It's not just American cars that are hurting the environment, researchers in California and Colorado have set their sights on ... rocket launches?

Future ozone losses from unregulated rocket launches will eventually exceed ozone losses due to chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, which stimulated the 1987 Montreal Protocol banning ozone-depleting chemicals, said Martin Ross, chief study author from The Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles. The study, which includes the University of Colorado at Boulder and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, provides a market analysis for estimating future ozone layer depletion based on the expected growth of the space industry and known impacts of rocket launches.

NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

Now that the stock market is showing signs of life again, green investors, who saw their portfolios sink even lower than the overall market, are benefiting from holding on. Unlike the mass of investors, who sold at the bottom of the market, green investors are taking a long term view.

In 2008, many green mutual funds, ETFs and individual stocks sunk 50-80%, while the Dow shed about 40%. But green investors can also expect their portfolios to rise higher than the overall market as it recovers.

While the Dow is up 21% from its low in early March, cleantech indexes are up 30%. Green building stocks are up 11.6% in the past two weeks, exceeding the 7.9% increase registered by the SP 500 and NASDAQ.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Online Voting is Now Open to the Public at Webware.com

blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it has been selected by editors at CNET Webware as a finalist for the 2009 Webware 100 Awards in the Photo Video category.

From more than 5,000 user-submitted nominations, blinkx was chosen as one of 300 finalists. The 100 winners will be announced on May 19 and posted on Webware.com, a CNET site.

NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Digital Agency Adds Senior Manager to Executive Team

AKQA, the leading independent digital marketing agency, has announced that Jim Rossman will join AKQA as its President Chief Operating Officer. Rossman is currently the Chief Operating officer at Digitas, the Publicis Groupe direct and digital marketing unit.

As we continue to rapidly expand, we want to add senior leadership to the AKQA executive team, said Tom Bedecarre, Chief Executive Officer of AKQA. We're looking forward to welcoming Jim later in April and introducing him to our organization, Bedecarre added. Rossman will be based in New York and will work with the AKQA staff and clients globally. Rossman will report directly to Bedecarre in his new role.

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- 'A Beta Life - Youth' reveals the overall driver for young people is a desire for real world interaction with friends.

New research into the attitudes of youth towards technology has exploded some of the myths about the technology consumption and media choices of young people today. The research, A Beta Life - Youth, examined how technology affects all aspects of young people's relationships. It concludes that the offline world is still the primary influencer and driver of young people in how they conduct their lives, including interactions with friends, family, entertainment media, communication technologies, advertising and brands.

Cicadas might have used their wily prime number scheme to dodge 2 and 4 year predators, but what about a predator with continual exponential growth? 

The microcircuitry industry has reliably doubled the density of transistors on a chip every 2 years, as observed by Gordon E. Moore in 1965. This exponential density growth trend is known as Moore’s law, and satisfying it requires that nanofabrication techniques are constantly embraced, devoured, then cast aside. 

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

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- Travel Assistance Company is First in its Industry to Optimize Mobile Web Experience for Members

Assist America, Princeton, N.J., the premier provider of global emergency services through employee benefit plans, has launched Assist America(R) Mobile, an optimization of the company's website for users of Apple's iPhone. A comparative BlackBerry product will follow in a few weeks.

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LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Expansion into New Vertical Markets, Comprehensive Partner Enablement and Increased Sales Contribute to MDM Leader's Profitability and Customer Satisfaction

AUSTIN, Texas, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Stellaris IDM-SBC offers an Ethernet, USB, and CAN-connected QVGA touch-screen user interface for control, automation, and instrumentation applications

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

The migration from narrowband and DSL to fiber will increase the size of Taiwan's Internet market from US$1.6 billion in 2008 to US$2.3 billion in 2013, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).