NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Light Reading and Heavy Reading's Packet-Optical Transport Evolution Conference is the only US optical communications conference focused exclusively on packet and optical convergence and featuring speakers from all of the industry's leading service providers and vendor communities

A first observation of the Omega_b baryon -a quite exotic particle composed of a bottom quark and two strange quarks- has been recently published by the DZERO collaboration. Their paper claims to observe the so-far-unseen particle in 1.3 inverse femtobarns of Run II data (about a hundred trillion proton-antiproton collisions, that is).

The claim is based on the signal they find, 17.8 fitted events making a peak in the reconstructed mass distribution, a signal whose significance is computed to exceed five standard deviations: 5.4 of them, to be precise.

HOUSTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) today announced it has closed the sale of its Norwegian subsidiary, Endeavour Energy Norge AS, to VNG- Verbundnetz Gas AG, for the total consideration of USD $150 million.

In conjunction with the closing, Endeavour paid down approximately US$27 million in debt, reducing total net debt to approximately US$50 million. These proceeds will be directed toward supplementing cash flow from operations to fund three major field developments in the United Kingdom as well as exploration and new business development opportunities in the North Sea and United States.

TORONTO, Canada, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Customers at Vision:09 - Clarity's Worldwide Annual Users' Conference - get First Look at Clarity FSR(TM) 6.5; Software That Automates Financial Governance Processes

Clarity Systems today announced general availability of Clarity FSR(TM) 6.5, a comprehensive, unified financial governance solution created for the Office of Finance to help improve financial processes and controls. As a single, unified financial governance solution, Clarity FSR supports the following critical financial functions:

PARIS, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has been selected by Unitech Wireless to support the initial launch of the company's GSM/EDGE mobile service offering. Alcatel Lucent will deploy turn-key GSM/EDGE networks in Kerala and Orissa circles.

MAIDENHEAD, England, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission today unveiled its innovative online education resource and visitor guide, which will help children and adults alike to better understand the sacrifice made by millions of servicemen and women during the two world wars.

Following a widespread consultation process with teachers and other professionals, visitors to http://www.cwgc.org/learningzone will be able to access a wide range of fascinating first-hand accounts, films, guides, downloadable teachers' notes and practical tips to bring history and to life.

SAN JOSE, California, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- AT73C240 integrates 20-bit Stereo Audio DAC with 90dB dynamic range, together with 1W Power Amplifier

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the release of its AT73C240 Audio Companion IC for portable multimedia applications. Manufactured on Atmel's low-cost mainstream CMOS process, the AT73C240 integrates an audio quality 20-bit Stereo DAC and an up to 1W audio power amplifier. The AT73C240 is ideally suited for portable applications where a high-quality audio interface is required, such as new-generation mobile phones, PDAs, palmtop computers, digital still cameras, portable multimedia devices and music players, etc.

VEENENDAAL, The Netherlands, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, today announced a new release of Oncentra(R) Brachy, a comprehensive film- and volume-based treatment planning system to optimize cancer treatment planning for brachytherapy. Oncentra Brachy, the world's first fully DICOM-compatible treatment planning system, is a user-friendly Windows-based planning system that features state-of-the-art optimization algorithms to ensure efficient treatment.

CALGARY, Canada, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Potential Farm-in for 50 Per Cent Interest of Ogueyi Licence Area Including Currently Drilling Azango Exploration Well

Addax Petroleum Corporation (Addax Petroleum or the Corporation) ( TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) today announced that it has agreed to fund an exploration well in the Ogueyi licence area, onshore Gabon, with the potential to earn a 50 per cent interest in the licence area. Perenco, as operator of the Ogueyi licence area, has recently spudded the exploration well targeting the Azango prospect.

HAMBURG, Germany, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Developer Lounge Offers an Interface to Integrate External Browser Games

- Bigpoint.com Expands its Portfolio and Takes on the Role of Publisher

- New Distribution Opportunities for Developers of Browser Games