Openwave Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2007 Conference Call

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Who: Robert Vrij, president and chief executive officer and Hal Covert, EVP & chief financial officer of Openwave Systems What: Third quarter fiscal 2007 results When: Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. PT, 5:00 p.m. ET Where: Interested parties may access the conference call over the Internet through the Company's web site at http://www.openwave.com/ or by telephone at (888) 208-1812 or (719) 457-2654 (international). A replay of the conference call will be available for one week (until May 2), beginning at 5:30 p.m. PDT on April 26, by calling (888) 203-1112. The replay can be accessed internationally by calling (719) 457-0820, access code: 4185259. A webcast of the call, together with supplemental financial information, will also be available on the Quarterly Earnings section of Openwave's website at http://investor.openwave.com/ for at least 12 months. About Openwave

Openwave Systems Inc. is the leading independent provider of software solutions that ignite mobility for the communications and media industries. Openwave empowers its customers to rapidly transform their business by sparking new revenue streams and market opportunities, building loyal subscriber communities and reducing operational costs. Openwave's broad range of IP-based handset-to-network solutions enable the rapid launch of information, communication and entertainment services across networks and devices and include handset software, content delivery, adaptive messaging, location, music and video services. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit http://www.openwave.com/.

For more information please contact: Investor Contact: Media Contact: Michael Bishop Vikki Herrera Openwave Openwave 650-480-4461 650-480-6753 investor@openwave.com vikki.herrera@openwave.com

Openwave Systems Inc.

CONTACT: Investors, Michael Bishop, +1-650-480-4461, or
investor@openwave.com,or Media, Vikki Herrera, +1-650-480-6753, or
vikki.herrera@openwave.com, both of Openwave

Web site: http://www.openwave.com/

Garmin's Digital Cyclone Brings Flight Filing Feature to Pilot My-Cast(TM)

LAKELAND, Fla., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Cyclone, Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd., today unveiled a new version of its Pilot My-Cast cell phone application that gives pilots a fast and easy way to file a flight plan while on the go using a mobile phone. Pilot My-Cast is an industry recognized subscription-based cell phone service that gives pilots personalized flight planning and weather information in the palm of their hand.

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"Pilot My-Cast is a wonderful flight planning tool because it offers pilots precise, personalized weather reports," said Gary Kelley, Garmin's vice president of marketing. "Now that you can also file a flight plan directly from Pilot My-Cast, pilots will be able to use the weather information they see on their phone to make informed route planning decisions before they file."

The innovative Pilot My-Cast filing feature makes it possible to conveniently file a flight plan from a cell phone without talking to the flight service station. The first time a pilot uses the Pilot My-Cast service, they are asked to input all required data for the FAA flight plan such as the pilot's name, address, aircraft identification, aircraft type, departure point, cruising altitude, route of flight, fuel on board and estimated time enroute. When the pilot is ready to submit the plan, a few keystrokes will automatically send the information to the DUATS provider.

One of the many benefits of using the Pilot My-Cast flight plan service is that it lets pilots look at the weather along their route and make necessary route changes before filing. In addition, after the first flight plan is filed, Pilot My-Cast remembers all previous settings. This makes future flight filings simple because pilots only need to alter information that has changed for the new flight plan.

In addition to the new flight plan filing feature, Pilot My-Cast subscribers have access to current and predicted National Weather Service data for the current airport, destination airport or any terminal waypoint in the continental U.S. Weather information includes NEXRAD, METARs and TAFs displayed in text and graphic formats, moving weather maps, satellite loops, lightning data, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, PIREPs, infrared imagery, winds aloft and more. Digital Cyclone's powerful weather engine receives a direct data stream from the National Weather Service, and plots both current and predicted weather to 1km resolution.

The Pilot My-Cast flight filing feature is expected to be available in July. Digital Cyclone will demonstrate the new Pilot My-Cast flight filing feature April 17-23, 2007, at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In and trade show (Hangar D). Customers can subscribe to Pilot My-Cast for $9.95 per month. A list of wireless carriers and phones supported is available at http://www.digitalcyclone.com/ .

About Garmin Ltd.:

Through its operating subsidiaries, Garmin Ltd. designs, manufacturers, markets, and sells navigation, communication and information devices and applications -- most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin is a leader in the consumer and general aviation GPS markets and its products serve aviation, marine, outdoor recreation, automotive, wireless and OEM applications. In addition to the mobile location based weather information and wireless health information offered by Digital Cyclone, Garmin International offers leading solutions in the location based services market such as Garmin Mobile(TM) providing turn-by-turn utility to mobile phone users and the Garmin LBS Toolkit(TM) for third party wireless application developers. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at http://www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin and Digital Cyclone are registered trademarks, and Garmin Mobile, Garmin LBS Toolkit and Pilot My-Cast are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

Notice on forward-looking statements

This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. All statements regarding the company's future product introductions and expected product availability dates are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2006 filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 000-31983). A copy of Garmin's Form 10-K can be downloaded at http://www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html . No forward- looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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CONTACT: Ted Gartner or Jessica Myers, Garmin International Inc.,
+1-913-397-8200, or media.relations@garmin.com

Web site: http://www.garmin.com/
http://www.digitalcyclone.com/

Netlist Announces Preliminary First Quarter Results

IRVINE, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netlist, Inc. , a leading supplier of high-performance memory subsystems, today announced preliminary results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company expects to report net sales of approximately $37 million to $38 million, versus the previous guidance of $40 million to $42 million, and fully diluted earnings per share of approximately $0.02 to $0.03 per share, including estimated stock-based compensation expense of $325,000, versus the previous guidance of $0.07 to $0.08 per share. The Company expects gross margin for the quarter will be approximately 14.5 percent.

Chief Executive Officer Chuck Hong commented: "Our operating results for the first quarter were adversely impacted by the oversupply of DRAM during the quarter which in turn affected the pricing and gross margin on some of the lower-ASP, high-volume products in our portfolio. We also experienced lower than expected volume of high-end products from two large customers due to reduced demand across those customers' server platforms into which our products are incorporated. Finally, our operating expenses increased as we invested in our sales, marketing and engineering teams consistent with our long-term strategy of expanding within current customers and into new markets.

"While we are disappointed in our estimated results for the first quarter, we remain committed to our long-term strategy of developing high-performance memory subsystems that offer a superior value proposition to our OEM customers and targeting new application markets," added Hong. "We are adequately capitalized and well positioned to push forward with numerous programs that will bring high-end memory subsystem products to market though our OEM customer platforms in the second half of 2007 and we expect to return to a pattern of growth and growing margins as those products come on line."

Outlook for the Second Quarter of 2007

Based on continued softness in the DRAM market, ramp up costs related to our new manufacturing facility in China and continued incremental investment in sales, marketing and R&D, Netlist estimates that second quarter 2007 net sales will be in the range of $34 million to $36 million, and gross margin will be in the range of 13 to 14 percent. Fully diluted earnings per share for the second quarter are estimated to be in the range of breakeven to $0.02 per share, including estimated stock-based compensation expense of $350,000.

Conference Call Information

Netlist is conducting a conference call today to be broadcast live over the Internet at 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time to discuss this update. The live webcast and archived replay of the call can be accessed in the Events page of the Investor Relations section of Netlist's website at http://www.netlist.com/.

The Company expects to report its full first quarter 2007 results in early May.

About Netlist, Inc.

Netlist designs and manufactures high-performance memory subsystems for the server and high-performance computing and communications markets. The company's memory subsystems are developed for applications in which high speed, high-capacity memory, functionality, small form factor, and heat dissipation are key requirements. These applications include tower servers, rack-mounted servers, blade servers, high performance computing clusters, engineering workstations, and telecommunication switches. Netlist maintains its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Irvine, California, and is developing additional manufacturing capacity in the People's Republic of China.

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future performance of Netlist, including future opportunities and growth for the company's business. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the rapidly-changing nature of technology; volatility in the pricing of DRAM ICs; introductions of new products by competitors; changes in end-user demand for technology solutions; our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; our reliance on suppliers of critical components; evolving industry standards; and the political and regulatory environment in the People's Republic of China. Other risks and uncertainties are described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, dated February 28, 2007, and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by the company from time to time. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: Allen & Caron Inc Lee Kim Jill Bertotti (investors) Chief Financial Officer jill@allencaron.com Netlist, Inc. Len Hall (media) (949) 435-0025 len@allencaron.com (949) 474-4300

Netlist, Inc.

CONTACT: Investors, Jill Bertotti, jill@allencaron.com, or Media, Len
Hall, len@allencaron.com, both of Allen & Caron Inc, +1-949-474-4300, for
Netlist, Inc.; or Lee Kim, Chief Financial Officer of Netlist, Inc.,
+1-949-435-0025

Web site: http://www.netlist.com/

Lockheed Martin Acquires RLM Systems, Ltd.Acquisition Expands Lockheed Martin's Defense and Intelligence Capabilities in Australia

BETHESDA, Md., Apr. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin Corporation , today announced it has acquired the defense and intelligence business of RLM Systems Pty, Ltd., an Australia-based provider of system engineering, software development, integration, and program management services and products. Lockheed Martin acquired the RLM Systems business from RLM Holdings, its joint venture with the Tenix Group, a privately held Australian company. Terms of the cash transaction were not disclosed.

RLM Systems has more than one hundred employees and contractors supporting defense and intelligence programs with systems and software development and integration services. The company develops and supports complex systems and software solutions to meet the demanding requirements of the defense and intelligence communities in Australia. The new entity will do business as Lockheed Martin Australia Information Systems & Global Services (IS&GS), a division of Lockheed Martin Australia Pty Limited.

"The acquisition of RLM Systems expands Lockheed Martin's commitment to the Australian defense and intelligence communities, allowing us to provide broader capabilities in country for our government and industry partners," said Paul Johnson, Managing Director of Lockheed Martin Australia Pty Limited.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. The corporation reported 2006 sales of $39.6 billion.

Media Contact: Jeff Adams, (301) 897-6308 e-mail: jeffery.adams@lmco.com For additional information, visit our website: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/

LOCKHEED MARTIN Safe Harbor Statement / Forward-Looking Statements: Some of the statements contained in this press release may be considered "forward- looking statements" under the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, achieve desired synergies, operate in the Australian defense and intelligence communities and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Lockheed Martin's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this release is as of April 16, 2007. Lockheed Martin disclaims any duty to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, actual results or changes in expectations.

Lockheed Martin Corporation

CONTACT: Jeff Adams of Lockheed Martin Corporation, +1-301-897-6308,
jeffery.adams@lmco.com

Web site: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/

Wegener Corporation Reports Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2007

DULUTH, Ga., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wegener Corporation , a leading provider of products for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 ended March 2, 2007.

