Verizon FiOS TV is now even better for customers here as the company has launched 22 new channels, including 15 additional high-definition (HD) channels. FiOS TV customers in Fort Wayne now have more than 440 HD choices available at any time, with a total of 41 HD channels and more than 400 HD video-on-demand (VOD) titles offered each month.

The Who re-form to perform at Live Aid and whip Wembley Stadium into an absolute frenzy.

FreshBrain today announced a social networking site, http://www.freshbrain.org/, for students age 13 to 18 who want to unleash all their best ideas with the assistance of the latest technology tools. The Web site gives teens the opportunity to work with friends, other students and advisors to build technology-based activities that are interesting and meaningful to them in a productive and safe environment."FreshBrain is social networking gone good," said Dale Ferrario, President of FreshBrain. "We wanted to create a place where teenagers can explore ways to apply their technology skills to the things that interest them most while also helping them prepare for tomorrow's workforce, where they will be required to combine technical literacy with creative thinking." The FreshBrain site offers communities based on interests, such as music, videos, gaming, sports, Web development, graphic design or green programs. Users can either build a concept from scratch, or join an activity in progress and collaborate with other friends or other community members. Advisors are also available to help guide the groups, answer questions or advance their technology skills.Teachers and educators can also use the FreshBrain site to enhance their core curriculum. According to FreshBrain's research, 50% of the technology freshmen learn will be outdated by the time they are juniors. Keeping up with rapidly advancing technology tools is often too expensive for schools. FreshBrain lets teachers incorporate the latest technology tools into the learning syllabus without having to raise budgets or alter the curriculum. Schools can also improve their technology scorecard by using FreshBrain to enliven the stem and core subjects with exciting and innovative technology-oriented projects while still meeting government standards and requirements. Teachers can also use FreshBrain's protected social networking environment to share and exchange ideas, activities and class projects with other teachers and educators.PartnersFreshBrain is a non-profit organization and is supported by partners that provide critical support, including monetary donations, access to technology, and volunteers. FreshBrain's founding and platinum sponsor is Sun Microsystems. Fenwick & West is the organization's gold sponsors, and Skona Advertising is a silver sponsor. Other partners include Atlassian, Curriki, Drupal, Junior Achievement, Salesforce.org, and Skullcandy. FreshBrain also welcomed its latest partner this month in T-Mobile USA. Thanks to these partners, all services on the FreshBrain.org site are free of charge.Contests

FARO Technologies, Inc. the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced today that it released an online video demonstration of its highest-accuracy device, the FARO Gage-PLUS.

Moniker.com (http://www.moniker.com/), an Oversee.net company and provider of Domain Asset Management(R) services, today announced an initial list of premium contenders for a live and online domain name auction at the GeoDomain Expo, the world's largest geo domain conference and auction, July 10-12 in Chicago. The exclusive live auction will take place Saturday, July 12 at 4:30 CDT/5:30EDT/2:30 PDT) at The W Hotel.

Brabeion Software, a leader in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) Management, today announced that the company is cited as a leader by Forrester Research, Inc. in the June 2008 Forrester Wave(TM): IT Risk and Compliance Software, Q2 2008. Brabeion was among the select eight companies that Forrester invited to participate in the report. Brabeion (along with 2 other vendors) was recognized for "(establishing) early IT risk and compliance leadership thanks to their workflow, risk, and compliance management capabilities and product strategy focus."

Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer in application streaming and virtualization technology today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor for its Application Jukebox product. CRN's Emerging Tech list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.

The Robotics Technology Consortium, Inc. (RTC) today announced its launch with over 70 initial organizations. The consortium was established to meet a need identified by the Office of the Secretary of Defense Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise (OSD/JGRE) and held its first member meeting on Friday, June 20, 2008 in Arlington, VA.

BuildASign.com(TM), the leading online retailer of custom signs, supports US troops by giving away 10,000 free banners to welcome home returning soldiers. Friends or family members of troops coming home can get a banner for the occasion at http://www.buildasign.com/Troops. The e-commerce sign maker is also donating 15% of its proceeds from orders placed through the promotional webpage to Disabled American Veterans through the month of August.

Scantec, a European semiconductor products sales and distribution representative and Focus Enhancements, Inc. , a worldwide leader in Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless technology, video conversion and digital media, today announced an agreement to have Scantec distribute and act as sales representative for Focus Enhancements' semiconductor products.

