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Lockstep Releases IGetMail Version 3.0 : Automatically Downloads POP3 Email from Multiple Remote Servers to Microsoft Exchange Server as Fast as Every 20 Seconds  
Lockstep Systems today announced the release of IGetMail version 3.0. IGetMail solves the email delivery problem created when a company hosts its Internet domain or website at a third party, while using a Microsoft Exchange Server internally. Because Exchange Server is not designed to download email from remote locations, Exchange administrators need a utility that downloads the remote email for them. IGetMail is a Windows utility commonly installed on the Exchange Server to automatically download, sort and deliver POP3 email messages from multiple remote servers to a local Microsoft Exchange Server. 2008-07-07

Real Estate Financier Steven Vornea Issues Challenge to Community: It's Time to Give Back
During the week, Steven Vornea closes multi-million dollar real estate deals. On Saturdays, he spends his time delivering food to the needy of Westchester County, N.Y. 2008-07-07

Dell College Gaming League Becomes First Official Amateur League Partner for Championship Gaming Series : Exclusive Deal Gains College Gaming League Worldwide Exposure and Brings CGS to Hundreds of U.S. College Campuses  
Dell’s College Gaming League (CGL), the community for avid PC and Xbox 360 collegiate gamers and Championship Gaming Series® (CGS), have joined forces and established the CGL as the first Official Amateur League Partner of CGS. 2008-07-07

2 Attachment Harland Clarke Wins Award for Its First Clear Visa® Debit Card : Card Designed for Alabama State Employees Credit Union Receives Élan Award for Best Secure Financial Card As It Delivers Record-breaking New Business  
The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) recently awarded top honors to Harland Clarke for its first clear Visa® check card created for a financial institution. The see-through card was designed by Harland Clarke for Alabama State Employees Credit Union, and printed in partnership with Oberthur Technologies of America Corp. The clear card was created to support the 27,000-member credit union’s ClearChecking™ program. 2008-07-07

Identity Management Expert Discusses Security and Identity on Upcoming Sun Microsystems Internet Talk Show  
The next Innovation Insider show features John L. Baines, security and identity management expert from North Carolina State University, who will discuss the intersection of security and identity, and answer questions from listeners. Innovation Insider is a show on blogtalkradio.com from Sun Microsystems that features discussions with industry innovators on a variety of topics. 2008-07-07

Sun's CGO to Discuss Game Development With Mike Mika of Backbone Entertainment and Chris Charla of Foundation 9  
Mike Mika, Studio Head at Backbone Entertainment and Chris Charla, VP of Business Development at Foundation 9, join Shift Radio to chat with the Chief Gaming Officer of Sun Microsystems, Chris Melissinos, about the creation of franchise-based video games, the work culture at the biggest independent publisher, and the awesomeness of retro gaming. Chris will also share his gadget pick of the week. 2008-07-07

Inovio Biomedical and VGX Pharmaceuticals Sign Merger Agreement : Conference call with CEOs of Inovio and VGX Tuesday, July 8 -- 9am – Eastern Time US dial in: 877-407-9210 International dial in: 201-689-8049 Presentation link: http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=131832  
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a developer of electroporation-based DNA vaccine delivery technology, and VGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held DNA vaccine developer, announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement, which provides for the issuance of Inovio Biomedical securities in exchange for all of the outstanding securities of VGX Pharmaceuticals. Each company’s board of directors has approved the merger agreement and the all-stock transaction it contemplates. The transaction is subject to completion of the registration of the Inovio Biomedical securities to be issued with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), receipt of approval from both companies’ stockholders of the transaction, and other customary closing conditions. The parties expect to complete the merger in the fourth quarter of 2008, however, the actual timing of the transaction will depend on a number of factors, some of which are beyond either company’s control. Upon closing, Inovio Biomedical will change its name to VGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2008-07-07

