ST PETERSBURG, Russia, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The mobile arms race is over. It has left behind a kaleidoscope of services, just a few of which bring any noticeable revenue. Now a new epoch of effective business-critical VAS with a short payback period has begun. Bercut X-tones is one such solution.

In October 2006, the RBT service based on X-tones was launched by the MTS Belarus network, and gained immediate success. Within a year of commercial operation the penetration rate of the service reached 20%, which we are proud to consider a very high level of service consumption by our subscribers. These figures break all records on the CIS market.

LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- After three days, fifty presentations, eight live demos and the consumption of significant quantities of food and drink, the curtain came down on the STAR European Conference 2009. Held a short distance from CD-adapco's London headquarters, the conference defied the current economic situation by attracting a near record attendance of over 300 attendees, drawn from all sections of industry and from every discipline in the CAE world.

LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- ePulse is pleased to announce the launch of its strategic partner program aimed at sublicensing it's core technologies to Financial Institutions that want to reap the benefits of using own-branded tried and tested technologies and reduce product deployment risks, timeframes and costs.

LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MirriAd , the embedded advertising specialist, today announces it has extended its global partnership reach with Endemol to exploit embedded advertising opportunities. The new deals follow MirriAd's joint venture with Endemol India and cover the Latin American and Hispanic markets, and Spain. They are expected to produce revenues approaching $1m in the first year.

Cicadas are nature’s candy—fat meaty bugs straight out of a Temple of Doom buffet.  Though most cicadas worldwide live typical insect lives, the Magicicada genus in the eastern US has a special power move to counterbalance its deliciousness: periodicity. 

I recently saw W D Hamilton’s 1970 paper “Geometry for the Selfish Herd” described as “a classic in its own right.” As a long-time bibliophile this made it irresistible, but I was also intrigued by the incongruity of “selfish herd” and of linking geometry to animals. I have to report that the paper certainly is a classic, for all the wrong reasons, but it contains a valuable message.

The introduction to the paper began with:
This paper presents an antithesis to the view that gregarious behaviour is evolved through benefits to the population or species. Following Galton (1871) and Williams (1964) gregarious behaviour is considered as a form of cover-seeking in which each animal tries to reduce its chance of being caught by a predator.

LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Body in Balance TV - A New Channel on SKY 275 and at http://www.bodyinbalance.tv

LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Body In Balance (BIB) is Europe's first fully integrated television network and web based operator dedicated to health, fitness and wellbeing programming. It is aimed primarily at ABC1 Women, who represent a fast growing demographic committed to maintaining health and fitness primarily through Yoga, Pilates, Exercise and Nutrition.

BIB is located on SKY channel 275 and at http://www.bodyinbalance.tv and is endorsed by celebrity hosts and yoga teachers who include, Deepak Chopra, Maya Fiennes and Katy Appleton with students ranging from Sarah, The Duchess of York to Goldie Hawn.

LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

 

Researchers at the universities of Leicester and Oxford have made a discovery about plant growth which could potentially have an enormous impact on crop production as global warming increases.

Dr Kerry Franklin, from the University of Leicester Department of Biology led the study which has identified a single gene responsible for controlling plant growth responses to elevated temperature.