RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, January 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Developed Dimension Information Technology (DDIT), a registered company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, today announced the Company has entered into an exclusive International Distributor Agreement to represent ICOP Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOP), an industry-leading company engaged in advancing digital surveillance solutions, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries including Kuwait, The Sultanate of Oman, Qatar and The United Arab Emirates.

Show Me The Science Month, Day 2

How do two populations change genetically when they are subjected to different evolutionary pressures? To answer this question, many intrepid evolutionary biologists have trudged out into the field to painstakingly study wild populations, but in many cases, we can learn more by studying evolution in the lab. In a paper published the February issue of Nature Genetics, a group of Portuguese and US researchers report a study of 28 years of evolution in a set of lab fruit fly populations. Their results are an example of how studying evolution in the lab, even for a short time, can provide insight in to how natural selection shapes the genetic contours of a population.

CHICAGO and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 29 /PRNewswire/ --

RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading trading solutions provider, announced that it is now offering connectivity to NASDAQ Dubai, the international stock exchange formerly known as the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX).

Through RTS technology, users will be able to trade all of NASDAQ Dubai's listed products, including equities, derivatives and structured products. NASDAQ Dubai launched the first equity derivatives platform in the UAE in November 2008. The exchange opened in 2005 as the international stock exchange between Western Europe and East Asia.

SAN DIEGO, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Revenues US$2.5 Billion, EPS US$0.20 - Pro Forma EPS US$0.31 - Operating Income Exceeds Prior Guidance

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ended December 28, 2008, noting that first quarter fiscal 2009 revenues were at the high end of prior guidance and operating income exceeded prior guidance. However, net income and diluted EPS for the quarter were adversely impacted by other-than-temporary impairments to its marketable securities portfolio.

Total Qualcomm (GAAP) First Quarter Results

Better keep that resolution to hit the gym - you don't want to end up like an astronaut.  A recent study by Joyce Keyak of UCIrvine suggests that the bones of astronauts  lose up to 30% of their hipbone strength, comparable losses caused by osteoporosis in the elderly.

GLENDALE, Arizona, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- The state-of-the-art facility, located just outside of Phoenix, Arizona, will serve as a unique learning environment for the professional development and educational advancement of Grifols' employees.

Morale has plummeted at the National Science Foundation, it seems, due to governmental oversight and interference from above.    The Senate Finance Committee didn't like a report they got from the NSF and are going to do something about it.

What, that sum'bitch Bush came back to haunt scientists and personally rewrite reports and ask why employees aren't doing their jobs instead of doing talk show appearances about how much he stinks?

OTTAWA, Canada, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldReach Software, the consular software solutions provider, partnering with Logica as prime contractor and De La Rue has been selected by the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to introduce secure and internationally recognised Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs).

The programme called BRIDGE (BRitish Identity Document Generating Equipment) is a modernization of passport services designed to better serve British nationals traveling abroad. The new system is based on the PassportReach application from WorldReach Software, designed to support all aspects of overseas secure document issuance replacing a manual issuing process.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today during the Phacilitate Cell Gene Therapy Forum new data showing that one treatment of its lead product Glybera(R) results in a long term significant and clinically important lowering of the incidence of acute pancreatitis in Lipoprotein Lipase Deficient patients. Recurrent acute pancreatitis is the most debilitating complication of Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency (LPLD) and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.

LUGANO, Switzerland, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Swiss pharmaceutical group Helsinn announced the acquisition, of the US biopharmaceutical company, Sapphire Therapeutics Inc. with headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey, for an undisclosed amount.