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KingsIsle Entertainment Reveals The Lost World Of Azteca In Wizard101

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The lost world of Azteca has been discovered once again in the magical realm of Wizard101. Home to the Aztecosaurs, the oldest living race in the Wizard101 universe, the fate of Azteca hangs in a perilous balance.

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Azteca is a high-level world of ancient dinosaurs, hidden temples, and cosmic significance. Wizards will take on mighty foes and gain new heights of power as they race against the doomsday clock to save the Aztecosaurs and their home world.

"In Azteca, Wizards will face challenges and consequences on a scale they've never encountered before in Wizard101," said Todd Coleman, vice president and creative director at KingsIsle Entertainment. "While we've always known that the archvillain Morganthe is up to no good--in Azteca the stakes become crystal clear."

Azteca includes:

    --  New Azteca-themed epic spells for each school of magic
    --  Powerful Astral spells that can be used by high-level Wizards
    --  13 challenging zones to explore and conquer
    --  The opportunity to reach level 90 and achieve the rank of Promethean
        Wizard
    --  A new crafting tier and a variety of useful new recipes
    --  Powerful gear, talented pets, and ferocious new mounts!
The complete set of update notes for Azteca can be found here:
https://www.wizard101.com/game/community/update-notes/november2012

About KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc.
KingsIsle Entertainment is a developer and publisher that specializes in creating high-quality online games which provide entertainment for the entire family. KingsIsle games have received numerous honors, including the Parent Tested Parent Approved Media Seal and recognition by the National Parenting Publications Awards.  KingsIsle's first game, Wizard101, was named Best MMO of 2010 by Beckett Massive Online Gamer Magazine, Best Family MMO of the Decade by Massively.com and the #1 Best Family Game of 2009 by MMORPG.com. KingsIsle is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and has a development studio in Austin, Texas. Information about the company's games, which include core titles Wizard101 and Pirate101, can be found at http://www.kingsisle.com/corporate/products.

KingsIsle, Wizard101 and Pirate101 are trademarks or registered trademarks of KingsIsle Entertainment Inc.

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VIVOBAREFOOT Reduces Returns With Virtual Shoe Fitting Application

Virtual Fitting app, Shoefitr, gives VIVOBAREFOOT customers the chance to virtually try before they buy, significantly reducing return rates

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As many footwear companies look to improve their e-commerce experience with better product images and videos, VIVOBAREFOOT, a minimalist footwear brand, used an online fitting application called Shoefitr that allows shoppers to mimic the in-store fitting experience through their website. Since integrating Shoefitr's application at the beginning of the year, VIVOBAREFOOT has seen a 37.5% reduction in returns and a higher level of engagement from shoppers. The findings were pulled from an 8 month evaluation of the online fitting service on vivobarefoot.com.

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According to VIVOBAREFOOT Global Marketing Director, Michelle Hinsvark,

"VIVOBAREFOOT is continuously looking to improve the online consumer shopping experience and one of the major reasons for returns was fit. As all shoes are designed on an anatomical last, the shoes fit different than conventional footwear. Having an application that directly compares the shoes the customer wears, to the shoes they want to purchase is not only brilliant, it's imperative to customer satisfaction."

VIVOBAREFOOT began using Shoefitr's fitting app on its retail site in February, 2012 in an effort to make trying a pair of the company's shoes easier for shoppers who had not worn them in the past or who wanted to see how new models fit. Shoppers can enter the name and size of their current shoe and see how each VIVOBAREFOOT shoe will fit. The company has seen a 37.5% reduction in its return rate when compared to the same eight month period in 2011. The application has also garnered excitement from shoppers who leave feedback like the following:

"Very dynamic visual shoe comparison. This is awesome!" - VIVOBAREFOOT Customer

"This is fantastic! I'm trying to go minimalist, don't have access to a decent shoe store, and this is really helping me figure out what to buy. Thanks!" - VIVOBAREFOOT Customer

About 28% of purchases on VIVOBAREFOOT's site come from users of the fitting application, which is about 20 times higher than other common features on retail sites like product videos.

Shoefitr is a Pittsburgh, PA based company that creates software to help online shoe shoppers figure out what size to order. The company uses a database of internal shoe measurements, acquired using 3D imaging technology, to compare the size and shape of a shoe a shopper is currently wearing, to one she wants to buy. Visit http://www.Shoefitr.com to learn more about the benefits of online fitting technology.

If you'd like more information about this topic, please contact VIVOBAREFOOT at customerservices@vivobarefoot.com or Shoefitr at contact@Shoefitr.com.

Contact: Nick End
414-339-5681
Nick@Shoefitr.com

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Retailer of Motocross Accessories and Apparel Opens Online Store Selling Brand Names at Competitive Prices

WEST VALLEY, Utah, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Utah-based internet retailer of motocross products, Scharf Online Solutions, today announced the opening of its new online store: http://www.motox-dirtbike.com.

Founder and President of Scharf Online Solutions and motox-dirtbike.com, Theodore Scharf, has been riding since he was a teenager and states, "Dirt biking is becoming increasingly popular, especially as more and more motocross events are televised. Today, motocross events aren't just about the riders. Whether it's a competition or a pastime, the sport is becoming very family oriented. We wanted to create a convenient online destination where the entire family could shop."

The new website, which operates as an e-commerce store, sells a variety of products including, but not limited to: chest protectors, jerseys, boots, pants, helmets, socks, goggles, gloves, shin guards, knee braces, and neck braces.

Scharf adds, "While many of our products are of popular and fashionable brand names such as Fox and FLY, our priority is actually the quality and safety surrounding the products. The majority of products you'll find on our site are designed with durability, comfort and protection in mind."

Additional brand names include MSR, Thor, and Alpinestars. New and competitively priced products are added to the site routinely, and all major credit cards are accepted. All items purchased can be shipped anywhere in the United States and Canada.

For more information on Scharf Online Solutions and its new motocross site, visit http://www.motox-dirtbike.com.

SOURCE  Scharf Online Solutions

Scharf Online Solutions

CONTACT: Michelle Boyd, +1-813-247-3278

Web Site: http://www.motox-dirtbike.com

TI's WEBENCH® tools export power and LED lighting designs to industry-leading CAD development platforms

WEBENCH Schematic Export supports CAD platforms from Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Altium

MUNICH, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ELECTRONICA -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today unveiled WEBENCH(®) Schematic Export, a new online tool that exports analog designs from TI's WEBENCH Design Center to industry-leading computer-aided design (CAD) development platforms from Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Mentor Graphics and Altium. For more information or to start a design, visit http://www.ti.com/webenchex-pr.

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WEBENCH Schematic Export will be demonstrated in TI's booth #420 in Hall A4, at the Electronica trade show in Munich, Germany, November 13-16.

Engineers worldwide have used TI's award-winning WEBENCH tools to quickly create more than two million designs cost-free since its introduction by National Semiconductor in 1999. While the tools dramatically simplified and sped the design process, the time for engineers to export a design to their licensed CAD development platform was tedious and time-consuming. Developed by TI, and in cooperation with the makers of the CAD development platforms, WEBENCH Schematic Export now enables the engineer to instantly export these dynamically created power and LED lighting designs to a variety of platforms, such as Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS, Mentor Graphics DxDesigner and Altium formats such as Altium Designer. Watch a video at http://www.ti.com/webenchex-prv.

"Engineers know that TI's WEBENCH tools considerably reduce the time to create power and LED lighting designs," said Chris Donato, Altium Sales Director, Americas. "With the addition of WEBENCH Schematic Export, the engineer no longer needs to manually enter the design into the CAD platform, nor is there a need to worry about errors made in the process. Now, designs created with WEBENCH Schematic Export easily and expertly convert to Altium Designer in seconds."

Key features of WEBENCH Schematic Export:

    --  A designer can quickly optimize and export a power supply design created
        with TI's WEBENCH Power or LED Designer or a complete power supply
        system created with WEBENCH Power or LED Architect via WEBENCH Schematic
        Export to one of five CAD development platforms.
    --  Design performance can be simulated in WEBENCH Designer and Architect
        prior to export.
    --  WEBENCH Schematic Export is supported with schematic symbols for more
        than 30,000 components.
Find out more about TI's WEBENCH suite of tools:

    --  Design a complete system with TI's WEBENCH tools: http://www.ti.com/webench-pr.
    --  Ask questions and share knowledge in the WEBENCH Design Center forum in
        the TI E2E(TM) Community: http://www.ti.com/e2ewebench-pr.
About WEBENCH tools from Texas Instruments

The WEBENCH Designer and Architect component libraries include more than 30,000 components from 120 manufacturers. Price and availability is updated hourly by TI's distribution partners for design optimization and production planning. Offered in eight languages, the user can compare complete system designs and make supply chain decisions in minutes. To start a cost-free design, visit TI's WEBENCH design environment at http://www.ti.com/webench-pr.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 90,000 customers unlock the possibilities of the world as it could be - smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more fun. Our commitment to building a better future is ingrained in everything we do - from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities. This is just the beginning of our story. Learn more at http://www.ti.com.

