Companies news

Trina Solar Signs Long Term Supply Agreement with GCL Silicon Technology

CHANGZHOU, China, April 2, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited (''Trina Solar'' or the ''Company''), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced that the Company has signed a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with a subsidiary of GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Ltd. (collectively, ''GCL Silicon Technology'').

Under this agreement, GCL Silicon Technology will supply Trina Solar with virgin polysilicon sufficient to produce approximately 2,600 MW of solar modules in aggregate over eight years. Delivery of polysilicon at predetermined prices will start in April of 2008.

''This agreement represents a key component of our strategy to secure sufficient feedstock to support our sales growth. Combined with our other long-term agreements, planned in-house polysilicon production, and integrated manufacturing cost efficiencies, we believe we are in a strong position to expand our margins in the long term as the cost of solar energy approaches grid parity," said Jifan Gao, Trina Solar's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "This eight-year agreement will provide Trina Solar with a large quantity of polysilicon at favorable terms with delivery scheduled to commence this month."

"We are pleased to become a polysilicon supplier to Trina Solar and look forward to developing a close relationship with them," said Hunter Jiang, President of GCL Silicon Technology. "GCL Silicon Technology intends to expand its polysilicon production capacity to meet the growing demands of customers like Trina Solar.''

This long-term polysilicon supply agreement will enhance the Company's raw material supplies and increase its cost structure visibility to strengthen its position as a leading global PV manufacturer. After signing this agreement and together with other polysilicon supply agreements, the Company has now secured approximately 95% of its estimated silicon feedstock requirements for 2008, an equivalent of approximately 195 MW based on a production target of 200 to 210 MW of module output.

About Trina Solar Limited

Trina Solar Limited , through its wholly-owned subsidiary Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd, is a well recognized manufacturer of high quality modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it was founded in 1997 as a system installation company. Trina Solar is currently one of the few PV manufacturers that has developed a vertically integrated business model from the production of monocrystalline and multicrystalline ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules. This integrated value chain helps to ensure that high quality products can be delivered to its end customers around the globe, including a number of European countries, such as Germany, Spain and Italy. Trina Solar's solar modules provide reliable and environmentally-friendly electric power for residential, commercial, industrial and other applications worldwide. For further information, please visit Trina Solar's website at http://www.trinasolar.com/ .

About GCL Silicon Technology

GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Limited, through its subsidiary Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co., Ltd., sells polysilicon and wafers to the solar industry. The company operates a polysilicon production facility in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province in China.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the Company's ability to raise additional capital to finance the Company's activities; the effectiveness, profitability, and marketability of its products; the future trading of the securities of the Company; the ability of the Company to operate as a public company; the period of time for which its current liquidity will enable the Company to fund its operations; the Company's ability to protect its proprietary information; general economic and business conditions; the volatility of the Company's operating results and financial condition; the Company's ability to attract or retain qualified senior management personnel and research and development staff; and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the companies and the industry. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or to changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward looking statements are reasonable, they cannot assure you that their expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.

For more information, please contact: Trina Solar Limited Sean Shao, CFO Tel: +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou) Thomas Young, Director of Investor Relations Tel: +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou) Email: ir@trinasolar.com CCG Elite Investor Relations Crocker Coulson, President Tel: +1-646-213-1915 Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com Ed Job, CFA Tel: +1-646-213-1914 Email: ed.job@ccgir.com

Trina Solar Limited

CONTACT: Sean Shao, CFO, +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou), or Thomas Young,
Director of Investor Relations, +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou), both of Trina
Solar Limited, ir@trinasolar.com; or at CCG Elite Investor Relations, Crocker
Coulson, President, +1-646-213-1915, or crocker.coulson@ccgir.com, or Ed Job,
CFA, +1-646-213-1914, or ed.job@ccgir.com, both for TSL

Web Site: http://www.trinasolar.com/

Sonic Innovations Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

SALT LAKE CITY, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Innovations, Inc. a U.S.-based manufacturer of digital hearing aids, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary during 2008.

The company is the largest publicly traded U.S.-based hearing aid manufacturer. More than half of the company's revenue is generated from outside the United States (company revenue for 2007 was $122 million).

"In just 10 years Sonic Innovations has leveraged its world class sound technology to become one of the largest hearing device manufacturers in the world. Sonic Innovations was among the first companies to implement digital technology into hearing aids and is a leader in digital-signal processing," noted Sonic Innovations CEO Sam Westover. "We continue to be a pioneer in our industry through continuous improvements in sound quality, by significantly decreasing the size of our hearing aids and through the development of new features that make our hearing devices simple to use and easily adaptable to the active lifestyle."

Sonic Innovations was founded upon sound technology from three internationally renowned scientists -- Douglas Chabries, Thomas Stockham Jr. and Carver Mead -- each with a Ph.D. in engineering. Chabries created algorithms that led to better speech-understanding in noise. Stockham, known as the "father of digital recording," developed mathematical methods that are used today in playing DVDs, processing Hubble space telescope images, improving medical images and creating better hearing aids. He is the only electrical engineering professor to be awarded a Grammy, an Emmy and an Academy Award. Mead is recognized as the father of large-scale integrated circuits. He has been involved in the start-up of over 20 different companies, including Intel.

In 1998, the company developed its first product, the Natura(R) hearing aid. (The name was derived from the fact that so many subjects in the field trials repeatedly said how natural the hearing aid sounded.) Natura(R) was one of the first digital hearing aids in the marketplace.

Westover noted that before the development of digital hearing aids, analog technology did not allow clinicians to maximize benefit for every patient's unique listening needs. In the simplest of terms, digital technology gives clinicians very fine frequency and volume adjustments, and access to tools that can control background noise while amplifying speech.

Since 1998, Sonic Innovations has developed several different digital product lines with a wide variety of features. Sonic Innovations will introduce two new hearing aids, representing a fourth generation of technological advancements, in April at the American Academy of Audiology Conference in Charlotte, N.C.

Sonic Innovations is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has nearly 700 employees worldwide. Sonic distributes hearing aids in 25 countries, and has offices in Canada, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, United Kingdom, Austria and Switzerland.

About Sonic Innovations

Sonic Innovations, Inc. is the largest, publicly traded U.S.-based hearing aid manufacturer. The company was founded with a mission to commercialize a unique digital signal processing platform for hearing aids. Sonic Innovations hearing aids were among the first of their kind clinically proven to increase speech understanding in noise for the hearing impaired. Sonic Innovations, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market System and can be found online at http://www.sonici.com/.

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as defined under securities laws. Actual results may differ materially and adversely from those described herein depending on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the following risks: we face aggressive competition in our business; acquisitions could be difficult to integrate and disrupt our current business and therefore may harm our operating results; we may poorly operate newly acquired businesses; we may lose a large customer or suffer a reduction in orders from a large customer; we must have innovative, technologically superior products to compete effectively; our products, due to their complexity, may contain errors or defects that are only discovered after sales by our customers, thus harming our reputation and business; we may have issues with intellectual property; and we have important international operations, which expose us to a variety of risks including government reimbursement, that could impact sales and operating results. For additional information regarding the risks inherent in our business, please see "Factors That May Affect Future Performance" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We undertake no obligation to revise our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Sonic Innovations, Inc.

CONTACT: Therese Clay, +1-801-541-9244, therese@xomktg.com, or Carrie
Dunn, +1-801-230-7333, carrie@xomktg.com, both of XO Marketing Group,
+1-801-272-8686, for Sonic Innovations, Inc.

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

CTDC Attends the Inauguration Ceremony of Thin Film A-Si Manufacturing Line in Changzhou, China

HONG KONG, April 2, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Technology Development Group Corporation (Nasdaq: CTDC; "the Company" or "CTDC"), a provider of clean and renewable energy products and solutions focusing on solar energy business in China, today announced that the Company attended the inauguration ceremony of the first 5MW Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Solar Module manufacturing line in Changzhou, China, which is the manufacturing plant of China Stream Fund Solar Energy Company ("China Stream Solar"). According to the expansion plan of China Stream Solar, one of our future downstream purchasers and significant business partners, an additional 30 units of 5MW Thin Film Amorphous Silicon production lines with an output capacity of 150MW will be completed by 2008. The future demand of SnO2 solar base plates will reach over 3 million per year, which potentially requires more than 40 SnO2 production lines.

Mr. Alan Li, Chairman of the Company, as well as Mr. Yuan Lee, Chairman of Terra Solar Global Inc, CTDC's strategic partner and Mr. Henry Behnke, Chairman of China Solar Energy Holdings Limited attended the ceremony. The three chairpersons discussed with the Chairman of China Stream Solar, Mr. Ao Yang, in relation to the future cooperation contract of the SnO2 solar plate business. Meanwhile, the technical engineers from the Company and China Steam Solar discussed and exchanged the details of the specific technical parameters in preparation of the SnO2 base plate production and delivery.

"We are very delighted to see the significant progress from our potential customer and are truly confident that we will be able to build a strong partnership with them in the near future. We are continuing to devote our best effort to accelerate the quality assurance testing and certification process of our final product, which is planned to be available on the market by end of the second quarter of this year. In addition, we are expecting to have a minimum of 6 production lines to be completed and ready for production by late fourth quarter of 2008," commented Mr. Alan Li, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

About CTDC:

CTDC is a provider of clean and renewable energy products and solutions focusing on solar energy business in China. CTDC's ultimate principal shareholder is China Merchants Group ( http://www.cmhk.com/ ), one of the biggest state-owned conglomerates in China.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.chinactdc.com/ .

Forward-Looking Statement Disclosure:

This press release of the Company, which is a foreign private issuer, on Form 6-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. These statements relate to future events or the Company's future financial performance. The Company has attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including "anticipates", "believes", "expects", "can", "continue", "could", "estimates", "expects", "intends", "may", "plans", "potential", "predict", "should", or "will" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions, uncertainties and other factors may cause the Company's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The information in this Report on Form 6-K is not intended to project future performance of the Company. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward- looking statements are reasonable, the Company does not guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. The Company's expectations are as of the date this Form 6-K is filed, and the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date this Report on Form 6-K is filed to conform these statements to actual results, unless required by law.

Enquiries: Stephan Yao General Manager, PR/IR Department Tel: +852-3112-8461 Email: ir@chinactdc.com

China Technology Development Group Corporation

CONTACT: Stephan Yao of CTDC PR-IR Dept, +852-3112-8461,
ir@chinactdc.com

Web site: http://www.cmhk.com/
http://www.chinactdc.com/

ZBB Energy Corporation Announces Contract With Future House USA Project at Beijing OlympicsZBB Selected as Storage Solution for Alternative Energy Residential Application

MILWAUKEE, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ZBB Energy Corporation announced today that as part of its efforts in the alternative energy sector, its ZESS 50(TM) fuel cell zinc energy storage system has been chosen to provide a key element in the Zero Net Energy ("ZNE"), Future House USA ("FHUSA") home that will be on display at the Beijing Olympic Games in August 2008.

An estimated five million people will tour the Future House Village, a globally-inspired neighborhood of eco-friendly demonstration homes created by visionaries from Canada, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United States. This high-visibility program is designed to promote energy-saving strategies and construction that will have a minimal impact on the global environment.

Future House USA incorporates five elements: energy efficiency, indoor air quality, water consumption, storm water management and construction recycling in order to achieve a design to maximize the homes energy efficiency, environmental compatibility and sustainability. This design has achieved a ZNE home, generating all its own energy. In order to achieve ZNE the home requires the ZESS energy storage system in order to store energy at the time of generation for later use when those generating sources, such as solar, are not available.

The ZESS 50(TM) was selected because of its performance, environmental friendliness and safe nature needed in residential applications. Based on ZBB's proprietary 50 kWh energy storage module the ZESS 50(TM) is a standard product but may also be configured and packaged as a fully customized energy storage system, according to Rob Parry, CEO of ZBB Energy Corporation.

Announcing the contract Parry said, "ZESS is the perfect match for this project. Our ZESS product line has enough versatility to allow us to size products for both large energy storage applications, as well as smaller residential applications to help achieve a true environmental home using renewable energy. Our participation in the Future House USA project is part of our long-term plan for ZESS to be used in residential applications. This project presents the perfect opportunity to introduce the ZESS product into the China market. What better forum for us than to be part of the USA entry into this sustainable housing project being unveiled to the world at the Beijing Olympics."

