Fuego North America Launches Innovative Blog: The Fuego Lifestyle Becomes Truly Social   Fuego North America, the company behind the industry-redefining Fuego grills, takes its cornerstone social hub concept to the next level with its new blog, TheFuegoBlog.com. This conceptual brainchild from Alex Siow and Robert Brunner, co-creators of Fuego, is the latest natural extension of the Fuego lifestyle. 2008-04-09

Virtua Health Selects NEC to Develop Role-Based Communications for Healthcare Environment: Healthcare System Selects the UNIVERGE(R)360 Approach to Achieve a Unified Business Environment   NEC Unified Solutions, Inc., a global leader in enterprise business communications, today announced a large-scale unified communications (UC) deployment with Virtua Health, a multi-hospital healthcare system based in Marlton, NJ. Building on a strong 11-year relationship with Virtua, NEC is implementing an IP communications migration that includes all aspects of the NEC UNIVERGE(R)360 portfolio - from infrastructure and applications to services, ongoing support and monitoring. 2008-04-09

LapWorks Combats Colorless PC Accessories with Bright Futuras: Colorful Laptop Desk Futuras for PC, Mac Notebooks Improve Ergonomics and Reduce Heat   In a bid to brighten the traditionally gray PC and laptop accessories market, LapWorks(TM) Inc. today launched the first eight in its new line of colorful printed Laptop Desk Futura(TM) laptop coolers. LapWorks plans to expand the program with a variety of colors and patterns, polling its customers and offering one or more new option every month throughout 2008. The colorful Laptop Desk Futuras are available from LapWorks for $49.95, initially in four solids and four patterns: 2008-04-09

Court Challenges of Tipping Practices May Affect Many Industries: -Jackson Lewis Urges Employers to Identify Vulnerabilities and Audit Practices Carefully-   Employers in a variety of industries where employees receive tips should expect court challenges to their tip practices in the wake of several recent high-profile rulings, caution attorneys from Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country's largest workplace law firms. 2008-04-09

Jury Finds Transmission Defect in Chrysler Vehicle Caused Death of Infant: $5 Million Verdict Against DaimlerChrysler for Pregnant Mother Struck by Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV With Park-To-Reverse Defect   Scott Nealey, Bruce S. Kingsdorf, Dawn Barrios, and Van Robichaux, counsel for Juli and August Guillot, announce that a Louisiana-state jury in St. Bernard Parish yesterday found DaimlerChrysler liable for the death of the Guillot's child, Collin Guillot, and injuries to Juli, August, and their then 3 year old daughter Madison. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of $5,080,000 in compensatory damages. With pre-judgment interest the verdict is over $7,200,000. The jury found that a defect in the Jeep Grand Cherokee's transmission, called a park-to-reverse defect, played a substantial factor in Collin Guillot's death and the severe injuries suffered by Mr. and Mrs. Guillot and their daughter. 2008-04-09

TransCore Introduces Rate Index Pro for Real-time Truckload Rate Pricing and Negotiations Based on 12 Million Actual Freight Bills   TransCore introduces Rate Index(TM) Pro, a Web-based product enabling anyone involved in truckload lane rate pricing and contract negotiations to perform single-lane lookups in real time or submit a single multi-lane request in bulk format and receive prevailing market rate data in minutes. TransCore's Rate Index Pro is available by monthly subscription priced according to customer usage. 2008-04-09

Women Leading the Charge in Teaching Kids about Money: But go to Dad for a bigger allowance   According to a recent online poll conducted by www.TheMint.org, men are three times more likely than women to raise their children without an allowance, and when asked how much they would give a 10-year-old, men are four times more likely than women to say 'zilch.' 2008-04-09

Human Touch Announces Two-Year Partnership with PGA Pro, Tim Clark, to ''Drive'' Awareness of the Benefits of Massage among Recreational Golfers and Everyday Consumers: Clark To Serve On Human Touch's Wellness Council And Appear In 2008 Advertisements As The Human Touch Massage Chair Ambassador To The Recreational Golf Community   Human Touch(R), the leading brand of high-performance, design-oriented massage chairs for today's modern and traditional living spaces has announced that it has formed a partnership with PGA Pro Golfer, Tim Clark. As part of the two-year agreement, Clark, who has been on the tour since 2001, will serve on the Human Touch Wellness Council, appear in Human Touch print advertisements, and participate in select Human Touch corporate communications activities. 2008-04-09

