal@anscamobile.com

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

Hanvon Launches the First Multi-Touch Tablet PC - Touchpad

**The highly anticipated multi-function tablet PC that brings freedom to your fingertips**

HONG KONG, April 13 -- With rapid advancement in computer technology, the craze of tablet PCs has been running high. The leading manufacturer of consumer electronics in the country, Hanvon, has beaten the market in launching the first and latest Hanvon Touchpad tablet PC nationwide. This will be the second main product line for Hanvon after eBook. With the revolutionary technology in Multi-Touch's highly sensitive screen, together with the handwriting recognition and handwritten input using the star technology of Hanvon, one can achieve the effect of "writing with my heart". Touchpad is a portable entertainment partner as well as a handheld "electronic book" and digital photo frame. It also acts as an office secretary for office workers and the business elite. It can be connected to the Internet to transmit data, store information, process documents, etc. It also allows sports enthusiasts to receive and send information via the Internet anytime. As well as upload photos immediately for family and friends to share the joy of life.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100413/CNTU006 )

Moreover, Touchpad has been pre-installed with Microsoft Windows 7 as the operating system, which facilitates the processing of working documents by professionals and others. The latest Hanvon Touchpad is now making its debut at all major computer electronics stores in a big way.

Anchoring on Hanvon's long-time position as the leading manufacturer in the domestic eBook market, together with over 20 years of experience in research and development in Chinese handwriting input technology as well as solid content resources, Hanvon has developed the tablet PC with robust and stable functions. Touchpad is pre-installed with the latest Windows 7 operating system to provide perfect support for Multi-Touch technology and to allow seamless Internet browsing with free-moving fingers. Even if one is not familiar with the keyboard input, it can still be operated through the human intelligence interface. The IntelCULV low-power processors and highly integrated motherboard chipset with large-capacity hard disk make it comparable with the mainstream computer and meet the needs of graphic processing capability, Internet browsing and movie and music entertainment. It has a maximum memory of up to 2GB with built-in Wi-Fi 802.11BG. It also supports Bluetooth and USB2.0. As for the MiniHDMI interface, it supports the connection from VGA to HDMI. Fitted with a 1.3-megapixel video camera, it supports face recognition and 1080P.

Touchpad does not come with a keyboard and has a thin bezel design. The furnace black casing is aluminum alloy and anti-scratch material gives it a perfect texture. The body is only 18mm thick and weighs approximately 960 grams, which is far lighter than the weight of the conventional notebook computer. It is portable, convenient to use and can be operated with one hand. It is an indispensable computer product for fashionable and business people today.  The screen uses a 10.1" LED backlight panel with resolution of up to 1024 x 600.

  Regarding Touchpad (Product Specification)

                         With the unique non-keyboard form and a narrow
                         border of fashionable design, exquisite and
                         detailed modeling, especially with super think,
                         wide viewing angle and backlit 10.1 inch LED,
                         Hanvon Touchpad supports 1080P high-definition
                         playback and HDMI output, in order to achieve
                         superior video and audio enjoyment. Together with a
                         range of touch Software, it fulfils the operations
                         of the office and entertainment environments. With
  Description            Windows 7 as the pre-installed operating system,
                         Touchpad supports full-touch mode of operation.
                         Computer operations have been subverted the
                         traditional way, so that the computer's operations
                         are controlled freely by fingers. Because of
                         Wireless communication devices such as Wi-Fi and
                         Bluetooth, online interactive activities come true
                         conveniently. A different body design (aluminum,
                         plastic) brings the perfect touch feeling. The
                         unique design solves problems of overheating,
                         knocking and other issues. With the weight between
                         960g-999g, body thickness of only 18mm, slim and
                         lightweight, Touchpad is easy to carry and fits
                         right in a pocket.

  Model                  BC10C

  Cover Material         Aluminum Alloy / Carbon Fiber

  CPU Platform           CULV

  CPU Type               743

  Memory                 2GB

  HDD                    2.5"/ 250GB/ 320GB

  Screen                 10.1" Super-thin Backlight LED

  Resolution             1024 x 600 dpi

  Wireless Communication
   Device                WIFI1802.11BG, Bluetooth

  Video Port             MiniHDMI > VGA MiniHDMI > HDMI

  Cardreader             Can read SD/MD/MSD Cards

  Screen Type            Capacitance

  USB                    USB2.0 (two)

  Audio Input/ output    Equipped with microphone/earphone &
                         microphone/speaker

  Adapter                Input: 100=240 50/60Hz output: 19V=3.42A DC head:
                         bend

  Battery/Battery
   capacity              Li-Polymer High-energy Battery 4800mAh

  Camera                 130 mega pixels

  For more information, please contact:

   Sharon
   Mobile: +86-132-6044-6086
   Email:  limeiyu@hanwang.com.cn

Photo:  NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100413/CNTU006
PRN Photo Desk, +1-888-776-6555 or +1-212-782-2840
           
Source: Hanvon
   

CONTACT: Sharon at +86-132-6044-6086 or limeiyu@hanwang.com.cn; Sophy at
+86-136-8120-3408 or tangzhe@hanwang.com.cn

Veechi's Job Genius(TM) Powers Social Editing of College Student Resumes

Job Genius helps students create, improve, and publish resumes - and identify job matches via best-fit technology

MONTE SERENO, Calif., April 13 -- Veechi Corp. -- developers of the "Veechi Classes" Facebook application -- today released Job Genius(TM), the first cloud tool to help college students create a professional resume with input from invited members of their Facebook circle.

Job Genius guides students through their resume with directions and suggestions for completion.  It automatically transfers relevant information from a student's Facebook profile to the resume. The student can invite any member of his or her social circle to comment on the resume, and then accept or ignore any edits.  The completed resume can be downloaded as a PDF file to be printed or posted at job sites.

Many college students have never created a resume and few are experienced resume writers, so students often omit information important to employers.  With Job Genius' directed suggestions, students include the most relevant information.  With social editing, peers and mentors can help make an adequate resume outstanding and with Job Genius' automated formatting, the resulting resume is professional in every respect.

In addition to creating the resume, Job Genius searches major job sites, presents the student with currently available positions that match his or her background, and allows the student to identify opportunities from within his Facebook group. The National Association of Colleges and Employers projects that hiring for the Class of 2010 will be seven percent (7%) below 2009. Major employers are scaling back on-campus recruiting efforts and college career centers are facing increasing constraints as university budgets are slashed.  In this difficult environment, Job Genius produces a better resume and identifies well-suited opportunities.

"Job Genius was perfect," said Sean McMahon, a student at UC Berkeley.  "It automatically filled in part of my resume, and then reminded me to include some things that I would have forgotten. I invited five friends and one professor to help me with it, and three people did. It turned my resume information into a great looking PDF file that I can upload to job sites, and it showed me some jobs from those sites."

Human resource professionals and career counselors are also pleased with the performance and functionality of Job Genius. "We're struck by the poor resume quality of otherwise highly qualified students," said Heather Laing, Manager of College Recruiting for VMware. "Students frequently forget to include very relevant information that only gets noted during an interview, if at all. Many students in the US get passed over due to an inadequate resume, students who would otherwise earn an interview and possibly a job. Job Genius addresses the core issues that plague student resumes."

Santina Pitcher, Employer Relations Coordinator and Career Counselor at California State University - East Bay, said "Our students are well prepared when they graduate, but typically don't know the best way to market their best skills in this competitive job market.  Veechi Job Genius helps a student stand out with a resume that best highlights their strengths, giving them the competitive edge."

Job Genius is available today at http://www.veechi.com/jobgenius at no cost to students who enroll in 2010.

Veechi Classes, the popular and free Facebook application for college student success, connects directly to Job Genius and is available at http://www.facebook.com/veechi.

About Veechi Corp.

Veechi Corp., a venture capital backed Silicon Valley firm, is the "college success platform(TM)," helping students "conquer" college with a socially-powered productivity platform. Veechi Classes has been called one of "10 Facebook apps that teach you something" by CNET.  Veechi was named a finalist in the fbFund competition run by Accel Partners and Founders Fund that identified the Top 50 Facebook applications. For more information, visit http://www.veechi.com.

"Veni... Vidi... Veechi" - "I came, I saw, I conquered."

Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.

Source: Veechi Corp.
   

CONTACT:  Peter Levy, CEO of Veechi Corp., peter@veechi.com; or Bob
Citelli, +1-408-399-9771, rcitelli@cintara.com, for Veechi Corp.

Web Site:  http://www.veechi.com/

401kDIRECT Affirms the Benefits of Inspira's Turnkey IRA Solution

PITTSBURGH, April 13 -- Pittsburgh, PA-based Inspira marks the success of 401kDIRECT's implementation of its IRA solution.

In the fall of 2009, due to increasing demands and the expanding IRA market, respected retirement plan provider 401kDIRECT recognized the need to employ a new IRA solution. They required a system that would give the company and its clients simplified access to the entire IRA marketplace, including Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEPs, Simples and IRA rollovers.

401kDIRECT was mindful of upgrading its technology to handle the company's already full load of IRAs and accommodate the increasing demand it was experiencing. It needed a cutting edge solution. After many discussions and a complete assessment of the IRA solution industry, 401kDIRECT's team of retirement experts concluded that Inspira was the right provider to meet their changing needs.

"When we compared Inspira to some of the other providers out there, we felt Inspira's technology was just much better," said 401kDIRECT COO Raj Pillai. "We felt that, to do IRAs in volume, Inspira was the only solution for us."