The ZESS 50 zinc energy storage system will be constructed and shipped to China within the next three weeks, Parry said.

More information on the Future House USA project can be found at http://www.futurehouseusa.com/.

About ZBB Energy Corporation

ZBB Energy Corporation develops and manufactures distributed energy storage solutions based on the Company's proprietary zinc rechargeable electrical energy storage technology. The unique modular construction of the Company's core 50 kWh product enables ZBB's fuel cell type energy storage system to be sized and packaged as products (ZESS 50, ZESS 500) as well as a fully customized, large format, energy storage system. This scalable, mobile system is ideally suited for large market applications.

Safe Harbor

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including the description of the company and its product offering, are forward-looking statements within the "safe harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including historical volatility and low trading volume of our stock, the risk and uncertainties inherent in the early stages of growth companies, the company's need to raise substantial additional capital to proceed with its business, risks associated with competitors, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

ZBB Energy Corporation

CONTACT: Robert Parry, Chief Executive Officer of ZBB Energy
Corporation, +1-262-253-9800, rparry@zbbenergy.com; or Joanne Verkuilen of SMH
Capital Inc., Market & Liquidity Services, +1-212-893-1122,
joanne.verkuilen@smhcapital.com

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

comScore Publie le Palmarès des Sites Internet les Plus Visités en France en Février

PARIS, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- La Saint-Valentin favorise le trafic vers les sites d'envoi de fleurs, de cadeaux et de voeux

- Le nouveau navigateur Firefox permet à Mozilla Organisation de dépasser les 4 millions de visiteurs

comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR), un des leaders mondiaux dans le domaine de la mesure d'Internet, a publié aujourd'hui le classement des sites Internet les plus visités ainsi que le classement des sites et des catégories enregistrant les meilleures progressions en France pour février, sur la base des données recueillies grâce à son service de mesure d'audience comScore World Metrix.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080115/COMSCORELOGO)

La fréquentation en ligne connaît généralement une baisse en février puisque ce mois est le plus court de l'année. Cependant, la Saint-Valentin a canalisé un trafic important vers la catégorie fleurs/cadeaux/voeux, catégorie qui enregistre une progression de 20 % par rapport à janvier avec 3,4 millions de visiteurs. L'on a également pu constater une progression dans les catégories Hôtels et séjours, Immobilier et Emploi.

La mise en ligne de son nouveau navigateur Firefox a entraîné une hausse de 79 % du nombre de visiteurs sur le site de Mozilla Organisation. Le site atteint donc les 4,5 millions de visiteurs uniques. Le tirage de l'Euro Millions est quant à lui à l'origine de l'augmentation de 35 % enregistrée par le site de la Française des Jeux avec 2,2 millions de visiteurs uniques.

Catégories enregistrant les meilleures progressions pour février 2008 10 catégories enregistrant les meilleures progressions en nombre de visiteurs uniques en France Février 2008 par rapport à janvier 2008 Total pour la France - Domicile et Travail, internautes de 15 ans et plus(i) Source : comScore World Metrix Total des visiteurs Uniques (en milliers) Catégorie de site Jan 08 Fév 08 Pourcentage de variation Total des internautes : Total de l'audience 29 232 29 419 1 % Fleurs/cadeaux/voeux 2857 3441 20 % Hôtels/séjours 3865 4464 15 % Immobilier 4488 4806 7 % Emploi 2204 2336 6 % Jeux en ligne 9135 9574 5 % Automobile - Ressources 7960 8292 4 % Jeux d'argent en ligne 6874 7141 4 % Gouvernement 9495 9857 4 % Voyage - Information 11 057 11 475 4 % Enfants 3771 3912 4 % (i) Le trafic issu des ordinateurs publics comme dans les cybercafés ou à partir de téléphones portables ou d'assistants numériques personnels n'est pas inclus.

Sites enregistrant les meilleures progressions en février 2008 10 sites enregistrant les meilleures progressions en nombre de visiteurs uniques en France(i) Février 2008 par rapport à janvier 2008 Total pour la France - Domicile et Travail, internautes de 15 ans et plus(ii) Source : comScore World Metrix Total des visiteurs uniques (en milliers) Site Jan 08 Fév 08 Pourcentage de variation Total des internautes : Total de l'audience 29 232 29 419 1 % The Mozilla Organization 2489 4459 79 % Française des Jeux 1634 2200 35 % BNP Paribas 2847 3602 27 % Sites Lastminute.com 1697 2107 24 % NBLOG.FR 1789 2024 13 % JFG Networks 5022 5676 13 % Groupe Fotovista 3401 3775 11 % Expedia Inc 1824 1974 8 % Groupe Amaury 3051 3301 8 % Ask Network 1876 2021 8 % (i) Classement basé sur les 100 principaux sites français pour février 2008. (ii) Le trafic issu des ordinateurs publics comme dans les cybercafés ou à partir de téléphones portables ou d'assistants numériques personnels n'est pas inclus.

25 sites les plus visités en février 2008 25 sites les plus visités en nombre de visiteurs uniques en France(i) Février 2008 par rapport à janvier 2008 Total pour la France - Domicile et Travail, internautes de 15 ans et plus(ii) Source : comScore World Metrix Classement Classement Total des visiteurs pour février pour janvier Uniques (en milliers) 2008 2008 Site Février 2008 S/O S/O Total des internautes : Total de l'audience 29 419 1 1 Sites Google 21 483 2 2 Sites Microsoft 19 193 3 3 Orange 15 026 4 4 Sites Iliad/Free.fr 12 873 5 5 eBay 11 748 6 6 Groupe Pages Jaunes 11 637 7 7 Sites Yahoo! 11 633 8 9 Skyrock Network 10 986 9 8 Groupe PPR 10 546 10 10 Sites Wikipedia 10 152 11 11 DAILYMOTION.COM 9418 12 13 Groupe PriceMinister 8446 13 15 AOL LLC 8204 14 14 NextRadio TV 8061 15 12 Groupe Benchmark 7880 16 18 Groupe Lagardère 7725 17 17 Groupe Doctissimo 7695 18 16 Sites Lycos Europe 7544 19 20 COMMENTCAMARCHE.NET 6806 20 21 Groupe TF1 6788 21 19 Groupe Bestofmedia 6705 22 22 Réseau auFeminin.com 6336 23 23 Sites AlloCiné 6099 24 25 Groupe Spir Communication 6089 25 24 Hi-Media 5964 (i) Classement basé sur les 100 principaux sites français pour février 2008. (ii) Le trafic issu des ordinateurs publics comme dans les cybercafés ou à partir de téléphones portables ou d'assistants numériques personnels n'est pas inclus.

Ã€ propos de comScore

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) est un des leaders mondiaux de la mesure d'audience d'Internet. Pour de plus amples informations, consultez www.comscore.com/boilerplate.

Site web: http://www.comscore.com

comScore, Inc.

Jamie Gavin de comScore, Inc., +44-(0)-207-099-1775, worldpress@comscore.com /Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080115/COMSCORELOGO/ AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/ PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

MATTOON, Ill., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.38738 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on May 1, 2008 to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2008.

About Consolidated

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. is an established rural local exchange company providing voice, data and video services to residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. Each of the operating companies has been operating in its local market for over 100 years. With approximately 282,028 ILEC access lines, 68,874 Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) access line equivalents (including 41,951 access lines and 2,184 DSL subscribers), 83,521 DSL subscribers across all subsidiaries, and 12,241 IPTV subscribers, Consolidated Communications offers a wide range of telecommunications services, including local and long distance service, custom calling features, private line services, high-speed Internet access, digital TV, carrier access services, and directory publishing. Consolidated Communications is the 12th largest local telephone company in the United States.

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

CONTACT: Stephen Jones, Vice President - Investor Relations of
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., +1-217-258-9522,
investor.relations@consolidated.com; or Investor Relations, Kirsten Chapman or
Cathy Mattison, cmattison@lhai.com, both of Lippert | Heilshorn & Associates,
for Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., +1-415-433-3777

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

Absolute Software Announces Collaboration and Support for Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology for Next Generation NotebooksAbsolute and Intel collaborate to provide deeply-integrated anti-theft technology for notebook computers

VANCOUVER, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Absolute(R) Software Corporation ("Absolute"), (TSX: ABT), the leading provider of firmware-based, patented, Computer Theft Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset Tracking(TM) solutions today announced that its industry standard Computrace(R) IT asset management, data protection and theft recovery services will be integrated in support of Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology later this year. Computrace will be available for select Intel(R) Centrino(R) processor technology based notebooks.

"For more than a decade, Absolute Software has single-handedly created and developed the market for BIOS-persistent, Internet-based tracking of mobile computers. Computrace is also capable of remotely deleting data and physically recovering lost or stolen computers - assisting customers in complying with data privacy regulations," said John Livingston, Chairman and CEO of Absolute Software. "As the undisputed leader in this market, we look forward to bringing our industry expertise, 2.5 million subscriber base and scalable technology to our new relationship with Intel as we further evangelize this under-penetrated market together."

Absolute Software and Intel Corporation will collaborate to deliver Absolute's suite of IT asset management, data protection and computer theft recovery services on Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology. As part of this collaboration, Absolute's services will enhance the anti-theft layer that will be available for Intel's upcoming Centrino processor technology based notebooks.

The new relationship was announced during a keynote address by David (Dadi) Perlmutter, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Mobility Group during the company's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shanghai, China. Attending from Absolute Software was the company's Vice President of Business Development, Ben Haidri.

"Mobility is accelerating and customers want to prevent theft, protect their data and have the ability to take action in the event of a computer theft or loss," Mooly Eden, Vice President, Intel Mobile Platform Group, said. "Our new Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology along with Absolute Software will help deliver the anti-theft capabilities to protect our customers' valuable data and assets."

How Computrace Solutions Work

The Computrace(R) Software Agent that powers Absolute Software's solutions is embedded in the BIOS of computers from the world's leading computer manufacturers(1). It can be activated by customers when they purchase a subscription with terms ranging from one to four years.

When a computer equipped with Computrace is reported stolen, Computrace sends a silent signal over the Internet to Absolute's Monitoring Center, providing critical location information. Absolute then works with local law enforcement to help recover the computer. To date, Absolute has recovered more than 5,000 lost or stolen computers on behalf of its customers.

For more information on Absolute Software and its range of Computer Theft Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset Tracking(TM) solutions, please visit http://www.absolute.com/ or http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/.

(1) For a complete list of BIOS-supported computers visit http://www.absolute.com/BIOS. Notice of Conference Call

Absolute Software will hold a conference call to discuss the contents of this release on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 5:30 a.m. PT (8:30am ET). The dial-in numbers for participants are 416-644-3416 or 1-800-732-6179. Please dial-in 15 minutes prior to the call to secure a line. The conference call will be archived for replay. To access the archived conference call, please dial 416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 and enter the reservation code 21267813 followed by the number sign.

A live audio webcast will be available at http://www.absolute.com/ and http://www.newswire.ca/. The webcast will be archived for 360 days.

About Absolute Software

Absolute Software Corporation (TSX: ABT) is the leader in Computer Theft Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset Tracking(TM) solutions. Absolute Software provides organizations and consumers with solutions in the areas of regulatory compliance, data protection and theft recovery. The Company's Computrace(R) software is embedded in the BIOS of computers by global leaders, including Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, General Dynamics Itronix, HP, Lenovo, Motion, Panasonic and Toshiba, and the Company has reselling partnerships with these OEMs and others, including Apple. For more information about Absolute Software and Computrace, visit http://www.absolute.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the expected performance of our services and products, as well as those of Intel and other expectations, intentions and plans contained in this press release that are not historical fact. When used in this press release, the words "plan," "expect," "believe," and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changes in technology and general market conditions. In light of the many risks and uncertainties you should understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release will be realized.

(C)2008 Absolute Software Corporation. All rights reserved. Computrace and Absolute are registered trademarks of Absolute Software Corporation. "Intel" and "Centrino" are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Computrace U.S. patents # 5,715,174, # 5,764,892, # 5,802,280, # 5,896,497, # 6,244,758, # 6,269,392, # 6,300,863, and # 6,507,914. Canadian patents # 2,284,806 and # 2,205,370. U.K. patents # EP793823 and # GB2338101. German patent # 695 125 34.6-08. Australian patent # 699045. The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained in this news release.