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 were $4.8 million compared to $4.6 million for the same period in fiscal 2006. Revenues for the first half of fiscal 2007 were $9.6 million compared to $9.6 million for the same period in fiscal 2006. Net loss for the three months ended March 2, 2007, was $(183,000) or $(0.01) per share compared to a net loss of $(1,102,000) or $(0.09) per share for the three months ended March 3, 2006. Net loss for the first half of fiscal 2007, was $(1,145,000) or $(0.09) per share compared to a net loss of $(1,744,000) or $(0.14) per share for the first half of fiscal 2006.

The eighteen (18) month backlog on March 2, 2007, was $8.4 million. The total backlog at quarter end was $16.3 million. Bookings for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 were $954,000 compared to $6.2 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 and were $5.8 million for the first half of fiscal 2007 compared to $15.2 million for the first half of 2006.

Robert Placek, Chairman and CEO of Wegener Corporation, stated, "We continue to concentrate on converting new business opportunities into firm orders. Our sales team is now under the leadership of Ken Leffingwell, as we announced last week, and it will be the main focus of my attention in the coming months. We have recently announced our latest innovative product, the Unity 550-2 Enterprise Media Receiver, for business TV and private network applications. This new receiver provides MPEG-4/h.264 decoding for standard definition and high definition video, DVB-S2 demodulation support, and COMPEL control of additional IP multicasts."

"We are encouraged by the opportunities in the private network market for utilizing our new Unity 550-2 MPEG-4 receiver and the SMD 515 IPTV set top box," stated Ned L. Mountain, President of WEGENER. "MPEG-4 high definition and standard definition video is finally ready for wider-scale deployments, which will allow network operators to significantly lower their monthly operating costs or launch additional services.

In addition, we will be demonstrating a live video overlay to a VSAT network at NAB [National Association of Broadcasters Convention] with MPEG- 4/h.264 standard definition and high definition video. By controlling the VSAT video overlay with our Compel control system, customers can expand the use of their VSAT networks to integrate video into their retail environments and individualize the content to a precise site and even to a specific location within each store."

WEGENER will be exhibiting at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2007 Convention in Las Vegas on April 16-19. Their booth is in the South Hall, Upper at location #SU7915. Contact WEGENER at info@wegener.com for a free pass to the exhibit. To learn more about WEGENER's products visit their website at: http://www.wegener.com/ .

As announced on March 9, 2007, the Company continues to explore strategic and financial alternatives to enhance shareholder value. There can be no assurance that the exploration of strategic alternatives will result in any specific transaction, and the Company does not expect to disclose further developments regarding the process until the completion of the strategic alternatives review and a decision by the Board of Directors regarding a transaction or course of action.

Wegener Corporation will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 4:30 P.M. EDT on April 16, 2007. To join the conference call, dial 866.700.0161 or 617.213.8832, and enter participant code 62328350. Wegener Corporation intends to discuss financial and other operational information on this conference call. This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN. It will be archived on WEGENER's website at http://www.wegener.com/ and the replay will be available within one hour after the conference call.

ABOUT WEGENER

WEGENER (Wegener Communications, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wegener Corporation , is an international provider of digital solutions for video, audio, and IP data networks. Applications include IP data delivery, broadcast television, cable television, radio networks, business television, distance education, business music and financial information distribution. COMPEL, WEGENER's patented network control system, provides networks with unparalleled ability to regionalize programming and commercials. COMPEL network control capability is integrated into WEGENER digital satellite receivers. WEGENER can be reached at +1.770.814.4000 or at http://www.wegener.com/.

COMPEL, MEDIAPLAN, ENVOY, UNITY, and iPUMP are trademarks of WEGENER Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and the Company intends that such forward- looking statements are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Forward- looking statements may be identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," "plans," "anticipates," and similar expressions, and include, for example, statements relating to expectations regarding future sales, income and cash flows. Forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to: customer acceptance and effectiveness of recently introduced products, development of additional business for the Company's digital video and audio transmission product lines, effectiveness of the sales organization, the successful development and introduction of new products in the future, delays in the conversion by private and broadcast networks to next generation digital broadcast equipment, acceptance by various networks of standards for digital broadcasting, the Company's liquidity position and capital resources, general market conditions which may not improve during fiscal year 2007 and beyond, and success of the Company's research and development efforts aimed at developing new products. Discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties are provided in detail in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC, including the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

WEGENER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in $000's except share data) March 2, September 1, 2007 2006 Assets (Unaudited) Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 95 $ 959 Accounts receivable 2,632 1,780 Inventories 4,059 3,858 Other 190 233 Total current assets 6,976 6,830 Property and equipment, net 2,204 2,288 Capitalized software costs, net 1,233 1,230 Other assets 744 780 $ 11,157 $ 11,128 Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity Current liabilities Bank line of credit $ 804 $ -- Accounts payable 1,802 1,526 Accrued expenses 3,388 3,263 Customer deposits 1,159 1,265 Total current liabilities 7,153 6,054 Commitments and contingencies Shareholders' equity Common stock, $.01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 12,647,051 and 12,579,051 shares respectively, issued and outstanding 127 126 Additional paid-in capital 19,999 19,924 Deficit (16,122) (14,976) Total shareholders' equity 4,004 5,074 $ 11,157 $ 11,128 WEGENER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Summarized Operations Data (in $000's except per share amounts) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended March 2, March 3, March 2, March 3, 2007 2006 2007 2006 Revenue $ 4,771 $ 4,580 $ 9,554 $ 9,564 Loss before income taxes (183) (1,102) (1,145) (1,744) Income tax benefit -- -- -- -- Net loss $ (183) $(1,102) $(1,145) $(1,744) Net loss per share Basic $ (0.01) $ (0.09) $ (0.09) $ (0.14) Diluted $ (0.01) $ (0.09) $ (0.09) $ (0.14) Shares used in per share calculation Basic 12,583 12,579 12,581 12,579 Diluted 12,583 12,579 12,581 12,579

Wegener Corporation

CONTACT: C. Troy Woodbury, Jr., Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of
Wegener Corporation, +1-770-814-4000, fax, +1-770-623-9648, info@wegener.com

Web site: http://www.wegener.com/

California Micro Devices to Present March Quarter and Fiscal 2007 Results

MILPITAS, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California Micro Devices will hold a conference call on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to present the financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year 2007, which ended on March 31, 2007.

Within the USA, interested parties can access the conference call by dialing 800-218-8862. International parties may gain access by dialing 303-262-2051. No password is necessary.

A replay of the conference call will be available on the company's web site at http://www.cmd.com/ (Investor Relations Link) beginning at approximately 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time on May 3, 2007 and continuing for one year.

About California Micro Devices Corporation

California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of application specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for the mobile handset, digital consumer electronics and personal computer markets. Key products include protection devices for mobile handsets, digital consumer electronics products such as digital TVs and personal computers as well as analog and mixed signal ICs for mobile handset displays. Detailed corporate and product information may be accessed at http://www.cmd.com/.

California Micro Devices Corporation

CONTACT: Kevin Berry, Chief Financial Officer of California Micro
Devices, +1-408-934-3144, or kevinb@cmd.com

Web site: http://www.cmd.com/

Comcast Names Peter Kiriacoulacos Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Comcast Cable

PHILADELPHIA, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Cable, the country's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, today announced that Peter Kiriacoulacos will join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer in May.

In this role, Mr. Kiriacoulacos will be responsible for developing and guiding strategies to help achieve commercial synergies via procurement that fully leverage Comcast's size and scale. He will report to Dave Scott, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration for Comcast Cable, leading the Company's procurement team and overseeing its real estate group.

"Peter's experience -- including having led global procurement for the largest international cable operator - make him a natural fit for this position," said Mr. Scott. "He will be a valuable addition to our team, giving us further bench strength to ensure we continue to make smart, disciplined decisions, including how we deliver on our commitment to supplier diversity."

Mr. Kiriacoulacos currently serves as Vice President of Global Procurement for Liberty Global, Inc., leading the company's global procurement strategy for the last seven years. He has more than 15 years of experience, having held senior management positions with Liberty Global (and its predecessor UnitedGlobalCom) and with the Melbourne-based consultancy firm Nolan Norton & Co, where he also held positions in The Netherlands and in Italy.

Mr. Kiriacoulacos holds an M.B.A. from the University of South Australia, Adelaide, where he also earned a Bachelors Degree of Applied Science in Computer Studies. He is a member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and will relocate to the Philadelphia area.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA; CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 24.2 million video customers, 11.5 million high-speed Internet customers, and 2.5 million phone customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, four regional Comcast SportsNets and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast Cable

CONTACT: Jenni Moyer of Comcast, +1-215-851-3311

Web site: http://www.comcast.com/

Microsoft présente son gestionnaire multimédia interactif destiné à simplifier le cycle de vie du contenu numérique en connectant les gens, les processus et le contenu riche

LAS VEGAS, April 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- La solution associe les fonctions collaboratives d'une solution portail, les fonctions de rationalisation d'un moteur de gestion des processus et les capacités multimédia riches d'un outil d'édition.

Lors de la conférence National Association of Broadcasters 2007 (NAB2007), Microsoft Corp a présenté aujourd'hui son Microsoft(R) Interactive Media Manager, une solution de gestion de contenu numérique de nouvelle génération qui associe l'intégration de la gestion des processus numériques et d'application multimédia à un environnement frontal collaboratif. La solution, qui est une extension de Microsoft Office SharePoint(R) Server 2007, est destinée tout particulièrement au secteur multimédia et du divertissement, y compris les studios de cinéma et de post-production, les diffuseurs, les développeurs de jeu, les maisons d'édition, ainsi que les agences de publicité et de marketing.

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<< L'ère numérique poursuit la transformation du secteur, et, au fil du temps, les murs qui séparaient certaines fonctions disparates s'effondrent alors que les forces de la technologie informatique sont de plus en plus pertinentes et nécessaires dans le côté créatif de la maison >>, explique Gabriele Di Piazza, directeur général de la division Media & Entertainment du secteur Communications chez Microsoft. << Interactive Media Manager est une solution qui couvre ces deux mondes précédemment distincts, automatisant les écarts qui existent dans le procédé de gestion des processus pour créer un transfert fluide entre les tâches et les individus. >>

Interactive Media Manager est un produit basé sur serveur qui fournit une interface basée sur le Web pour accéder et interagir avec des fichiers multimédia. La solution comporte des outils puissants destinés à créer rapidement des processus complexes, surveiller la performance de ces processus et faciliter les révisions et les approbations dans le procédé de gestion de processus en poussant les tâches et les formulaires directement vers la boîte de réception Microsoft Office Outlook(R) du destinataire ou vers un fil de syndication. Interactive Media Manager supporte Internet Explorer(R), Firefox et Safari sur Windows(R) ainsi que Mac OS.

