LONDON, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- ?What If! - the world's largest independent innovation company - announced today the acquisition of leading digital strategy & innovation consultancy Fathom Partners. Bringing together their people and expertise in the areas of technology, media and telecoms, the new division will fall under the banner of ?What If! Digital.

This will be ?What If!'s first acquisition and signals a new chapter of growth and area expertise for the company. Matt Kingdon Chairman of ?What If! said;

LONDON, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sophisticated free mobile applications including social networking, video and messaging products have firmly established themselves as mass market leaders, according to data from GetJar (http://www.getjar.com/wap.getjar.com), the world's leading mobile applications portal. With over 200 million applications downloaded from GetJar in the last two years alone, trends show that free application content is driving both product development and user activity across the mobile landscape.

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina and PARIS, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Telecom Strategy Partners announces Release 1.1 of its Mobile Backhaul Solutions service, which includes competitive analysis and ratings of the solutions capabilities of key vendors addressing this significant market opportunity.

The service analyzes the market drivers and inhibitors, operator challenges and requirements, technology trends and issues in mobile backhaul, and compares and assesses vendors' vision, strengths, weaknesses, market direction and timing.

LONDON, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- News today of Government plans to extend services available through pharmacies in England is good news for patients, for the public and for local communities.

Pharmacies on the High Street and in every community already provide easy access to healthcare services for the public. 99% of the population can reach a community pharmacy by car, by walking or by public transport within 20 minutes. The plans will give the public better access to better choices for tackling prevention of illness and providing treatment. For example within three years pharmacies are expected to be in a position to provide treatment for half of minor ailments (coughs, colds, eye infections, stomach upsets, headaches) for patients who currently visit their GP.

LONDON, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Mippin Makes Global Mobile Reach and Monetisation a Reality for All Brands - Large and Small - for Free

- Mippin.com

Refresh Mobile the company behind leading mobile portal Mippin announces today the launch of Mippin Maker: an entirely free service that creates a perfectly rendered mobile edition of the publisher's website and allows the publisher to generate revenue from mobile immediately.

YOQNEAM, Israel and SAN RAMON, California, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of an independent multi-treatment clinical study of the UltraShape(R) Contour I, the first clinically proven non-invasive solution for fat reduction and body contouring using non-thermal selective focused ultrasound will be presented at the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery annual meeting on April 4, 2008 in Kissimmee, Florida. The presentation is entitled "Lipotripsy: Non-invasive Ultrasonic Selective Destruction of Adipocytes using UltraShape" will take place during the scientific session The Cutting Edge in Optical Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Tissues and Cells.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $65 million grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) to develop Kraken, a state of the art supercomputer. Kraken will enhance the computational power of the TeraGrid, the world's largest, most powerful and comprehensive distributed cyberinfrastructure for open scientific research.

"Like the gargantuan sea monsters Kraken, which inspired the naming of this supercomputer, the possibilities in scientific and engineering advances it enables are enormous, limited only by the confines of human imagination and vision beyond the frontiers of science," said NSF Director Arden L. Bement in a taped message that was played today at a luncheon in Knoxville.

DALLAS, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Visionary program will be world's most sophisticated countrywide approach to traffic management

Innovative use of automated traffic management technology will improve public safety and reduce traffic congestion throughout Saudi Arabia under a first-of-its-kind program sponsored by the kingdom's Ministry of the Interior. As part of the program, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) has been awarded a contract by Saudi firm Omar K. Alesayi Communications and Space Services Company Ltd. (Alesayi) to implement the project.

HELSINKI, Finland, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Comptel Solution Helps Comply With National Requirements for Data Retention of Voice Call and Other Services Data

Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading vendor of dynamic Operations Support System (OSS) software, announced today that Comptel Data Retention Solution has been deployed by Middle Eastern operator. The operator uses the solution to collect and retain data related to voices calls and usage of other services. This data can then be used by authorities to combat serious crimes, including terrorism.

Every two years NSF surveys and collects data on scientists and engineers, defined as people with a bachelor's degree or higher with science, engineering or related degrees or occupations.

NSF collects data on these individuals with three separate national surveys: the National Survey of College Graduates, the National Survey of Recent College Graduates, and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients. Collectively, these surveys are known as the Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System, or SESTAT.