News Releases

U.S. Air Force Selects Bharosa for Strong Online Authentication - 2006-01-30

Family Travel Forum's Top 10 Family Vacation Getaways for 2005 Family Travel Forum honors the top 10 family vacation getaways promoting togetherness. - 2006-01-30

Mid Life Career Change Made Easy With New Mortgage Lead Generation Training Course Mortgage lead generation is made easy in author Hartley Pinn's new "Mortgage Leads Generator" training course. The course teaches new and experienced mortgage loan officers how to generate a five- to six-figure monthly income while cutting their work schedule down to only 10 hours a week – even making it possible for anyone interested in a mid life career change to pursue a career in mortgage lending. - 2006-01-30

Saveonconferences.com Announces Free Web Conferencing and Smart Corporate Solutions for Small and Large Businesses Saveonconferences.com announces free web conferencing, company invoicing, and round-the-clock technical support with all audio conference calling accounts, an offer unmatched by any major competitor. - 2006-01-30

PicksPal.com Announces Super Bowl Blowout Contest with Grand Prize The free online sports pick contest PicksPal.com will offer a big screen plasma HDTV to its Super Bowl Blowout Contest winner. - 2006-01-30

CoroWare to Merge with Innova Holdings Robotics innovator to join forces with automation technology group to accelerate the mobile service robotics marketplace. - 2006-01-30

Southern California Escapades Debuts Sexy Stories on Xradio.biz/Variety Station Ed Pruitt, creator of Southern California Escapades, has launched his own Internet radio show, Real Connections, on Xradio.biz/Variety - 2006-01-30

Submissions Now Being Accepted For 2006 Jacksonville Film Festival Festival returns May 18-21, 2006 to downtown Jacksonville. - 2006-01-30

Mugillakuty Clothing Company to Release All-Star Collection on February 10th Collection Will Have Three Different Logos on Multicolored Shirts Mugillakuty Clothing Company introduces the release of The All-Star Collection. The company makes Long Sleeve, short sleeve shirts that range from small to size 6 extra large. Which will offer three different logos with a variety of colored shirts that will go with any attire? Also, the Mugillakuty clothing company will be coming out with matching hats and beanies. Mugillakuty the new company that makes extra large clothing has put their mark on the urban wear world. - 2006-01-30

BioPerformance Brings Big Business with the 'Gas Pill' to the USA BioPerformance introduces a gas mileage improving additive for your fuel tank while INCREASING INCOME.. - 2006-01-30

Amazing Gifts N More Introduces Unique Gifts Home Decor Jewelry & Fragrances Online gift shop embarks on a new product line featuring unique gift ideas, home decor items, discount jewelry, mens and womens fragrances and more to the e-commerce consumer. This company is featuring a safe online gift shopping experience for all customers. - 2006-01-30

Merger and Acquisition Activity for Internet Marketing Firms To Be Strong in 2006 Finds AdMedia Partners Market Survey Mergers and acquisitions for buzz, viral, guerilla and event marketing companies, as well as database marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) agencies to also be strong - 2006-01-30

Sensational Country Music Romance Is Hot as Jessica Hawthorn's "High Heels" Album Marine Corps veteran's homecoming to coincide with release of Jessica Hawthorn's new album entitled, "High Heels." - 2006-01-30

NBC’s 'Today' Show to Interview Advertising Expert George Parker of AdScam and Know More Media’s AdHurl.com on Wed, Feb 1 2006 Advertising expert George Parker of Adscam and Know More Media’s AdHurl.com is scheduled to appear on NBC’s popular “Today” show on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. - 2006-01-30

Cobra Powersports Offers The First 2006 EPA Certificated 49cc 2-Stroke Scooters The entire 2006 TGB motor scooter line is US EPA Certified. 2006 TGB 49cc and 151cc scooters are legal in all 50-states. - 2006-01-30

Avotus Redefines Mobile and Wireless Communications Management Avotus Corporation, the leading provider of communications expense management (TEM) and e-Procurement solutions, today announced enhanced mobile and wireless management (MWM) capabilities as part of its integrated Intelligent Communications Management™ (ICM) solution. - 2006-01-30

Trident Software Introduces Rapid-Pi, a Program That Makes Editing Mathematical Equations Faster Trident Software Pty Ltd is pleased to announce the availability of Rapid-Pi, an equation editing add-on for Microsoft Word. Rapid-Pi provides a new, faster way of creating and editing mathematical formulas and equations in documents. - 2006-01-30

Established Work At Home Website Legitonlinejobs.com Offers New Opportunities for Individuals to Make Money Online Legitonlinejobs.com has been further developed to provide individuals with a source of legitimate online jobs and home based business opportunities. - 2006-01-30

Corporate Travel & Entertainment Spend Management Reduced with Global T&E Solutions With time constraints resulting from additional responsibilities, many procurement professionals just don't have the time to concentrate their attention on spend management that result in improved contracting strategies, enhanced operating efficiency, and greater T&E cost savings. Global Travel & Entertainment Solutions offers comprehensive spend management of all aspects of business travel expenditure. - 2006-01-30

Rand Corp. Unfairly Smears Fish Oil Pills; Call For Withdrawal of Bogus Study Following an analysis of 38 previously published studies involving the dietary consumption of omega-3 fish oil and the incidence of cancer, Rand Corporation investigators falsely conclude that omega-3 fish oil pills are of useless value in preventing cancer, when no fish oil pills were used in any of the assessed studies. - 2006-01-30

CT TyMetrix Enables More Advanced Reporting, Streamlined Invoicing with Latest Version of CT TyMetrix 360° New Version Allows for More In-Depth Cost Analysis, Increased Integration with Accounts Payable, Greater Collaboration with Outside Counsel - 2006-01-30

Raleigh Day Spa and Medical Spa Newsletter Includes Controversial Column; Ionic Footbath Treatments: Detoxifying to the Body, or Simply a Deep Cleaning of One's Bank Account? Raleigh Day Spa and Medical Spa Newsletter Includes Controversial Column. Ionic Footbath treatments: Detoxifying to the body, or simply a deep cleaning of one's bank account? - 2006-01-30

