News Releases

State of the Art UWB Devices to Debut in Boston The Third ITU-R Task Group 1/8 International Meeting on Ultra-wideband (UWB) will be held in Boston, Massachusetts June 9-18, 2004 providing a unique opportunity for U.S. industry to participate in the development of international policy and technical standards on UWB. Companies will have a rare chance to show the world why the United States is at the forefront of Ultra-wideband development and implementation by demonstrating the latest in technological advances. This conference will be the ONLY meeting of it’s kind held in the United States for the exclusive purpose of advancing global standards and ITU-R regulatory issues for Ultra-Wideband (UWB). - 2004-05-27

Businesses For Sale in Northern and Southern California Reached a Record Number 368 Business & Franchise Sales This Past Week from Business Brokers, Small Business Owners, & Real Estate Agents Businesses for sale in Northern and Southern California reached a record number 368 business & franchise sales this past week from business brokers, small business owners, & real estate agents for the week of May 17, 2004 thru May 23, 2004. - 2004-05-27

New Jersey Woman Devotes Life to Natural Families "Everyone benefits from adoption." We've all heard that message from the adoption industry so often we think it must be true. Adoptees smiling and happy, natural moms so grateful someone has taken their child for them. And of course the people adopting are all completely satisfied. It seems so fantastic, it's a wonder no one ever considers whether this is the true picture or just advertising. - 2004-05-27

Interealty to Show Case Spanish Properties at Homes Overseas Exhibition 'Invest in Property' at Earls Court, London. Interealty, www.interealty.es Spain's Premier estate agency will be exhibiting at the Homes Overseas Exhibition 'Invest in Property' being held on the weekend, Friday 4th to Sunday 6th June 2004 at The Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London on Stand C8. - 2004-05-27

Bush Administration Dismantles Public Safeguards at Behest of Special Interests New report on special interest groups' influence in the Bush Administration. - 2004-05-27

Inventa Partners Boost Technology Innovation and Transfer for UK Building and Construction Sector Inventa Partners enables UK companies to develop new strategic business opportunities by resolving the critical obstacles to major technological innovation in their manufacturing processes, materials and finished products. Current project applications include finding new materials for minimising water consumption and energy loss in billion pound construction projects. The company lists the major European research organisations as its it partners, with resources that include some 30,000 scientists and more than £60 billion of research funding. - 2004-05-27

Popular Underground Book “Stop Bush in 2004” Second Edition Released -Over 800 Copies Sold by First Time, Self-published Author Off the heels of his well received self-published book “Stop Bush in 2004: How Every Citizen Can Help,” which has sold over 800 copies since its release last August, first time author and political activist Michael John Dobbins announced today a second edition of his popular underground book. Every chapter of “Stop Bush in 2004” has been expanded with a total of thirty more pages and a hundred new resources. With the second edition, Dobbins hopes to provide more ammunition for citizens looking to organize themselves and volunteer in efforts to defeat President Bush in November. - 2004-05-27

Student Loan Consolidation Rates Decrease Slightly, But Fixed Rates May Not be Available in the Future With no credit checks, fees, or early payment penalties, there's absolutely no reason for graduates not to consolidate their loans. However, graduates need to act now. If the law changes late this year or next year, and graduates have not completed their consolidation, they may not be able to lock in fixed rates any longer. - 2004-05-27

Ryder Signs Multi-Year Deal With PartsRiver Ryder System Inc. signs PartsRiver for multi-year deal for continuing parts data quality and analytic services to the transportation company. - 2004-05-27

Hospital Supply Prices May Rise Sharply Unless crude oil prices stabilize at substantially lower prices, US hospitals could see further erosion in their operating margins due to large price increases for many products, warns Joe Colonna, CEO of Seattle-based SIH (Strategic Initiatives In Healthcare, LLC), a firm specializing in non-labor hospital expense management. - 2004-05-27

Maritime Security Institute Appoints Brigadier General Kenneth Bergquist as President The Maritime Security Institute announced the appointment of retired Brigadier General Kenneth P. Bergquist as its President and Academic Dean. Bergquist is a former Assistant Secretary of the Navy and was the founding President of the Joint Special Operations University, an institution within the US Department of Defense. - 2004-05-27