Residents of the Long Island villages of Rockville Centre and Northport are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television service, thanks to newly approved agreements authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes.

Accenx Technologies, Inc., is the premier sponsor of the 3rd Annual World Congress Summit on The Road to Interoperability. The two-day event, held in Boston, MA on July 22-23, will focus on propelling Health Information Exchange (HIE) to the next level.

WildBlue Communications, the leading provider of broadband satellite service throughout rural America, today announced a unique partnership with Dell Computers that will enable WildBlue subscribers to enjoy the same savings as members of the Dell Employee Purchase Program. This elite discount program is effective immediately for all WildBlue subscribers, both residential and business, with potential savings of up to 12% on all Dell Inspiron desktops and notebooks. There are also discounts available for all electronics and accessories purchased with a new Inspiron desktop, Inspiron notebook, or XPS system.

As a direct result of a new state law that encourages statewide video competition, AT&T Inc. has announced plans to offer video services in communities across Tennessee and to invest approximately $400 million during the next several years in fiber network upgrades, further broadband deployment and Internet-based technologies to bring new services, including cutting-edge IP based television, to Tennessee consumers.

Solis Women's Health, with eight centers across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex devoted entirely to mammography and breast imaging, announced today that it is adding molecular imaging to the diagnostic tools it has available in its DFW locations. This exciting technology is performed with the Dilon 6800, a high-resolution, small field-of-view gamma camera, optimized to perform Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI). It is initially being implemented at Solis' Central Plano location, with further implementations planned at Solis locations throughout the Metroplex.

Jedox AG, a leading global provider of enterprise technologies for Microsoft(R) Excel(R) applications, today announced the release of Palo 2.5, the latest version of its flagship application that allows enterprises to centralize key Excel spreadsheet data for use throughout the organization. Leading the lineup of valuable improvements to Palo 2.5 are a newly-optimized MOLAP (Multidimensional OnLine Analytical Processing) engine and intelligent local data cache, giving users even faster read and write-back performance. Other improvements include faster multi-dimensional data processing, an enhanced multidimensional formula editor, and an advanced query capability.

is now available for North American passenger vehicles.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the leading professional organization for interventional cardiology, has expanded its educational Web site at http://www.seconds-count.org/ with a new section dedicated to health professionals who work with interventional cardiologists and care for patients with cardiovascular disease. The expanded site features a frequently updated "Latest News" section with analysis of the latest clinical studies and updates from medical conferences, a "Physicians' Blog" with commentary and analysis on news of the day, clinical study summaries, as well as treatment guidelines and information about the full spectrum of cardiovascular disease treatment options. To help both patients and health professionals, Seconds-Count.org addresses cardiovascular disease in its many forms, including coronary, peripheral, congenital and structural heart disease.

A new on-demand networking service that enables Verizon Business IP Trunking customers to improve the efficiency of their voice-over-IP (VoIP) networks has been recognized by Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC) publication INTERNET TELEPHONY as a 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner.

MrTed Limited, einer der führenden Anbieter für Talentmanagementlösungen, gab heute bekannt, dass er die Migration seines primären Datencenters für die zentrale Anwendung von MrTed - MrTedTalentLink(TM) - zu Interoute in Genf erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar"; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multi- crystalline solar wafers, held an equipment installation celebration ceremony for its 1,000 metric ton (MT) annualized capacity polysilicon plant in Xinyu, China on July 1, 2008.

Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") , a leading provider of telecommunications services in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) today announced that it has made changes in its organizational structure to more closely align the structure with VimpelCom's strategic goals and to boost the integration of its fixed-line operations. The role of the new business unit is to combine the mobile and fixed business segments in Russia into one business unit. Jean-Pierre Vandromme, Executive Vice-President of VimpelCom, will lead the Russian business unit, which will include the business-to-business segment, consumer segment and network resources.

HPTi President Tim Keenan has announced that Scott F. Miller has been promoted to HPTi's Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Miller will be responsible for the overall line management of HPTi programs and leadership development. Previously, Miller was HPTi's Group Vice President of Advanced Systems.

CarTango.com, the Internet's first female-centric vehicle matchmaking service, and Carfax today announced that used car buyers now can search for Carfax 1-Owner cars on CarTango.com. Carfax 1-Owner cars are vehicles identified in Carfax Vehicle History Reports as having had only one previous owner.