Mopal SMS Messaging Software Allows Sending of Text Messages Without a Cell Phone Mopal Inc. has launched a new text messaging software which efficiently sends SMS text messages from a computer with Internet access. The software was created for businesses looking to market through SMS messaging or manage their SMS campaigns. - 2006-01-30

Esplendido Cuban Cigars Expands Product Line to Include Cigar Accessories The popular http://www.esplendidocigars.com recently added some new cigar accessories to expand their product line beyond just Cuban cigars. - 2006-01-30

InstallAware Kicks Off 30-Day Conversion Program for InstallShield and Wise Customers: More and More Software Developers Choose InstallAware Over InstallShield and Wise After a highly-successful pilot program, InstallAware Software Corporation today announced the formal kickoff of a 30-day program to convert users of legacy software installation products to the fastest-growing installation solution on the market today. From now until March 1st, 2006 users of InstallShield, Wise, and ZeroG who convert to InstallAware will receive 30 days of free project-conversion support, and will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a free iPod shuffle. - 2006-01-30

Active Aging Industry Growth Projected in Most Segments The demographic of aging adults combined with the urgent need to control health care costs is fueling demand for walking trails, wellness and fitness centers and activity programs, according to research reported in "Active Aging in America, Residential and Commercial Fitness." - 2006-01-30

GTDSolutions and Advantics Team Up to Extend Reach Throughout North America the Caribbean and Latin America. Together, their combined expertise will provide customers with a proven services methodology and best-practices that will allow customers to recognize the value and benefit of their IT investments. - 2006-01-30

Charity Fund Raising Reaches New Levels Regency Fine Art Helps Charity Event Profits Skyrocket Highbrow just got a little more accessible. Local art auction house Regency Fine Art today announced its new ARTcetra program, which combines a traditional art auction with a live event like a jazz concert or similar draw, then adds in sports memorabilia and celebrity collectibles. The result is a fun evening for attendees and amazing amounts of profits for charities. - 2006-01-30

ComponentOne Europe Releases Studio Enterprise 2006 v1 — New Version Accelerates Visual Development with Over 28 Products Compiled Natively for Visual Studio 2005 ComponentOne Europe today released ComponentOne® Studio Enterprise™ 2006 v1, the world’s most comprehensive component toolset for Windows, Web, and Mobile application development. The first release of this component subscription for 2006 includes over 28 products compiled natively for Visual Studio 2005 and delivers countless product enhancements focused on accelerating visual development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 by delivering: new productivity technology, new product architecture, new product releases and full support for the new features of Visual Studio 2005. - 2006-01-30

Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Announces New Board of Directors Interactive marketing association changes leadership for 2006. - 2006-01-30

Major Developers Remain Bullish on Las Vegas High Rise Condo Market Despite the recent media hype about the Las Vegas High Rise Condo market cooling off -many Developers are still Bullish on Vegas. - 2006-01-30

The New York Minute Film Festival Goes Back to School CONVERGENCE launches an online film festival just for kids - 2006-01-30

Turkey’s Property Market Becomes Focus of Award Winning UK Developer Property investment specialists www.Amberlamb.com can reveal that the multiple award winning British residential property development company BraemoreGemini have launched an exciting new venture on Turkey’s Bodrum Peninsula that’s attracting unprecedented investor interest and intense media focus. - 2006-01-30

World’s Emerging Property Markets Being Outpaced by New Zealand The number one tourism destination in New Zealand has spawned a property market that thanks to a series of recent real estate and infrastructure developments is outpacing some of the most exciting emerging property markets in the world, according to research conducted by www.ShelterOffshore.com property and offshore investment specialists. - 2006-01-30

AllDeaf.com : Congregating Hearing Impaired People From All Over The World Announcing a Forum board in which hearing impaired persons discuss together, and where other members learn more about the deaf culture and the sign language. - 2006-01-30

Leading Travel Good Retailers Develop New Luggage Line: Mosaic™ Travel Gear Makes Its Debut at Mori Luggage & Gifts Mori Luggage & Gifts has joined forces with other National Luggage Dealers Association (NLDA) members, the leading U.S. trade association of independent specialty travel goods stores, to create Mosaic™ Travel Gear, the first luggage ever designed directly by retailers to exacting customer standards. - 2006-01-30

COBIT 4 Now Available on 7 RuleSphere Platforms The rush is on for companies worldwide to increase their information technology governance (IT) practices due to regulatory compliance pressures. The leading IT best practice framework for this purpose is COBIT. Now COBIT 4 is advancing the state of IT governance practices. It supersedes the current COBIT 3 framework. RuleSphere International is licensed to automate the framework under a worldwide distribution agreement with ISACA and ITGI organizations. RuleSphere leads the industry in automating best practice frameworks and is introducing 7 separate enterpise-class software platform products for all aspects of COBIT automation. - 2006-01-30

Mortgage Lenders Discover a New Way to Advertise Rates - Pay Per Rate Rate Empire RateTake program searches participating lender’s websites for mortgage rates and automatically reports them on the Rate Empire web-site. Lenders will enjoy free mortgage leads forever. Consumers Benefit from Faster, Up-to-Date Rates. - 2006-01-30

NANOSENSORS™ Introduces Q30K-Plus Silicon AFM Probes for UHV Applications The new NANOSENSORS™ Q30K-Plus AFM tip with a very high Q-factor and an enhanced signal to noise ratio for UHV applications was introduced today. - 2006-01-30

Intel Deploys New Scaling Convention at 65nm TEM and SEM analysis of Intel’s 65nm Pentium D 920 dual-core processor has revealed an innovative and radical shift in Intel’s approach that shifts the focus from scaling physical dimensions towards increasing channel strain and enhancing carrier mobilities. - 2006-01-30

UltraBac Software Brings True Dissimilar Hardware Restore to Market - UBDR Gold Version 3.0 Eliminates the Need to Maintain Hardware Spares UltraBac Software today released UBDR Gold v3.0, bringing true dissimilar hardware restore to market. UBDR Gold end-users will no longer need to buy and maintain identical hardware spares as part of their disaster recovery readiness plan, which can help cut expenses. Other significant enhancements to the company’s award-winning software include expanded virtual machine restore support and Online Index based restore capability. - 2006-01-30

Super Bowl XL Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck Launches Official Website and Blog to Chronicle Super Bowl Experience Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has a new website. The website is located at http://www.matthasselbeck.com. - 2006-01-30

