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Sun Celebrates Third-Party MySQL Storage Engines: Oracle, Kickfire, PrimeBase Technologies and Infobright Join Sun in Supporting the World's Most Popular Open Source Database   Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced new and enhanced third-party support for the MySQL(TM) database's unique pluggable storage engine architecture. The MySQL Certified Storage Engine Program (www.mysql.com/engines) enables commercial and community database engine developers to certify that their software has been tested and is compatible with Sun's MySQL Database Server - helping to assure MySQL users that these certified engines have reached high-level standards of usability, performance and integration. 2008-04-15

HP Announces Winners of ''What Do You Have To Say?'' Small Business Contest
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the winners of its "What Do You Have To Say?" Small Business Contest, a nationwide competition offering small businesses the chance to build their brand. 2008-04-15

Best Vacuum, Inc. Celebrates 25 Years of Success   Best Vacuum, Inc., a pioneer in online vacuum sales and home to the finest vacuum cleaners from Miele, Dyson, and Sebo, will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in May of this year. The company, which also offers a diverse inventory of steam cleaners, heaters, air conditioners, and more, will celebrate by continuing to offer the industry's finest vacuums at pricing that has made Best Vacuum a standard bearer in vacuum sales for a quarter century. 2008-04-15

Online Marketing Benchmark Study Reveals Measures of Success and Value of Online Engagement Between Nonprofits and Constituents: Second Annual Study Helps Nonprofits Evaluate Fundraising, Email, Advocacy, and Market Success Online with Peers and Industry Highlights Value of Software as a Service Model for Providing Actual Data for Decision Making and Comparison   Convio, Inc. today announced the results of its second annual Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index(TM) Study designed to help nonprofit marketing, advocacy, fundraising and communications professionals evaluate what online marketing metrics to focus on, evaluate how their organization is doing and determine targets to set for the future. This year's study uses data compiled from more than 400 nonprofit organizations, representing online interactions and transactions from nearly 40 million constituents from Convio's Software as a Service (SaaS) system. The study aggregates results into benchmarks that nonprofit organizations can compare against their peer group and the industry as a whole. 2008-04-15

Wyndstorm's Flash-Based 2.5D Social Media Makes Downloads Obsolete: Wyndstorm Corporation Innovation Delivers Companies Speedy Deployment and Rich User Interaction--all browser-based   Wyndstorm Corporation (OCTBB:PKCM) (www.wyndstorm.com), the ideas to revenue social media company, announced this week at Ad:Tech San Francisco (booth #5372) that it has developed a download-free, fully-browser-based Flash platform for virtual worlds, social media, online training and multi-dimensional contextual web visualization. Wyndstorm's platform is ideal for marketing and advertising companies wanting rapid-to-market, barrier-free web applications. 2008-04-15

The YMCA Retirement Fund Implements iQ4bis Reporting and Analytical Solution: Not-for-Profit Church Pension Fund Adopts Business Intelligence to Better Understand Retirement Needs of Constituents
iQ4bis Software Inc., a global, software provider that offers an end-to-end business intelligence solution for business managers and executives in midmarket enterprises, today announced that The YMCA Retirement Fund, a not-for-profit church pension fund organized and operated for the purpose of providing retirement and other benefits for employees of YMCAs throughout the United States, has implemented the iQ4bis Analysis and DataServer software suite as its business intelligence solution. Integration with the organization's Microsoft(R) SQL Server-based proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system was completed in early March. 2008-04-15

QAD Annual Customer Conference to Focus on Latest Enterprise Product Innovations for Global Manufacturers: Noted Author Kevin Carroll to Keynote
QAD, Inc. (Nasdaq:QADI), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturers, has announced that Kevin Carroll, author, speaker and agent for social change, will be the keynote speaker for its 17th annual customer conference - QAD Explore 2008 - on June 8-13, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. 2008-04-15

Analog Devices Multi-Voltage Monitors and Sequencers Deliver Industry Leading Accuracy: ADI's four-channel voltage monitor and sequencer ICs measure minute changes in processor voltage levels to prevent data loss and failures in high-availability communications infrastructure applications   Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) is expanding its power management offerings with the industry's most accurate low-voltage monitoring and sequencing ICs. Leveraging ADI's precision analog design techniques, the new ADM1184 and ADM1186 quad voltage-monitor and sequencer ICs are twice as precise as competing devices, offering best-in-class accuracy (less than+/-0.8%). The ADM1184 and ADM1186 also complete the industry's only monitor and sequencer family to deliver less than+/-1% accuracy for 2 to 12 supplies. The new ICs are designed for today's advanced data and telecommunications infrastructure equipment, which is driven by extremely powerful processors with ever-lower core-voltage supplies. With unprecedented accuracy, the ADM1184 and ADM1186 precisely monitor processor cores to ensure they operate within voltage tolerance specifications, allowing power and system engineers to maximize system uptime and optimize system performance. 2008-04-15

