KITCHENER, Ontario, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Open API's and Widget-Based Architecture Enhances Ease of Use and Flexibility of IGLOO's Online Community Platform

IGLOO Software (www.igloosoftware.com), a leading provider of on-demand community and social software solutions is announcing their new framework for building community solutions at the upcoming Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. This modular framework provides developers with a flexible set of tools for customizing and extending IGLOO online communities -- quickly, easily and cost effectively.

IGLOO's new framework consists of four critical key components for solution development:

SUNNYVALE, California, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spirent ULTS Now Supported by ETS-Lindgren's EMQuest(TM) Antenna Measurement Software

Spirent Communications plc (http://www.spirent.com/) (LSE: SPT), a global leader in mobile device, application and wireless network testing, today announced that ETS-Lindgren's (http://www.ets-lindgren.com/) EMQuest(TM) Antenna Measurement Software now supports Spirent's UMTS Location Test System (ULTS) (http://www.spirent.com/go/ults). ETS-Lindgren is one of the world's leading manufacturers of enclosed Radio Frequency (RF) chambers and antenna measurement solutions for wireless test applications.

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AUSTRIA, Vienna, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Line-up Designed With Efficiency and Market Expectations in Mind

AUSTRIA, Vienna, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a market leader in flat panel televisions, has today announced the launch of its latest range of Hospitality TVs. Designed to modernise hotel rooms, the new TVs contain the latest technologies ready for high-definition digital broadcasts, enabling greater energy efficiency and easy installation.

Samsung's 450, 457 and 550 Series LCD TVs present the best crystal clear picture quality with a stylish design suitable for any hotel - from budget to luxury. Hotel guests will familiarise Samsung's sleek glossy finish with the feeling of watching TV at home.

VIENNA, Austria, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Samsung Electronics Defines Company's European Strategy at First-Ever Samsung European Forum

VIENNA, Austria, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

A new era for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., begins in Europe today, with the launch of exciting new products and the announcement of new strategy for the European market. At the first ever Samsung European Forum, Samsung LED TV, the new species of Flat-Panel TVs, makes its official debut in the European market. Samsung is also emphasizing its strategic focus in overcoming the current economic downturn by strengthening relationships with consumers and retailers while exploring B2B opportunities in the enterprise space.

SUNNYVALE, California, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spirent TestCenter Hypermetrics(TM) Provides Network Video Processing Leader with Unsurpassed Realism, Performance and Scalability

Spirent Communications plc (http://www.spirent.com/)(LSE: SPT), a global leader in network testing, today announced that RGB Networks ( http://www.rgbnetworks.com/), the leader in network video processing, selected the award-winning Spirent TestCenter(TM) ( http://www.spirent.com/go/stc) platform to facilitate the testing of RGB's IPTV solutions. Additionally, RGB chose the Spirent TestCenter Hypermetrics(TM) Application Performance ( http://www.spirent.com/go/hypermetrics) module to conduct the industry's highest performance Layer 4-7, security and vulnerability assessment tests.

LONDON, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time ever, experts in bariatric surgery gave a lecture on how weight loss surgery for morbidly obese patients can cure type 2 diabetes, at the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference in Glasgow.

'The changing face of diabetes', was the theme for the 2009 conference, introducing the new developments in bariatric research and clinical practice for the future.

The session entitled Bariatric surgery as a cure for diabetes: can we stomach it? Was one of only three plenary sessions throughout this year's conference, and tackled integrating obesity management into diabetes care, with both diabetic and surgical expert views.

A shock hit NASA's Mission Madness tournament when the fight between the SPB balloon mission and the MER rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity" escalated to unexpected levels. And now you can find out just how this happened. 'Mission Madness' is a NASA Edge-run voting contest where the public gets to vote for their favorite mission, in a series of 1-on-1 brackets leading to the final winner.

IRVINE, California and LONDON, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Endeavors' application virtualization and streaming functionality offered in connection with Oracle Beehive 30-day trial offer

Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer of application streaming and virtualization technology, today announced that Application Jukebox, the company's next-generation application streaming and virtualization platform, now supports Oracle(R) Beehive - a unified collaboration platform built for the enterprise.

LONDON, March 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Northern Trust has been selected to provide fund administration services for the fund platform managed by Earth Capital Partners (ECP), a new investment business with a specialist focus on environmental investment, and an objective to raise US$5bn into the fund platform over the next five years.

The new platform has the opportunity to launch a series of closed end investment vehicles invested in such sustainable projects as solar power, waste-to-energy, southern hemisphere agriculture and may also provide financial backing for companies developing new environmental technologies.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that the Company is scheduled to present at the 16th Anniversary Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conference on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Presented by BioCentury and Thomson Reuters, the Future Leaders conference has built a reputation as a major biotech investment event, matching strong companies with a select group of specialized institutional investors, investment bankers, sellside/buyside analysts, and pharmaceutical licensing executives.