Thousands of Commuters Get Transportation Cost Relief from Retailer's ''Green'' Campaign: Over $600,000 in Free Gas and Bus Passes to be Awarded by WSS Retail Chain, as Part of Consumer and Green Awareness Effort   Most people might assume that a promotion campaign called "Pump & Pass" would have something to do with a quarterback of a football team. "Not so in this case," says Jim Miele, spokesperson for WSS-Warehouse Shoe Sale, a 50-store shoe chain in Southern California. "It's all about high prices at the gas pump and the need to spread the word about the green benefits of using public transit bus passes," he said at the launch of the chain's year-long campaign to give away 1000 monthly gas prizes and 300 monthly bus passes, each and every month. "We wanted to do something meaningful to help our customers suffering from skyrocketing gas prices and to support Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's campaign for greater use of public transit," said Miele. The gas card prizes are for $35 each, and the MTA monthly bus passes have a $62 value each. "That's over $53,000 each month that is pumped into the pockets of consumers who walk in our doors and it puts cash back into the economy to spend as encouraged in President Bush's economic stimulus package." Any adult 18 or over can register for the monthly drawings at any of the retailer's 50 stores located throughout Southern California. "Absolutely no purchase is necessary to enter or win," Miele emphasized. 2008-04-09

Tecton Corporation Partners with Swiss Investment Firm to Raise Additional Funds   Tecton Corporation (OTCBB:TTNC) is pleased to announce it has entered into a twelve-month financing agreement with Swissalis Group AG of Zurich, Switzerland. 2008-04-09

ShangBy.com's Live Online Shopping Has Consumers Negotiating in Shanghai's Markets, from Home   Thousands of Americans fly to Shanghai each week and take advantage of the great retailers, unique items and local prices. ShangBy.com makes it possible for online consumers to shop in Shanghai from the comfort of home. This is made possible through the company's unique, online video shopping events that take place each week Sunday through Thursday evenings. Next week, ShangBy will spotlight its live events by offering a series of themes, from a Mother's Day preview to a focus on jewelry with stones that the Chinese believe will bring fortune, luck and love. Live shoppers will receive a 20% discount off all purchases next week on top of the everyday savings that ShangBy customers can expect: 40 - 85% off U.S. appraised values. 2008-04-09

Rain Bird Opens Call for 2008 Intelligent Use of Water(TM) Award Nominations: Second Annual Award Seeks Nominations of "Difference-Makers" Whose Leadership, Innovation And Commitment Has Led To Improved Landscape Water Conservation   Rain Bird Corporation, the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, is seeking nominations for the 2008 Intelligent Use of Water Award, which recognizes persons or organizations whose innovation, leadership, ingenuity and overall commitment to improved landscape water efficiency has raised the standard for outdoor water conservation. 2008-04-09

ELLE.com Launches Customized Online Shopping Search Powered by TheFind.com: ELLE.com Editors Handpick Retailers and Brands; Shopping Destination Built Exclusively for ELLE by TheFind Inc.
ELLE.com (Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., www.hfmus.com) has partnered with TheFind Inc. (www.TheFind.com), a leading shopping search engine that quickly discovers millions of lifestyle goods, to create an online shopping experience that is aligned with the sophisticated, fashion-forward sensibility of ELLE. 2008-04-09

New England Data Services Appoints New CEO   New England Data Services' (NEDS) board of directors named Rob Phillips chief executive officer today, as a result of the Company's continuation succession planning process. Today's announcement marks the height of a carefully designed systematic plan. 2008-04-09

New Lombardi BPM Solutions Offer Faster Understanding of Process Pains & Gains: Packages Combine Technology with Know-How to Quickly Define Processes, Key Performance Indicators and Implementation Roadmaps for BPM Programs   Lombardi, a leader in business process management (BPM), today announced the immediate availability of three Lombardi Process Definition(TM) packages. These three packages are designed to assist companies with evaluation and planning of their BPM-based process improvement projects. These unique packages are the first in a series of solutions that Lombardi is offering to help customers quickly achieve measurable and dramatic value through BPM. The first three packages are Inventory, Assessment, and Analysis. 2008-04-08

