BEND, Oregon, October 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Bend Research Inc. announced today that it will independently offer unique drug-delivery expertise and technologies to outside firms in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Bend Research will continue its 23-year collaboration with Pfizer but will also be free to work with outside firms using proprietary technologies developed jointly by the two firms.

These technologies include the spray-dried dispersion (SDD) technology (which increases the oral bioavailability of low-solubility compounds), controlled-release, multiparticulate, and pulmonary delivery platforms.

MANCHESTER, England, October 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Kooth, the pioneering advice and support service for 11-25 year olds, received the Local Government IT Excellence Award for Service Transformation at the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm) Annual Conference last week in Newport.

The Kooth service helps vulnerable young people deal with a wide range of problems from alcohol and drug misuse through to bullying and depression. The free, confidential and anonymous service is staffed by a team of specially trained counsellors and advice workers, who also fully moderate the site checking the suitability of all the user-created content to make sure Kooth.com remains a safe site for young people to use.

AMSTERDAM, October 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Permanent Growth of DKV Leads to Professional Risk Management

- Overdue Payments Automatically Redirected to Atradius

- All Debts in Europe are Insured Against Insolvency

Atradius Collections, a business unit of credit insurer Atradius, provides DKV, market leader in Europe of international service cards in transports, with an international and automated debt collections system. DKV has installed an integrated order to cash solution, where all invoices more than 90 days overdue are subcontracted automatically to Atradius Collections. To manage the customer default risk DKV has insured the pan European portfolio with Atradius Credit Insurance.

NEW YORK, October 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Empowering Brands to Target Connect directly to over 450 Million consumers via P2P by Leveraging 45 Billion P2P searches a month

Brand Asset Digital announces the public beta of the world's first and only Search Engine Marketing platform for P2P Search called P2Pwords(TM). The platform, which is the first pay-per-click for P2P Search, gives top advertisers the unique ability to target and connect their branded content directly to consumers via P2P Search.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Former Interim CEO of McAfee to Play Active Role in Growing AVG's Consumer, Small Business and Channel Customers in 167 Countries

AVG, a global anti-virus and Internet security software provider with over 80 million users in 167 countries, announced today that it has expanded its board of directors with the appointment of Dale Fuller.

NEW YORK, October 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unveils next-generation advertising technology platform

IGA Worldwide (IGA), the leading in-game advertising network, today announced two key milestones; the launch of the company's new software development kit (SDK 4.0) and delivering ad content to its 30 millionth unique user. The new SDK works in support of the company's proprietary Radial Network 4.0 and allows for a more seamless integration of dynamic in-game ads into four distinct gaming platforms: PC, Mac, Flash and the most recent addition to the stable, PLAYSTATION(R)3.

SINGAPORE, October 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Asian, Regional Company Performance on the Rise; Resurgence Noted Among Non-Oil Companies, Especially Electricity

Major oil companies have maintained their stronghold as the world's most financially effective energy businesses, according to the 2008 Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company rankings announced here Monday evening. But the rankings also point to a performance resurgence by non-oil firms, such as electric utilities, and to the rising importance and influence of Asia- Pacific companies.

CRANBURY, New Jersey, October 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Rowan University confirms BlackLight's new disruptive energy source

BlackLight Power (BLP) Inc. today announced the successful independent replication and validation of its 1,000 watt and 50,000 watt reactors based on its proprietary new clean energy technology. This follows BLP's May announcement that it had successfully tested a new non-polluting energy source.

BLP's 50,000 watt reactor generated over one million joules of energy in a precise measurement made by Rowan University engineers, led by Dr. Peter Jansson. The independent study included full characterization of a proprietary solid fuel to generate the energy, before and after the reaction.

DETROIT, October 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Convergence Show -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of the highly integrated driver ICs ATA6833 and ATA6834 for brushless DC motor applications such as fuel pumps, turbo chargers, or exhaust gas recirculation -- applications which are continuously operated and therefore require maximum reliability. These new devices can also be used for premium-class convenience electronics such as power window or seat adjustment applications, which benefit from the low noise of the new BLDC motor driver ICs. Both devices are manufactured using Atmel's high-voltage 0.8 um BCD-on-SOI technology, which enables the use of much smaller lower-cost 7 mm x 7 mm QFN packages.