Alcea Announces Fast BugTrack Version 6.0 and Web Conference New version provides historical trace back feature which keeps a complete history of all changes to issues and allows organizations to perform complete audits of issue handling from start to finish. - 2006-01-30

Upgrade to Fast Growing Fund Raising Solution Launched at NAIS/CASE Generations 3.0 features extensive built-in merge email for easy acknowledgements and invitations as well as enhanced security integration. - 2006-01-30

Aviation Records Corporation Rolls Out MachNumber New charter software a clear win for on-demand air carriers. - 2006-01-30

Standard Steel Buildings Launches a New Web Site That Aims to Educate Consumers on What Type of Steel Building to Choose With the launch of a new, easy-to-navigate site, Standardsteelbuildings.com, consumers now have a place to turn during their search for knowledge on steel buildings. - 2006-01-30

The Real Race – A Unique Adventure Tourism Experience – Launches This Australian Autumn/Fall in May 2006 With The Real Race, competitors Make Reality TV Their Reality as They Compete for 17 Days Across Australia. Best of all, the victorious team will do it all for free winning back the cost of the entire trip. Early bird pricing is applicable until January 31, 2006. - 2006-01-30

Perplex City: The World’s Biggest Treasure Hunt Arrives in Australia It’s the game that’s been driving the Brits crazy and is now available here. Says the UK Observer newspaper of Perplex City, “Tens of thousands of people across the world are taking part in what could be the biggest treasure hunt in history.” - 2006-01-30

Candice Michelle GoDaddy.com Commercial and Betting on the King Costigan Media sees 2006 Super Bowl commercials, State of the Union Address driving even more traffic to flagship Gambling911.com web site this week. - 2006-01-30

“Technology and Business, the Perfect Marriage” Attracting Small Business Owners to Summit The Small Business Summit taking place Friday, February 10, 2006, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, continues to attract new sponsors. - 2006-01-30

'Love Talk' – A Live, 1-Hour Weekly Call-in Show – Launches on Lime Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 114 “Love Talk” – a live, one-hour weekly call-in show, co-hosted by Dr. Scott & Shannon Peck, Co-Founders of TheLoveCenter, launches on Lime radio, Sirius satellite radio, channel 114. - 2006-01-30

WAHM-Resource.com Launches January 21, 2006 WAHM-Resource Offers Free Business Development, Business Marketing and Networking Resources for Women - 2006-01-30

MyST Blogsite(tm) Helps Corporate Bloggers Reach Online Business Marketing Goals As an example of how business blogging works for achieving business marketing objectives, American Senior Safety Agency reduced their cost per sale from $179 to $45, in just 4 months. - 2006-01-30

Patented Financial Controls Improves Tools Designed to Drive Significant and Guaranteed Savings Patented Financial Controls has added new features to already popular web-based tools that are delivering a minimum 40% savings to organizations in a key indirect spend area. These significant cost savings results are guaranteed by the firm or Patented Financial Controls will return fees. - 2006-01-30

New ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety Management Policies and Procedures Manual Addresses Growing Demand for a Safer Food Supply Food Manufacturers, Suppliers, Producers, Handlers and Auditors can use prewritten food safety policies and procedures to control and protect the food supply and address the requirements of ISO 22000:2005 and HACCP. - 2006-01-30

Google AdSense Expert Launches Telecourse Series Promising to Uncover the Secrets of Explosive Wealth Online The popular novel The DaVinci Code followed two investigators as they trailed a series of clues across Europe in search of the mystical Holy Grail. Every day, millions of Internet marketers and web site owners around the world search for their own Holy Grail – financial freedom. Thanks to Joel Comm, author of the best-selling book "What Google Never Told You About Making Money With AdSense", that may no longer be such a lofty goal. - 2006-01-30

Terror Hunter: Hamas Using Web to Plot Destruction of Israel After surprise election victory, Hamas still using Web to call for the extinction of Israel, warns online terror hunter Jeremy Reynalds. "Jihad to victory or martyrdom." - 2006-01-30

Timeshares Only Extends Service Agreement with SalesLogix Happy with consistent software support during its rapid growth, Timeshares Only recently extended its contract with software company Sage Software. - 2006-01-30

trueCycle, Inc, Achieves International ISO Certification Todd Hill, founder and CEO of trueCycle, Inc., a California Authorized e-waste recycler, announced this week that trueCycle has been awarded the coveted ISO 9001:2000 and 14001:2004 Certifications. - 2006-01-30

Hampshire Partners Fund VI Acquires 89,000 Sq. Ft. Flex Building in Ramsey, New Jersey The Hampshire Companies, a full service, private real estate investment fund manager with equity in assets valued at over $1 billion, today announced the acquisition of an 89,900 square foot flex building at 663 East Crescent Avenue in Ramsey, New Jersey. The acquisition was made on behalf of Hampshire Partners Fund VI. - 2006-01-30

Jewelry Designer Angela Arno Unveils Spring 2006 ‘Santorini’ Collection Angela Arno’s Spring 2006 collection, inspired by the island of Santorini, Greece, features lapis lazuli, pearls, gold, and glowing tortoise glass. Perfect with the latest spring fashions (think cobalt, white, and nude in romantic, feminine silhouettes), her handmade necklaces, earrings, and bracelets are as gorgeous with denim as they are with formal wear. - 2006-01-30

Farnam Announces New Product Development Center for Air Heaters Farnam Custom Products develops Air Heaters, Surface Heaters and Heating Elements in their new Product Development & Innovation Building. - 2006-01-30

Bull Market Entertainment's 'crazylove' To Be Distributed By PorchLight Entertainment Bull Market Entertainment announced today that its feature film “crazylove” will be distributed worldwide by PorchLight Entertainment. The film will make its U.S. broadcast debut on Lifetime on Valentine’s Day. “Bitter” will be Bull Market Entertainment’s next production. - 2006-01-30

New SLAPPA BulkHead PRO Laptop Series SLAPPA Distribution LLC., today announced the launch of the SLAPPA® BulkHead PRO Laptop series, adding new depths to the SLAPPA PRO laptop line. SLAPPA’s PRO laptop line is designed for true Road Warriors, incorporating unique material combinations and well thought out features that are important to those who are always on the go. In this new BulkHead line, SLAPPA incorporates it’s Multi-Bag system, which means each BulkHead is actually a series of bags that are attached together to make one larger bag and can be completely separated into 4 individual bags. - 2006-01-30