Aside from Inspira's superior technology, Pillai and his team of experienced retirement professionals were sold on the diversity of Inspira's solution. The prospect of using one service for all of their IRA needs while maintaining their brand was incredibly appealing for 401kDIRECT. So was the ability to offer their retirement investment advisers the opportunity to effortlessly retain assets and receive ongoing compensation from participants rolling out of their 401(k). "With some of the other providers, we had to basically segment our IRA solution based on asset size. Whereas with Inspira, we were able to employ a one-stop solution across all IRA markets," said Pillai. "We wanted to keep it all under one roof, and that's why we felt Inspira had the right solution for all of our IRA needs."

The result has been an ideal partnership. Pillai and 401kDIRECT are now able to provide their clients with an IRA offering that captures lost participant revenue, increases the length of the client-participant relationship and affords clients the ability to utilize the same investment methodology from account-opening through retirement.  At the same time, participants get an efficient and user-friendly means through which they can control their assets with Inspira's unique, private labeled Web-management portal.

"Everyone that I've talked to internally - our team, the operations and processing and so on - everyone is extremely happy with Inspira," said Pillai. "Inspira's team does a fantastic job. When we provide the data, Inspira has the account up and running very quickly."

About Inspira: Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Inspira was founded in 2002 and provides third party administrators, financial advisors, affinity groups, broker dealers, CPAs and payroll companies with turnkey, cost-eliminating IRA solutions.

About 401kDIRECT: For over 25 years, 401kDIRECT has been a leading provider of retirement plan and HSA solutions to Advisers, Plan Sponsors and Third Party Administrators. Headquartered in Campbell, CA with offices in Chicago, IL and Columbus, OH, 401kDIRECT provides services nationally.

  For more information on Inspira Contact:
  Luis Gibb
  Director of Marketing
  marketing@InspiraFS.com
  P: 412-440-2006

  For more information on 401kDIRECT Contact:
  Laura Arocha
  Director of Marketing
  info@401k-direct.com
  P: 800-571-5104 ext. 112

Source: Inspira
   

CONTACT:  Luis Gibb, Director of Marketing, marketing@InspiraFS.com,
+1-412-440-2006; or Laura Arocha, Director of Marketing, info@401k-direct.com,
+1-800-571-5104, Ext. 112

New Capacity on W7 Satellite to Support High Growth

                Market for Data Communications
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ACS Angola Consolidates Eutelsat Relationship With New Capacity on W7 Satellite to Support High Growth Market for Data Communications

PARIS, April 13, 2010--     Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and ACS Angola, one of the
country's leading suppliers of IT solutions and corporate network
connectivity, have concluded a five-year contract for capacity on Eutelsat's
W7 satellite. The new contract was announced by both companies at the Satcom
Africa conference and exhibition which begins today in Johannesburg.

    Launched in November 2009, W7 is Africa's newest satellite resource,
providing high-power coverage in the Ku-band of a vast region taking in all
countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ACS Angola's new lease, for 45 MHz of
capacity, boosts resources already deployed since 2005 on Eutelsat's W3A
satellite. It will enable the company to expand its commercial service to
public agencies as well as businesses operating in the energy, financial and
manufacturing industries across Angola.

    Commenting on the importance of the new deal, Edgar Martins, General
Manager of ACS said: "Expanding the services that we have been providing to
the business community in Angola, both for VoIP and data communications was
very important for ACS and this new deal with Eutelsat made it possible. For
this reason, the new W7 satellite is an important asset for ACS."

    Olivier Millies-Lacroix, Eutelsat Commercial Director said: "The
capacity, reach and performance of W7 further anchors satellites as a core
technology for broadcast services, enterprise networks and Internet
connectivity across Africa, responding to national requirements such as those
of ACS Angola, as well as international needs. We are delighted to take our
business relationship with ACS Angola to a new level through this additional
long term lease."

    About Eutelsat Communications

    Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is
the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 26
satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well
as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in
terms of revenues. At 31 December 2009, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,400 television channels and close to 1,100 radio
stations. More than 1,000 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video
neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which serves over 123 million cable and
satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Group's
satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications
services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets
for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight
markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates
services through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local
communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa,
Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries
employ 635 employees from 27 countries.

    http://www.eutelsat.com

   
    Eutelsat Press Contacts

    Vanessa O'Connor
    Tel.: +33(0)1-53-98-37-91
    voconnor@eutelsat.fr

    Frederique Gautier
    Tel.: +33(0)1-53-98-37-91
    fgautier@eutelsat.fr
    Investor Relations Contact

    Lisa Sanders Finas
    Tel.: +33(0)1-53-98-30-92
    investors@eutelsat-communications.com

Source: Eutelsat Communications

Eutelsat Press Contacts: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel.: +33(0)1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frederique Gautier, Tel.: +33(0)1-53-98-37-91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Investor Relations Contact: Lisa Sanders Finas, Tel.: +33(0)1-53-98-30-92, investors@eutelsat-communications.com

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PSA Launches Expansive Technology Platform Designed for Marketers

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., April 13 -- PSA LLC (http://www.psa.com), a leading provider of Marketing Supply Chain Management (MSCM) and innovative marketing technology solutions, announced a revolutionary technology in its Marketing On Demand (MOD) solutions.

PSA's Marketing On Demand technology is a unique offering designed to simplify and automate the creation and execution of complex marketing campaigns across more than 31 different media types. Ideal for franchised markets, MOD puts the power of a full creative agency in the hands of individual marketers. Whether creating signage, direct mail, PURLs, microsites, TV or Radio, MOD offers end-to-end marketing solutions that support all media channels and vertical markets.

"We are truly excited about our state of the art technology platform," said James Cyze, PSA President and CEO. "To offer a solution as comprehensive as this, which guarantees reduced marketing costs and increased speed to market, is revolutionary."

The MOD offerings consist of e-commerce and dataflow solutions that can be customized to accommodate any marketing strategy and applied to both local and corporate marketing initiatives. The solutions, including powerful list management tools and enterprise and 1-1 targeted marketing solutions, drive reduced marketing costs and automation of workflows, improving speed to market and unmatched ROI increases. The new MOD technology has been leveraged by customers in various industries around the US.

For more information about PSA and various MOD solutions, visit http://www.psa.com or contact Jordana Costello, Director of Solution Development.

A leading provider of Marketing Supply Chain Management, PSA manages the complete process from concept to consumer. Research proves that as much as 60% of marketing spend is wasted in inefficiencies in the Marketing Supply Chain. PSA simplifies the complexity of the supply chain by managing the multitude of processes, reclaiming millions for its clients and delivering significant performance.

  MEDIA CONTACT
  Jordana Costello
  Director, Solution Development
  Production Services Associates
  Telephone: (717) 519-2492
  E-mail: jcostello@psa.com

Source: Production Services Associates
   

CONTACT:  Jordana Costello, Director, Solution Development of Production
Services Associates, +1-717-519-2492, jcostello@psa.com

Web Site:  http://www.psa.com/

Anametrix Introduces InstaVista(TM) 2.0, a Significant Cloud-based Business Analytics SaaS Upgrade

Vendors, Clients, Subsidiaries, Franchisees, and Employees Access Individualized On-demand Dashboards for Specific Business Insights from Multiple Databases.

SAN DIEGO, April 13 -- Anametrix (http://anametrix.com/) a next generation cloud-based business analytics company, announced the launch of InstaVista(TM) 2.0, a significant service upgrade.  Advanced data filters, security settings, and customization options drive the content of on-demand dashboards that are smarter than spreadsheets and faster and less expensive to implement than traditional business intelligence (BI) solutions.  Anametrix InstaVista(TM) provides immediate actionable insights from pertinent data assets through an appealing and exceptionally intuitive Software as a Service (SaaS) user interface.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100308/ANAMETRIXLOGO)

Interactive and real-time data visualizations of vast rows and columns of data from multiple technologies, including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), social media, search engine marketing (SEM), video & audio, e-commerce, and web analytics can now be segmented by user or location with InstaVista(TM) 2.0.  By analyzing higher volumes of data wherever it currently resides, organizations are able to anticipate emerging business trends and capture new opportunities while avoiding risk, all without burdening IT staff with report requests across multiple applications.

Organizations with multiple product lines, including pharmaceutical companies and consumer goods manufacturers, benefit by instant data segmentation.  Brand managers access answers to product-specific business "whys" with dynamic analytics to accelerate speed to market, optimize sales and marketing, and build customer loyalty.  Concurrently, parent company executives can drive corporate strategy with brand intelligence across all product lines to weed out inefficiencies and maximize overall market share.  Hotels and franchises with multiple locations can offer automatic data views specific to each locale.

Publishing companies, including newspapers and directories, can offer compartmentalized metrics with dynamic graphics to individual advertisers.  Instead of running and delivering static reports that quickly become stale to a select handful of top clients; with InstaVista(TM), all advertisers can automatically access only their own campaign results.  InstaVista(TM) 2.0 offers on-demand business analytics to any industry.

"Clients are demanding individualized real-time access to data insights to empower decision makers across organizations as well as vendors," stated Blaise Barrelet, Anametrix CEO.  "InstaVista(TM) 2.0 transforms data warehouses into self-service insight arsenals with cloud-based multidimensional reporting of core metrics specific to business lines.  Companies can measure performance against business goals and monitor progress better and faster than ever before by using InstaVista(TM)."