Trademarks

WEBENCH is a registered trademark and TI E2E is a trademark of Texas Instruments. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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Altair Introduces Display Manager for Remote Visualization of Big Data

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At Supercomputing 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Altair  (booth #3015) today unveiled Display Manager, a new portal for remote visualization of extremely large models developed from Big Data resources.

Display Manager, which will become generally available in the near future, enables users to run graphics-intensive applications on their cluster while visualizing those applications on their desktop. Because applications run directly from the data center, users can take advantage of shared, powerful, GPU-enabled hardware in the data center - and use their Web browser to view, edit, interact with and control the graphical apps remotely. As a result, the enterprise can buy fewer high-end graphics systems, and avoid purchasing a costly high-end graphics desktop for each engineer. Display Manager enables sharing of HPC-class systems housed in the datacenter (or in an HPC cluster) among all the engineers in the enterprise.

Because Display Manager shows graphical applications directly from the cluster via a browser, Big Data files remain on the cluster, with no copying required, for faster, easier, more efficient operation. This also increases data security, since proprietary data remains inside the data center at all times.

"Remote visualization is a key Big Data technology, allowing huge datasets to be manipulated from thin clients," said Bill Nitzberg, chief technology officer for PBS Works at Altair.  "Display Manager leverages Altair's deep knowhow in modeling and visualization from our globally acclaimed HyperWorks suite to deliver an amazing remote visualization experience directly from the Web browser, without the need to install any apps on the desktop."

In addition, multiple users can collaborate directly from within Display Manager by simply sharing sessions. Authorized users can all view and control a single session without downloading any files. This virtual-team productivity feature can save the costs associated with expensive face-to-face meetings and eliminate the need for multiple users in different sites to download Big Data files.

Display Manager can adjust fidelity to match network bandwidth and latency, continuously providing real-time responsiveness, whether operating on a LAN or a wide-area network. Its open architecture is compatible with any of the user's existing Altair or third-party applications; no additional application investments are required and no modifications are necessary.

Display Manager can be used as a standalone technology or can be seamlessly integrated with Compute Manager in an easy-to-use fashion for enterprises with large HPC clusters.

For a full list of live demos being presented by PBS Works at SC12, please visit PBS Works.

About PBS Works

PBS Works(TM), Altair's suite of on-demand cloud computing technologies, allows enterprises to maximize ROI on existing infrastructure assets. PBS Works is the most widely implemented software environment for managing grid, cloud, and cluster computing resources worldwide. Its flagship product, PBS Professional®, allows enterprises to easily share distributed computing resources across geographic boundaries. With additional tools for portal-based submission, analytics, and data management, the PBS Works suite is a comprehensive solution for optimizing HPC environments. Leveraging a revolutionary "pay-for-use" unit-based business model, PBS Works delivers increased value and flexibility over conventional software-licensing models. Visit http://www.pbsworks.com to learn more about how PBS Works makes high-performance computing faster, smarter and more productive.

About Altair

Altair empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held, with more than 1,500 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 26-year track record for high-end software and consulting services for engineering, high-performance computing and enterprise analytics, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more, visit http://www.altair.com and http://www.simulatetoinnovate.com.

SOURCE  Altair Engineering, Inc.

Altair Engineering, Inc.

CONTACT: Deana Alicea, Airfoil for Altair, +1-248-304-1457, Alicea@airfoilgroup.com

Web Site: http://www.altair.com

Hub City Media Introduces iPad Application IdentityCert(TM) for Oracle Identity Analytics

EDISON, N.J., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hub City Media, security integration experts and an Identity and Access Management specialized Gold-level member of Oracle® PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced the launch of a new iPad application, IdentityCert(TM).

IdentityCert(TM), a mobile application built for the iPad, significantly enhances functionality of Oracle Identity Analytics (OIA), a product within Oracle's Identity Governance suite. The application allows end-users to view and respond to user certification requests and policy violations, completing lengthy periodic access reviews on the go.

"IdentityCert is the result of our deep-rooted knowledge in Oracle Identity Management products including Oracle Identity Analytics," says Steve Giovannetti, the company's founder and CTO. "Mobile is not just the way of the future, it's the way of the present. Our application adds incredible value to OIA customers looking to maximize their managers' time and improve the efficiency of their audit process."

Marc Boroditsky, VP, IAM Product Management at Oracle, added, "It's partners like Hub City Media, innovating on our platform, that makes Oracle's Identity and Access Management and ecosystem so powerful. IdentityCert provides significant mobile functionality to our current and future Oracle Identity Governance customers."

To download the app, go to http://bit.ly/IdentityCert or for more information, visit http://www.hubcitymedia.com/identitycert.

About Hub City Media Hub City Media is a consulting firm specializing in identity and security software implementations, integrations and customizations. The company works with fortune 500 clients on Identity and Access Management (IAM) projects in the US and worldwide from their headquarters in Edison, New Jersey. To find out more, visit http://www.hubcitymedia.com.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork ?Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more, visit http://www.oracle.com/partners.

Trademarks?
Oracle Identity Analytics is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

SOURCE  Hub City Media

Hub City Media

CONTACT: Mark Crean, +1-732-947-3300, mcrean@hubcitymedia.com

Web Site: http://www.hubcitymedia.com

AT&T Small Business Customers Can Work Smarter Via the Cloud With Microsoft® Office 365(TM)

Offers SMBs affordable enterprise-grade business software with flexibility and security of cloud computing

DALLAS, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking advantage of cloud-based solutions is now easier than ever for small business owners thanks to AT&T*, which today announced the availability of Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T.

With a more mobile workforce than ever before, small businesses are recognizing the value of cloud-based applications and accessing them remotely via smartphones and tablets. In fact, according to the 2012 AT&T Small Business Tech Poll, half of small businesses expect to have all their employees using wireless technology to work remotely by the end of this year.

Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T responds to this trend by offering a cloud-based software solution that gives small businesses access to powerful business tools in real-time from virtually anywhere business might take them.

AT&T is leveraging its proven AT&T TechSupport 360(SM) service to deliver hands-on activation, set-up, and migration of the solution, providing added peace of mind for customers migrating from existing systems to Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T.

Key Features

Microsoft Office 365 features cloud-based tools to enhance business productivity at a low predictable monthly cost, enhanced security and virtually anywhere access to the capabilities businesses need most, including:

    --  Professional e-mail and calendar sharing with Microsoft Exchange
    --  Microsoft Word®, Excel®, PowerPoint®, and other popular Microsoft
        Office® productivity tools
    --  Instant messaging via Microsoft Lync®, PC-to-PC calling, and integrated
        presence
    --  Web conferencing and HD video conferencing
    --  File sharing and document management
In addition, Microsoft Office 365 offers:

    --  Availability for businesses of all sizes
    --  The ability for business owners to focus on their core business instead
        of IT tasks
    --  A cost-efficient, right-sized all-in-one solution
Businesses can purchase or learn more about Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T at http://www.att.com/Office365, AT&T's small business sales team, or one of AT&T's 2,400 retail locations nationwide, giving customers access to the same powerful business tools with which they are familiar backed by AT&T's world-class customer service and technical support.

Pricing begins at $6 a month per user, depending on individual business needs, making Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T a more comprehensive solution compared to key competitors in the marketplace.

For a brief video on Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T, please click here. Small business owners looking for more information should go to AT&T Small Business.

Quotes

AT&T: "AT&T is committed to providing small business customers with communications and cloud-based applications that help businesses be more efficient, and ultimately, more profitable," said Ebrahim Keshavarz, Vice President of Small Business Product Management, AT&T. "Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T gives small businesses the same powerful tools available to large enterprises but designed specifically with the small business owner in mind."

Microsoft: "Customers are choosing Microsoft productivity solutions because they deliver a more complete experience and greater flexibility to move to the cloud on the customer's terms," said Eddie O'Brien, vice president, Operator Channels, Microsoft. "With AT&T's wealth of experience working with small businesses, customers using Office 365 will have an always up-to-date service that delivers enhanced features and new capabilities as soon as they are available."

Customer: "Being a small business we are always looking for a better product for a lower price," said Scott Millard, Operations Manager, JB Technical Support Service of Phoenix. "Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T is a lower cost, higher value, superior product to our previous exchange client. The migration team that assisted with the transition was awesome throughout the process. They were there to assist us in all aspects of the move and ensured the highest satisfaction, which I could not be happier with."

Industry Analyst: "Small business need to be enable to do business 24/7," said Mike Sapien, principal analyst with Ovum, a business and technology market research firm. "AT&T is offering SMB customers a very comprehensive offer, based on Microsoft 365, with options to allow the customers to add to the services from an online portal as the customer's requirements grow."

General Information
Small businesses wanting information about AT&T products and services can visit AT&T Small Business. For free business resources such as webinars, case studies, and best practices, visit the AT&T Small Business Solutions website.

