AUSTIN, Texas, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Supported by REAL SQL Server - 600,000 requests daily with no downtime

REAL Software, a leading producer of cross-platform development software for Windows, Macintosh OS/X and Linux, has launched an expanded global web presence to reflect its international reach. The site is now available in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and for the first time, Spanish. The dynamic functions of the site are supported by REAL Software's REAL SQL Server, which has handled up to 600,000 requests a day (20 million requests per month) with zero downtime.

LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ -- PureCircle, which develops and manufactures natural food ingredients for the global food and beverage industry, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with a Korean food ingredient company, for the supply of its co-product SWETA range of high intensity sweetener ("HIS") into the Korean market. PureCircle considers the Korean market to be strategically important for SWETA as well as offering significant growth prospects given the extent to which stevia-derived HIS products are already being consumed.

The transition from apes to humans may have been partially triggered by the need to stand on two legs, in order to safely carry heavier babies. This theory of species evolution presented by Lia Amaral from the University of São Paulo in Brazil has just been published online in Naturwissenschaften.

For safety, all nonhuman primates carry their young clinging to their fur from birth, and species survival depends on it. The carrying pattern changes as the infant grows. Newborns are carried clinging to their mother’s stomach, often with additional support.

Months later, infants are carried over the adult body usually on the mother’s back, and this carrying pattern lasts for years in apes. However, this necessity to carry infants safely imposes limits on the weight of the infants.

LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acquisition of Multimap will help Microsoft deliver new, expanded services on the web.

Microsoft Corp has acquired Multimap, one of the UK's top 100 technology companies and one of the leading online mapping services in the world. The acquisition gives Microsoft a powerful new location and mapping technology to complement existing offerings such as Virtual Earth, Live Search, Windows Live services, MSN and the aQuantive advertising platform, with future integration potential for a range of other Microsoft products and platforms. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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HERTEN, Germany, December 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Early in 2008 Germany's Aqua Society GmbH will be launching the Europe-wide sale of a unique new energy module which enables efficient generation of sustainable electricity. Interested parties are invited to demonstrations at the corporation's research centre in Herten, Germany.

Aqua Society's energy module represents ground-breaking technology which generates CO2-free electricity from waste heat at temperatures from 80(degrees)C, accordingly making a decisive contribution to achieving climate targets.

Sustainable electricity from waste heat at 80(degrees)C

STOCKHOLM, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Award-Winning Desktop Storage Device Easily and Reliably Stores, Protects and Expands as Data Needs Grow

Data Robotics today announced the official Swedish launch of Drobo, the world's first storage robot. Drobo is a striking black desktop device that connects via any USB 2.0 port on a Mac or Windows PC. Under its magnetically attached faceplate are four bays that can accept any brand, size, speed or capacity mix of standard 3.5" SATA internal hard drives (sold separately and available at most electronics stores).

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Industry Leader Builds Dedicated Team to Focus on Further Segmenting and Targeting Online Audience with Dynamic Rich Media Advertising

PointRoll, Inc., the leading developer of innovative rich media technology solutions, today introduced their expanded Dynamic Data Services division. The new division was created to help meet demand for the company's Dynamic Data ad units, which have been increasingly embraced by PointRoll's advertiser clients over the past several years as an effective way to boost sales. The service includes proprietary technology, advanced product-level reporting and a dedicated professional services team that offers custom, user-relevant messaging and support to agencies and advertisers.

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LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

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The personalised dummy from http://www.MyDummy.co.uk is featured in the recent edition of People Magazine in the mouth of none other than Heidi Klum and Seal's son Henry Samuel. But this is only one of the many success stories for the just 2 1/2-year-old invention.

In September, Hollywood star Trista from the TV series The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, showed off the MyDummy in a big report in US Weekly magazine. Also, at last year's Awards ceremony, the MyDummy was chosen to be part of the exclusive VIP gift bags given to the award-nominated actors and actresses. Among the lucky recipients were the stars from Desperate Housewives and Kiefer Sutherland from 24 Hours.