Recent analyst reports estimate that enterprise data will increase 650 percent over the next five years.   According to IDC, SaaS business analytics will emerge in 2010 as a key technology area to help manage expenses, comply with regulations, and grow businesses.  Anametrix addresses the growing demand of companies requiring real-time access to information from multiple online, offline, and enterprise databases as well as industry specific data  without the implementation, complexity, cost, and lag times of typical BI software.  With the InstaVista(TM) 2.0 release, individual end users are able to visually navigate combined complex data points to uncover unseen relationships within their own business units.

Anametrix offers a flexible pricing model based on business need, allowing customers to try and use InstaVista(TM) cost effectively.  Migration from individual to departmental to corporate-wide deployment is seamless with scalable pricing based on data volumes.

About Anametrix

Anametrix, Inc. is a privately funded next generation business analytics company whose InstaVista(TM) solution is delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS).  A high-performance data management infrastructure handles data integration, statistical analysis, and other compute-intensive functions to seamlessly manage online, offline, and multi-channel corporate objectives.  Founded in 2009 by analytics industry expert Blaise Barrelet, Anametrix provides cloud-based solutions that allow for quick and precise decision making from the correlation of vast amounts of data. Self-directed business insights are readily accessible across organizations, from sales staff to C-level.  For more information, please visit http://anametrix.com/, call (858)558-8230 x333 or email publicrelations@anametrix.com

  Anametrix PR Contact
  NAME: LARISSA SCORS ANDERSON
  PHONE: 858-558-8230 x333
  EMAIL: publicrelations@anametrix.com
  TWITTER: @anametrix

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Source: Anametrix
   

CONTACT:  Larissa Scors Anderson, +1-858-558-8230, ext. 333,
publicrelations@anametrix.com, TWITTER: @anametrix, for Anametrix

Web Site:  http://www.anametrix.com/

ARRIS Triple-Play Broadband Solutions on Display at ANGA Conference in Cologne

Converged Video, Voice and High Speed Data Portfolio Engineered to Bring New Revenue Opportunities to European Cable Operators

SUWANEE, Ga., April 13 -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that it will bring its portfolio of Euro-DOCSIS(TM) wideband services, On Demand Video, Network and Workforce Management and Access & Transport solutions to the ANGA 2010 Exhibition and Conference, May 4-6 in Cologne, Germany.  ARRIS will exhibit its portfolio at Hall 10.2, Stand E21.

Additionally, ARRIS EMEA VP, On Demand Solutions Jobst Muhlbach, will speak on 'Advanced RS-DVR Monetization through Integrated Advertising' from 2:30-3:45 PM, Thursday, May 6th.

  Among the demonstrations on display at the ARRIS booth will be:
  --  ARRIS DOCSIS 3.0 Wideband, delivering data speeds in the 300+ Mbp/s
      range utilizing the C4® CMTS and the 8Dx4U channel bonding
      capabilities of Touchstone® DOCSIS® CPE devices. Also on display will
      be the recently introduced C4c(TM) compact CMTS chassis, new
      Touchstone wireless voice and data modems and ServAssure network
      management software to ensure optimal customer experience.
  --  The ARRIS Three Screen solution, which seamlessly delivers
      personalized content and entertainment to subscribers on multiple
      devices. The end-to-end demonstration will utilize the
      ConvergeMedia(TM) Application Management and XMS Distribution Platform
      as well as the C4 CMTS, D5(TM) Universal Edge QAM, Touchstone Cable
      Modems and Moxi® Set Top Box.  Additionally, the ARRIS ConvergeMedia
      Advanced Advertising Unified Platform will be demonstrated.
  --  ARRIS Access and Transport Fibre Solutions with RFoG for Video, Voice
      and Data and EPON for high speed data services, as well as ARRIS multi
      wavelength solutions, featuring both single and dual density forward
      CORWave technology transmitters for the multiplexing of up to four
      wavelengths in a single fibre.
  --  The ARRIS WorkAssure remote workforce software management system,
      which  helps operators eliminate costly truck rolls and keep
      operational expenses to a minimum.

For more information about the ARRIS demos at ANGA, please visit http://www.arrisi.com/get/anga.

About ARRIS

ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver reliable telephony, demand driven video, next-generation advertising and high-speed data services. ARRIS products expand and help grow network capacity with access and outside plant construction equipment, reliably deliver voice, video and data services and assure optimal service delivery for end customers. Headquartered in Suwanee, GA, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta; Beaverton, OR; Chicago, IL; Kirkland, WA; State College, PA; Wallingford, CT; Waltham, MA; Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com.

Source: ARRIS
   

CONTACT:  CONTACT:  Alex Swan, ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327,
alex.swan@arrisi.com

Web Site:  http://www.arrisi.com/

Teach N' Kids Learn Announces Partnership with Spain- based Formacion Digital, S.L.

-Partnership seeks to offer online professional development in English and Spanish to professionals in the education field-

MIAMI, April 13 -- Teach N' Kids Learn (TKL) announces it has entered into a partnership with Spain-based company, Formacion Digital S.L. Through this partnership, TKL will be adding to its portfolio of offerings, online professional development in both English and Spanish, designed by Formacion Digital S.L using an efficient blended approach that will combine distance learning with a facilitated approach.

The offerings, A Cup of English and A Cup of Spanish, will be accessed via TKL's bilingual website (Eng/Span), http://www.EdK-12.com, a free membership driven K-12 education   portal, launched by TKL in January of 2010 with a rapidly growing membership base (within three months of its official launch in January 2010, EdK-12.com had amassed over 34,000 visitors from 84 countries). The partnership with Formacion Digital S.L. will enable http://www.EdK-12.com to provide the opportunity to its members (mostly educators and educational leaders) to learn a second language that will support their instructional efforts in their classroom starting in June of 2010.

"It is my pleasure to announce the partnership with Formacion Digital S.L. We felt that Formacion Digital's English and Spanish distance learning products were a great first professional development service in a series of offerings we will be adding to our portfolio in the coming months," stated TKL's CEO and President, Rudy Azcuy.

"We are looking forward to working with a company like EDK-12. Their growth and reputation is a great opportunity for us to introduce our Spanish and English products to the US market," added Javier Calderon Beltran, Formacion Digital's General Manager.

TKL is currently looking at additional online offerings that will seek to support educators in both Spanish and English speaking countries.

For more information, please contact at jazcuy@premierprgroup.com or by calling (305) 401-6275.

About Teach N' Kids Learn Inc.

Teach N' Kids Learn Inc. is an education professional development provider and through its http://www.EdK-12.com website, a global online network of educators. http://www.EdK-12.com combines the world of technology with job-embedded training using best practices and teacher resources that draw on education-based research, most-up-to-date studies and teaching theories. TKL's mission is that all students meet high academic standards while learning the practical skills necessary for success in the 21st Century workplace.

Source: Teach N' Kids Learn
   

CONTACT:  Jeneissy Azcuy, Premier PR Group, +1-305-401-6275
jazcuy@premierprgroup.com

Web Site:  http://www.edk-12.com/

AVerMedia(R) Launches Free Online Product and Software Training Services

Web-based Training for AVerVision Document Cameras, AVerPen Collaborative Learning Solutions and AVer+ Software Now Available

MILPITAS, Calif., April 13 -- AVerMedia® Information, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced today the launch of a new monthly webinar series designed to provide training to educators using AVerVision Document Cameras, AVerPen Solutions and AVer+ Software.  These pre-scheduled sessions will be held twice every month, and are free for all who would like to participate.

(Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050426/SFTU118LOGO)

The online training sessions will be centered around the new AVer+ software, a free, yet robust interactive classroom platform developed for AVerVision Document Cameras and the AVerPen Interactive Collaborative Learning Solution.  AVer+ is object-oriented interactive software useful for annotation, recording, capturing, voting, onscreen character recognition (OCR) and collaboration on various lessons and projects. It serves as a valuable lesson plan creation tool as it allows many types of content such as video, image, audio and flash files to be integrated. AVer+ is available for download for free on AVerMedia's website for both Windows and MAC platforms.

"Whether educators are using AVerVision Document Cameras, AVerPen solutions, or both together, these webinars will provide a detailed overview covering how to integrate the products and software into virtually any curriculum," says Grant Woods, Marketing Communications Director for AVerMedia Information, Inc., USA.  "Combined with free on-site Product Training programs, live online technical support and user forums, this program is another addition to AVerMedia's extensive customer service and support offerings."

For web training schedules, registration and full program information, please visit http://www.averusa.com/presentation/averpen_training_signup.asp . For more information about AVerMedia's products and other customer service and support programs, please visit http://www.averusa.com or call toll free 877-528-7824.

About AVerMedia® Information, Inc:

AVerMedia is the technology leader in Digital Multimedia Video Convergence Technology. AVerMedia provides Hardware and Software Surveillance Systems, Document Cameras, Digital Video Makers, and PC-to-TV Converters for consumer and corporate/educational markets. As a leader in innovative manufacturing and environmentally friendly products, AVerMedia is also highly involved with community and social responsibilities. AVerMedia also partners with ODMs for the development of AVerMedia's technologies for integration applications.

AVerMedia is a registered trademark of AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Source: AVerMedia Information, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Grant Woods of AVerMedia Information, Inc., +1-623-337-5944,
grant.woods@avermedia.com

Web Site:  http://www.averusa.com/

The Alliance for Digital Equality Hosts 2010 Digital Empowerment Summit at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark

Summit highlights the impact that universal broadband access will have on access to education, jobs and wealth creation opportunities for un-served and underserved communities of color

NEWARK, N.J., April 13 -- The Alliance for Digital Equality (ADE) has announced that the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark will host their 2010 Digital Empowerment Summit themed, "Broadband:  Closing the Economic Divide" on Friday, April 23, 2010.  Following the release of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) National Broadband Plan, ADE will convene a mix of policymakers, thought leaders and the media in New Jersey to discuss the impact that universal broadband access will have on access to education, jobs and wealth creation opportunities, particularly for the millions of un-served and underserved Americans who have the most to gain from this great technology.  The summit will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 3:00 p.m.