Additionally, real-time information and updates can be found on the AT&T Small Business Facebook page and AT&T Small Business Twitter channel.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(®) and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.

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AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Brian Westrich, AT&T, +1-314-982-9109, brian.westrich@att.com

Web Site: http://www.att.com

Nielsen, NM Incite Acquire SocialGuide

Deal Expands Nielsen's TV Measurement Solutions and Social Media Analytics Portfolio

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nielsen, a leading provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy, and NM Incite, a joint venture between Nielsen and McKinsey & Company, today announced the acquisition of SocialGuide, a leading provider of social TV measurement, analytics and audience engagement solutions.  The acquisition represents Nielsen's commitment to delivering comprehensive media measurement solutions, and expands NM Incite's social media research and analytics capabilities. Social TV is transforming the consumer viewing experience, with more than 33% of Twitter users actively tweeting about TV-related content [1].

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SocialGuide is a comprehensive, real-time social TV capture service covering programming across 232 U.S. TV channels in English and Spanish, and over 30,000 programs.  Built for linear TV, SocialGuide's intelligent analytics and engagement platform provides insight on the social impact of TV, enabling networks to engage with the social fan base in real time. 

"The skyrocketing adoption and use of social media among consumers is transforming TV-watching into a more immediate and shared experience. As TV networks see this phenomenon unfold, they require understanding of the impact of social TV on their programming, ratings and advertising effectiveness," said Steve Hasker, President, Global Media Products and Advertiser Solutions at Nielsen. "Nielsen's expertise in creating industry standard consumer measurement means we are uniquely suited to establish a deeper understanding of today's highly-engaged consumers through social TV metrics.  We are thrilled by the addition of SocialGuide to our portfolio and welcome them to Nielsen."

SocialGuide will be integrated immediately into NM Incite, the hub of Nielsen's social media measurement and analytics efforts. SocialGuide's software technology and data streams complement NM Incite's existing software and data solutions.  Together, Nielsen, NM Incite and SocialGuide will focus on efforts to quantify the relationship between social TV and TV ratings to enable advertisers to maximize the impact of their spend, and provide new research metrics to understand social TV's impact on consumer behavior and viewing habits. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

"The opportunity in social TV is too big to ignore and there is a need for standard metrics and research to uncover the effect of social TV on programming and advertising strategies," said Andrew Somosi, CEO of NM Incite.  "TV networks are expanding their research, advertising and engagement efforts across social media. The powerful combination of Nielsen, NM Incite and SocialGuide will enable us to deliver unparalleled insights and capabilities to our TV and advertiser clients."

"Nielsen is the industry leader in providing cross-platform and multi-media measurement solutions," said Sean Casey, founder of SocialGuide. "There is no greater opportunity to establish industry metrics and standards in social TV than bringing Nielsen, NM Incite and SocialGuide together. We are incredibly excited to work together and bring TV networks the next level of measurement."

ABOUT NIELSEN

Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) is a global information and measurement company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and related properties. Nielsen has a presence in approximately 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA and Diemen, the Netherlands. For more information, visit http://www.nielsen.com.

ABOUT NM INCITE

NM Incite, a joint venture between Nielsen and McKinsey, provides social media software, research and advisory solutions to global Fortune 1000 marketers looking to build strong, differentiated and emotionally-engaging brands.   As one of the largest global leaders in applying social media to solve marketing problems, NM Incite operates in over 30 markets, including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, China, India, Japan and Australia.  For more information, visit http://www.nmincite.com.

ABOUT SOCIALGUIDE

SocialGuide is a leading provider of Social TV measurement, analytics and audience engagement solutions. SocialGuide identifies, captures and organizes social buzz from Twitter in real time for every program aired across 232 of the most popular U.S. television channels including Spanish language channels. SocialGuide is a part of NM Incite, a joint venture between Nielsen and McKinsey.  For more information, visit http://www.socialguide.com.

Contacts:

NM Incite Global Marketing & Communications
Leslie Cafferty
Leslie.cafferty@nmincite.com
201-452-6780

Nielsen Global Marketing & Communications
Matt Anchin
Matt.anchin@nielsen.com
646-654-5445

[1] Source: SocialGuide, percentage of active Twitter users in June 2012.

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Verizon Announces Expiration and Final Results of Tender Offer for 8.95% Notes Due 2039

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Communications Inc. ("Verizon") (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) today announced the expiration and final results of its previously announced tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.95% Notes due 2039 (CUSIP No. 92343VAR5) (the "Notes"). 

The Tender Offer was subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 2, 2012, relating thereto (the "Offer to Purchase").  The Tender Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, November 9, 2012 (the "Expiration Time"). 

Verizon was advised by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, as the depositary and information agent for the Tender Offer, that as of the Expiration Time, $896,624,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes, representing approximately 71.73% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes currently outstanding, were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time.  Verizon has accepted for payment all of the tendered Notes.

Payment for Notes accepted for purchase will be made on the expected settlement date of November 13, 2012 (the "Settlement Date").  On the Settlement Date, Verizon will pay holders who validly tendered and did not withdraw their Notes at or prior to the Expiration Time the purchase price of $1,864.63 for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the last interest payment date for the Notes to, but not including, the Settlement Date.

Verizon has retained Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to act as the dealer managers (together, the "Dealer Managers") for the Tender Offer. Global Bondholder Services Corporation is acting as the Information Agent and the Depositary for the Tender Offer. Questions regarding the Tender Offer should be directed to Goldman, Sachs & Co. at (800) 828-3182 (toll-free) or (212) 357-6436 (collect), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at (888) 292-0070 (toll-free) or (646) 855-3401 (collect) or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) or (212) 834-4811 (collect).

This announcement is for informational purposes only. This announcement is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to purchase with respect to any Notes.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 96 million retail customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500.  A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 184,500.  For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.

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SOURCE  Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

CONTACT: Bob Varettoni, +1-908-559-6388, robert.a.varettoni@verizon.com

Web Site: http://www.verizon.com

Who Needs Humans? IEEE Experts Say Supercomputers Will Perfect Weather Forecasting, Develop Limitless Clean Energy and Counter the Effects of Aging by 2027

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The best and brightest minds in the field of supercomputing meet today for the start of SC '12, the annual conference where the supercomputing community gathers to drive innovation through collaboration. Esteemed members of the IEEE Computer Society will be in attendance to share ideas and research on what the exciting future of supercomputing holds.

IEEE experts have found that supercomputing is a key technology driving future innovations including the development of perfect weather forecasting, limitless clean energy and smartphones that are 20 times faster than those used today.  These potential advancements, and others, including advancements in medicine and deep space exploration, are outlined in an interactive infographic IEEE has developed where users are encouraged to share their ideas on what "Civilization 2040" will look like.

Powering a new world of innovation
As supercomputing reaches new levels of advancement, it will play an increasingly critical role in driving innovation and impacting the well-being of society over the next 20 years.

For example, supercomputing is at the heart of intensive research that will allow for near perfect weather forecasts. With such a development, weather damage, such as destruction inflicted by devastating hurricanes and other natural disasters, could be significantly minimized. Supercomputing will also have a broad impact on global economic forecasting and development.

"In order to compete in an evolving global economy, companies and countries alike will need to heavily invest in supercomputing," says Dr. Bronis de Supinski, an IEEE member. "Supercomputing will be essential in meeting the increasing demands for progress."

Supercomputing is also at the heart of important research in the energy space. During the next two decades, we will see new ways of generating electricity and a greater adoption of renewable and efficient energy. It is estimated that by 2027, supercomputing will play a role in the development of limitless clean energy by enabling clean nuclear fission via thermonuclear reactors that could produce three to four times as much energy as a nuclear power plant, without generating radioactive nuclear waste.

In medicine, supercomputers are currently being used to research the potential of regenerative medicine, which is expected to permanently eliminate a number of diseases, heal the effects of aging and potentially extend humans' lives.  In fact, experts anticipate that by 2025, regenerative medicine will allow body parts that are damaged from disease or aging to be replaced with new structures, including tissues and organs such as an entire heart or set of lungs.

How do we get there?
What will it take to get to the next level? George K. Thiruvathukal, an IEEE member and editor-in-chief of CiSE (Computing in Science and Engineering) Magazine, says we have the roadmap for achieving these next levels of supercomputing, but we do not have the ability to harness the processing power. Programming languages will need to evolve and new programming models are needed that can utilize exascale computational power.

Exploring other facets of computing, such as cloud computing, also hold potential for developments. Thiruvathukal says the next 10 years promise to bring a greater overlap of cloud computing and supercomputing, which could eventually yield advances in quantum computing, an idea still in the early stages that could become a reality by 2030

Meet these experts and learn more about the role IEEE is playing in supercomputing at SC '12, IEEE booth 3760, or during the conference's media tour. Participate in the IEEE Civilization 2040 interactive infographic for a chance to win an iPad 3.

About IEEE
IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Learn more at http://www.ieee.org. 