Les composants collectifs que compte Interactive Media Manager aident les entreprises multimédia et de divertissement à combler les fossés dans les processus existants entre les départements de production de contenu et commerciaux, éliminent les processus manuels inutiles et fournissent une gestion avec un aperçu en temps réel des détails de production. Interactive Media Manager s'adresse également à l'espace émergent de collecte et de gestion de contenu numérique, permettant aux fournisseurs de services de simplifier l'acquisition, la gestion, la protection et l'édition du contenu numérique dans des services tels que la télévision par protocole Internet (TVIP), la vidéo à la demande et les portails à large bande.

Interactive Media Manager comprend des composants de solutions Microsoft existantes, telles que Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, les formulaires XML InfoPath(R) et le tout nouveau Microsoft Silverlight(TM), appelé précédemment Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPF/E). S'appuyant sur les capacités d'Office SharePoint Server 2007, Interactive Media Manager fournit les parties Web personnalisables suivantes qui ciblent des processus spécifiques dans le cycle de vie de production de contenu :

-- Media Library sert de frontal dans lequel les éléments de contenu multimédia dans le système de gestion des actifs numériques sont affichés sous forme de vignettes. -- Media Viewer affiche les informations telles que les annotations et les codes de temps au format de la SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) et offre des contrôles de lecture integers sophistiqués. -- Media Annotator permet aux groupes de personnes de collaborer sur des actifs multimédia par le biais d'annotations, de tracé numérique et de discussions. -- Media Import facilite le téléchargement de fichiers multimédia et lance automatiquement la gestion de processus associée, telle que les processus de collecte d'informations. -- Media Cart fournit une zone individualisée pour stocker les actifs multimédias que les gens souhaitent éditer eux-mêmes ou envoyer vers les éditeurs appropriés.

Starz Entertainment lance de nouveaux produits << presque du jour au lendemain >>

La baie d'édition chez Starz Entertainment devenait encombrée. Au lieu de faire entrer et sortir les bandes, un grand nombre des acteurs impliqués dans la création, l'édition, la finalisation et l'approbation des amorces et des matériaux promotionnels les regroupaient dans une baie d'édition qui commençait à devenir encombrée pour la visualisation du métrage vidéo. Hormis la frustration de l'éditeur, le processus perdait en efficacité et menaçait d'ajouter des retards au processus de diffusion de nouveaux programmes, tels qu'un film proposé avec une amorce et un package promotionnel produit par et de marque Starz.

<< Microsoft a rendu notre infrastructure presque aussi simple que peut l'être un environnement complexe >>, déclare Stephen Smith, responsable de la division Automation & Systems Integration chez Starz Entertainment. << Cela nous a permis d'accélérer, d'un point de vue opérationnel, le lancement de nouveaux graphiques et packages interstitiels à l'antenne presque du jour au lendemain. Microsoft nous fournit 90 % de ce dont nous avons besoin, ce qui nous permet de nous concentrer sur l'amélioration de la qualité des produits que nous livrons et non sur l'écriture de codes. >>

SyncCast rationalise son procédé de gestion des processus

SyncCast utilise Interactive Media Manager dans le traitement et le déploiement de films, de spectacles télévisés et d'amorces de Warner Bros., Lions Gate Entertainment, Paramount Pictures et MTV Networks Co sur le marché de la Xbox LIVE(R). Le plus grand obstacle auquel la société est confrontée dans le traitement de plus de 1 500 heures de contenu est le temps d'arrêt entre les étapes du procédé de gestion des processus.

<< SyncCast a utilisé Microsoft Interactive Media Manager pour relier tous les outils entre eux en une seule opération, supprimant une grande partie des interventions humaines requises entre les étapes du procédé de gestion de processus >>, affirme Ezra Davidson, vice-président exécutif de SyncCast. << Nous pouvons désormais traiter 35 % de contenu en plus avec 20 % de salariés en moins. En outre, cela aide à réduire la complexité de notre gestion des processus et nous permet de passer plus de temps à l'amélioration de la qualité du contenu que nous produisons pour nos clients. >>

Ascent Media Group simplifie la collaboration et le partage d'informations

Avec une liste de clients leaders du secteur impliqués dans la création et la production de publicités de classe mondiale, Ascent Media Group utilise une plateforme qui relie les acteurs au-delà des limites géographiques et d'entreprise. Interactive Media Manager s'intègre avec les services actuels basés sur fichier d'Ascent pour fournir un éventail de fonctions multimédias en production pour les publicitaires, les agences et les canaux multimédias pour accéder, transformer et distribuer à l'échelle mondiale des images finies et des supports imprimés.

<< Interactive Media Manager fournit les outils dont nous avons besoin pour améliorer le partage des informations et la collaboration pour nos clients répartis géographiquement >>, commente Jose Royo, directeur technique d'Ascent Media Group. << Avec cette solution, nous serons capables d'ingérer et d'archiver des milliers de photos et d'images, permettant à nos clients de consulter et de collaborer sur leur travail immédiatement. Non seulement cela permet d'apporter une certaine efficacité, tel qu'en éliminant le besoin d'expédier et de stocker des disques durs mais, de façon plus importante, cela permet à nos clients de se concentrer sur ce qui est le plus important, à savoir créer le meilleur produit final possible. >>

McCann Worldgroup gère le contenu et la collaboration

En tant que plus grande société de communications de marketing dans le monde, McCann Worldgroup doit gérer de multiples campagnes en parallèle pour ses clients. Dans ces campagnes, des projets individuels incorporent une grande variété d'activités, notamment le développement créatif et la production, l'extraction et la gestion de contenu, et la consultation et l'approbation du client - et dans tout ceci existe le besoin de collaboration dans une équipe et entre les entreprises. SharePoint 2007 offre une infrastructure sur laquelle McCann et ses agences sont capables de collaborer et partager.

Microsoft Interactive Media Manager fournit une suite d'outils qui optimisent l'environnement à travers lequel McCann cherche à combiner les fonctions telles que la gestion et la recherche de contenu, la production de contenu et la collaboration. La solution permet aux utilisateurs de gérer toutes ces fonctions à partir d'un seul tableau de bord basé sur le Web avec une sécurité contextuelle, un accès basé sur les rôles et les capacités de partage extranet. De façon importante, Interactive Media Manager s'intègre à d'autres applications dans la suite Microsoft Office, offrant une interface familière, facile à utiliser pour les salariés de McCann.

<< Notre collaboration de plus de cinq ans avec Microsoft sur SharePoint et plus récemment sur Interactive Media Manager continue de fournir des résultats à la fois pour McCann et Microsoft >>, rapporte Greg Smith, directeur mondial de l'information pour McCann Worldgroup. << Nous sommes extrêmement satisfaits des capacités fournies par Microsoft et de la volonté de nous utiliser pour aider à mener une direction stratégique pour ses produits et services. >>

A propos de l'écosystème Interactive Media Manager

Interactive Media Manager fournit une intégration clé en main avec les plus grandes applications du secteur multimédia, y compris les systèmes destinés à la gestion des actifs numériques, la gestion des droits numériques, le transcodage, la transformation d'image, ainsi que la distribution sûre et fiable de fichiers. Parmi les partenaires qui ont démontré l'intégration avec Interactive Media Manager, on peut citer Anystream Inc, Aspera, Equilibrium, K2.net, Open Text's Artesia Digital Media Group, Quantum Corp, Sanbolic Inc et Telestream Inc. Outre Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), Avanade and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) comptent également parmi les partenaires d'intégration pour Interactive Media Manager.

La solution est d'ores et déjà disponible à la vente.

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Sysview Technology to Introduce the DocketPORT 685 Duplex ID Card Scanner and Web Sales Portal at CeBIT Australia in Sydney May 1 - 3Product demonstrations at Stand Y53, Hall 5 of the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sysview Technology Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: SYVT) , a leading provider of imaging solutions, today announced that it will introduce the first USB powered duplex A6 format (ID Card) scanner at the upcoming CeBIT Australia. The Company will also debut its exclusive internet sales portal, http://www.docketport.com.au/, to support its Australian corporate and Value Added Re-Seller (VAR) partners with a local presence. The product is expected to be available from Sysview's fully-stocked inventory in Australia by early June 2007.

Sysview Technology's COO Bill Hawkins commented, "Our expanded Australian market presence, in the establishment of a warehousing facility and web based sales portal, will vastly improve our product availability to our partners in Australia, another significant market opportunity for us. Initial deliveries of DocketPORT 685's to our customers in North America and Europe began in early April, primarily to medical and security organizations upgrading from our simplex ID card scanners to our new products with duplex capability, our latest innovation in portable scanner technology."

CeBIT Australia is the largest Information & Communications Technology (ICT) exhibition and conference in Australia. In 2006, the show attracted over 30,000 visitors and 721 exhibiting companies. With the Australia (ICT) business marketplace rapidly expanding, the event is expected to deliver record breaking attendance again this year. Additional information regarding the event can be found at (http://www.cebit.com.au/).

About Sysview Technology, Inc.

Sysview Technology, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SYVT) , headquartered in San Jose, Calif., designs and manufactures imaging solutions for OEM customers worldwide. The company currently manufactures 14 proprietary imaging products and has become a leading private-label manufacturer of USB-powered mobile imaging devices. The Company's growing intellectual property portfolio in imaging includes 19 patents with an additional 5 patents pending.

Leveraging its experience in imaging technology and manufacturing, Sysview has acquired and continues to develop new technologies targeting the HD display market. Products that include its proprietary Nano-LCOS Imager and Next Wave Optical Engine are expected to reach the worldwide market in 2007. The Company is also advancing its RGB Sequential LED Backlighting technology for LCD panels. These solutions are expected to significantly enhance picture quality, decrease power consumption, and enhance the viewing experience, while reducing the cost of HD displays.

Note on Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based largely on current expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors beyond our control that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from these statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Sysview undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements.

Company Contacts: Sysview Technology, Inc. David P. Clark (561) 835-4069 dclark@sysviewtech.com In Australia Chris Jack Phone: 07 3852 3668 australia@sysviewtech.com or Hayden Communications Peter Seltzberg 646-415-8972 peter@haydenir.com

Sysview Technology Inc.

CONTACT: David P. Clark, +1-561-835-4069, dclark@sysviewtech.com, or in
Australia, Chris Jack, 07 3852 3668, australia@sysviewtech.com, both of
Sysview Technology, Inc.; or Peter Seltzberg of Hayden Communications,
+1-646-415-8972, peter@haydenir.com, for Sysview Technology Inc.

Web site: http://www.docketport.com.au/

VH1's Hit Fitness & Nutrition Series is Back for a Fifth Season With 'Celebrity Fit Club: Men Vs. Women' Premiering April 22 at 9pm ET/PTMaureen McCormick, Dustin Diamond, Tiffany, Cledus T. Judd, Da Brat, Ross 'The Intern' Mathews, Kimberley Locke And Warren G Will Be Getting Back In Shape This Season On 'Celebrity Fit Club: Men vs. Women.' Hosted By Actor/Comedian ANT

LOS ANGELES, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Get in swimsuit shape for summer with your favorite celebrities with an all new season of "Celebrity Fit Club: Men vs. Women." VH1's popular fitness, nutrition and drama series is back for a fifth season premiering on April 22 at 9pm ET/PT.

