VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Seeks To Prevent Unauthorized Use Of Its Patented On-Screen Advertising and Position-Based Screen Scrolling Technologies

BERLIN, Germany, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Future is bright. The Future is Blu.

You are invited to attend the Blu-ray Disc Association Press Conference at IFA 2008

2008 is Blu-ray's year. Already it is growing faster then DVD did in Europe and that speed of growth is increasing rapidly.

Join us for this important press conference and hear from leaders in the movie and music industries, Europe's premier retailers, CE equipment manufacturers and the BDA's leaders about the next steps in making the mainstream thoroughly Blu.

The Blu-ray Disc Association press conference will be hosted by Sony Europe in Hall 4 at the IFA Fairground, starting promptly at 17.00hrs on Thursday 28 August.

STAMFORD, Connecticut, July 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Disappointed in the announced sale price for E-ONE

- Asks Board to Reconsider Continuing James C. Janning as Chairman

Warren B. Kanders, a 6% stockholder of Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS), in a letter to the Board of Directors, reiterated his continued interest in being selected as Chief Executive Officer.

Responding to a statement by FSS's Chairman of the Board, James C. Janning, that Mr. Kanders did not really want to become CEO of FSS, Mr. Kanders stated:

OXFORD, England, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Psion Teklogix, the mobile computing and wireless data collection solutions specialist, is pleased to announce that it has entered an alliance partnership with B2M Solutions. Leveraging the synergies between the two companies, the partnership will provide the market with a complete solution for managing mobile technology.

B2M Solutions specialises in the management of a mobile enterprise. Its mprodigy(TM) mobile management system provides the framework that pulls together an entire mobile infrastructure; maximising the productivity of the remote workforce and protecting the investment in a mobile estate.

I first came across the word synchrotron in connection with the Crab Nebula, as well explained here at Hyperphysics. However, the phenomenon is these days very much down-to-earth: last weekend I returned from our last ever session at the Daresbury Synchrotron, which is soon to be shut down (final public use Saturday 1st August 2008). It first came on-line for experiments in 1981: prior to that, intense X-ray and hard UV synchrotron radiation was obtained as a by-product through “parasitic” operation on particle storage rings. Among others, Reading’s own Keith Codling had shown that much more useful science was being obtained from the synchrotron radiation than from the particle experiments. As a result of their concerted effort, the first Second-Generation light source was built at Daresbury.

Reaching a finish line is an obstacle that does not begin or end with procrastination. A college dissertation, however, can be built on the foundations of such a behavior. Studies have proven that a small amount of pressure can actually stimulate comprehension and motivation, something that can be achieved through procrastination.

In a 2002 study by Jeffrey J. Walczyk, Kathryn E. Kelly, Scott D. Meche and Hillary Braud at Louisiana Tech University College called “Time Limitations Enhance Reading Comprehension,” students read passages under no time constraints, mild pressure, or under high-demand time limits. Results showed that the best reading comprehension was observed under mild time pressure. The idea can be further addressed by taking a closer look at procrastination.

With the idea encapsulated in the Parkinson’s Law stating that “Work Expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,” procrastination may be a realistic endeavor. Robert A. Harris, author of "Writing with Clarity and Style: A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers," associates the law with two factors. He addresses both in an article called “Human Factor Phenomena in Problem Solving.”

SAN MATEO, California, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, July 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Provides Consolidated View of Worldwide Billing Activity in Currency of Choice to Improve Online Expense Management for Multinational Customers

Verizon Business multinational customers now have a more convenient way to view, monitor and analyze their expenses, with the company's introduction of Global Billing Report. Customers can use this advanced tool, available at no cost through the Verizon Enterprise Center (VEC), to view worldwide communications expenses online in both the original billed currency and another currency selected by the customer.

SAN JOSE, California, July 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Device Features Industry-First Fast Ethernet Controller with SPI Interface

Micrel Inc., (Nasdaq: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched the KSZ8851, a single-port embedded controller chip with 8/16/32-bit and SPI host interfaces. The high throughput device is pin compatible with Micrel's KSZ8841 and KSZ8842 product families and ideal for a wide variety of Ethernet applications in the IPSTB, VoIP, and Industrial Ethernet markets. The device will be available in production quantities in Q3 2008, and is priced at US$4.00 for 1K quantities.

"Survival of the fittest" is the catch phrase of evolution by natural selection. While natural selection favors the most fit organisms around, evolutionary biologists have long wondered whether this leads to the best possible organisms in the long run.

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, led by Drs. Matthew Cowperthwaite and Lauren Ancel Meyers, has developed a new theory, which suggests that life may not always be optimal.