SOURCE  IEEE

IEEE

CONTACT: Adrienne McGarr, Finn Partners for IEEE, +1-312-718-0040, adrienne@finnpartners.com; Francine Tardo, IEEE, +1-212-419-7750, f.tardo@ieee.org

Web Site: http://sc12.supercomputing.org

Wikia Releases New Video Solution to Stream Community Curated Video Content

Wikia Signs Content Syndication Deals with AnyClip, IDG, IGN and Others

Wikia's Innovative New 'Lightbox' Multimedia Player and Video Page Offers Sponsors a Clean and Well Lit Environment to Reach Engaged Audiences

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Wikia, the collaborative media company that is home to some of the largest communities on the Web, today unveiled a new Lightbox multimedia player to enhance the multimedia viewing experience for the site's over 50M monthly global visitors. The Wikia Lightbox will feature nearly 100,000 videos and 14 million photos including content from premium partners AnyClip, IDG, IGN, RealGravity, and ScreenPlay, Inc., - giving users access to over 5,000hours of premium content from which to choose.

The strategic direction to curate and surface video content comes at a time when the comScore Video Metrix service recently reported that 180 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in July for an average of 18.5 hours per viewer, creating greater engagement and opening up advertising opportunities with a wide array of influential consumers.

"The new video library and Lightbox player will amplify Wikia's naturally strong community creation and curation activities by enabling the assembly and packaging of user created and premium photo and video content in one place," said Wikia CEO, Craig Palmer. "This also gives us the opportunity to bring our users the best professional video content available on the web.  Like the recent redesign of our Home Page (http://www.wikia.com) and Hubs (for example: http://www.wikia.com/entertainment), these efforts will make it even easier to showcase the passionate pursuit of knowledge through collaborative storytelling."

Through the Lightbox, Wikia users will be able to stream trailers, previews, clips and exclusive studio videos at up to 1080p HD video quality as well as browse through an entire collection of multi-media assets by page. The product will enable users to curate professional, licensed content that can be integrated with original wiki content to create a richer, fuller multi-media experience with over 100,000 professional videos clips from premier content companies. During beta, the Lightbox offered multi-media collections on wikis such as Shrek, Mortal Kombat, Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings. The Lightbox is now available to all 250,000+ Wikia communities across its video game, entertainment and lifestyle categories, making Wikia an even more compelling destination for those interested in collaboratively created content. 

The innovative and interactive player can be triggered from any photo or video thumbnail or users can navigate directly to the entire collection of video on any given wiki by selecting the new stand-alone video collection page in the wiki navigation bar. Users can select video content from a source library (http://video.wikia.com) that aggregates video assets available for any Wikia contributor to post, and curate. Wikia's multi-media Lightbox also allows content to be shared with friends even if they are not Wikia users via email, Twitter and Facebook. In the near future Wikia users will have the ability to embed Wikia videos on their websites and blogs.

The new video capabilities will provide advertisers with unique ways of reaching a highly engaged and passionate, targeted audience that wants to interact with their brand through video advertising offerings: video pre-roll, companion ad units within the Lightbox's interstitials and a full sponsorship option - creating a unique branded video player that reinforces sponsor's look and feel.

"The Wikia Lightbox video advertising option gives sponsors a new canvas where they can tap into the influence of the Wikia community to create real brand stories in digital space," commented Wikia's Senior Vice President of Sales, Bob Huseby. "These specs help creativity flourish by making it easier for brands to take advantage of our video ad inventory while allowing advertisers to deliver in-stream interactive video ads with the confidence that users will always receive a consistent, clean and well lit viewing experience on all of our wiki's and pages."

Wikia's first comprehensive update to its in-stream video advertising standards are designed to deliver a variety of enhanced video advertising experiences.  Current beta testing across 450 wikis has shown that users that engage with the Lightbox are 20% more likely to view the next video in the collection. Select beta campaigns have shown nearly an 8% CTR on pre-roll video ads and a 75% video play rate on pushdown video ads.

In September of 2012 Wikia's global traffic reached over 60M unique visitors, and now hovers around 1B page views for the first time in company history.  The site's Video Game vertical tops 25M global unique visitors and has a 28% year-over-year growth rate, making Wikia Video Games one of the top video game destinations on the Web and a leader in the industry. Wikia Entertainment is experiencing stellar momentum with over 60% growth year-over-year to date and 27M unique global visitors.

About Wikia:

Wikia is a trusted collaborative media platform. It is the definitive place for people to contribute to the assembly of original bodies of multi-media content around subjects they know and love.

Using Wikia, anyone can form new communities around any subject or participate in over 250,000 existing communities by reading or contributing new content. With over 20 million pages of rich content, Wikia's communities are the most authoritative information about any topic on the Internet.

Wikia's video game vertical (http://www.wikia.com/videogames) is a leading video-game focused network on the Web. Its entertainment vertical (http://www.wikia.com/entertainment) is the fastest growing US entertainment destination around the world. Lifestyle (http://www.wikia.com/lifestyle) interest is the fastest growing collection of content on Wikia today.

Launched as Wikia in 2006 by founders Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, Wikia attracts more than 50 million global unique visitors per month and is ranked a Top 35 Internet site according to Quantcast.  http://www.wikia.com

SOURCE  Wikia

Wikia

CONTACT: Matt Clark, Matt_clark@dkcnews.com, Courtney Greenberg, Courtney_greenberg@dkcnews.com, both of DKC Public Relations, Marketing & Government Affairs, +1-212-685-4300

Web Site: http://www.wikia.com

"Love Comes In Every Shade" This Holiday Season At Gap

Campaign Features Celebrities in Colorful, Iconic Gift Ideas; New Gift Card Program Gives Twice and Digital Partnerships Spread the Love

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, Gap's new global marketing campaign, "Love Comes In Every Shade," celebrates the colorful, optimistic holiday product Gap is known for and illustrates some of the many forms of love, from puppy love and married love to best friend love and sibling love.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121112/LA10558-a)

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Wearing the must-have gifts of the season in a range of colors, the campaign features a diverse group of actors, musicians and their loved ones. Each group represents a different relationship, including true love with actors Michael J. Fox and wife Tracy Pollan; fatherly love with rapper Nas and his father, blues musician Olu Dara; modern love with the cast of NBC's "The New Normal"; self love with actress Aubrey Plaza; puppy love with actor Jack Huston and his dog Orso; best friend love with director Gia Coppola and actress Nathalie Love; and married love with musician Rufus Wainwright and artistic director Jörn Weisbrodt.

"This campaign features some well-known actors, musicians and their loved ones, all wearing clothes from our new holiday collection," said Seth Farbman, Gap's Global Chief Marketing Officer. "Their personal relationships help remind us that every family is unique and often goes beyond just those we're related to--it also includes the people we share our lives and deepest passions with. This campaign celebrates these diverse, optimistic views on family and the many forms love can take."

Sharing the Love

As part of the campaign in the U.S. and Canada, Gap is spreading love digitally through partnerships with online communities Postagram and Pinterest. Starting November 7, consumers can visit Postagram's Facebook app to turn their photos from Facebook, Instagram and elsewhere into real postcards that will be mailed to their loved ones at no cost, courtesy of Gap. Then on November 12, users who pin Gap's favorite holiday items to their Pinterest wish lists through an app on Gap's Facebook page will be automatically entered to win a Gap gift card. Five winners will be selected each week through December 24.

Styld.by, Gap's digital catalog collaboration with well-respected fashion and lifestyle websites, continues with new content for the holiday gifting season. Each Styld.by partner, including Refinery29, WhoWhatWear, Lookbook and Rue, will curate holiday gift guides from their own point of view. The gift guides will be based on different personality types, like 'For My BFF' and 'For My Skater' and utilize pieces from the Winter Icons collection alongside other covetable gift ideas specific to each personality.

The campaign will also appear in December issues of national magazines including Vogue, Lucky, InStyle, Glamour, People StyleWatch and Vanity Fair; outdoor in key markets including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago; and in digital advertisements. To follow the content, visit Gap's Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram communities and join the conversation with the hashtag #GapLove.

Give Twice Gift Card

Gap is also introducing a new gift card program where a percentage of all initial gift card purchases will be donated to nonprofit organizations CARE and Communities In Schools. Donations to CARE, a leading humanitarian organization, will in part support P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement & Career Enhancement), a program developed by Gap Inc. in 2007. P.A.C.E. provides female garment workers in countries around the world with education and training to better their lives. Donations to Communities In Schools will help keep more than one million kids in school and on track to a brighter future. Gap commissioned a hand-selected group of artists and illustrators to create one-of-a-kind graphic designs for the gift card envelopes and substantially increased the size of the packaging to make it feel more like a gift.

