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ShredStation(TM) Announces New Online Tool for Consumers to Assess Personal ID Theft Risk: "My ID Theft Risk" Assigns Personal Score and Provides Recommendations for Consumers to Better Protect Their Private Information   ShredStation, Inc., a leader in residential and small business document and data destruction and recycling, has unveiled a new online tool for consumers to better understand the behaviors that put them at risk of becoming an identity theft victim. 2008-03-04

California Faucets Launches Online Custom Faucet Design Tool: Virtual Faucet Creator Allows You to Design Thousands of Custom Bathroom Faucet Combinations   Today California Faucets launched the new Virtual Faucet Creator at www.calfaucets.com. This new web based tool provides anyone with the ability to design their own custom bathroom faucet or kitchen faucet by combining any spout style with any handle, in any of over 25 decorative finishes. 2008-03-04

Gas Outdoor Patio Heaters Announces 2008 End of Winter Sale   Gas Outdoor Patio Heaters, a division of Advanced Systems and one of the leading online suppliers of portable and patio heating systems in the United States, has announced its 2008 End of Winter Sale. This exclusive sale, which is available online to consumers nationwide, offers significant savings and free shipping on propane heaters along with most every infrared heater, electric heater, portable heater, and garage heater in stock. 2008-03-04

Advanced Misting Systems Announces Cost-Efficient Line of In-House Portable and Wall Misting Fans   Advanced Misting Systems, a division of Advanced Systems and one of the leading online misting system, misting fan, and livestock cooling suppliers in the United States, has announced the roll-out of several new cost-efficient misting products. Included among them are an in-house line of portable and wall misting fans perfect for customers anxious to reduce their outdoor misting costs. 2008-03-04

Inovium Launches On-Demand Purchase Order Payment System Starting at $99   Inovium Corporation, a developer of on-demand business process automation software, today announced yet another industry-first solution with InoviumPOPS, a simple to use, procure-through-pay system to automate the purchasing process at a price starting at $99 per month for any number of users (www.InoviumPOPS.com). 2008-03-04

Inner Circle Advisors Increases Investment in Cleveland with New Office Space, Opened March 1st: Brand Repositioning Leads to Expanded Services and State-of-the-Art Office Renovation   The Independence-based business advisory firm Inner Circle Advisors announced that they have more than doubled the size of their offices on Rockside Road to a total of 6,760 square feet, allowing them to provide enhanced client services and bring in-house two affiliated firms. 2008-03-04

Certiport Launches Learning and Test Preparation Software for 2007 Microsoft(R) Office Certifications: Certiprep for 2007 Microsoft(R) Office Certifications Gives Test Takers Authentic Exam Experience   Certiport(R) today launched Certiprep for 2007 Microsoft(R) Office Certifications, certification preparation software for Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exams that offers a comprehensive and authentic exam experience. Certiprep helps round out Certiport's solution for achieving certifications in Word 2007, Excel(R) 2007 and PowerPoint(R) 2007. 2008-03-04

PsychoGenics and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Sign Drug Discovery Agreement   PsychoGenics Inc. and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Co., Ltd., Japan, have entered into a drug discovery agreement to screen selected Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma compounds in PsychoGenics' proprietary Drug Discovery Systems, with the aim of identifying new therapies for CNS disorders. 2008-03-04

SPLS, HOLX, WATG and DE Picked by Stock Investment Gurus as Among Top 10 Stocks for 2008
Containing analysis from America's most successful and trustworthy investment gurus, the "Top 10 Stocks from America's Leading Advisors" free report was released today. NewsletterAdvisors.com, a stock research and information service that partners with the country's leading advisors to bring investors the most compelling stock investment opportunities, produced the report. 2008-03-04

Booz Allen/AmCham Shanghai Study Finds Companies Adopting China as Both a Growth Market and Manufacturing Hub Are Two-Thirds More Profitable Than Others   The era of China as a low-cost, manufacturing-for-export market has come to an end. Companies that integrate China into their global supply chains as a source of competitive advantage are far more successful than companies that pursue narrower objectives in China, finds a study jointly conducted by management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Shanghai. 2008-03-04