This season we're shaking things up by pitting the men against the women on "Celebrity Fit Club: Men vs. Women." This season is more about getting fit than shedding pounds as no one on the cast is more than 40 pounds overweight, but that doesn't mean the drama is any less weighty. This season's cast includes Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch), Dustin Diamond (Saved By The Bell), Tiffany (pop star), Cledus T. Judd (country music artist), Da Brat (Hip Hop Artist), Ross "The Intern" Mathews (The Tonight Show), Kimberley Locke (American Idol) and Warren G (rapper). This spring will have them embarking on their own grueling fitness journeys while also working together to reach their fitness goals.

The cast for season five of "Celebrity Fit Club: Men vs. Women" is our fittest yet so drill sergeant Harvey Walden IV has plans to work them harder than ever. Also back are nutritional & diet expert, Dr. Ian Smith and host ANT and this season we have a new psychotherapist, Dr. Stacy Kaiser.

VSPOT, VH1's broadband channel will be home to a host of "Celebrity Fit Club: Men vs. Women" exclusive content including, never-before-seen footage from the show. Can't wait until April 22? VSPOT will air the full premiere episode beginning April 15 -- one week before its on-air premiere. VSPOT also has hours of archived "Celebrity Fit Club" content from previous seasons available for on-demand viewing at http://vspot.vh1.com/. VH1 Mobile also offers "Dr. Ian's Diet Tips," daily alerts for mobile phones. Visit http://www.vh1.com/mobile/vip_alerts/mobile_alert/ to subscribe now.

Also, visit http://celebrityfitclub.com/ - the new subscription-based, online fitness and weight loss program. The online program features the #1 New York Times bestselling, The Fat Smash Diet, written by the program's medical/diet expert Dr. Ian Smith and incorporates advice, workout tips and planning tools from the show's fitness guru Harvey Walden IV, and in-house psychotherapist Stacy Kaiser. Now, fans of VH1's hit TV show Celebrity Fit Club and The Fat Smash Diet can have access to the one-of-a-kind eating plan, fitness routines and motivational advice that can lead to lifestyle changes and permanent weight loss. VH1, along with Rodale Inc. and St. Martin's Press have partnered to launch the site.

VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club: Men vs. Women" is a production of Granada Entertainment and VH1. Richard Hall ("Nanny 911") is executive producer and Tim Eagan as co-executive producer for Granada. Michael Hirschorn, Jim Ackerman, Matt Hanna and Caroline Perez are executive producers for VH1.

Contacts: Scott Acord/VH1 Toni Herron/VH1 310-752-8075 212-846-7528 scott.acord@vh1staff.com toni.herron@vh1staff.com

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 87 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array for digital services including VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, VH Uno, VH1 Mega Hits and VH1 Country. Connect with VH1 at http://www.vh1.com/.

VH1 is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom International Inc. MTV Networks also operates and offers joint ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming can be seen worldwide.

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CONTACT: Scott Acord, +1-310-752-8075, scott.acord@vh1staff.com, or Toni
Herron, +1-212-846-7528, toni.herron@vh1staff.com, both of VH1

Web site: http://www.vh1.com/
http://vspot.vh1.com/
http://celebrityfitclub.com/
http://www.vh1.com/mobile/vip_alerts/mobile_alert

Pericom Expands PCI Express(R) Offering With Low Power, Small Footprint Packet Switch FamilyThe GreenPacket(TM) family includes the industry's smallest available packet switch

BEIJING, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- Pericom Semiconductor Corporation , a worldwide preferred supplier of PCI Express technology used for switching, timing, bridging and signal integrity, today announced the addition of a new PCI Express packet switch product family designed for power, size and value sensitive applications, such as volume motherboard/workstation, docking stations, networking control planes, video, graphics and embedded applications, and mobile applications. Pericom will display these new devices at the Intel Developer Forum, Beijing International Convention Center, April 17-18, 2007 in booth number 004.

In addition to displaying its new GreenPacket(TM) products at IDF Beijing, Pericom will present live demonstrations of its award-winning signal conditioning technology across 60-inches of PCB, a Pericom PCIe-enabled video surveillance system, and display various PCIe applications cards. The demonstrations and cards use Pericom's PCIe Packet Switch, Bridge, ReDriver, Signal Switch, and Timing products.

"Pericom is matching key PCI Express market segment needs with new product offerings," said Jag Bolaria, senior analyst at the Linley Group, a respected IC industry analyst firm. "The GreenPacket(TM) family of switch products enable OEMs to cost effectively upgrade existing motherboard and related platforms as well as accelerate new PCIe based I/O designs."

"Pericom is pleased to add three new advanced performance GreenPacket(TM) switches to our variety of PCI Express products," said Bill Weir, Pericom's senior marketing director of Connect Products. "We are actively engaged with volume market segment customers who recognize that the size, power, and cost benefits of this product family allow them to fully leverage CPU chipset I/O expansion in new platform designs."

The GreenPacket(TM) packet switch family consists of three different port and lane-count configurations: a 4-Port/4 Lane (PI7C9X20404GP), a 5-Port/5 Lane (PI7C9X20505GP), and a 5-Port/8 Lane (PI7C9X20508GP). The product family is specifically designed for low power consumption and small package size, optimized PCB layout, and fully meets the requirements of the latest PCI-SIG PCIe 1.1 and PCI 1.2 specifications. Unique features include special low-power and power-down modes, RoHS compliant packages, and small footprint. The PI7C9X20404GP is the industry's smallest packet switch at 12x12mm.

Pricing and Availability:

The PI7C9X20505GP and PI7C9X20508GP samples and customer evaluation platforms are available now, with production ramp up in May. The PI7C9X20404GP is available for customer sampling in May, with production in June. Availability is subject to revision. Pricing, availability, and applications support information is available from Pericom sales representatives, with offices worldwide, or by visiting http://www.pericom.com/pciexpress/.

High Resolution Press Graphic:

For high-resolution press graphic visit http://www.pericom.com/img/press/high/152_high.jpg

About Pericom:

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation enables serial connectivity with the industry's most complete solutions for the computing, communications and consumer market segments. Its analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits and its SaRonix and eCERA frequency control products are essential in the timing, switching, bridging, and conditioning of high-speed signals required by today's ever-increasing speed-and-bandwidth-demanding applications. Company headquarters are in San Jose, California, with design centers and technical sales and support offices located globally.

http://www.pericom.com/

PCI Express and PCIe are trademarks of PCI SIG. For more information visit http://www.pcisig.com/

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation

CONTACT: marketing, Bill Weir, Sr. Director, Connect Products, of
Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, +1-408-435-0800, ext. 364, cell,
+1-408-210-7672, bweir@pericom.com; or press, Sacha Arts of Bella Vista
Communications, +1-408-356-3099, S.arts@comcast.net, for Pericom Semiconductor
Corporation

Web site: http://www.pericom.com/
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MTV Networks' IFILM Joins Paramount Vantage in Online Program to Premiere Movie Trailers and Showcase Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes ContentMovie Slate to Feature Paramount Vantage 2007 Releases Including the Recently Released 'Black Snake Moan,' 'Into the Wild,' 'The Kite Runner,' 'Son of Rambow' and 'There Will Be Blood'

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Networks' IFILM and Paramount Vantage, both units of Viacom , have teamed to premiere movie trailers and showcase exclusive behind-the-scenes content for a number of key Paramount Vantage movie releases this year. This new partnership among the two Viacom properties allows IFILM to leverage its unique position as a broad-based online video destination and deliver Paramount Vantage's assets to a highly coveted movie-going audience.

"IFILM has an impressive audience of avid moviegoers and I am excited about the opportunity to provide them with a unique look at the Paramount Vantage slate," said Bladimiar Norman, VP, Interactive Marketing, Paramount Vantage. "I am incredibly pleased to be working with IFILM and look forward to developing this partnership even further."

"IFILM's rich video environment is the ideal destination to showcase all of Paramount Vantage's video assets," said Nada Stirratt, Executive Vice President, MTVN Digital Advertising. "This partnership gives IFILM's audience access to the kinds of content they want and seek out, like movie trailers, all within a dedicated and customized environment."

As part of the online sponsorship deal, IFILM will feature exclusive content from Paramount Vantage's 2007 movie slate including "Arctic Tale," "Black Snake Moan," "Into the Wild," "The Kite Runner," "Son of Rambow," "There Will Be Blood," "Year Of The Dog" and "With A Mighty Heart." IFILM will drive traffic to the Showcase by creating a dedicated area on its Movie Trailers & Clips Channel Page, which will allow for easy navigation to the Paramount Vantage content. With IFILM's 12 million monthly unique visitors, Paramount Vantage can tap male 18-34 demo viewing its movie trailers and exclusive content on a daily basis.

Viacom is the number-one online entertainment destination and the 11th most-popular overall destination on the Web. In February 2007, more than 90 million unique viewers flocked to Viacom's online properties, which include an array of MTVN Web sites, as well as its other online properties (according to Internal Web Analytics Tracking and duplication from comScore Media Metrix February 2007). The company's sites continue to hit new highs in traffic and streaming video as they enhance their content offerings across comedy, music, pop culture, gaming, news and user-generated content.

About IFILM

IFILM (http://www.ifilm.com/) is a leading online destination for user-generated and professionally produced content, providing the internet's most diverse and compelling selection of short and long-form videos. With one of the industry's largest online video collections, IFILM's media library includes movie trailers, music videos, short films, TV clips, video game trailers, action sports content, and its renowned user-generated 'viral videos' collection. Through its broad network of distribution partners, IFILM content can be found on portals, social networks, blogs, consumer electronics devices, television networks, and almost every mobile video service. IFILM also offers effective brand-building programs for major consumer advertising partners. The company recently launched its first television series, the popular "WebJunk 20," in collaboration with VH1. IFILM is owned and operated by MTV Networks. IFILM (http://www.ifilm.com/) is a division of Viacom, Inc.'s MTV Networks.

About MTV Networks

MTV Networks is the world's premier creator of entertainment content and programming across all media platforms. MTV Networks connects with audiences through a diverse array of brands -- including MTV: Music Television, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Tr3s, VH1, VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, CMT, Logo, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, The N, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, Spike TV, AddictingClips.com, AddictingGames.com, Atom Films, Shockwave.com GameTrailers.com, Harmonix, IFILM, Neopets, Quizilla, Xfire, Y2M, as well as MTVN International -- that live across the company's 135 television networks, 139 websites, 32 broadband services, 35 mobile channels, and robust consumer products businesses worldwide.

Paramount Vantage is the specialty film division of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, and unit of Viacom , a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. The company's labels include Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, DreamWorks Pictures, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studios, and Worldwide Television Distribution.

