PARIS, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:ALU) has been selected by Telecom New Zealand (Telecom) to deploy its IP Multi-Protocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS)-based mobile backhaul solution. This will enable Telecom to accommodate its growing cellular W-CDMA and High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) traffic needs and to cost effectively scale its mobile services across a unified network infrastructure. Alcatel-Lucent's IP/MPLS solution is being rolled out across Telecom nationwide and supports its strategic transition to all-IP network.

LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

With global economic recession having an impact on almost all industries, videoconferencing and telepresence can present companies with an effective solution to the challenges they now face. Experience from early recessions and economic slow-downs suggests that companies that continue to invest in their IT and communications capabilities are both better able to survive the crisis and can be in a stronger position to ride the up-turn -- sometimes grabbing market share from their competitors in the process.

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PALO ALTO, California, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Second generation of widely deployed ZFS based OpenStorage solution

Nexenta Systems announced today the release of NexentaStor 1.1. NexentaStor is the most broadly adopted OpenStorage network attached storage and iSCSI solution and has been used by over 4,800 companies world-wide to provide enterprise class storage via easy to use, hardware independent, ZFS based software.

Customers include InfoUSA, the leading provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing and processing services.

LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Webless web Innovation Drives new way to Communicate

Telnic (http://www.telnic.org), the registry operator of the new .tel top level domain, today begins accepting applications for trademarks from businesses and organizations worldwide. From today until February 2nd, trademark owners can register .tel domains for their brands and company names, providing them with a 'live' comprehensive listing in the first global, mobile-optimized online directory.

Commenting on the commencement on the Sunrise period, Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic said:

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with The Automation Partnership (TAP) in the UK, manufacturers of advanced automated systems for cell culture, sample management and high throughput screening applications. Under the agreement TAP will co-develop and manufacture the Dynaflow(R)HT System, Cellectricon's next generation high throughput ion channel screening platform. Dynaflow(R)HT will be launched and commercially available in 2009.

CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

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- First of its Kind Internet Based World Wide Lottery Launches

LotteryGold.com, a Global Lottery, is a thrilling new way to win money from anywhere in the world. The Mega Gold jackpot will start at $40 Million USD. LotteryGold.com is so easy to play. All you need is internet access, a valid credit card or e-wallet, and to be 18 years or older.

LONDON, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Live Chat Session With the Energy Zarr- Richard Zarr, Chief Technologist, PowerWise Solutions of National Semiconductor to Discuss a White Paper on Metrics of Energy Efficiency

Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), the leading multi-channel, high service distributor and its companies (Farnell, Newark, Premier Electronics, Farnell-Newark CPC, and MCM), today announced the Live EDGE competition will be hosting a series of technical learning and networking events held in a virtual global community, the Live EDGE EcoSphere. Registration and the event schedule are now available for the Energy Efficiency and Lighting conference at http://www.live-edge.com/ecosphere starting on the 11th of December 2008.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that Founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake will be speaking at the Goldman Sachs Media Conference in London on Thursday, December 4th. Mr. Chandratillake will be presenting on a panel addressing new ways of targeting media audiences at 2:30 p.m. GMT at Goldman Sachs UK headquarters, to be moderated by Goldman Sachs CFA Laurie Davison.

MINNEAPOLIS, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Device will enable minimally-invasive transcatheter closure of cardiac structures

AGA Medical Corporation announced today that it received European CE Mark (Conformite Europeenne) approval for its AMPLATZER(R) Cardiac Plug (ACP). The ACP provides an innovative, minimally invasive solution for closing cardiac structures not involving the septal wall. One such intended use will be for the non-surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage.

Astronomers have uncovered strong evidence that brown dwarfs form like stars. Using the Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array (SMA), they detected molecules of carbon monoxide shooting outward from the object known as ISO-Oph 102. Such molecular outflows typically are seen coming from young stars or
protostars. However, this object has an estimated mass of 60 Jupiters, too small to be a star. Astronomers have classified it as a brown dwarf.