 | RIA Technology Benchmark Test Finds Curl Outperforms Adobe Flex 3 : Curl programming language is key factor in superior performance and developer productivity; outperforms Flex by factor of 8 to 10
Curl®, Inc. today announced the results from a recent performance benchmark test of the Curl Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform, Version 6.0, and Adobe Flex 3. The test aimed to compare the performance of these two RIA platforms and found the Curl language to outperform ActionScript 3, the programming language of the Adobe Flash Player runtime, by a factor of 8 to 10. This finding is particularly significant for developers seeking highly productive ways to build mission-critical, enterprise-class RIAs that require high performance capabilities. 2008-05-28 |
 | Bonnaroo Selects KickApps for Online Community and Rich Media Management : New Website Gives Festival Fans and Attendees a Venue to Gather and Express Their Passion for Music and Arts
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has selected KickApps, the leading on demand social media platform, to power the online community and media management system for its recently re-launched website, Bonnaroo.com. The community allows people from around the World to meet fellow Bonnaroo fans and attendees, share stories about their experiences at the festival, upload videos, photos and audio files, and engage in discussions about upcoming and past performances. The site was designed and developed by Threshold Interactive in Marina Del Ray. 2008-05-28 |
 | TomoTherapy Earns Top Honors in MD Buyline Review of Radiation Therapy Vendors
TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TOMO) today announced that it has earned the top user satisfaction composite rating among four vendors in the linear accelerator-based radiation therapy marketplace. The ratings appear in MD Buyline's Quarterly User Satisfaction Report, which was published on April 15, 2008. 2008-05-28 |
 | MXTabs.net Partners with Sony/ATV, Alfred Publishing and EMI Christian Music Group : Official Launch Date Set for First Free, Legal Tablature Social Network
Musicnotes, Inc. announced today it has recently reached new agreements with music publishers Alfred Publishing, EMI Christian Music Group (EMI CMG), Sony/ATV and several additional publishers and administrators to make guitar, bass and drum tablature for songs in their catalogs available on MXTabs.net. 2008-05-28 |
Names of Inaugural Kavli Prize Winners Revealed
SEVEN pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics have become the first recipients of the million-dollar Kavli prizes. 2008-05-28
 | Nuventix Announces SynJet™ Fanless Air Cooler for New Philips Lexel LED Downlight Module : Ultra Reliable and Thermally Effective Active LED Cooling Technology From Nuventix Designed for Breakthrough Energy Saving LED Systems
Today at LIGHTFAIR International 2008, Nuventix, Inc., the electronics cooling technology innovator and LED industry thermal management specialist, announced its SynJet™ cooling option for the Philips Lexel LED Downlight module (DLM). Philips also announced North America availability of the Fortimo LED DLM, already utilizing SynJet technology. Nuventix’ SynJet active cooling solution offers silent operation, long life, and optimal cooling for the Philips Fortimo and Lexel LED DLM products. 2008-05-28 |
 | Nuventix SynJet™ Fanless Air Cooler Enables Ultra Bright LED Lighting Solutions at LIGHTFAIR : Companies Choose SynJet Technology for Reliable, Quiet and Thermally Effective Active LED Cooling
From LIGHTFAIR International 2008, Nuventix, Inc., the electronics cooling technology innovator and LED industry thermal management specialist, will show its SynJet™ technology in multiple LED Downlight Module (DLM), MR-16 and PAR-38 solutions. Nuventix’ SynJet technology is a fanless active cooling technology that offers silent operation, long life, and optimal cooling for LED lighting solutions. Several companies including Philips, Cooper, Focal Point, Intematix, and Luminus will all be showing SynJet technology enabled LED designs. 2008-05-28 |
 | Dell Packs More Punch in New Green Small-Business PC : Customer Feedback Drives Performance, Expandability Improvements Six Months Ahead of Schedule Vostro Energy Smart 410 Desktop Saves Customers up to 47 Percent in Annual Energy Costs1 First EPEAT Gold-Certified Dell Flat Panel Monitor Also Available