Discover What Photographers, Scientists, Artists, Collectors, and Enthusiasts Already Know - That ArcherPro is the Best Way to Sort Images on Your Macintosh OS X Computer ArcherPro's "Destination Folders" feature is appreciated by individuals who need to scrutinize images individually and copy or move those images into one or more folders on their hard disk. ArcherPro's "Export Images" feature is of great use to anyone who is required to re-name large numbers of images rapidly. And ArherPro's blazing fast slide shows will be enjoyed by everyone. ArcherPro is the advanced image viewer for Mac OS X computers. - 2004-05-27

Kid Concoctions Debuts at Licensing Show 2004 John & Danita Thomas will be autographing copies of “The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions” June 8-10, at Licensing Expo 2004 booth# 1157 at Javits Center in NYC. - 2004-05-27

GARP Research Corporation to Host First Annual Institutional Mid-Cap & Small Cap Investor Conference at Maryland Eastern Shore Resort on Chesapeake Bay on June 15-17, 2004 GARP Research Corporation today announced that it will host its First Annual Institutional Investor Conference at the new and highly acclaimed Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Golf Resort, Spa & Marina in Cambridge, Maryland on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay from the evening of Tuesday June 15, 2004 through Thursday June 17, 2004. Companies scheduled to present to institutional equity investors are selected from GARP Research’s mid-cap and small-cap coverage. - 2004-05-27

Why Count Carbs When There’s Effective, Affordable Nordic Walking? America’s obsession with weight loss has resulted in low carb menus and downsizing the super-sized. In Europe, they’re doing something altogether different to shed the weight – Nordic walking. - 2004-05-27

Treat Readers to the Latest Travel Tips Just in time for summer travel planning, treat your readers/subscribers to up-to-date travel tips from the acclaimed new book, Travel Wisdom - Tips, Tools, and Tactics for All Travelers. - 2004-05-27

Trademark Attorney Firm goes Face-to-face with Prospective Clients using a 100% Multimedia Cyber website. The Snyder Law Firm has broke from a long tradition of conservatism within the legal community with the launch today of website that offers a face-to-face video narration of the firm. TheSnyderLawFirm.com is totally video based using some of the latest streaming technology available on the Internet today! - 2004-05-27

The Future of Online Collaboration Technologies Live videoconference on key trends, new tools, and best practices in the world of online collaboration and Web conferencing. Targeted at industry insiders and experts the event is hosted by Robin Good, with special guests Eugene Eric Kim and Stuart Henshall. - 2004-05-27

LYCOS Europe and Meetic Announce Cooperation in Online-Dating Sector Meetic becomes premium dating partner of LYCOS Gütersloh/ Paris, May 24th, 2004 – Within the scope of a two-year co-operation agreement concluded by LYCOS Europe, one of the leading European internet portal providers, and Meetic, the biggest dating-community in Europe with 5 million members, LYCOS Europe will integrate the Meetic database as an additional service for the online dating-platform Love@LYCOS and meetic will become the premium dating partner of Lycos. With more than 4 million registered users, Love@LYCOS is among the most prominent dating-platforms in Europe. - 2004-05-27

Venus Rising 8th June 2004, UK Russell Grant, the world’s most widely read astrologer tells us about the important Venus Conjunction - On June 8th Venus makes a dynamic and powerful conjunction with the Sun, providing us all over the globe with an opportunity to witness a planetary spectacle never before seen by any living person. - 2004-05-27

Study of UK techMARK Companies Shows There is More to Brand Positioning Via Search Engine Marketing than Achieving Top Placement Search marketing agency, Neutralize, have conducted a comprehensive study of the leading techMARK index companies examining how they present themselves in major search engines. Conducted throughout April 2004 the study highlights significant areas for improvement and for the first time in the industry defines some of the key brand positioning issues. - 2004-05-27

Survey Reveals Top 10 Online Business Degree Majors The popularity of online degrees continues to escalate. However some degree majors are more in demand than others. GetEducated.com's survey reveals the Top 10 Online Business Degree Majors for 2004. - 2004-05-27

May 25, 2004: COURT APPROVES FINET.COM AND MONUMENT MORTGAGE INC.’S DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WITH SUPPORT OF OFFICIAL UNSECURED CREDITORS’ COMMITTEE. Court Approves Finet.com and Monument Mortgage, Inc's Disclosure Statement with support of Official Unsecured Creditor's Committee. - 2004-05-27

