LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Panel to Address Secure Information Sharing Requirements That Support the Front Lines

Exostar's senior vice president, Ludo Van Vooren, joins a prestigious panel of speakers at the Defence IT 08 Conference, to discuss the role of business-to-business networks in providing infrastructure and connectivity for defence agencies and their industry partners. Joining Van Vooren on the dais are representatives from the Royal Air Force, British Telecom and the U.K. Ministry of Defence.

EL SEGUNDO, California, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Virtual Desktop Offering is First in New CSC Dynamics Line of Enterprise Solutions

Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced CSC Dynamic Desktop, a virtual desktop solution and the first in a new line of enterprise information technology (IT) services designed to dynamically respond to changing business demands. Offered through a strategic alliance with Citrix Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) and based on Citrix XenDesktop(TM), the solution enhances agility, increases security, reduces cost and dramatically decreases time needed to deploy or upgrade desktop systems. In addition, CSC has been named Citrix's first preferred systems integrator for desktop virtualization.

HONG KONG, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Excellent Performance -- Outstanding Management

NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon" or the "Company," with its subsidiary collectively the "Group"; Stock Code: 8288.HK), one of the leading game developers and operators in the PRC, is pleased to announce that the Group has been honored by the Forbes list "Chinese Enterprises with the Best Potential in 2008" and by Fortune's "Outstanding Employers of 2007". These awards recognize the Group's outstanding achievements in business performance and development and in human resources management respectively.

REDHILL, England, February 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Procurement software supplier Office Canopy Group (OCG) has just announced a new partnership with HW Expense Control (HWEC), the cost reduction consultancy division of Haines Watts Chartered Accountants, to help businesses reduce the cost of buying a wide range of commodity products and services, such as stationery, print and utilities.

Controlling overhead costs is a key consideration for companies looking to improve profitability in a difficult economic climate. The partnership between OCG and HW Expense Control is designed to provide HWEC customers with a straightforward solution to this challenging cost-management issue.

BURLINGTON, Vermont, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- kluster Goes Live Days Before Their Unveiling at the TED Conference

kluster (http://www.kluster.com) launches its free public beta and ideas are welcome.

kluster is a web-based platform that enables communities to collaborate and decide. kluster's philosophy is that development and decision-making is better served by engaging groups.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, February 21 /PRNewswire/ -- With two successful international product launches, Swedish biotech firm Cellectricon is entering a new expansion phase. The share issue will strengthen Cellectricon's financial capacity prior to a number of significant product launches in 2008-2009. These products have been developed in close collaboration with leading global pharmaceutical companies to meet the industry's increasing demand for fully automated, highly efficient systems for pre-clinical pharmaceutical development.

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Acquisitions in Canada and Puerto Rico

Essilor is pursuing its external growth strategy with three new acquisitions.

The Company is stepping up its development in Eastern Europe by setting up operations in Bulgaria. Its new subsidiary Essilor Bulgaria Eood has acquired Optymal Ood, which currently distributes Essilor lenses and instruments in Bulgaria and has sales of nearly EUR1 million. The acquisition will enable the Company to enhance its competitive position in the fast growing corrective lens market, especially the progressive lens segment.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Report Examines Recent Developments at Major Patenting Authorities Worldwide

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, has published its 2008 Patent Focus Report. Authored by Joff Wild, editor of Intellectual Asset Management magazine, and published in Thomson Scientific's KnowledgeLink(SM) eNewsletter, this report explores recent activities at each of the world's major patenting authorities (USA, Europe, Japan, China and India). The report is available free at scientific.thomson.com/newsletter.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- New content expands English-language coverage of Asian patent data via Derwent World Patents Index and provides essential resources for prior art research

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a previously unknown molecular pathway in mice that spurs the growth of new blood vessels when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation.

At present, their observation adds to the understanding of blood vessel formation. In the future, though, the researchers suggest it is possible that the pathway could be manipulated as a means of treating heart and blood vessel diseases and cancer.

Bruce Spiegelman, PhD, and his colleagues at Dana-Farber discovered that PGC-1alpha – a key metabolic regulatory molecule – senses a dangerously low level of oxygen and nutrients when circulation is cut off and then triggers the formation of new blood vessels to re-supply the oxygen-starved area – a process known as angiogenesis.