Más de 18 millones de usuarios mundiales obtienen acceso móvil a la 4to red social más visitada del mundo

RotoExperts, LLC today announced the hiring of Scott Engel, most recently of ESPN.com and 2006 Fantasy Sports Writer of the Year, to the RotoExperts.com team. Engel, who spent eight years at CBS Sportsline (now CBSSports.com) before moving to ESPN four years ago, joins a growing staff of 25 writers, editors, and stat geeks, all of whom have pitched in to create a home for what RotoExperts founder Ben Ice calls fantasy sports "Analysis with Attitude."

The new Microsoft Select Plus Volume Licensing program offers larger companies with multiple business units flexibility in purchasing, streamlined license management, and reduced time and potential costs of renegotiating licensing agreements.

Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, la organización de lotería pública del Gobierno Federal que brinda importantes recursos para asistencia pública mientras opera y distribuye juegos de lotería líderes en México, ha implementado con éxito la primera red de lotería estatal móvil en las Américas. Este innovador desarrollo se hizo luego de considerar la creciente popularidad de los dispositivos móviles en México y las tecnologías disponibles para crear nuevos canales para distribución interactiva de juegos de lotería. Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública junto con Digital Orchid, el importante operador y desarrollador de contenido móvil y servicios de distribución para juegos de lotería regulados, llegaron a un acuerdo para lanzar un sistema innovador que permite a las personas jugar lotería en México desde la comodidad del hogar. El servicio está disponible en toda la nación para el popular juego de lotería Melate, y se llama Melate Móvil.

Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, la organización de lotería pública del Gobierno Federal que brinda importantes recursos para asistencia pública mientras opera y distribuye juegos de lotería líderes en México, ha implementado con éxito la primera red de lotería estatal móvil en las Américas. Este innovador desarrollo se hizo luego de considerar la creciente popularidad de los dispositivos móviles en México y las tecnologías disponibles para crear nuevos canales para distribución interactiva de juegos de lotería. Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública junto con Digital Orchid, el importante operador y desarrollador de contenido móvil y servicios de distribución para juegos de lotería regulados, llegaron a un acuerdo para lanzar un sistema innovador que permite a las personas jugar lotería en México desde la comodidad del hogar. El servicio está disponible en toda la nación para el popular juego de lotería Melate, y se llama Melate Móvil.

Panasas, Inc., the global leader in parallel storage solutions, and Penguin Computing, a leading provider of Linux cluster solutions, today announced their plans to bring to market a comprehensive compute and storage solution that will deliver unprecedented productivity and ease of use to the fastest growing segments of the technical computing market. The solution tightly integrates Panasas(R) ActiveStor parallel storage with Penguin's Scyld ClusterWare Linux clustering software and Penguin server platforms. The result is a powerful compute and storage solution designed to yield the fastest time to results with the greatest ease of use available on the market today, providing organizations of all sizes and expertise levels increased productivity and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Skinit, Inc., the leader in consumer personalization for electronic devices, has completed an in-box offering with Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) to distribute pre-packaged design skins with Samsung's WEP301 Bluetooth headset.

PwnorDie.com, a new website for gamers and enthusiasts of all levels and the latest venture from the Or Die Networks launched today, it was announced by Dick Glover, CEO of the Or Die Networks.

McAfee, Inc. today announced that it is participating in the VMware Alliance Affiliate Initiative. As part of this initiative, McAfee is launching an enhanced channel partner offering to provide extra incentives to top SecurityAlliance(TM) partners who jointly sell McAfee security solutions with their VMware virtualization engagements.

Xceedium, a premier provider of entitlement management solutions that control high-risk users, today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech Vendor for its GateKeeper(TM) appliance. CRN's Emerging Tech list awards vendors that are delivering high margins for channel solution providers by providing market leading technology that complements the products of industry leaders.

Knoxville Area Association of REALTORS(R) (KAAR) renewed a multi-year contract with Chicago-based Catylist Inc. Catylist, whose marketing and property-centric commercial information exchange service is in use throughout the country, provides the platform for the Commercial Investment Division of KAAR.

