LONDON, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Announcement Marks First Major Media Customer for Brightcove in Germany

Brightcove, the leading Internet TV platform, today announced its first major media customer in Germany, Gruner + Jahr AG & Co KG, Europe's largest magazine publisher. The deal provides G+J's media businesses with the ability to use the Brightcove Internet TV platform to publish and distribute advertising-supported video through their popular websites.

Delivered as an online service, the Brightcove Internet TV platform is used by major media companies, consumer marketers, and other organizations to publish high-quality video on their websites, distribute video across the Internet and generate revenue through video advertising.

CAMBRIDGE, England, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- More Than One Processor for Every Person in the World

- Annual Run Rate Now Three Billion Processor Shipments Across Very Diverse Markets

ARM (LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY) today announced that the total number of processors shipped by its Partners has exceeded ten billion. The company developed its first embeddable RISC core, the ARM6(tm) processor, in 1991, and its semiconductor Partners currently ship almost three billion ARM Powered(R) processors each year.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Announcement Underscores HSBC's Commitment to Safeguarding Online Customer Transactions, Delivering Highest Level of Trust for Online Commerce

Tissue damage triggers an inflammatory response by white cells to protect skin from infection by killing microbes. The same white cells guide the production of layers of collagen. These layers of collagen help the wound heal but they stand out from the surrounding skin and result in scarring.

New research from the University of Bristol shows that by suppressing one of the genes that normally switches on in wound cells, wounds can heal faster and reduce scarring. This has major implications not just for wound victims but also for people who suffer organ tissue damage through illness or abdominal surgery.

When skin is damaged a blood clot forms and cells underneath the wound start to repair the damage, leading to scarring. Scarring is a natural part of tissue repair and is most obvious where skin has healed after a cut or burn. It ranges from trivial (a grazed knee) to chronic (diabetic leg ulcers) and is not limited to the skin.

BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands, January 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Progentix Orthobiology B.V. announced today the closure of its Series A financing Round. The round was led by BioGeneration Ventures.

HAIKOU, China, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

Addintools is delighted to announce the immediate availability of the newest bug-free version of its award-winning Classic Menu for Office 2007. The software has been relieved of occasional lags and runs perfectly on every computer.

BERLIN, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Citizen Service Platform will enable greater responsiveness to citizens' needs, efficient delivery of services and cost-effective offerings via the internet.

Microsoft Corp today announced a new strategy that will make it easier for governments to interact with citizens, streamline processes and, as a result, save time and taxpayer money. At the Government Leaders Forum-Europe in Berlin, Microsoft unveiled the Citizen Service Platform (CSP), an approach to help governments of all sizes more responsively deliver services to citizens via the internet.

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SAN FRANCISCO, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Speed in Reaching First Clinical Milestone Validates Approach

Synosia Therapeutics today announced the successful completion of its first clinical trial, a proof-of-concept study that evaluated new therapeutic options for SYN-111 (rufinamide), a sodium channel blocker. Rufinamide was discovered and developed by Novartis and is currently marketed by Eisai in Europe as a drug to treat a form of epilepsy. This first trial was completed in less than seven months from design to final dosing and less than a year after the rights to rufinamide in mood disorders were obtained from Novartis in an exclusive licensing agreement.

The stereotype that couples in same-sex relationships are not as committed as their heterosexual counterparts and are therefore not as psychologically healthy is disputed by two studies featured in the January issue of Developmental Psychology.

Results showed that same-sex relationships were similar to those of opposite-sex couples in many ways. All had positive views of their relationships but those in the more committed relationships (gay and straight) resolved conflict better than the heterosexual dating couples.

A new study published in CANCER found that cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption do increase ovarian cancer risk while caffeine may lower the risk, particularly in women not using hormones.

Various studies have assessed the potential link between modifiable factors such as smoking or caffeine and alcohol intake and have generated conflicting results. To help clarify these associations, Dr. Shelley S. Tworoger, of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues examined ongoing questionnaire data from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital-based Nurses’ Health Study, which includes 121,701 US female registered nurses. The Nurses’ Health Study cohort was established in 1976, when women aged 30-35 completed and returned initial questionnaires.