Dell today announced the Energy Smart Vostro™ 410 desktop, delivering industry-leading performance and expandability in a system designed exclusively for small businesses. The latest in a series of energy-efficient products and initiatives designed to drive unprecedented customer savings, the Vostro 410 starts at $599 and saves customers up to 47 percent in annual energy costs1. For more information, visit www.dell.com/vostro, and share your feedback on the new small-business blog. 2008-05-28 |
 | Travel Search Engine Mobissimo Invents Recommendation Box : New Way to Find Best Fares on Non-Stop Flights, Business Class and Alternate Routes
Today Mobissimo (www.mobissimo.com), the world’s most comprehensive travel search engine, launched a powerful new recommendation feature to help travelers plan trips and compare fares: Mobissimo’s Recommendation Box® gives a dashboard of the lowest fare options available for any destination, including the lowest fares for non-stop flights, the best fares on alternate dates, the best fares to the related geographic region, and the cheapest business class fares. 2008-05-28 |
Top Secret Clue Sites for First "Great Silicon Valley Caper" Revealed : EMQ Children & Family Services' Event Raises Funding for Addiction Prevention in Local Schools
EMQ Children & Family Services’ “Great Silicon Valley Caper” event (www.greatsiliconvalleycaper.org) was a success on April 27. The event captured the excitement of local residents and businesses while raising money to fund addiction prevention programs in local schools. The six secret clue sites were Baker’s Square (www.bakerssquarerestaurants.com) on Almaden Expressway, Beshoff Motorcars (www.beshoffmotorcars.com), the Monopoly game at Discovery Meadow Park (www.grpg.org/DiscoveryMeadow.html), Magnolia Home Theater and Video (www.magnoliaav.com), the Municipal Rose Garden of San Jose (www.sjparks.org/Parks/RegionalParks/rose/RoseGarden.asp), and The Tech Museum of Innovation (www.thetech.org). 2008-05-28
 | Sun Achieves Industry Milestone with 10,000th Tape Library Shipment : Sun Also Delivers Sun StorageTek(TM) SL3000 to Market, Only Enterprise-Class Fully Redundant Midrange Library that Offers Up to 2x the Storage Density of Competing Products
Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced a significant milestone in the IT industry: over 10,000 Sun StorageTek(TM) SL500 tape libraries have been shipped since 2004, demonstrating Sun's continued leadership in tape storage automation solutions. Sun also announced it has started shipping in mass production the scalable, energy-efficient Sun StorageTek(TM) SL3000 midrange modular library – which works with leading operating systems like the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) and offers double the storage density of similar products on the market. 2008-05-28 |
 |  ForSaleByOwner.com Releases Median Home Price Data
ForSaleByOwner.com (http://www.forsalebyowner.com), the nation’s leading “for sale by owner” real estate web site, today released data to provide a pricing comparison between homes being sold by its customers and those being sold by real estate agents. The median home price of a ForSaleByOwner.com home was $267,900 during the first quarter of 2008, significantly higher than the $196,300 median home price of agent-represented homes and contrary to myths that agents spread about “for sale by owner” real estate consumers. 2008-05-28 |
 | Snowmass Announces Rocky Mountains Summer Festivals and Immense Mountain Vacation Possibilities : The Rocky Mountains are alive with the sounds of Dr. John, Neville Brothers, Stephen Marley and more
The Aspen/Snowmass summer season kicks off in a week with the 5th Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Fest, June 6-8, featuring champion chili and microbrew tastings and music by Dr. John, The Neville Brothers, Stephen Marley, Lyrics Born, Henry Butler and more. 2008-05-28 |
 | Poor Issue Management Puts Development Organizations at Risk : Despite the Available Tools, Many Companies Still Overlook the Value of Electronic Issue Management
According to results from the Seapine Software Quality-Ready Assessment, 20 percent of organizations have limited or no ability to trace development artifacts. Without easy access to defects, issues, and tasks, organizations must guess about the state of a project. 2008-05-28 |
 | Human Touch Brand Ambassador and PGA Pro Tim Clark Duels His Way to a Second Place Finish at The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial : Human Touch Congratulates Their Recently Signed Brand Ambassador On His Performance During The Memorial Day PGA Tournament