RiseSmart Secures $1.5 Million Seed Round: Dallas-Based Web Startup Bridges the Gap Between Traditional Job Boards and the Personal Attention of a Career Coach   RiseSmart, the human-powered job search service for $100K+ earners, announced today that it has secured a $1.5 million seed round of financing from angel investors, including leading authorities in the human resources and recruitment industry. 2008-03-04

Illinois State Continues Curriculum Incorporating Cutco, Vector Marketing Program
For college professors Michael Williams and Jill Attaway, seeing students grow in chosen fields and landing good jobs after graduation are the most gratifying aspects of their jobs. 2008-03-04

HP Reduces Cost of Color Printing up to 50 Percent for Small Businesses
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced new printing solutions that enable small businesses to affordably produce marketing collateral in-house, increase productivity and better manage their printing environments. 2008-03-04

Pagemark to Exhibit at the 2008 AIIM Exposition: Pagemark Demonstrates Enterprise XPS Viewer and Conversion Solutions   Pagemark Technology, Inc., an industry leading supplier of XPS software solutions for enterprise providers and OEM device manufacturers, will participate as an exhibitor at the AIIM International Exposition & Conference at the Boston Convention Center, March 3-6, 2008 in Booth #XPS-1. Pagemark will be demonstrating its multi-platform XPS viewer as well as its XPS rendering for enterprise solutions on Windows Vista, Windows CE, Apple Macintosh, and, Embedded Linux operating systems. 2008-03-04

Curl Delivers First Open Source Product with Web Services Development Kit: New Library Provides Enterprise Developers with Components for Building Curl RIAs that Make Use of Web Services and Support Service Oriented Architectures   Curl(R), Inc. today announced the release of its Web Services Development Kit (WSDK) to be included in the current release, Version 6.0, of the Curl RIA Platform. Initially released as an open source project by Curl, Inc. last year, the WSDK incorporates real customer needs and makes Curl one of the few RIA solutions that offers full web services interoperability. By making the WSDK commercially available, Curl is providing the necessary components for building enterprise-class applications that make use of Web services such as SOAP/WSDL and an XML document model, supporting service oriented architectures. With the addition of the WSDK the Curl RIA Platform is ideally suited for SOA deployments. 2008-03-04

Dell Goes Extreme with IT-Friendly Rugged Laptop: -- 23 Percent Better System Performance Than the Panasonic CF-30(1) -- 100 Percent Commonality with Latitude Components and Images -- Unmatched Standard Next Business Day Onsite Service   Dell(TM) today unveiled its first fully ruggedized laptop, the Latitude(TM) XFR D630. The system is one of the only in its class to simplify IT with seamless integration into existing infrastructure and deliver extreme durability without compromising performance. The rugged laptop, intended for government and commercial customers, is available today in the U.S. and starts at $3,899. Visit www.dell.com/xfr for more details. 2008-03-04

Openmoko Unlocks Neo Mobile Phone Industrial Design: Unrestricted Download of CAD Files for Neo Branded Phones Available at Openmoko.com Lets Developers Design Their Own Mobile Phones   Openmoko, creator of the first completely open mobile computing platform, expanded the meaning of Open Source by posting the industrial design source files for its Neo branded mobile phones. Industrial design artists now have the same freedom as software engineers. 2008-03-04

AMD 780 Series Gives Mainstream PCs an Innovation Overhaul: Robust 3D Gaming, Ultimate Blu-ray(TM) Experience and Energy Efficiency   AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of the industry's most advanced motherboard GPU, the AMD 780 Series, delivering a rich computing experience for casual gamers and multimedia enthusiasts as the core of quiet and energy-efficient PC designs. When paired with an AMD Phenom(TM) 9000 series quad-core processor or Athlon(TM) 64 X2 dual-core processor, the AMD 780 Series delivers significant enhancements in gaming and high-definition experiences for mainstream PC customers. The AMD 780 Series motherboard GPU is scheduled to be widely available from more than 40 AMD partners at launch. Global OEMs are expected to offer AMD 780 Series-based PCs starting in Q2 2008. 2008-03-04