The Magnetic "Bug Off Instant Screen" Makes it Possible to Screen Any Door in Minutes and Walk Through it With Your Hands Full Bug Off Instant Screen has been improved just in time for summer 2004. - 2004-05-27

Inventor Makes Good on Promise, New Free Website Developed for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses to Buy and Sell their Companies and New Products - Many Free Business Tools and Free Business Directory Introducing Exciting new website for Small business to network and connect with new product developers, other small businesses for sale or to test the waters selling your business. Confidential and free. Developed by a successful entrepreneur. - 2004-05-27

ISOResponder.com Easily Automates the Marketing Process for Internet Marketers and Maintains Strict Anti-Spam Requirements and Processes ISOResponder.com launched on May 26, 2004 to the delight of thousands of ISORegister.com members. ISOResponder.com was created to fill a void left by other Autoresponder services on the Internet today, and the service was created based on surveys and interviews with current ISORegister.com members. - 2004-05-27

Leading UAV Manufacturer Selects ERP Software From Relevant Business Systems Aurora Flight Sciences, a leading manufacturer of unmanned air vehicles (UAV) for the Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, private industry, and academic institutions has selected Relevant Business Systems Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. - 2004-05-27

ASCENTIS INTRODUCES HOSTED SOLUTION Cost effective HR benefits management software for small to mid-sized organizations Ascentis Corporation introduces HROfficeASP, the hosted version of HROffice, a human resources and benefits management system (HRMS). - 2004-05-27

Ajover Selects HighJump Software to Help Manage International Growth With End-to-End Supply Chain Execution Solutions Multinational Manufacturer to Improve Throughput and Inventory Accuracy for Diverse Product Lines by Leveraging HighJump’s Robust, Multilingual Solutions - 2004-05-27

Galson Revolutionizes Monitoring Equipment Rental With Groundbreaking Rentalliance™ Galson Laboratories enters the health and safety monitoring equipment rental business. The Galson Rentalliance(TM), a unique membership program, offers significant advantages in time, cost, quality and service over competitive rental companies. - 2004-05-27

Introducing AutoEval – Empowering Used Vehicle Buyers Buyers shopping for used cars, vans, or light trucks can now call AutoEval to get an on-the-spot evaluation before they spend their hard-earned money. A mobile evaluation service geared towards buyers in northern New Jersey and parts of New York, AutoEval started its operations on May 10, 2004. - 2004-05-27

Jaguar x-type Reaches Out to Tastemaker Audience Through Music-Based Lifestyle Program DJ/Ambient Website www.thextype.com launches with exclusive 4CD boxed set, music content and downloads from Zero 7 and other artists - 2004-05-27

Theodore Roosevelt Online Cyclopedia created by Newmedia Publishing Theodore Roosevelt’s Cyclopedia, Gubernatorial Papers and speeches have been converted into an online web book from The Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Gubernatorial CD by Newmedia Publishing. The CD was created by the company for the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the State of New York and the National Park Service to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s governorship of New York State. - 2004-05-27

eAgency Announces New CEO Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2004 - Chicago, IL - May 17, 2004 - eAgency Systems, provider of sales force automation and customer relationship management solutions for the Small Office/Home Office market, announced its new CEO, Charles R. Cronin, Jr. - 2004-05-27

Moonlight Slumber Proudly Launches Two New Product Lines Infant Safety and Health improved via two new products, premium crib mattresses and a transitional maternity body pillow from a new baby products company. - 2004-05-27

Extreme Life Makeover: Rebuild Your Life with a Can-Do Attitude JourneywithSpirit.com, a do-it-yourself spirituality Web site, offers simple tips for changing your life during June’s national Rebuild Your Life Month. - 2004-05-27

The Magic of Disney® Fine Art Show Celebrating Nostalgia in Animation, July 24-August 29, 2004, at Hands of Time Art Gallery, Historic Savage Mill, Savage, Maryland -- Classic Heroes, Heroines, Princesses, Villains from Disney Studios Artists, Animators, and Others It’s “a natural” for an art gallery called “Hands of Time”: A fine art show celebrating a parade of beloved characters from Disney classic films through the years. Original framed art and personally signed limited editions on canvas by legendary artists from Walt Disney Studios and others will “magically” appear at the Hands of Time Art Gallery in Historic Savage Mill for an exclusive exhibition and show July 24 through August 29, 2004. In scenes from a multitude of Disney films and in pop art portraiture, among the stars of this show are: Mary Poppins, Bambi, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White, Lady & the Tramp, and a cast of characters from animation features such as Jungle Book, Beauty & the Beast, and 101 Dalmatians. - 2004-05-27

