SPX Corporation today announced that Chris Kearney, Chairman, President and CEO and Patrick O'Leary, Executive Vice President and CFO, will present at the 2008 Electrical Products Group Conference in Longboat Key, FL, on Monday, May 19, 2008. The presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.

VIASPACE Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: VSPC) CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen, reports that Sony unveiled its previously secret direct methanol fuel cell at the recent Small Fuel Cells 2008 conference in Atlanta. In addition, Samsung publicly acknowledged its cartridge partnership with VIASPACE subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) at the conference. IDG News Service reported on May 9, 2008 that, "Toshiba plans to begin mass production of direct methanol fuel cells by March next year." These announcements demonstrate the progress in commercialization of direct methanol fuel cells within the $55 Billion Clean Energy Sector.

ProLink Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: PLKH) and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising, today announced that it has partnered with Sport Business Group to install the ProLink system at upscale golf courses and resorts throughout France.

This graduation season, Verizon Wireless customers can choose from a variety of phones and accessories. Whether entering college or the job market, Verizon Wireless has cool new phones, PDAs, smartphones, and stylish and fun accessories for the graduating Class of 2008:

after replacing their 8-pound laptop PCs with 5-ounce BlackBerry(R) 8703e smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM). Verizon unveiled the new application Thursday (May 15) at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2008 in Orlando.

iSeatz was named a Finalist in The 2008 American Business Awards, the only national all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business. iSeatz is competing for a Stevie(R) Award in the Best Management Team category, showcasing the team's proven technology innovation and expertise in the travel and entertainment industry. The 6th Annual American Business Awards winners will be announced during the annual gala on Thursday, June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. , the world's largest bookseller, announced today that its how-to website Quamut.com (http://www.quamut.com/) is launching the Quamut How-To Dream Sweepstakes, a national sweepstakes that will offer one lucky winner the chance to win $5,000 toward his or her how-to dream. The Quamut How-To Dream Sweepstakes will run from May 15, 2008 to July 15, 2008. Consumers can enter the sweepstakes online at http://www.quamut.com/ or by using a cell phone and texting "QUAMUT" to 23857.

A Deezer anuncia que assinou um contrato com a gigante Universal Music cobrindo 35 países. Com esta medida, o primeiro website francês de música por demanda lança a sua implementação internacional para se posicionar como uma empresa-chave na indústria de música que muda constantemente.

Compressus, leaders in interoperability of disparate healthcare IT systems, and Seattle Radiologists, APC, of Seattle, announced today an agreement to implement a single Enterprise-wide worklist solution, integrating digital imaging and data management systems. The implementation, which will include eight SeaRad sites, was announced here at 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), May 15-18, 2008.

180 Connect Inc. ("180 Connect" or the "Company") (OTCBB: CNCT.OB, CNCTU.OB, CNCTW.OB), one of North America's largest providers of installation, integration and fulfillment services to the home entertainment, communication, and home integration service industries, today released its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

Cimetrix, Incorporated (BULLETIN BOARD: CMXX) , a leading provider of factory automation software and solutions for the global semiconductor and electronics industries, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

HUGHES Telematics, a pioneer in end-to-end telematics solutions, has been selected as a finalist for two Telematics Awards from Telematics Update in the categories of Telematics Leadership and Best Embedded Telematics Service. Winners will be announced at the 2008 Telematics Awards on May 20, 2008 in Novi, Michigan.

RS) services in China, today announced that the Company's management will present at three upcoming investor conferences, including the Brean Murray, Carret & Co. All-Cap All-China Conference in New York City, Oppenheimer Dragon Call Conference in New York City, as well as the Roth China Discovery Tour in China.

ForeScout Technologies, a leading provider of clientless network access control (NAC) and policy management solutions for the global enterprise, today announced that SITA UK Ltd, a leading recycling and waste management company in the UK, has installed the CounterACT(TM) family of appliances across its locations. CounterACT plugged into the SITA UK network locations in just hours, enabling centralized NAC and policy compliance management in days versus weeks.

at the product level, plant level and corporate level.

Ask.com (http://www.ask.com/), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC , today announced an agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC - the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com, in an all-cash transaction. More than half a billion monthly worldwide searches consist of dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia queries, according to comScore.

Socialtext, a leading provider of enterprise wiki and social software solutions, today announced that Julie Hanna Farris has been named as the newest member of the Board of Directors (BOD). Joining the Socialtext BOD, Farris brings a successful track record of guiding early to mid-stage companies from obscurity to market leadership. Farris is the founder and former CEO of Scalix, a pioneer in open source mail and collaboration software with over 700 enterprise customers in 55 countries, where she raised $20M in venture capital. Farris will work with CEO, Eugene Lee and Chairman, President & Co founder, Ross Mayfield and the rest of the Socialtext Board of Directors to target the next stage of growth for Socialtext.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. announces the following Webcast:

Friendster, Inc. (http://www.friendster.com/) today announced that Friendster.com is available in Vietnamese, allowing Friendster users and visitors a greater choice of languages with which to navigate the site, enter content and use Friendster's complete set of social networking features. The 18 million Internet users in Vietnam and Vietnamese around the world can now easily join and use Friendster, the pioneer of social networking that is now the 8th largest website globally of any kind based on traffic.(1)

FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. , a leading provider of complex interconnection services, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the increase of the Company's stock repurchase program to $7.5 million from $5.0 million. Under this program, the Company may repurchase its common stock, either through open market purchases or in private transactions.