Study Shows that High-Dose, High-Frequency Interferon Produces no Additional Benefit on Efficacy Compared to AVONEX(R) (interferon beta-1a) in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)
Results of a phase IV, open label, head-to-head study of intramuscular AVONEX and high-dose, high-frequency subcutaneous Rebif(R) (interferon beta-1a) provide clinical evidence that the two drugs show similar efficacy over 18 to 30 months of continued therapy in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). These data are published in the April 2008 issue of the Current Medical Research and Opinion journal. 2008-04-15

Storm Exchange to Acquire Weather Ventures Ltd.: Names Prominent Meteorologist Dr. John A. Dutton Chief Scientist, Opens Weather Research Facility on Penn State Campus   Storm Exchange, Inc., a company that helps businesses improve their performance in the face of increasingly volatile weather, announced that it will acquire Weather Ventures, Ltd., a firm providing information, strategies and decision system designs for managing weather and climate risk in the public and private sectors. The acquisition will expand Storm Exchange's weather and climate research capabilities and add a highly-regarded group of atmospheric scientists to the firm's management team. Simultaneously, Storm Exchange will open a weather research center at The Pennsylvania State University, home of the nation's leading meteorology department. 2008-04-15

AdShuffle Officially Launches; Offers Real-Time Optimization and Reporting in its Ad Serving Solution: Marketing Technology Company Exits Beta with Unprecedented Diamond Sponsorship at ad:tech San Francisco   AdShuffle(TM), an ad serving and marketing technology company, today announced its official launch at ad:tech San Francisco. AdShuffle's technology includes real-time reporting and automated creative and landing page optimization in one solution for advertisers and publishers. Prior to today's launch, AdShuffle operated in beta for 18-months, served billions of impressions, and worked with top online agencies, advertisers and publishers. 2008-04-15

Cash4Gold: CNBC's Fast Money Features Cash4Gold in Gold Fever Segment   Cash4Gold, the market leader for selling gold online, was featured on CNBC's Fast Money show on April 14th, 2008. The segment titled, Gold Fever, showed 4 different clips from Cash4Gold's commercials. The Fast Money cast discussed the ups and downs of the Gold market. Buying Gold as a commodity was not recommended, but there is a rush to take advantage of the all time high gold prices to sell your gold. 2008-04-15

My Design Secrets Launches Interior Design Tips Website: For "Do It Yourselfers" Wanting Custom Interior Design Ideas Without the Cost of Hiring a Professional Interior Designer   My Design Secrets (www.mydesignsecrets.com), a "do-it-yourself" interior design website, has been launched as a unique way for the public to find products and little-known interior design tips and trade secrets. The easy-to-use catalog of online retail resources compiled by Lorrie Browne, a licensed interior designer based in South Florida is unique in that it allows visitors to find the products they are truly seeking; as opposed to being overwhelmed by enormous amounts of insignificant search engine listings. 2008-04-15

TransCore Adds StarTrak's ReeferTrak Product to Portfolio of Mobile Satellite Services   For nearly a decade StarTrak has been a TransCore GlobalWave(R) value added reseller, and has integrated the GlobalWave satellite modem into StarTrak's refrigerated carrier product known as ReeferTrak(R). To expand market accessibility and leverage TransCore's channels to market, TransCore will add StarTrak's ReeferTrak RT-6000 to the portfolio of satellite communication products it offers to North American carriers. Customers will access the full ReeferTrak service directly through StarTrak's wireless network. 2008-04-15

KickApps Partners with WorldNow to Bring Social Media to Local Broadcasters: TV Stations Create New Revenue Opportunities   KickApps, the leading on demand social media platform, and WorldNow today announced a strategic partnership to provide KickApps-powered social media applications to WorldNow's customers. As part of the relationship, WorldNow will create and help to manage custom deployments of KickApps social media sites for its over 320 media clients, which include ABC, Cox Enterprises, Raycom Media and Young Broadcasting. This new offering adds to WorldNow's suite of online products, consulting services and revenue programs that enable local media companies to build new businesses on the Internet. 2008-04-15

University Health Industries Acquires Mosquito Pro Tech   University Health Industries, Inc. (OTC:VRTN), a Florida corporation engaged in the development, marketing and sale of proprietary, patent-pending nutraceutical products including its leading brands Arthroleve(TM) and Zenstral PMS(TM) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Mosquito Pro Tech (MPT). 2008-04-15

Sami Altaher, FGI Finance Executive Director, to Participate in Lender's Roundtable Expert Panel   Sami Altaher, Executive Director at FGI Finance, will serve on an expert panel at the New York Institute of Credit and the Asset Based Finance Journal's Education and Networking Conference on April 17th, 2008 at the Villanova University Conference Center. 2008-04-15

Education Industry Association Wins ASAE's 2008 Associations Advance America Award of Excellence   The Education Industry Association (http://www.educationindustry.org) has won the Award of Excellence in the 2008 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program, a national competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) & The Center for Association Leadership. 2008-04-15