New Consumer Education Effort Helps Families Save Money : Uniroyal® Tire and Family-Savings Expert Offer Free Advice, eBooks and Videos  
As gas and food prices continue to rise, more and more families are struggling just to make ends meet. To address these concerns, Uniroyal® Tire has partnered with consumer advocate and family-savings expert Kimberly Danger to help educate Americans on easy ways to keep more money in their wallets. Working together, the pair will offer a year-long series of advice, eBooks and instructional videos; all are available for free on Uniroyal.com. 2008-07-07

2 Attachment New Sonic Air Diverter Provides Instant Response Air Knife Control  
Sonic Air Systems, Inc., an international provider of Engineered Blowers and Air Knife solutions, announces availability of the Sonic Air Y-Vertertm. This new Sonic invention is an automatic air diverter unit for use in applications where air delivered from blowers must be intermittently diverted away from air knife use points. 2008-07-07

FranklinCovey Announces Completion of the Sale of Its Consumer Solutions Business Unit and an Investor Webinar to Be Held on July 11, 2008 : FranklinCovey to Use Proceeds From Sale to Repurchase Common Stock  
FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC) today announced that it has completed its previously announced sale of substantially all of the assets of its Consumer Solutions Business Unit (CSBU) to Franklin Covey Products, LLC. Franklin Covey Products, LLC, which is controlled by Peterson Partners, a private equity firm, purchased the CSBU assets for $32.0 million in cash subject to adjustments for net working capital. FranklinCovey invested $1.755 million to purchase a 19.5% voting interest in the new company and made a $1.0 million preferred capital contribution with a 10 percent priority return. The Company also has the opportunity to earn contingent license fees as Franklin Covey Products, LLC achieves certain performance objectives. 2008-07-07

Triple Point Technology Acquires Rome Corporation : Adds leading enterprise counterparty credit risk management suite to product portfolio  
Triple Point Technology®, the leading global supplier of energy and commodity risk management and transaction processing software solutions, announced today that it has acquired ROME Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise credit risk management solutions. The acquisition broadens and deepens Triple Point’s product portfolio, enabling it to uniquely offer enterprise risk management solutions covering the four key contributors of corporate financial exposure: market risk, governance and regulatory compliance risk, operational risk and counterparty credit risk. 2008-07-07

Triple Point Technology Launches Credit Risk Management Solution Suite : Commodity XL for Credit Risk, the first product in the series, manages the entire credit risk process including exposure, collateral and counterparty management  
Triple Point Technology®, the established leader in cross-industry commodity and energy trading, risk management, scheduling and logistics software solutions, announced today the availability of its credit risk management software solution suite. Commodity XL for Credit Risk™, the first product in the series, is a comprehensive credit risk management solution that is designed to proactively measure, manage and mitigate the risks arising from counterparty default. 2008-07-07

PerkinElmer Establishes ViaCord Research Institute™ to Further Cord Blood Stem Cell Advancements : Led by Medical Scientific Advisory Board of Leading Scientists and Physicians Institute Will Focus on Expanding Uses of Cord Blood Stem Cells  
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced the creation of the ViaCord Research Institute™ (VRI™) aimed at investigating new potential future uses of umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells. Led by a team of leading scientists and physicians, VRI will focus on supporting science, technology and medical treatments using cord blood stem cells in five key areas: cord blood technologies, emerging stem cell therapies, genetic screening, product development and related transplants. 2008-07-03

Protus Responds to Patent Lawsuit brought by j2 Global Communications  
Fast growing Canadian technology company Protus IP Solutions responded today to a competitor’s patent infringement suit by noting that the asserted patents are not relevant to the company or any of its products. 2008-07-03

4 Attachment Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ Engine Cleared for First Flight : New engine targets double-digit improvements in fuel burn, environmental emissions and engine noise making it the greenest jet engine available today  
Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan [GTF demonstrator engine has completed Phase II ground tests and has been cleared for flight testing. 2008-07-03

9 Attachment "PEACE of Heart" Campaign Launches Novel Approach to Fight Heart Disease Epidemic among Minorities  
Coalition of African American Leaders and Physicians, Community and Preventive Health Organizations, and Laboratory Corporation of America Join UnitedHealth Group and United Health Foundation to Help Communities Lead Heart-Healthy Lives Personalized Follow-Up Will Be Unique Hallmark of Program Rev. Jesse Jackson Kicks off National Campaign at Health Screening and Outreach Event in Chicago 2008-07-02

