PLEASANTON, California and LONDON, February 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Toolwire's ground-breaking experiential distance learning solutions for on-demand, hands-on training selected for the 2009 Institute of IT Training award.

Toolwire, a leading innovator of experiential distance learning solutions, announced that they have been chosen by the Institute of IT Training (IITT) as the gold winner for their highly acclaimed Innovation in Training Services award for 2009.

SAN JOSE, California and CANNES, France, February 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, today announced that its entire line of thin clients are now VMware Ready Certified for VMware View(TM), enabling a superior user experience for those deploying a cloud computing or client virtualization environment with VMware View. The announcement was made today in Cannes, France at VMworld Europe 2009.

VMware Ready Certified status includes rigorous testing and quality assurance with VMware View for enhanced reliability and ease of deployment. Wyse works closely with VMware to develop innovative solutions that help businesses plan, implement and operate a virtual infrastructure with the VMware platform.

MELBOURNE, Australia, February 24 /PRNewswire/ --

The Board of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) has announced that Professor Doug Hilton will be the Institute's next Director.

Announcing Professor Hilton's appointment as Director-Designate, the President of the Board, Mr. Leon Davis, noted that the directorship of WEHI is among the most important scientific roles in Australia and, indeed, in the world. This fact had demanded the most rigorous global search to find a leader to advance the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute deep into the twenty first century.

TORONTO, Canada, February 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Iristel Inc., a leading global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services , today announced that it has been selected by MTS Allstream to assist in converting portions of its Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) voice traffic to Internet Protocol (IP)-based traffic for cost-effective routing through the MTS Allstream IP network. With Iristel's Virtual Signalling solution, MTS Allstream can now convert its IP traffic locally and eliminate the expense of backhauling certain portions of its traffic to the United States.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, February 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Conference Call Webcast Today at 3:00 p.m. CET

Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today reported its results for the year of 2008.

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TORONTO, Canada, February 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Canadian Development Expert Congratulates Film Maker for Unflinching Look at Life in the Slums and Says Something is Being Done

Although it's been slammed by some for glamorizing poverty, the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire is also being praised for drawing attention to a growing global crisis.

Pat Ferguson, President CEO of Canada's Operation Eyesight, which funds community development programs in Mumbai and other Indian cities says the movie accurately depicts how hard life can be in an urban slum.

Almost a billion people live in squalid slums scattered across the globe, says Ferguson. Although Slumdog Millionaire is set in India, similar living conditions can be found in most countries.

Starting with the tiny fruit fly, and then moving into mouse and human patients, researchers at VIB connected to the Center for Human Genetics (K.U. Leuven) say they have showed that the same gene suppresses cancer in all three. Reciprocally, switching off the gene leads to cancer. The scientists think there is a good chance that the gene can be switched on again with a drug.

With sexual activity among adolescents in the United States resulting in over 750,000 teenage pregnancies each year and reports of up to 25 percent of all female adolescents in the US having sexually transmitted infections, researchers and public health officials are looking for those factors that might increase sexual activity in teens. In an article published in the April 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers say that teenagers who preferred popular songs with degrading sexual references were more likely to engage in intercourse or in pre-coital activities. 

A team of scientists has used game theory to explain the bizarre behavior of a group of ravens.   Juvenile birds from a roost in North Wales have been observed adopting the unusual strategy of foraging for food in 'gangs.'   New research published in PLoS One explains how this curious behavior can be predicted by adapting models more commonly used by economists to analyse financial trends.

This is the first time game theory has been used to successfully predict novel animal behavior in the real world. The researchers believe this analysis could also shed light on the variation in feeding strategies in different populations in other species.

Women undertaking a ten week program of 75 minute Restorative Yoga (RY) classes gained positive differences in aspects of mental health such as depression, positive emotions, and spirituality (feeling calm/peaceful) compared to the control group. The study, published today in a special issue of Psycho-Oncology focusing on physical activity, shows the women had a 50% reduction in depression and a 12% increase in feelings of peace and meaning after the yoga sessions.