Holiday 2012 Collection

Building upon its fall Icon Redefined collection, key styles return for holiday in the Winter Icon collection updated with fresh pops of color and colorblocked patterns. For women, cozy outerwear and sweaters are the focus, including the Twill Parka ($168) and Eversoft Sweaters ($39.95 - $59.95). Made from our softest wash-and-wear yarns, the Eversoft Sweaters are available in a range of energetic shades and silhouettes, including circle hem, cardigan and hoodie styles. A fall favorite, the Fitted Boyfriend Shirt ($49.95 - $54.95) returns for holiday in updated hues and patterns. These standout tops pair with the iconic 1969 Always Skinny Jean ($69.95) and 1969 Legging Jean ($69.95), and are available in a range of bright and optimistic washes, prints and fabrications, such as neon mint green, neon violet, lemon yellow, velvet and corduroy.

The men's collection also incorporates color into jeans, cords and khakis paired with color-infused tops, waffle knit sweaters, and outerwear that mix and match to create a full winter wardrobe. Standout bottoms include the 1969 Straight Fit Corduroy Jeans ($59.95) available in a range of color-ways including the bordeaux and navy, and the Lived-In Slim Khaki ($59.95) in raw sienna and turquoise sky. Bottoms are shown with the Half Zip Waffle Sweater ($54.95) updated for holiday in a warm wool blend and the Lived-In Wash Shirts ($44.95-49.95) available in modern plaids and basic neutrals.

Accessories complete the look and include new colorful scarves, ankle boots and dazzling small leather goods perfect for holiday gift-giving.

About Gap

Gap is a global apparel and accessories brand focused on delivering casual, American style. The brand offers classic, iconic clothing that helps customers express their individuality through its Gap, GapKids, babyGap, GapMaternity and GapBody collections. With an optimistic point of view and belief that everyone can make their creative mark in the world, Gap embodies what it means to be bright. Founded in San Francisco in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher, the brand has grown from one store to over 1,500 company-operated and franchise retail locations around the world. Gap is the namesake brand for leading global specialty retailer, Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) which includes Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, and Athleta. For more information, please visit http://www.gapinc.com.

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    Phone: (212) 972-0277 Phone: (415) 427-4844
    erica@ShadowPR.com    kimberly_terry@gap.com
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Web Site: http://www.gapinc.com

Huntkey Becomes an Apple Authorized Supplier for Chargers and Cables

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the iPhone 5 has been released, the new 8-pin dock connector becomes more and more popular. Recently, Apple has determined its 11 authorized suppliers for the new chargers and cables in the world. Huntkey is one of them, as well as the only one in mainland China.

Currently, Huntkey has the Apple authorized cable (http://www.huntkeydiy.com/UserFiles/eWebEditor/UploadFile/201211/2012111018551725.jpg), Apple authorized 5V1A car charger (http://www.huntkeydiy.com/UserFiles/eWebEditor/UploadFile/201211/201211101867904.jpg) and Apple authorized 5V2.1A USB charger (http://www.huntkeydiy.com/UserFiles/eWebEditor/UploadFile/201211/2012111018619491.jpg).

These products are compatible with iPhone 5, iPod touch 5th generation, iPod nano 7th generation, iPad 4th generation and iPad Mini. Huntkey will release more Apple authorized products in the near future.

About Huntkey

Huntkey Enterprise Group, founded in 1992, is a professional provider that specializes in the development, design, manufacturing and marketing of power supplies. Huntkey's products include power supplies (1W-250KW), power systems, computer cases, universal notebook adapters, power banks, chargers, power supply converters, power strips, LED lights, etc. The industrial parks of Huntkey in Shenzhen, Heyuan and Hefei, which cover a total area of over 750,000 square meters, are now the largest IT manufacturing base in mainland China. Huntkey, with over 8,000 employees has set up its branch companies in Hong Kong and Japan. Its clients are found all over the world in more than 50 countries and regions, including Lenovo, DELL, Bestbuy, Exper, Vestel, Positivo, Durama, Unicoba, DSG, HCL, Carrefour, FPT, Siragon, Olidata, etc.

For more information about Huntkey, please visit http://www.huntkeydiy.com.

SOURCE  Huntkey Enterprise Group

Huntkey Enterprise Group

CONTACT: Megan, +86-755-89606580, weiwei2@huntkey.net, of Huntkey Enterprise Group

Web Site: http://www.huntkeydiy.com

New FPGA-Based Prototyping Solution Delivers Up To 3x System Performance Improvement

Synopsys' HAPS-70 Series' Scalable Architecture and Integrated Hardware/Software Prototyping Flow Accelerate Throughput While Increasing Prototyping Capacity to 144 Million ASIC Gates

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Highlights:

    --  Up to 3x improvement in system prototype performance enabled through
        enhanced HapsTrak® 3 I/O connector technology and high-speed
        time-domain multiplexing
    --  Modular system architecture scales from 12 to 144 Million ASIC gates to
        accommodate a range of design sizes from individual IP blocks to
        processor subsystems to complete SoCs
    --  New capability in Synopsys' Certify® software, in combination with
        HAPS' flexible interconnect architecture, accelerates multi-FPGA
        partitioning productivity by up to 10x
    --  Enhanced Universal Multi-Resource Bus host connectivity of up to 400
        MB/s facilitates debug and increases hybrid prototyping performance with
        Synopsys' Virtualizer(TM)
    --  Pre-validated Synopsys DesignWare® IP with HAPS systems enables
        efficient integration of IP blocks and earlier software development
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced the availability of Synopsys' HAPS®-70 Series FPGA-based prototyping systems, extending its HAPS product line to address the increasing size and complexity of system-on-chip (SoC) designs. The HAPS-70 systems provide tightly integrated prototyping software and hardware, including high-speed time-domain multiplexing (HSTDM) technology, which in combination with new HapsTrak 3 I/O connectors delivers up to 3x prototype performance improvement over traditional connector and pin multiplexing technology. The new prototyping systems take advantage of a scalable architecture and the latest generation Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA devices to support a wide range of design sizes with capacities from 12 to 144 million ASIC gates. The flexibility and matched pin connections between the Virtex-7's I/O banks and HapsTrak 3 connectors enable HAPS users to utilize I/O bandwidth where  it is needed most while minimizing the number of unused pins.

To view the multimedia news release, please go to: http://www.synopsys.com/Company/PressRoom/Pages/haps70-news-release.aspx

"The stacked silicon interconnect technology of the Virtex-7 2000T FPGA delivers two million logic cells of capacity and 12.5 Gb/s serial transceivers, making it ideal for ASIC prototypes which require both high capacity and high-speed I/O," said Tim Erjavec, vice president of FPGA platform marketing at Xilinx. "The Synopsys HAPS-70 Series takes advantage of the Virtex-7 2000T FPGA's increased design capacity and I/O bank organization to deliver a system that eases design planning within and across multiple FPGAs while allowing the HAPS-70 to scale up to support multi-million gate ASIC SoC designs."

HAPS-70 systems are integrated with an intelligent prototyping software environment that enables faster partitioning and automates the creation and debug of prototypes for a range of designs from individual IP blocks and processor sub-systems to complete SoCs, easing the path from RTL to operational prototype. The modular architecture of the HAPS-70 systems enables engineers to use a common prototyping environment for IP and SoC software development, hardware/software integration and system validation, reducing duplication of effort across projects. New "HAPS-aware" features of Synopsys' Certify multi-FPGA prototyping software increase prototyping productivity by up to 10x with patent-pending algorithms to automate logic partitioning and live hardware queries to ease system bring-up compared to manual partitioning methods. The new prototyping systems also support HAPS Deep Trace Debug for greater debugging efficiency, providing approximately 100 times more signal storage capacity than the traditional memory storage employed by on-chip FPGA logic debuggers.

For easier system validation and software development, DesignWare Interface IP such as USB 3.0, PCI Express® and HDMI are validated on HAPS systems. With pre-validated DesignWare IP on HAPS systems and a rich selection of daughter cards for common IP protocols, designers can start software development earlier in the product development cycle and reduce IP integration effort.

"Synopsys' HAPS FPGA-based prototyping has been invaluable to Mindspeed for accelerating our hardware/software validation and improving our prototyping productivity," said Surinder Dhaliwal, executive director, VLSI Core Engineering, at Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. "As we continue to develop infrastructure product solutions, we are pleased that Synopsys has enhanced its FPGA-based prototyping family with higher performance, greater capacity and improved debug visibility targeted at larger, more complex designs like ours."

Synopsys' Universal Multi-Resource Bus (UMRBus) host connectivity option for the HAPS-70 system has been enhanced to support up to 400 MB/s bandwidth. The UMRBus provides a seamless link between HAPS-70 systems and Synopsys' Virtualizer-based virtual prototypes to create an integrated hybrid prototyping environment for early software development and hardware/software integration. The UMRBus also provides remote access, a generic C++/TCL programming interface and co-simulation with Synopsys' VCS® functional verification solution along with hierarchical block level bring-up and debug, enabling the HAPS-70 system to be incorporated into the design flow earlier.

"Increasing design size, software complexity and the earliest possible software development are key challenges for SoC prototypers," said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for IP and systems at Synopsys. "The extended capabilities of the HAPS-70 system further shorten software development and hardware/software integration by delivering industry leading FPGA-based prototyping capacity and performance with intelligent partitioning and debugging tools. By leveraging our technology leadership spanning hardware, software and IP, designers are immediately productive with validating their largest chip designs."