Absolute Software Corporation

CONTACT: Public Relations: Leslie Campisi, Affect Strategies,
leslie@affectstrategies.com, or (212) 398-9680 x144; Investor Relations: Dave
Mason, CFA, The Equicom Group, dmason@equicomgroup.com, or (416) 815-0700
x237

Zaldiva Retains Capital Concepts Group, LLC

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zaldiva Comics and Collectibles (BULLETIN BOARD: ZLDV) announced today the hiring of Capital Concepts Group, LLC, a Business Consulting and Financial Relations firm located in South Florida.

"CCG was hired to bring our message to the financial community and help raise awareness of what is going on at Zaldiva," said Nicole Leigh-van Coller, President of Zaldiva.

Zaldiva is a distribution system unique to the specialty retail industry, focusing its product orientation on the comics and collectibles genre. The company combines a highly visible brick and mortar location in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with an e-commerce website and portal which operates in conjunction with a series of ancillary websites and online auctions. This system is the foundation of the company's business and marketing plan as well as its vision and mission statements.

"We chose to work with Zaldiva because of its story," said J.M. Schuler, President of Capital Concepts Group. "We normally target large, established companies. However Zaldiva just made too much sense. It has no debt, free and clear real estate as a hidden asset, an almost non-existent float and significantly limited shares outstanding as is. Combine that with a solid business plan, great concept, unique overall story and a business team that can pull off its bold expansion initiative and you have a recipe for success," he added.

CCG has started the business and financial relations efforts with a series of campaigns. Materials on the company have already been created and are soon to be disseminated to select financial advisors and stock brokers, both in print and electronic form. Zaldiva will participate in a number of trade shows as well as holding open house events on its premises at 331 East Commercial Blvd. in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Seminars for the benefit of financial advisors and the public will also be held at select locations, beginning in the Southeast Florida Tri-County area.

Contact Information: Capital Concepts Group, LLC 561-302-8611 info@capitalconcepts.info Zaldiva(TM), Inc. 1-877-ZALDIVA (925-3482) http://www.zaldiva.com/

Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward- looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

Zaldiva, Inc.

CONTACT: Capital Concepts Group, LLC, +1-561-302-8611,
info@capitalconcepts.info, or Zaldiva, Inc., 1-877-ZALDIVA

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

Demand Management, Inc. Expands International Reach in AsiaThe company opened three new offices in China to sell and support its popular Demand Solutions(R) product suite

ST. LOUIS, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Demand Management, Inc., (DMI) a global resource for managing the supply chain for small and midsized enterprises, today announced it has expanded its international reach to China. The company has opened three new offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

DMI leveraged its 23 years of experience as a global enterprise to open the offices in China within a three-month period. The company's major international support centers now include USA, Canada, UK, South Africa, Australia and China.

"China is a country the size of the U.S. with four times the population," said Bill Harrison, President of Demand Management, Inc. "Many software companies avoid Asia because of the language and cultural barriers, but manufacturers in China will reap economic benefits from the Demand Solutions(R) product suite. It decreases obsolescence, reduces costs and increases customer satisfaction -- all at an affordable price."

With the new offices in China, Demand Management now has 29 offices globally representing its customers in 72 countries.

About Demand Management, Inc.

Demand Management, Inc. (DMI) is a global resource for software, support, services and training for maximizing profits in manufacturing, distribution and retail operations. More global supply chains depend on DMI's Demand Solutions than any other system for forecasting, demand planning and point-of-sale analysis. For more information on DMI, visit demandsolutions.com. Demand Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Logility, Inc. , which is a majority owned subsidiary of American Software .

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by statements made herein. These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic conditions; technology and the market for the Company's products and services including economic conditions within the e-commerce markets; the timely availability and market acceptance of these products and services; the effect of competitive products and pricing; the uncertainty of the viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances; and the irregular pattern of the Company's revenues. For further information about risks the Company could experience as well as other information, please refer to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2007 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, Logility, Inc., 470 East Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET: http://www.logility.com/ or E-mail asklogility@logility.com.

All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

Demand Management, Inc.

CONTACT: Amanda Conner of Demand Management, Inc., +1-314-333-5921,
aconner@demandsolutions.com

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

AT&T Scores With Three-Screen Delivery of the 2008 Masters TournamentAT&T Exclusive Wireless Distributor of Masters ProgrammingLive Feeds and On-Demand Footage From Augusta National Available via AT&T Television, Broadband and Wireless Services

SAN ANTONIO, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T is further connecting people to the exciting content they want to see when, where and how they want to see it. AT&T Inc. announced today that the company will be offering consumers three ways to experience the 2008 Masters Tournament -- on the TV, the PC and the wireless device.

Under an agreement with the Masters, AT&T will be providing golf fans with live footage and on-demand content from Augusta National across all three screens via AT&T U-verse(SM) TV, AT&T blue room (http://www.attblueroom.com/), AT&T U-verse OnTheGo, AT&T Broadband TV and wireless devices (Cellular Video and MobiTV(R)(1)). AT&T wireless customers will also be the only fans that will have access to live and on-demand Masters footage from their wireless devices.

In addition to previews, daily highlights and player interviews offered during the 2008 Masters Tournament, this year's content offerings will also include a live feed of the Par 3 Contest, Amen Corner Live, 15th/16th Live, and Masters Extra -- one hour of live Masters programming daily before cable and network broadcasts. Content and additional information will also be available on the Masters official Web site, http://www.masters.org/.

"Consumers today crave connectivity," said Dan York, head of content and programming, AT&T Entertainment Services. "They want to be able to access great content no matter where they are. Through our agreement with the Masters, we're able to deliver even more iconic footage to more people in more places than ever before."

Live content -- available to AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse OnTheGo, AT&T Broadband TV customers, AT&T's wireless customers who subscribe to MobiTV service, and to AT&T blue room visitors -- will include:

-- Par 3 Contest. A live feed from this popular contest, not previously broadcast, will be available from 3 to 5 p.m.(2) on Wednesday, April 9. -- Masters Extra. Consumers get one hour of live play-by-play action before cable and network broadcast coverage begins. Masters Extra will be available: 3 - 4 p.m. Thursday, April 10, and Friday, April 11; 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12; and 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13. -- Amen Corner Live. Live coverage of the 11th, 12th and 13th holes will be available from approximately 10:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, April 10 and Friday, April 11 and approximately 11:45 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13. -- 15th/16th Live. Live coverage of the 15th and 16th holes will be available from approximately 11:45 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 10 and Friday, April 11 and approximately 12:45 - 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13. -- CBS and ESPN. Live coverage will be available to AT&T U-verse TV customers. In addition, ESPN's live coverage Thursday and Friday is also available to AT&T broadband customers via ESPN360.

On-demand footage -- also available to AT&T U-verse TV and AT&T's broadband and wireless customers through Cellular Video (CV) -- will be archived for 60 days after the Tournament and includes:

-- Masters Moments. A series of 24 vignettes highlighting the action from past Tournaments are currently available via the blue room and CV. A feature production of Masters Moments will also be available via U-verse TV in the near future. -- Driving Range. Three one-hour shows will be offered on blue room and CV Monday, April 7 - Wednesday, April 9. -- Player Interviews. Beginning Thursday, April 10, multiple player interviews will be offered daily via U-verse TV, the blue room and CV. -- Masters TV (Masters Today and Masters Tonight). Daily Tournament previews and recaps will be available via blue room and CV Sunday, April 6 - Sunday, April 13.

In addition, AT&T's wireless customers who opt in can receive a variety of interactive features, including trivia and customized alerts and a real-time leader board of the top five will be available through the AT&T MEdia(TM) Net portal at http://www.att.com/mymedianet.

All Masters programming will be available to AT&T customers at no additional charge (service and wireless-data-plan subscriptions may apply(1)). AT&T Entertainment Services is a division within AT&T that is focused on delivering innovative and unique entertainment services and multiplatform advertising opportunities across the three screens. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com/.

(1) AT&T wireless subscribers will need a 3G phone and a subscription to MobiTV service to access live content over their handheld device. Tournament content available to MobiTV service subscribers will be titled, "Par 3 Challenge," "The Masters Amen Corner" and "The Masters 15th/16th Holes." For more information, log on to http://mobitv.com/. (2) All times listed are EDT. About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/.

(C) 2008 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Sean Lashley of AT&T Inc., +1-314-982-1746,
slashley@attnews.us, or Wireless, +1-618-444-0707

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

Iomega Announces Availability of New Removable REV 120GB Backup DriveCost-Effective Third-Generation REV Technology Provides Superior Backup and Archive Performance for Small Businesses And Remote Workgroups

SAN DIEGO, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Iomega Corporation , a global leader in data storage and protection, today announced a new pricing model and immediate availability of the new Iomega(R) REV(R) 120GB Backup Drive, the third generation of its award-winning REV technology and a benchmark in smart, sensible backup for small and medium-sized businesses, remote work groups and others.

The Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive is now available worldwide as an external USB 2.0 model for $499.99, and as an internal SATA interface model for $479.99. Every REV 120GB Backup Drive comes complete with one REV 120GB disk and EMC(R) award-winning Retrospect(R) Express software for automatic backup and disaster recovery. Iomega also offers REV 120GB Server Kit models that include one REV 120GB drive and five REV 120GB disks along with CA's BrightStor(R) ArcServe(R) Backup software with disaster recovery.

"The launch of the REV 120GB Backup Drive is a new benchmark in cost-effective data protection for SMBs," said Tom Kampfer, president and COO, Iomega Corporation. "The REV 120GB drive delivers more native capacity, near instantaneous random access to files, faster backups and restores, and the portability of ruggedized removable cartridges -- all at a better value than entry-level tape products and with a higher comfort level of data protection than standard desktop hard drives. Compared to the prior REV 70 generation pricing, the REV 120 drive offers 50GB more capacity per disk in a drive costing approximately $100 less. The REV 120 drive carries forward our technology leadership with an install base of more than 350,000 REV drives and more than 2,000,000 REV disks in the marketplace today. Our users have the peace of mind of knowing their data is safe and secure on a technology platform that's been growing with them for more than four years."

As part of its new pricing model for the REV product family, Iomega is also announcing new, lower pricing today for the second generation Iomega REV 70GB Backup Drive. The USB 2.0 interface version of the REV 70GB Backup Drive now retails for $459.00, and internal ATAPI and SATA interface models of the REV 70GB Backup Drive retail for $449.00 each. Every stand alone REV 70GB Backup Drive comes complete with one REV 70GB disk and EMC(R) award-winning Retrospect(R) Express software for automatic backup and disaster recovery. Iomega also offers REV 70GB Server Kit models which include CA's BrightStor(R) ArcServe(R) Backup software with disaster recovery.

The new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive is read backwards compatible with REV 70GB disks, meaning a REV 120GB Backup Drive can read a REV 70GB disk, allowing REV 70GB drive users a straightforward migration path to the new REV 120GB drive and disk platform.

For more information about Iomega's REV technology and the new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive, please go to http://www.iomega.com/.

Where to Buy REV 120GB Products

All Iomega REV products, including the new REV 120GB Backup Drive, are available from a large base of value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators (SIs) and others that work directly with small businesses on their storage and data protection needs.

AMAX Engineering Corporation, a Fremont, California-based value add contract manufacturer with customers worldwide, has sold thousands of REV products to corporations, government, educational entities and OEM customers over the past four years. James Huang, Product Marketing Manager at AMAX, said he is looking forward to rolling out the new REV 120GB Backup Drive to OEM customers that are currently utilizing REV drives in conjunction with network and storage appliances, servers, semi-conductor, medical, printing, banking, and entertainment products.

"The REV 120GB Backup Drive will be a well-received upgrade for many of our current REV customers," said Huang. "REV technology has proven to be a real winner with resellers, VARs, and corporate entities that we do business with, as well as manufacturers of products that require cost-effective but durable and reliable backup storage. Whether in the U.S. or in China and the Asia market as a whole where AMAX is bringing complete integrated storage solutions to our customers, REV technology and the new REV 120GB Backup Drive will play a big role in our business development and market expansion."