Directferries.co.uk Launches Freight Ferry Site DirectFerries.co.uk has launched a new online freight ferry website for the commercial side of their ferry business. The new site allows the user to view information on freight ferry services Europe-wide. - 2006-01-30

Eurotech Promotes the Development of ETH lab, the Group’s Research Centre An environment where cutting edge, innovative and dynamic technologies will be born - 2006-01-30

aLoveLinksPlus.com Reveals Top 10 Gift Selections For Valentine’s Day Deciding on the right Valentine’s Gift can be stressful enough. aLoveLinksPlus.com helps with their Top 10 Gift Selections for 2006. - 2006-01-30

Mick Star: American Expatriate Turned European Rock Music Phenom Returns To USA Via Internet Despite a rumored Bush White House blacklisting over Mick Star’s anti-war hit “Jets”, Mick Star’s Pop music is popping up on iPods and PCs across the USA. - 2006-01-30

Voting Has Opened for the 2005 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards LinuxQuestions.org is proud to announce that voting for the 2005 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now open. - 2006-01-30

Renegade Rock Recording Artist Thomas Floyd Once Again Defies Convention With His New Album Titled "American Lament" Renegade rock recording artist Thomas Floyd once again defies convention with his new album titled "American Lament" featuring nine original songs to include the title track and single "American Lament". - 2006-01-30

Scientific Vision Systems Announces Availability of Advanced RGB QuadView XL – Four Different Computer and/or Video Sources on a Single Screen Scientific Vision Systems announces availability of the QuadView XL video processor. The unit allows surgeons, operating room personnel, and radiologists to simultaneously view input from four different video or computer sources to a single screen. - 2006-01-30

Race Track Casino's Anti-Superbowl Bash Offers Players 100% Payout Guaranteed Race Track Casino is throwing an Anti-Superbowl Bash for players who want to get into the game, instead of just watching it. - 2006-01-30

Mobile Productivity, Inc. Achieves Milestone of 100 Customers Mobile Productivity, Inc., (MPi) a premier supplier of proprietary diagnostic, repair information and service merchandising solutions to the automotive industry, today announced that the number of dealers using its customized Automotive Repair Information System, (ARGIS™) has surpassed 100 nationwide. - 2006-01-30

Kanematsu Electronics & SEEBURGER Announce Strategic Partnership in Japan Kanematsu Electronics Limited, a leading supply chain solutions provider in Japan today announced a strategic alliance with SEEBURGER Asia Pacific Limited, a leading provider of global business integration solutions. With this strategic partnership, KEL will market and distribute SEEBURGER’s B2B Gateway and value-added integration solutions in the Japanese market. - 2006-01-30

Once Upon A Time ... a Delightful New DVD Series Came Along to Introduce Youngsters to the Magical Art of Storytelling “StoryWatchers Club™ Adventures in Storytelling” launches direct-to-DVD February 14, 2006 from Sax Media Group. - 2006-01-30

Eagle Rock Energy Selects Quorum Software Suite to Manage Newly Acquired Midstream Assets Eagle Rock Energy selects Quorum Energy Software Suite to manage midstream pipeline and processing assets. - 2006-01-30

Access Business Technologies Introduces New PowerCore 7.0 Software Product Seventh Generation Application Further Embraces Powerful State-of-the-art Technologies to Bring Additional Capabilities to the Mortgage Industry - 2006-01-30

Bamboo Solutions Announces New Web Part for Managing Data Stored in SharePoint Lists List Integrity Web Part manages one-to-many relationships, referential checks and data control. - 2006-01-30

Ziggs Appoints President and Chief Operating Officer Jules Pieri Seasoned Product Innovator and Brand Developer to Guide Expansion at Ziggs - 2006-01-30

American Historic Inns to Sample Land O' Lakes Half & Half at Bed & Breakfasts and to Sponsor Romantic B&B Travel Sweepstakes American Historic Inns to Sample Land O' Lakes Half & Half at Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns Around the U.S.: Promotion Includes Sweepstakes for Romantic Bed & Breakfast Getaways. - 2006-01-30

Help Dr. Hotze Protect a Woman’s Right to Bio-Identical Hormones Natural Hormone Treatment Being Attacked - 2006-01-30

Wynn Las Vegas Launches Hotel, Entertainment and Travel Affiliate Program and is Featured On “5 Star Affiliate Programs” Wynn Las Vegas is the first Las Vegas luxury resort hotel to combine two of the most successful online industries into one affiliate program: travel and online entertainment tickets. - 2006-01-30

Active Management Can Improve Returns A new study by Hepburn Capital Management disputes traditional investment advice that often includes 'buy and hold, don't try to time the market". This study shows that active investment management can both reduce the risk of being invested and in the process, can produce more consistent returns for investors. Chart follows Body of text - 2006-01-30

DolphinSearch Announces New Sales Leadership Industry Veteran Appointed As Vice President of Sales at DolphinSearch - 2006-01-30

Changewave Research Announces Launch of the 25% Cash Machine: Strategic High Income Investing ChangeWave Research launched "The 25% Cash Machine: Strategic High Income Investing," an online newsletter by editor, Bryan Perry. "The 25% Cash Machine," is a methodical approach to provide income and growth portfolio investors with a goal of earning 25% a year from a combination of high-yield dividends and capital appreciation investments. - 2006-01-30

Yes, Reading Can Appeal To Boys “Resurrection of Liberty” by author Michael L. Wentz does something that most modern books do not—it appeals to boys. - 2006-01-30

TRIPSwithPETS.com and Midwest Airlines Partner to Make Pet Travel Easier for Fido & Fluffy TRIPSwithPETS.com and Midwest Airlines build upon their commitment to ensure that pets are welcome, happy, and safe when traveling. - 2006-01-30

RadioScape Leads Development of Chinese Market for Digital Audio and Multimedia Broadcasting RadioScape, a world leader in digital audio and multimedia broadcast technology, is leading the adoption of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in China through the supply of the very latest Professional DMB/DAB Broadcast Systems to a number of major broadcasters. - 2006-01-30

