SciQuest, Inc., the global leader empowering enterprises to realize the potential of strategic procurement, today announced that U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance (U.S. Communities), a nonprofit instrumentality of government that assists local and state government agencies, school districts, higher education and nonprofit organizations pool their purchasing power nationwide, has partnered with the company.

Wolters Kluwer Health and The Nielsen Company today announced the Healthcare Consumer Informatics Alliance, providing healthcare-related manufacturers and media companies with a comprehensive understanding of consumer behaviors and attitudes to enable more effective and efficient product messages, sales and media planning.

Portsmouth residents are a major step closer to having an innovative, reliable and competitive alternative for their cable television services, thanks to a unanimous vote by the City Council Tuesday night (July 22) authorizing Verizon to offer its fiber-optic-powered FiOS TV.

Advisor Workbench Enables Major Hong Kong Retail Securities Broker to Target

tw telecom inc. , a leading provider of managed voice, Internet and data networking solutions for businesses, and Peak 10, a leading independent data center operator, today announced the expansion of a master services agreement that enables tw telecom to deliver its industry-leading Ethernet Services portfolio to Peak 10's Cincinnati data center. The agreement further strengthens the two companies working relationship and increases the number of Peak 10 locations using tw telecom's Ethernet Internet services to ten of Peak 10's 13 data centers. The company uses the high-bandwidth service to deliver managed services to its data center clients across the nation.

Axeda, the on-demand remote service software company, today announced that Data Innovations has selected Axeda(R) ServiceLink for remote monitoring and software management of its clinical laboratory middleware. With installations in over 50 countries, Data Innovations is the world's largest and most successful middleware company and has a sole focus on laboratory data management.

HyperRoll, Inc., the leading provider of Data Performance Management software, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trade office issued HyperRoll patent number 7,392,248 on June 24, 2008. This is the third of three related new patents granted to HyperRoll so far in 2008. "This clearly demonstrates HyperRoll's commitment to extending and protecting its already extensive IP portfolio," commented Guy Shaked, HyperRoll co-founder and CTO.

Today at the 2008 UNITY journalism convention, Cox Enterprises, Inc. announced the James M. Cox Foundation is awarding $50,000 in scholarships to support minority journalism students.

Horror and comedy often come together on the show floor at Comic-Con International, just never like this. Microsoft Corp. today announced that a set of original short film pilots will be coming to Xbox LIVE this fall, free to all members around the world. The unique concept of masters of horror taking on comedy, conceived by filmmaker James Gunn ("Slither," "Dawn of the Dead") and producer Peter Safran ("Scary Movie," "Meet the Spartans," "Disaster Movie"), will see some of the world's greatest horror directors bring their comedic visions to life. Microsoft is teaming up with Safran Digital Group to produce these exclusive shorts.

NIKSUN(R), the leading provider of real-time network performance monitoring, security surveillance, forensic analysis, and compliance solutions, announced today that SC Magazine has selected the award winning NetDetector(R) solution for their esteemed "Best Buy" award. The product was top-rated in all six categories: Features, Ease of Use, Performance, Documentation, Support, and Value for the Money.

Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced that it has launched two newly revised websites: http://www.ilus.com/, IL's North American website, and http://www.ilww.com/, the Company's worldwide site, from which all affiliate sites can be accessed. Both sites convey IL's new corporate brand identity, including the branding line: "Our Passion. Your Results." The new branding speaks to IL's dedication to providing healthcare practitioners with the best tools to continuously improve the quality of test results, and thus, patient care and patient safety.

Turnitin(R) today announced Turnitin Summer Institutes 2008, a pilot program focused on the use of Turnitin as an instructional tool for teaching, assessing and evaluating student writing. The free professional development workshops for high school and college instructors will run Aug. 11-19 at select college campuses in Northern California, Southern California and North Carolina.

