AMD Collaborates with Raritan to Promote Client Manageability Standards with New Tools to Improve Interoperability: Open Source Tools Decrease Development Time and Enable Interoperability of Essential Client Management Solutions   AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced a further step in its commitment to promote open industry standards for client management solutions with new open source tools designed to accelerate adoption of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) standard. AMD collaborated with Raritan, a leading provider of IT management solutions, to assist hardware, firmware and console vendors in bringing DASH solutions to market as quickly as possible by delivering a DASH software development kit (SDK) and reference implementation. Products developed with these tools are designed to reduce the cost of managing desktop and notebook clients for businesses by decreasing development time and improving interoperability, allowing faster time-to-market and higher quality management products. 2008-04-29

The Intelligence Group Releases 2008 Latino Lifestyle Study(R): Subscription-Based Study Offers Marketers a Comprehensive Look at the Fast-Growing Young Latino Market
The Intelligence Group, publisher of the popular Cassandra Report, the industry's foremost comprehensive lifestyle study of 14-34-year-old mainstream consumers and trendsetters, has published its third annual Latino Intelligence Report(R). The lifestyle study focuses on the Hispanic youth market and provides a critical forecasting tool for marketers looking to understand the 14-34-year-old Latino consumer. 2008-04-28

Virtual Console Introduces Fastest USB Duplicator on the Market: Virtual Console unveils the latest addition to its flash memory duplication product line by introducing the 60-port USB duplicator   Virtual Console, LLC, a global provider of products for communications and media companies, unveils the latest addition to its flash memory duplicator product line by introducing the 60-port USB duplicator. The USB duplicator, which is the fastest product currently available on the market, offers 7MB/sec write speed on each of its 60 ports, simultaneously resulting in a 420MB per second total duplication throughput. 2008-04-28

Olympus Now Offers Complete Thyroid Panel for AU3000i(R) Immunoassay System   With the introduction of the company's T-Uptake assay, Olympus now offers a complete thyroid panel for use with its AU3000i(R) immunoassay system, including TSH, T4, fT4, T3, fT3 and T-Uptake assays. 2008-04-28

IBM Cognos Performance Management Software Helps Banks Efficiently Price New Deals to Improve Profitability: - IBM Cognos Relationship Pricing for Commercial Banking Blueprint Enables Managers to Model Multiple Pricing Scenarios and Evaluate Corresponding Risk at the Relationship Level
Cognos, an IBM company and world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced the launch of a new performance application designed to help commercial bankers efficiently price new deals, taking into consideration associated risk factors and the profitability of the overall customer relationship. 2008-04-28

ViaSat LinkStarS2A VSAT System Proves More Bandwidth Efficient With ACM and New ViaSat Technologies: Only ViaSat Offers DLA and AcceleNet(R) That Enable Performance beyond Industry Standards   ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is shipping its new LinkStar(R) VSAT system with bandwidth-efficient Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM), and is implementing additional bandwidth-saving technologies that go beyond the industry standard. Only ViaSat offers Dynamic Link Adaptation (DLA) and AcceleNet(R) IP network and application acceleration. LinkStarS2A terminals are already installed and operating in South America, Europe, Africa, the U.S., Australia, and all regions of Asia. 2008-04-28

NextBio Announces Public Launch of Its Life Science Search Engine: New Paradigm for Basic and Clinical Research Promotes Open Biology NextBio Search Engine to be Highlighted April 29 at Bio-IT World Conference   NextBio (http://www.nextbio.com) today announced the next step in making Open Biology a reality: a free version of the NextBio life science search engine has been made available to the general public. Using NextBio, any researcher or clinician can search the world's public life sciences data and literature - over 10,000 experiments, 16 million articles, and literally billions of data points. Moreover, users can import their own experimental data into the NextBio search engine, share it with the community, and collaborate with others as never before. 2008-04-28

Fifty-Five Percent of U.S. Small Business Owners Anticipate Strong Sales for Mother's Day in 2008, According to Constant Contact Survey   News of economic woes has not completely discouraged U.S. small business owners as they look ahead to Mother's Day shopping. According to Constant Contact's 3rd Annual Small Business Mother's Day Outlook survey*, 55 percent of U.S. small business owners anticipate strong sales this Mother's Day holiday. This represents a decrease of 18 percentage points from sales expectations in 2007, when 73 percent of U.S. small business owners anticipated strong Mother's Day shopping season sales. Constant Contact(R), Inc. (NasdaqGM: CTCT) is a leading provider of email marketing and online surveys for small organizations. 2008-04-28

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

Greystripe Mobile Display Ads for ''The Golden Compass'' Film Demonstrate Branding Impact of Mobile Advertising: Full-screen ads and free content in Greystripe's mobile ad network proving to be a win-win for advertisers and gamers based on campaign for New Line Cinema's ''The Golden Compass''
Today Greystripe, the largest ad-supported mobile games and applications distributor, announced the results of a mobile advertising campaign with New Line Cinema for the film, "The Golden Compass". 2008-04-28

Sun Announces General Session Details for CommunityOne Free and Open Developer Conference: New Meetup/Mashup Event Cosponsored By NetSquared To Help Non-Profit Organizations Harness the Power of the Web   Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA), today announced details on the CommunityOne conference General Session that will be held May 5, 2008 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. CommunityOne is a free, one-day event that allows developers and students to benefit from the innovation and choice of the free and open source ecosystem -- http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone/. 2008-04-28

