LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company finds use of malicious software increasingly motivated by financial gain.

Microsoft Corp today released the fourth volume of its Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) at Infosecurity Europe 2008. The report focuses on the second half of 2007 and uses data derived from a range of tools running on approximately 450 million computers worldwide to provide an in-depth, global view of software vulnerabilities, software exploits, malicious software and potentially unwanted software.

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CALGARY, Canada, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Phase 1a Study Objectives Were Met

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IRVINE, California and LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Endeavors and Partners to Offer Microsoft Office on a Rental Basis

Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer in application streaming and virtualization technology, and its parent company, Tadpole Technology plc, today announced support for the Microsoft program amending the Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA). The new program allows service providers to stream Microsoft Office for delivery through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois and ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

Smiths Medical MD will promote and distribute Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (http://www.continuousmonitor.com/). Smiths Medical MD is the manufacturer of the CozMore insulin technology system (http://www.smiths-medical.com/markets/diabetes/) and the Deltec Cozmo insulin pump.

To supplement Abbott's own promotional efforts, a non-exclusive distribution agreement will allow Smiths Medical representatives to promote Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator System to its growing customer base in the United States. Financial terms will not be disclosed.

SYDNEY, Australia, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- HotelsCombined.com has been shortlisted alongside Expedia.com and TripAdvisor.com for prestigious Travel award

HotelsCombined.com has been named a finalist for the category "Best Travel Metasearch/Price Comparison Website" for the 2008 Travolution Awards.

The Travolution Awards, organized by the UK's leading B2B online magazine, is the most respected awards event for the UK Travel sector. The website is amongst an elite field of nominees including Cheapflights.co.uk, British Airways, EasyJet.com, WAYN.com, STA Travel, Kayak.co.uk, TUI Travel PLC and Travelodge.

ATLANTA and LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading University Leverages sFlow for End-to-End Network Visibility -

MOSCOW, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announced today its operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

LONDON and FRANKFURT, Germany, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading trading solutions provider, announced that it has committed to provide connectivity to the new European equity trading venue, Turquoise, which will be launched in September.

Turquoise, which under the new MiFID regulation is defined as a multi-lateral trading facility (MTF), was established by nine leading European investment banks as a pan-European, open equity trading platform on which all participants will have equal access. The nine backers have also committed to make markets in Europe's leading stocks so that Turquoise will have an immediate critical mass of natural liquidity from day one.

NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- TraderTools enables Zurich-based pure wealth management bank to monitor and execute orders more efficiently with a fully integrated global order management solution

TraderTools LLC (TraderTools), one of the world's leading suppliers of electronic Foreign Exchange (eFX) software solutions, announced today that Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. (Julius Baer), the leading dedicated wealth manager in Switzerland, has licensed TraderTools' straight-through processing platform, STPlatform. Julius Baer intends to take advantage of STPlatform's complete FX liquidity management capabilities, including:

FRENSHAM, England, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Satellite Navigation takes a technological leap forward today with the launch of the G280 and G800 from NDrive. Boasting the world's first photo mapping system, the G280 and G800 feature real life photo images(1) instead of the traditional 1D/3D maps found on other devices. The new G280 and G800 take navigation to the next level.

This next generation of technology allows you to see what your journey and destination look like from a real life perspective. Photo mapping technology heightens the senses and makes it instantly easier to see where you are and where you are heading. For the first time, see what your destination looks like before setting off!