MTVN Entertainment Group

CONTACT: Aileen Budow, +1-212-767-3952, aileen.budow@mtvn.com, for MTVN
Entertainment Group

Web site: http://www.ifilm.com/

/C O R R E C T I O N -- SGI/

In the news release, National Geographic's Digital Asset Management Workflow, Accelerated by SGI Technology, Greatly Simplifies Stock Footage Licensing, issued earlier today by SGI over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the National Geographic Digital Motion boilerplate should read as follows:

National Geographic Digital Motion

National Geographic Digital Motion (formerly National Geographic Film Library) is the footage service of National Geographic Digital Media. This service licenses the Emmy Award-winning National Geographic Television-produced films and videotape. In addition, Digital Motion agents represent peer-level archives, in select territories around the world, including Australian Broadcasting Corporation, INA of France, National Film Board of Canada, the White House Historical Association, WPA Film Library, ZDF Enterprises of Germany and the World Bank. The Digital Motion searchable video database is at ngdigitalmotion.com.

SGI

Xilinx Announces FPGA-Based Deserializer Solution for TI's ADS6000 ADC FamilyJointly developed Virtex-4 based solution substantially reduces cost and development time

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. , today announced immediate availability of a Virtex(TM)-4 FPGA-based deserializer reference design, application note and evaluation module jointly developed with Texas Instruments. The new reference design, together with the accompanying application note, deserializes data streams from TI's ADS6000 analog-to-digital converter (ADC) family, providing designers a quick and easy solution with which to deploy products based on the latest advanced ADC device technology. The evaluation module, available through TI (TSW1200EVM), consists of a circuit board and a set of preconfigured design files, which enable designers to prototype and evaluate the performance of the latest high-speed ADCs featuring serialized LVDS outputs.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO )

Systems designers can now leverage the enormous serial-to-parallel processing capabilities and programmability of Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs to accelerate operations for specialized, high-performance functions. The ability to achieve much higher levels of overall system performance is especially important for multi-channel systems in applications such as broadcast, medical, instrumentation and wireless infrastructure.

"The use of Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGA technology and its ISERDES feature, in combination with excellent support, allowed our design team to meet an extremely aggressive time-to-market window to provide a comprehensive evaluation module that will ultimately reduce cost and development time for our customers," said Heinz-Peter Beckemeyer, general manager, High-Speed ADCs, Texas Instruments.

"Today's announcement represents yet another milestone in our ongoing collaboration with TI to successfully interface our FPGAs to their high-speed ADCs and DAC products," said David Gamba, director of Vertical Market and Partnerships at Xilinx. "By combining TI's leading ADC technology with the programmability and industry-leading high-speed serial performance of our Virtex-4 FPGAs, designers can leverage the evaluation module as a flexible and rapid prototyping environment for designing digital circuits that directly interface to the ADCs."

High-Performance LVDS Interface

Built on the Virtex-4 LX25 platform, the Xilinx deserializer reference design accepts up to four simultaneous ADC channels and provides automatic de- skew and clock alignment functions. Each ADC output is serialized and transmitted through a separate LVDS serial pair. An independent frame clock and serial data clock are provided to allow for easy deserialization. The Xilinx reference design exploits the unique ISERDES dedicated logic in the I/O of the Virtex-4 devices to provide the necessary timing to accept these extremely fast input signals and translate into parallel output busses, which can be more easily integrated.

The serial LVDS interface provides several distinct benefits to the system designer. The lower pin count, both on the ADC and the FPGA, results in less routing lines, potentially fewer board layers, better immunity to external noise and extremely low crosstalk and injection of noise into the printed circuit board. These advantages translate directly into lower system costs and improved system reliability when compared to legacy ADC communication interface technology.

About TI's ADS6000 Data Converters

The pin-compatible ADS6000 family consists of dual- and quad-channel, 12- and 14-bit ADCs at speeds of 80, 100, 125 MSPS (mega samples per second) to provide a simple upgrade path for customers designing communications, instrumentation and imaging products. The ADS6000 family features excellent signal-to-noise ratio of 73.2dB dBFS (70.3dBFS for the 12-bit family) with 83dBc of spurious free dynamic range at 50 MHZ input frequency while only consuming 420mW of power per channel at 125 MSPS (330mW/channel at 80 MSPS). The devices allow high system density for multi-channel applications. Visit http://www.ti.com/ads6425 for more details as well as pricing and availability information.

When combined with the ADS6000 family of ADC products, the TSW1200EVM allows for easy deserialization and offers a flexible evaluation environment for analysis. The EVM can be connected to a logic analyzer for data analysis or to TI's TSW1100, a high-speed CMOS data capture and analysis tool.

About Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs

With more than 100 technical innovations, the Xilinx Virtex-4 family consists of 17 devices and three domain-optimized platforms; Virtex-4 LX FPGAs optimized for logic-intensive designs, Virtex-4 FX FPGAs optimized for high- speed serial connectivity and embedded processing, and Virtex-4 SX FPGAs optimized for high-performance signal processing. For more information on the Virtex-4 product family, visit http://www.xilinx.com/virtex4 .

Shipping since May 2006, the newest Virtex-5 family represents the fifth generation Virtex FPGAs. Built on the industry's most advanced 65nm triple- oxide technology, breakthrough new ExpressFabric(TM) technology, and proven ASMBL(TM) architecture, the Virtex-5 FPGA family offers an optimized balance of high-performance, low-power and capabilities. For more information visit http://www.xilinx.com/ .

Pricing and Availability

The reference design (including VHDL code and test files) and application note are available free of charge from the Xilinx website at http://www.xilinx.com/bvdocs/appnotes/xapp866.pdf . The TSW1200EVM high-speed ADC LVDS evaluation module can be purchased directly through TI and its distributors for USD $649.

About Xilinx

Xilinx, Inc. is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/ .

#0761 Editorial Contacts: Tamara Snowden Xilinx, Inc. Public Relations (408) 879-6146 tamara.snowden@xilinx.com

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CONTACT: Tamara Snowden of Xilinx, Inc. Public Relations, +1-408-879-6146,
or tamara.snowden@xilinx.com

Web site: http://www.xilinx.com/
http://www.ti.com/ads6425
http://www.xilinx.com/virtex4

Credit Libanais to Deploy SCTN Smart Card Loyalty on EMV Credit and Debit Cards

LAS VEGAS, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Credit Libanais S.A.L., the largest merchant acquiring bank in Lebanon, which provides financial acquiring for more than 10,000 merchants representing the majority of the Lebanese acquiring market, will be deploying the selektpoints(TM) Loyalty Program utilizing the SCTN End to End Loyalty Solution deployed through Phoenix Technology Holdings Inc.

"selektpoints is a merchant driven program and Credit Libanais is a terrific partner. They have a significant market share in Lebanon and their commitment to value added programs for their merchants makes this a fantastic relationship," commented Robert Buchan, CEO of selektpoints(TM).

Credit Libanais has flourished in the Lebanese acquiring market by continuously committing to resources and initiatives that drive significant value to its customers. Credit Libanais investment in innovation and technology allows to seamlessly integrate powerful solutions, such as selektpoints(TM), quickly and efficiently down to its large merchant base.

Deputy General Manager of Credit Libanais Antoine Raad said "This program is not only a significant value for our large merchant base but also to our Credit and Debit cardholders. This is the first third party EMV Smart Card application to reside alongside the Credit and Debit financial applications. This makes this project very exciting for several divisions here at the Bank."

About Credit Libanais

Credit Libanais is one of Lebanon's leading banking institutions. The Bank operates as a global provider offering a full range of services, including retail products, corporate banking, capital markets, as well as a multitude of products and services channeled through a network of 58 branches in Lebanon, a full operating branch in Cyprus, and a representative office in Canada.

The Bank is a leader in the Lebanese card industry, and is a significant member of Visa and MasterCard for issuing and acquiring. Through this qualification, Credit Libanais sponsors different banks and deploys the largest POS network in the country. In this context, Credit Libanais plays a major role with Visa and MasterCard International to issue different types of card products first launched in the Lebanese Market, such as the Visa Electron Cards, the VSDC Chip Cards and other MasterCard products.

The Bank highly and actively contributes to the design and implementation of co-branded card schemes with major retailers and petroleum companies for a mutually rewarding relationship.

In addition to being an issuing bank, Credit Libanais SAL is also an acquiring bank for Visa and MasterCard. This service allows the bank to have a close relationship with the merchants in the market, and increase its customer base with these new potential customers, enabling the Bank to cross-sell all of its banking products.

Credit Libanais not only provides card acceptance for service to Visa and MasterCard but also to American Express transactions.

Credit Libanais runs and maintains major payment networks in the Country: * POS network, serving 10,000 merchants for the acceptance of international and local credit cards * ATM network, the largest in Lebanon, connecting around 502 ATMs throughout the regions, in coordination with 25 banks operating in Lebanon * Payment gateway aiming at connecting merchants websites, for virtual purchases via credit cards on the internet network. About selektpoints(TM)

selektpoints(TM) is the worlds first multi national fully interoperable loyalty program that partners with landlord banks and selektmerchants to offer the participants a unique loyalty experience. selektpoints(TM) is an EMV Smart Chip Based loyalty program that brings a very unique and powerful value proposition to banks around the world who look to offer significant value added programs to their EMV initiatives (http://www.selektpoints.com/).

About Phoenix Technology Holdings Inc.

Phoenix Technology provides hosting, development, sales, client implementation, and system support for customer retention solutions allowing clients to deploy sophisticated strategies easily and quickly. (http://www.phoenix-tec.com/)

About Smart Chip Technologies

Smart Chip Technologies' turn-key customer retention solution, including Loyalty, Pre-Paid Stored Value, Punch Cards, and Gift Cards enables issuers, acquirers, and merchants to take advantage of real-time programs using their cardholder's existing cards using bar codes, magnetic stripes, smart chips, RFID, Internet accounts, and other consumer electronic technology, such as SMS and MMS cellular phones. The SCTN system is a scalable, high performance, end-to-end solution that uses an ASP model to customize the system's look and feel to reinforce customer branding. (www.sctn.com)

Smart Chip Technologies

CONTACT: Bernard Mchale, +1-702-361-3624, for Smart Chip Technologies

Web site: http://www.sctn.com/
http://www.phoenix-tec.com/
http://www.selektpoints.com/

Federal Signal Corporation to Announce First-Quarter Earnings on April 26, 2007

OAK BROOK, Ill., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Federal Signal Corporation will announce first-quarter 2007 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, April 26, 2007. The company will also host an investor conference call at 11 a.m. Eastern time the same day with Robert D. Welding, President and CEO, and Stephanie K. Kushner, Vice President and CFO.

Investors and analysts can access the webcast at http://www.federalsignal.com/. An archived replay of the investor conference call will be available on the company's website shortly after the call concludes.