SafeMed Collaborates with Google on New Health Offering: Analysis Engine Integrated into Google Health Platform
SafeMed, a provider of analytical software for advanced Clinical Decision Support, announced today a collaboration with Google, the world's leading search company. Working with Google Health (a new product that is currently being tested in a pilot with the Cleveland Clinic), SafeMed enables users to obtain personalized health feedback -- such as potentially harmful drug interactions and other preventative guidelines -- based on their own unique Google Health medical profile. 2008-03-04

Chess Picks RateIntegration's Advanced Rating Server as It Signs New Three Year BSS Service-Bureau Services Contract   RateIntegration, Inc., a leading provider of 3rd-generation Revenue Life Cycle Management (RLM) solutions for the telecom and Internet 2.0 market, announced that its ARS 3.0 Advanced Rating Server product has been selected by Chess Communications AS, Scandinavia's leading Service Provider. 2008-03-04

iRise Expands Into Federal Market: Application Visualization to Reduce the Number of 'High Risk' Technology Projects   iRise(R), the world's leading software visualization company, today announced that it has established an office in Washington D.C. to focus on the federal market. With federal IT spending topping $66 billion a year (source: U.S. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)), many of these projects are at risk with cost over-runs, delays and missing features being commonplace, according to the OMB's own data. iRise's visualization software puts an end to that waste by enabling stakeholders to fully experience applications before coding, eliminating confusion about what to build. 2008-03-04

Why Florida Homeowners Insurance Continues to Outrage Consumers   Home Insurance Buyers Guide, LLC today released an update on customer satisfaction with Florida homeowner insurance companies as reported by its subscribers. The company offers a searchable database at www.homeinsurancebuyers.org where homeowners can find private insurance companies still writing new Florida homeowners insurance. 2008-03-04

Sun Microsystems Announces New Role Manager Software; Provides Overview of New Governance, Risk and Compliance Strategy: New Offering Reduces Cost and Complexity of Managing Identities, Access and Compliance   Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:JAVA), today announced the availability of its new Sun(TM) Role Manager software, formerly known as Vaau RBACx, enabling customers to automate and streamline access control compliance - a typically difficult, complex and manual process. For the latest updates on Sun's identity management products being developed in open source, visit: www.opensso.org and www.opends.org. 2008-03-04

Sola/Hevi-Duty's Latest Industrial Power Supplies, UPS and Surge Protection Offered at Newark   Newark (http://www.newark.com), part of the global Premier Farnell Group, and a leading multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals across the Americas, announces that it is now stocking three solutions just introduced by leading industrial power manufacturer, Sola/Hevi-Duty. 2008-03-04

Nanotechnology Company, Telomolecular, Produces ''bim-e-ne(TM)'': Telomolecular Unveils a New Cosmetic Skin Cream That Utilizes Age-Reversing Science at the Molecular Level   Telomolecular Corp., a local nanotechnology company that develops biopharmaceutical medicines designed to treat aging and age-related disease introduces "bim-e-ne(TM)" the first product designed to truly deliver important beauty ingredients where they are needed - in the dermal layer of your skin. 2008-03-04

Dance, Dance, Drop Your Pants - Jockey(TM) Offers $25,000 to Best UnderWarrior(TM): College Basketball Has Nothing on These Brackets!   In 1935 Jockey International, Inc., shocked the world by introducing the world's first men's brief. Today Jockey announced that it would award the winner of the JockeyUnderWars.com Tournament with $25,000 - all for just dancing in his or her underwear! 2008-03-04

