NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Samsung Electronics and International Youth Foundation Announce Employability Projects for Young Kenyans

The International Youth Foundation (IYF), in partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, unveiled Real Dreams - a youth employability program in Kenya as a part of the company's corporate social responsibility commitment in the region.

The Real Dreams program aims to increase economic activity in the region, particularly by promoting job skills and preparing young people for successful, long-term careers.

CAMBRIDGE, England, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- UK Strategy Underlines the Importance of Early Detection in the Care of Dementia and Alzheimer's Patients

Cambridge Cognition Ltd, developers of a clinical diagnostic product that provides early warning of neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's, welcomes the launch of the National Dementia Strategy. The strategy, unveiled yesterday by Health Secretary, Alan Johnson and Phil Hope, the Care Services Minister, focuses on three key themes: improving public and professional awareness; early diagnosis and intervention; and improving quality of care.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unique internal marketing program drives improved grades and continued growth

(Integrated Systems Europe booth #11F48) Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced longtime customer Delft University of Technology has found continued technical and academic success with Collegerama, its campus-wide blended learning initiative centered around Mediasite, largely due to a ground-breaking internal marketing campaign.

WILMINGTON, Delaware, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- English Writing Software gets Additional Error Detections, Improved Grammar Algorithms, and Increased Analysis Speed

Today WhiteSmoke released a new grammar engine for its world-leading English writing software. The 4th generation engine brings a wealth of improvements, including additional error detections, improvements to grammar algorithms, and faster server response times. The release pushes WhiteSmoke technology even further in the correction of English grammar and spelling, and intelligent suggestions on English writing style.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

There is huge potential for biofuel production in sub-Saharan African countries such as Nigeria, Uganda and Angola, provided there is a concerted effort from key stakeholders. The production of feedstock and the fuel itself would ultimately lead to socio-economic improvement and, with the correct implementation and management, the controversy about feedstock used for fuel vs. food can be resolved.

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Throughout history, scientists, philosophers, mathematicians and PhD students lacking funding for actual research have turned to the thought experiment in hopes of discovering something publishable, thereby retaining tenure and/or attracting the admiration of comely undergraduates.



The best thought experiments throw light into dark corners of the universe and also provide other scientists, philosophers, mathematicians and destitute Phd students a way to kill time while waiting for the bus.



Below is a classic thought experiment, pillaged from my book The Geeks' Guide to World Domination (Be Afraid, Beautiful People). I'll post a new thought experiment each day this week.

Ship of Theseus

LONDON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Frost Sullivan to host an Analyst Briefing on Social Network Analysis on Tuesday, 10 February 2009 at 15.00 GMT

Frost Sullivan will host a live briefing open to all on Tuesday, 10 February 2009 at 15.00 GMT to provide industry participants with an overview of the use of Social Network Analysis in the mobile industry.

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LONDON and COLOGNE, Germany, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

IntraLinks(R), the world's leading provider of online workspaces for secure document exchange, today announced that Sparkasse KolnBonn, Germany's second largest savings bank, has selected IntraLinks as its standard virtual dataroom provider for its corporate finance division.

Under the terms of the agreement, Sparkasse KolnBonn corporate finance professionals will use IntraLinks' On-Demand Workspaces(TM) to securely exchange critical information with executive and financial teams, advisors, underwriters and outside counsel on their projects and transactions.

FREISING-WEIHENSTEPHAN, Germany, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Expansion of Management Team Announced to Support Program Success

Pieris AG, a biopharmaceutical company developing Anticalins(R), a novel class of targeted human protein therapeutics, reports today that it has made significant progress in the development of its Anticalin(R) candidate PRS-050, a potent VEGF antagonist with broad therapeutic applicability.

OSLO, Norway, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- ALSYMPCA Study Designed to Evaluate Alpharadin for the Treatment of Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer Patients

Algeta ASA (OSE: ALGETA), the cancer therapeutics company, announces that it is to enroll US patients into its ALSYMPCA phase III trial evaluating Alpharadin as a new treatment for bone metastases in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). This decision follows a successful end-of-phase II meeting* with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), held on 30 January 2009.