Initial Tropical Plants Appoints Michelle Rodwell As Director Of Marketing Initial Tropical Plants, www.initialplants.com, the largest provider of interior landscaping, design installation and maintenance services to businesses in North America, announces the appointment of Michelle Rodwell as Director of Marketing. As a member of the company’s senior management team, Michelle is responsible for building a national profile for the company. Under Michelle’s direction, Initial Tropical Plants will be rolling out an integrated marketing communications plan to include: new North American branding, an invigorated Web site, fleet graphics, and a comprehensive public relations campaign. “With Initial Tropical Plants’ expansion into Canada, we are further enhancing our leadership position and total commitment to the enhancement of our customers’ brand image and quality of life in the workplace across North America. Our brand marketing initiatives shine a spotlight on the 1,200 employees who work at over 40 branch locations in the United States and Canada,” adds Michelle Rodwell. - 2006-01-30

Birmingham WiFi List Tops 200 Jefferson County Library Cooperative Locations Become #200 and #201 on Master List of Birmingham, Ala. Wireless Locations - 2006-01-30

StrandVision Among Four Technology Companies that Governor Doyle Qualifies for Investor Tax Credits Governor Jim Doyle announced that the Department of Commerce (Commerce) has qualified four small businesses for investor tax credits under the Angel Investor and Venture Fund Tax Credit Programs. - 2006-01-30

Federal Register Publishes TÜV Healthcare Specialists’ Application for Medicare Deeming Authority Healthcare quality firm TÜV Healthcare Specialists (TÜVHS) today announced that its application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for deeming authority has been published in the Federal Register. - 2006-01-30

Flor de Sal USA is Awarded Minority Business Status by the State of Washington After review by Washington state's Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises, Flor de Sal USA was granted acceptance into the state program, as of January 19th, 2006. - 2006-01-30

New Surgical Technique Could Save the Hip of Many Patients with Avascular Necrosis New Device, “The Hip ToolTM” ” Provides Alternative to Hip Replacement Surgery for Many Osteonecrosis/Avascular Necrosis Patients - 2006-01-30

State of the Click - The Evolution of Internet Advertising From .com to 'in Town' In the past, Internet advertising was only used for the .com crowd, but as new technologies emerge, and customers begin conducting searches for Detroit area businesses online, it is a form of advertising that local businesses should add to their marketing mix. - 2006-01-30

V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO Contest Participant Vows to Donate 100% of Potential 1st Place Prize to Aid Celiac Disease Research If this anonymous SEO contestant's website ranks 1st in Google for the keyword "V7ndotcom Elursrebmem" on May 15th, 2006, he will donate 100% of the winnings -- $7000 -- to the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research. - 2006-01-30

Consumer Education is the Focus of Pageant Seminar An insider view of pageants and modeling that participants may not be aware of. - 2006-01-30

Marketline.org Highlights Small Cap Activity; Commences Online News, Forums, and Contests Highlights small cap trading activity and momentum from week ending 1/27. BESV, UPDA, URNZ, CWPC, PTSC. Marketline.org opens news and research facility, public discussion forums, and announces stock market simulation contests. Win Apple Computer electronics, iPod (4), iMac (2), MacBook Pro (1). - 2006-01-30

XMLAW Announces New SPxConnect Module That Extends SharePoint Content Management SharePoint Module Enhances Information Sharing and Collaboration with Support for both Distributed and Centralized Management of SharePoint Content - 2006-01-30

California’s Disabled and Handicapped Injured Workers Seek to Cost Schwarzenegger 50,000 Votes Unless John Rea Is Forced to Resign Feb. 1 noon rally at Sacramento’s federal courthouse site of mass appeal to California’s First Lady Maria Shriver to dump John Rea. - 2006-01-30

International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals Responds to New Pink Video New Pink music video highlights women’s obsession with thinness and external beauty. - 2006-01-30

Valentines Day Love Letter Writing Guide The most wanted gift for Valentines Day is a love letter, but many are too daunted to attempt writing one. SweetLoveGifts offers new approaches that can help anyone write a memorable love letter. - 2006-01-30

New Web Service Provides Insurance Industry with Continuous Qualified Local Sales Leads BuyLookSell, Inc. (www.buylooksell.com/newspaper) has released CaptiveLeads.com (http://www.captiveleads.com) -- a new web service providing the insurance industry with qualified local sales leads from prospective buyers. CaptiveLeads.com provides leads from traditional classified advertising in newspapers, while simultaneously accessing leads in the red-hot online classified advertising marketplace. - 2006-01-30

KUA Board to Honor 100 Years of Combined Employee Service The Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors on Feb. 1 will honor eight employees for a combined 100 years of service to the utility. - 2006-01-30

New Website Launches Offering Free Ads in New York New Yorkers can post free ads for jobs, businesses, real estate and items for sale at FreeNYAds.com. - 2006-01-30

Prison Evangelist Gives Inmates 20,000 Free Copies of Memoir about Drug Addiction, Incarceration & Recovery With the release of his memoir, “Once Life Matters: A New Beginning,” prison evangelist Marty Angelo announced he is giving away 20,000 copies free-of-charge to prison inmates and rehab programs across the country. The book is a compelling, true account of how he overcame drugs, sex, alcohol and rock/ disco music and a prison sentence by the power of God. - 2006-01-30

Boutique Café’s Cup of Couture is Steamin’ Hot Children’s Boutique Website Gets Great Exposure Boutique Café is gaining great exposure for their popular podcast. Adam Curry and MommyCast both spotlighted Boutique Café this month in their own shows. The Pod Father’s first show of 2006 highlighted the hottest podcasts and Boutique Café was first on his list - 2006-01-30

Cache RSS Feeds and Save Bandwidth FeedForAll is pleased to announce the release of rss2html Cache. This new module allows users of the rss2html.php script the ability to have their source RSS feeds cached, significantly speeding up the web page display time. - 2006-01-30

Harry Potter, Move Over! What's the hottest new novel in the fantasy readers’ realm? A ‘starred’ review in Publishers Weekly might just provide the answer. - 2006-01-30