REV Product Pricing

The Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive is now available worldwide as an external USB 2.0 model for $499.99, and as an internal SATA interface model for $479.99. Iomega REV 120GB disks are available in single-disk packs for $74.99 and five-disk packs for $324.99. Iomega also offers a REV 120GB SATA Server Backup Kit for $689.99, which includes one REV 120GB drive and five REV 120 disks, and a USB 2.0 version of the REV Server Backup Kit for $699.99 (All pricing is U.S. suggested retail.) A REV 120GB ATAPI interface model is planned for later this year.

About Iomega

Iomega Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage and network security solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and others. The Company has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega's product portfolio includes industry leading network attached storage products, external hard drives, and its own award-winning removable storage technology, the REV(R) Backup Drive. OfficeScreen(R), Iomega's managed security services, which are available in the U.S. and select markets in Europe, provide enterprise quality perimeter security and secure remote network access for SMBs, which help protect small enterprises from data theft and liability. To learn about all of Iomega's digital storage products and managed services solutions, please go to the Web at http://www.iomega.com/. Resellers can visit Iomega at http://www.iomega.com/ipartner.

NOTE: The statements contained in this release regarding development, production and distribution of the new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive and disks, the future release of REV products, product pricing and availability, expected product performance and specifications, future applications for the new product and all other statements that are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements are based upon information available to Iomega as of the date hereof, and Iomega disclaims any intention or obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the successful completion of product development and testing, market acceptance of, and demand for, the Iomega product, any difficulties encountered in ramping up production or other manufacturing issues, including component availability and pricing, co-development, production, and distribution issues, product pricing and conformity to specifications, dependence upon third party suppliers, competition, intellectual property rights and other risks and uncertainties identified in the reports filed from time to time by Iomega with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Iomega's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

* 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.

Copyright(C) 2008 Iomega Corporation. All rights reserved. Iomega, Zip, REV, OfficeScreen, and StorCenter are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

Media please contact: Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation, (858) 314-7148 romoser@iomega.com Analyst/Investors, please contact: Preston Romm, Iomega Corporation, (858) 314-7188

Iomega Corporation

CONTACT: media, Chris Romoser, +1-858-314-7148, romoser@iomega.com, or
investors, Preston Romm, +1-858-314-7188, both of Iomega Corporation

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

Pharsight Signs Two New DMX(R) License CustomersUS and Japanese-Based Top 25 Global Pharmaceutical Companies Select Drug Model Explorer(R) for Model-Based Product Profile Visualization

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharsight Corporation , a leading provider of software, strategic consulting, and regulatory services for optimizing clinical drug development, today announced that two Top 25 global pharmaceutical companies have become customers for its Drug Model Explorer (DMX) software. Scientists in each of the customer's clinical pharmacology groups expect to use DMX to rapidly display and share model-based results, including quantitative assessments of the competitive treatment landscape, with global development colleagues. The DMX license agreements are the tenth and eleventh that Pharsight has signed with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in Europe, Japan and the United States.

DMX is a web-based software tool that allows clinical drug development teams to quickly and efficiently explore the modeled efficacy, safety, and other performance attributes of a new drug versus competing therapies. DMX results provide a database of model-based knowledge on drug properties that can be leveraged across development programs and between therapeutic areas. The newest DMX release, version 1.6, displays the chance that a modeled drug effect will meet a specific target profile, through additions to the software interface that present probabilistic results more prominently to support clinical development decision-making.

"Pharsight is pleased that our two newest customers recognize the contribution that modeling and simulation, combined with the novel visualization technology that DMX offers, can make to improve drug development decision-making for promising therapies in their pipelines," said Shawn O'Connor, president, chief executive officer and chairman of Pharsight. "We believe DMX can enhance the cost and efficiency benefits of using modeling and simulation by helping clinical development project teams make decisions earlier and with greater confidence."

"DMX's intuitive visualization of model-based product profiles enables drug development teams to interact with complex information, particularly when a new drug faces tough competition," continued Mr. O'Connor. "We continue to see leading drug development organizations incorporate quantitative modeling and simulation, as advocated by the Food and Drug Administration in its Critical Path Initiative, into their decision-making processes."

About DMX

DMX is a software visualization and communication tool to explore model-based results of a compound's product profile. Through the DMX interface the development team can address key strategic development questions by comparing probabilistic outcomes for different endpoints, treatment strategies, and patient populations against competing products. DMX results are presented as a series of plots and tables that can be quickly updated based on pre-simulated models of clinical effect. Results are accessible from networked desktop or laptop computers for individual exploration, interactive team discussion, and communication of development strategies and program alternatives with senior decision-makers. Pharsight believes that DMX will help increase the usage of quantitative decision-making in the drug development process.

About Pharsight Corporation

Pharsight Corporation develops and markets integrated products and services that enable pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to achieve significant and enduring improvements in the development and use of therapeutic products. Pharsight's goal is to help customers reduce the time, cost and risk of drug development, as well as optimize the post-approval marketing and use of pharmaceutical products.

Pharsight's approach enhances the fundamental element of drug development success: strong decision-making. By adopting the Pharsight approach, customers acquire a new decision-making process with the potential to systematically improve every level and phase of their business and scientific processes. Pharsight Corporation is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Information about Pharsight is available at http://www.pharsight.com/.

Forward Looking Statements

The statements in this press release related to the performance of Pharsight products are forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are inherently speculative, and actual results may differ materially from Pharsight's expectations due to a variety of factors, including: changes in FDA regulations may affect the demand for the product; and customers may not perceive the benefits of the product to be the same as Pharsight believes them to be. Other risk factors relating to Pharsight are disclosed in the company's most recent Form 10Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2008. All forward looking statements are based on information available to the company on the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update such statements.

Registered Trademarks and Trademarks

Pharsight, Drug Model Explorer and DMX are registered trademarks of Pharsight Corporation. All other brand or product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Pharsight Corporation

CONTACT: Investors, Douglas Sherk or Matthew Selinger, +1-415-896-6820,
or Media, Steve DiMattia or Donald Takaya, +1-646-201-5445, all of EVC Group
for Pharsight Corporation

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

Lottomatica Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Six-Year Integrated Services Contract With the Michigan Lottery, Following Competitive ProcurementExpected Revenues to GTECH of Approximately US$250 Million Over the Six-Year Contract Period

ROME and PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lottomatica S.p.A. (Pink Sheets: LTTOY) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, has signed a six-year integrated services contract to provide new lottery technology and ongoing services to the Michigan Bureau of State Lottery (Michigan Lottery), GTECH's lottery customer since 1988. The contract, which shall commence on January 20, 2009, includes six one-year extension options and is the result of a competitive procurement process. GTECH expects to receive approximately US$250 million in revenues over the six-year base period.

"As one of the most successful lotteries in the U.S., the Michigan Lottery is challenged to continue to respond to changes in the industry and the demands of the marketplace," said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel. "As the Michigan Lottery's longstanding partner, GTECH is ready to assist the Lottery in meeting those demands, and in growing and enhancing their contributions to education in Michigan."

The Michigan Lottery currently ranks ninth in the U.S. in terms of total sales with more than $2.3 billion recorded in its most recent fiscal year.

Under the terms of the new contract, GTECH will convert the current lottery system to GTECH's Enterprise Series(TM) (ES) online and instants system solution. The Company will also install a new IP-telecommunications network and up to 11,000 Altura(R) terminals.

In addition, approximately 11,000 Ticket-Scan(TM) machines, the Company's self-service ticket-checker product, will be installed. GTECH will also deliver player messaging and transaction displays through its ES Multi-Media program network, and flat-panel Club Keno monitors will be installed in support of over 2,300 Club Keno retailers throughout Michigan.

As part of the wide array of lottery products to be delivered to the Michigan Lottery over the new contract, the Company expects to provide up to 1,350 Instant to Go(TM) 24 units and 500 of its online lottery self-service kiosk, Lotto To Go(TM). In addition, up to 200 Lottery To Go(TM) and 200 Instant Showcase(TM) are expected to be installed. GTECH's self-service instant-ticket dispenser, Instant To Go 24, offers players a selection of 24 games, while Lottery To Go combines instant-ticket vending machine features with online lottery self-service capability. Instant Showcase, an automated instant-ticket management system, displays instant tickets right at the retail checkout. The Company's InfoAccess(TM) ITVM Connectivity feature will allow these instant-ticket vending machines to be fully integrated with the Michigan Lottery's systems and terminals.

GTECH will continue to provide an in-state primary data center, with a back-up data center in Austin, Texas. The Company will also provide instant- ticket services, including instant ticket warehousing and distribution. Moreover, GTECH will offer ongoing services to the Lottery such as maintenance of the central system, terminals, and communications network; field service; retailer training; marketing support; and call center support services.

Lottomatica is one of the world's largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company, providing innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery. GTECH and Lottomatica together create a fully integrated lottery operator and gaming technology solutions provider - a combined company with worldwide scale, considerable financial strength, and industry-leading customer solutions. Lottomatica is majority owned by De Agostini, which belongs to a century-old publishing, media, and financial services group. Lottomatica is publicly traded on the Italian Stock Exchange (LTO), and in 2007, had approximately euro 1.7 billion in revenues and 5,900 employees in over 45 countries when combined with GTECH.

For further information: AD HOC Communication Advisors 02/7606741 Mario Pellegatta - Matteo Cidda 335/1415585 This press release and the previous ones are available on the web site: http://www.adhoccommunication.it/ Lottomatica web site: http://www.gruppolottomatica.it/ GTECH contact: Robert K. Vincent Public Affairs 1-401-392-7452 GTECH web site: http://www.gtech.com/

GTECH Corporation

CONTACT: Robert K. Vincent, Public Affairs at GTECH Corporation,
+1-401-392-7452

Web site: http://www.gtech.com/
http://www.adhoccommunication.it/

Nokia Unveils Four New Devices and Local Email Solution Aimed at 'Replacement Buyers' in Emerging MarketsMegapixel Digital Camera, Large Colour Screen, Music Features and Email for Less Than EUR 90

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa and ESPOO, Finland, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Growing Together 2008 conference held today in Johannesburg, Nokia revealed new products that accelerate the company's leadership in emerging markets. Also introduced today was a local mobile email solution exclusively for people in South Africa. Highlighted by the Nokia 5000, which offers a 1.3 megapixel camera and a large QVGA display - Nokia's first megapixel cameraphone at this price point - as well as music and email capabilities, each new product brings a balance of features, design and affordability to meet every lifestyle and budget. The new mobile devices are expected to begin shipping by the third quarter, with an expected price range from EUR 50 to EUR 90, before applicable taxes or subsidies.

With the industry's largest portfolio of mobile phones and support for more than 80 languages, more than one billion people worldwide currently use a Nokia device. In recent years, the majority of first-time buyers have come from the emerging markets. However, a significant shift is underway - while the first-time buyer market continues to grow, the number of replacement buyers- consumers seeking to replace their current mobile phone with a newer, more advanced model - has also grown substantially in emerging markets. In 2008, Nokia anticipates that for the first time, the number of replacement purchases in emerging markets will exceed those of first-time buyers.

"People in emerging markets like Africa are increasingly demanding more from their mobile phone - their expectations and demands in terms of functionality and design are similar to people in any other part of the world - they simply have less income at their disposal," says Alex Lambeek, Vice President, Entry, who oversees Nokia's efforts in emerging markets. "From the introduction of Nokia's most affordable megapixel cameraphone, to a localized email solution in South Africa, we believe today's announcements demonstrate Nokia's firm commitment to bringing products and services that serve the varied needs and tastes of people in emerging markets."

Nokia 5000 - a powerful package at an accessible price

Boasting a 1.3 megapixel camera, a high resolution QVGA display, FM radio with recording functionality, MP3 ringtones and more, the Nokia 5000 will set a new standard for functionalty and affordability. For mobile entrepreneurs as well as people on the move, the Nokia 5000 supports email and other essential benefits including Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging, Bluetooth and GPRS connectivity. The Nokia 5000 is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of EUR 90, before subsidies and taxes.

