BARCELONA, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Prous Institute for Biomedical Research today presented its strategies for drug discovery on its newly designed website (http://www.prousresearch.com). A large computational project with basic research support and broad disease coverage is being developed at Prous Institute under the broad-based Epistemic Drug Discovery(R) project.

President and C.E.O. of the Institute, Dr. J.R. Prous, explained that We are committed to accelerating biomedical knowledge by the synchronization of powerful expert knowledge-based systems and basic research. This next-generation drug RD force is expected to increase the efficiency and efficacy of core drug RD processes, facilitating continuous innovation.

ROUSSET, France, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Enables Design Development for Upcoming AT91CAP9H with 2 Million Gates of Customizable Logic

ROUSSET, France and TAIPEI, Taiwan, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Illustrates Ease and Rapidity of CAP Application Development; JPEG Compression and De-compression IP available from PGC

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and PGC (Progate Group Corporation) announced today the availability of a JPEG image viewer reference design ported onto the low-cost AT91CAP9A-STK Starter Kit for Atmel's AT91CAP9S Customizable Microcontroller. When connected to a host PC via its USB Device Port, the CAP-STK appears as a mass storage device for JPEG images. Running stand-alone, the CAP-STK de-compresses the images and displays them on its VGA screen, using JPEG de-compression and display IP supplied by PGC, and mapped into the FPGA that emulates CAP's Metal Programmable block.

MOSCOW, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The international exhibition Sviaz-Expocomm-2009, which is to take place at Expocentre in May 12 - 15, 2009, has got official support of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation.

The Minister of Communications Igor Shchegolev assumes that the exhibition possesses impressive potential and is worthy of support as one of the most significant branch forums.

The exhibition is also being held under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, with the support and participation of the core federal bodies and also the Government of Moscow.

MILAN, Italy, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirial today released version 6.2 of its Mirial Softphone, the advanced video conferencing software client for professional visual communication on IP networks.

Featuring stunning Full-HD resolution up to 1080p for both decoding and encoding, this new release sets the pace of the evolution in Video and Voice over IP technology: whatever the PC settings and available bandwidth, Mirial Softphone will automatically optimize configurations to provide the best user experience and video quality, even in case of floating call conditions (e.g.: bandwidth drops/peaks).

LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievements, today disclosed the all-time top 50 console games from Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition just as the new book shot to the #1 spot on the UK hardback non-fiction charts.

Tasked with selecting the best console games of all time, contributors of this year's Gamer's Edition reviewed hundreds of releases to compile a list of the top 50 titles ranked on their initial impact and lasting legacy.

NEW YORK, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Shutterstock's library of premium stock images continues its explosive growth while maintaining the highest quality standards in the online stock photo marketplace

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, just reached another milestone as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images. In less than four months, Shutterstock has added over one million images, reinforcing its status as the fastest growing site for high quality, royalty-free images.

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VANCOUVER, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Hacking Contest Offers Security Researchers Cash and Prizes for Third Year

For the third consecutive year, the popular hacking contest PWN2OWN will take place at Canada's premier security conference, CanSecWest. This year, the competitors are being challenged to set their targets on the comparative security of computer web browsers and smart-phones and a chance at winning US$10,000 and US$5,000 cash prizes, as well as a Sony VAIO P fresh from Japan and a new, loaded Apple Macbook.

LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Diabetic Hypoglycaemia (http://www.hypodiab.com), the influential online diabetes journal published by ESP Bioscience, leads its new issue with an editorial and feature article authored by Professor Christopher Ryan of the Editorial Board, on the potentially deleterious effects of poor metabolic control on the brain and central nervous system (CNS).