REYKJAVIK, Iceland, December 18 /PRNewswire/ --

This morning, the Government of Iceland approved Minister of Industry Ossur Skarphedinsson's proposal to offer exclusive licenses for oil and gas exploration and production in the Dreki Area (the Atlantic, northeast of Iceland, on the Jan Mayen Ridge, between Iceland and the island of Jan Mayen.) The tentative release date is 15 January 2009. International companies have expressed interest in the area.

NEW YORK and AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, December 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- New adventure game set for release in Q2 2008

Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC) -- an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software -- has acquired the hack and slash adventure game "Dimensity" from Bulgarian developer Dagger Games. The latest addition to Playlogic's line up is set for release on PC in the second quarter of 2008. In total Playlogic expects to publish 6 to 8 new titles in Q1 of 2008.

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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania, December 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- The SAP NetWeaver(R)-based application leverages SAP Environment, Health & Safety (SAP EH&S) to strengthen and support organizational compliance procedures and reduce exposure to legal risk and brand damage

Linx/AS LLC (www.linxas.com), a product lifecycle management (PLM) consulting firm and member of SAP's industry value network (IVN) for chemicals, announced the product release of WorkSafe Suite(TM) (www.worksafesuite.com). WorkSafe Suite is comprised of three complementary modules: WorkSafe HAZCON(TM) for hazardous substance control; WorkSafe EVENTS(TM) for incident/accident reporting and investigation; and WorkSafe CLAIMS(TM) for case management.

VICTOR, New York, December 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Kirtas Technologies, the leader in quality, high-speed book digitization, and LexisNexis, a leading provider of information services to professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government and academic markets, today announced LexisNexis will join the growing number of organizations utilizing the Kirtas solution for mass digitization of printed materials.

OAK PARK, Michigan, December 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD & LSE: ADC) ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles is pleased to announce it has signed a commercial development and cooperation agreement with Florida Power and Light ("FPL"), a wholly owned subsidiary of FPL Group (NYSE: FPL). Azure will deliver a gasoline parallel hybrid electric Ford E-450 based vehicle for industry viability validation, testing and demonstration within the FPL fleet.

ZAANDAM, Netherlands, December 18 /PRNewswire/ --

WoodWing Software has been selected by UK publisher Express Newspapers to supply Smart Connection Enterprise as the editorial platform for the Daily Express, Daily Star, Ok! Magazine and several other publications.

With an average daily sale approaching two million copies, Express Newspapers is one of the largest newspaper publishing companies in the UK. After carefully evaluating the main suppliers of editorial solutions, the company decided to replace its existing QPS system with WoodWing's Smart Connection Enterprise. At 700 seats, this is one of the larger members of the WoodWing family.