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WhereIsHD.com Adds VOD Listings and More WhereIsHD.com, a free website designed to help consumers compare high-definition (HD) television services in their home areas, has added two new features. - 2008-05-13

Zannel Named Best Mobile Social Network for The 12th Annual Webby Awards The 12th Annual Webby Awards (www.webbyawards.com), named Zannel (www.zannel.com) as the Best Mobile Social Network of 2008. - 2008-05-12

BusinessWeek.com Expands Its Web Offerings with First of Several New Online Video Courses : Nine video lessons on how to invest in the stock market now available at BusinessWeek.com BusinessWeek.com, the market-leading business Web site, has unveiled its first online video course via BusinessWeek.com's investing channel. “Seven Commandments of Stock Investing” features investing star, Gene Marcial, and is the first in a series of online courses. The course includes nine video lessons on how to invest in the stock market based on lessons from Gene's experience as a leading financial journalist for more than 30 years. - 2008-05-12

gPotato Game Cards Available at Target Gala-Net has partnered up exclusively with Target to offer Gala-Net's prepaid cards at U.S. Target store locations. Gala-Net, one of the leading online free-to-play companies (www.gpotato.com), is proud to offer an alternative method of payment for its users. Gpotato Game Cards will be available at Target starting May 13th. - 2008-05-09

AOL Announces Nominees for Ninth Annual City's Best Program: Voting Now Open for 8,000 Nominated Restaurants, Bars and Venues in 40 Markets Across the U.S.; New Mobile Voting Lets Consumers Vote On the Go AOL announced the 8,000 nominees for City's Best 2008, which celebrates the best in local dining and nightlife across the country. Between now and July 10, consumers can vote for their favorite venues in categories such as Best Burgers, Best Cheap Eats, Best Romantic Restaurants, Best Sports Bars and many more. Special focus is also placed on local cuisine with categories including Best Delis in New York, Best Po' Boys in New Orleans, and Best Surf-Side Dining in Los Angeles, for example. - 2008-05-08

Sun Adds Comprehensive Video Capabilities to Ubiquitous Java Platform with On2 Technologies Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA), today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with On2 Technologies (AMEX:ONT) to add comprehensive video capabilities, using On2 Technologies TrueMotion video codecs, to Sun's JavaFX(TM), a family of products for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) with immersive media and content across all the "screens of your life". For more information on the JavaFX family of products visit http://www.javafx.com and for details on On2 video technologies visit http://www.on2.com. - 2008-05-07

The Interactive Advertising Bureau Launches Digital Video In-Stream Ad Format Guidelines: Simplification and Efficiency Lead the Way to Continued Explosive Growth The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the release of "Digital Video In-Stream Ad Format Guidelines." Created by the IAB's Digital Video Committee, a group comprised of 145 leading interactive companies, they are the definitive format guidelines that directly address digital video advertising. - 2008-05-05

VIZ Pictures and NCM Fathom Debut Live Action Japanese Feature Death Note on the Big Screen: Special Two-Night Event will be Shown May 20th and 21st in Select Theatres Nationwide DEATH NOTE, a live-action Japanese feature event shows that the pen is mightier than the sword in a special two-night event at more than 300 theatres on May 20th and 21st at 7:30 p.m. local time. This unique theatre event (English dubbed) brings to life the popular Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of this breakthrough live action production, an in-depth interview with Director Shusuke Kaneko and a unique look at the talent behind the Death Note characters. - 2008-05-05

Musicnotes' Digital Sales Growth Exceeds 30% Thus Far in 2008 Despite a challenging economic environment, Musicnotes, Inc. the market leader in downloadable sheet music and guitar tablature, indicates its year-to-date sales growth remains robust. Musicnotes.com has sold nearly 500,000 downloads thus far in 2008 and generated sales of approximately $3 million. Digital sales growth has exceeded 30% through early May. - 2008-05-05

JavaOne Conference Social Networking Tools Available to Help You Stay Connected JavaOne Conference attendees and fans from around the world have several social networking tools they can use to stay connected with all the exciting events and activities at this year's conference. Whether you're on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or a citizen of the blogosphere, connecting to JavaOne and interacting with others is just a click away. Get connected on: - 2008-05-02