New Hall-of-Famers Subject of Philadelphia Art Contest The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame's newest Hall of Famers are the subject of its first annual art contest with prizes of over $1500.00. The art competition is open to Philadelphia-area art students and emerging artists. - 2006-01-30

ABC Office Receives Dealer Of The Year Award From MBM ABC Office was recently awarded the prestigious MBM dealer of the year award for service and excellence. - 2006-01-30

Algerian Desalination Project Completes Environmental Impact Assessment with Metoc, UK environmental engineers Metoc plc, the environmental engineering consultancy based in Hampshire, UK, has completed a contract with Hamma Water Desalination Spa - a joint venture between GE Water & Process Technologies and Algerian Energy Company Spa. - 2006-01-30

Creative Manager Pro Announces Version 8.15, with User-Driven Changes, Mac OS X 10.4.4 Creative Manager Pro, Ad Agency Software and Project Management Groupware for Creative and Design firms, has released Version 8.15 with over twenty user-driven changes to system, and support for Mac OS X 10.4.4. - 2006-01-30

For Second Year, Ad Execs to Offer Super Bowl Commentary on Adholes.com Adholes.com is the only place where ad execs collaborate through blogworking to offer their takes on the best, worst ads. - 2006-01-30

Deadline Approaches for CDM Fantasy Sports’ 2006 Fantasy Auto Racing Game CDM Fantasy Sports (http://www.cdmsports.com) today announced the launch of their fantasy auto racing game – 2006 Free Fantasy Auto Racing. - 2006-01-30

Daily Haiku Blog Targets Time-Stressed Readers Daily Haiku & Occasional Prose is a blog site offering a free daily haiku poem. The haiku is a 17 syllable poem that captures the spirit of the moment. - 2006-01-30

EinsteinRewards Delivers No Fee Gift and Loyalty Card Solution on the Verifone OMNI 3750 EinsteinRewards offers the One and Only NON Transaction fee based gift and loyalty card solution on the VeriFone OMNI 3750. With the HI-Speed, TCP/IP of the 3750 transactions take place in a matter of 3 seconds. No transaction fees allow merchants to swipe gift and loyalty cards with no cost associated. - 2006-01-30

Glamorous Attire in the Silicon Valley A new type of women's retail store is open in Campbell, California selling glamorous attire. What is glamorous attire? Sexy apparel that includes women's halloween costumes, formal evening gowns, mini dresses, lingerie, club wear, swimwear, shoes, and accessories. Clothing perfect for formal events, nights clubs, cocktail parties, theme parties, and fantasy play. - 2006-01-30

1031 Exchange: New Blunders to Avoid A 1031 exchange can be a wise investment. It can also turn into a nightmare. Common mistakes exist. - 2006-01-30

Double the Performance, Double the Core: Aberdeen Dual-Core Servers Provide Dual-Power in a 1U Chassis Aberdeen LLC, the Custom Server Solution Provider and Supermicro Computer, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-quality motherboards, have joined forces to deliver innovative high performance dual-core Intel® Pentium® D processor-based Stirling server solution to the SMB market. - 2006-01-30

Hathaway Brown Showcases Cleveland as it Welcomes Group of Chinese Educators from Beijing thru Feb. 7 Hathaway Brown, an independent school in Cleveland, Ohio top-ranked nationally, has created a comprehensive international studies program as it transforms into a school without borders. The school welcomes a group of middle school educators from Beijing, China thru February 7, 2006. - 2006-01-30

Actress Anna Maria Horsford Joins Sofistafunk and Sofistafunk Girl Skirt Co. In Celebration of Their 2006 Fashion Week Debut Actress Anna Maria Horsford (Amen and upcoming film Angel from Montgomery) will guest host as Arlinda McIntosh and daughter in law Cheshire Mickens launch their Fall/Winter 06/07 Collection of skirts and accessories for women and little girls. - 2006-01-30

Obscure Writer Named Author of the Year, Makes International Best Seller List Darrell Bain, a resident of a small town north of Houston, has been lauded as a leading figure in the expanding electronic book industry. - 2006-01-30

Message Technologies, Inc. Invited to Present Conference Session at SpeechTEK West 2006 Message Technologies, Inc.®, MTI today announced that it has been invited to speak at SpeechTEK West 2006. MTI® Technical Manager Laura Grahame has accepted an invitation to participate in the Digging Deeper: Technical Issues in Speech Technology and Application Delivery panel at the SpeechTEK West/AVIOS 2006 Conference taking place at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California. - 2006-01-30

Is America's Public Education System Obsolete "The central issue we face as a nation," says author Edward Davis. The system isn't broken (i.e. needs higher standards, more $, or smaller classrooms), it is obsolete. The design is over 150 years old. - 2006-01-30

NAMWOLF Lauds WellPoint, Inc. for Supplier Diversity Initiatives The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) commends WellPoint, Inc. for its efforts to increase the company’s utilization of minority and women-owned businesses. WellPoint has recently announced a strategic priority on diversity and will focus on establishing a leading and recognized supplier diversity program. - 2006-01-30

VitaBurst Chosen to Participate in the Unveiling of United Airlines explus Fly the healthy skies with VitaBurst and United Airlines. - 2006-01-30

SkyCreek Joins The VoiceXML Forum To Help Promote Voice Extensible Markup Language SkyCreek Corporation, an industry leader in IVR and speech solutions, announced today that it has joined the VoiceXML Forum. As a member of the VoiceXML Forum, SkyCreek will support the development and promotion of VoiceXML as an open, broadly supported markup language to enable speech-based applications and Internet information and content becoming voice and phone accessible. The VoiceXML Forum is an industry organization formed to create and promote the Voice Extensible Markup Language. - 2006-01-30

Caretta Software Announces the Release of GUI Design Studio 2.0 User interface design tool creates interactive prototypes that help to reduce costs and time to market by providing early feedback and minimising rework. - 2006-01-30

New Tym-Out Moldable Sleep Mask Blocks All Light This sleep mask is designed to block lights so you can get better sleep. Moldable, flexible design gives custom fit. Flexes to fit contours of your face. Light weight. Has wasable overlay cover to keep mask clean. Tissue-Pak also available. - 2006-01-30

Nexternal Partners with IDology to Offer Real-Time Age Verification Nexternal’s wine clients can now verify that purchasers are over 21 years of age. - 2006-01-30