Plateau Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Leading Industry Analyst Firm's Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant : Leading Analyst Firm Evaluates Plateau's Talent Management Solutions for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision  
Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Plateau in the Leaders Quadrant of its recently released “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS),” which evaluated 14 vendors in the corporate learning systems market.1 2008-07-02

InsureMe Hires Industry Veteran : Lou Geremia to Join Insurance Lead Provider  
InsureMe, Inc., a Bankrate company, announced today that Lou Geremia has joined the company as chief revenue officer. Mr. Geremia will be responsible for overseeing InsureMe’s sales and marketing efforts and will report to InsureMe’s CEO, Tim McTavish. Mr. Geremia’s appointment was effective in May. 2008-07-02

Splash Media, LP's Subsidiary, Mortgage Media, LLC (MPTN), Announces Agreement with Mortgage Power Network (MPN) to Provide Bundled Training Product Offering to Mortgage Industry  
Splash Media, LP, a leading video publisher and innovator of online video training content and corporate communication, has finalized agreements with Mortgage Power Network (MPN) to create and distribute a collaborative video training offering to the mortgage industry via the newly formed Mortgage Professional Training Network (MPTN). The content will be delivered utilizing Splash Media’s proprietary technology via streaming video over the internet. 2008-07-02

European Employment Changes Create Weak-Dollar Opportunities  
Vyoma Nair, co-founder of Nair & Co, talks about opportunities the weak dollar presents to U.S. companies expanding internationally. American goods have become more competitive globally and increasing numbers of companies in the United States are employing people overseas to service their foreign customers. On the other hand, Europe appears to have woken up to the reality of this and is tackling the contradiction of wanting jobs for its people and on the other side having currently in place restrictive employment legislation such as the French 35-hour week. 2008-07-02

Cellufun Puts More Senior Mobile Execs Into Play With Gameloft's Keith Katz and Third Screen Media Founder Tom Burgess
Cellufun, “the world’s mobile playground,” has officially announced the addition of two senior mobile industry veterans to its team. Tom Burgess and Keith Katz have joined the Cellufun team as an advisory board member and VP of Marketing, respectively. Though new to Cellufun, both gentlemen are well-known veterans in the mobile industry with roots in entertainment and advertising. 2008-07-02

Multi-year clinical study data suggest use of FDA-cleared mobile air decontamination unit, PlasmairT2006 with HEPA-MD™, contributes to reducing incidence of airborne aspergillosis infection : Data supports previously reported conclusions in December 2007 issue of The Journal of Hospital Infection about the benefits of AirInSpace mobile air filtration devices to help prevent outbreaks of nosocomial infections related to construction work  
AirInSpace, a leading supplier of mobile devices that ‘catch and inactivate’ harmful and resistant biological particles from the air, announced today that data from a multi-year clinical study shows a significant reduction in aspergillosis infection rates in a standard hospital setting when using the Company’s patented PlasmairT2006 mobile unit with HEPA-MD™ technology. 2008-07-02

Freedom Online Announces Successful Deployment of 1.25Gbps Carrier Grade Wireless Link to Provide High Capacity Backbone Network Services for Customers : Broadband Fixed Wireless Offers Superior Value to Fiber Optics for High Capacity Network Services
Freedom Online announced today, the successful implementation of BridgeWave’s AR60X, license-free 60 GHz radio link. The BridgeWave 1.25 Gbps links were used to connect a wireless aggregation point on Freedom Online’s network backbone to a collocation facility in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for access to a data storage facility and Internet portal. 2008-07-02

CAT-iq Student Design Competition : DECT Forum Requires Exciting Ideas for Home Communication Products and Services  
The DECT Forum invites design students from all over the world to participate in the first international CAT-iq Design Competition and investigate in the future of broadband home communication. 2008-07-02

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