Several powerful voices will be heard during New Jersey's first broadband summit including FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, National Urban League President & CEO Marc Morial and Senator Rodney Ellis, who will be delivering remarks.  CNN Contributor, Mario Armstrong, and Actor, Author and Activist, Hill Harper, will moderate the summit's panel discussions to include:  "Jobs & Wealth," "The Wireless Broadband Revolution," and "The State of Broadband in Minority Communities."

"Throughout our history there are numerous examples in which communities of color have been the last to enjoy the full economic benefit of transformative periods, such as those now offered courtesy of the digital revolution," said Julius H. Hollis, Chairman and Founder of ADE.  "Broadband is the bridge that provides a unique opportunity for people of color to achieve economic equality, and as we now work to implement the FCC's National Broadband Plan - designed to deliver access to every American - it is vital that we focus on the millions of un-served and underserved Americans to ensure that these Americans adopt this great tool once they have access."

Opening remarks will be given by Mayor Booker.  Confirmed panelists include:  Manny Diaz (Former Mayor of Miami), David Jefferson (President and CEO, JNET Communications), Willie E. Woods Jr. (Managing Director, ICV Capital Partners), Heather McKay (Director, Innovative Training and Workforce Development Programs, Rutgers), Fateen Ziyad (City of Newark Fire Department Deputy Chief), George Cigale (Founder and CEO, Tutor.com), Eduardo Tinaco (CEO and Founder, Athena Wireless Communications), Ash Shehata (Director, Healthcare Practice, Cisco), Lillian Rodriguez Lopez (President, Hispanic Federation), Dr. Jan Gant, Ph.D. (Visiting Resident Fellow, Media and Technology Institute, Joint Center for Political Studies), Gregory S. Fehribach, J.D. (Attorney, The Fehribach Group), Lorraine A. Cortes-Vasquez (New York Secretary of State), and Dr. Randal Pinkett (President and CEO of BCT Partners).

Members of the community are encouraged to submit questions to the Newark Digital Empowerment Summit Panelists.  Questions will be asked during the live webcast on the day of the event.  Send questions to info@adeql.org.

For More Information or to register please visit:  http://www.alliancefordigitalequality.org

  Follow us on Twitter:  @DigitalEquality
  Newark Digital Empowerment Summit Twitter Hashtag:  #adesummitnj
  Friend us on Facebook:  alliancefordigital.equality

About The Alliance for Digital Equality:  The Alliance for Digital Equality, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a non-profit, nonpartisan consumer advocacy organization that serves to facilitate and ensure equal access to technology in underserved communities. The Alliance also serves as a bridge between policymakers and minority individuals in order to help the public understand how legislative and regulatory policies regarding new technologies can impact and empower their daily lives.

Source: Alliance for Digital Equality
   

CONTACT:  Kimberlee Williams, Marketing Director, FEMWORKS, LLC,
+1-973-494-9705, kwilliams@femworksllc.com

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

Lexmark announces Lexmark Government Solutions

Color for Clunkers program aims at helping federal agencies reduce their environmental footprint

Lexington, Ky., April 13 -- Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE:LXK) today announced the formation of Lexmark Government Solutions, along with a new program aimed at helping federal agencies reduce their environmental footprint.

Lexmark Government Solutions

Lexmark Government Solutions is focused on enhancing the company's ability to service and support federal government agencies, helping them reduce expenses, enable secure information sharing and reduce environmental impacts. Lexmark Government Solutions will provide dedicated resources, delivering a wide-range of innovative products, services and solutions to enable agencies to manage their data and documents more efficiently and securely while lowering costs and better meeting their output needs.

"Today, Lexmark is helping 80 percent of U.S. executive agencies meet their objectives through the deployment of our innovative printing devices, solutions and output management strategies," said Marty Canning, Lexmark vice president and president of its Printing Solutions and Services Division. "Through years of closely working with these agencies, we understand the unique mission critical challenges they face each day. The formation of Lexmark Government Solutions enables these customers to accelerate eGovernment and expand upon their specific document management and security needs."

Color for Clunkers printer trade-in program

Similar to the "Cash for Clunkers" program, which was focused on putting more fuel efficient vehicles on the road, Lexmark Government Solutions today introduces the Color for Clunkers printer trade-in program - aimed at replacing old, energy wasting, single-function printers with an award-winning Lexmark X736de color laser multifunction product (MFP).

The Color for Clunkers program incents and enables federal agencies to cut costs while simultaneously reducing their environmental footprint by eliminating unneeded printing infrastructure. The Lexmark X736de is available for a significant discount off the General Services Administration (GSA) pricing, virtually making the acquisition of the device pay for itself.

"One of Lexmark's key differentiators is the company's proven track record of reducing a client's carbon footprint by eliminating inefficient printing devices and replacing them with energy efficient products," added Canning. "Lexmark Government Solutions' Color for Clunkers program supports agencies' Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans by reducing the number of pages printed utilizing our innovative MFP technology and embedded solutions."

  Through the program, agencies can immediately benefit from:

  --  Using new, modern equipment, reducing operating costs up to 26 percent
  --  Deploying an Energy Star(TM) printer, diminishing energy consumption
      up to 50 percent
  --  Utilizing high-yield supplies, reducing the cost per page up to 17
      percent
  --  Reducing paper usage by up to 35 percent

Click here for terms and conditions and further details on the Color for Clunkers program or contact CyberCore Technologies, the company executing the program, which can be reached, at 1-888-684-3601 to obtain a request form and get started.

Detailed information about Lexmark Government Solutions can be found at http://www.lexmark.com/federalsolutions.

For more information, see the "Lexmark" Facebook page and the "LexmarkNews" Twitter feed.

About Lexmark

Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE:LXK) provides businesses of all sizes with a broad range of printing and imaging products, solutions and services that help them to be more productive. In 2009, Lexmark sold products in more than 150 countries and reported approximately $4.0 billion in revenue. Learn how Lexmark can help you get more done at http://www.lexmark.com.

Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the U.S. and/or other countries.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Lexmark International, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Emily Rardin, +1-859-232-7818, erardin@lexmark.com

Web Site:  http://www.lexmark.com/

Fastenal Selects Knotice for Onsite Targeting

Fastenal Engages Knotice For Testing and Targeting Web Site and Landing Page Content

AKRON, Ohio, April 13 -- Knotice Ltd., a provider of software and services that maximize the ROI of direct digital marketing through process automation, increased relevance, and improved performance, today announces that Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST), an international industrial and construction supply company, has selected Knotice's Concentri® SiteTarget to improve Web site content relevance and conversion performance on http://www.fastenal.com/ and the company's landing pages.

"Knotice's onsite targeting technology is perfect for Fastenal because we serve many customers across a wide variety of industries," said Sally Olson, Marketing and Video Campaign Manager for Fastenal. "Onsite targeting technology from Knotice is not only simple and easy to use, it enables Fastenal's Web site and landing page content to be immediately relevant to every site visitor, every time."

According to Knotice co-founder and CEO Brian Deagan Fastenal will reap immediate benefits from deploying the technology.

"The total value of onsite targeting technology is not simply the content targeting and testing capabilities," Deagan said. "The total value includes making the technology simple and easy to use from day one. I look forward to partnering with Fastenal to grow their business."

About Knotice

Knotice (pronounced "notice") maximizes the ROI of direct digital marketing - interactive marketing communications that can be addressed to a specific individual - through process automation, increased relevance and improved performance. Working with clients throughout North America, Knotice provides efficient, effective delivery of highly-targeted marketing communications through today's primary digital channels. Founded in 2003, Knotice is headquartered in Akron, Ohio, along the banks of the Ohio-Erie Canal. For more information visit http://www.knotice.com/

About Knotice's Concentri® Software

Knotice's on-demand software platform, Concentri®, unifies the vital direct digital marketing functions marketers need to create profitable relationships with prospects and customers on a website, through email, and over mobile. Unifying these functions saves time and money while directly improving the relevance and performance of direct digital marketing campaigns. Concentri® enables marketers to easily engage today's digital consumers and grow revenue while maintaining a consistent brand experience, cutting production cycles from weeks to days, and reducing other related costs by as much as 50 percent.

About Fastenal

Since 1967 Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST) has grown from a single 1,000-square foot store to a multinational $2 billion company - but we've never stopped being a local supplier. Each of our 2,300+ stores is a full-service, one-stop industrial supply source - 100% focused on meeting local customers' needs, backed by our global distribution strength. Our store-based service model enables us to tailor local inventory to anticipate local demand, manage customers' inventory to lower their total cost of ownership, and provide personal, flexible service that's recognized as the industry standard. To learn more about Fastenal's products, services and cost saving solutions, visit http://www.fastenal.com.

Source: Knotice Ltd.
   

CONTACT:  Casey Barto, Public Relations for Knotice, +1-330-922-0855
x.140, cbarto@knotice.com

Wondershare Releases New QuizCreator with Multiform Feedback and Negative Points Offer

SHENZHEN, China, April 13 -- Wondershare Software, (http://www.quiz-creator.com/ ) the professional provider of E-learning authoring tools, today officially announced the release of its latest version of quiz maker software - QuizCreator V3.2.3 which supports to add images, formulas and hyperlinks to feedback and deduct scores for wrong answers.