FREE fuel source for your car! Run Your car or any vehicle on Water! Cutting Edge HYTRONICS™ Makes It Possible to Construct a Simplistic Affordable and Powerful Hydrogen Fuel System for Your Vehicle. An Incredibly Affordable System That Provides FREE Energy Now you can run any vehicle on FREE energy! The HydroStar™ can power your engine with the incredible energy of hydrogen, nature's perfect fuel. It's more powerful than gas, but it's trapped in every drop of water. And only the HydroStar™ can efficiently free hydrogen's potent energy! - 2004-05-27

Internet ScreenSaver Builder Capable of Showing HTML Contents A screensaver created with Internet ScreenSaver Builder by XemiComputers periodically shows HTML contents from embedded files or directly from designated URLs. - 2004-05-27

It’s too late for Ben and J-Lo, and even Brad isn’t sure about his future with Jennifer. A new service is now helping couples strip away the psycho-babble and get the relationship they’ve always dreamed of… Bad relationships don’t just happen, they’re negotiated and allowed to happen by both partners. This new service is now helping couples to figure out how each partner is contributing to the relationship (for better or worse), what they need and giving them the tools to get things back on track so they can feel fulfilled in their relationship again. - 2004-05-27

Allied Vaughn Now Offering HexaLock CD-ROM Copy Protection Software Solutions to Their Publisher Customers Hexalock, Ltd., a leader in CD copy protection technology and digital rights management solutions announced today that, Allied Vaughn, a leading provider of full turnkey media solutions, has become an Authorized Replicator of HexaLock CD-ROM Copy Protection technology. - 2004-05-27

IntraLearn e-Learning Application Awarded Microsoft Premier .NET Certification IntraLearn Software Corporation, the leading supplier of configurable e-Learning software applications to the mid-market, announced today that it has received Premier .NET certification for IntraLearn AEP. IntraLearn is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with an ISV competency. With AEP, IntraLearn continues to accelerate the push to make powerful e-Learning applications available to organizations of all sizes. IntraLearn AEP now makes it possible for organizations to easily integrate e-Learning into their existing applications. - 2004-05-27

METZMEDIA and MGSE Present "E-Commerce Solutions" at British American Business Council Conference Graham Richardson, of UK based Metzmedia, and Stephen Esbin, of US based MGSE, were featured speakers at the British American Business Council's Transatlantic Business Conference. Their presentation "The Right Approach for Your Product" was given for the "E-Commerce Solutions" session at the conference. - 2004-05-27

Lifestyle Management Company Promising to Take Your Cares Away: Upscale Concierge Service Rolls Out the Red Carpet Upscale Concierge is an around the clock personalized management company specializing in handling corporate and individual client affairs. Personalized services are no longer for the extremely rich and famous-although several of our clients are A-listens. Now you can hand over your to-do list and save yourself time and money. - 2004-05-27

MGSE Presents Perspectives on US Market Entry at BritishAmerican Business Inc Event Stephen Esbin, founding Partner of MGSE, addresses BritishAmerican Business Inc's (BABi) Growing Business Forum in London about key business issues of US market entry for SME's based in the UK. - 2004-05-27

One Step Data Continues Rapid Growth, Highest Sales in Company History Recorded in April ‘04 One Step Data continues to show strong growth in 2004 with another record month in April. This comes on the heels of the highest ever sales in company history this January. Company revenues are on target to grow by over 40% this year. - 2004-05-27

President of Video Game Company Engineers Live HFStival Festival Broadcast with 68,000 in Attendance On a clear, hot day at RFK stadium in Washington, D.C., celebrated, Grammy nominated, recording engineer Bill Mueller returned to his first love – live broadcast engineering. Although president and owner of Vision Videogames of Towson Maryland, Mueller still manages to return to his roots by working directly in the live recording industry several times a year. He is no stranger to the HFStival having engineered it five times in the last six years. So far, this year’s additions to Mueller’s extensive rock resume include The Offspring, Yellowcard, Violent Femmes, New Found Glory, P.O.D., Voodoo Blue, and O.A.R. His other audio engineering credits include two Tibetan Freedom Concerts, Earth Day celebrations, Live from the House of Blues and over one hundred and fifty major artists including Aerosmith, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Eminem, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Sheryl Crow, and Puff Daddy. With a 30-year history in the music industry, Mueller believes in exposing new musical talent through the video game format. “The video game is the single strongest vehicle for breaking new music today. If you want your music heard, you have to get it in front of the audience. Today, there are millions of music loving people playing games.” - 2004-05-27

