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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED GROUP DEBUTS SI VAULT: Digital Archives Featuring More Than 50 Years of SI Articles, Photos and Covers Supported by Video Search Engine, Wikipedia Sports Encyclopedia, Links to Memorabilia and More! A First-of-Its-Kind Digital Platform for the History of the Modern Sports Era   Today, the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED GROUP will debut SI VAULT (WWW.SI.COM/VAULT), a free and comprehensive digitized history of the modern sports era since the birth of SI in 1954. The VAULT combines the power of SI's voice and editorial integrity with state-of-the-art technologies and will immediately become a daily destination for sports fans. 2008-03-20

Dick Hunter, former VP of Global Consumer Services and Support at Dell Inc., joins the Board of Directors of DataInfoCom Incorporated   Dick Hunter, recent VP of Global Consumer Services and Support at Dell, has joined the Board of DataInfoCom, an enterprise software company that has developed patent-pending, predictive decision support and optimization technologies for Fortune 500 companies with globally distributed business processes. Dick brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and relationships to DataInfoCom. Prior to his last role at Dell, he was the Vice President of Dell Americas Operations (DAO); in this role, Dick was responsible for 5 manufacturing plants and 5 distribution centers in North and South America. During Dick's more than 5 years as the VP of DAO, Dell increased productivity by more than 10% every year, reduced cost by 70%, improved inventory turns by 60%, improved quality by 75%, and built a new plant in North Carolina. Dick also held senior executive roles at General Electric ("GE"), Texas Instruments ("TI"), and Ericsson. Dick currently serves on the Governing Board of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's ("MIT") Leaders for Manufacturing Program, and on the Advisory Board of Georgia Tech College of Computing. DataInfoCom looks forward to leveraging Dick's more than 25 years of experience in high-tech, manufacturing, supply chain management, and customer experience. 2008-03-20

Convio Database Connector Now Available on the Salesforce.com AppExchange: Convio and the Salesforce.com Foundation Work Together to Deliver Innovative Products to Nonprofits   Convio, Inc. today announced the availability of the Convio Database Connector on salesforce.com's AppExchange, the first development in a relationship between Convio and the Salesforce.com Foundation that leverages the two organizations' open platform technologies to meet the unique and diverse needs of the nonprofit market. The Convio Database Connector for Salesforce.com integrates the on-demand power of salesforce.com with Convio's on-demand constituent relationship management (eCRM) suite, enabling the synchronization of constituent, donation, and campaign data between Convio and salesforce.com. Built using the Force.com platform, the Convio Database Connector for salesforce.com is immediately available for test drive and deployment on the AppExchange at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/. 2008-03-20

quadrantONE Doubles Its Size, Expands to More Than 250 Newspapers   The Newspaper Consortium, a consortium of 26 newspaper companies, will add 138 web sites to quadrantONE (www.quadrantone.com), an online advertising alliance formed in February by four of the country's largest media companies. 2008-03-20

ExpoTV Taps Into Its Community of Consumer Enthusiasts for Coverage of 2008 New York Auto Show: Company Provides Consumer Guru With Exclusive Access to Premier Auto Event   ExpoTV, the first and largest video-based social commerce network specifically tailored for the consumer in control, announced today that it will be tapping into its community of savvy consumers as part of its coverage of the 2008 New York Auto Show, which will take place March 21-30 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. The company has asked one deserving member, auto enthusiast Adam Barrera, aka "highmileage," to be its on-camera host at this year's event. In this role, Barrera will not only have the chance to interview auto manufacturers such as Ford, Lamborghini and Hyundai and get the inside scoop on all the newest models and gear for ExpoTV users, he will also be granted exclusive access to the show before it opens to the public. 2008-03-20

