ANTONY, France, January 15 /PRNewswire/ --

EUR millions 2007 07/06 2008 08/07 EUR % sales % change EUR % sales % change millions millions Southern Europe (1) 32.0 75 14 36.4 73 14 Other EU Countries 9.7 22 17 11.3 23 17 (2) Other markets 1.4 3 10 2.0 4 45 SLIT 34.6 80 21 40.4 81 17 SCIT 7.1 17 4 7.5 15 6 Other products 1.4 3 (25) 1.8 4 32 Total Q4 sales 43.1 100 15 49.7 100 15 Southern Europe (1) 109.2 74 17 124.9 73 14 Other EU countries 32.5 22 16 38.5 23 18 (2) Other markets 5.4 4 11 7.5 4 38 SLIT 116.5 79 21 137.9 81 18 SCIT 24.9 17 3 26.3 15 6 Other products 5.7 4 (7) 6.7 4 16 Cumulative 12-month 147.1 100 16 170.9 100 16 sales

(1) Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece; (2) Switzerland included

Sales growth and financial position, 2009 outlook

Scientists have achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars, which would seem to indicate our reddish neighbor is biologically active.   Or geologically active.   Or both.

Wait, how can a bunch of smart people from NASA not know which?   

It's because methane, four atoms of hydrogen bound to a carbon atom, is the main component of natural gas on Earth and is released by organisms as they (and we) digest nutrients  but is also created in purely geological processes, like oxidation of iron. 

LONDON, January 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Twice as Fast Trolley Prototype Developed to Shave Minutes off the Supermarket Shop

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You've got a big grocery shop to do, the supermarket is packed, the kids are getting restless and on top of this, you've picked a trolley with wonky wheels. Well you're not the only one. New research from Nurofen Express reveals that over three quarters (78%) of UK shoppers' supermarket sprees are slowed down by misbehaving trolleys, with wonky wheels (36%) and cumbersome trolleys (23%) being reprimanded as the top offenders.

CHENNAI, India, January 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq NM: SIFY), a leader in Consumer Internet Services and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities, today announced that it will report its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008-2009 ended December 31, 2008 on January 23, 2009 before the market opens.

In conjunction with the earnings release, Sify will host a conference call at 9:00 AM EST hosted by Mr. Raju Vegesna, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. CVS Suri, Chief Operating Officer and Mr. MP Vijay Kumar, Chief Financial Officer.

SAN JOSE, California, January 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- XMEGA Garners Award for Innovative Advancement in the 8/16-bit MCU Market

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced its industry leading XMEGA(TM) microcontroller was awarded the 2008 Product of the Year by Electronic Products' Magazine. Since its introduction in early 2008, there have been over 400 design wins to validate this award.

LONDON, January 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Hard-Hitting new Cinema Advert to Warn About Risks of Fake Medicine

- The First Collaboration of its Kind Between the Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Regulators and Patient Representatives to Combat the Threat Posed by Fake Medicine

- 330,000 Men in the UK Admit to Purchasing Prescription Only Medicine From Unregulated Sources(1)

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A hard-hitting advert will hit cinema screens across the country this Friday (16 January) in a bid to warn people about the real risks of purchasing prescription only medicine, without a prescription, from unregulated sources such as illicit websites.

MOSCOW, January 15 /PRNewswire/ -- ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. puts ATI and NVIDIA hardware to work accelerating the recovery of Wi-Fi passwords. The newly released Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor 1.0 benefits from the ability of last-generation video cards manufactured by ATI and NVIDIA to munch numbers faster, allowing its users to recover Wi-Fi passwords faster than ever before.

LONDON and STUTTGART, Germany, January 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Moneybookers' Payment Interface Offers Quick and Easy Integration Into Online Shops - Increased Turnover Through Integration of Worldwide Payment Network - Moneybookers Cooperates With Phoenix Media

LONDON, January 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Created in 2006, the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards are an international business plan competition given annually to five laureates, one per continent. For the third awards, Cartier is looking for innovative women-led business projects in the start-up phase. Apply before February 13, 2009.

Who can apply? Women entrepreneurs from any country and of any nationality are invited to apply by presenting a business project yet to be launched or a company less than 3 years old.

HELSINKI, January 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Comptel Partners With Comware to Deliver a Complete Solution to Charge for WiMAX Services

Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading vendor of dynamic Operations Support System (OSS) software, announced today that an unnamed Taiwanese WiMAX operator has selected Comptel Convergent Mediation Solution. Comptel is partnering with Taiwan-based billing vendor Comware to deliver the complete charging solution for the postpaid and prepaid services the operator will be offering over their WiMAX network.