BAAR, Switzerland, February 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum Corporation moves to an independent management structure in order to enhance corporate governance. Manas is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Flottmann, PhD, as Chief Executive Officer and Rahul Sen Gupta, CFA as Chief Financial Officer. The former CEO, Alexander Becker PhD, and CFO, Peter-Mark Vogel CFA have been appointed Director, New Ventures and Director, Finance. Mr. Becker and Mr. Vogel will continue to play an active role in the company to increase the value of the company by acquiring new projects and negotiating with potential partners and financial institutions.

SAO PAULO, Brazil, February 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Considered the world's third largest IT market, the country is the company's focus in 2008

The English office of Stefanini IT Solutions, one of Brazil's major IT consulting companies, has completed its second year, and operations are going full force. The unit celebrates its fast growth. Operations volume has doubled each year.

The colugo doesn't fly and is not a lemur but it's still called a "flying lemur" - and it's the champion of all gliding mammals, able to drop from the forest canopy in Malaysia, glide more than the length of two football fields, execute 90-degree turns and then alight gently on a tree trunk.

The colugo looks like a very large squirrel with membranous skin stretching from each limb and even between its toes to catch the wind and work as a parachute. When fully spread, the skin flaps reach the size of a large doormat.

Researchers are discovering how these animals move with the help of a miniature backpack outfitted with accelerometers.

ZUG, Switzerland, February 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Hawk AG announces today that it will adjust its business model and focus on major investments made during 2007 in the environmental sector.

Due to the performance of EDG AG in Frankfurt the Swiss Hawk management has decided to follow the EDG strategy and to invest solely in environmental technologies and projects.

Collaboration is a requirement for the advancement of modern science. Researchers cannot be expert at everything and must specialize to make a unique contribution. But if coordinating research within a group is challenging, effective collaboration between groups is even more so. There is often a strong temptation for research units to treat each other like black boxes. There is some logic to this - the point of having a collaborator is to distribute the responsibility of tasks in a project. If I get involved with every detail of my collaborator's work I may as well do the work within my own group. But problems can arise because of unstated assumptions between groups.

Michael Barton has posted a brief essay on Open Notebook Science on his research web site:

As you might expect from the name, Open Notebook Science (ONS) has similarities with Open Source Software. The clearest likeness between the two, is the belief that by sharing and collaborating, more can be achieved than through secrecy and competition.

BARCELONA, February 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- NXP Software's Unique LifeVibes(TM) MixDJ Helps Create a Party Atmosphere Anytime and Anywhere

NXP Software is demonstrating its LifeVibes MixDJ software at the Mobile World Congress 2008. MixDJ brings a new experience to mobile phones and music players. With its automatic professional DJ-style mixing, it can help create a party atmosphere anytime and anywhere, and device makers can offer distinctive functionality designed to increase the appeal of music on mobile phones and players. Moreover, thanks to NXP Software's experience in optimized solutions for mobile multimedia, MixDJ targets most embedded platforms.

LONDON, February 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Wide Success in Energy Risk's Annual Rankings

GFI Group, Inc (Nasdaq: GFIG) has been named top commodity broker in Energy Risk magazine's annual rankings.

In the results, released today, GFI was also named number one in the following individual categories: UK/Europe Oil products (ultra-low sulphur diesel); Electricity: overall, France and Belgium; Gold: spot and forwards; Silver: options and forwards; Platinum and Palladium spot and options; Nickel and Zinc options and dry freight FFAs.

US-based Amerex, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFI, was placed first in 14 of the 16 North American natural gas and electricity categories.

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, February 8 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Roam announces the first microwave router to provide the WiMAX backhaul market with fiber like capabilities over the air. With 3Roam's MicrowaveRouter proven protocols such as IP/MPLS, already deployed in most operators' core networks, can now be extended to the backhaul network for enhancing quality of service and network availability.

By integrating microwave radio capabilities with full IP protocols, the 3Roam's MicrowaveRouter includes everything required for a complete backhaul network in areas where fiber is not available and too expensive to deploy.

PARIS, February 8 /PRNewswire/ -- For the Fourth Quarter 2007

- Revenues of Euro 5.23 billion, up 20% sequentially and 18% year-over-year

- Adjusted(2) operating income(1) of Euro 303 million or 5.8 % of revenues

- Adjusted net loss (group share) of Euro (48) million or Euro (0.02) per diluted share, including an impairment charge of Euro (81) million

- Reported net loss (group share) of Euro (2.58) billion or Euro (1.14) per diluted share, including an impairment charge of Euro (2.52) billion

For the Full Year 2007

- Revenues of Euro 17.79 billion, down 2.5% at current rate, up 2.1% at constant rate

- Adjusted(2) operating income(1) of Euro 110 million or 0.6 % of revenues