LONDON, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The merger of Noble Denton and Germanischer Lloyd forms a fully integrated technical assurance and consulting company to serve the worldwide energy industries. The new entity will provide assurance, inspection, and consulting as well as project management on a worldwide scale. It will focus its worldwide services along the entire life cycle oil and gas - upstream, midstream, and downstream, renewables and energy installations onshore and offshore. This includes safety, integrity, reliability and performance management.

SUNNYVALE, California, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Flexible 'Virtual Drive Test' and 'Fading Lab' Features Deliver Cost Efficiencies over Field Testing

Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a global leader in wireless infrastructure, devices and application testing, today introduced Virtual Drive Test and Fading Lab functionality on Spirent's SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator (http://www.spirent.com/go/sr5500), the award-winning solution for wireless receiver performance testing. Virtual Drive Test allows rapid re-creation of RF conditions to bring real-world field testing of mobile devices into the lab. Fading Lab enables the creation or replay of highly-detailed, advanced radio environments from a wide range of data sources.

NAPA, California, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a Life Sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, today announced plans for the creation of a new communication hotline for the expressed purpose of keeping the investment community updated on key events. Bi-weekly updates will be recorded on a designated call-in number which is targeted to be up and running in early May. In addition, callers will be able to leave their contact information regarding any questions they may have.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- New version of web-based collaborative prototyping tool allows teams to simulate rich Internet functionality in website wireframes and mockups.

Site9, a leading developer of collaborative web development software, today announced at Web2.0 Expo the release of ProtoShare 3.0. The new version of the popular interactive development tool contains many improvements and upgrades to further the collaborative website prototyping process. ProtoShare 3.0 has Rich Internet Application (RIA) simulations, an enhanced collaborative interface, and overall speed and performance improvements.

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CHICAGO, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Web accessibility, usability and services drive daily usage and new revenues

LONDON, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company to Support Platform Extension and Product Development

eToro, the fastest growing online financial trading platform, today announced it closed a $6.3 million round of financing with significant investments made by several private equity and VC investors including BRM Group and Cubit Investments.

The online financial trading company which began as a unique and innovative online forex trading (http://www.etoro.com) platform has achieved all of its original investor goals leading to the successful second round of financing. With an average of 2,000 new accounts opened every month, eToro is growing its staff at a time when most companies are reducing headcount.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Powered by Adobe(R) Air(TM), nomee tames the chaos of Web-based networking by centralizing access and updates for more than 100 social sites

CTIA WIRELESS, LAS VEGAS, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Atlantic Records, Kyocera Communications Inc, LearningMate and MediaTile to Join the Multi-Industry Initiative for 4G, LTE and Other Ultra-High Bandwidth Networks

Following its successful launch in February 2009, the ng Connect Program founded by Alcatel-Lucent is experiencing strong growth as industry interest in next generation networks and services continues to grow at a rapid pace. The ng Connect Program today announced four new members including leading companies from the music, telecommunication and education sectors bringing the total number of companies in the program to eighteen in the two months since its inception.

CTIA Wireless - LAS VEGAS, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the enhancement of its packet microwave radio portfolio with new capabilities to fully leverage fixed and mobile operators' existing investments in microwave backhaul networks. This enhancement will offer them the added capacity that will be needed to evolve - profitably -- to next generation wireless broadband (including LTE).

JACKSONVILLE, Florida and MILWAUKEE, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Combination to create the world's largest provider of comprehensive integrated payment and financial core processing services

- Companies anticipate US$260 million in cost synergies and increased long-term organic revenue growth