PhoneTag, líder en el servicio de transcribir mensajes de voz a texto y aplicaciones visuales de buzón de voz, anunció que es la primera compañía en lanzar un servicio de buzón de voz visual en México. La galardonada plataforma de PhoneTag convierte ahora mensajes de voz dejados en español y los entrega a los usuarios como mensajes de texto o correo electrónico. La plataforma, que ahora está disponible en México, así como en EE.UU., Canadá y Australia en español y en inglés, permite a cualquier persona o empresa dejar de escuchar los mensajes de voz y comenzar a ahorrar tiempo y dinero mediante su lectura. Los usuarios de teléfonos móviles en México ahora pueden suscribirse al servicio, independientemente del proveedor de telefonía móvil que tengan en http://www.phonetag.com/es .

Panther Express, (http://www.pantherexpress.net/) a leading global provider of high-performance content delivery services, today announced they have been selected as the content delivery network (CDN) for PriceMinister.com (http://www.priceminister.com/), one of Europe's leading e- commerce sites. Based in France, and serving customers throughout the world, PriceMinister.com is a global online marketplace for connecting buyers and sellers. PriceMinister.com is the second most popular e-commerce site in France and in the top 15 of all French websites overall.

will enable the site's community of more than 18 million member accounts in more than 200 countries around the world to access Fotolog.com using any phone's mobile browser.

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. began operations today as a separate publicly traded company upon the successful completion of its separation from The E.W. Scripps Company.

Computerworld magazine has named MGM MIRAGE to its list of "100 Best Places to Work In IT" recognizing companies that excel at keeping their Information Technology workers well-compensated, well-trained and satisfied on the job.

will serve as a catalyst to fuel unprecedented growth in wiring the most-used benefit in America's health care delivery system, Medco Health Solutions, Inc. said in a statement today.

McAfee, Inc. today released the results of its S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) Experiment, in which 50 people from around the world surfed the Web unprotected for 30 days. By taking part in the experiment, participants were given permission to go where most Internet users would not dare, in order to discover how much spam they would attract and what the effects would be. Having studied the daily blogs and analyzed the spam itself, McAfee(R) researchers confirm that spammers are as active as ever; they are increasingly using psychological tricks to lure Internet users to part with their contact details, identity information and cash. The experiment clearly shows that spam continues to evolve, utilizing more local languages and cultural nuances, as well as becoming much more targeted in a bid to avoid detection.

Coremetrics, the leading provider of digital marketing optimization solutions, today announced that Oodle has selected Coremetrics to help establish a metrics-driven marketing approach that will increase both revenues and return on investment. The key advantages of Coremetrics include robust reporting, strong segmentation capabilities and flexibility to tailor the system to meet Oodle's reporting needs.

announced that they were evaluated and positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the recent Gartner report, "Magic Quadrant for Operational Risk Management Software for Financial Services."(1)

Más de 18 millones de usuarios mundiales obtienen acceso móvil a la 4to red social más visitada del mundo

PhoneTag, líder en el servicio de transcribir mensajes de voz a texto y aplicaciones visuales de buzón de voz, anunció que es la primera compañía en lanzar un servicio de buzón de voz visual en México. La galardonada plataforma de PhoneTag convierte ahora mensajes de voz dejados en español y los entrega a los usuarios como mensajes de texto o correo electrónico. La plataforma, que ahora está disponible en México, así como en EE.UU., Canadá y Australia en español y en inglés, permite a cualquier persona o empresa dejar de escuchar los mensajes de voz y comenzar a ahorrar tiempo y dinero mediante su lectura. Los usuarios de teléfonos móviles en México ahora pueden suscribirse al servicio, independientemente del proveedor de telefonía móvil que tengan en http://www.phonetag.com/es .

Giant Interactive Group Inc. ("Giant" or the "Company"), one of China's leading online game developers and operators, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire redeemable preferred shares, representing a 25% interest in Five One Network Development Co., Ltd ("51.com"), a leading Chinese online social networking service provider, for approximately US$51 million. The completion of this investment is subject to customary closing conditions.

Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica, the public lottery organization of the Federal Government that provides significant resources for public assistance while operating and distributing the leading lottery games nationwide in Mexico, has successfully rolled out the first mobile state lottery network in the Americas. This innovative development was made after considering the increasing popularity of mobile devices in Mexico and the technologies available to create new channels for interactive distribution of lottery games. Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica along with Digital Orchid, the leading operator and developer of wireless content and distribution services for regulated lottery games, reached an agreement to launch an innovated system that allows people to play the lottery in Mexico from the comfort of their homes. The service is available nationwide for the popular Melate lottery game and is called Melate Movil.

