NEW YORK, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Windows Embedded operating systems accounted for 36 percent of retail and hospitality POS shipments in 2007.

Today, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Annual Convention Expo, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of the latest offering from its Windows Embedded Ready product line for key device categories, Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, the next generation of Windows Embedded for Point of Service (POS). Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 is Microsoft's embedded operating system optimized for OEMs building POS solutions and enterprises using POS devices. This next-generation POS platform is a flexible operating system designed to seamlessly connect POS solutions with peripherals, servers and services.

REDMOND, Washington and NEW YORK, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Advanced solutions for a more connected shopper experience demonstrated at National Retail Conference.

Accenture and Microsoft Corp. today announced an initiative to help retailers tackle the challenge of linking consumers to emerging technology platforms such as social networking and online communities.

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Under the multi-channel retail initiative, Accenture and Microsoft will work with Avanade -- a global IT consultancy created by Accenture and Microsoft -- to help retailers extend the shopping experience to an ever-widening number of locations and devices, including the Web, mobile computing, and even new ways to shop in stores.

SAN DIEGO, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cleantech investment firm to help Fallbrook expand existing markets and pursue new opportunities for NuVinci(R) technology -

Fallbrook Technologies Inc. (Fallbrook), a pioneering technology company dedicated to improving the performance and flexibility of transmissions for engine and human powered devices, announced today that it has completed the first close of a US$25.4 million financing round. NGEN III, LP provided US$10 million as the lead investor. Robeco, the investment arm of Rabobank of The Netherlands, provided an additional US$10 million from its Clean Tech Private Equity funds. Windstone Capital Partners, Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz. provided advisory support for the round.

LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

The European telemetry equipment market is in a developmental stage and is dominated by a few large players. Growth rates are currently low but will rise substantially in the coming years. This is due to an increase in Europe's aged population and the need for cost containment measures.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.patientmonitoring.frost.com), European Telemetry Equipment Market, finds that the market earned revenues of US$115.00 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach US$179.00 million in 2014.

IVER, England, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- DX was delighted when Vision Aid Overseas (VAO) recognised its contribution to the charity's work over the past 11 years when presented with the charity's inaugural Trustees Annual Award. VAO helps about 40,000 patients in the developing world each year, providing eye examinations and dispensing second hand spectacles collected from opticians throughout the UK, as well as training doctors and nurses in eye care skills and establishing optical workshops so spectacles can be made to prescription locally.

KVISTGARD, Denmark, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic owns several United States patents relating to an attenuated strain of the company's core technology, MVA-BN(R), which is the basis for its smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE(R). MVA-BN(R) also holds promise as a vector for delivering recombinant vaccines. Bavarian Nordic has asserted three US patents as a basis for its infringement action. The claim in this case is that Oxford BioMedica has infringed Bavarian Nordic's patents by commercializing the patented technology in ways that have yielded large payments from Sanofi-Aventis under the agreement between them for the development and commercialization of TroVax(R).

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Thomson Reuters today announced that it has published a new white paper on the topic of biomarkers drawing on expert insight from academics and key players in the pharmaceuticals industry. Called Biomarkers: An Indispensable Addition to the Drug Development Toolkit, it explores the role of biomarkers as evaluative tools in addressing some of the challenges seen in clinical research and their potential to improve decision making, accelerate drug development and reduce development costs.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Solace Pharmaceuticals, a private biotechnology company discovering and developing innovative treatments for pain, announced the initiation of a proof-of-concept clinical trial of SLC022 in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). PHN, a painful complication of shingles, affects approximately 200,000 people a year in the US alone. The clinical trial is an international, multi-center, placebo-controlled study that will examine the effectiveness of SLC022 in controlling pain associated with PHN. Solace anticipates having results from the study in the second half of 2009.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DFM: GULFNAV), the regional's leader in maritime and shipping services has recently announced the appointment of Mr. Per Wistoft Kristiansen as Chief Executive Officer. Per will lead the company's expansionary mission of growth.

With 29 years of experience across Europe, Asia and the United States, Per brings to Gulf Navigation rich expertise in the field of shipping and maritime services.

STOCKHOLM, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Stockholm is a world-leading city when it comes to environmental thinking. This is particularly noticeable among the city's hotels, which are now focusing on their green credentials more than ever.

Scandic Hotels started its environmental thinking back in the early 1990s. In 2004, it became the first hotel chain to receive an eco-label, the prestigious Nordic 'Swan' eco-labelling, for all its 74 Swedish hotels.