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The Changing Face Of Online Casinos

The Changing Face Of Online Casinos

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the relaxation of the UK's gambling laws in 2002 there has been phenomenal growth in the online casino entertainment market. Both well known brands and new start-ups have been quick to develop their online real estate to cater for this growth through providing automated graphic versions of hundreds of popular casino games.

Typically popular games such as Roulette and Blackjack use Random Number Generators upon which punters place their bets. Many online casinos use 3rd party software platforms that have been rebranded for their purposes and their customers rarely realise that they are playing automated number generation games that are exactly the same as those being played on other competitor websites.

Really Simple Systems Hosted CRM Opens North American Office

Really Simple Systems Hosted CRM Opens North American Office

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

TORONTO, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- UK's Largest Hosted CRM Systems Vendor Opens Toronto Office to Challenge US CRM Competitors With on Demand Simple CRM, Support New Business and Sustain Global Growth

Really Simple Systems http://www.reallysimplesystems.com/ the largest UK vendor of web customer relationship management systems (CRM) and winner of the 2008 Software Satisfaction Award for the best Small Business CRM system, has opened an office in Toronto to contend with the US and Canadian market for on demand simple CRM.

New NICE Guideline For Type 2 Diabetes Recognises Benefits From Newer Agents For Blood Glucose Control

New NICE Guideline For Type 2 Diabetes Recognises Benefits From Newer Agents For Blood Glucose Control

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- For Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Correspondents Only

- NICE Recommends Considering DPP-4 Inhibitors as a Second Line Treatment Option in Appropriate Patients

Accumetrics, Inc. Announces European Distribution Channels For France, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium And Luxembourg

Accumetrics, Inc. Announces European Distribution Channels For France, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium And Luxembourg

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

SAN DIEGO, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Accumetrics, Inc. announces today it has signed new exclusive distribution agreements for its VerifyNow(R) System in several European countries. Distribution of Accumetrics' VerifyNow products will be handled by AAZ in France; BITmedical GmbH in both Austria and Switzerland; and Kordia in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The VerifyNow System assesses response to life-saving antiplatelet therapies, such as aspirin, Plavix(R) and GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors. As response to these drugs varies, the tests help physicians ensure their patients on antiplatelet medications are receiving the optimal benefit.

Volga Resources Raises Stake In Novatek To 18.2%

Volga Resources Raises Stake In Novatek To 18.2%

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Volga Resources SICAV-SIF S.A (Volga), the Luxembourg-based investment fund, announces that it has agreed to purchase 13.13% of the issued share capital of OAO Novatek (Novatek) from Cartagena Development Inc. which is indirectly controlled by Novatek`s management. This transaction will take Volga's total holding in Novatek to 18.2%.

The founder and largest shareholder of Volga, Guennadi Timtchenko was today elected to the Board of Directors of Novatek.

The share purchase transaction will be completed after obtaining the relevant regulatory approvals.

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Disability Rights Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Welfare Benefits And Tax Credits In One Book

Disability Rights Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Welfare Benefits And Tax Credits In One Book

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Disability Alliance is publishing the Disability Rights Handbook this week. Now in its 34th edition, the Handbook provides comprehensive information and guidance on benefits and services for people with a disability or health condition. The new edition has been fully updated to reflect changes in the benefits system, including the introduction of employment and support allowance and its impact on other benefits, and an expanded section on income tax and VAT relief.

Finjan's Unified Web Security Solution Recognized As Superior By SC Magazine

Finjan's Unified Web Security Solution Recognized As Superior By SC Magazine

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

SAN JOSE, California, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Independent Reviewer Impressed With Finjan's Powerful Features and Time-Saving Administration

Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider of unified web security solutions for the enterprise market, is proud to announce that its unified Secure Web Gateway (SWG) product has received recognition by SC Magazine, which highlighted many of the product's attributes, including functionality, ease-of-use, administration, and the ability to catch never-before-seen threats.

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Morning Science Quote

Morning Science Quote

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

Finally, there is this possibility: after I tell you something, you just can't believe it. You can't accept it. You don't like it. A little screen comes down and you don't listen anymore. I'm going to describe to you how Nature is - and if you don't like it, that's going to get in the way of your understanding it. It's a problem that physicists have learned to deal with: They've learned to realize that whether they like a theory or they don't like a theory is not the essential question. Rather, it is whether or not the theory gives predictions that agree with experiment. It is not a question of whether a theory is philosophically delightful, or easy to understand, or perfectly reasonable from the point of view of common sense.
TimeSight Systems(TM) Expands Global Reach With New Reseller Partners

TimeSight Systems(TM) Expands Global Reach With New Reseller Partners

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

MT. LAUREL, New Jersey, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company partners with Horner International and Alarmcorp to deliver award-winning Networked Video Recorders (NVRs) with Video Lifecycle Management technology

Celtro Opens Indian Headquarters

Celtro Opens Indian Headquarters

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Mumbai Subsidiary to Leverage Heavy Ongoing 2G Growth, Impending 3G Network Rollouts, Support Existing Indian Clients, and Spearhead Push Into Asia-Pacific Region

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Celtro, the leading supplier of innovative mobile backhaul switching solutions, today announced the opening of the company's Indian subcontinent headquarters and newest subsidiary office in Mumbai, India.

Advanced Technologies Pump Growth Into European Cardiac Rhythm Management Market, Affirms Frost Sullivan

Advanced Technologies Pump Growth Into European Cardiac Rhythm Management Market, Affirms Frost Sullivan

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

The incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising due to factors such as ageing, obesity, smoking and other cardiac ailments. Each year cardiovascular diseases cause over 4.3 million deaths, accounting for 48 per cent of all mortalities in Europe.

