LOS ANGELES, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

BioGold Fuels Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: BIFC) announced that on August 18th it entered into a Resource Recovery System Agreement with Harvey County, Kansas to process the County's municipal solid waste, tires, and any other waste that BioGold agrees to process. The waste will be delivered to the BioGold Bio-refinery facility it plans to build in Harvey County. BioGold is negotiating a contract with ICM, Inc. to design and build the facility, which will be located on Harvey County's existing closed landfill.

RESTON, Virginia, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Releases Second of Six White Papers in Modular Application Development Series

CorasWorks Corporation, a leading provider of modular application development software for Microsoft's SharePoint platform, has announced the release of the second of six white papers in its modular application development series. The white paper titled "Modular Application Design Patterns for SharePoint" provides a thorough explanation of the modular development architecture of SharePoint and the use of design patterns in modular, web-based application development.

LONDON, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Award-Winning Speaker Carol Woodbury to Offer Advice on Security Compliance Through Series of Workshops and Her Key Note Speech to Delegates at Australasia's Largest IBM User Groups Event

PLANO, Texas, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

EDS today announced that Ovum, an IT analyst and research organization, has awarded it top status in the 2008 Ovum Navigator(TM) for European Applications Outsourcing. This recognition places EDS among the top three vendors in Europe in applications outsourcing (i), acknowledging EDS' strength in execution and strategy. The Ovum Navigator report aims to give CIOs and their teams an independent perspective on vendors who provide applications outsourcing services in Europe, and to help them determine which vendors are the best fit for them. The report evaluated 11 vendors and looks to guide potential users of applications outsourcing services.

PALO ALTO, California, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Socialtext adds to its wiki foundation with added benefits from Intel(R) Certified Solutions Program

Socialtext, the leading provider of enterprise wiki and social software solutions, today announced its collaboration with Intel and SpikeSource and its participation in the Intel(R) Certified Solutions Program. The Intel Certified Solutions Program, provided by SpikeSource, allows Socialtext to certify its solution for specific Intel technologies. The certification provides significant business value for Socialtext, as the company continues to be an innovator and leader in the business social software space.

WARRINGTON, England, August 20 /PRNewswire/ -- United Utilities is investing a total of GBP30.3 million to provide a faster and more efficient service to customers. Part of this investment is in a state-of-the-art workforce management solution with IBM* (NYSE:IBM) and SAP.

Customer Services Director Brian Hurd said: "It is a highly sophisticated project with a simple objective - to ensure we get the right people to the right job at the right time.

"It has been designed to speed up our response to customers' problems, such as leaks or loss of supply, and is part of United Utilities' strategy to become a world class operator of utility infrastructure."

BOULDER, Colorado, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

ProStor Systems, the leading developer of removable disk (http://www.rdxstorage.com/) storage systems, continues to expand market penetration of its removable disk storage solutions by announcing the availability of RDX(R) technology with entry-level HP ProLiant servers and HP xw series workstations. These removable disk backup solutions are easy to use and affordable, and allow small businesses to store data off-site as part of their disaster recovery plans. HP StorageWorks RDX removable disk cartridges (http://h71016.www7.hp.com/ctoBases.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&Produc... eId=450&FamilyId=2831&LowBaseId=21630&LowPrice=$2,499.00), in 160 GB and 320 GB capacities, are available immediately.

A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman.

The social and cultural background of the Iceman, dubbed Oetzi, has been the subject of much debate since his mummified remains were discovered in an Alpine glacier in 1991. Although his clothes were known to be made of animal skins, their exact origin was uncertain. This new study focuses on hair samples taken from Oetzi's coat, leggings and moccasin shoes.

DUBLIN, Ireland, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Looking for a challenge? Get ready for an adventure! ORBIS Ireland invites runners to compete in the 2008 Great Ethiopian Run on November 23rd in the world's third highest capital, Addis Ababa. Running at 10,000 feet above sea level, participants will help save the sight of 60,000 Ethiopians at immediate risk from blindness due to trachoma.

An estimated 10 million Ethiopians, primarily women and children, suffer from trachoma, a highly infectious eye disease that is easily spread between infected and healthy eyes by flies, fingers or clothing. The infection thrives in areas where people have limited access to clean water and basic health care.