QuizCreator meets educators, trainers and HR directors' needs to generate Flash quizzes with multimedia (images, audios, Flash movies and Flash videos, etc.) easily. They use QuizCreator to make quizzes for online assessment during and after learning and training. Home users also prefer to create quiz games for entertainment.

Wondershare maintains the principle of presenting a flexible and user-friendly quiz maker to users. This newly released QuizCreator is the output based on users' feedback and market research. It provides new features to bring more convenience to educators, trainers, HR directors and home users, to wit: various feedback settings and negative points.

As knowledge becomes specified and complex, quiz designers need to add more detailed and vivid feedback to explain why quiz participants give the right or wrong answers, thus the exam or test will show one of its real purposes better - to help learners master the knowledge. This new QuizCreator enables users to insert images, formulas, audio files and hyperlinks into the feedback. Quiz takers can learn the detailed explanation from various forms.

Many quizzes play as the important method to elect winners or contestants. Fierce competitions occur in this situation. Some competitions require setting negative points if the participants pick the wrong answers. This is also the new improvement in QuizCreator V3.2.3 - deducting points for wrong answers.

"QuizCreator has been awarded 'Best Software China 2009'. It is a kind of encouragement to us. We aim to offer users an effective solution of doing assessment," said Mike Wu, product manager of QuizCreator at Wondershare E-Learning Division.  "We will keep improving our QuizCreator to present a more wonderful product to our users. We value users' suggestions very much."

The new version of QMS (Quiz Management System) which helps quiz admin collect, analyze, and report quiz results, comes with the release of QuizCreator 3.2.3. Both QuizCreator and QMS adopt more intelligent ways for users to create and manage quizzes. For more information about QuizCreator V3.2.3 and QMS, please visit: http://www.quiz-creator.com/

Price and Availability

Wondershare QuizCreator is available now at $129.95 for single personal license and 25% OFF ($99.95) for non-profit and academic organizations. For more licenses, please visit: http://www.quiz-creator.com/buy/quiz-creator-buy.html

About Wondershare Software

As the professional developer of e-Learning authoring tools, Wondershare is dedicated to providing easy-to-use programs for learning content authoring. Wondershare E-Learning has served thousands of organizations from Stanford University, the US Air Force to Siemens AG with preferred solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.quiz-creator.com/

  For more information, please contact

   Amada Qing
   Tel:   +86-755-8611-7747
   Email: qingzw@wondershare.com
   Web:   http://www.quiz-creator.com/

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CONTACT: Amada Qing, +86-755-8611-7747, or qingzw@wondershare.com

Web site: http://www.quiz-creator.com/
http://www.quiz-creator.com/buy/quiz-creator-buy.html

TimeGate Studios Selects NetCharts Performance Dashboards

Award-winning game developer now armed with unparalleled data visibility; Provides better project management; Insight into customer and gaming activity

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 13  -- Visual Mining, a leader in dashboard and data visualization solutions that instantly transforms data into actionable information, today announced that TimeGate Studios, a world-class game development studio, selected NetCharts Performance Dashboards (NCPD) to provide insight into their engineering projects, development efforts, and customer usage.

"NCPD supplies very powerful functionality, and we would have been hard-pressed to develop the comprehensive analytic and deep data integration functionality it provides," said Adel Chaveleh, TimeGate President.  "We saved time and money by going with NetCharts Performance Dashboards."

NetCharts Performance Dashboards enables Agile Performance Dashboarding - empowering end users with both the ability to quickly create and deploy dynamic dashboards, and the ability to interact with data however and whenever they need.  By unlocking the power of Business Intelligence for end users, NCPD delivers self-sufficient data exploration and analysis for a better understanding of business drivers, resulting in proactive decisions that achieve better business results.

"TimeGate Studios' use of NCPD is another fantastic example of the broad array of problems NCPD can solve. NCPD provides end users with the ability to visualize, intuitively explore, analyze and properly understand the data in order to drive better business outcomes.  We are pleased TimeGate Studios selected NetCharts Performance Dashboards as their enterprise BI dashboard solution," said Tristan Ziegler, President and CEO of Visual Mining.

About TimeGate Studios

TimeGate Studios, Inc. (http://www.timegate.com), a world-class game development studio located in Sugar Land, TX, boasts a record of huge success since its founding in 1998.  Developing for all major gaming platforms, TimeGate has released multiple award-winning video game titles, many of which are based on TimeGate-owned intellectual properties. Section 8 (http://www.joinsection8.com), TimeGate's newest title, leads the way in a wave of next-generation gaming experiences currently under development by the studio.

About Visual Mining

For more than a decade, Visual Mining continues to be a profitable, trusted and valued provider of business intelligence dashboard and data visualization solutions that instantly transform data into actionable business information. Visual Mining's award-winning NetCharts software delivers comprehensive, intuitive, and effective solutions for both developers and business end-users. Visual Mining's support and professional services teams complement its products by providing the expertise to ensure success. A complimentary 30-day trial of each NetCharts product is available from http://www.visualmining.com and directly via http://www.visualmining.com/resource_library/download_NetCharts_software.php.

Visual Mining: Visualize. Analyze. Capitalize.

2010 Visual Mining, Inc. All rights reserved. Visual Mining, NetCharts, and NetCharts Performance Dashboards are trademarks of Visual Mining, Inc. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT:  Jessie Brosch, Visual Mining, +1-301-795-2231,
jbrosch@visualmining.com

Web Site:  http://www.visualmining.com/
http://www.timegate.com/

Microsoft Demonstrates Vision for Simplifying the Digital Supply Chain

Media companies worldwide select Microsoft technologies to help them manage and monetize assets.

LAS VEGAS, April 13 -- At the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB) Show, Microsoft Corp. is introducing a set of new solutions for digital content management, supply chain management for media, editorial collaboration and business intelligence. Delivered for key industry partners such as Ascent Media Group LLC, KUOW, ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Sport1, these solutions enable media companies to simplify and streamline their processes, offering greater integration and insights into their digital supply chain.

(Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)

Microsoft is presenting the next iteration of its service-oriented-architecture-based Digital Content Management (DCM) Framework based on the upcoming release of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. This framework provides enhanced content management and collaboration, advanced workflow capabilities including powerful search technology, and enhanced metadata management and business intelligence for deeper insights into the production process. Key products integrated in the solution include FAST Search for SharePoint, .NET Framework, and Silverlight (including Deep Zoom capabilities to provide advanced media asset visualization).

At NAB, Microsoft will showcase a number of media business management solutions designed to help media companies improve their advertiser and audience relationships, maximize yield, use their resources more efficiently, and gain better business insight. With the help of industry partners, Microsoft Dynamics AX is combining its supply chain management best practices and industry expertise to offer an end-to-end operational system for media companies. The Media Business Intelligence Framework is a new solution that provides an extensible data model and a set of configurable reports addressing the basic business intelligence needs of broadcasters. With the Microsoft Solution Framework for Editorial Collaboration and Mobile Journalism, based on SharePoint Server 2010 and Silverlight, journalists and editors can use Microsoft Office 2010 to support editorial planning, content re-use, resource management, event scheduling, output planning, and status tracking across teams and sites.

The initial result of the strategic alliance between Microsoft and Ascent Media, AERO (Advanced Enterprise Resource Operation) was built on Microsoft Dynamics AX technology to meet the specific needs of the media and entertainment industry. The system creates a seamless management system that streamlines and integrates the entire digital media supply chain process from pre-production all the way through distribution, incorporating processes from work orders and asset management to resource scheduling, tracking and invoicing. AERO provides media and entertainment companies with a scalable, fully integrated solution, helping them smoothly transition to the digital age while offering a customized alternative to expensive IT system upgrades.

"With this Microsoft alliance, Ascent Media amplifies its commitment to service excellence by offering a world-class resource planning solution specifically designed for the media and entertainment industry to help studios, broadcasters, as well as entertainment companies, bring digital content to the marketplace in a faster, more cost-efficient way," said Jose Royo, CEO of Ascent Media Group. "AERO enables content owners and distributors to focus on the creative elements of the production, post-production and delivery of their content, thus enhancing core media production and distribution capabilities and creating new revenue-generating opportunities."

Microsoft also works with its industry partners to address the specialized needs of media organizations through solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics AX:

  --  Computer Generated Solutions launched Media Asset Management and
      Advance Scheduling for media production. Built on Microsoft Dynamics
      AX, the solution streamlines the flow of digital and physical products
      through their operation by managing the entire post-production life
      cycle.
  --  Media Aspects/S4M is showcasing ad sales and program management
      solutions, which help maintain and manage advertiser-agency
      relationships and allow for flexible billing and bundling, revenue
      forecasting, and reconciliation.
  --  Avanade, Hitachi Consulting Corp. and Streamline Solutions are
      demonstrating how Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions deliver the
      needed functionality for an end-to-end Microsoft-driven business
      management solution.

Sport1, formerly DSF Deutsches SportFernsehen GmbH, worked with Microsoft partner S4M to build a broadcast business management solution based on Microsoft Dynamics AX. "The solution helps us to manage a growing business while keeping costs down," said Arne Anders, director of Finance and Administration at Sport1. "It gives us the business insight to make informed decisions. The bottom line is, compared to previous solutions, Dynamics Media has helped us to cut labor and IT cost by 15 percent, and it will enable us to scale our business with much improved efficiency."

