SUNNYVALE, California and PARIS, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- New ILOG JRules 6.7 Adds New Platforms, Customization Options

PALO ALTO, California, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- DreamSpark offers millions of students access to professional-grade software developer and designer tools.

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates today will unveil a software giveaway that will ultimately provide millions of college and high school students around the world with access to the latest Microsoft developer and designer tools at no charge to unlock their creative potential and set them on the path to academic and career success.

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KARLSRUHE, Germany, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- RapidSolution Software AG has released the new Windows program Audials on its website, Audials.com. Audials One is the result of several years of complex software development that combines three products that are already highly popular with music and video fans - and that have received a total of 32 rewards - Radiotracker, Tunebite and Videoraptor, with additional functions and technologies. The new program allows every user to access music and videos on the Internet legally and free of charge - all copy protection and file formatting problems are a thing of the past.

With Audials One, a music request is delivered every 25 seconds on average.

The Korean War lasted from June 1950 to July 1953. It served as the basis of the 1968 book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (pen name of former army surgeon H. Richard Hornberger), describing the experiences of surgeons at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the war. This was adapted into a film (MASH) starring Donald Sutherland in 1970, which in turn inspired the TV series M*A*S*H starring Alan Alda.

WASHINGTON, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- President Praised for Creating PEPFAR; However, Proposed Changes in Priorities Cut Heart from Lifesaving Effort

Scientists at UCL (University College London) have found the link between what we expect to see, and what our brain tells us we actually saw. The study, published in this week’s PLoS Journal of Computational Biology, reveals that the context surrounding what we see is all important – sometimes overriding the evidence gathered by our eyes and even causing us to imagine things which aren’t really there.

The paper reveals that a vague background context is more influential and helps us to fill in more blanks than a bright, well-defined context. This may explain why we are prone to ‘see’ imaginary shapes in the shadows when the light is poor.

LONDON, February 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "New Safer Cigarette Could End Smoking Ban in the UK" issued on 18 Feb 2008 10:26 GMT, by Supersmoker over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the following line has been added above the first paragraph '- Special guest: Antony Worrall Thompson' Complete, corrected release follows:

- Invitation: Conference Presents Scientific Breakthrough for Much Safer Smoking

- Venue: G Casino Piccadilly Circus, London

- Date: February 21 at 1.00 p.m.

- Special guest: Antony Worrall Thompson

Supposedly nanobacteria are cell-walled organisms much smaller than the generally accepted lower limits for cell size. The existence of nanobacteria has been a hot topic because of their putative roles in and heart disease and kidney stones.

KENT, Washington, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Avure Technologies, Inc. announced today that its Vasteras Sweden operating unit has completed the installation and commissioning of an extremely large Cold Isostatic Press (CIP) at PLANSEE Metall GmbH. The CIP system is operating in PLANSEE's new facility in Reutte, Austria, which was formally inaugurated on October 11, 2007. This plant will support PLANSEE's growth as a global supplier of refractory metal materials, components and fabricated structures.