AMSTERDAM and PORTLAND, Oregon, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- This is a Joint Press Release of Maastricht University, NCF, NWO Physical Sciences and SARA

At the 24th Annual Congress of the game Go, held in Portland, Oregon from August 2-10, the brand-new Dutch supercomputer Huygens defeated a human Go professional in an official match with a 9-stones handicap. It is the first victory of a computer playing Go against a human being. The application 'MoGo Titan', developed by INRIA France and Maastricht University, runs on the national supercomputer which is located at SARA in Amsterdam.

LONDON, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Answer the Question on Borders.co.uk for Your Chance to Return to School With a Sleek New Laptop

A phenomenal competition has just launched on borders.co.uk (http://www.borders.co.uk/), offering you the chance to win a cutting edge laptp (http://www.borders.co.uk/win_a_toshiba_laptop) just in time to go Back to School. Borders, in association with Currys, is offering customers the chance to win a brand new Toshiba laptop, jam packed with everything you need - Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor, Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive and a built-in webcam!

One way to help save the world is to buy a Prius for $20,000 but the fact remains that it still uses gas.

The next vehicle in line, which crosses the half-way point between gas and electric, is the PHEV. The vehicle has a bigger electrical engine meaning it is more efficient because of its capability to use more electricity. In addition, the consumer will have the option to choose not to use gas.

MUMBAI, India, August 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUN PHARMA, BSE: 524715) today announced that on August 13, 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) granted early termination of the antitrust waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) for the previously announced Tender Offer by Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group Ltd. (Alkaloida), a subsidiary of Sun Pharma, for all outstanding Ordinary Shares of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Taro). Clearance under HSR meets one of the conditions to the Tender Offer. The Offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 unless extended.

LONDON, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

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At a time when the country is tightening its belt on spending, Bhs is offering long-lasting quality and excellent depth of range in their school uniforms.

'At Bhs we do not compromise on quality in order to compete with the uniform price war. Even our lowest price skirts (GBP3) and trousers (GBP3.50) offer superb fit and finish ensuring long lasting quality even after multiple washes. At Bhs we sell uniforms 52 weeks of the year, ensuring that we can fit the nation's kids at whatever rate they grow.'

Buying Director Rachele Hayman

MUNICH and GRASBRUNN, Germany and HONG KONG, August 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Wirecard AG and International Payment Solutions (Shanghai) Limited ("IPS") today announced a strategic alliance to offer joint payment and risk management services for the European and Chinese eCommerce market. IPS was the first payment company providing international credit card online real time payment processing services in China.

The alliance between Wirecard and IPS extends Wirecard's coverage of China's domestic payment schemes and substantially broadens Wirecard's service offering for the Asian market. In parallel, IPS' China-based enterprise customers gain access to all major European domestic payment and risk-management schemes.

Ever since Darwin, evolutionary biologists have wondered why some lineages have diversified more than others. A classical explanation is that a higher rate of diversification reflects increased ecological opportunities that led to a rapid adaptive radiation of a clade. A textbook example is Darwin finches from Galapagos, whose ancestor colonized a competitors-free archipelago and rapidly radiated in 13 species, each one adapted to use the food resources in a different way.

This and other examples have led some to think that the progenitors of the major evolutionary radiations are those that happened to be in the right place and at the right time to take advantage of ecological opportunities.

The next generation of digital audio broadcasting has arrived: ROCK ANTENNE at the Fraunhofer stand (TWF 5.3, Stand 15) at IFA in Berlin will be the world's first radio station to broadcast its program in DAB Surround and mp3 Surround Internet radio.

DAB Surround will lend new quality to digital radio thanks to developments by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen. Researchers there have devised the necessary techniques for processing and compressing the audio data.

The special feature of DAB Surround is that it doesn't require a higher data rate than stereo DAB to achieve this noticeably better sound experience. This is because the new MPEG Surround standard, developed largely by Fraunhofer engineers, compresses the six channels of a surround music track to the extent that they require no more memory than a compressed stereo signal.

BAAR, Switzerland, August 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- QINO Flagship Only Possibility to Participate in JAJAH's Growth

Jajah Inc. (http://www.jajah.com), a portfolio company of QINO Flagship AG (Reuters: QINO.BN) and the world's most innovative telecommunications company, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Intel.

JAJAH has unveiled the world's first telephony application to utilise Intel's Remote Wake technology, which turns the computer into an 'always available' communications hub by waking it up from sleep mode to accept incoming phone calls. The computer has direct access to JAJAH's IP-telephony network, enabling users to easily make and receive high quality, low cost phone calls.