Human Touch®, the leading brand of high-performance, design-oriented massage chairs for today’s modern and traditional living spaces is proud to congratulate their brand ambassador and member of its Wellness Council PGA Pro Golfer, Tim Clark, on his 2nd place finish during this Memorial Day weekend’s 62nd Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Tournament in Fort Worth, TX. 2008-05-28 |
 | AOptix Technologies Selected by Northrop Grumman To Develop Free Space Optical Terminals For Hybrid Optical/RF Tactical Communications Network : DARPA program to utilize AOptix breakthrough adaptive optics technology for the Optical RF Communications Adjunct (ORCA) project
AOptix Technologies, Inc., (AOptix) (www.aoptix.com) a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Electronic Systems sector to design and build the free space optical terminals for the ORCA project; an adverse weather, high connectivity, jam resistant, high bandwidth network sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and under the contract administration of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). 2008-05-28 |
Cal-Bay Intl Inc. Announces Board of Directors' Vote to Effect Reverse Split of Company's Common Stock
Cal-Bay Intl Inc. (Pink Sheets:CBAY) today announced that its Board of Directors had voted to effect a reverse split of the Company's common stock. 2008-05-28
Brulant, Inc. Builds eCommerce Solution for Newly Launched Borders.com
Brulant, one of the nation’s leading interactive marketing firms, today announced its participation in the successful launch of Borders.com. Brulant handled the commerce web and application development on IBM’s Websphere Commerce platform. 2008-05-28
 | Bruker Daltonics to Introduce Revolutionary New maXis™ Mass Spectrometer and Host June 2nd Press Conference at ASMS Conference
Bruker Daltonics said today that it will hold a press conference at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry’s 56th Annual Conference in Denver on Monday, June 2nd, at 10 a.m. in room 506 of the Colorado Convention Center. Editors, journalists and institutional investors who plan to attend the press conference are asked to RSVP to Michael.Willett@Bruker.com. 2008-05-28 |
 | AMD to Broadcast Live Press Conference at Computex 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan : — AMD delivers engaging, multimedia content direct from Computex through Facebook, Mogulus, Flixwagon, Twitter, FlickR and other social media tools —
At Computex 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan from June 3-7, AMD plans to deliver multimedia representations of its Computex news and views via the web to interested media and industry influencers, including those unable to attend. 2008-05-28 |
The Nippon Foundation Calls for Alliance to End Poverty in Africa
Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, has pointed to lack of infrastructure as one of the key problems facing Africa’s farmers, preventing the kind of “green revolution” that took place in Asia. Speaking to African leaders in the plenary session on private public partnership (29 May) at the Fourth Tokyo Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), he said that “even if farmers increase their harvest, there are no markets where they can sell their produce. Or where markets exist, the farmers lack access to them.” 2008-05-28
 | Settling Newlyweds into Happily Ever After : Tips for Newlyweds on Managing Money and Completing the Name Change
From flowers to guest lists, engaged couples spend months planning the perfect wedding. After the vows are said, most newlyweds are ready to relax. But there are several steps newlyweds must take before their happily ever after can begin. 2008-05-27 |
John A. Millard, M.D. Featured in Los Angeles Times Article "Lipo for a Size 2" : Liposculpture and VASER Hi Def Procedures by Denver, Colorado Cosmetic Surgeon Is Spotlighted
The growing trend for the thin and physically fit population seeking sculpting cosmetic surgery was picked up the Los Angeles Times’ beauty editor, publishing the article “Lipo for a Size 2.” Their journalist, Kavita Daswani, turned to John A. Millard and how his private practice, Millard Plastic Surgery (www.millardplasticsurgery.com) is leading the way in Liposculpture and VASER Hi Def. Located in the Denver area of Colorado, Millard Plastic Surgery has seen an increase in those interested in VASER Hi Def. In contrast to the typical liposuction patient that seeks to remove fat, Liposculpture is geared towards people who are close to their ideal weight and have a work-out routine, but can’t seem to reach their definition goals. 2008-05-27
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