M2M Announces Security Upgrade to iSCADA™ Service Product Flagship product receives major security upgrade. - 2006-01-30

Achieve Planner Time Management Software Helps Users Work More Effectively Effexis Software has released version 1.2 of Achieve Planner, personal time management software for Microsoft Windows that helps computer users get organized and work more effectively. - 2006-01-30

Bankers Predict Blockbuster Year for Health Savings Accounts in 2006 Initial results from Information Strategies Inc.’s 2005 year-end survey shows a significant jump in HSA accounts with more than 1.1 million reported from the 100+ banks surveyed. Total funds under management at the end of 2005 were projected by ISI at $1.2 billion. - 2006-01-30

Homes.com Introduces a New Homes Portal for Builders to Showcase their Properties Homes.com, an industry leader in innovative Internet marketing solutions for real estate professionals, has introduced a “New Homes” portal, to help builders highlight their properties and communities to homebuyers searching for homes on Homes.com. - 2006-01-30

The InternetInc.com Website Competition Gives Aspiring Webmasters a Chance to Show their Skill, Trump the Competition and Win Cash Prizes LatPro.com and InternetInc.com are announcing the kick-off of a new competition for webmasters and programmers. Loosely based on NBC-TV’s “The Apprentice,” the InternetInc.com Website Competition requires contestants to complete a real-world programming project for an online community site. - 2006-01-30

Wireless Dealer Uses Custom 800 Number to Track Advertising and Promotion Response Wireless dealer increases ad response rates and improves budget tracking by using Custom 800 numbers as direct response tools in their advertising and promotion materials. They also use call recording to educate sales people on what consumers are looking for when they call into the retail stores. - 2006-01-30

Mobility in Motion: Brunswick Automotive Professionals' Mobility Division On the Move Brunswick Automotive Professionals, Mobility Division (BAMP) expands mobility product offerings, appoints Sales Manager and General Manager. - 2006-01-30

Office Chairs Still Contributing to Low Back Pain Despite increased awareness of workplace ergonomics, a recent Spine-health.com poll shows that people with desk jobs still have more back pain after a day in their office chairs. - 2006-01-30

Surgical Safaris, the New All-in-one Approach to Surgery and Vacation Before you invest in costly cosmetic surgery consider combining it with an exotic vacation for half the price. South Africa with its world class, highly reputable surgeons and favourable exchange rate is fast becoming the premier destination for Surgical Safaris. - 2006-01-30

"The Phat 5" is a Madison Avenue 'Sports Marketing Dream'; Memorabilia Sales Could Hit the $500 Million-$1 Billion Mark, says Dunkadelic.com Kentucky, N. Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, and Duke; "The Phat 5" of College Basketball 2006-07 season has the potential to eclipse the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series, Daytona 500, and Final Four in merchandising and memorabilia sales. "The Phat 5" will be sports next 'Mega-Brand'. - 2006-01-30

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents Technical Achievement Award for the Design of Schneider Cinelux Premier Projection Lenses The Schneider Design Team has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their design of the Schneider Cinelux Première line of lenses for motion picture projection. This is the fourth Academy Technical Achievement Award for the Schneider design team. - 2006-01-30

DolphinSearch Releases Workflow Management Tools for eDiscovery and Litigation Markets eDiscovery Management Module released By DolphinSearch. - 2006-01-30

Brushing up for the Oscars (R)? Test Your Knowledge with Cellpup's Movie Award Trivia Download -- for Your Cell Phone Cellpup launches a movie award trivia cell phone download in time for the Academy Award nominations. - 2006-01-30

Personal Trainers in Chicago Available at New Website Personal trainers for people living in Chicago or its suburbs are a click away at PersonalTrainerNetwork.com. - 2006-01-30

Rapidform Add-in Portal Offers Users New 3D Scan Processing Functionality with More Than 30 Free Add-in Applications Add-ins developed by INUS Technology are now freely accessible and easily identifiable through the newly created Add-in portal on the company’s website. Current users of rapidform software can enhance the scan data processing and inspection capabilities of rapidform2006 and rapidformXO Verifier by utilizing Add-ins that are both application and product specific. - 2006-01-30

New Southern Tanzania Tourism Products Launched From June 2006 two new products will be launched in the southern Tanzania tourism industry - a luxury private mobile tented camp in Selous Game Reserve, and set departure safaris from Dar es Salaam - 2006-01-30

Interior Design Expo 2006 Interior Style Magazine is pleased to announce the annual Interior Design Expo 2006 being held on March 18th and 19th, 2006 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, in Rochester, NY as viewed on InteriorDesignHomeExpo.com website. - 2006-01-30

Coastal Logic Releases Next Generation of its PDF and TIFF Rendering Integration for MatrixOne PLM Batch convert over 300 file types including CAD and MS Office to PDF or TIFF directly from eMatrix with convertLogic 4.0. - 2006-01-30

Myrtle Beach Oceanfront: Condo Market Softens Beginning the New Year Buyers and investors pause to evaluate new opportunities - 2006-01-30

Unique Holistic Herpes Treatment Cyber-Clinic Opens Christopher Scipio, one of the most experienced holistic practitioners treating the Herpes virus in North America, has announced that he will be launching The Natropractica Cyber-clinic through his Natropractica.com website starting February 1st to offer his services to patients in America and Canada. - 2006-01-30

Move Over Sopranos "The Finity Case" by Melissa Swaim is available now. My mobsters can beat up your mobsters. - 2006-01-30

Texans Call for Release of All Iraqi Prisoners: Peace Group Founder Recently in Iraq Texans for Peace, Texas' largest peace organization, is calling for an immediate release of all prisoners held by U.S. forces in Iraq. - 2006-01-30

Sexton Ennett Design, Michigan Landscape Architects, Offers Lectures on the Landscape Architecture Profession during Career Days in East Michigan Local Schools Kimberley Ennett, a Michigan Registered Landscape Architect and ASLA member for Sexton Ennett Design LC (SED), stated that the firm will once again offer to participate in Career Days in local schools in East Michigan. She stated that, “Landscape architecture is an exciting career that young people ought to be aware of.” - 2006-01-30