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As a result, the European cardiac rhythm management (CRM) market offers significant growth potential. The approval of implantable CRM therapy for congestive heart failure by means of cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices; regulatory approval of advanced technologies such as ablation catheters and cost benefits accrued to the national healthcare system are invigorating the expansion of the CRM market.

Boehringer Ingelheim And The World Stroke Organization Announce Partnership In The World Stroke Academy

Boehringer Ingelheim And The World Stroke Organization Announce Partnership In The World Stroke Academy

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

INGELHEIM, Germany, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- For Healthcare Media Outside the U.S.A., Canada, and Japan

Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that it will become the founding sponsor of the World Stroke Academy, a novel training initiative for stroke professionals being developed by the World Stroke Organization (WSO). This latest educational initiative from the WSO will bring together an international group of stroke experts - led by Professor Michael Brainin of the Danube University Krems, Austria - to provide information about stroke and knowledge for health professionals and medical doctors in order to improve prevention, therapy and management of stroke.

AIA Granted US Patent On AGORA(TM), Its Electric Power Grid System

AIA Granted US Patent On AGORA(TM), Its Electric Power Grid System

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

BARCELONA, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- AGORA(TM) Optimizes Real Time Supervision and Control of Electrical Transmission and Distribution Networks

- AGORA(TM) is Key to Avoid Major Black-Outs in California

BARCELONA, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

The Spanish group, Aplicaciones en Informática Avanzada (AIA), announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted them a patent on AGORA(TM) (Advanced Grid Observation Reliable Algorithms), its system to operate electric transmission networks.

Proven Reliability For Accountants Choosing IRIS Tax Solutions For Online Filing

Proven Reliability For Accountants Choosing IRIS Tax Solutions For Online Filing

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Newly issued statistics for April show that the success rate for personal tax returns filed online using IRIS tax products (http://www.iris.co.uk/practice) was well above the average of 94.5% for third party software. The sheer volume of returns filed online using IRIS tax software makes this achievement even more remarkable with a total number of 12,491 returns filed across IRIS, PTP and Drummohr products.

6,860 returns were filed using the IRIS suite of practice software with a success rate of over 98% and 5631 returns were filed using Drummohr and PTP personal tax software; both also polled success rates well above the industry average demonstrating proven reliability across the IRIS range.

Magnet Partners With OneAccess To Offer Next Generation Router

Magnet Partners With OneAccess To Offer Next Generation Router

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

PARIS and DUBLIN, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnet Networks has selected OneAccess Networks, a leader in multi service access routers, to introduce a high quality service for business broadband subscribers that will allow full utilisation of connectivity and enhanced reliability.

The partnership is announced as Magnet launches a new business ADSL2+ and SDSL product range offering enterprise level services at an SME price. These include speeds upgraded to 12Mbps and 24Mbps, a fixed IP address, managed connectivity and pro-active customer service.

Elsevier Appoints Chris Dillon As Managing Director, Clinical Decision Support

Elsevier Appoints Chris Dillon As Managing Director, Clinical Decision Support

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

PHILADELPHIA, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Dillon to Lead Effort to Deliver Trusted Clinical Knowledge via Evidence-based Content and Powerful Analytics

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, announced today that Chris Dillon has joined Elsevier Health Sciences as Managing Director for the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) group. Dillon will assume responsibility for all CDS operations and strategy, including product development, marketing and sales. He will provide overall vision to further the CDS mission to help healthcare organizations improve outcomes, streamline workflow and enhance care.

Tropixel Limited Partners With Gatlin International To Present Online Career Training Courses

Tropixel Limited Partners With Gatlin International To Present Online Career Training Courses

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Tropixel Limited recently partnered with Gatlin International, the world's largest elearning provider to governments, corporations and universities, to unveil new online career training courses. Available at http://www.vogga.org, the certificate courses are open enrolment and cover healthcare and fitness, business and professional, IT and software development, management and corporate, media and design, skilled trades and industrial, as well as hospitality and gaming.

Footbo Integrates Facebook(R) Connect

Footbo Integrates Facebook(R) Connect

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Footbo - the Fastest-Growing Online Community for Worldwide Football (Soccer) Fans With 250,000 Members Since its June 2008 Launch - Announces Facebook Connect Functionality for Their Users

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Footbo.com (http://www.footbo.com), the fastest-growing online community for football (soccer) fans around the world, has now integrated Facebook Connect. This enables users to share information across the two platforms and log-in with their Facebook profile.

New Equation Islamic Banking And Branch Automation System Set To Boost Albaraka Bank's Strategic Edge

New Equation Islamic Banking And Branch Automation System Set To Boost Albaraka Bank's Strategic Edge

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Albaraka Bank Limited, the South African subsidiary of Bahrain-based Albaraka Banking Group B.S.C. (ABG) last year initiated an intensive project to replace its core banking system with the Equation Islamic Banking and Branch Automation System from Misys Plc., contributing to an improvement in the bank's competitive edge.

The multi-million Rand IT solution is in line with the bank's holding company's strategic direction and is being rolled out to select ABG subsidiaries around the world, inclusive of the South African banking operation. ABG is widely regarded as the world's leading Islamic banking group with units in 12 countries and a global branch network of some 300 branches.

ActiveVideo Networks Acquires Avinity Systems, Creates Powerful Interactive Platform To Redefine ITV On Global Scale

ActiveVideo Networks Acquires Avinity Systems, Creates Powerful Interactive Platform To Redefine ITV On Global Scale

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

COLOGNE, Germany, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

ActiveVideo Networks(TM) (http://www.activevideo.com/) announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Avinity Systems BV, bringing together the two leading providers of cloud-based interactive TV platforms and applications, and expanding the reach and availability of the Web-based user experiences that are redefining interactive television (iTV 2.0).