Zoombak Partners with Bark Buckle UP To Promote Pet Safety at the 2008 New York International Auto Show: Bark Buckle UP to Profile Newest Advances in Dog Safety Products   Zoombak LLC (www.zoombak.com), a Liberty Media (NASDAQ: LCAPA) company, today joined the leading automotive pet safety experts from Bark Buckle UP (www.barkbuckleup.com) at the New York International Auto Show to promote safe and responsible pet ownership and highlight the latest in pet travel safety products. 2008-03-20

UMassOnline Announces the Formal Launch of Its Blog   UMassOnline CEO David Gray today announced the formal launch of its new blog. An 'open-to-all' online community featuring nine bloggers, the new site features content intended to reflect the broad interests of UMassOnline's worldwide audience of students, applicants, parents, faculty and staff. A first of its kind for UMassOnline, the new social media site was six months in development and has just completed a 'soft launch' phase during which it was principally promoted and tested internally for 90 days. A unique 'group blog' that features a diverse team of UMassOnline voices, chief contributors include CEO David Gray, as well as: 2008-03-20

Stanford Scholar Explores Lessons From Britain's Past in the Middle East
In her latest book, Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East, author and historian Priya Satia delves into an aspect of the British intelligence community which few have scrutinized before. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, including recently declassified documents; Spies in Arabia tells the first detailed account of an unprecedented twentieth-century style of espionage and military control undertaken by British intelligence agents in the Middle East following WWI. This wholly new style of "covert empire" was reliant on an intensely brutal aerial surveillance regime designed to secure the region by preventing and controlling any subversive or insurgent activities. 2008-03-20

RLI Transportation Launches Driver Training School Commercial Auto Coverage: RLI Transportation complements the fleet insurance portion of its trucking insurance product by offering driver training school coverage   RLI Transportation announced the introduction of a unique, mono-line commercial auto coverage targeting Driver Training Schools nationwide. 2008-03-20

DWS Scudder Launches Proprietary Analytical Tool for Plan Sponsors and Financial Advisors to Help Evaluate Defined Contribution Plans   DWS Scudder announced today the launch of ClientScope(TM), an innovative, proprietary analytical tool to assist plan sponsors and financial advisors in evaluating their defined contribution plan's competitiveness while helping them to address their fiduciary responsibilities. A unique multi-step methodology provides a current plan snapshot and offers proactive solutions to help ensure plan sponsors and financial advisors are administering a plan in a way that provides the most benefit for participants. 2008-03-20

Cephalon Receives FDA Approval for TREANDA, a Novel Chemotherapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: First New Agent for CLL Patients Approved by the FDA Since 2001   Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq:CEPH) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TREANDA(R) (bendamustine hydrochloride) for Injection for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slowly progressing blood and bone marrow disease. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 15,000 new cases of this rare disease will be diagnosed in the United States this year. The TREANDA application as a CLL treatment received priority review from the FDA and was approved within six months of the September 2007 submission. Cephalon anticipates that TREANDA will be available to physicians and patients as a CLL treatment in the United States in April 2008. 2008-03-20

AzoogleAds Continues European Expansion with AdsMarket: Names Global Performance-based media company, AdsMarket, as latest Partner
Azoogle.com, Inc. (www.AzoogleAds.com), the New York-based online performance-based advertising network, continued its aggressive international expansion by announcing an agreement with AdsMarket, a leading online performance media company that serves Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. 2008-03-20

TomoTherapy Users Highlight Hi-Art(R) Clinical Advantages at Investor Meeting
TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TOMO), maker of the Hi-Art(R) treatment system for advanced radiation therapy, held an investor meeting on March 13, 2008, at its headquarters in Madison, Wis. The event, arranged by investment firm William Blair & Company, included presentations from TomoTherapy's management team and two clinical experts in the field of radiation oncology: Patrick Kupelian, M.D., and Chet Ramsey, Ph.D. 2008-03-20

SpeedDate.com Surpasses One Million Online Speed Dates   SpeedDate.com, the world's first online speed dating site has hosted over one million "3-minute" online speed dates. Every day, thousands of new users join SpeedDate, which has become a premiere online dating destination for singles looking to meet new people quickly and easily. 2008-03-20