ST. CLOUD, France, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society of Vascular Health (ISVH) announces the launch of a new state-of-the-art website, new offices in France and upcoming international meetings. ISVH increases its global reach with virtual services as well as full-service offices supporting members internationally.

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

With more and more features being added to today's vehicles, their weight has increased, resulting in higher fuel consumption. However, there is growing demand to shift from gas guzzlers to fuel sippers. Even as gasoline prices have plunged, customers have become more eco-conscious.

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This is evident from the 25 per cent drop in the sales of sports utility and pickup vehicles in North America, says Frost Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Mohamed Mubarak M M. It has become imperative for manufacturers to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles without compromising on performance. The key challenge is to keep an optimum balance between cost, weight and performance.

PARIS, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the successful release of Fotochat for mobile (with 1.4 million girls and boys already registered), the newest version of Fotochat is now available on iPhone.

It has kept the look feel and super simple navigation that made this mobile service so successful, while adding a truly fun and romantic functionality which will soon be part of your life!

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Blow on your iPhone and it will find someone who is ONLINE near you and matches your profile (age, city, preferences)

CALGARY, Canada, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiplied Media Corporation (TSX:V MMC), a Calgary-based provider of mobile local search services, today announces the launch of its award-winning Poynt local search application for BlackBerry(R) smartphones in the United Kingdom.

GÖRLITZ, Germany, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Biotechnology Company Partec Celebrates Festive Ceremony

2009 is the year of the 40th anniversary since the introduction of the worldwide first fluorescence based flow cytometer - the ICP 11.

Today, the German biotechnology company celebrates this anniversary at the Saxonian State Vineyard Castle Wackerbarth near Dresden. For the festive ceremony, CEO Roland Göhde receives 100 guests from the scientific, economical and political society.

DUBLIN, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Study Examines Impact of Regulatory Changes on Pharma Industry

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- GSMA Recognised for Leadership in Advancing Industry Standard Universal Charging Solution and Carrier ENUM Offering PathFinder

The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, received two awards at the third annual Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards held last evening. The GSMA with Orange took the award for the Mains Charging Innovation for the Universal Charging Solution (UCS) initiative, while the GSMA PathFinder Service was the recipient of the Editor's Award honouring innovation by an industry association.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Features Gift Ideas, Celeb Dads and Famous Father Movie Clips

Running out of gift ideas for your dad this year? Looking for some inspiration to get you in the mood? blinkx has created a Father's Day video page sharing clips that will help you prepare for Father's Day this Sunday, June 21.

PARIS, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Viaccess, a France Telecom company and leader in conditional access, Quadrille editor of the software product Quadricast(TM) currently involved in the design of content push and VOD systems for both Satellite or DTT and IP DSL networks , 27M Proxy Electronics announced today that they have been selected by TDF, a broadcasting transmission network operator and leading service provider in the audiovisual, multimedia, mobile telephony and broadband sectors to power on-demand services. This innovative solution will offer TDF a significantly enhanced value to its network by efficiently being able to deliver premium content to VOD channels' subscribers.

PITTSBURGH, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- ComponentOne XapOptimizer Shrinks the Size of Silverlight Applications and Secures Code

With the release of Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft introduced a new and exciting way to create cutting edge rich Internet applications (RIAs). The size of these applications developed by Silverlight users influences the download time and consumption of network resources. In response to the call for faster download and conservation of resources, ComponentOne, a leading component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner program, announced the release of ComponentOne XapOptimizer. XapOptimizer is a stand-alone utility that reduces the size of XAP files by removing unused classes and XAML resources.