SCHIPHOL-RIJK, The Netherlands, August 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SecondFloor, a rapidly expanding IT services company based in The Netherlands will take a core role in an ambitious project to develop a risk management platform for Allianz Group. The custom built solution provides Allianz with auditable, automated, centralized and SOX compliant risk calculations on the basis of a new replication portfolio approach. SecondFloor will be responsible for the analysis, information architecture, server based implementation, testing, deployment and support, providing Allianz with a robust, reliable and auditable solution.

BERLIN, August 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments DLP Products will be showcasing the latest in DLP projector technology at IFA this year in Berlin. We would like to invite you to attend the Texas Instruments stand in Hall 26, Booth 102, where exciting innovations in products and technology await you.

Texas Instruments DLP Products will offer exclusive interviews with DLP experts in the field of home theatre projectors, pico projection, HDTV and DLP Cinema, as well as providing journalists with the opportunity to discuss the following topics with us:

- The industry's first DLP home theatre lamp-free projector

- Leading 3D projectors innovated from DLP's foundation in digital Cinema

- Stand-alone pico projector for mobile applications

The architecture of haematopoiesis – which is the process by which all blood cells originate – is essentially the same throughout the mammal world, report scientists in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. This is an unexpected result considering the thousands of mammals’ species with a myriad of habitats and lifestyles, as so well demonstrated when comparing the 30 mm flying bumblebee bat and the 30 metre-long aquatic blue whale both mammals. But the work now published shows that the variations in the blood system - necessary to adapt to the evolutionary changes found within the mammals’ world -can be explained quantitatively (for example by producing more cells or having the cells dividing faster), and are directly correlated to the animals’ body mass and do not require any fundamental alteration in the haematopoietic process.

ALISO VIEJO, California, August 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Company will be Co-located at the State of Oregon Booth

XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX), a solar technology Company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities, announced today that they will be co-locating with the State of Oregon at booth D 29 located in Hall 3 at the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition held September 1-4 in Valencia Spain.

This year's international industrial exhibition in Valencia will be the biggest ever held in the area of solar power generation and is the World's largest specialist conference in the Photovoltaic Solar Energy Sector attracting more than 12,000 specialist visitors.

LETCHWORTH, England, August 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Navevo, the UK's leading specialist GPS software developer has been awarded the 2008 UK Telematics Product Innovation Award by global growth consulting company, Frost & Sullivan. The award given in recognition of a company's capability to identify industry challenges and introduce a unique product offering was awarded to Navevo for its new ProNav (Professional Navigation) solution which identified a new segment in navigation for heavy goods vehicle and addressed it with some unique features, such as information about loading bays and red routes in London.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, August 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- TAQA to Announce Second Quarter and First Half 2008 Results on August 7

- Conference Call Details Below

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, a publicly listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX: TAQA), announced today that it will release its second quarter and first half 2008 financial results for the period ending June 30, 2008 before markets open on Thursday August 7, 2008. In conjunction with the financial results release there is a scheduled conference call at 16:00 hrs (UAE time) on Thursday, August 7, 2008.

The conference call will be hosted by the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Peter Barker Homek, and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Doug Fraser.

A revised outlook for the Arctic 2008 summer sea ice minimum shows ice extent will be below the 2005 level but not likely to beat the 2007 record, say researchers with DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies), an integrated ice-atmosphere-ocean monitoring and forecasting system designed for observing, understanding and quantifying climate changes in the Arctic.

DAMOCLES will dispatch eleven research missions into the Arctic this autumn to better understand the future of the sea ice.

Chances that the 2008 ice extent will fall below last year's record minimum is about 8 percent, researchers forecast after having run a number of different models predicting the fate of the Arctic sea ice this summer. But there is still reason for concern; the scientists are almost certain the ice extent will fall below the minimum of 2005, which was the second lowest year on record. With a probability of 80% the minimum ice extent in 2008 will be in the range between 4.16 and 4.70 million km2.

KEIGHLEY, England, August 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- froggybank.co.uk Releases 101 Tips to Beat the Credit Crunch

More people have changed their utility provider through the UK's biggest consumer loyalty network in the last two days, than did in the previous three months.

Since British Gas announced its 35% price increase on Wednesday, the froggybank.co.uk (http://www.froggybank.co.uk/) network has seen a massive increase in switchers.

For the first time ever utilities are the top selling category in the network.

And many shoppers are also getting a cash bonus to switch supplier, through sites such as froggybank.co.uk.

Scottish Power (http://www.froggybank.co.uk/scottish-power/) doubled its cashback offering of up to GBP72 on Wednesday.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham say they have uncovered new information about the way that we perceive fast moving, incoming objects – such as tennis or cricket balls.

The new research, published today in PNAS, studies why the human brain has difficulty perceiving fast moving objects coming from straight ahead; something that should be a key survival skill. The research has implications for understanding how top-class sportspeople make decisions about playing a shot but could also be important for improving road safety and for the development of robotic vision systems.