About Federal Signal Corporation

Federal Signal Corporation is a leader in advancing security and well-being for communities and workplaces around the world. The company designs and manufactures a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial and airport customers. Federal Signal's portfolio of trusted, high-priority products include Bronto aerial devices, Elgin and Ravo street sweepers, E-ONE fire apparatus, Federal Signal safety and security systems, Guzzler industrial vacuums, Jetstream waterblasters and Vactor sewer cleaners. In addition, the company operates consumable industrial tooling businesses. Federal Signal was founded in 1901 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. http://www.federalsignal.com/

Federal Signal Corporation

CONTACT: investors, Dave Janek, or media, John Segvich, both of Federal
Signal Corporation, +1-630-954-2000

Web site: http://www.federalsignal.com/

Harris Corporation Announces New H.264 Broadcast Encoding Capabilities for Satellite, Terrestrial and IPTV DeliveryLeverages advanced H.264 compression standard to enable new applications and services

LAS VEGAS, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has introduced new H.264 broadcast encoding capabilities that enable lower-bandwidth operation of video services over satellite, terrestrial and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) delivery platforms.

Harris is launching NetVX(TM) ENC-A21 high-definition/standard-definition (HD/SD) and ENC-A11 standard-definition (SD) encoders, which bring the latest high-performance H.264 video encoding technology into its successful NetVX(TM) video networking system.

The NetVX(TM) ENC-A21 module is a third-generation compression system architecture tailored specifically to encoding of HD video under H.264 Main Profile Level 4.1. The module includes advanced preprocessing, integrated look-ahead technology, and multi-resolution processing to support picture in picture and other ancillary streaming applications in addition to the main HD channel. Supporting the video, audio and data features for contribution and distribution applications, along with low-bandwidth delivery applications such as IPTV, the NetVX ENC-A21 module saves network bandwidth and satellite transponder cost compared to MPEG-2 systems.

The NetVX(TM) ENC-A11 encoder module features H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10, Advanced Video Coding) compression technology, implementing the AVC Main Profile (Level 3.0), including Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC). A wide range of compressed image resolutions is supported, including performance at full D1 (720x480x30i). The NetVX ENC-A11 encoder module also features a full complement of analog and digital video and audio interfaces.

In addition to video processing, the NetVX(TM) ENC-A11 and ENC-A21 modules support audio compression standards prevalent worldwide, including the new Advanced Audio Coding-High Efficiency (AAC-HE) compression. Captions and other ancillary signals are processed in accordance with ATSC, DVB, and other related standards to provide the highest possible interoperability. These new NetVX(TM) modules also provide a small form-factor solution for electronic or satellite newsgathering.

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of about $4 billion and more than 14,000 employees - including more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services for global markets, including government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and wireless transmission network solutions. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/

Harris Corporation

CONTACT: Laura Whitaker, Vice President, Communications of Harris
Broadcast Communications Division, +1-408-782-1201, laura.whitaker@harris.com

Web site: http://www.harris.com/

Raycom Media Selects Harris Corporation for End-to-End Broadcast Solution at 37 Television StationsSolution highlights synergies of core Harris capabilities and recent technology acquisitions

LAS VEGAS, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, announced that Raycom Media Inc., has purchased an end-to-end broadcast solution -- including video processing, branding, and encoding systems and equipment -- for 37 television stations nationwide. The broad suite of equipment and software solutions will support large, fast-growing segments of the media market for high-definition TV, Internet Protocol TV, video-on-demand, and interactive TV applications. The Raycom systems are expected to be delivered on a scheduled basis over about two years, with the first four stations scheduled to begin deployment this month.

"This is a true end-to-end solution that illustrates the synergies resulting from our strategic acquisitions of Leitch and Aastra Digital Video and the infusion of Harris technology, which is sold through a consolidated sales force and focused on a major customer," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of the Harris Broadcast Communications Division. "The Harris video compression solution allows broadcasters dealing with bandwidth scarcity to create and distribute content anytime, anywhere -- providing new viewer experiences that generate additional revenue streams. We will continue to broaden our capabilities to provide customers a true end-to-end solution."

Raycom purchased Harris(R) NetVX(TM) ATSC encoding, the IconLogo(R) branding system and NEO(R) modular video processing products. Raycom television stations will use the Harris(R) NetVX(TM) platform for ATSC encoding of one high-definition (HD) and two standard-definition (SD) signals multiplexed through their existing ATSC transmission facilities. In addition to NetVX(TM), Raycom stations will deploy the Harris(R) NEO(R) advanced modular processing platform as a key component of the video processing strategy. Also included in the project are the Neural Surround(TM) MultiMerge(TM) audio processor and a Triveni Digital GuideBuilder(TM)-Pro centralized PSIP system.

The project allows Raycom to realize the benefits of key NEO(R) capabilities, including industry-leading, 3D-adaptive composite video decoding that allows for excellent SDI video quality (DAS-3901) and motion-adaptive SD/HD video and aspect ratio conversion with firmware keying that enables smooth field upgrades (XHD-3902).

Bob Thurber, director of engineering for Raycom Media, said, "It was important for us to secure a reliable processing and encoding solution that would see us well past the transition. Choosing the right product was critical; however, another key factor in our decision to go with Harris was their superior customer service. It's important for us to be able to go to one place for all of our service needs."

About Raycom Media

Raycom, an employee-owned company, is one of the nation's largest broadcasters and currently owns and/or operates 42 television stations in 18 states. Raycom stations cover more than 10.6% of U.S. television households and employ 3500 individuals in full- and part-time positions. In addition to television stations, Raycom owns Raycom Sports (a marketing, production and events management and distribution company in Charlotte, N.C.); Raycom Post (a post production facility in Burbank, Calif.); Broadview Media (a post production/telecommunications company based in Montgomery, Ala.); and CableVantage (a cable advertising sales group based in Columbia, S.C.).

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of about $4 billion and more than 14,000 employees -- including more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services for global markets, including government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and wireless transmission network solutions. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/

GuideBuilder is a trademark of Triveni Digital Inc.

Neural Surround and MultiMerge are trademarks of Neural Audio Corporation.

Harris Corporation

CONTACT: Laura Whitaker, Vice President, Communications of Harris
Broadcast Communications Division, +1-408-782-1201, laura.whitaker@harris.com

Web site: http://www.harris.com/

Paris Hilton, Reggie Bush and Anthony Anderson Celebrate The Launch Of The UpStage(TM) By Samsung, Exclusively From Sprint at THE UpStage Country Club in The Hollywood HillsExclusive invitation-only event featured special musical performances, spa treatments, mini golf and a gourmet poolside bbq

LOS ANGELES, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) celebrated the launch of the UpStage(TM) by Samsung, exclusively from Sprint, with an all day/ night event dubbed THE UpStage Country Club. Tucked away in Beverly Hills at a private residence, THE UpStage Country Club combined the sophistication of a traditional country club with the sexiness and flash that is uniquely hip hop.

During the invitation-only event, A-listers were treated to an all-day, immersive experience that included poolside spa services and other amenities. Kim Kardashian and Caroline D'Amore relaxed and enjoyed spa manicures and pedicures while Anthony Anderson and Ryan Cabrera honed their putting skills on the "Mini Mogul" golf course after dining on a gourmet meal straight from the grill. It was all fun and games for Scott Speedman and Marcus Allen who took turns at the billiards tables while Harry Morton opted for video games.

The new UpStage(TM) by Samsung took center stage with special stations throughout the venue that demonstrated its unique form factor, appearing as a mobile phone on one side and an MP3 player on the other. Guests were able to experience the many capabilities of the music-centric phone, including the Sprint Music Store that allows Sprint Power Vision Pack subscribers to choose from over 1.5 million songs to download over the air for only $0.99 per song.

Later on that evening, the festivities moved onto the tennis court where Paris Hilton and Regina King grooved to the sounds of DJ Frankie Inglese and hip-hop artist Twista. Headliner Gnarls Barkley hit the stage with a musical set which closed with a rousing performance of their hit, Crazy. Outside of the fortunate few that attended the event, only Sprint subscribers can get exclusive access to Ringers (ring tones), Call Tones (ring backs) and Sprint Power View video footage of the event on their Power Vision phones.

About The UpStage(TM) by Samsung

The UpStage(TM) is the first U.S. wireless phone designed with a revolutionary form factor that optimizes music capabilities with the look of a phone on one side and an MP3 player on the other. Operating on the Sprint Mobile Broadband network, UpStage(TM) by Samsung provides easy access to Sprint's exclusive multimedia content, including Sprint Music Store with quick over-the-air music downloads.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving 53.1 million customers at the end of 2006; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/.

About Samsung Telecommunications America

Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit http://www.samsungwireless.com/.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2005 parent company sales of US$56.7 billion and net income of US$7.5 billion. Employing approximately 128,000 people in over 120 offices in 57 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones, and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit http://www.samsung.com/.

Sprint; Samsung

CONTACT: Stacey Wechsler, Event Contact of Hired Gun Publicity &
Consulting, +1-917-913-5744, Stacey@hiredgunpublicity.com; Joel Shadle of
Sprint, +1-703-906-2645, joel.shadle@sprint.com; or Brett White, MWW Group for
Samsung, +1-972-301-5404, bwhite@mww.com

Web site: http://www.samsung.com/
http://www.sprint.com/
http://www.samsungwireless.com/

Texas Instruments to Broadcast Its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on the WebLive Webcast at www.ti.com/irApril 19, 2007, 10 a.m. Central Daylight Time

DALLAS, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Thursday, April 19, at 10 a.m. CDT in Dallas. The audio webcast of the meeting can be heard live through the Investor Relations section (http://www.ti.com/ir) of TI's web site. The meeting webcast also will be archived on the company's web site for 30 days.

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company includes the Education Technology business. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries.

Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com/.

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CONTACT: Chris Rongone, +1-214-480-6868, c-rongone@ti.com, or Gail
Chandler, +1-214-480-6808, g-chandler1@ti.com, both of Texas Instruments
Incorporated

Web site: http://www.ti.com/
http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/investor/confcall

Verizon to Take Lead Role in 'Enterprise 2020' Business/Education Partnership at The University of Texas at DallasNew Program to Bring Together Leading Business Thinkers and Educators to Create and Enhance Corporate and Customer Value Through Transformation

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Communications announced Monday (April 16) that it has become the first Board Company Member of The University of Texas at Dallas School of Management's innovative new global business and education consortium, Enterprise 2020.

Markets change quickly, making it increasingly important for companies to identify and develop distinctive competencies that are applicable across all industry segments as well as corporate-wide functions. The Enterprise 2020 program, a partnership between the university and industry leaders, is designed to develop new approaches to creating and enhancing corporate and customer value through transformation.

John W. Diercksen, Verizon executive vice president for strategy, development and planning, said, "This consortium is expected to be a key component of Verizon's ongoing transformation. Verizon will contribute to, and benefit from, this unique coalition of thought leaders and senior executives -- substantially enhancing our position for continued success in changing markets."