Availability & Resources
The HAPS-70 FPGA-based prototyping systems are available now to early adopters in nine model variants, with capacities from 12 to 144 million ASIC gates: HAPS-70 S12, HAPS-70 S24, HAPS-70 S36, HAPS-70 S48, HAPS-70 S60, HAPS-70 S72, HAPS-70 S96, HAPS-70 S120 and HAPS-70 S144, where S denotes ASIC Gate count supported.

Learn more about HAPS-70: http://www.synopsys.com/haps70.

    --  Hybrid Prototyping: http://www.synopsys.com/Systems/fpga_hybrid
    --  HAPS Debug: http://www.synopsys.com/Systems/HAPS_DTD
    --  FPGA-based Prototyping Methodology Manual:
        http://www.synopsys.com/Systems/FPMM
    --  FPGA-based Prototyping blog:
        http://blogs.synopsys.com/breakingthethreelaws/
HAPS-70 FPGA-based Prototyping at Embedded Technology / Electronic Design Solution Fair 2012: Synopsys will be demonstrating the latest FPGA-based prototyping solution running on HAPS-70 hardware at Embedded Technology / Electronic Design Solution Fair, booth# D-35. The ET / EDS Fair takes place in Yokohama, Japan, November 14 -16, 2012. For more information on Synopsys' participation at ET / EDS Fair 2012 visit http://www.jasa.or.jp/et/ET2012/english/index.html

About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) accelerates innovation in the global electronics market. As a leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP, its software, IP and services help engineers address their design, verification, system and manufacturing challenges. Since 1986, engineers around the world have been using Synopsys technology to design and create billions of chips and systems. Learn more at http://www.synopsys.com.

Editorial Contacts:
Tess Cahayag

Synopsys, Inc.

650-584-5446

maritess@synopsys.com

Stephen Brennan

MCA, Inc.

650-968-8900, ext.114

sbrennan@mcapr.com

SOURCE  Synopsys, Inc.

Synopsys, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.synopsys.com

A10 Announces Record Growth and Attendance at APEX Symposium in Taipei with Keynotes from A10 CEO Lee Chen and Special Guests

Partners from 15 Asian Countries Joined Advanced Technology Unveiling for A10's Application Networking and aCloud Solutions

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A10 Networks(TM), the technology leader in Application Networking, today announced record attendance at its second annual Asia Pacific APEX partner symposium , which took place in Taipei, Taiwan, October 28-31. In addition, A10's CEO Lee Chen announced record growth in the region to over 250 partners and customers from over 15 countries including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and many other South Asia countries whom joined A10's APEX Symposium. Partners and customers included Hauman, Microsoft, NEC, Rakuten, Yahoo Japan and one of the largest mobile telecommunications providers in Japan. 

The main theme for APEX Taipei Symposium was Cloud Computing, whereby A10's CEO Lee Chen, key corporate Executives and special guests such as the Vice Minister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan and the General Director at the Cloud Computing Center for Mobile Applications at ITRI delivered presentations on Cloud Networking requirements and solutions.  During the conference Lee Chen unveiled A10's new flagship AX 5630 Application Delivery Controller (ADC), which delivers new unique enterprise ADC features, such as SSL Intercept, and record setting performance for connections per second, SSL and DDoS protection, and aCloud ecosystem for Cloud Service Providers.  Attendees also benefited from comprehensive previews and live demonstrations of new products and features set to release in Q1 2013.

By 2015, it is forecasted that 15 billion devices will be connected via the Cloud (source: Intel) and the global Cloud Computing market will grow 22% per year to $150 billion (source: Forrester Research). A10 is the fastest growing private computer hardware company in North America (source: Inc. 500), with customers including the largest service providers and enterprises in the world, by delivering innovative products that make Cloud applications fast, flexible and secure.

"A10 was pleased to host record attendance while announcing record regional growth at our second annual APEX event held in Taipei, which is a testament to the strength and support of our APAC partners," said Lee Chen, Founder and CEO of A10 Networks. "We look forward to ongoing and successful relationships with our partners and also appreciate two Taiwan-based partners, Lanner Electronics and AEWIN Technologies, whom sponsored the event."

"As a first time attendee, APEX was a great conference covering strategy, roadmaps, customer case studies and some serious opportunities to network," said John Walters, Managing Director for Nextgen Distribution.  "The content provided exceeded my expectations and the awards dinner capped off a great couple of days."

"The APEX conference was a real eye opener," said Mark Barnett, Chief Operating Officer at CeTech Pty Ltd. "A10 is really adding a lot to identify and manage application traffic and server load, letting the servers do what they are meant to and moving the load to AX Series. It is a brilliant strategy."

To view photos of APEX Taipei 2012, please visit: http://www.a10networks.com/resources/files/121112-A10_Record_Growth_with_Record_Attendance_at_APEX_Symposium.pptx

About A10 Networks
A10 Networks was founded in Q4 2004 with a mission to provide innovative networking and security solutions. A10 Networks makes high-performance products that help organizations accelerate, optimize and secure their applications. A10 Networks is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. For more information, visit http://www.a10networks.com

ACOS, aCloud, aFleX, aXAPI, aVCS, Virtual Chassis, SoftAX, and aFlow are registered trademarks of A10 Networks.

SOURCE  A10 Networks

A10 Networks

CONTACT: Kelly LeBlanc, A10 Networks, +1-408-325-8696, kleblanc@a10networks.com

Web Site: http://www.a10networks.com

Flourishing Retailer Credits Fifteen Digital with Online Success

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

    The work of a Stoke-on-Trent marketing agency has enabled a designer menswear retailer
to increase traffic to their website by 600%, and orders by almost 100 a day.

    Before Terraces Menswear linked up with Fifteen Digital in 2009, they were receiving
approximately 500 visits a day to their website, and generating fewer than 10 online
orders.

    Three years later, they have launched a new website, developed by Fifteen Digital, to
make navigation easier for the estimated 3000 daily visitors. They are now receiving more
than 100 orders a day through the site alone.

    The last three years have been so successful they have opened a second shop, catering
exclusively in designer childrenswear, and employ 10 people - up seven from 2009.

    Terraces Head of E-commerce Ryan Keogh said: "The website is where the majority of our
sales are coming from at the moment.

    "The business has changed unbelievably in the past year, and we are now receiving
orders from all over the UK, and as far afield as Mongolia!

    "Fifteen Digital have helped us a lot with the design and development of the site, and
particularly with our Google rankings.

    "They are great at turning my ideas into reality."

    The new website enables shoppers to browse Terraces 2500 products by product category,
rather than by brand. It has been live since the end of October.

    Fifteen Digital specialises in all IT services, from supplying and installing
hardware, to designing and developing websites, to providing training and support in
social media and other types of online marketing.

    They have also recently added branding and print services to their portfolio.

    Further information is available at http://www.fifteendigital.co.uk.

Fifteen Digital

CONTACT: Media enquiries should be directed to Richard Swancott Associates on +44-(0)1782-472035 or info@richardswancottassociates.co.uk

Dimension Data Launches Electronic Waste Removal Service

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to meet market demand for a growing, often-overlooked issue, Dimension Data, the global ICT services and solutions provider, today announced the availability of an electronic waste (e-waste) removal service as part of its newly expanded Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) Assessment that helps organizations better manage IT inventory. The TLM Assessment catalogues and analyzes assets on the network, and identifies end-of-life and security issues so that they can be proactively addressed.

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Research indicates that the number of electronic devices at end-of-life will double from 2010 to 2025, and it's estimated that more than 60 million tons of e-waste will be at the decision point for reuse, recycle or landfill in 2013(1). While the replacement and upgrade cycle of devices is inevitable, the dilemma most organizations face is finding an environmentally friendly e-waste removal service that is available on a global scale.

"According to aggregate data compiled by Dimension Data from 294 TLM Assessments conducted at organizations of all sizes and in all industry sectors in 2011, 45 percent of the network estates assessed will be totally obsolete within five years," said Colin Curtis, Dimension Data's director of sustainability.

"Expanding our TLM Assessment to include an e-waste solution means our expert advice doesn't start at the point of disposal. We can now assess the strength of each item in a technology base, determine its point in the lifecycle, and then use best practices to dispose of elapsed devices and equipment in an ecological and regulatory-compliant manner. In addition, the organization's security and brand are not negatively impacted."