2006 Madame Alexander Dolls Arriving Daily at Beacon’s Glow Collectibles Did you know that the one of the largest and most successful American doll companies, the Alexander Doll Company, was founded back in 1923 by Madame Beatrice Alexander? This 83-year old company was the first to produce dolls representing characters from both popular motion pictures and living heroines. - 2006-01-30

“Graduate Detectives” Discover How Three College Students Become Victims of Their Own Investigation iUniverse, Inc., the leading provider of publishing technology solutions for authors, announced today the release of “Graduate Detectives” by Jessica E. Green. - 2006-01-30

New Site Helps Beginners Learn How to Play Poker without Breaking the Bank The game of Texas Holdem is taking the world by storm, attracting thousands of new players to the game. While the game itself is simplistic in concept, learning how to play the game well enough to make money can be challenging and costly. A recently launched web site hopes to help shorten the learning curve for newer players by providing a growing resource site for beginners and amateurs alike. - 2006-01-30

Private Equity Firm Invests in Dormia Mattresses Dormia, Inc. announced today that CT-based private equity firm, Main Street Resources, has invested in their 30-year old business. Classic Sleep Products, (Dormia’s manufacturing division) and Dormia will be presenting their product lines, as well as plans for new designer retail environments by Connie Post, at the The Winter Las Vegas Market this week. They will be showcasing adjustable beds, mattresses, box springs and pillows in Booth: P12915. - 2006-01-30

LakeshoreDreams.com, LLC. Picks Zunch Communications, Inc. for Search Engine Optimization Award-winning company to provide online positioning solutions. - 2006-01-30

Government Files Online Speeds Up Online Public Records Search New online public recordssearch interface gives businesses instant access to public records in all 50 states. - 2006-01-30

Should Local Police Arrest Illegal Immigrants?: Internet Video The Emmy Award winning Full Disclosure Network™ cable & Internet television program is re-releasing an exclusive nine minute video featuring former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates and other high ranking L. A. County officials describing the conditions which led to a controversial policy known as "SPECIAL ORDER 40" Available at the URL: http://www.fulldisclosure.net/flash/409-410-DavidGascon.htm “free on demand” 24/7 as a public service. - 2006-01-30

Marriage Counseling Coach Shares Top Ten Mistakes Husbands Make on Valentine's Day Marriage counseling coach Nancy Wasson offers ten Valentine's Day tips to husbands who want to earn brownie points with their wives. "Ignore these ten mistakes and you may end up in the dog house!" she warns. - 2006-01-30

Equivio Near-Duplicate Detection Software Integrated with CT Summation, Ringtail, iCONECT and Concordance Equivio announces version 2.1 of its near-duplicate detection software. The new version supports integration with the leading litigation support tools, including CT Summation, Ringtail, iCONECT and Concordance. - 2006-01-30

Capital Legal Solutions Announces Plans to Adopt Equivio’s Innovative Near-Duplicate Detection Technology Grouping near-duplicate documents and emails will enable Capital Legal to provide its clients with a powerful new investigative and potentially cost cutting tool for litigation review. - 2006-01-30

Arithmetic City Worksheets Deliver Value to Districts, Schools and Teachers Arithmetic City promotes increased NCLB skill-based competencies with the release of electronic PDF worksheets for district-wide teacher distribution. - 2006-01-30

New Suspense Thriller "The Haunting Eyes In The Lighthouse" Explores Paranormal Author Wayne Bryant releases new book involving paranormal events. This novel will be available to order online January 29, 2006 from his website. - 2006-01-30

SV40 Cancer Foundation is Launched The SV40 Cancer Foundation has just been established by Raphaele and Michael Horwin in memory of their son, Alexander Horwin who passed away in 1999 from an SV40 positive cancer at the age of 2 ½. - 2006-01-30

Maji Systems, Inc. Joins EMC Select Program Maji Systems teams with technology partner EverGreen Data Continuity, Inc. to enable EMC customers to reduce the time and effort required to build, maintain, and update business contingency plans. - 2006-01-30

Southwest Airlines to Sponsor First Hispanic Heritage Youth Award for Education Hispanic high school seniors in 12 regions can apply for 9th Annual Youth Awards and $650,000 in grants distributed at high-profile ceremonies. - 2006-01-30

Avian Flu Talk Launches New Discussion Forum Avian Flu Talk hosts forum for discussions relating to H5N1 bird flu virus. - 2006-01-30

Experts Claim Official 9/11 Story is a Hoax Scholars for 9/11 Truth call for verification and publication by an international consortium. - 2006-01-30

National Survey Brings Attention To Funding Needed At Inner-City Schools To Help Bridge Achievement Gap; Survey Asks "Are We Still in the Back of the Bus When it Comes to Quality Education for Latinos & African Americans?" A new nationwide survey conducted by the New Visions Foundation reveals that funding impacts quality education in lower-economic areas, in particular among Latinos and Africian American communities. However, some 50 percent of those surveyed were either not in agreement or unsure whether African American and Latino students would excel in better funded schools. Confusion? Disconnect? Apathy? - 2006-01-30

Taking ‘Big Brother’ Out of Mobile Phone Location Services Having kids and employees check in using text messaging on cell phones means emergencies can be better detected while ensuring privacy of users. - 2006-01-30

Valentine's Day Gifts for Musicians and Music-Lovers - Daisy Rock Guitars Daisy Rock Guitars is pleased to announce the Heartbreaker Series of guitars and basses for Valentine's Day. The Heartbreaker Series is a line of heart-shaped guitars and basses designed specifically for girls. Like all Daisy Rock guitars and accessories, the Heartbreaker guitars have lightweight bodies, slimmer necks and a unique shape and finish. As a special Valentine's Day promotion, Daisy Rock is also giving away a free Daisy Rock Heartbreaker Purse to 25 lucky winners. - 2006-01-30

Eric Schiffer attends the World Economic Forum with Heads of State and President William Jefferson Clinton, Bono, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Angelina Jolie Eric Schiffer also participated with Angelina Jolie, Bill Gates and John McCain during Saturday’s session with President Clinton. - 2006-01-30

Laila Ali To Accept First Ever WBC 'Female Boxer Of The Year' Award Undefeated champ also to be nominated as "The Greatest Female Champion" by the WBC. - 2006-01-30