AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Agendia makes its breast cancer prognosis test, MammaPrint(R), available to U.S. patients after receiving two clearances from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its test. The first clearance in February of this year cleared MammaPrint(R) as an In Vitro Diagnostic Multivariate Index Assay (IVDMIA) for use in breast cancer prognosis. In June of this year, Agendia received a second clearance for the test in conjunction with RNARetain(R)(i), an RNA stabilizing solution allowing shipping of tumor biopsies at ambient temperature, greatly facilitating the logistical process of sample handling.

AUSTIN, Texas, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Supported by REAL SQL Server - 600,000 requests daily with no downtime

REAL Software, a leading producer of cross-platform development software for Windows, Macintosh OS/X and Linux, has launched an expanded global web presence to reflect its international reach. The site is now available in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and for the first time, Spanish. The dynamic functions of the site are supported by REAL Software's REAL SQL Server, which has handled up to 600,000 requests a day (20 million requests per month) with zero downtime.

AUSTIN, Texas, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- DocuSender(TM) Enables a Scanner to E-Mail and Fax Without Using a PC

Ringdale, Inc., a technology leader in network enhancing connectivity solutions, today announced the availability of the ModuLAN(R) DocuSender(TM) - a document scan to e-mail or fax appliance. This unique device works with popular USB-based scanners to provide scan to e-mail or scan to fax functionality, without the need for a PC.

The compact DocuSender connects directly to an Ethernet network, a phone line using Ringdale's PCMCIA modem technology and a compatible scanner. The user scans the document to an e-mail address or fax number using DocuSender's touch panel keypad with digital display.

LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ -- PureCircle, which develops and manufactures natural food ingredients for the global food and beverage industry, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with a Korean food ingredient company, for the supply of its co-product SWETA range of high intensity sweetener ("HIS") into the Korean market. PureCircle considers the Korean market to be strategically important for SWETA as well as offering significant growth prospects given the extent to which stevia-derived HIS products are already being consumed.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- The New Edition of BASF's Innovation Podcast "Chemistry of Innovations" Talks About Printable Electronics.

We still have got a bit to go before we will have electronic newspapers. But still, with the help of printing technology, it is already possible today to produce not only newspapers but even electronic circuits. This allows an amazingly wide range of products and applications - from heated insoles for your shoes to complex circuits and even transistors. Electrographic Ink without color pigments but with very special liquid synthetic materials, so called polymers, enables to print electronics. So theoretically you could even print out electronics elements with a normal inkjet printer.

LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acquisition of Multimap will help Microsoft deliver new, expanded services on the web.

Microsoft Corp has acquired Multimap, one of the UK's top 100 technology companies and one of the leading online mapping services in the world. The acquisition gives Microsoft a powerful new location and mapping technology to complement existing offerings such as Virtual Earth, Live Search, Windows Live services, MSN and the aQuantive advertising platform, with future integration potential for a range of other Microsoft products and platforms. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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