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As the ever-escalating threat of terrorism continues to push security issues to the foreground, optimisation of security solutions is assuming great importance. Alarm monitoring and rapid response solutions are being increasingly deployed in enterprises to effectively tackle any critical situation. Great stakes are placed on the quality of the service, and vendors in this space are offering a synthesis of technology and manned guarding, incorporating video surveillance, access control and intruder detection to provide a wholesome security solution.

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- Frost Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Industrial Wireless Solutions on Thursday, 16 April 2009 at 15.00 BST

Frost Sullivan will host a live briefing open to all on Thursday, 16 April 2009 at 15.00 BST, to provide industry participants with an overview of Industrial Wireless Solutions.

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LONDON, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Think January is the biggest month for embarking upon a new diet and exercise regime? Think again.

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Hult International Business School, the world's first global business school (http://www.hult.edu/), introduces the first in a series of innovative Pocket MBAs: short, intensive business seminars on current business challenges designed for professionals, executives and companies.

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- Businesses encourage telecommuting; practice is driving down real estate costs

As recession-battered companies look to save money on real estate costs, a growing number of businesses are equipping their employees with BlackBerrys and laptops and moving them out of the main office as a way of reducing expenses. The Regus Group (LSE: RGU), the leading global provider of workplace solutions, is reporting an increase in virtual office contracts in part to this growing corporate trend.

    Last week I described how a boulder-sized meteorite exploded in the skies over Murchison, Australia, forty years ago. The remarkable mix of organic compounds discovered in samples of the meteorite, which included amino acids, confirmed that some of the compounds required for the origin of life could have an extraterrestrial origin, as John Oro had proposed  ten years earlier. But where did the organic compounds come from, and how were they synthesized? 

PARIS, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxatis, the leading e-commerce solution in Europe, is continuing its European development and today announced the opening of the UK version of its e-commerce website creation platform. Thanks to this entirely English version, Oxatis is now available to all future e-merchants in the UK and around the globe!

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The e-commerce market potential in the UK is huge, representing 27 million online shoppers in 2008. Out of a population of 61 million people, the UK has more than 35 million Internet users, 76% of whom shop online... great potential for boosting the sales of British and European SoHos and SMBs!

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The Game Developers Conference(R) Europe has appointed an advisory board comprised of industry executives from leading developer studios, technology and consultancy firms to help guide the conference program and ensure the event meets the needs of the European audience. Combining keen insights from the advisors with the GDC's proven reputation for delivering the most relevant and inspiring industry content, GDC Europe looks to take center stage as the must-attend developer event for the European community this year.

The central African belt is a fascinating look back in time for humanity because the largest group of hunter–gatherers of Africa, the Pygmies, still inhabit the region and they coexist with neighboring farmers. 

All African Pygmies, inhabiting a large territory extending west-to-east along Central Africa, descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago, according to an international study led by researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. The research concludes that the ancestors of present-day African Pygmies and neighboring farmers separated ~60,000 years ago. 

A natural, biological pacemaker; that's what a heart is, right?  Sure, but our hearts can wear out and while artificial heart pacemakers have saved and extended the lives of thousands of people, but they have their shortcomings – such as a fixed pulse rate and a limited life.

Could a permanent replacement biological solution be in our future?   Richard Robinson and colleagues at New York's Columbia and Stony Brook Universities certainly think so, and their work published in the latest issue of The Journal of Physiology outlines how we can bring it a step closer to reality.