MONACO, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- His Serene Highness Prince Albert II announced Professor Lawrence Lessig as the winner of the second annual Monaco Media Prize tonight at a special ceremony during the 2008 Monaco Media Forum in Monte-Carlo.

Lawrence Lessig, professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society, was awarded the prize for his efforts to bridge the gap between outmoded copyright laws and new technology, and for his tireless yet peaceful questioning of the ownership of content.

When I write in that title, a 'new Ice Age beast', I'm talking about the Coelodonta Tologoijensis. of course! That's Woolly Rhinoceros for us non-palaeontologists. After 460,000 years of being in the great Mammoth's shadow, this giant rhino is finally receiving it's place in the spotlight.

ATLANTA, Georgia, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Studio Creates New Application for the World's Top Social Networks

Twentieth Century Fox has teamed with Moxie Interactive http://www.moxieinteractive.com/ , to create a new application that allows the world to decide who and what will be saved when the earth stands still. It's part of a global participation campaign for Fox's upcoming movie, The Day The Earth Stood Still http://www.thedaytheearthstoodstill.co.uk/, which opens in the UK on December 12th. The film stars Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly in the ultimate alien invasion movie. The digital campaign utilizes seven of the world's top social networks - including MySpace, Facebook, Bebo and Netlog - across 10 languages.

LONDON, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Diabetic Hypoglycaemia (http://www.hypodiab.com), the influential online diabetes journal published by ESP Bioscience, supports the message of World Diabetes Day in raising the global awareness of diabetes.

The theme of World Diabetes Day in 2008 is 'Diabetes in children and adolescents'. As diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood, and the incidence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in children and adolescents, diabetes awareness in this age group and its carers is extremely important.

Undiagnosed or inadequately controlled diabetes can lead to hyperglycaemia, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and coma, and may also have harmful cognitive and behavioural effects.

LONDON, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Axispoint Strategic Briefing November 19th - IBM Southbank

The growth of Virtualisation indicates that the technology offers a more cost effective way of managing and maintaining infrastructure and applications. But according to Axispoint's Brian Shafer, Virtualisation expert and former Project Manager for Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and XP x64 Edition, it's not that simple. Like all technology in the Hype Curve, 'there are hidden costs, pitfalls and implications of deployment', Shafer says.

GIBRALTAR, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The festive season is upon us and ReferBack, the world leader in casino affiliate programs, is offering all their affiliates the chance to win a trip to CAP Euro that includes a return ticket to London for the conference, luxury hotel accommodation and a seat at the ReferBack table at the CAP Euro Awards Ceremony. PLUS! The chance to win $100,000 in the player acquisition lucky draw!

NEW YORK, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Collaborative Website Invites the World to Participate in Drafting a Groundbreaking, Universal Platform for Compassion

2008 TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong, together with the organizers of the TED Prize, today announced the launch of charterforcompassion.org, a groundbreaking interactive website allowing the public to participate in the creation of the Charter for Compassion. The project aims to enlist individuals from across the globe, of all faiths, nationalities, languages, and backgrounds, to help draft the Charter for Compassion.

BRUSSELS, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Working people, who will bear the brunt of the global financial crisis, must have a seat at the table and a voice in the discussions about causes, consequences and possible strategies to confront the current crisis. This is the main message to the G20 from leaders of the international trade union movement, representing more than 168 million workers around the world.

While there are widely divergent views among the heads of government of 20 industrialised nations, there is unity within the international trade union movement about the necessary next steps towards economic justice and stability.

SAN JOSE, California, November 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Earth-Friendly, High-Efficiency (93%*) A+ Servers, Workstations Blades

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server, workstation and blade solutions, today announced availability of the industry's broadest selection of server solutions ready for the new 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) (Shanghai) processors. Supermicro offers high-density, energy-efficient, 4-way/2-way SuperBlade(R), 4-way 1U, 1U Twin(TM), Universal I/O (UIO) and whisper-quiet workstation solutions, all optimized for high-performance Shanghai processors.

HAIFA, Israel, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA) (the Company or ORL), Israel's largest oil refiner, announced today that on November 12, 2008 Standard and Poor's Maalot (Maalot) downgraded the Company's debentures (Series A, B and C as well as untraded debentures) from AA/Stable to A/Negative. The full Maalot report is available in Hebrew on the Company's website under Investor Relations - Company Releases.