Sun Microsystems Announces MySQL 5.1: New Version of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database Delivers up to 15 Percent Higher Performance for Large-Scale Enterprise Applications   Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the pending general availability of MySQL(TM) 5.1, a new version of the world's most popular open source database, designed to improve performance and simplify management of large database applications. A near-final release candidate of the GPL software is available for download now at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/. 2008-04-15

Only 20 Days Left to Enter TheNestBaby.com Bump Contest and Win a Babymoon Trip to Jamaica: -- TheNestBaby.com Invites Pregnant Ladies to Show Off Their Bellies at www.TheNestBaby.com/BumpContest --   Got what it takes to be bumpalicious? If so, TheNestBaby.com (www.thenestbaby.com), a website for hip, first-time parents, is calling all pregnant ladies to submit photos of their bellies for TheNestBaby.com Bump Contest. With only 20 more days left to enter, the Bump Contest (www.thenestbaby.com/bumpcontest) is an opportunity for moms-to-be throughout the country to show off their growing, gorgeous bump. 2008-04-15

Curl Announces Support for Ubuntu for Enterprise RIA Platform: Meeting Industry Demand, Curl Increases Availability to Linux Users   Curl(R), Inc. today announced it has released the availability of an Ubuntu Installer for the Curl Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform. Curl is a Rich Internet Application platform that competes with Adobe AIR/Flex, Silverlight, and Ajax. Curl has been shipping with Linux support for RedHat 9, SusE 9, and Turbolinux 10 and 11. Ubuntu is the latest Linux platform Curl 6.0 supports. Curl 6.0 also supports Microsoft Windows (XP, and Vista) as well as a beta version for Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). 2008-04-15

Kiplinger.com Highlights: May 2008
Kiplinger.com (www.Kiplinger.com), the leader in personal finance advice and business forecasting, announces its online editorial content for the month of May 2008. 2008-04-15

Despite First Quarter Decline, Health Care M&A Remains Robust According to New Report from Irving Levin Associates, Inc.
According to a new Report from Irving Levin Associates, a total of 221 mergers and acquisitions were announced in the health care industry during the first quarter of 2008, a 27% decline from the 301 deals announced in the prior quarter. Based on preliminary figures, a total of $27.3 billion was committed to fund the first quarter's M&A activity, representing a 50% decrease from the $54.6 billion spent during Q4:07. Even so, the health care merger and acquisition market remains strong relative to historical levels during the past five years and relative to the recent turmoil in the financial markets. 2008-04-15

MAVERICK Technologies Recognized as Systems Integrator of the Year   MAVERICK Technologies, a next-generation engineering, systems integration and operational consulting firm, has been named the 2008 Frost & Sullivan North American System Integrator Company of the Year. The award was presented April 15 at the 2008 Excellence in Industrial Technologies Awards Banquet at The Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas. 2008-04-15

Storm Exchange to Acquire Weather Ventures Ltd.: Names Prominent Meteorologist Dr. John A. Dutton Chief Scientist, Opens Weather Research Facility on Penn State Campus   Storm Exchange, Inc., a company that helps businesses improve their performance in the face of increasingly volatile weather, announced that it will acquire Weather Ventures, Ltd., a firm providing information, strategies and decision system designs for managing weather and climate risk in the public and private sectors. The acquisition will expand Storm Exchange's weather and climate research capabilities and add a highly-regarded group of atmospheric scientists to the firm's management team. Simultaneously, Storm Exchange will open a weather research center at The Pennsylvania State University, home of the nation's leading meteorology department. 2008-04-15

Excerpt from the Warren Buffett Biography, ''Of Permanent Value: the Story of Warren Buffett / 2008 Cosmic Edition'' by Andrew Kilpatrick of AKPE   The following is an excerpt from Andrew Kilpatrick's biography on Warren Buffett entitled, "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2008 Cosmic Edition/2 volumes." The two-volume set can be purchased from Amazon.com by following this link. 2008-04-15

AOL Launches in Hong Kong   AOL today announced the beta launch of http://www.aol.hk, a dedicated Web destination in Hong Kong. The new site combines AOL's suite of communications products, including free e-mail and instant messaging with regional content in Chinese. AOL is partnering with some of the most compelling creators of content in the region, including China News, udn.com (United Daily News) and Phoenix New Media. The company will also draw upon its worldwide distribution partnership with HP to deliver a co-branded local language portal and search solution for HP users in Hong Kong. AOL will continue to add new content and features over the coming months. 2008-04-15

Verinon Technology Solutions Achieves SEI CMMi-DEV 1.2v Maturity Level 3: Becomes one of the first 30 companies globally to achieve certification in the current format   Verinon Technology Solutions Pvt. Limited, an offshore development center of Verinon Technology Solutions, Inc., a leading system integration consultancy with expertise in areas including enterprise content management (ECM), business intelligence and collaborative platform solutions, today announced it has achieved Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development (CMMI-DEV) Level 3 rating satisfying the new V1.2 evaluation requirements. 2008-04-15