''Hey There Delilah'' Songwriter and Publishers Receive 2007 Musicnotes Song of the Year Award Musicnotes, Inc., the market leader in downloadable sheet music, announced today Plain White T's lead singer and songwriter, Tom Higgenson, WB Music Corp. and Alfred Publishing are the recipients of the sixth annual Musicnotes Song of the Year Award for the song "Hey There Delilah." - 2008-05-01

Mimeo.com Appoints Print Industry Experts to Head Product Solutions and Platform Development Mimeo.com (http://www.mimeo.com), the innovator of online, on-demand digital printing for business documents and marketing materials, announced today the hiring of Holly Muscolino as Vice President, Product - Print Solutions, and Chuck Gehman as Vice President of Product Platforms, two newly created positions. Combined, the two print industry experts possess nearly 40 years of print-industry experience and expertise. - 2008-04-30

TicketNews.com Announces Its Exclusive Top Ticket Sellers Rankings for the Week of 04/20/08 - 04/26/08 - 2008-04-30

VdateOnline.com: launches its Free Video Dating Forum VdateOnline.com, the only TOTALLY FREE video dating site offering instant free live video chat to all members, announces the launch of its Video Dating Forum. The new dating forum feature, unique to VdateOnline, was designed for the benefit of our growing membership base and a multitude of requests from the sites users. The free online dating forum has been designed to provide all VdateOnline.com members with a new means to communicate their advice, thoughts, comments, opinions, and interact with other members on the site. The online dating forum also offers free online dating advice to all members which is provided by both experienced male and female editors. The goal of the free online dating and relationship advice column is simply to improve online dating opportunities of all members, to meet and successfully interact with any of their prospective matches. - 2008-04-30

ScanScout Partners with Clearspring to Enable Viral Sharing of Video Advertising: Video Advertisers Can Now Reach Facebook, MySpace, Google, and Yahoo Through Viral Distribution ScanScout, the leading network for brand-safe, relevant online video advertising, and Clearspring Technologies, the market leader in widget creation, syndication, tracking and monetization today announced a partnership that will enable simple viral distribution of video ads from the ScanScout Network into more than 25 leading social media platforms. - 2008-04-29

ON Networks Presents New Digital Series on Travel Beautiful Places: A Breathtaking Tour of the Most Beautiful Places in the World ON Networks(R) (ON) proudly presents Beautiful Places, an HD travel and outdoors series designed to take travelers to the most beautiful places in the world, with stunning vistas, panoramic views and spectacular sunsets set to nature's music. - 2008-04-29

Will You Be My Bridesman? WeddingChannel.com Announces New Wedding Traditions: Gender-Bending Rituals, Alternative Registries, and Friends as Officiants in WeddingChannel.com New Traditions Channel Honey, I'm not taking your last name. That's right: millions of brides are no longer tied to centuries-old tradition. From asking their best guy friend to be a "man of honor" to keeping or blending their last name to having their favorite uncle officiate, WeddingChannel.com (www.weddingchannel.com), the number one wedding and gift registry website, has compiled the most popular new wedding rules and now announces a "New Traditions" channel (www.weddingchannel.com/newtraditions) for modern brides and grooms. - 2008-04-28

AOL Introduces Open Voice APIs: Allows Developers to Easily Integrate the AIM Call Out Service into Softphones and SIP-Enabled Devices AOL today introduced Open Voice APIs to provide third-party developers and VoIP device manufacturers with open standards protocols that will enable them to easily integrate the AIM Call Out service into softphones, as well as SIP-enabled hardware and cell phones with wi-fi connectivity. AIM Call Out integration will enable users to make low cost voice calls from anywhere in the world using the Internet to relay these calls. The Open Voice APIs can be found at http://dev.aol.com/aimcall. - 2008-04-28

Entertainment Enthusiasts Interact on the New Starpulse.com: The revamped Starpulse.com Includes More Features Allowing Members to Connect and Share Celebrity News, Photos, Gossip and More with Other Entertainment Fans Starpulse.com, an online entertainment site for celebrity enthusiasts, launched a revamped version of its popular Web site featuring interactive community enhancements, additional pictures of popular celebrities, more unique and exclusive articles, entertainment news, an expanded contest section and more. - 2008-04-24

gPotato Worldwide Supports the World Community Grid Program The online game publishing group GALA, operator of the gPotato portals in Japan, Europe and America, adds its support to the World Community Grid project to help scientific research with shared computing power from its communities. By getting involved in this program, the GALA group intends to gather gamers from all around the world to support researches in health and ecological domains, and show the power of solidarity. - 2008-04-24

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