VitalCare Signs LOI For Diabetes Treatment Center In Utah: Center Will Provide iCAT Therapy for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetics   VitalCare Diabetes Treatment Centers, Inc. (Pink Sheets:VDTI) a Nevada corporation, today announced they have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint-venture relationship with South Valley Inpulse Center, LLC, an existing Diabetes Treatment Center in Draper, Utah. The center will be administering the FDA approved iCAT treatment for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients. 2008-04-28

The Polymer Technology Group To Be Acquired By DSM N.V.: Price not disclosed   "Both PTG and DSM believe that innovative biomaterials will become enabling technology for tomorrow's medical devices and prosthetic implants. This union creates a world-class organization committed to advancing biomaterials science and engineering for the benefit of patients around the world. This is great news for PTG's customers and for the medical device industry in general." 2008-04-28

Rothschild Investment Corporation Celebrates 100th Anniversary   Rothschild Investment Corporation (www.rothschildinv.com) today announced that 2008 marks the firm's 100th anniversary as an independent investment management firm. Founded the same year the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series, the firm has served generations of Chicago's entrepreneurs, professionals, families, retirement plans, endowment funds and foundations. 2008-04-28

Kaavo Releases Web Application for Easy Access to Cloud Computing   Kaavo today announced the beta release of IMOD (Infrastructure and Middleware on Demand) application. IMOD provides a simple interface to cloud computing and makes it easy to run, monitor, and manage virtual private servers on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Kaavo's IMOD application allows any company across the globe to access compute capacity, as needed at a very affordable price. Anyone with an Amazon EC2 account can self register for the application and try it for free during the beta phase at https://www.imodlive.com, others (those who don't have an Amazon EC2 account) may contact Kaavo at support@kaavo.com to request access to the free trial of the IMOD application. 2008-04-28

BMC Software Releases BMC Application Problem Resolution 7.0: New version of award-winning solution delivers automation of application problem resolution process across heterogeneous Windows/Java environments, increased efficiency throughout application lifecycle
BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) announced today the availability of BMC Application Problem Resolution 7.0*, the latest version of an award-winning product that offers full automation of application problem resolution processes during development, testing, and support across Microsoft Windows/.NET and Java EE environments. 2008-04-28

Sun Microsystems Names Mike Splain Executive Vice President of Microelectronics Group: Splain Brings More Than 25 Years of Extensive Engineering and Business Leadership Experience to New Role   Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced that it has named Mike Splain executive vice president of the Microelectronics Group. Splain will report to CEO and president Jonathan Schwartz and joins the company's Executive Leadership Team. A Sun fellow, Splain is a 20-year Sun veteran with broad management and technical expertise across microelectronics and systems. In his added role Splain will lead all aspects of the Microelectronics technology development and business operations. 2008-04-28

Student Voices by MATT.org Launches Brickfish Campaign Asking Youth to Get Creative about Border Issues: Social Media Campaign Lets Entrants Illustrate Their Perspective on Immigration Reform   Brickfish(TM), the social media advertising platform, and Student Voices by MATT.org, the online dialogue and action center for young people across the U.S. and Mexico, today announced the "Immigration Illustration" campaign located at http://studentvoices.matt.org/english/campaign/immigration-illustratio n.html. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) The campaign invites everyone to express their ideas and attitudes about immigration reform by creating an illustration, political cartoon, or a work of art. The campaign will run through July 17. 2008-04-28

TomoTherapy Participates in New Venture to Develop a Compact Proton Therapy System   TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TOMO) today announced its participation in a new venture, Compact Particle Acceleration Corporation (CPAC), to develop a state-of-the-art, compact proton therapy system for the treatment of cancer. The system will feature a dielectric-wall accelerator (DWA). 2008-04-28

Guitar Hero Fanatics Looking for Guitar Tab and Lessons: With GuitarInstructor.com's Guitar Lessons, Learning Guitar Will Never Be the Same   When Guitar Hero(R) addicts are ready to progress from being passive players to active music-makers, they now have a new way to learn: GuitarInstructor.com, a one-stop-shop for the best guitar lessons and guitar tab on the web. Recently launched, GuitarInstructor.com is the ultimate online destination for learning to play guitar in all styles, beginner guitar lessons to pro. 2008-04-28

Forterra Systems Selected to Participate in U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research Commercialization Pilot Program   Forterra Systems, the market and technology leader in private virtual worlds, announced today that it has been selected to participate in the new Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP). This fiscal 2008 Army CPP project builds upon previous Phase II SBIR work performed by Forterra in the area of medical simulation training on behalf of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materials Command's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). This work is supported by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command under Contract No. W81XWH-05-C-0040. 2008-04-28

TerraWave Solutions Introduces the WLAN Industry's First-Ever 802.11n MIMO ''Six-Pack'' Antenna Solution: Designed to Operate with the Cisco 1252 Access Point Innovative Design for Next-Generation WLAN Technology   TerraWave Solutions, a division of TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (Nasdaq: TESS), and a leading provider of the Wi-Fi solutions needed to deploy, manage, and secure enterprise-wide wireless networks, today announced the release of its first-to-market 802.11n Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) "Six-Pack" omnidirectional antenna solution to the wireless industry. 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

Gel Nutrition Ltd. Launches Major Web Push for Agel Gel-Supplement Products: New Los Angeles-Based Nutritional Marketing Firm Adopts Aggressive Internet-Marketing and Network-Building Strategy to Expand National and International Activities   Gel Nutrition Ltd. has launched a new web initiative to augment its Southern California sales and network-building efforts of the revolutionary gel-suspension nutritional, nutraceutical, and wellness supplements manufactured by Agel Enterprises, currently marketed in over 46 countries worldwide. 2008-04-28