Lombardi Announces Immediate Availability of Blueprint Spring 08 Release: SaaS-based Blueprint Process Mapping, Documenting and Modeling Tool Makes BPM Easier Than Ever for Business People   Lombardi, a leader in business process management (BPM) software, today announced that the Lombardi Blueprint(TM) Spring '08 release is live. This release is immediately available to the more than 2,400 companies across 88 countries that are currently using Blueprint, as well as the new customers accessing it over the web. Blueprint is an 'on-demand' process documentation tool that is used to collaboratively map an organization's business processes, identify problems, and prioritize improvement opportunities. Delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), the innovative Enterprise 2.0 application allows customers to immediately start discovering and documenting their processes without training and without having to download or install any software. 2008-04-08

National Survey Reveals Importance of Goal Setting in Order to Achieve Dreams: Mapping a Successful Career Path by Goal Setting   Only 12 percent of 18-33 year olds with higher education experience feel they are successful and living their dream, according to a recent study sponsored by Stowers Innovations, Inc. The YesYouCan Survey(TM) found 76 percent of parents and grandparents of 18-33 year olds also feel their goals have not been realized. 2008-04-08

Survey Reveals Parents' Top Concerns for Young Adult Children: Lack of Savings, Income, and Unhealthy Lifestyle Top List of Parents' Concerns for Young Adult Children   A new survey on success and career path development finds top three parents' concerns for their young adult children are not saving enough for the future, not having enough income to support themselves and not living a healthy lifestyle.(1) These survey results are from the YesYouCan Survey(TM) of 2,000 respondents conducted by Stowers Innovations, Inc. 2008-04-08

Wyndstorm Corporation Endorses OpenSocial Initiative: Customers Needing Social Media Websites Benefit from Rapid Development, Cross Network Application Sharing   Wyndstorm Corporation (OCTBB:PKCM) (www.wyndstorm.com), the ideas to revenue social media company, announced that it plans to join MySpace, Google, and Yahoo in endorsing and adopting the OpenSocial initiative (www.opensocial.org), a set of technical specification for social applications that enable end users to share photos, music, and other content and applications across different social networking sites. 2008-04-08

Symmetricom to Demonstrate Digital Broadcasting Sync Source at 2008 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show   Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced the company will be demonstrating its 4370A DVB Sync Source at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, Monday, April 14 - Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Symmetricom booth # C4544, Las Vegas, NV. The DVB Sync Source is a high performance, flexible and highly reliable timing system designed for Single Frequency Network (SFN) synchronization for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) applications. 2008-04-08

Study Group International Selects IBM Cognos Software for Global Performance Management: Leading international education provider will use IBM Cognos software to optimize worldwide program and operations planning
Cognos, an IBM company and world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that Study Group, an Australian headquartered and global leader in international education, has selected IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos 8 Planning as the performance management standard for streamlining its worldwide operational forecasting, budgeting and planning. 2008-04-08

Motorcycle Seat Shield Reduces Cancer Concern   A new motorcycle seat accessory provides peace of mind for riders concerned about cancer risk. "It's not just about cancer," says Canadian seat inventor and author, Randall Dale Chipkar. "Infertility, sexual dysfunction, erectile deficiency or loss of libido may also be side effects of groin exposure to ELF EMF's. 2008-04-08

Mimeo.com's Steady Growth Spurs West Coast Expansion: Michael Amico, Former Oracle Senior Sales Executive, To Manage West Coast Regional Headquarters and Lead Sales Team   Mimeo.com (http://www.mimeo.com), the innovator of online, on-demand digital printing for business documents and marketing materials, announced today the opening of its West Coast headquarters in San Mateo, California. The new office is a direct outgrowth of Mimeo.com's accelerating business, which gave rise to the need for a regionally-based sales team. Mimeo.com's regional presence will allow "higher-touch" customer relationship management and heightened business visibility in the Silicon Valley technology community. 2008-04-08

Removable Disk Drive Momentum Continues with RDX Technology Capturing 90 Percent Market Share: Market Analysis expects total industry revenue to increase 1,400 percent by 2012   A recently released IDC Market Analysis report entitled, "Worldwide Removable Hard Disk Drive 2008-2012 Forecast and Analysis: The Quest for a Viable Tape Replacement," reports that removable disk storage solutions, including ProStor Systems' RDX(R)-based storage systems, are gaining appreciable momentum as tape replacement at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide. The report estimates that revenue from removable disk solutions will grow 1,400 percent between 2007 and 2012 to more than $500 million. 2008-04-08