BERLIN, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Corning Cable Systems GmbH Co KG, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, will demonstrate its leadership and innovation in data centre solutions at the 2009 Data Centre World Exhibition in London, Feb. 24-25.

The exhibit (booth #106) will feature Corning Cable Systems' Plug Play(TM) Universal Systems. Plug Play Universal Systems address the unique challenges of data centres with factory-terminated, modular components that reduce the data centre footprint and promote air flow for lower cooling and electrical costs. While offering one of the best bandwidth performances available, connectivity is as simple as pulling in the cable assemblies, mounting the hardware and plugging in the connectors.

MUMBAI, India, February 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global Leader in Learning Solutions, Tata Interactive Systems, Receives Recognition for its Corporate Sustainability Film

Tata Interactive Systems' (TIS) 3D animation film titled 'Special Deeds for Special Needs' (http://www.tatalearningforum.com/TLDF/TLDFMedia.htm) has won the top spot in the 'Best Animated Film on Social Welfare' category at the FICCI Best Animated Frames Awards 2009. The awards were announced at a ceremony on February 18, 2009 in Mumbai.

BRUSSELS, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Authentic Natural and Organic Cosmetic* products are now identifiable at a glance thanks to the NaTrue Label: the first 100 products have already been certified as of February 1st 2009.

The NaTrue-Label provides orientation for consumers and manufacturers alike by defining transparent and strict criteria for Natural and Organic Cosmetics. It is international, not for profit, open to all manufacturers and guarantees independent certification based on publically accessible criteria.

The criteria were developed by the Scientific Committee of the International Natural Cosmetics Grouping, NaTrue, and first published in May 2008.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia and JENA, Germany, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Kickoff for ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4, with presentations, demonstrations and reception

Security specialist ESET and its exclusive German distributor DATSEC are kicking off the new ESET product generation 4 at CeBIT in Hanover. The new security solutions ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 will be presented to dealers, partners, members of the press and the general public at booth D36, in hall 11, from 3-8 March, 2009. ESET will be celebrating the new, proactive anti-malware software with hourly presentations, shows by performance artists and an exciting booth party.

NEW: ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4

YOKOHAMA, Japan, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- AVEVA's (LSE:AVV) subsidiary in Japan will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in February 2009. AVEVA K.K., based in the Yokohama Business Park, will be hosting a dinner reception to thank the company's loyal customers for their decade of support.

AVEVA is a leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries and has more than 100 customers subscribing to its solutions in Japan. Amongst the customers that have been with AVEVA for the past 10 years are Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., IHI Corporation, Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation and JGC Corporation.

February 20th marks a historic anniversary in the American Space Program. On this day in 1962, astronaut John Glenn boarded the Friendship 7 spacecraft and became to first American to orbit the earth as part of the successful Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.

The drive to put a man in orbit was unofficially launched years earlier, after the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I on October 4, 1957. Americans suddenly found themselves "second best" in the area of space and related technologies, a position they quickly realized they didn't want to be.

PHILADELPHIA and DUBLIN, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that it has signed an agreement with UCB to acquire the worldwide rights to EQUASYM(R) IR and XL (methylphenidate hydrochloride) (excluding the USA, Canada and Barbados) used for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

EQUASYM XL is approved and marketed in 10 countries (outside the USA, Canada, and Barbados), and EQUASYM IR is currently approved and marketed in four countries. In 2008 the products generated aggregate net sales of EUR16.9 million in these territories.

Anew study published in Conservation Biology says that more than 80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts from 1950-2000 occurred in regions identified as the most biologically diverse and threatened places on Earth.

The study found that more than 90 percent of major armed conflicts – defined as those resulting in more than 1,000 deaths – occurred in countries that contain one of the 34 biodiversity hotspots, while 81 percent took place within specific hotspots. A total of 23 hotspots experienced warfare over the half-century studied.

It looks the Nintendo folks who came up with the name 'Wii' were onto something - apparently if they had named it 'Vaiveahtoishi' it wouldn't have been as successful.  

'Whee' is a noise kids make when they're having fun and studies have suggested that we tend to perceive familiar products and activities as being less risky and hazardous than unfamiliar ones. If something is familiar, the thinking goes, it is comfortable and safe.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva have determined that the once prevalent custom of female genital mutilation (FGM) among the Bedouin population in the Negev has virtually disappeared.

FGM, also known as "female circumcision" or "female cutting," is still practiced in many cultures around the world.  The World Health Organization has made the eradication of female genital mutilation a major goal in Africa, Asia and Australia, though why the UN doesn't care about men is subject to speculation.