Nokia 2680 slide - entertainment and Internet access in a sliding design

Nokia's first slide device for entry markets, the Nokia 2680 slide is a slim cameraphone that offers a balance of ease of use and entertainment functionality, including an FM radio with recording capability and MP3 ringtones, and core mobile phone features such as an expanded phone book. Its integrated digital camera ensures spontaneous moments are captured and shared. The Nokia 2680 slide is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008 with estimated retail price of EUR 75 before subsidies and taxes.

Nokia 7070 Prism - stylish, fold design sets it apart

Featuring a distinctive folding design with geometric patterns and external light effects, the stylish Nokia 7070 Prism is targeted at people who express their personality through their mobile phone. The Nokia 7070 Prism offers personalized content, including themes and wallpapers, and MP3-grade ringtones. Every aspect of this new phone, including its voice recorder and integrated hands-free speaker, is designed for people who want to stand out from the crowd. The Nokia 7070 Prism is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008 with estimated retail price of EUR 50 before subsidies and taxes.

Nokia 1680 classic - first phone, first camera

Nokia's most affordable cameraphone to date, the Nokia 1680 classic offers essential mobile phone functionality with the added benefits of a basic digital camera. The phone with VGA camera and video recording features one-touch access for photos and videos. For families or small businesses, the Nokia 1680 classic also offers phone sharing functionality and easy access to email. The Nokia 1680 classic is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of EUR 50 before subsidies and taxes.

Mobile Email for South Africa

With the demand for mobile email on the rise, Nokia and Webmail International (PTY) Ltd today introduced Webmobile, a locally hosted mobile email solution exclusively for South Africa. The solution, configured for the new Nokia devices launched today, will be available in the second quarter of 2008.

For additional product information, including product photography and product specifications, visit http://www.nokia.com/press/entry and http://www.nokia.com/press/photos

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

http://www.nokia.com/

Nokia Corporation

CONTACT: Media Enquiries: Nokia, Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900,
Email: press.services@nokia.com

Micrel Rolls Out New High Speed, Dual Supply NMOS LDO for Low Input and Output Voltage Applications

SAN JOSE, California, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Micrel Inc., (Nasdaq: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched the MIC47100, an 1A High Speed, NMOS LDO designed to take advantage of applications that that utilize multiple supply rails to generate a low voltage, high current power supply. The device is targeted at point-of-load, PDAs, DSPs, PLDs, FPGAs and low voltage post regulation applications. It is currently available in volume quantities and are priced at US$1.57 for 1K quantities in the MLF(R) package and US$1.62 for 1K quantities in the ePad SOIC-8 package.

"With its flexible design for output currents up to 1A, the MIC47100 is the market's best solution for low input and output voltage applications," noted Andy Cowell, Micrel's vice president of marketing for power products. "In addition, the device has fast transient response which makes it ideal for the market's most demanding bandwidth applications. With the high speed load, coupled with low Q current and low dropout voltage, the MIC47100 is idea for core voltages of mobile processors, post regulating a core DC-to-DC converter in any portable device."

The NMOS output stage of the MIC47100 makes for a unique ability to respond very quickly to sudden load changes such as that required by a microprocessor, DSP or FPGA. It can source 1A of programmable output current while only requiring a 1uF ceramic output capacitor for stability. The device offers an operating voltage range of 1.0V to 3.6V input supply, 2.3V to 5.5V bias supply and 200mV dropout. It comes with a 0.8V to 1.2V output voltage range and a PSRR of >50dB at 100kHz. The solution features a low dropout voltage of 80mV at 1A. It also gives designers high output voltage accuracy of +/- 1.5 percent initial accuracy and +/- 2 percent over temperature. The MIC47100 in an exposed pad MSOP-8 package or a tiny 2mm x 2mm MLF(R) package; the small form package being ideal for customers with limited board space. The IC features a with an operating junction temperature range of -40-deg C to 125-deg C.

About Micrel, Inc.

Micrel Inc., is a leading global manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth markets. The Company's products include advanced mixed-signal, analog and power semiconductors; high performance communication, clock management, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver ICs. Company customers include leading manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial, mobile, telecommunications, automotive, and computer products. Corporation headquarters and state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Jose, CA, with regional sales and support offices and advanced technology design centers situated throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition, the Company maintains an extensive network of distributors and reps worldwide. Web: http://www.micrel.com.

Note: MLF is a registered trademark of Amkor Technology.

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

Micrel, Inc.

Julieanne DiBene, Marketing Communications of Micrel, Inc., +1-408-474-1276, Julie.DiBene@Micrel.com

Nokia Launches New Digital Music Store in Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia Ireland is delighted to announce the arrival of the Nokia Music Store http://www.music.nokia.ie/ in Ireland - offering access to millions of tracks, from global hits to local artists and giving consumers the real freedom to enjoy music at their fingertips, 24/7.

"As the world's largest manufacturer of digital music players, millions of consumers from around the world can enjoy our music experiences," said Mr Alan O'Hara, General Manager of Nokia Ireland. "We're dedicated to delivering the best music experience, based on products and services that offer consumers choice, relevance, and ease of use. We also want to be more locally relevant than any other digital music store in Ireland."

Nokia is the first mobile phone manufacturer of its kind to offer a world leading, differentiated music experience to people. Through the Nokia Music Store, over 2.5 million of tracks from major artists, independent labels and Irish musicians can be discovered and purchased using either a PC or a mobile device. The music collection can then simply be synchronised between the PC and mobile using Windows Media Player. Everything works with one simple user interface, giving consumers the opportunity to connect to the music.

The Nokia Music Store will continue to expand the catalogue adding new content with a particular emphasis on Irish artists. Nokia aims to include more Irish content from up-and-coming and established Irish artists than any other digital music store available in Ireland. Acts like The Coronas, Cathy Davey and Glen Hansard are all currently available and this is set to expand over the coming months. The recommender will also feature some of the best of Irish available on the site.

Consumers can purchase tracks individually via a Nokia device, such as the Nokia N95 or a desktop computer. Consumers can also stream an unlimited number of full length tracks to a PC. Individual tracks will cost EUR 1.00, albums from EUR 10.00 and a monthly subscription for PC streaming will cost EUR 10.00. Other highlights of the site include the ability to listen to a 30 second clip from any track on the site.

Nokia is celebrating the launch by giving away 24,000 free music vouchers for the store at NokiaFreeMusic.ie - each worth from EUR 1 to EUR 10. Everyone who claims a voucher at NokiaFreeMusic.ie is also entered to win a Nokia N95 8GB device, Bluetooth speakers, plus one year of unlimited streaming music from the Nokia Music Store. Nokia Music Store will also offer a free track of the week every week. To celebrate the launch, a Tom Baxter exclusive track will be made available to all consumers for a limited period only.

About Nokia

http://www.nokia.com/

Nokia Corporation

CONTACT: Media Enquiries: Slattery Communications, Colm O Riagain or
Justine Luykx, Tel. +353-1-661-4055, Mobile +353-86-804-9383 (COR)

SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (Pink Sheets: SMKG) KIYSS.com Pilot Proves Successful and with Strong Acceptance in Online Market

SAN ANTONIO, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As Stated by SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (Pink Sheets: SMKG) "We are excited by the results of the initial roll out and have wide user acceptance with KIYSS.com merchants and customers using the Velocitymoney.com online virtual wallet and Pin Debit services a unique offering to change the way internet funds are transferred securely worldwide for money remittance and online purchasing.

In the next month the plan is to increase all access to over 6000 customers and commence signing up merchants for Velocitymoney.com that want to accept fund transfers from customers with accounts and also anticipate that big retailers with online sites will also signup. This is the first sizeable group of this magnitude to join Velocitymoney.com to create a more significant and secure environment for merchants and customers that will become the new Industry Paradigm for the online Money Service segment competing with the existing leaders of the industry such as Paypal.com and traditional Banks.

Management of SmartCard anticipates that monthly fee's generated from transactions based on existing business with KIYSS.com "per user" is 4 to 7 transactions a month with about $20k to $35k monthly in fee's and this does not include prepaid card user transactions which can be as much as double those transactions monthly."

Velocitymoney.com

SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc management is continuously informing financial aggregators worldwide on the benefits of card secure transactions with Pin Debit functionality for Money Service businesses online and prepaid card services as a fundamental choice for online charge cards proving Patriot Act compliancy.

We seek safe harbor.

SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc.

CONTACT: Max Barone of Smart Card Marketing Systems Inc.,
+1-866-774-2555, maxbarone@gosmartcard.com

Web site: http://www.gosmartcard.com/
http://www.velocitymoney.com/

Smarter Travel Media Acquires Airfarewatchdog.com, a Leading Airfare Deal Site

BOSTON, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Smarter Travel Media, LLC, part of the TripAdvisor Media Network and an operating company of Expedia, Inc. , today announced it has acquired Airfarewatchdog(TM), http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/, a leading source of airfare sales. Airfarewatchdog.com(TM) evaluates and aggregates the best airfare deals from across the web on all airlines, including those that sell their fares only on their own web sites. Airfarewatchdog will operate as an independent site and is based in New York City. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. Airfarewatchdog's eight employees will remain with the company.

"Airfarewatchdog joins SmarterTravel(R), BookingBuddy(R), SeatGuru(R) and our partner site FrequentFlier.com(TM), and makes SmarterTravel Media a definitive leader in airfare sites," said Daniel Saul, founder and CEO of Smarter Travel(R) Media. "In addition to deepening our presence in the travel deals sector, this acquisition strengthens the whole TripAdvisor(R) Media Group as the predominant travel planning resource and adds another strong brand to its collection of travel media sites."

"We are thrilled to join this family of leading travel sites," said George Hobica, founder and CEO of Airfarewatchdog.com. "We know we can learn from SmarterTravel and TripAdvisor to make our site bigger and better than ever and, at the same time, we're gratified that we're able to maintain our independence."

About the Smarter Travel Media Network

Smarter Travel Media, LLC, operates four popular travel brands, SmarterTravel.com(TM), BookingBuddy.com(TM), BookingBuddy.co.uk(TM), BookingBuddy.in(TM), SeatGuru.com(TM), and Airfarewatchdog.com(TM). Smarter Travel Media, LLC, is part of the TripAdvisor(R) Media Network, which attracts nearly 30 million monthly visitors (source: comScore Media Metrix, Digital Calculator Report, July 2007) across multiple popular travel brands. Smarter Travel Media LLC, TripAdvisor and the sites comprising the TripAdvisor Media Network are operating companies of Expedia, Inc. .

TripAdvisor, SeatGuru, Airfarewatchdog and Airfarewatchdog.com are either registered trademarks or trademarks of TripAdvisor LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. BookingBuddy and SmarterTravel are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Smarter Travel Media LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners.

Smarter Travel Media, LLC

CONTACT: Toby Streett of Smarter Travel Media, LLC, +1-617-886-5545,
toby.streett@smartertravelmedia.com

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

Xyratex Announces Intelligent Small Form Factor Storage System With Over 85 Percent Efficient Power ConversionThe Newest Member of the OneStor(TM) Extensible Storage Platform Family Doubles the Performance Density and Reduces an OEM's Time to Market

HAVANT, England, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xyratex Ltd. , a leading provider of enterprise-class data storage subsystems and storage process technology, today announced the OneStor SP1224s, the second member of the company's versatile OneStor Extensible Storage Platform (ESP) family. The SP1224s is a 2U, 24-drive storage system based on 2.5-inch drives and provides 85+ percent efficient power conversion. Compared with standard 3.5-inch drives, these Small Form Factor (SFF) drives consume less power with double the performance density, making the OneStor SP1224s ideal for transaction-intensive applications. The OneStor ESP family utilizes common Field Replaceable Units (FRU), Xyratex Intelligent Platform Manager (IPM) software, and Storage Bridge Bay (SBB) 2.0 compatibility -- enabling server and storage OEMs to reduce both product ramp-up time and inventory costs for spares.

"Information needs continue to accelerate in terms of scale and diversity, posing major product management and time-to-market challenges for storage solution providers," said Richard Villars, vice president of storage systems research at IDC. "Solutions like Xyratex's OneStor platform allow storage OEMs to quickly add new functions like IOPS-optimized storage with minimal impact on testing/qualification processes and inventory levels. With such a solution, OEMs can quickly and efficiently meet customers' needs for storage architectures that support power and space efficient data centers."