Other benefits of Dimension Data's expanded TLM assessment and e-waste solution include:

    --  Thorough assessment of an organization's installed base: Cataloguing the
        installed base and knowing what can be replaced and when, as well as
        adopting a standard approach to the removal of redundant equipment, can
        help ease the burden.
    --  Single plan for removing e-waste globally: Prevents the hassle of having
        to outsource and review e-waste removal services and government
        regulations in each location.
    --  Experienced service provider: E-waste can potentially put a company's
        reputation and security at risk. Dimension Data partners with approved,
        global e-waste providers who pledge their commitment to ethical e-waste
        handling.
    --  Simple costing: Dimension Data believes that cost is an inhibitor to
        good stewardship, so there is little to zero cost for take-back in most
        cases.
    --  Security: Disposing of redundant equipment carries the threat of
        sensitive data being accessed by external parties. Dimension Data
        understands that this is a major concern for companies looking for an
        e-waste solution, and offers considerable security expertise to manage
        this risk.
About Dimension Data
Founded in 1983, Dimension Data plc is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data is a member of the NTT Group. http://www.dimensiondata.com

(1) Pike Research, 2Q 2009 (http://www.pikeresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/EWASTE-09-Executive-Summary.pdf)

    For further information, please contact:

    Jackie Funk                              Mariah Torpey
    Dimension Data Americas                  Davies Murphy Group
    T: 571-203-4006                          T: 781-418-2404
    E: jackie.funk@dimensiondata.com         E: ddna@daviesmurphy.com
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Dimension Data

Web Site: http://www.dimensiondata.com

Aditi Technologies and Microsoft to Showcase Convergence of Windows 8 and Windows Azure in London at GoCloud8 CIO Summit

LONDON, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

    Aditi Technologies [http://bit.ly/aditihome ] (http://www.aditi.com [http://www.aditi.com ])
announced today its' scheduled GoCloud8 event in London in collaboration with Microsoft.
GoCloud8 is one of first previews of Windows 8 and Microsoft Cloud convergence, globally.
Microsoft and Aditi Technologies will host over 30 CIOs at GoCloud8 breakfast session at
the Cavendish Hotel, on 13 November, 2012, London.

    Interested parties can register for the breakfast session at
http://www.gocloud8.com/Windows8_Application_Development_london.aspx

    "The convergence of cloud and mobility on a single platform is a game changer," said
Pradeep Rathinam [http://bit.ly/N0TzT8 ], CEO of Aditi Technologies. "GoCloud8 leverages
the convergence opportunities offered by Microsoft's cloud, mobile and enterprise
productivity platforms to seamless connect desktops, tablets and phones. Our customers
across healthcare, financial services and e-commerce domains are aggressively leveraging
this convergence to engineer great user experience and achieve scale."

    (Photo:
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    Wade Wegner, Technology Evangelist and CTO, Aditi Technologies will be demonstrating
real world Cloud8 cross-device applications which facilitate workforce agility and
deployment scale.

    "We are extremely excited, to unveil the impact on Windows 8 and Windows Azure on User
experience. This is a new opportunity to drive better user engagement within Enterprise
IT" says Kaushik Banerjee, Vice President -Europe, Aditi Technologies.

    About Aditi Technologies

    Aditi Technologies [http://www.aditi.com ] (http://www.aditi.com [http://www.aditi.com ]) is
a technology services company, specializing in cloud based application and product
development with offices in London, Seattle and Bangalore. Aditi is voted as one of the
top three Microsoft cloud consulting providers globally, and one of the top five Microsoft
technology partners in U.S.

    About GoCloud8 CIO summit

    The event series is co-hosted by Microsoft and Aditi across 12 cities in US and UK.
The events features keynotes by Microsoft cloud leaders, demo of multi device enterprise
and line of business apps and an interactive panel discussion with CIOs and CTOs on cloud
adoption challenges and roadmap. GoCloud8 offers one of the first previews of the new
Microsoft technology stack and its impact on enterprise IT roadmap. For more information
visit http://www.GoCloud8.com

       
        For more information, please contact:

        Juveria Samrin
        ManagerMarketing
        juverias@aditi.com
        +44-777-4884-134

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Junxure To Launch Junxure Cloud, All New CRM For Advisors

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Junxure (http://www.junxure.com), an industry-leading practice improvement firm for financial advisors that integrates CRM technology, consulting, and training, today announced the upcoming launch of its all-new, hosted CRM solution, Junxure Cloud(TM), for financial advisory firms beginning in early 2013.

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The first release of Junxure Cloud will provide a broad set of CRM capabilities geared specifically toward financial advisors. Subsequent releases over the course of the year will further expand on these capabilities, making Junxure Cloud the most robust cloud-CRM application available in the advisor marketplace.

"We are committed to being the industry standard in everything that we do, and Junxure Cloud plays a vital role in continuing that tradition," said Junxure Co-Founder and President Greg Friedman. "With the growing demand for cloud-based technology, we will present Junxure Cloud as a clear choice for firms who want a CRM solution specifically designed for their needs."

Junxure Cloud combines the most advanced technology with the expertise of Junxure's team - a core differentiator in the marketplace - and focuses on easy data entry, streamlined workflow, and best practices for delivering consistently high-level client service.

"In developing Junxure Cloud, we've taken into account our own real-world experience as financial professionals to design a CRM solution for advisors," continued Mr. Friedman. "In addition to our continued enhancements to Junxure CRM, our evolution to the cloud is a natural next step in continuing to provide advisors with the technology and support to help them grow their firms."

Junxure is attending Charles Schwab's IMPACT®2012, where visitors can watch a demo of Junxure Cloud. To learn more about Junxure Cloud, log on to http://www.junxure.com/cloud

About Junxure

Junxure was established in 2001 by Ken Golding and Greg Friedman, MS, CFP®, a financial advisor who developed the initial Junxure software to help him streamline operations at his growing firm. Today, Junxure is an industry leader of advisor technology and practice management solutions with more than 10,000 active users and a client retention rate of 96%. Greg Friedman serves as both President of Junxure as well as President of Private Ocean, one of the West Coast's most innovative wealth management firms. The inspiration for Junxure consulting, training and software comes from Mr. Friedman's day-to-day experience running his practice and helping his clients achieve their personal financial goals. For more information, please visit http://www.junxure.com.

Contact
Greg Friedman
Junxure
415.526.2900

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Web Site: http://www.junxure.com

LucidWorks Advances Open Source Search with Launch of SearchHub.org

Industry's Most Comprehensive Destination for All Things Apache Lucene/Solr Now Available

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LucidWorks, the trusted name in Search, Discovery and Analytics, today launched SearchHub.org, a new online resource dedicated to the advancement, education and growth of the Apache Lucene/Solr community.  SearchHub.org will enable developers to easily connect, collaborate and create the next generation of applications powered by Apache Lucene/Solr open source search.  The site hosts a collection of Lucene/Solr instructional materials and delivers search results from multiple sources across Apache and non-Apache resources, making it an ideal destination for everyone who wants to learn more about Apache Lucene/Solr.

Until now, thousands of Apache Lucene/Solr developers have had to post questions and search for relevant content at multiple websites in order to attain comprehensive material on a particular topic. SearchHub.org streamlines that multi-step process and speeds innovation by conducting Apache Lucene/Solr-related searches across Apache project and community boundaries, such as the Apache Foundation site, Apache Lucene/Solr List-Serve, Apache Wiki page, and numerous other sources. For the first time, developers have one-stop access to a combination of rich technical content, documentation, case studies, videos, podcasts, and community-focused interactive tools, all in one place.

"Tired of wandering through the jungle that is the Apache Lucene/Solr wiki? SearchHub provides users of Lucene/Solr the one stop place to engage in the community, via blog posts, meetups, and reference materials - including great content from past Lucene Revolution conferences."

- Eric Pugh, Principal and Solr Practice Lead, Open Source Connections

"Finding all of the relevant information about a given Lucene/Solr topic using the Apache website can take a fair amount of time.  Further, it offers only the information that is available on the Apache site itself.  SearchHub provides access to a broader set of Lucene/Solr information (Apache website, Lucene/Solr committers, Lucene Revolution and LucidWorks) and presents it in an organized and logical manner."

- Steve Rowe, LucidWorks product development, Apache Lucene/Solr Committer and Lucene PMC chair

Tweet This: LucidWorks Advances #Lucene #Solr Search with Launch of SearchHub.org

RESOURCES

    --  Share your feedback, ideas and helpful content. Register here to join
        SearchHub.org.
    --  Join some of the smartest minds in enterprise search at Lucene
        Revolution, the world's largest open source search event. Sponsored by
        LucidWorks, the event brings together developers and thought leaders to
        shape the future of Lucene/Solr as a driver of business value. Visit
        http://www.lucenerevolution.org/  to register or learn more
    --  Watch the future of search unfold on the LucidWorks blog
    --  Follow LucidWorks on Twitter @LucidImagineer and Facebook
    --  Learn how leading companies are benefiting from LucidWorks in these
        Lucene Revolution videos and presentations
About LucidWorks (Formerly Lucid Imagination)

LucidWorks is the only company that delivers enterprise-grade search development platforms built on the power of Apache Lucene/Solr open source search. Out of the 37 Core Committers to the Apache Lucene/Solr project, eight individuals work for LucidWorks, making the company the largest supporter of open source search in the industry. Customers include AT&T, Sears, Ford, Verizon, Cisco, Zappos, Raytheon, The Guardian, The Smithsonian Institution, Salesforce.com, The Motley Fool, Qualcomm, Taser, eHarmony and many other household names around the world. LucidWorks' investors include Shasta Ventures, Granite Ventures, Walden International and In-Q-Tel. Learn more about the company at http://www.lucidworks.com.