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. ("TNLP"), Telemar Norte Leste S.A. ("Telemar") and Coari Participacoes S.A. (together with TNLP and Telemar, the "Companies"), pursuant to CVM Instruction No. 358/02, hereby announces to the public that, in the auctions of the Voluntary Tender Offers for the preferred shares of Brasil Telecom S.A. ("BrTO") and Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A. ("BrTP") ("Tender Offers"), held at the electronic trading system of the Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo S.A. - BVSP on this date, the subsidiaries of the Companies, Copart 1 Participacoes S.A. ("COPART 1") and Copart 2 Participacoes S.A. ("COPART 2"), acquired 20,826,442 preferred shares of BrTP and 13,366,365 preferred shares of BrTO, respectively, which represent approximately 9.06% and 7.56% of the outstanding preferred shares of BrTP and BrTO, respectively. The prices per share of the Tender Offers were R$ 23.42 per preferred share of BrTO and R$ 30.47 per preferred share of BrTP.

BOOMj Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BOMJ) , a leading Web-based niche social network and e-commerce site serving more than 78 million Baby Boomers and adults over 35, announced today that the BOOMj store will now feature more than 50,000 brand name products in the office supply category. The store will now feature a complete line of office furniture including desks, chairs, filing cabinets as well as everyday office needs such as pens, paper, envelopes and staplers. New office technology products such as business grade computers, notebooks, printers and photocopiers have also been added. The category will also showcase classroom, break room and janitorial supplies.

El departamento científico de Thomson Reuters anunció hoy que Thomson Innovation(SM) (http://www.thomsoninnovation.com/), su plataforma de investigación y análisis de propiedad intelectual, mereció un R&D 100 Award. R&D Magazine entrega estos premios anuales a fin de distinguir los 100 productos de mayor importancia tecnológica introducidos al mercado durante el año previo.

From Casual Connect, the Games Division of digital entertainment services provider RealNetworks(R), Inc. today announced the fourth installment of the popular "Little Shop" series, "Little Shop - Road Trip." To celebrate the new game, RealArcade.com is offering casual gamers a chance to win one of four gift cards, to help ease the pain at the pump during their own summer road trips.

In a move that will make the FiOS experience even better and more exciting for residential customers, Verizon is upgrading the capabilities of its in-home network equipment to provide more capacity, higher speeds and many other benefits.

Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community, and top comedy site DailyComedy.com today continued the success of original comedy variety show, LateNet with Ray Ellin, produced by Ray Ellin productions, with the announcement of the series' latest episode, airing live from Gotham Comedy Club in New York, tonight at 7pm.

MOLI, a next-generation social media/social commerce community where members have greater control over their privacy, announced today that it has received five awards: a Stevie for its home page, two Hermes Creativity awards for original content, and two Videographer awards. The MOLI View won the Hermes Creativity Platinum award for its written content, and MOLI's video-based episodic comedy series, "Park Bench" won a Hermes Gold award. MOLI also received two Awards of Excellence from the Videographer Awards for "The Park Bench" series and "Fox & Calf", an animated series.

Electronic payment solutions from Vanco Services are now integrated into practice management software from Ortho II.

Leading celebrity skin pop culture guru, Mr. Skin, is expanding his "skintastic" web site, http://www.mrskin.com/, to include not just nudity in movies and TV, but the entire world of Hollywood gossip and show business news.

Live Gamer, the premier operator of a publisher-supported marketplace for real money trading (RMT) of virtual items, today announced the addition of preeminent virtual economy authority, Vili Lehdonvirta, to the company's advisory board. Lehdonvirta is a respected expert on virtual consumerism, defined as the phenomenon where people spend significant sums of real money on virtual property, such as game items.

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. , the leading provider of mobile workforce management and service optimization solutions, today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.

at the same low prices, giving new subscribers located beyond the reach of DSL or cable an even faster broadband connection. The increased speeds empower consumers to shop and purchase online effortlessly, saving time and money in the midst of unprecedented gas prices. The Home plan now features download speeds of up to 1 Mbps. The Pro and ProPlus plans feature download speeds of up to 1.2 and 1.6 Mbps, respectively.

ARAnet, Inc., an innovator in helping marketers connect with customers, introduces a tool to help marketers reach business-to-business audiences online with the release of its Adfusion business-to-business channel.

Q Interactive (http://www.qinteractive.com/), a leading U.S.-based online marketing services provider, today announced the expansion of its targeted email marketing network into the United Kingdom. Leveraging Q Interactive's 10 years of expertise in email marketing, data analytics and campaign optimization in the U.S. and Canada, the expanded service will enable advertisers to utilize extensive targeting capabilities to reach the right consumers in the U.K. market with relevant email messages. For Web publishers, the company's email list management service will provide a turn-key solution to maximize revenue from their email list while reducing operational costs and effort.

designed to provide network-centric communications from maritime-based networks to both ground- and air-based networks.

