PARIS, France and NUUK, Greenland, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) cable ship 'Ile de Sein'* landed today in Nuuk, the 2,100 km section (or trunk cable) of Tele Greenland's submarine cable network. After completing the cable loading in Calais (France) in July, the 'Ile de Sein' began laying segments 1 and 2 in early August from Landeyjasandur in Iceland to Qaqortoq in Greenland.

Following a route carefully assessed with survey instruments mapping the seabed, these segments are three of the four sections composing the 90 million Euro project "Greenland Connect" awarded to Alcatel-Lucent in December 2007. The laying completion will be achieved before the winter season as planned.

AMSTERDAM - IBC2008, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- At the IBC2008 trade show and exhibition, which runs from September 11-16, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is highlighting how it is spearheading the evolution of the TV experience for the next generation of TV viewers. At the show, Alcatel-Lucent - in Hall 12P, Stand # C20 in Amsterdam's RAI convention centre - is reasserting its commercial leadership in IPTV, as the company is currently supporting more than 13 per cent of all IPTV subscribers worldwide across its various platforms - more than any vendor. The company also is demonstrating its technical strength in mobile TV, having achieved a series of significant milestones with its Unlimited Mobile TV solution.

LONDON, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Ellen DeGeneres, Leona Lewis and Jessica Alba Help Raise US$100m

Diva TV will be showing the UK premiere of a Stand Up 2 Cancer one-hour special on Friday 12 September (21:00). The fundraising extraordinaire, broadcast recently across America, was hosted by the Hollywood elite including Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Meryl Streep, Christina Applegate and Lance Armstrong and raised over US$100m for the charity.

SAN MATEO, California, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Program of Professional Services, Training and Customer Support Addresses the Unique Business and Economic Requirements of Mid-Market Companies

- SuiteSuccess(TM) 'Cracks the Code' for Delivering On-Demand Implementations That are Repeatable, Cost-Effective, Timely and Targeted to Ensure Rapid ROI

LONDON, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced second quarter financial results for its subsidiary, Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited (GCUK).

Highlights

GCUK generated 81 million pounds in revenue in the second quarter, with adjusted gross margin of 69 percent or 56 million pounds and adjusted IFRS EBITDA of 21 million pounds. (Adjusted gross margin and adjusted IFRS EBITDA are both non-GAAP metrics that are defined and reconciled below.) The company also reported cash generated from operations of 19 million pounds before interest.

SPARKS, Maryland, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Web Domains Offer Ready Access to US$550 Billion Pre-Tax Foreclosure Real Estate Market

Sparks, Maryland-based SC&H Capital is pleased to announce an extension of the deadline for bid offers on "taxforeclosure.com" and "taxforeclosures.com." SC&H Capital is conducting a controlled auction of these uniform resource locators (URLs), and bidders' expressions of interest must be registered by December 31, 2008.

LONDON, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global Electronics Giant Announces Selection of Message Manager and Message Communicator From UK Based Provider, Halcyon Software, to Maximise Business Efficiency and Ensure Zero Downtime

Halcyon Software, the multi-platform systems management provider, http://www.halcyonsoftware.com has enabled the Australian and New Zealand arm of Tyco Electronics to achieve a 24-hour a day IBM System i-based ERP software support model without requiring additional staff or maintaining a constant on-site presence.

MIT neuroscientists have tricked the visual brain into confusing one object with another, demonstrating that time teaches us how to recognize objects. This discovery, they say, could lead to robots with actual 'recognition' ability.

It may sound strange, but human eyes never see the same image twice. An object such as a cat can produce innumerable impressions on the retina, depending on the direction of gaze, angle of view, distance and so forth. Every time our eyes move, the pattern of neural activity changes, yet our perception of the cat remains stable.

A possible explanation is suggested by the fact that our eyes tend to move rapidly (about three times per second), whereas physical objects usually change more slowly. Therefore, differing patterns of activity in rapid succession often reflect different images of the same object. Could the brain take advantage of this simple rule of thumb to learn object invariance?