THE WEEK Magazine Names Peter Granath as Associate Publisher: Time Inc. Veteran Joins America's Fastest-Growing News and Opinion Magazine
THE WEEK (www.theweekdaily.com), America's fastest growing news and opinion magazine, has appointed Peter Granath as associate publisher. Based in New York City, Granath is responsible for driving print and digital advertising revenue. The Week's sales team will report directly to him. 2008-03-04

AccuRev and Electric Cloud Partner to Advance Multistage Continuous Integration and Scalable Agile Best Practices: ElectricCommander Build-and-Release Management System Integrated with AccuRev's Process-enabled SCM Solution to Enable Automatic, Event-Triggered Build/Release Cycles   AccuRev Inc. and Electric Cloud today announced at SD West 2008 a technology partnership designed to significantly improve software development productivity and efficiency. The combined solution, which integrates the automated build, test and deployment functionality of Electric Cloud's ElectricCommander(R) software with process-enabled software configuration management (SCM) using AccuRev(R), advances multistage continuous integration and scalable agile best practices. 2008-03-04

G Advertising - Flash or not to flash? That is the question   With SEO (search engine optimization) being such a hot topic in the advertising industry, G Advertising, a Los Angeles Advertising Agency takes a distinctive approach when it comes to the balance of SEO vs. Aesthetics. 2008-03-04

Healthcare Executive Helen Chang Joins Integrated Project Management Company: IPM Continues to Expand its Healthcare Team   Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. (IPM), a management consulting firm with a focus on project management, today announced that Helen Chang has joined its team as Healthcare Market Executive. Most recently, Ms. Chang held the position of vice president, System-wide Quality Management at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), a $5 billion organization comprised of 19 hospitals, including a major academic institution. In her new role, Ms. Chang will act as lead consultant to IPM's healthcare practice on operational efficiency, process improvement, and quality in the healthcare setting. She will also support business development. IPM is rapidly expanding its healthcare capability, having engaged Carol Schneider, former president of Advocate Health Care's Christ Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital, in January to accelerate the growth of its healthcare business. 2008-03-04

Pet Pampering and Pet Health Insurance Drive Pet Industry Sales to Another All Time High, According to the APPMA   Pampering our pets and the purchase of pet health insurance has driven the pet industry beyond its own projections in 2007. New figures released by The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA) show total pet spending in 2007 topped $41 billion, almost double the $21 billion Americans spent in 1996. 2008-03-04

AmericaTheBeautiful.com Launches ``See America'' Celebrating People, Places and Patriotism in America   AmericaTheBeautiful.com is taking a film crew across the roads of America in search of powerful stories of patriotism and love of this great land. The focus is on the heartwarming communities, filled with great people, amazing photographic sites, and messages of patriotism, pride, passion and promise for America. Cities, towns and communities across America are urged to apply at AmericaTheBeautiful.com for inclusion in this amazing documentary. 2008-03-04

Male Sexual Health Supplement 112 Degrees Launched by LIFE SPAN labs: Web Site Premieres All-Natural Male Sexual Performance Product   Those interested in improving male sexual health through all-natural, scientifically supported means can now look to 112 Degrees(TM), the flagship product from LIFE SPAN labs available exclusively through www.112degreesformen.com. 2008-03-04

Essent Healthcare's Merrimack Valley Hospital Recognized in Advance Nurses Magazine   The Merrimack Valley Hospital's Orthopedic Center of Excellence was featured as the cover story of Advance for Nurses magazine, a national publication geared toward registered nurses. 2008-03-04

Platform-A's Advertising.com Launches Performance Video Product for Advertisers and Publishers: New Video Product Leverages the Power of Advertising.com's Award-Winning AdLearn Optimization Technology   Advertising.com, part of AOL's Platform-A advertising business, announced today the launch of its new Performance Video Product which, through the integration of its proprietary AdLearn technology, will provide advertisers with in-video ad formats and pre-roll inventory placement on a cost-per-click (CPC) basis, while also maintaining a cost-per-thousand (CPM) payment structure for publishers. 2008-03-04