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated , a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has designated the MicroStrategy-based Performance Information Management System (PIMS) as its aviation operations standard. This distinction allows TSA to leverage best practice performance standards using PIMS. PIMS is the TSA business intelligence system used to analyze and disseminate information about threat reduction programs to counter potential threats to people, cargo, and commerce across the TSA.

El departamento científico de Thomson Reuters anunció hoy que Thomson Innovation(SM) (http://www.thomsoninnovation.com/), su plataforma de investigación y análisis de propiedad intelectual, mereció un R&D 100 Award. R&D Magazine entrega estos premios anuales a fin de distinguir los 100 productos de mayor importancia tecnológica introducidos al mercado durante el año previo.

Site9, a Portland, Oregon based developer of collaborative web development software, today introduced ProtoShare. ProtoShare is the first online web development tool that enables website developers to easily build dynamic and navigable website prototypes that team members can then review and comment on in real-time. It is available online as a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) tool with access available from any Internet connection.

NaeroDynamics, Inc. (Pink Sheets: NAEO) today announced that it has acquired Information Edge Telco Solutions, Limited, an Irish Corporation (IETS). IETS provides continuous performance improvement, financial management and business information solutions for telecommunications companies as well as large corporate enterprises that utilize significant telecommunications networks. IETS has the capability to cleanse and normalize large quantities of data. Its unique ECM proprietary software has been specifically developed to carry out end to end circuit inventory management quickly and accurately from the disparate data sets obtained from clients. This software, along with the vast hands-on experience and knowhow of the IETS team, provides an intellectual advantage that equates to the identification of significant savings, typically 20% - 40%, of a customer's annual network expenditure. Capital Growth Systems, Inc. d/b/a Global Capacity was impressed by the capability of ECM and has entered into an agreement with IETS whereby IETS will provide front end data cleansing services for Global Capacity related to its telecommunications circuit cost optimization business. As part of this contract, IETS is currently providing cleansing services to Global Capacity on networks in over 30 countries.

to verify the identities of test takers to maintain the integrity of the exams and ensure the reliability of test results.

From Casual Connect Seattle, Topics Entertainment, the largest privately owned multimedia publishing company in the U.S., and digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. , today announced an agreement naming Topics the exclusive distributor of packaged new release RealArcade(R) games to retail stores throughout North America.

El departamento científico de Thomson Reuters anunció hoy que Thomson Innovation(SM) (http://www.thomsoninnovation.com/), su plataforma de investigación y análisis de propiedad intelectual, mereció un R&D 100 Award. R&D Magazine entrega estos premios anuales a fin de distinguir los 100 productos de mayor importancia tecnológica introducidos al mercado durante el año previo.

From Casual Connect Seattle, digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. is showcasing the recent activities and successes of its Games Division, including announcements that extend customer reach; provide new content on the PC and across console, handheld and mobile platforms; and make public a key milestone for its in-game advertising business. A pioneer in the casual gaming industry, Real announced in May of this year its intention to separate its global casual games business into an independent company and distribute shares of the newly created games company to its shareholders, providing the Games Division, RealGames, a new opportunity to flourish and lead the industry.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") announced today that its controlled subsidiary, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Shanghai) LTD. ("ChipMOS Shanghai"), has received the final approval from the Shanghai Foreign Investment Commission (the "SFIC") on July 22, 2008, to decrease its registered capital from US$250 million to US$130 million in response to an application by ChipMOS Shanghai in March 2008.

LG Electronics Inc. today announced the appointment of Sara Lee marketing executive Peter Reiner as senior vice president, marketing and strategy, LG Electronics North America.

Exobox Technologies Corp. (Pink Sheets: EXBX) announced that it has resumed consulting with OSR Open System Resources, Inc. for enhanced product development services. OSR, a leading designer of low-level Windows(R) resources, recently met with the Exobox in-house design team to consult about technical matters related to the design and development of new and currently planned products.

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