"At KUOW Public Radio, we are constantly looking for ways to better serve our audience, and improving our production systems is part of this effort," said Jenna Montgomery, director of Online Services, KUOW Public Radio. "The Microsoft Solution Framework for Editorial Collaboration and Mobile Journalism has helped us to get started quickly and addresses many of the challenges that we see in our daily work: developing stories, managing resources, finding relevant content and people, and planning the output across channels. It also helps our reporters pull content from older stories (notes, interviews, contacts) to use as context for breaking stories, adding to the depth of our coverage."

More information about Microsoft's presence at 2010 NAB Show is available at http://www.microsoft.com/media.

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

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kprigmore@webershandwick.com, or Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Kelly
McMorran, +44 20 7067 0505, kmcmorran@webershandwick.com, or Asia Pacific,
Xiao Yu Tan, +65 6825 8032, mscsapac@webershandwick.com, all of Weber
Shandwick, for Microsoft Corp.

Web Site:  http://www.microsoft.com/

Talari Networks CEO Andy Gottlieb to Speak at Interop Las Vegas 2010

Industry Veteran to Discuss Breakthrough Network Technologies with Other Leading Executives

CUPERTINO, Calif., April 13 -- Talari Networks, Inc. -- the company bringing WAN virtualization and cloud economics to Enterprise networking -- today announced  that company Chief Executive Officer Andy Gottlieb will participate in a panel discussion at Interop® Las Vegas. "I am very honored to be asked to return to Interop to share my views and experience at the conference," says Gottlieb.  Interop Las Vegas 2010 is happening April 25-29 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.  Gottlieb will participate in the session "Breakthrough Network Technologies" on April 28. at 11:30 am.

"The enterprise WAN buyer has traditionally not been able to take advantage of Moore's Law and the ever-continuing price/performance improvements that most other technologies have, including the public Internet," says Gottlieb. "Talari's Adaptive Private Networking (APN) offers a paradigm shift that will enable enterprises to take advantage of Internet economics and the diversity of access technologies without sacrificing the reliability or performance predictability of their private WANs."

Talari Networks will also be revealing the latest in WAN virtualization technology and conducting live demonstrations during Interop Las Vegas IT Expo at booth # 2619.

About Interop®

Interop® drives adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success.  Part of the TechWeb's family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology event series.  Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique Interop Net program, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer.  For more information about these events visit http://www.interop.com/lasvegas.

About Talari Networks

Adaptive Private Networking does for the Enterprise WAN what RAID did for storage. Talari's Mercury line of Adaptive Private Networking appliances delivers a network with 30 to 100 times the bits per dollar, ongoing WAN costs reduced by 40% to 90%, and greater reliability than existing corporate WANs, transforming virtualized-WANs to bring Moore's Law and Internet economics to Enterprise WAN buyers, outsourcers and MSPs. For more information, please visit Talari Networks' website at http://www.talari.com.

                     Talari Networks...Swift and Sure.

     Talari Networks and the winged-foot logo are trademarks of Talari
       Networks, Inc. All other marks are property of their respective
                                   owners.

Source: Talari Networks, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Matthew Quint, +1-650-599-9450, mquint@quintpr.com, for Talari
Networks, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.talari.com/

Santa Cruz Sentinel and eVoter Announce Partnership to Link Voters to Election Day Information

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. and HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 13 -- The Santa Cruz Sentinel and eVoter (http://www.evoter.com) today announced a partnership that connects Santa Cruz voters to polling place locations, election information, candidate profiles and endorsements prior to California's Primary Election on June 8th.

eVoter is a non-partisan website allows voters to directly interact with candidates and access accurate, up-to-date information to make informed decisions on Election Day. From statewide races all the way down to local county and municipal races, eVoter provides voters with a list of every candidate on their ballot.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel now offers an online web tool that directs voters to their personalized ballot information powered by eVoter as part of their comprehensive online election coverage at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com.

"We're pleased to announce this partnership with Santa Cruz's leading newspaper," said Adam Kravitz, CEO of eVoter. "This step will allow us to reach even more voters in an important area of California."

"Our partnership with eVoter provides a great service for voters and candidates," said Don Miller, Editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel. "Voters can log on to find their polling place, and see exactly what their ballot will look like on Tuesday, June 8th."

In order to connect with motivated voters, candidates in the June primaries can purchase an online profile and organizations can publicize their endorsements to voters on eVoter, both at a low cost.

Candidates or endorsing organizations that are interested in creating a profile should visit http://www.santacruzsentinel.com and click on "Visit eVoter.com" in the eVoter search box or call (866) 976-0555.

ABOUT EVOTER

eVoter is the unbiased, non-partisan election information site where voters can generate a personalized sample ballot instantly, view candidate profiles, make contributions, view organizational endorsements, find polling places, request absentee ballot applications, and more. Owned and operated by Political Technologies LLC, eVoter is designed with the goal of providing voters with concise unbiased information on every candidate and measure on their ballot.

ABOUT THE SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL

The Santa Cruz Sentinel has been serving Santa Cruz County since 1856.  The Sentinel has a daily circulation of 25,000 print subscribers and receives more than 88,000 page views per day at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com.

Source: Political Technologies LLC
   

CONTACT:  for eVoter: Jillian True, +1-954-404-9093, pr@evoter.com; or
for The Santa Cruz Sentinel, Don Miller, Editor, +1-831-706-3282,
dmiller@santacruzsentinel.com

Web Site:  http://www.evoter.com/

Enounce Announces MySpeed for the Mac Available in Limited Public Beta

Beta Testers to Receive 50% Discount Off Commercially Available Version

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 13 -- Enounce Incorporated (http://www.enounce.com) today announced that a pre-release version of MySpeed(TM) software for the Mac is now available in beta. Enounce's patented MySpeed solution allows users to speed up or slow down the playback rate of Adobe's Flash-formatted videos without any "chipmunk" quality to the sound. Users can change the playback speed of videos such as corporate training, educational courses and seminars, YouTube and more. The software is immediately available to a limited number of beta users. Beta users will receive a 50% discount off the commercially available version, paying only $14.99 for the software at release.

"Video plays a huge role for most Mac users. On top of all the entertainment-oriented videos out there, a significant number of students have standardized on the Mac for online education and training," stated Don Hejna, president of Enounce. "The more time spent watching videos, the more dramatic the time savings."

  MySpeed benefits users by enabling them to:
  --  Speed up videos to save time
  --  Watch more videos in the same amount of time
  --  Slow videos down to take notes or learn complex material or a foreign
      language

An easy-to-use MySpeed slider bar appears on a user's desktop and allows real-time speed changes whenever a Flash-based video is playing in a web browser or standalone player. A Windows version of MySpeed is currently available. A free seven-day trial may be downloaded from the Enounce website so consumers can try before they buy. An enterprise version is also available so visitors of a website containing Flash video can control the speed of playback.

"One of our clients, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD, recently standardized on Enounce MySpeed for corporate training," said Jacob Koh, CEO of OLETS Pte., a leader in e-Learning solutions in Korea. "The productivity gains they've experienced are enormous as employees speed through familiar material and linger on more complex information. MySpeed is the perfect complement to any corporate e-learning initiative."

Pricing, Availability and Specifications

The pre-release version of MySpeed for the Mac is available immediately as a free download from Enounce at http://www.enounce.com/download-myspeedmac. Beta testers will be given a 50% discount off the retail price of the commercially available software, expected to be available in May 2010 for $29.99. The software is compatible with OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and works with Safari (32-bit mode) and Firefox 3.5 or later browsers. The beta version requires Adobe Flash 10.0 or later.

About Enounce

Enounce is the preeminent provider of variable speed playback technology that allows users to control the viewing experience of online video. Founded in 1998, the company leverages extensive research done at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) by its founding team and a portfolio of over fifteen issued patents. Enounce's patented technology has been licensed to hardware and software manufacturers, including Fortune 500 companies, the Library of Congress, Stanford University, Brigham Young, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., and the University of Texas Language Laboratory. Enounce is a privately held company, headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

© 2010 Enounce Incorporated. All rights reserved.

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Source: Enounce Incorporated
   

CONTACT:  Christina Armstrong of Enounce, +1-650-522-8130,
press@enounce.com

Web Site:  http://www.enounce.com/

Innovative Payments for Their Instant Issuing Solution
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Carrefour and Monext Innovate and Win the OSCAR of Innovative Payments for Their Instant Issuing Solution

PARIS, April 13, 2010--     Carrefour, through its banking subsidiary Societe des Paiements Pass
(S2P), and Monext launch large scale instant issuing of EMV cards.

    With instant issuing of PASS MasterCard cards, S2P offers its customers a
differentiating service that simplifies cardholder application process: after
choosing a PIN code, customers obtain their permanent card within a few
minutes of their successful application check. The card can be used
immediately and enables the customer to benefit instantly from the promotions
and guarantees offered with the card.

    S2P is the first issuer in France to implement this technology. This
exclusive service for EMV PASS MasterCard cards is proposed at Carrefour
financial stands. About 50 stands are equipped today with this service. This
offer has been designed to continue innovation of the PASS MasterCard card.

    Launched in February 2009, the PASS MasterCard card counts about 2.5
million cardholders.

    The card offers several innovative functions: PIN code choice, payment
choice between debit and credit, MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM) contactless
payment, on-line payment with 3D-secure. It also proposes guarantees and
additional savings on the Carrefour loyalty program for cardholders.

    For this project, S2P relied on two major partners, experts in their
area: Datacard Group (card personalisation solutions specialist) and Monext
(payment processing outsourcing and secure transactions specialist). Thanks
to each partner's expertise, the implemented instant issuing solution
satisfies all security requirements.

