REDMOND, Washington, July 9 --

- The service will provide hotel guests with access to a highly customized
in-room TV experience including interactive applications.

Viapass (http://www.viapass.com/Index.aspx), the French network services and
telecoms operator, has selected Microsoft Mediaroom
(http://www.microsoft.com/mediaroom/) with virtualization as the software
platform to deliver a breakthrough Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service
to its business customers worldwide through its division Viapass TV.

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TEANECK, New Jersey and CHENNAI, India, July 9 --

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology,
consulting, and business process outsourcing services, today announced the
launch of a unique and comprehensive platform that will foster innovation and
enable the company to deliver greater value in the area of testing. The platform
was inaugurated by Mohammad Zahoor, IT Director, PEMCO Insurance, a Cognizant
client.

LONDON, July 9 -- Up to GBP1000 is Available to Put Towards Training to Develop
Leadership Skills.

Funded by Train to Gain’s Leadership Management programme, the grants
are available to companies in the UK with 5-249 staff and include:

Up to GBP500 grant for owner managers, company directors.

Up to GBP500 (match-funded) grant for any senior manager or the senior
management team.

With the enhanced strategic focus on the new syllabus Professional
Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing and the Professional Chartered Post-Graduate
Diploma in Marketing, you may now be eligible to apply for this funding.

A clinical report in the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International supports the belief that the designer drug “Spice Gold” is strongly addictive.   Ulrich S. Zimmermann from Dresden Technical University and colleagues describe a young man who developed physical withdrawal symptoms after regular consumption, accompanied by a dependence syndrome.

Since January 2009, “Spice Gold” has been subject to the German Narcotics Law, meaning that production, free trade and possession are forbidden, but initially only for a year. There could be a permanent regulation at the end of that time and more information about “Spice Gold” is currently being collected.

A team of astrophysicists say they have solved a mystery that led some scientists to speculate that the distribution of certain gamma rays in our Milky Way galaxy was evidence for undetectable 'dark matter' making up much of the mass of the universe.

In two papers, the astrophysicists instead say that this distribution of gamma rays can be explained by the way "antimatter positrons" from the radioactive decay of elements, created by massive star explosions in the galaxy, propagate through the galaxy. Thus, they say, the observed distribution of gamma rays is not evidence for dark matter.

Johann Galle fans won't like reading this but professor David Jamieson, Head of the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne, says Galileo beat him to the punch in the discovery of Neptune - by 234 years.

If correct, the discovery would be the first new planet identified by humanity since deep antiquity.

Medical doctors often like to characterize themselves as scientists, and many others in the public are happy to join them in this.

I submit, however, that such a characterization is an error.

It is not a slur on the profession or its practitioners to say this, particularly once one understands that science is not the only, or only worthy, or even the most prominent form of reasoned inquiry that people can and do engage in. Furthermore, it is not a slur to say something that is simply true.

BOSTON, July 8 --

- Mike Coffey Confirmed as RISI’s Chief Executive Officer

RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry,
today announced that it has been fully acquired by United Business Media (UBM).
UBM previously owned 52% of RISI. As a result of this transaction, RISI is now
effectively owned and controlled 100% by UBM.

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RISI provides market data, pricing, news, forecasts, analysis and benchmarking
services on the global forest product industry. The company is also the leading
provider of marketing services in the sector through its events, magazines and
websites.

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- Tami Reller to lead Windows Marketing and Finance.

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Microsoft Corp. today promoted Steven Sinofsky to president of the Windows
Division. Sinofsky, a 20-year Microsoft veteran, most recently led the Windows
and Windows Live Engineering Group, contributing to the Oct. 22 availability of
Windows 7.

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As president, Sinofsky assumes responsibility for the Windows business
including both the engineering and marketing functions for Windows, Windows Live
and Internet Explorer.

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MINNEAPOLIS, July 8 --

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- Ideal for 24/7 Video Surveillance and Other Mission-Critical Applications

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Multi-Tech Systems’ new 3G intelligent wireless router
(http://www.multitech.com/en_US/PRODUCTS/Families/MultiModemrCell/) instantly
makes existing or next generation devices communication-ready. The MultiModem(R)
rCell intelligent wireless router with HSDPA support is ideal for highly data
intensive, mission-critical applications such as real-time remote video
surveillance, downloading large files or shared Internet access over a
high-speed wireless connection.

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