SAN FRANCISCO, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bjarne Stroustrup, Inventor of the Programming Language, Will Present Alongside ISO C++ Chair Herb Sutter on Next Generation Device Development

TechInsights (http://www.techinsights.com/) today announced that Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++ and Herb Sutter, a leading software development expert and prominent C++ expert, will conduct courses in the C++ programming language at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston and SD Best Practices, taking place October 26-30, 2008 at the Hynes Convention Center. For the first time at an ESC conference, Mr. Stroustrup and Mr. Sutter will host two consecutive days of in-depth courses and seminars on the universally recognized programming standard.

LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Mini-Revolt Over Falling Behind With Innovation

IT is no different than food, reckon public sector workers, encouraging the Government to buy local and organic to avert past IT disasters, the Social Collaboration and Public Sector study by Huddle.net revealed today.

Most respondents (84%) want to be harsher with IT providers who fail to deliver. They believe that setting project budgets that cannot be deviated from could partially solve the issue. Some respondents commented: 'if the IT doesn't work, we simply won't pay for it.'

SAN FRANCISCO, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Additional Funding To Be Used to Extend Leadership in Asia Pacific

Friendster, Inc. (http://www.friendster.com), the 9th largest website in the world based on traffic and the #1 social network in Asia, today announced Richard Kimber as its new chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of its board of directors. As the new CEO, Kimber will lead Friendster's global business and guide operations in Asia and the U.S. In addition to the appointment of Kimber, Friendster also announced today that it has closed US$20 million in funding.

LONDON and DUBLIN, Ireland, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Financial Shared Services Group for Leading Manufacturer of Advanced Defence and Aerospace Systems to Use AssureNET GL to Automate and Control Key Accounting Activities

Trintech Group Plc (Nasdaq: TTPA), a leading global provider of integrated financial governance, transaction risk management, and compliance solutions, today announced that BAE Systems Shared Services has selected AssureNET GL to increase the timeliness and accuracy of their balance sheet account reconciliations. AssureNET GL is an automated reconciliation software system that performs this critical business function, while ensuring internal controls and compliance.

LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Gaming Group Integrates Compliance with Security, Application Availability and Change Management System

Splunk, the IT Search company, today announced Gala Coral Group has chosen Splunk as its enterprise-wide solution for Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. The integrated gaming group, which includes Gala Casinos, Gala Bingo, Coral and Eurobet, has also rolled out Splunk to integrate security, application and network availability and provide reporting for change management.

LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cage Street Cleansing Vehicle to Run on Compressed Biomethane Fuel Derived From Landfill

- With Photo

Gasrec, the UK's first commercial producer of liquid biomethane fuel, Veolia Environmental Services, the UK's largest waste management company, and full range commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco, today announce the commencement of a commercial trial of a liquid gas fuel that could drastically reduce society's reliance on fossil fuels.

ESSEN, Germany, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Major Milestone for Germany's Security of Supply

E.ON has made important progress in supplying Germany with liquefied natural gas (LNG). E.ON Ruhrgas is becoming a partner in the LNG terminal in Rotterdam known as Gate (Gas Access to Europe). The terminal is already under construction and will be completed in 2011. As a result of participation by E.ON Ruhrgas, the total capacity is being increased to 12 billion m3 of gas annually. This corresponds to more than 130 large LNG tankers that can dock there every year and provide north-western Europe with gas.

REDWOOD CITY, California, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, today introduced Ingenuity Analysis Services, custom-tailored professional scientific services for scientists working with 'omics data related to compound profiling, target identification, and mechanism of action studies. The new services are designed to meet the needs of research teams that require a rapid turnaround for a project, or who do not have the required resources internally.

LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- More than 3 out of 4 Searches Conducted on Google Sites

- Bebo Acquisition Propels AOL LLC to #6 Ranked Search Property

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its report on U.K. Internet search activity in June 2008, based on data from the comScore qSearch 2.0 online measurement service.

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Top 10 U.K. Search Properties

LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Romance is on Track and Online With Free Wi-Fi at St Pancras International

St Pancras International is the first UK station to offer free Wi-Fi access, making it the perfect place to meet. The 45 million people who travel through St Pancras International every year now have access to free and fast Wi-Fi.

http://www.stpancras.com/news/connected/