OneStor SP1224s: Higher Performance Density for Transaction-Intensive Applications

The OneStor SP1224s is designed to deliver maximum IOPS in the minimum amount of space. It enables transaction-intensive enterprise applications such as virtualized environments, IOPS-intensive databases, online trading and resolution, database redo logs, and file system metadata to get more performance per rack unit at a dramatically lower operational cost. This is important for IT executives as they are required to adhere to tighter service level agreements demanding faster response times and higher availability. Adding to its versatility, Xyratex OEMs are able to deploy the SP1224s as part of a tiered storage infrastructure, or rack them from floor to ceiling for truly transaction-intensive applications.

"The adoption of Seagate Savvio 2.5-inch drive technology in the enterprise has created an important transition in the storage industry," said Sherman Black, senior vice president and general manager, Seagate Enterprise Compute Business. "We're seeing a growing demand with enterprise customers for high performance storage systems that deliver a lower watts per IOPS profile for their growing application demands within the constrained physical space of their data center. By incorporating Savvio SFF drives in the new OneStor SP1224s, we feel Xyratex is well-positioned to meet enterprise customers' requirements for lower power and higher performance, giving them a competitive edge in the market."

OneStor ESP: The Intelligent Solution for Green Storage

OneStor ESP features a modular, standards-based architecture designed to meet diverse enterprise needs by combining Xyratex IPM software, storage density, power efficiency, and a versatile storage system design. Exclusive to Xyratex, OneStor ESP runs the IPM software, enabling users to leverage self-healing, fault diagnosis and resolution capabilities, persistent error logging, and system status monitoring providing new levels of operational efficiency. In addition, its power efficient, recycle-oriented product design features individual-drive power control, enhanced power supply efficiency and advanced adaptive cooling -- all leading to reduced energy consumption. As such, the OneStor SP1224s offers significant green storage benefits allowing end users to reduce operating costs for system administration and energy requirements over the life of the product.

"As an OEM supplier, it's imperative that we anticipate market demands early so our customers are equipped with competitive products that meet rapidly evolving enterprise business requirements," said Lisa Hart, vice president of marketing, Networked Storage Solutions, Xyratex. "Delivering products that are cost-effective, improve time to market and offer significant value, continues to be a key objective of Xyratex. We feel that with today's product introduction we've accomplished these goals."

Commitment to Environmental Stewardship

Xyratex embodies a corporate ethic of environmental stewardship that includes community involvement, greening of the manufacturing process, a reduction in energy consumption, and waste recycling programs. The company actively drives environmental standards that enable data center managers to monitor and control energy usage, as well as comply with environmental legislation and standards. This code of ethics is translated through localized manufacturing that utilizes recycled packaging and shipping materials and reduces the cost of operations to ensure that end users minimize energy consumption.

About Xyratex

Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise-class data storage subsystems and storage process technology. The company designs and manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disk drive manufacturers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has over 20 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems, and high-speed communication protocols.

Founded in 1994 in a management buy-out from IBM, and with headquarters in the UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia. For more information, visit Xyratex's web site at http://www.xyratex.com/.

Xyratex Ltd.

CONTACT: Investor Relations, Brad Driver, + 1-408-325-7260,
bdriver@us.xyratex.com, or Marketing, Lisa Hart, +1-303-442-3449,
lisa_hart@us.xyratex.com, both of Xyratex Ltd.

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

Hiring Pace to Remain the Same, According to CareerBuilder.com's and USA TODAY's Q2 2008 Job Forecast

CHICAGO, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site, and USA TODAY released the results of their latest survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R), tracking projected hiring trends for the upcoming quarter. The survey, titled "Q2 2008 Job Forecast," was conducted from February 11 through March 13, 2008 among 2,757 hiring managers and human resource professionals in private sector companies.

"The job loss reported in the first quarter signified a gradual deceleration in recruitment in the U.S. as the nation's economy downshifted," said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder.com. "In the next three months, employers anticipate marginal change in their hiring pace. While some industries are experiencing a contraction in employment levels, areas such as information technology, healthcare, professional and business services and sales continue to add full-time jobs."

Hiring in Q1 2008

Thirty-one percent of employers said they increased their number of full-time, permanent employees from January through March while 57 percent reported no change and 11 percent reported a reduction in headcount. One percent was unsure.

When asked if hours had changed, on average, for hourly workers in Q1 year over year, 59 percent reported no change in the number of hours offered. Eleven percent reported hours were increased while 12 percent said hours were cut and 5 percent were unsure.

Hiring in Q2 2008

Looking ahead, 29 percent of employers plan to grow their number of full-time, permanent employees from April through June while 59 percent anticipate no change and 6 percent expect to decrease headcount. Six percent are unsure.

Hiring By Region

The Midwest continues to trail behind the other regions when it comes to adding new hires. Twenty-five percent of employers in the Midwest expect to increase their number of full-time, permanent employees in the second quarter compared to 31 percent in the West and Northeast and 30 percent in the South. Eight percent of employers in the Northeast plan to reduce staff levels, followed by 7 percent in the South, 6 percent in the Midwest and 5 percent in the West.

Hiring By Industry

Certain industries and functions continue to outpace other areas in terms of producing new jobs. Forty-five percent of IT employers expect to add full-time, permanent employees in the second quarter followed by 36 percent in Sales, 32 percent in Professional and Business Services and 30 percent in large healthcare organizations.

Hiring By Company Size

Thirty-three percent of employers with more than 250 employees expect to add full-time, permanent positions in the next three months compared to 32 percent of those with 51 to 250 employees and 22 percent of those with 1 to 50 employees.

Layoffs

Eleven percent of hiring managers reported there were layoffs at their locations in the first quarter. Seven percent anticipate there will be layoffs in the next three months. Eighty-three percent expect no change while 10 percent are unsure.

Compensation in Q2 2008

The shortage of skilled labor has motivated more competitive compensation packages. Seventy percent of employers anticipate providing an increase in salaries for full-time, permanent employees in the second quarter. Forty-one percent estimate the average raise to range between 1 and 3 percent, 27 percent expect an average raise of 4 to 10 percent while 2 percent expect raises to be 11 percent or more. Twenty-four of employers anticipate no change in compensation levels, 2 percent expect a decrease and 5 percent are unsure.

Job Changes

Thirty-eight percent of employers report they currently have positions for which they can't find qualified candidates. Although the job market has softened, opportunities are still available, and workers are responding. Twenty-one percent of workers expect to change jobs in the next 12 months; one-in-ten plan to do so within the next six months.

Survey Methodology

This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 2,757 hiring managers and human resource professionals (employed full-time; not self-employed; with at least significant involvement in hiring decisions); and 6,897 U.S. employees (employed full-time; not self-employed) ages 18 and over between February 11, and March 13, 2008, respectively (percentages for some questions are based on a subset U.S. employers, based on their responses to certain questions). With a pure probability sample of 2,757 and 6,897, one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have a sampling error of +/- 1.9 percentage points and +/- 1.2 percentage points, respectively. Sampling error for data from sub-samples is higher and varies. A full methodology is available upon request.

About CareerBuilder.com

CareerBuilder.com is the nation's largest online job site with more than 23 million unique visitors and over 1.6 million jobs. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. , Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company and Microsoft Corp. , the company offers a vast online and print network to help job seekers connect with employers. CareerBuilder.com powers the career centers for more than 1,600 partners, including 140 newspapers and leading portals such as America Online and MSN. More than 300,000 employers take advantage of CareerBuilder.com's easy job postings, 26 million-plus resumes, Diversity Channel and more. CareerBuilder.com and its subsidiaries operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com/.

Media Contact Jennifer Grasz 773-527-1164 Jennifer.Grasz@careerbuilder.com

CareerBuilder.com

CONTACT: Jennifer Grasz of CareerBuilder.com, +1-773-527-1164,
Jennifer.Grasz@careerbuilder.com

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

Report by World's Leading Computer Systems Researchers and Designers Claims Human Values Key to Successful Innovation

LONDON, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft Research Cambridge report sees human-centred design as the vital ingredient in successfully harnessing technology's huge potential by 2020.

A new report launched today looks at how emerging computer technologies will change our lives by 2020. "Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020" details the findings of a Microsoft Research-hosted conference that gathered together 45 leading human-computer interaction (HCI) specialists from around the world in March 2007. The conference in Seville, Spain, addressed the question, "What will human-computer interaction look like in the year 2020?" The report explores new technologies and examines their potential impact, both positive and negative, on human behaviour and environments. "Being Human" makes clear recommendations that aim to set human experience at the heart of progress to ensure that the computer's increasing influence in society is a positive one.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)

"Computers have shaped so many aspects of the modern world that we wanted to explore how today's emerging technologies might shape our lives in 2020," said Abigail Sellen, senior researcher at Microsoft Corp and one of the editors of the report. "Computing has the potential to enhance the lives of billions of people around the world. We believe that if technology is to truly bring benefit to humanity, then human values and the impact of technology must be considered at the earliest possible opportunity in the technology design process."

According to the report, advances in interfaces -- the physical way we interact with computers -- such as surfaces that allow fingertip control of on-screen objects, devices that can sense and react to movement, and other techniques of controlling computers will supplement the role of the traditional keyboard and mouse. Display technologies will soon allow us to embed screens of all sizes in a variety of fabrics; by 2020, we will still be reading paper books and magazines, but we will also be using paper-like digital screens to distribute content. For example, "paper" used in books and magazines may be digitised on foldable screens we can put in our pockets, and our clothing may be capable of performing health diagnostics.

Vastly increased and cheaper digital storage is allowing people to electronically record and keep more and more aspects of their lives. Our hyperconnected world gives us the ability to interact with people from around the globe, sharing information ever-more effectively and liberating ourselves from fixed telephone lines, desks and offices. At the same time advances in robotics led by the computer's ability to learn from, and make decisions based on, experience provide the opportunity to protect humans from dangerous situations, assist the physically impaired and even provide companionship in the shape of artificial pets.

"New computing technology is tremendously exciting," said another of the report's editors Tom Rodden, professor of Interactive Systems at the University of Nottingham, "but the interaction between humans and computers is evolving into a complex ecosystem where small changes can have far-reaching consequences. While new interfaces and hyperconnectivity mean we are increasingly mobile, we can also see that they are blurring the line between work and personal space. Huge storage capabilities raise fundamental privacy issues around what we should be recording and what we should not. The potential of machine learning might well result in computers increasingly making decisions on our behalf. It is imperative we combine technological innovations with an understanding of their impact on people."

The report argues that without proper oversight it is possible that we -- both individually and collectively -- may no longer be in control of ourselves or the world around us. This potentially places the computer on a collision course with basic human values and concepts such as personal space, society, identity, independence, perception, intelligence and privacy. These are questions HCI needs to consider now.

The report gives seven recommendations for the HCI community to adopt to ensure that human values inform future development. These include recommendations to educate young people so that they understand HCI and the impact of computer advances early on; to engage with governments, policy-makers and society as a whole to provide counsel and give advance warning of emerging implications of new computing ecosystems; to set the boundaries of HCI's remit and recognise when specialists from other disciplines (eg, psychology, sociology and the arts) offer more insightful perspectives; and to recognise the need for other disciplines to be part of the research community inventing these systems.

"This report makes important recommendations that will help us to decide collectively when, how, why and where technology impacts upon humanity, rather than reacting to unforeseen change," Sellen concluded. "The final recommendation is something towards which we should all aspire: by 2020 HCI will be able to design for and support differences in human value, irrespective of the economic means of those seeking those values. In this way, the future can be different and diverse because people want it to be."

The report, "Being Human: Human Computer Interaction in the Year 2020", and a short readers' guide are available from http://research.microsoft.com/hci2020/download.html.

About Microsoft Research

Founded in 1991, Microsoft Research is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goals are to enhance the user experience on computing devices, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and invent novel computing technologies. Researchers focus on more than 55 areas of computing and collaborate with leading academic, government and industry researchers to advance the state of the art in such areas as graphics, speech recognition, user-interface research, natural language processing, programming tools and methodologies, operating systems and networking, and the mathematical sciences. Microsoft Research currently employs more than 800 people in six labs located in Redmond, Wash.; Cambridge, Mass.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; Cambridge, England; Beijing, China; and Bangalore, India. Microsoft Research collaborates openly with colleges and universities worldwide to enhance the teaching and learning experience, inspire technological innovation, and broadly advance the field of computer science. More information can be found at http://www.research.microsoft.com.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise their full potential.

About Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

Microsoft has operated in EMEA since 1982. In the region Microsoft employs more than 16,000 people in over 64 subsidiaries, delivering products and services in more than 139 countries and territories.

This material is for informational purposes only. Microsoft Corp disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to use of the material for other purposes. Microsoft Corp shall not, at any time, be liable for any special, direct, indirect or consequential damages, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other action arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the material. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting any kind of warranty.

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

Microsoft

Rosanna Hill of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, +44-20-7632-3800, msrcambridge@waggeneredstrom.com, or Microsoft EMEA Response Centre, emearesponse@waggeneredstrom.com, for Microsoft /Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO, AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org, PRN Photo Desk photodesk@prnewswire.com/NOTE TO EDITORS: If you are interested in viewing additional information on Microsoft in EMEA, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/emea or the EMEA Press Centre at http://www.microsoft.com/emea/presscentre. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at the time of publication, but may since have changed. For additional assistance, journalists and analysts may contact the appropriate contacts listed at http://www.microsoft.com/emea/presscentre/contactus.mspx. If you are interested in viewing additional information on Microsoft Corp, please visit the Microsoft web page at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass on Microsoft's corporate information pages.

Lionax & Semefab Collaborate to Develop Next Generation Digital Pressure Sensor for TPMS

PARIS, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionax Inc. and Semefab Ltd. (Scotland) announce a collaboration to develop a next-generation digital pressure sensor for tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Semefab and Lionax have collaboratively reviewed a product design and defined a MEMS process for production at Semefab, Glenrothes, Scotland.

This project aims to produce a higher performance, lower cost product compared to existing technologies; pressure sensor technology has traditionally used either Piezo-resistive or capacitive MEMS technology, whereas the new Lionax patented digital pressure sensor will use a revolutionary Ring Oscillator technology.

The TPMS market has become even more lucrative since the introduction of the T.R.E.A.D. Act in America, which mandates that all new passenger vehicles and light trucks manufactured after September 2007 be equipped with TPMS. This has opened up a potential EUR4 billion OEM TPMS marketplace.

Allan James, Joint Managing Director of Semefab said, "We are very excited to work with Lionax on this project. Ring oscillation is a unique design that is not currently available in the market. Semefab will dedicate resource and expertise to make it happen in 2008."

James Yang, CEO Lionax Inc. said, "It is a great honour to work with a renowned company like Semefab to commercialise our technology. We are confident that this new digital pressure sensor will enhance our leadership position in the TPMS market and will bring additional applications beyond the automotive industry."

About Lionax:

The Company, listed on Euronext, the Paris stock exchange with stock symbol "MLION", designs and develops innovative Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS); navigation integrated product with GPS, TPMS and rear view camera; and digital pressure sensor for automotive industry. Lionax's products help its customers to enhance safety, save money and meet regulatory requirements affordably. LIONAX makes this possible through technology innovation, manufacturing excellence, research leadership and best-in-class team of scientists, engineers and management based in China and the USA.

Contacts: Financial Dynamics France: Press Contact Elodie Marchand elodie.marchand@fd.com Phone: +33-1-47-03-68-17 Investor Relations Valery Lepinette valery.lepinette@fd.com Phone:+33-1-47-03-68-62

Lionax

CONTACT: Contacts: Financial Dynamics France: Press Contact, Elodie
Marchand, elodie.marchand@fd.com, Phone: +33-1-47-03-68-17. Investor
Relations, Valery Lepinette, valery.lepinette@fd.com, Phone:
+33-1-47-03-68-62

Baidu Appoints Peng Ye as Chief Operating Officer

BEIJING, April 2, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Baidu.com, Inc. , the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced the appointment of Mr. Peng Ye as chief operating officer, effective April 25th, 2008.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041011/BAIDULOGO )

"We are pleased to have Mr. Peng Ye joining us as chief operating officer," said Robin Li, Baidu's chairman and chief executive officer. "With his years and wide range of experiences in sales, marketing and business operations management, as well as software development in the IT and telecom industries, Peng is a strategic addition to our management team. We are confident that Peng will make significant contributions to Baidu's future as we extend our leadership position in the Chinese language Internet search market and broaden our product and services offerings to new and existing users."

Peng Ye joins Baidu from Apple China, where he served as country general manager. In that role, Ye oversaw all business operations for Apple China. Prior to that, Ye worked for SatCom AG as managing director and for Motorola Mobile Business North Asia as vice president of Asia Pacific and general manager of New Wireless Carrier Operations. Ye also served Nortel China and Nortel Europe for seven years in several senior management and product development positions.

Ye holds a Ph.D in Information and Software Engineering from the University of Ulster in the UK, an EMBA from China Europe International Business School, a Master of Information System Engineering from the National University of Defense Technology in China and a Bachelor of Computer Communications from Nanjing University of Post and Telecommunications in China.

About Baidu

Baidu.com, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. As a technology-based media company, Baidu aims to provide the best way for people to find information. In addition to serving individual Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu's ADSs, each of which represents one Class A ordinary share, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU."

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, quotations from management in this announcement contain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Baidu's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward- looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in our annual report on Form 20-F and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of April 2, 2008, and Baidu undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

For investor inquiries, please contact: Helen Zhang Baidu.com, Inc. Tel: +86-10-8260-7558 Email: helenzhang@baidu.com For investor and media inquiries, please contact: In China: Helen Plummer Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Beijing) Tel: +86-10-8520-3090 Email: helen.plummer@ogilvy.com In the US: Thomas Smith Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (New York) Tel: +1-212-880-5269 Email: thomas.smith@ogilvypr.com

Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041011/BAIDULOGO
PRN Photo Desk, 888-776-6555 or 212-782-2840 Baidu.com, Inc.

CONTACT: For investor inquiries - Helen Zhang of Baidu.com, Inc., +86-
10-8260-7558, or helenzhang@baidu.com; For investor and media inquiries - In
China: Helen Plummer of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Beijing), +86-10-
8520-3090, or helen.plummer@ogilvy.com; In the US - Thomas Smith of Ogilvy
Public Relations Worldwide (New York), +1-212-880-5269, or
thomas.smith@ogilvypr.com

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

Lionax & Semefab Collaborate to Develop Next Generation Digital Pressure Sensor for TPMS

PARIS, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionax Inc. and Semefab Ltd. (Scotland) announce a collaboration to develop a next-generation digital pressure sensor for tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Semefab and Lionax have collaboratively reviewed a product design and defined a MEMS process for production at Semefab, Glenrothes, Scotland.

About Lionax:

Contacts: Financial Dynamics France: Press Contact Elodie Marchand elodie.marchand@fd.com Phone: +33-1-47-03-68-17 Investor Relations Valery Lepinette valery.lepinette@fd.com Phone:+33-1-47-03-68-62

Lionax

Contacts: Financial Dynamics France: Press Contact, Elodie Marchand, elodie.marchand@fd.com, Phone: +33-1-47-03-68-17. Investor Relations, Valery Lepinette, valery.lepinette@fd.com, Phone: +33-1-47-03-68-62

Lionax et Semefab collaborent pour développer un capteur de pression manuel dernière génération pour TPMS

PARIS, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionax Inc. et Semefab Ltd. (Ecosse) annoncent leur collaboration dans le projet de développement d'un capteur de pression manuel de dernière génération pour systèmes de surveillance de pression des pneus (TPMS). Semefab et Lionax ont collaboré sur le design du produit et défini un processus de microsystème électromécanique (MEMS) pour une production chez Semefab (Glenrothes, Ecosse).

Le but de ce projet est de fabriquer un produit plus performant à moindre coÃ»t par rapport aux technologies déjà présentes sur le marché. Traditionnellement, le capteur de pression manuel utilise soit une résistance Piezo ou bien une technologie capacitive MEMS, alors que le dernier capteur de pression manuel breveté de Lionax utilisera une technologie révolutionnaire d'anneau oscillateur (Ring Oscillator).

Le marché du TPMS est en pleine croissance depuis l'introduction du T.R.E.A.D Act aux Etats Unis, qui prévoit que chaque nouveau véhicule de tourisme ou véhicule utilitaire léger construits après septembre 2007 doit Ãªtre équipé d'un TPMS. Cette loi a ouvert un marché potentiel de 4 milliards d'euros pour les équipementiers en TPMS.

Allan James, le codirecteur de Semefab déclare : << Nous sommes très contents de travailler avec Lionax sur ce projet. L'anneau oscillateur est un concept unique qui n'est pas encore disponible sur le marché. Semefab va consacrer toute son énergie et son savoir pour que cela soit rendu possible en 2008. >>

James Yang, le Président Directeur Général de Lionax Inc. ajoute : << C'est un réel honneur de travailler avec une entreprise aussi prestigieuse que Semefab pour commercialiser notre technologie. Nous sommes convaincus que ce capteur de pression manuel va accroître notre position de leadership sur le marché du TPMS et apportera des applications supplémentaires dans l'industrie automobile."

A propos de LIONAX

La société, cotée à la bourse de Paris Euronext (code MLION), conçoit et développe des systèmes de surveillance de la pression des pneus (SSPP) et des capteurs de pression numériques à destination de l'industrie automobile. Les produits LIONAX permettent à ses clients de bénéficier d'une meilleure sécurité, d'économiser de l'argent et de répondre aux exigences réglementaires. Le succès de LIONAX est basé sur sa technologie innovante, la grande qualité de sa production et sa capacité de Recherche et Développement de pointe, avec le concours des meilleures équipes d'ingénieurs, de chercheurs et un management performant basé en Chine et aux Etats-Unis.

Contacts: Financial Dynamics France: Press Contact Elodie Marchand elodie.marchand@fd.com Phone : +33(0)1-47-03-68-17 Investor Relations Valéry Lepinette valery.lepinette@fd.com Phone : +33(0)1-47-03-68-62

Lionax

Contacts: Financial Dynamics France: Press Contact, Elodie Marchand, elodie.marchand@fd.com, Phone : +33(0)1-47-03-68-17 ; Investor Relations, Valéry Lepinette, valery.lepinette@fd.com, Phone : +33(0)1-47-03-68-62

Autonomy's Virage Unveils New Release of its Command and Control PlatformNew Intuitive User-Interface, Automatic Incident Process Management and Full Integration With Autonomy's IDOL Streamline Operations Deliver Relevant Intelligence in Real-Time

ISC West, LAS VEGAS, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc , a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today unveiled new and enhanced features for Virage's Command and Control, a complete infrastructure platform for security and surveillance operations. By bringing together best-of-breed technologies in video surveillance and analytics, business process management and information infrastructure, this new release of Virage's Command and Control pro-actively assists security officers, streamlines operations, and delivers relevant intelligence in real-time. The enhanced platform will be showcased at ISC West 2008, taking place in Las Vegas, NV from April 2nd to 4th 2008.

Command and Control, originally launched in 2006, brings together information from a wide range of applications and allows holistic monitoring and analysis of security data in real-time. The new release is available with Virage Visor, a new intuitive user-interface through which users can pre-define alerts and reactions to events, and has been integrated with Autonomy Cardiff's LiquidOffice Business Process Management capabilities to automate reporting and Incident Process Management. Powered by Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), this new release of Command and Control also features Halo for automatically understanding and cross-referencing intelligence data.

David Humphrey, Virage's CTO, commented: "The combination of Virage's Security and Surveillance expertise with Autonomy IDOL's industry-leading ability to make sense of unstructured information is incredibly powerful and unique in this industry. These new features provide security professionals with revolutionary tools to connect intelligence, offering unrivalled ability to automate security operations and uncover threats which would otherwise be missed."

Virage's Command and Control platform provides three levels of functionality for a range of different environments and needs, from simplistic rule-based models to highly complex, intelligent solutions based on conceptual analysis:

- Level One: Provides straightforward operations such as monitoring and alerting, all controlled through Virage Visor. It offers a complete set of tools to monitor and analyze information from any content source, such as live and playback in synched and un-synched groups, sequential navigation through thumbnails and timeline, switch camera view automatically or through 'drag and drop', bookmark events, search all data by event, time or date and can export data to any format.