    Frederic Mazurier, Financial Director of S2P states: "We are glad to
propose this brand new service to our customers and be amongst the first to
launch EMV card instant issuing on a large scale. This service is already
widely successful with Carrefour customers who enjoy obtaining and using
their payment card instantly."

    Philippe David, VP of Monext Bank and Payment Solutions division, adds:
"We are proud to have won this award that reinforces our position as an
innovative actor. Monext is focused on providing its customers value added
solutions. This award demonstrates our ability to overcome the major security
challenges posed by instant issuing. Our partnership with Datacard enables us
to offer a complete solution satisfying all EMV card instant personalisation
requirements."

    OSCARS for Innovative Payments is an event organised by Publi-News,
Cartes Mag andSystemes de Paiement editor.

    About S2P

    Founded in 1981, Societe des Paiements PASS, with 1 500 employees and 230
financial services branches, is the most recent subsidiary of Carrefour. S2P
aims at promoting all financial and banking services in France towards
Carrefour customers. Societe des Paiements PASS counts 2,7 millions holders
of a payment card, thus processing 360 million transactions, and 400 000
savings customers. S2P manages 2.3 millions of customer credit.

    About Monext

    With close to 5 million bank cards, 3 million transport cards and 3
million private cards (petrol, distribution) used on a daily basis by its 400
partners representing more than 550 million recorded transactions, MONEXT is
a key player in the French electronic payment sector. Its goal is to
facilitate electronic payment transactions, with or without cards, at the
point of sale, over the internet or by mobile phone, in a secure, reliable
and instantaneous manner. MONEXT is a developer of innovative solutions for
its banking, distribution and business clients. It is seeking to establish
itself as one of the European leaders in this very high-growth sector.

    For more information, visit: http://www.monext.fr/eng

Source: Monext

Press contact: S2P: Carrefour France Press Service, +33(1)57-32-89-99, groupe@presse-carrefour.com; Monext : Solange Stricker, Finincom, Christina Bel, +33(1)40-71-32-74, c.bel@f2scom.com; Romain Sulpice +33(1)40-71-32-75, r.sulpice@f2scom.com

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S3Edge Launches Spotlight, a Packaged Asset-Tracking Solution That Dramatically Simplifies the Way Enterprises Evaluate and Integrate RFID Technology into Their Operations

Real-Time Visibility and Control Systems allow end-users to Observe and Report on the movement of tagged items as they flow through an enterprise, thereby obtaining immediate and measurable results from RFID technology.

PORTLAND, Ore. and ORLANDO, Fla., April 13 -- S3Edge Inc., a software product company that provides RFID-based solutions, today announced the general availability of their Spotlight product suite for asset tracking with RFID technology. "With Spotlight's out of the box capabilities, users can quickly gather data and insights into how their operations can be improved.  We call this the 'observational phase' and it sets the stage for a more complete RFID solution roll out that targets process automation improvements while complementing existing systems and processes," said Ram Venkatesh, CEO of S3Edge.  "In addition, scalable solutions built on Spotlight do not have the time-consuming, high risk of failure or high ongoing support costs associated with custom or point solutions.  This is an extremely exciting development for the end-user community."

For customers, Spotlight's packaged components comprising of hardware, tags and the needed controlling software, can be quickly deployed with little or no disruption to existing enterprise systems.  It can be used to determine where high-cost errors occur and labor productivity improvements can be made, by observing and reporting on real-time asset movements.

"S3Edge's commitment to quality and RFID domain expertise in deploying enterprise-ready software in an operationally challenging environment is second to none," said James Chan, General Manager from Toll Global Logistics, Asia's leading 3PL provider who is utilizing Spotlight technology for their REAP (RFID Enterprise Application Platform) service. "S3Edge's approach to deploying a scalable Real-Time Visibility and Control System has allowed us to take a complex, emerging technology and convert it into a competitive advantage for our business and customers."

Customers across the globe are using Spotlight as the basis for a wide range of vertical solutions including Asset & Personnel Tracking, Factory Floor Automation, Warehouse Operations, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Tool tracking. Built in extensibility features and a well defined customization methodology ensure new and evolving use-cases are easily integrated over time, providing greater benefits and lowering the total cost of ownership. For Industry Partners, Spotlight technology coupled with S3Edge's domain expertise provides a unique advantage in delivering best-of-breed asset tracking solutions for end-users in vertical markets.

"S3Edge is a key partner in developing packaged solutions that fully utilize the capabilities of the Microsoft BizTalk RFID platforms to address real-world customer needs," said Sudhir Hasbe, senior product manager of BizTalk Server at Microsoft Corp. "Their Spotlight product is a good example of how partners are innovating to deliver complete end-to-end solutions for customers on the Microsoft Application Platform, across the globe."

To put this exciting new technology into the hands of end-users planning RFID projects, S3Edge is signing up a limited number of customers to use the Spotlight system via a risk-free assessment. Visit http://www.s3edge.com, or the Microsoft booth (# 512) at the RFID Journal trade show in Orlando to learn more about getting started with Spotlight technology for your RFID application needs.

About S3Edge:

S3Edge, Inc. is a software product company that provides packaged, RFID-based Real Time Visibility and Control systems for automating and error proofing supply chain operations.  Spotlight, S3Edge's software product enables enterprises to quickly and easily configure and view assets, zones, alerts, reports and manage an extensive network of RFID devices.  Spotlight has been deployed in a wide range of systems including Asset & Personnel Tracking, Factory Floor Automation, Warehouse Operations, MRO and Tool tracking.  It is built from the ground up on the Microsoft BizTalk RFID (Server and Mobile) platforms and uses the Windows Mobile/CE, Microsoft SQL Server, and Windows Server platforms. An integral part of the solution provided by S3Edge are the BizTalk RFID device providers for the fixed, mobile, fork-lift and active RFID readers that are utilized as part of the overall solution.

To learn more about S3Edge, visit us at (http://www.s3edge.com) and our blog at (http://rtvs.wordpress.com/).

Source: S3Edge Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Anush Kumar, S3Edge, Inc., +1-310-943-7992, anush@s3edge.com

Web Site:  http://www.s3edge.com/

Covestor Will Give New Clients iPads(TM)

Incentive Features The Latest Apple® Innovation, Citing Similar Goals Of Making Life Easier For Today's Investor

NEW YORK, April 13 -- Drawing a direct correlation between the way the Apple iPad is expected to lead the evolution of Internet use and the way its own service is leading the evolution of investment management for the everyday investor, Covestor (http://cv.im/) announced that it will give the much-anticipated new devices to clients who sign up for the Covestor Investment Management service, effective immediately.

Covestor empowers individual investors to mirror a proven investor's trades in their own brokerage accounts. Clients select model(s) they wish to follow, and the system matches both the weighting of investments and individual trades as the model manager makes them. Covestor's service is transparent and accountable, with all model managers trading their own money and all returns are verified. Investors can choose which models to follow from a diverse and growing set of highly respected professional money managers as well as non-professionals with proven track records. Covestor's service is an ideal way to make informed investment decisions drawing upon the training, experience and research of these seasoned strategists.

According to CEO Perry Blacher, "We know our clients tend to be people with busy lifestyles who sought our service as a way to make better investment decisions actionable.  Covestor helps them meet the challenge of maximizing their lives, and the iPad fits the profile of products and services with a similar philosophy that we want to bring to our growing investor community."

The choice of the iPad as a reward for new Covestor clients underscores that both the product and service are designed to make life easier and important tasks more accessible for busy people.   In addition to letting people view and manage their Covestor accounts from anywhere with a WiFi connection, the iPad will make it easier for our newest clients to access and enjoy all the Internet has to offer, from web browsing to managing email to viewing investment information and videos, reading books and much more.

Covestor will send one iPad to qualifying new clients who open an account and fund it within 60 days of account opening with at least $30,000 (subject to the qualifying terms and conditions located at http://www.cv.im/ipad). Recipients will be required to maintain a minimum $30,000 in the account for at least 6 months from the date of funding (otherwise, subject to a $499 fee).

The iPads will be ordered through Apple.com and shipped directly to eligible new clients. Fulfillment of the promotion will be subject to availability, and Covestor may substitute a monetary reward of $499 in the event sufficient quantities cannot be secured within a reasonable period.

About Covestor

Covestor (http://cv.im/) was the first to enable investors to automatically mirror the trades of proven investors in their own accounts.  Covestor's multi-managed account (MMA) provides many benefits previously limited to those with millions of dollars invested with a wealth management firm but now made available at dramatically lower cost and account size minimum.  Securities are purchased in the client's name and held in custody at an independent broker-dealer.

Covestor Ltd. ("Covestor") is an SEC registered investment adviser. Information pertaining to the registration status of Covestor can be found at http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov, or may be received from Covestor upon request. While Covestor does provide limited investment advice to its clients, the content herein is provided as general and impersonalized investment information and is not a recommendation or solicitation to buy or sell any security.  Covestor does not guarantee or certify the quality, accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any content contained herein or on the Covestor.com or cv.im websites.  Please take appropriate professional advice in any investment decisions.

Apple® and iPad(TM) are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

Source: Covestor
   

CONTACT:  Martha Griffin, Austin // Lawrence Group for Covestor,
+1-203-230-8668, mg (at) austinlawrence.com

Web Site:  https://cv.im/

Verizon to Break Ground on New Technology Innovation Center in Waltham, Mass., on April 15

WALTHAM, Mass. - Verizon will break ground Thursday, April 15 on its Technology Innovation Center, which will be a catalyst for delivering new and innovative devices and services that connect people, places and things using next-generation wireline and wireless technology.  The new Waltham facility, focused on 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless networks, will build upon the history of the existing Verizon Technology Campus at Waltham, where dynamic research and testing that has influenced the daily lives of Americans has been taking place since the 1940s.

