LONDON, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Commenting on the latest rise in inflation figures, with the benchmark inflation rate for September standing at 5.2%, Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of Unite said: "Much of the blame for this latest jump in the cost of living sits firmly at the door of the greedy energy companies. At the end of the summer consumers were knocked sideways by ransom demand fuel bills dropping through their letter boxes.

SUNNYVALE, California, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Breakthrough technology solves the Catch-22 in Mobile TV business models

GoldSpot Media, a pioneer in interactive advertising solutions for mobile video and broadcast, today announced Cue Zones(R) support in miSpot(R), an end-to-end solution for interactive ad inventory and campaign management, dynamic spot creation, serving and analytics for mobile TV advertising.

SAN DIEGO, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

The CDMA Certification Forum(R) (CCF), in partnership with operators and vendors around the world, is pleased to announce the next evolution of its widely successful device certification process. This evolution gives operators and vendors of all sizes access to the world's most efficient and consistent CDMA device certification process.

WASHINGTON, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Additional Data Presentation Shows Encouraging 12-Month Outcomes from Single-Center Study Involving Patients with Predominantly Complex Lesions

OrbusNeich today announced that an interim analysis of 12-month follow-up data from the global e-HEALING registry show good safety and efficacy in the real-world use of the company's Genous Bio-engineered R stent.

SAN JOSE, California and BANGALORE, India, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- One of the World's Smallest Open-Source, IPv6-Ready Protocol Stack Enables Cost-Effective Deployment of Sensor-Based 'Smart' Objects

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), Cisco and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) today announced the availability of uIPv6, one of the world's smallest open-source, IPv6-ready protocol stack, which could enable every device, no matter how limited by power or memory to have an Internet Protocol address.

ASCOT, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, have started work on a 3.5 year project to develop a novel solid-state laser design incorporating CVD (chemical vapour deposition) diamond manufactured by Element Six Ltd. Element Six leads the world in the field of CVD diamond synthesis and its application.

BRACKNELL, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Baxa introduces new line of sterile, pre-filled saline syringes for safe and efficient flushing of IV lines. The ZR syringes meet NHS standards and promote best practice for catheter care.

LONDON, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- XLN Telecom - the UK's leading telecoms company serving the small business community - has been ranked above both BT and TalkTalk by Topcomm. Topcomm measures key performance indicators such as delivering on-time orders, providing accurate billing and promptly handling and resolving complaints and faults.

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Five Research Teams Selected to Receive Funding for Preclinical and Clinical Research Projects in Parkinson's Disease-Related Cognitive Deficits and Mood Disorders

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) awarded a total of $2 million to five research teams to speed development of effective therapies for the under-addressed cognitive and mood-related symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). The award was made possible by leadership funding from Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

LENEXA, Kansas, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, SpreadsheetGear LLC announced the immediate availability of SpreadsheetGear 2008. With one safe managed assembly, SpreadsheetGear 2008 enables developers to easily add scalable ASP.NET Excel Reporting, dynamic Dashboards from Excel Charts and Ranges, powerful Windows Forms Spreadsheet Controls, comprehensive Excel Compatible Charting, the fastest and most complete Excel Compatible Calculations and much more.