Just as new surgical procedures are breaking ground daily in the field of liposuction, a recently launched website is breaking ground for patients. LipoVance.com (http://www.lipovance.com/) is not only educating consumers about the various procedures available, it is offering an unprecedented $800 coupon toward liposuction and liposuction alternative procedures at facilities across the country.

Elbit Systems Ltd. (Elbit Systems) announced that all approvals required for the merger of Tadiran Communications Ltd. (Tadiran Communications) with and into Elbit Systems have been obtained, and the Israeli Registrar of Companies issued its merger order on June 30, 2008. This is further to the announcement on November 7, 2007, regarding Elbit Systems Board of Directors' approval of the merger.

INDUS Corporation (INDUS), a leading Federal IT solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Colonel Kevin Foley, U.S. Air Force (Retired), to the position of Vice President, Air Force Programs. In this position, Colonel Foley will be responsible for developing and managing INDUS' portfolio of Air Force business opportunities.

ForeScout Technologies, the leading provider of regulatory compliance solutions and clientless network access control (NAC) for Fortune 500 enterprises and government organizations, today announced it has completed an internal $8M fundraising round with all existing venture partners participating including Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and Pitango Ventures. The company experienced a breakout year in 2007 with 80 percent growth, setting the stage for this further investment to fuel sustained compliance and NAC leadership.

PBS today unveils a new online community for preK-12 educators that supports the advancement of digital media content and technology integration in education. PBS Teachers Connect (pbsteachers.org/connect) provides teachers, school library media specialists, technology coordinators, early childhood educators and other education professionals with opportunities to share ideas, collaborate and support the effective use of instructional technology and multimedia to enhance student learning.

Vusion, providers of instant-on, full-screen, high quality streaming video, today announced that BNN, an innovative Dutch broadcasting network, has selected Vusion's WARP video delivery technology to power the high quality video on its recently launched online portal, 101.TV.

UTStarcom, Inc. , today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Personal Communications Division ("PCD") to a newly formed entity controlled by AIG Vantage Capital, a part of AIG Investments. The expected proceeds of approximately US$240 million will be based primarily on the net working capital levels, subject to certain adjustments. In addition to the cash consideration, UTStarcom could also receive up to US$50 million based on a three-year earn out provision. The transaction, which is expected to be completed within two business days, has been unanimously approved by UTStarcom's board of directors and is subject to customary closing conditions including debt financing. Completion of the transaction is not subject to UTStarcom shareholder approval and the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act has expired.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation , a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, today announced that its Epsilon business has signed a multi-year agreement with Washington, D.C., based National Geographic Society. Under terms of the extension agreement, Epsilon will continue to host and manage National Geographic's permission-based email communications platform through 2011. Epsilon also provides database services for The National Geographic Society, which has been a client of Epsilon's since 1997.

Brand Velocity, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in large accelerated enterprise projects, has linked corporate brand identity to enterprise capabilities. This therefore requires that executives be able to run their existing business well while constructing a different company for a different future.

Parker Hannifin Corporation , the global leader in motion and control technologies, today held a groundbreaking ceremony as the first step in the construction of its new European headquarters in Etoy in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located approximately 25 miles northeast of Geneva.

Overland Storage, Inc. today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor for its REO(R) 9500D deduplicating VTL solution. 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.

Molecular Imprints, Inc., the market and technology leader of nanopatterning systems and solutions, today announced that Ben Eynon and Paul Hofemann have joined its management team. These distinguished industry veterans are assuming the roles of vice president of marketing and business development for semiconductors, and vice president of marketing and business development for hard disk drives and emerging markets, respectively. Between them they possess nearly 40 years of combined experience in leadership positions at top semiconductor and data storage equipment and technology companies. The addition of these executives to Molecular Imprints is another indication of the company's growing momentum, as leading manufacturers and technologists alike increasingly recognize the unique advantages of its Step and Flash(R) Imprint Lithography (S-FIL(R)) technology.

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) today announced that it is on target to deliver the first-ever Common Security Framework (CSF) by January 2009, thanks to the efforts of the leading health care organizations, professional services firms, information security specialists, liability insurers and other organizations that have joined together to actively participate in the HITRUST CSF program.