Professor Michael D. Oliff, Enterprise 2020 Director at UTD's School of Management, said, "Increased global turbulence has impacted the effectiveness of many management theories and practices -- and placed a premium on a firm's ability to accelerate and sustain transformational change. The creation of sustained customer value -- leveraged by more effective/rapid resource allocation -- is limited today by our ability to establish a stretch culture and sustain peak performance at team and individual levels."

With access to a broad and unique variety of educational resources and business experience, Enterprise 2020 participants will share and develop best practices, establish value-creation strategies, and participate in events and onsite studies. With Verizon's help, the program launched on January 1, 2007, and it is planned to continue for five years.

Verizon Communications Inc. , headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 59 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which operates one of the most expansive wholly owned global IP networks, and Verizon Telecom, which is deploying the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network to deliver the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services to customers. A Dow 30 company, Verizon has a diverse workforce of approximately 242,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $88 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com/.

Enterprise 2020, based in the School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, is a five-year global consortium of cross industry firms and executive teams working in collaboration with a multidisciplinary faculty. It serves as a catalyst and conduit of innovative solutions to guide, accelerate and sustain enterprise and individual transformation. For more information, visit http://www.som.utdallas.edu/et2020.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

Verizon Communications

CONTACT: Alberto Canal, +1-908-559-6367, alberto.c.canal@verizon.com

Web site: http://www.verizon.com/
http://www.som.utdallas.edu/et2020

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Makes Strategic Investment in Brazilian Residential Real Estate Company Abyara Planejamento Imobiliario S.A.

SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Abyara Planejamento Imobiliario S.A. ("Abyara") (BOV: ABYA3.SA), a residential real estate broker and co-developer in Brazil, announced today that Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund III has entered into an agreement to acquire a 14.29% stake in Abyara. This is Morgan Stanley Real Estate's most substantial investment in Brazil to date.

In the transaction, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund III acquired 4,138,845 shares from Artesia Equity Investments LLC and Marcelo Faria de Lima, which are bound by the Abyara Shareholders Agreement. Additionally, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund III acquired 3,129,056 shares held by Emilio Jose Westermann, Celso Minoru Tokuda and Arnaldo Curiati, which are not subject to the shareholders agreement. The three founding shareholders retain all their respective shares bound to the shareholders agreement.

"Abyara is a highly dynamic real estate company with a leading market position, strong brand recognition and an experienced management team," said Brian Carr, Managing Director and head of Latin America investing for Morgan Stanley Real Estate. "We believe Abyara's business model provides a strategic advantage and represents a unique opportunity for Morgan Stanley Real Estate to enter the Brazilian real estate market."

Commenting on the transaction, Mr. de Lima, said, "We believe that this is an important step in Abyara's growth. Morgan Stanley Real Estate brings a proven track record of successfully investing in real estate globally as well as strong financial expertise."

Abyara intends to elect a designee of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund III to Abyara's board of directors.

Abyara will hold a conference call to discuss the transaction on: Conference Call (in English) Conference Call (in Portuguese) Date: April 17, 2007 (Tuesday) Date: April 17, 2007 (Tuesday) Time: 08:00 a.m. New York time Time: 09:00 a.m. New York time 09:00 a.m. Brasilia time 10:00 a.m. Brasilia time Connection number: 1 (973) 582-2741 Connection number: 55 (11) 2101-4848 Access Code: 8701158 Access Code: Abyara

Abyara Planejamento Imobiliario S.A.

CONTACT: Marcelo Faria de Lima, COO and IRO, Abyara,
+011-55-11-3888-3880, fax, +011-55-11-3888-3790, ri@abyara.com.br

Sun-Times Media Group to Unveil 2007-2008 Business Plan May 16; Management Presentations to be Webcast

CHICAGO, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. will host a webcast on May 16 to present its business plan for 2007 and 2008.

The webcast can be accessed on http://www.thesuntimesgroup.com/ beginning on May 16 at 8:30 a.m. EDT on the Investor Relations portion of the company's Web site. Go to Investor Relations; click on Webcasts and then 2007-08 plan to access the presentation. The webcast will be archived for 30 days for those wishing to access the replay.

About Sun-Times Media Group

Sun-Times Media Group, formerly known as Hollinger International, is dedicated to being the premier source of local news and information for the greater Chicago area. Its media properties include the Chicago Sun-Times and Suntimes.com as well as newspapers and websites serving 120 communities across Chicago. Further information can be found at http://www.thesuntimesgroup.com/.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "project," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result" or similar words or phrases. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in reports filed by Sun-Times Media Group with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in its Forms 10-K and 10-Q. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward- looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

Sun-Times Media Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Tammy Chase, Director of Investor Relations of Sun-Times Media
Group, Inc., +1-312-321-3230

Web site: http://www.thesuntimesgroup.com/

Scarborough Research and Acxiom(R) Partner to Offer New Integrated Customer Data Solution for MarketersIncorporation of Acxiom PERSONICX(R) segmentation system with Scarborough local market and national consumer shopping, media and lifestyle data provides marketers more consumer insights

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Scarborough Research and Acxiom(R) Corporation (http://www.acxiom.com/) announced a marketing arrangement that will provide marketers more actionable information to precisely target prospects and customers who represent their most profitable and strategic opportunities. The joint marketing effort will make Acxiom Personicx(R) household segmentation data available through Scarborough Research, and the Scarborough Local Market and USA+ data will be available through Acxiom Personicx.

The combined use of Personicx and Scarborough information can lead to even greater actionable consumer insights for marketers. For example, a national furniture chain seeking to find the right customers for its new line of upscale furniture can append their in-house customer data with Personicx segmentation to determine the most responsive prospects for a targeted marketing campaign. Those Personicx segments representing the best prospect group then can be analyzed against Scarborough media and lifestyle data to determine the most effective ways to reach them in their local markets.

Personicx is a household-level segmentation system that places each U.S. household into one of 70 segments based on that household's specific consumer and demographic characteristics. The use of household Personicx can, for example, reveal the dramatic difference between the consumer behaviors of an affluent retired couple living next door to a young family who is just starting out. As a prospecting tool, Personicx helps marketers identify those consumers who could be their most profitable customers. Personicx currently benefits marketers across many major industries, including banking, retail, automotive, insurance and healthcare.

Scarborough Research's consumer shopping, media and lifestyle insights cover 81 leading markets and several smaller markets in the U.S. Scarborough surveys consumers directly in the local cities where they live to ensure that the insights captured truly reflect the consumer's "real world" environment. Scarborough's consumer data is currently used by Fortune 1000(TM) marketers for more effective co-branded partnerships, to win back market share, to expand the reach of their brand, to choose the most relevant media and to drive greater ROI for their marketing programs.

"Scarborough Research is committed to delivering services that drive greater marketing program impact and return-on-investment," said Alisa Joseph, vice president, Advertiser Marketing Services, Scarborough Research. "The combined insights from Scarborough and Acxiom result in a powerhouse of information for any marketer who is looking for more effective customer retention and acquisition campaigns. The ability for marketers to develop messages that are tailored to better address the buying motivations of their customers is significant given the multitude of product choices offered to consumers today."

"In today's complex marketing environment, consumers receive more commercial messages than ever before, which makes it tougher to stand out in the marketplace," said Louis Rolleigh, Personicx Product Leader, Acxiom Corporation. "Marketers who craft their campaigns with targeted customer information have a distinct edge on their competition. The Personicx/Scarborough combination sheds light on thousands of attributes of a customer or prospect, providing superior impact for any marketer wanting to increase success and to cut through the clutter."

For more information on how to access Personicx from Scarborough, please contact Alisa Joseph at alisa.joseph@arbitron.com or 312.542.1890. For more information on how to access Scarborough survey data through Personicx, please contact personicxinfo@acxiom.com or call 1.888.3ACXIOM.

About Scarborough Research

Scarborough Research, a Media Rating Council (MRC) accredited media and marketing service, (http://www.scarborough.com/, info@scarborough.com) measures the lifestyle and shopping patterns, media behaviors, and demographics of American consumers. Products and services include local market consumer insight studies in 81 Top-Tier Markets and several Mid-Tier Markets, Scarborough USA+ (a national database), Hispanic studies, customer relationship management and database integration solutions. With 35 years of experience, Scarborough measures 2,000 categories and serves a broad client base of approximately 3,500 subscribers including marketers, advertising agencies, electronic and print media, broadcast and cable television, radio stations, sports teams and leagues, and out-of-home companies. Surveying more than 220,000 adults annually, Scarborough is a joint venture between Arbitron Inc. (http://www.arbitron.com/) and The Nielsen Company (http://www.nielsen.com/).

About Acxiom Corporation

Acxiom Corporation (NASDAQ: ACXM; http://www.acxiom.com/) integrates data, services and technology to create and deliver customer and information management solutions for many of the largest, most respected companies in the world. The core components of Acxiom's innovative solutions are Customer Data Integration (CDI) technology, data, database services, IT outsourcing, consulting and analytics, and privacy leadership. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout the United States and Europe, and in Australia, China and Canada. For more information, visit http://www.acxiom.com/.

Scarborough Research

CONTACT: Allyson Mongrain of Scarborough Research, +1-703-451-3174, or
amongrain@scarborough.com; or Barbara Nelson of Acxiom Corporation,
+1-585-657-5330, or barbara.nelson@acxiom.com

Web site: http://www.scarborough.com/
http://www.acxiom.com/

Motorola Showcases Connected Home Technology at NAB 2007Motorola technology allows consumers to experience content in new, interactive ways

LAS VEGAS, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. will showcase a variety of content-delivery solutions including transmission and distribution equipment, customer home equipment and other technologies at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas this week. Additionally, two executives will share their insights on how content distribution is changing in light of new technologies, compression advancements and bandwidth solutions during panel sessions.

"As content becomes increasingly mobile, Motorola enables content and service providers to deliver cool customer experiences," said Doug Means, Motorola corporate vice president and general manager, Connected Home Solutions. "Whether the content is live, on demand, advertising or from the Internet, Motorola can deliver the content safely in a variety of formats to a number of devices."

Motorola's booth, located at SU1920 will demonstrate a variety of technologies designed to enhance the customer experience including Mobile TV, which enables customers to view content on a mobile handset, and Motorola Follow Me TV(TM), which allows customers to move content between rooms in the home and to portable devices.

Additionally, Motorola will showcase Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) set-tops that enable high-quality experiences, like video on demand, pay-per-view, rich user interfaces, and high definition. On display will be VIP set tops supporting both the Motorola KreaTV(TM) Open Development environment and the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition interactive entertainment system.

In content distribution and transmission, Motorola will showcase its MPEG-4 high definition and standard definition encoders, a switched digital video server, digital simulcast technology and customized content distribution via the Motorola On-Target(TM) system.