- Level Two: Introduces Incident Process Management, which automatically generates and delivers reports, reducing the time taken for data processing, eliminating duplication of effort and enhancing the user experience.

- Level Three: Employs Halo's advanced functionality and analytics to add intelligence to an unrivalled range of security operations and information retrieval. Halo forms a conceptual understanding of the meaning of any piece of data in real-time, be it in the form of text, video, or audio, and performs advanced tasks such as Hyperlinking, Clustering, Anti-Clustering and Profiling on all data. Halo provides users with relevant background information, cross referencing data according to its conceptual content to reveal emerging trends and identify potential threats, delivering it directly to the user in the form of hyperlinks or thematically similar clusters.

For more information on Virage's Command and Control platform, please visit http://www.virage.com/.

About Virage

Virage, an Autonomy company, provides world-leading video analytics solutions for a wide range of applications. Virage's security monitoring solutions enable all organizations to respond to increasingly complex security concerns at a corporate, national and global level. By providing the technology which allows organizations to understand and interpret the potential significance of large volumes of data, Virage facilitates superior real-time surveillance, detection and protection operations in all security environments and is already trusted by some of the most prestigious intelligence and security agencies in the world.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology forms a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data including unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including information access technology, BI, CRM, KM, call center solutions, rich media management, information risk management solutions and security applications, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in enterprise search.

Autonomy's customer base comprises of more than 17,000 global companies and organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Autonomy also has over 300 OEM partners and more than 400 VARs and Integrators, numbering among them leading companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Satyam, Sybase, Symantec, TIBCO, Vignette and Wipro. The company has offices worldwide.

The Autonomy Group includes: ZANTAZ, the leader in the archiving, e-Discovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets; Cardiff, a leading provider of Intelligent Document solutions; etalk, award-winning provider of enterprise-class contact center products, Virage, a visionary in rich media management and security and surveillance technology and Meridio, a leading provider of records management software.

Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Rowan Gardner Sayo Ogundiran Autonomy Cohn & Wolfe (US) +44(0)1223-448000 (UK) +1-415-365-8552 rowang@autonomy.com cwna-autonomy@cohnwolfe.com Edward Bridges Bite Communications (UK) Financial Dynamics (UK) +44(0)20-8834-3518 +44-207-831-3113 autonomy@bitepr.com edward.bridges@fd.com

Autonomy Corporation plc

CONTACT: Autonomy Editorial Contacts: Rowan Gardner, Autonomy,
+44(0)1223-448000 (UK), rowang@autonomy.com; Sayo Ogundiran, Cohn & Wolfe
(US), +1-415-365-8552, cwna-autonomy@cohnwolfe.com; Edward Bridges, Financial
Dynamics (UK), +44-207-831-3113, edward.bridges@fd.com, Bite Communications
(UK), +44(0)20-8834-3518, autonomy@bitepr.com

SMIC Appoints Ms. Shirley Lin as Chief Strategic Advisor

SHANGHAI, China, April 2, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC", NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 0981.HK) today announced the appointment of Syaru Shirley Lin as Chief Strategic Advisor. She reports directly to Dr. Richard Chang, President and CEO of SMIC.

Ms. Lin has extensive international management experience in direct investment, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining SMIC, Ms. Lin was a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs & Co. Based in Hong Kong, she was head of the Principal Investment Area ("PIA") in the Merchant Banking Division responsible for Asia. During her tenure, she managed the investment of more than $1 billion in dozens of public and private companies in various industries and at various stages of maturity in 11 countries. She also led the PIA's effort to launch leading Chinese companies such as Alibaba, Sina.com, and SMIC. Prior to that, she worked in corporate finance at Goldman Sachs in Singapore and Hong Kong, specializing in the privatization of state-owned enterprises. She began her career at Morgan Stanley in New York and Hong Kong, where she focused on cross-border transactions. She currently sits on the board of MassMutual Mercuries Life Insurance in Taiwan, as well as Yanfeng Key Automotive Safety Systems in Shanghai.

"Having worked with Shirley in the past as a member of the board of SMIC, I am delighted to have her join us as Chief Strategic Advisor," said Dr. Chang. "Shirley has helped us from our founding and owns a wealth of experience in finance as well as investments throughout Asia, which makes her uniquely qualified to advise us on all aspects of our strategy in this extremely dynamic and changing industry. I look forward to working closely with Shirley again."

"SMIC is one of the pioneering enterprises in the worldwide technology landscape, providing a unique service as the leading foundry in China," said Ms. Lin. "The increasing complexity of this highly global industry provides a unique challenge for me as Chief Strategic Advisor. I am honored and excited to be part of the development of the company, and I am committed to contributing to its long-term growth."

About SMIC

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China, providing integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing service at 0.35 micron to 65 nanometer and finer line technologies. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300-millimeter wafer fabrication facility (fab) and three 200 mm wafer fabs in its Shanghai mega-fab, two 300 mm wafer fabs in its Beijing mega-fab, a 200 mm wafer fab in Tianjin, and an in-house assembly and testing facility in Chengdu. SMIC also has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and a representative office in Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC manages and operates a 200 mm wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation and a 300 mm wafer fab under construction in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please visit http://www.smics.com/ .

For more information, please contact: Press Contact: SMIC Reiko Chang Corporate Relations Tel: +86-21-5080-2000 x10544 Email: Reiko_Chang@smics.com

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

CONTACT: SMIC - Reiko Chang of Corporate Relations, +86-21-5080-2000 ext
10544, or Reiko_Chang@smics.com

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

China Sourcing Report: Export Prices of Mainland China and Taiwan-Made Portable GPS Units Expected to Continue Falling in 2008

HONG KONG, April 2, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sixty-one percent of mainland China and Taiwan portable GPS manufacturers expect to reduce export quotes in 2008 due to fierce price competition. Seventy-nine percent of these manufacturers expect to decrease their export quotes by up to 10 percent. This is according to Global Sources' China Sourcing Report: Portable GPS ( http://www.chinasourcingreports.com/portablegps07report ).

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b )

Despite the price decrease, 77 percent of the surveyed manufacturers plan to increase production capacity in order to capitalize on the growing global demand.

The report quotes a Berg Insight study that forecasts global shipments of portable GPS devices to exceed 30 million units in 2008. Mainland China alone is expected to account for 12.3 million units, or about 40 percent of global shipments.

Report publisher, Mark A. Saunderson, said: "Prices of portable GPS devices have been decreasing by about 20 percent each year for the past few years. That, in combination with the fact that GPS technology and software are becoming more advanced, has lead to the product becoming now more widely accepted by mainstream consumers.

"Growing consumer demand, plus low technology barriers to entry have also attracted a host of new suppliers to the market. We expect price competition to further intensify due to a growing number of suppliers, combined with the fact that GPS-enabled smart phones are also competing in the same space."

The China Sourcing Report: Portable GPS also shows key 2008 manufacturing trends. Among manufacturers interviewed:

-- 44 percent plan to add wireless and intelligent features to their products; -- 33 percent plan to enhance product performance; -- 15 percent plan to install better maps and software; -- 5 percent plan to design products that support multimedia files; and -- 3 percent plan to increase memory capacity.

In-factory Interviews, Detailed Supplier Profiles and New Portable GPS Export Models

The 105-page China Sourcing Report: Portable GPS provides proprietary market information from in-person factory visits to 25 manufacturers and interviews with 14 more suppliers. It includes a Product Gallery featuring 113 of the most popular export models, with key specifications and full-color pictures.

The Report's surveys, price trends and supply forecasts aim to help buyers make better-informed purchasing decisions.

Specialized Global Sources Websites, Trade Shows, Magazines and Research Reports

China Sourcing Reports are part of Global Sources' sourcing and product information services. These include Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com/ ), Global Sources trade magazines, Global Sources Direct (http://www.globalsourcesdirect.com/ ) and the China Sourcing Fairs ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/ ). For more information, visit http://www.corporate.globalsources.com/ .

The China Sourcing Report: Portable GPS is available at: http://www.chinasourcingreports.com/portablegps07report .

Information about Greater China portable GPS suppliers and products can be found at http://www.chinasuppliers.globalsources.com/china-suppliers/Portable-GPS.htm .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 657,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 2 million products and more than 170,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 29 times a year across nine cities.

Suppliers receive more than 27 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com/ ) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,100 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia: Camellia So Tel: +852-2555-5021 Email: cso@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia: Investor Relations Department Tel: +852-2555-4777 Email: investor@globalsources.com Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan Tel: +1-480-664-8309 Email: strachan@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.: Christiane Pelz & Kirsten Chapman Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Tel: +1-415-433-3777 Email: investor@globalsources.com

Photo: Newscom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b
PR Newswire Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Global Sources

CONTACT: Press contact in Asia: Camellia So, +852-2555-5021,
cso@globalsources.com; Press contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan of Global
Sources, +1-480-664-8309, strachan@globalsources.com; Investor contact in Asia:
IR Department of Global Sources, +852-2555-4777, investor@globalsources.com;
Investor Contact in U.S.: Kirsten Chapman or Christiane Pelz, both of Lippert-
Heilshorn & Associates, Inc., +1-415-433-3777, investor@globalsources.com, for
Global Sources

Web site: http://www.globalsources.com/
http://www.chinasourcingreports.com/portablegps07report

New MAAWG Paper Details Email Authentication Practices to Help Industry Reduce Spam and Protect Brand Identity

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Setting the stage for a better understanding of sender authentication as a technology to combat junk email, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has released a new white paper describing the practice as a foundation for protecting legitimate Internet mail. "Trust in Email Begins with Authentication" provides an overview of the technology by focusing on the standardized mechanisms in general use today, Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Sender IDentification Framework (SenderID), and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM).

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070124/CLW180LOGO )

"Authentication mechanisms can help distinguish legitimate email from spam. When used as part of a multi-faceted anti-abuse program, it is an important tool to help protect business brands from forgery and phishing attacks," said Dave Crocker, the MAAWG senior advisor who edited the paper and principal at Brandenburg InternetWorking.

Email authentication mechanisms are used to validate the identity of an email's sender, stifling would-be spammers who often forge the "From" field in an email message to avoid detection. The executive summary of the MAAWG paper provides an overview of how authentication can be used to protect email and is intended for general business managers. The main body provides more detail on SPF, SenderID, and DKIM mechanisms and is intended for technical readers familiar with basic Internet mail service.

"Trust in Email Begins with Authentication" is available at no cost at the MAAWG Web site, http://www.MAAWG.org.

About the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)

The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is where the messaging industry comes together to work against spam, viruses, denial-of-service attacks and other online exploitation. MAAWG (www.MAAWG.org) represents almost one billion mailboxes from some of the largest network operators worldwide. It is the only organization addressing messaging abuse holistically by systematically engaging all aspects of the problem, including technology, industry collaboration and public policy. MAAWG leverages the depth and experience of its global membership to tackle abuse on existing networks and new emerging services. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., MAAWG is an open forum driven by market needs and supported by major network operators and messaging providers.

Media Contact: Linda Marcus, APR, +1-714-974-6356, lmarcus@astra.cc, Astra Communications

MAAWG Board of Directors: AOL; AT&T (NYSE: T); Bell Canada; Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR); Cloudmark; Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA); Cox Communications; EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK); France Telecom (NYSE and Euronext: FTE); Goodmail Systems; Google Inc.; Openwave Systems (Nasdaq: OPWV); Return Path, Inc. (Full-Member representative to the Board); Time Warner Cable; Verizon Communications; and Yahoo! Inc.

MAAWG Full Members: 1&1 Internet AG; AG Interactive; Bizanga LTD; Eloqua Corporation; Internet Initiative Japan, (IIJ Nasdaq: IIJI); IronPort Systems; McAfee Inc.; MX Logic; Outblaze LTD; Return Path, Inc.; Sprint; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Symantec; and Telefonica SA.

A complete member list is available at http://www.maawg.org/about/roster.

Web site: http://www.maawg.org

Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group

Linda Marcus, APR, of Astra Communications for Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, +1-714-974-6356, lmarcus@astra.cc; Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070124/CLW180LOGO, AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org, PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com