Coremetrics, the leading provider of digital marketing optimization solutions, has appointed Kathi Kaplan as Chief Marketing Officer. Kaplan brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing for high-tech companies, including Apple, Borland Software, Business Objects and Silicon Graphics, Inc. At Coremetrics, Kaplan will lead the strategic development of integrated marketing initiatives across the company's global footprint.

Live Gamer, the leading provider of the publisher-supported, secure marketplaces for real money trading of virtual items, today announced a partnership with Interzone Games, to serve as the exclusive platform provider for secondary market real money trading (RMT) for Interzone's upcoming massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) title.

SAIC, Inc. will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, May 30, 2008, at the SAIC Conference Center, 1710 SAIC Drive, McLean, Va.

Touch Bionics, developer of the i-LIMB Hand, the world's first commercially available, multi-articulating bionic hand, today announced that it has acquired the complete operations of LIVINGSKIN, the developer of the unique and lifelike prosthetic skin that Touch Bionics supplies with its ground-breaking product. The acquisition will allow Touch Bionics to fulfill growing customer demand from across the world, while applying its commercial and technical expertise into new cosmesis solutions for multi-articulating hands and digits.

National Semiconductor Corporation will announce its fiscal year 2008 fourth quarter results at approximately 1 p.m. PDT on Thursday, June 5. National will host its quarterly conference call with financial analysts following the earnings release at 1:30 p.m. PDT.

Just in time to make a perfect Father's Day gift, WD(R) today introduced its new My DVR Expander(TM) USB Edition(TM) external hard drives that are verified compatible with DISH Network Corporation's ViP Series HD DVRs (digital video recorders). The new 500 GB external drive increases the recording capacity of the DISH HD DVRs by storing up to 300 hours of digital standard-definition (SD) or up to 60 hours of high-definition (HD) television programming(1). Users can instantly increase(2) their recording storage capacity by simply attaching the My DVR Expander USB Edition drive to their DISH Network ViP Series HD DVRs.

On May 22, 2008, Charles Wiesenhart, Jr., Vice President of Finance and CFO of FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. , a leading provider of complex interconnection services, will present at the Kaufman Bros. Next-Generation Infrastructure Tech & Services Conference.

Advant-e Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: AVEE) , a provider of Internet-based Electronic Data Interchange and electronic document management software and services today announced financial and operating results for the quarter ending March 31, 2008.

Residents now have the option of comparing Illinois auto insurance rates through local agents or online. Through a network of hundreds of agents and carriers, http://www.illinoisautoinsurance.com/ lets visitors choose whether to conduct a rate comparison from multiple agents near them or from companies conducting business online.

Wowza Media Systems, emerging leader in streaming media, today announced the general availability of Wowza Media Server Pro 1.5, the latest version of its award-wining server software that removes the barriers to live H.264 Flash streaming, thanks to its exclusive support of industry-standard RTSP/RTP H.264 video and HE-AAC audio encoders.

a new record for the company. Additionally, Fujitsu achieved its best quarter ever in 2007, shipping more than 66,000 document imaging scanners in Q4FY07.

Service Strategies Corporation, today announced the successful completion of its recent event "Services Industry Summit: eService Strategies and Challenges," held in Charleston, SC and the availability of the conference presentations on its website. Visitors who register for the community section of the site (http://www.servicestrategies.com/) will find a large library of best practice presentations, articles, blogs and other resources related to technical support, customer service, and other technology services topics.

Exar Corporation will hold its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter and year-end financial results conference call on May 15, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. PDT/4:30 EDT. Exar will release its fiscal 2008 financial results following the market close on May 15, 2008. To access the conference call, please dial 888-428-4479 after 1:20 p.m. PDT/4:20 p.m. EDT. In addition, a live webcast will be available on Exar's Investors' Homepage at: http://www.exar.com/. A replay of the conference call will be available starting at 5:00 p.m. PDT/8:00 p.m. EDT the day of the call until 11:59 p.m. PDT on May 22, 2008/2:59 a.m. EDT on May 23, 2008. To access the replay, please dial 800-475-6701 and use conference ID number 920564.

PRO-DEX, INC. invites shareholders and investors to listen to a broadcast review of the Company's fiscal 2008 third quarter financial results, and a discussion of the outlook for the fourth quarter.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. today reported an operating revenue increase of 11.5 percent for the three months ended April 30, 2008. Growth in revenues was largely due to contributions from translation and acquisitions. Base revenues also contributed to growth in the three month period. Revenues for the first month of the second quarter were modestly ahead of Company expectations.

CBS Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire CNET Networks, Inc., it was announced today by Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $1.8 billion. The acquisition will make CBS one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States, with a combined 54 million unique users per month, and approximately 200 million users worldwide.

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