Three Motorola executives will share the company's expertise and insight about how new technologies like IP-based services and wireless technology are changing how consumers experience TV at the IPTV World sessions on April 18. Kevin Wirick, marketing vice president, Motorola Connected Home Solutions, will conduct a feature presentation at 10:20 a.m. titled: "IPTV - Top Half of the First Inning". Marty Stein, senior director of marketing, Motorola Connected Home Solutions, will present a case study called "Anticipating the Bottleneck: Bandwidth Usage Trend" panel at 3:40 p.m. Mark Sebastyn, senior manager of product marketing, On Demand Solutions for Motorola, will discuss the importance of content mobility on a panel called "How Online VOD Changes the Game" at 5:10 p.m.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $42.9 billion in 2006. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com/ .

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Kalia Farrell of Motorola, +1-215-323-1059,
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Web site: http://www.motorola.com/

Bravo! Brands Adds E-Commerce Capability to WebsiteCompany expands product distribution efforts by making its Bravo!(TM) brand and Slammers(R) brand available for purchase online

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bravo! Brands Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BRVO) , a brand development and marketing company that promotes and distributes vitamin-fortified, flavored milk drinks and other beverages, today announced the opening of its e-commerce website, enabling consumers to order its products directly from http://www.bravobrands.com/.

"Everyday we get a large number of emails and calls from consumers around the country asking where they can find our beverages in their area," said Roy Warren, Chief Executive Officer. "Now, in addition to visiting local retailers, they can simply log on to our website and have our products sent to their doorstep. With this website, everyone can now have access to all of our great-tasting beverages."

The new e-commerce website is the latest addition to the company's growing retail distribution program which includes more than 40,000 retail and convenience store outlets through Coca-Cola Enterprises and the company's internal direct sales teams.

The entire range of Bravo's beverages will be available for purchase by the case (one dozen bottles) on the site. Prices range from $13.99 - $17.99, depending on the product, plus shipping.

About Bravo! Brands Inc.

Bravo! Brands Inc. develops, brands, markets, distributes and sells nutritious, flavored milk products throughout the 50 United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Bravo!'s products are available in the United States and internationally through production agreements with regional aseptic milk processors and are currently sold under the brand names Slammers(R) and Bravo!(TM). Bravo!'s Slammers(R) products are available nationwide in popular chains such as: 7-Eleven, A&P, Allsup's, BP Petroleum, Brookshire Grocery, Circle K, Cumberland Farms, CVS, Discount Drug, Eckerd Drug, Giant Food Stores,

Hannaford, Hess, Kings, Krasdale, Pathmark, QFC, Schnucks, Sheetz, ShopRite, Speedway, Stator Bros, Sunoco, Tedeshi, United Supermarkets, USA/Super D Drug, Waldbaums, Walgreens, Quick Trip, Wal-Mart Supercenter and Pilot Oil.

Many of Bravo! Brands' Slammers(R) lines of shelf-stable, single-serve milk drinks are co-branded through exclusive partnerships with Masterfoods USA,

a division of Mars Incorporated, General Mills, Organic Valley, and MD Enterprises (Moon Pie(R)), providing superior name recognition packaged with quality, great-tasting drinks.

On November 1, 2005, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. began distribution of the Slammers(R) Masterfoods line, as well as the Bravo!'s Slim Slammers(R) and Pro Slammers(TM) products, under a Master Distribution Agreement with Bravo!

For more information, visit: http://www.bravobrands.com/. Carol Milliron Zeno Group Carol.milliron@zenogroup.com 404-832-6788

Bravo! Brands Inc.

CONTACT: Carol Milliron of Zeno Group, +1-404-832-6788, or
Carol.milliron@zenogroup.com

Web site: http://www.bravobrands.com/

SafePay Solutions Corporate Update

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SafePay Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SFPS.PK) is pleased to present the following corporate update.

SafePay is proud to announce that it has signed an agreement with the developers of the technology underpinning our current operations to negotiate the acquisition of exclusive licensing rights to a new e-commerce platform currently under development. These negotiations should conclude prior to May 15, 2007.

The new e-commerce solution should allow SafePay to transition its existing vendors, and all new vendors, to a platform which guarantees delivery of vendor products to those vendor's customers. Our current model, and that of our competitors in the payment processing industry, while guaranteeing payment to vendors and the near elimination of purchaser fraud, does not guarantee delivery of products to purchasers, but instead depends on the good faith of our vendors. "Many people, from winners of Internet auctions to those just purchasing online using alternative payment platforms, still have to wait to see whether or not the goods and services they purchased and/or won and have already paid for, will be delivered. After we have successfully concluded negotiations to acquire this exciting new platform, these fears will be all but eliminated for our customers, as vendors are transitioned away from our old model and onto the new," stated Mr. Jilbert.

Additionally, this change is intended to allow SafePay to book all revenue generated by our vendor associates as our revenue, as SafePay would be taking delivery on all items, selling to, and receiving payments from customers and paying for products from our vendors as opposed to simply handling the payments for the vendors as is our current practice. According to Mr. Jilbert, "This transition is intended to increase revenues, eliminate uncertainty for both vendors and customers and greatly reduce regulatory overhead for SafePay. It is our sincerest hope to conclude these negotiations as soon as possible, so we can begin implementing this new platform. This new e-commerce platform, coupled with our current good funds payment model could dramatically increase our revenues and could give our customers a far greater level of security than any of our competitors."

In other news, SafePay is pleased to announce that, after many months of development, we are very near deployment of our comprehensive real-time accounting module. This exciting new software should allow SafePay to rapidly generate up-to-the-minute financial data and is intended to allow us to recommence delivering financial results to our shareholders. It is management's intention to deliver balance sheet and profit and loss figures for prior periods very soon and to deliver similar data for future periods on regular intervals. More news regarding these developments will follow.

And finally, SafePay Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into final stage negotiations to acquire Digital 440, Inc. and expects to conclude those negotiations during this quarter. "We are very excited about the prospects presented by Digital 440 and although the negotiations have been long, we believe the fruits of such an acquisition will bring great dividends to our shareholders," stated Tim Jilbert, SafePay's CEO.

As part of our ongoing negotiations, Digital 440 was required to, and has reached, agreements with several third parties to supply private labeled computers, flat panel televisions, mp3 players and other electronic products to the consumer market. Currently, Digital 440, through agreements and relationships with various overseas manufacturers, has access to build-to- order computers and electronic consumers goods of the highest quality. Many of its relationships are with manufacturers that already build computers for many of the largest computer companies in the world.

Digital 440 will be able to deliver high quality consumer electronics products to existing SafePay vendors, utilizing our proprietary payment systems and methods. Additionally, Digital 440 will also supply the same or similar products to third parties who will sell them into varied niche markets that we have identified as being poorly served by established, top tier manufacturers. These markets, which, in management's opinion have no effective, build-to-order, suppliers include the rent-to-own market, credit challenged markets and various NAFTA/CAFTA markets. Mr. Jilbert further stated, "SafePay's good funds payments models along with automatic foreign language translation should enable Digital 440 to rapidly deploy high quality consumer electronics to customers previously unable to acquire these highly desirable products."

SafePay Solutions, Inc.

CONTACT: Alex Livak of Fortune Investor Relations for the Global Diamond
Exchange Inc, +1-347-813-4664, alivak@fortuneir.com

Raytheon Wins $14 Million Award for Radio Communications System

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 16, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has been awarded an initial $14 million contract through the U.S. government to supply 650 Enhanced Position Location Reporting System, or EPLRS, networked data radios to the Department of National Defence of Canada.

"Providing our international partners with EPLRS is an important milestone in coalition interoperability efforts," said Jerry Powlen, vice president, Network Centric Systems' Integrated Communications Systems. "With EPLRS, military forces can leverage extensive on-the-move networking capabilities for enhancing situational awareness and command and control capabilities when supporting joint missions with U.S. forces."

With more than 16,000 radios currently fielded across all four U.S. Armed Services, EPLRS provides the largest integrated tactical data network for today's highly mobile fighting force. The Canadian version of EPLRS is fully interoperable with U.S. systems. It also offers extended networking capabilities from a wider range of frequency channels, providing additional situational awareness to soldiers. EPLRS systems are deployed on a variety of vehicular and airborne platforms.

Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more than 80 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.

Contact: MB Hodgkiss 508.490.2607

Raytheon Company

Contact: MB Hodgkiss of Raytheon Company, +1-508-490-2607

Web site: http://www.raytheon.com/

McGraw-Hill Professional Launches AccessPharmacyNew Online Resource Helps Students Keep Pace With Changing Curriculum

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In five years, nearly 300,000 practicing pharmacists will be needed nationwide to serve an aging population, a 30 percent increase compared with 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. To help meet this growing need for pharmacists, McGraw-Hill Professional, a leading global provider of information resources for the scientific and medical communities, has launched AccessPharmacy, an online content solution, which is designed to keep pace with the changing demands of pharmacy education.

The Web-based resource uses a unique curricular-based approach modeled after the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) national guidelines. AccessPharmacy leverages the content of the industry's most trusted pharmacy resources, including Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 6th edition; Pharmacotherapy Casebook, 6th edition; Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th edition; Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 9th edition, and Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th edition. In addition, the editors of Goodman & Gilman's will provide monthly updates to AccessPharmacy.

To provide pharmacy students with an interactive, practical and real-world learning experience, AccessPharmacy offers case-based learning through more than 150 drug therapy cases with related Q&As as well as care plans that students can complete and submit to faculty for review and critique. With this new McGraw-Hill reference, students, depending on their specific learning needs, can select from more than 500 core curriculum topics, browse by organ system, review textbooks online or search the entire Web-based resource.

"Pharmacy education is an extremely fast-growing and ever-changing study," said Scott Grillo, vice president of Digital Content Development in McGraw- Hill Professional's Digital Group. "AccessPharmacy provides a comprehensive tool for these students to access the tremendous amount of learning needed to enter this challenging and critical field. AccessPharmacy delivers the most up-to-date information in a variety of formats and contexts the students will see in actual practice."

A self-assessment tool with nearly 4,000 Q&A including dedicated North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) review provides students with opportunities to practice the increasingly challenging certification exams. The program keeps a personalized record of the number of practice tests taken and recent scores.

A fully integrated drug database, in both English and Spanish, allows quick access to complete chemical structure and dosing information, adverse reactions, indications, contraindications and full-color photos of all formulations. "Drug of the Week" quizzes test the student's ability to visually identify the top 200 brand-name drugs.

AccessPharmacy is regularly reviewed by an editorial board of leading PharmD's and updated with daily news feeds from the Pharmacotherapy News Network (PNN). New virtual cases and pharmacologic animations that detail drug interactions on a molecular level are added quarterly.

About McGraw-Hill Professional

McGraw-Hill Professional is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies , has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 40 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.

McGraw-Hill Professional

CONTACT: Tom Stanton
McGraw-Hill Education
+1-212-902-3214
tom_Stanton@mcgraw-hill.com

Web site: http://www.mheducation.com/

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