Strand Expands Bioinformatics Distribution Relationship with UBI in Canada UBI markets avadis, microarray expression analysis software, in Canada. - 2004-05-27

EpiTUNE® II Metrology System Industry Standard for GaN Production Over 75 EpiTUNE II Metrology systems have shipped on AIXTRON MOCVD Reactors worldwide. The EpiTUNE® II in-situ metrology systems in based on Luxtron’s patented Ripple® technology. - 2004-05-27

Nancy Ancowitz's "Self-Promotion for Introverts" Workshop Helps Release "Inner Superman" Nancy Ancowitz’s interactive Self-Promotion for Introverts workshop helps introspective people market themselves, providing useful tips and tools that teach them how to harness their strengths, make a plan, set goals, and take action. The Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd Street Y is offering this class on Tuesday, June 22, 7:00-9:00 p.m. - 2004-05-27

Protecting Our Children Kid Friendly ID: Creating Solutions Kid Friendly ID is the most secure child ID system available today and does not use photographs or personal information. It is a new, unique way to protect your children using personal identification numbers, 24/7 accessible help lines, dual-encrypted databases and technologically advanced online software programs. - 2004-05-27

Multi-job 1.04 integrates all aspects of on-line job hunting. Multi-job 1.04 has combined a browser, emailer, cover letters, resumes, blogs, contacts to perform as an integrated whole. - 2004-05-27

iFuel delivers lower gas prices at new kiosk-based fueling stations powered by WireSpring's FireCast kiosk software and White Mountain Solutions' hardware Custom hardware by White Mountain and FireCast kiosk software by WireSpring drive iFuel’s new, innovative solution for low-cost petroleum distribution - 2004-05-27

Southwestern College Chooses eLearners.com to Implement edGenuiti CRM Technology Southwestern College selects edGenuiti Worldwide Higher Education CRM solution to help increase recruitment and conversion. - 2004-05-27

edGenuiti Worldwide Expands Its Online Survey Solution edTrends by introducing a new automated inbound & outbound phone survey technology edGenuiti Worldwide Expands Its Online Survey Solution introducing automated inbound & outbound phone survey technology into its robust higher education CRM platform - 2004-05-27

Solid BoostEngine Powers Hotsip’s Multimedia Communication Products, Ensures High Availability, Performance and Scalability of SIP Applications Solid Information Technology Corp., the first provider of an Autonomic Data Management Platform, and Hotsip AB, a leading provider of infrastructure and multimedia applications for large-scale SIP-enabled networks, today announced the inclusion of Solid BoostEngine data manager in Hotsip’s SIP and Presence Server products for increased performance and carrier-grade availability. - 2004-05-27

Enterprise Learning Solution for Small and Medium Size Businesses Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. (KMSI), a leader in Web-Based Training and E-Learning, today announced its "Corporate University - Today Small and Medium Size Business Solution". This program provides companies and Government agencies, with less than 1,500 employees with a complete enterprise learning solution for less than $1,200 per month. - 2004-05-27

IPE Training Chooses OILspace ASPect Office For Energy Risk Training IPE Training Ltd, a subsidiary of the IPE, Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, has chosen OILspace ASPect Office as the official risk management system used in energy derivatives and physical energy market training courses globally. - 2004-05-27

Oversight Technologies to Present at Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s Capital Connection Venture Capital Group Recognizes Oversight Technologies as Among the Top Emerging Growth Companies on the East Coast - 2004-05-27

SocialWorkJobBank.com One of 350 Sites Selected for Weddle's 2004 Guides to Employment Web Sites SocialWorkJobBank.com, the online job board of The New Social Worker magazine, has been selected for inclusion in Weddle’s Recruiter’s Guide to Employment Web Sites 2004 and Weddle’s Job Seeker’s Guide to Employment Web Sites 2004. The site caters to professional bachelor’s and master’s level social workers and the employers who are hiring them. Editor Peter Weddle chooses 350 sites out of the 40,000+ job boards and employment-related sites on the Internet for inclusion in the guides. - 2004-05-27