  WHAT:
  The groundbreaking ceremony will feature leaders from Verizon and
   state and local government, including:
  --Dick Lynch, executive vice president and chief technology officer,
   Verizon
  --Greg Bialecki, Massachusetts secretary of housing and economic
   development
  -- Waltham Mayor Jeanette McCarthy
  --Tom Hopcroft, president and chief executive officer, Massachusetts
   Technology Leadership Council

  WHERE:
  Verizon Technology Campus
  117 West Street
  Waltham, Mass.

  WHEN:
  10:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 15, 2010

  BACKGROUND:
  The Verizon Technology Innovation Center is designed to provide a
   central base for Verizon's advanced technology initiatives.  Upon
   completion, the three buildings on the Verizon Technology Campus at
   Waltham will house more than 300 of the country's leading
   technologists and scientists and will contain office and lab space
   as well as an Executive Briefing Center where partners, consumer
   electronics companies, innovation collaborators, business executives
   and public officials can meet to discuss and collaborate on forward-
   looking technologies such as FiOS and next-generation 4G LTE
   wireless technology.

  The site in Waltham is an important hub of wireless technology and
   user trials.  Verizon Wireless has been building and testing its 4G
   LTE network in Boston since August 2009.  The company expects to
   launch its 4G LTE network in 25 to 30 markets, covering roughly 100
   million people by the end of 2010.

  MEDIA CONTACTS:
  John Bonomo
  Verizon
  212.321.8033 (office) or 917.838.9142 (mobile)
  John.J.Bonomo@verizon.com

  Michael Murphy
  Verizon Wireless
  781.932.1213 (office) or 781.223.5975 (mobile)
  Michael.Murphy@verizonwireless.com

  Jeffrey Nelson
  Verizon Wireless
  917.968.9175 (mobile)
  Jeffrey.Nelson@verizonwireless.com

  /PRNewswire -- April 13/

Source: Verizon

IceWEB Receives Multiple Data Storage Orders

Company Continues to Grow Municipality Footprint

STERLING, Va., April 13 -- IceWEB, Inc.(TM) (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB), http://www.IceWEB.com, a leading provider of unified storage systems and building blocks for cloud storage networks, announced today that the Company has received multiple new customer orders from three new State and Local Government agencies.  All of the awards are from first time customers and will ship in the current quarter.

The IceWEB Simply Advanced(TM) line of products are a great fit for State and Local Storage administrators looking for a way to get necessary functionality at a price that is affordable. State, County and Local Governments remain understaffed and many times under Information Technology budget constraints.  This creates a quandary as storage needs continue to escalate and data becomes more complex to manage.  The solution however is quite simple.  The IceWEB Simply Advanced storage system provides everything necessary in a unified, ready to deploy system that can scale locally and into a cloud environment.

Karl Chen, IceWEB SVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, stated, "It is our goal to provide our channel partners with products that can scale and won't break the budget.  Our digital footprint continues to grow as customers have less time to manage data and less money to do it with.  Our recipe for success for our channel partners is very simple: to provide a portfolio of products that are competitive with legacy vendors like EMC and NetAPP, at a price that our customers can afford.  We look forward to expanding our customer footprint through our 100% channel driven model."

About IceWEB, Inc.

Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., IceWEB manufactures and markets data storage products, network and cloud storage solutions and delivers on-line cloud computing application services. Its customer base includes U.S. government agencies, enterprise companies, and small to medium sized businesses (SMB). For more information, please visit http://www.IceWEB.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases you can identify those so-called "forward looking statements" by words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "targets," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue" or the negative of those words and other comparable words. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, product tests, commercialization risks, availability of financing and results of financing efforts that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Further information regarding these and other risks is described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available on its website at: http://www.sec.gov/. We assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this release or in any periodic report filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable federal securities laws.

  Contact:
  IceWEB, Inc.
  Investor Relations, 571.287.2400
  investor@iceweb.com
  or
  Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA, 212.370.4500
  steve@wolfeaxelrod.com
  Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates, LLC.

Source: IceWEB, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  IceWEB, Inc. Investor Relations, +1-571-287-2400,
investor@iceweb.com; or Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA, of  Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger
Associates, LLC., +1-212-370-4500, steve@wolfeaxelrod.com

Web Site:  http://www.iceweb.com/

Percona Launches 'Percona Server with XtraDB'

PLEASANTON, Calif., April 13 -- Percona, Inc. (http://www.percona.com/), experts in performance and scalability of MySQL(TM) databases and LAMP applications, announces "Percona Server with XtraDB" as a drop-in replacement for MySQL, with full backward compatibility.

Percona's release enhances MySQL 5.1 with up to 10x performance improvements, diagnostic tools useful to DBAs, and more tunability of server behavior. Also included is Percona's online backup utility XtraBackup, the first such open source tool in the MySQL ecosystem.

The resulting "Percona Server with XtraDB" shows outstanding performance and scalability on today's high-end server systems with many CPUs and fast storage subsystems such as flash storage and SSD. Notable advantages include:

  --  Scalability: Handles more concurrent transactions, and scales up on
      powerful servers.
  --  Performance: Fast IO path, improved internal cooperation, and fast
      checksums.
  --  Flexibility: Variable page size, better table and buffer pool
      management, and configurable insert buffer.
  --  Reliability: Resilience to corrupted data, and crash-safe
      transactional replication.
  --  Management: Online backup, InnoDB table import/export, fast recovery,
      and configurable data dictionary.
  --  Diagnostics: Improved profiling and instrumentation.

These improvements have led high-profile users, including Top 50 websites, to adopt the Percona enhancements. "Percona Server with XtraDB" now integrates these into one easily deployed solution. It is available for unlimited usage at no charge under the GPL license, the same license used by MySQL. Users can download it free from http://www.percona.com/

Percona provides support, consulting, and training for users of all Percona and MySQL ecosystem software. Percona also provides fixed-cost maintenance support for builds and bug fixes.

  CONTACT:

  Mr. Peter Zaitsev, CEO, at +1-888-401-3401 Ext 505
  Mr. Vadim Tkachenko, CTO, at +1-888-401-3401 Ext 502 or email to
   press@percona.com

  ABOUT PERCONA, INC.:

Percona, Inc. provides pay-as-you-go, zero-commitment consulting, remote DBA services, and technical support for high-performance applications built with MySQL and other open-source components. The company was founded in 2006 by the original staff of MySQL's High Performance Support Group. Percona today employs dozens of experts worldwide. Percona consultants authored the definitive "High Performance MySQL" (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101718/index.html) from O'Reilly Press and the widely read "MySQL Performance Blog" (http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/). Customers include leading Internet companies that are household names, Fortune 100 firms, and many smaller enterprises who receive the same personal service and attention.

This press release was issued through eReleases(R).  For more information, visit eReleases Press Release Distribution at http://www.ereleases.com/.

Source: Percona, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Mr. Peter Zaitsev, CEO, 1-888-401-3401 Ext 505, or Mr. Vadim
Tkachenko, CTO, 1-888-401-3401 Ext 502, both of Percona, Inc.,
press@percona.com

Web Site:  http://www.percona.com/

WorkSmart Acquires 2 Firms in 12 Months

Industry Leader Expands in Charlotte through Acquisitions

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 13 -- WorkSmart, a leading provider of Information Technology services and solutions in North Carolina, announced today its acquisition of Technology Integration Experts.  With a presence in both Charlotte and Philadelphia, Technology Integration Experts will build upon WorkSmart's industry-leading growth in the Mid-Atlantic region.   The acquisition was completed on March 1, 2010; terms of the deal were not disclosed.  This is WorkSmart's second purchase within a twelve month period.

The acquisition of Carolina Technology Solutions in April 2009 established WorkSmart as one of the fastest growing IT services company in Charlotte.  In the wake of the financial crisis, WorkSmart has continued to expand by adding new clients through its strong sales and marketing efforts.  The staff at WorkSmart feels their success stems from their dedication to customer service excellence and their reputation as the 'go-to' company in the area.  Adding the Technology Integration Experts team and its clients is expected to position WorkSmart as Charlotte's largest managed services provider with the highest client retention and satisfaction.

"Even during these turbulent economic times, we've added a number of clients through direct selling and by acquisition," said Greg Miller, WorkSmart General Manager of Charlotte Operations.  "Our team is expanding.  I think we offer our clients the most flexible service packages and our new team members a wonderful work environment."

"We believe WorkSmart provides the best service levels available to small and medium-sized businesses in North Carolina, and with these two acquisitions, we will continue to lead in Charlotte," stated WorkSmart President and CEO, Ron Unger.

About WorkSmart

WorkSmart provides Information Technology services and solutions to business, government, and education throughout North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic region. With the philosophy that reliable IT services require dedication, responsiveness, and accountability, WorkSmart partners with clients to provide managed services, onsite and helpdesk support, computer network design and implementation services, and IT strategy consulting. They are headquartered in Raleigh-Durham with branch-offices in Charlotte and Greensboro and onsite support partners across the U.S. Visit http://www.worksmart.com/ to learn more.

Source: WorkSmart
   

CONTACT:  Marissa Libman, +1-919-433-2900, Marissa.libman@worksmart.com

Web Site:  http://www.worksmart.com/