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Vision Events, a division of Everything Channel (formerly CMP Channel), accelerating technology sales channels, today announced the Midsize Enterprise Innovation(TM) award winners. The Midsize Enterprise Summit is focused on growth and how to deliver IT value in an uncertain economy.

NextPhase Wireless, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NPHS) , Fiscal year 2008, which ended March 31, was a very important year for NextPhase Wireless Inc. It represents a year of solid execution and growth in almost all aspects of our business. In the last six months of 2007, we achieved significant growth in core product offering and announced we had refocused our efforts into the licensed WiMAX market while attaining several important milestones in our corporate mission. Successful execution of our plan to position NextPhase in this market with updated technology and licensed spectrum holds the opportunity for us to satisfy the demands of the sector.

Southern Company today announced that IDG's Computerworld Magazine ranked it among the top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals in its annual "100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology" list published June 30. Southern Company placed 28 among all companies ranked, first among electric utilities, and second among Georgia companies.

TALX, provider of Equifax Workforce Solutions and a leader in human resource and payroll-related services, today announced a contract with IBM Corporation to provide employment verification services in the United States through The Work Number. IBM is one of the largest and most recognized employers in the world. This significant contract adds approximately 300,000 records to The Work Number.

Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a leading national provider of clinical information systems, has named Ray Bechtold, CPA, as controller. Based at the company's Austin headquarters, Bechtold will be responsible for overseeing all accounting and financial administrative functions.

TopCoder(R), Inc. and Think Services today announced that a live software competition will take place on-site at Dr. Dobb's Architecture & Design World 2008, being held on July 21-24, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago (http://www.drdobbsarchworld.com/). The Software Architecture Contest will provide attendees with a real-world exercise in architectural design, facing off on an even playing field with their peers to determine who can create and document the best comprehensive software solution to address a set of system requirements.

As July ushers in National Hot Dog Month, the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council unveiled "Hot Dog City," a new, culturally focused interactive website at http://www.hot-dog.org/. The council also 'premiered' a companion YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/hotdogcouncil.

Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe (http://www.digitalglobe.com/) today released CitySphere 2.0, an enhanced version of its extensive library of on-demand digital satellite imagery of the most populated global cities. CitySphere 2.0 features the addition of dozens of never-before-available views of global cosmopolitan cities such as Dubai, Seoul and Jakarta, plus city images from less developed geographic regions across Africa, South America and Asia. CitySphere 2.0 also includes integrated aerial imagery capabilities for select worldwide cities, such as San Juan and Edinburgh, where demand for surface-detail imagery is especially critical in evaluating economic development and environmental issues.

Tugboat Enterprises, a leader in data recovery and migration software, today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech Vendor for its signature line, Selkie Software. CRN's Emerging Tech list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.

MrTed Limited, the leading solution provider of Talent Acquisition Solutions, announced today the completion and successful migration of their primary data centre to Interoute in Geneva for MrTed's core solution, MrTedTalentLink(TM).

Mindset Media (http://www.mindset-media.com/), an online ad network that enables brand advertisers to reach millions of people with the personality traits that fit their brands, released today a Mindset Profile(TM) of people who go to the movies regularly, which the company generated from a recent study conducted using Nielsen's Online panel (http://www.nielsen-online.com/).

Internet Broadcasting, the leading local Internet solution provider for broadcast publishers, today announced the launch of "Slantly," an online opinion tool for Web publishers that integrates polling and discussions to create a robust forum for users to debate issues they're passionate about. Highlighting Slantly's industry-leading features, a range of leading Web publishers including Meredith Publishing and NYC TV have already signed on to use the tool.

IZEA, the world's largest social media marketing network, today announced that SocialSpark(TM) has launched the SocialSpark Solutions Center to help bloggers, both professional and hobbyists, launch a new blog, improve existing ones, stay current on the latest tools and take advantage of special offers specifically tailored to the blogging community. The Solutions Center also features tools to help advertisers extract the most value from their social media marketing campaigns by measuring and monitoring their success.

KyLinTV announces today another channel to join its line-up of live programming. International Family Television (IFTV) offers a new selection of family friendly programs that are cross cultural and promote family values.