DENVER, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Altira Group LLC - a pioneer and leader in venture capital and private equity funding for energy technology companies, today announced two significant investments totaling US$9.0MM.

Demonstrating its commitment to helping meet global energy demand Altira went against the national trend of declining venture capital investments by making multiple investments in energy technology.

Over the past few weeks, more spam has been slipping through to my Gmail inbox. Consider: The oddly named Jule Cuc enthusiastically offers college Dip1omas [sic]: “At your own pace! No examination! No study! No classes!” Kieth l. Black is cautiously optimistic with his pitch: “Please your spouse more often than not,” while Marianne Daniels is mysteriously quaint: “Uplift your darling couch adventures”. Ironically, Bishop appears to be selling Viagra, though his email contains an esoteric reference to the diary of Samuel Pepys, in which he suggests that “meer sauce, or a pickle” are reasonable antidotes for souring Venison. A certain Elden Tyrimoh is miffed that I “again misplaced his number”.

MILAN, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirial today announced that Mirial Softphone, the advanced software client for Full-HD audio and video communication, has become a part of PicturePhone's portfolio.

Founded in 1993 in Rochester, NY, PicturePhone is one of the world's largest Value Added Distributors of videoconferencing products and accessories, offering an extensive array of audio and video conferencing solutions, AV integration and advanced technical assistance.

BOLZANO, Italy, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced audited results for FY2008 ending December 31, 2008, delivering record levels of firm purchase orders, revenue, earnings and cash flow.

Revenues in FY2008 were EUR8.2 million, a 161% increase year-over-year as the company began to record and enjoy the benefits of its indirect sales-channel franchise fee model, recurring revenue recognition, zero debt financing, worldwide adoption of its technology, and its conservative accounting practices of up-front expenditures with no amortization of RD expenses.

NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Income from premium offers and other revenue generating programs don't offset YouTube expenses of content acquisition, bandwidth, storage, and other costs, calculations show

It must have seemed a smart idea when Google paid US$1.65 billion for YouTube in 2006. But more than two years later, Google is losing as much as US$1.65 million a day on the Web's most popular video site, according to calculations and analysis from Internet Evolution.

You can read the full report here:

http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=715doc_id=175123

BURBANK, California, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Bella Corporation, a leading producer of innovative and award-winning video products, today announced their latest product, the HD Mouse.

Bella is the trusted brand of video editors worldwide, offering video editing keyboards with unique and innovative features for the home through professional markets. With the introduction of the HD Mouse, Bella reaffirms its position as an innovative creator of compelling products.

HD Mouse: Customization like Never Before

LONDON, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- IRIS Resourcing Delivers Ground Breaking Quality of Delivery for UK Accountants Looking to Outsource

IRIS, the market leading provider of software and associated services to UK accountancy firms, today announced that the ISO 9001:2000 accreditation has been renewed for its offshore outsourcing service, IRIS Resourcing.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

3G and WiMax spectrum auctions in Latin America will trigger massive broadband subscription growth, from 9 percent at year-end 2008 to 70 percent at year-end 2014, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).

AUSTIN, Texas, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

REAL Software, creator of REALbasic, a cross-platform development tool for creating software for Mac, Windows and Linux, is now shipping REALbasic 2009 Release 2. This release includes more than 70 improvements and 18 new features, including COM automation support for Windows and support for MySQL. Additionally, this release launches a new edition of REALbasic, REAL Studio, that is geared specifically for full-time commercial software developers.

COM Automation Support: Applications can take control of any other Windows application that supports COM automation.

Billing and OSS World 2009, LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Joint Offering to Provide Total Solution for Intelligent Charging and Policy Control

Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leader in IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), announced today that it has cooperated with HP to deliver an integrated solution for mobile operators to deploy intelligent Policy Control and Charging (PCC).