SOURCE  LucidWorks

LucidWorks

CONTACT: Eastwick, Sarah Goodman, +1-408-470-4880, lucidworks@eastwick.com

Web Site: http://www.lucidworks.com

Xyratex to Drive Discussion About High Performance Computing Data Storage at SC12

Xyratex ClusterStor(TM)High Performance Computing data storage solutions now available through Dell

HAVANT, United Kingdom, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Xyratex Ltd (Nasdaq: XRTX), a leading provider of data storage technology, today announced it will have a strong presence at SC12, the premier international conference for high-performance computing (HPC), networking, storage and analysis to be held this week in Salt Lake City. Xyratex will showcase its HPC data storage solutions and demonstrate the value it brings to the market through a number of speeches and presentations, as well as in its booth exhibition.

Xyratex also today announced that its Xyratex ClusterStor(TM) family of integrated Lustre® HPC data storage solutions are available through Dell (Nasdaq: DELL).With Dell's significant footprint in the commercial sector, HPC customers will now be able to scale both storage performance and capacity while aggressively reducing space, power and administrative overhead.

"We've been very pleased with the market adoption of the ClusterStor 6000 HPC data storage solution we launched this summer, and we continue to see terrific results from our ongoing investment in the ClusterStor software management framework and the Lustre file system," said Ken Claffey, senior director of the ClusterStor business line at Xyratex. "We look forward to showing SC12 attendees the latest advancements we've been working on around these products and others, and how our work is delivering significant value to the HPC end users."

Xyratex will deliver several presentations during SC12:

    --  Lustre inventor and Xyratex Chief Software Architect Dr. Peter Braam
        will speak at an EOFS Birds of Feather panel about the progress of the
        Exa-scale I/O Initiative on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 12:15 p.m.
    --  Dr. Braam also will sit on an Exa-scale and Big Data IO panel on
        Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 p.m.
    --  Xyratex will coordinate, and Ken Claffey will moderate, a "Boosting
        European HPC Value Chain" panel session for the European Technology
        Platform for High Performance Computing on Wednesday, Nov.14 at 10:30
        a.m.
    --  Xyratex staff will lead presentations at several exhibitor booths on
        Wednesday, Nov. 14, including Adaptive Computing at 11 a.m., Mellanox at
        1:15 p.m. and Intel at 3:35 p.m.
    --  Xyratex staff will present new Lustre technology and concepts at the
        OpenSFS booth at 10:30 a.m. on both Tuesday, Nov. 13 and Wednesday, Nov.
        14.
Demonstrations of ClusterStor 6000, the next generation ClusterStor Manager user interface and other Xyratex products will take place at the Xyratex booth, #123.

About Xyratex

Xyratex is a leading provider of data storage technology, including modular solutions for the enterprise data storage industry and hard disk drive (HDD) capital equipment for the HDD industry. Xyratex enterprise data storage platforms provide a range of advanced, scalable data storage solutions for the Original Equipment Manufacturer and High Performance Computing communities. As the largest capital equipment supplier to the HDD industry, Xyratex enables disk drive manufacturers and their component suppliers to meet today's technology and productivity requirements. Xyratex has over 25 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and manufacturing process technology.

Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the United Kingdom, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in North America, Asia and Europe.

Lustre is a registered trademark of Oracle. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Xyratex

Xyratex

CONTACT: Brad Driver, Vice President of Investor Relations, +1-510-687-5260, bdriver@xyratex.com, or Mike Stolz, Vice President of Marketing and Alliances, +1-952-303-4780, mstolz@xyratex.com, both of Xyratex

Spansion Announces Industry's First 8Gb NOR Flash Memory at 45nm

Spansion GL-T Flash memory delivers fast random access performance and interactivity for gaming and industrial applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), the leading innovator in Flash memory solutions, today announced the industry's first single-die 8 (Gigabit) Gb NOR Flash memory product at 45 nanometer (nm). The 8Gb Spansion® GL-T delivers high-quality, fast random access read performance to enable a better user experience with interactive graphics, animation and video in games and industrial applications.

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Based on Spansion's proprietary, highly reliable MirrorBit® technology, the 8Gb Spansion GL-T will begin sampling next month. The Spansion GL-T family at 45nm is the newest addition to the Spansion GL parallel NOR product line and complements the 65nm Spansion GL-S product family, which ranges from 128 Megabit (Mb) through 4Gb densities. With the fastest read and program speeds for NOR Flash memory in the industry, Spansion continues to expand its customer engagements and design wins for the Spansion GL product family, which is targeted at enriching the user experience in consumer, automotive, gaming, telecom and industrial applications.

High-speed, random access read performance is critical for gaming and industrial applications as more devices become Internet-enabled and require rich multi-dimensional graphics, fast data access, and connectivity with other devices as the "Internet of Things" continues to grow. For example, next-generation games are enhancing the multi-touch experience, increasing the need for more software and processing power, which requires fast read from Flash memory. In addition, industrial applications such as healthcare monitoring, factory automation and smart energy continue to demand increasingly more density and reliability, which is inherent in Spansion's NOR Flash memory.

Key Facts/Highlights:

    --  The Spansion GL-T and its high performance is ideally suited for
        handheld consumer games, game cartridges, handheld learning devices, and
        industrial applications such as healthcare monitoring, factory
        automation and home energy management systems.
    --  The 8Gb product will sample in December with production in the first
        quarter of 2013.
    --  Read performance of the Spansion GL-T at 8Gb is 95 MegaBytes per second
        (MB/s) and program performance is 1.8 MB/s.
    --  Manufactured on advanced 300 millimeter (mm) production facility.
    --  Value-added software drivers and Flash file system software available to
        speed memory integration and increase device performance.
Executive Quotes:

Michael Yang, Senior Principal Analyst, IHS iSuppli Corporation

"Spansion continues to innovate with its MirrorBit technology and develop new products that lead the industry in density for NOR Flash memory, which is increasingly expanding its application uses into connected and intelligent devices," said Michael Yang. "NOR Flash memory continues to play an essential role in providing instant-on boot up capabilities, fast access and interactivity for the increasing amount of graphics, video and data in Internet-enabled devices."

Glenda Dorchak, EVP and GM of Global Business, Spansion

"The trend of multiple content-rich connected devices per person is accelerating, expected to reach approximately seven connected devices per user by 2020. This creates design challenges for our customers as they seek to deliver a differentiated and personal user experience for end products, with more graphics-rich features and the ability to connect with other devices quickly and seamlessly," said Glenda Dorchak. "The Spansion GL-T dramatically increases interactivity and speed for quickly processing data and graphics, enabling high-performance and innovative designs in next-generation electronics."

Saied Tehrani, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Spansion

"We have continued to scale our MirrorBit charge trapping technology efficiently to 45nm to deliver the industry's first single-die 8Gb NOR Flash memory," said Dr. Saied Tehrani.  "Our proprietary 45nm MirrorBit technology and our unique design architecture allow us to also deliver the fastest read and program speeds for NOR Flash memory in the industry."

Resources:

    --  Spansion GL-S NOR Flash datasheet
    --  Spansion GL-S NOR Flash presentation on SlideShare
    --  Spansion GL-S NOR Flash family photograph
    --  Spansion NOR Flash memory products
    --  Spansion newsroom
    --  Spansion Memory Matters blog
    --  Spansion on Twitter
    --  Spansion on Facebook
About Spansion

Spansion (NYSE: CODE) is a leading provider of the Flash memory technology at the heart of the world's electronics systems, powering everything from the routers that run the internet to the highly interactive and immersive consumer and automotive electronics that are enriching people's daily lives. Spansion's broad and differentiated Flash memory product portfolio, award-winning MirrorBit charge-trapping technology, and industry leading service and support are enabling customers to achieve greater efficiency and success in their target markets. For more information, visit http://www.spansion.com.

Spansion(R), the Spansion logo, MirrorBit(R), and combinations thereof, are trademarks and registered trademarks of Spansion LLC in the United States and other countries. Other names used are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Spansion Inc.

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CONTACT: Linda Goncalves, Spansion Inc., +1-408-616-3701, linda.goncalves@spansion.com; or Investor Relations, Melanie Friedman, The Blueshirt Group, +1-415-217-4964, melanie@blueshirtgroup.com, Company News: http://www.spansion.com/news, or Investor Relations Web site: http://investor.spansion.com/financials.cfm

Web Site: http://www.spansion.com

ProTek Devices Intros ESD Protection Components for Automotive Electronic Systems

New TVS Arrays Cover a Myriad of Automotive Electronic Systems: Car Stereo/Navigation and Audio/Video Systems; Display, Lighting, Power, HAVC; and More

TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ProTek Devices(TM) today introduced 19 new transient voltage suppressor (TVS) components specifically for electrostatic discharge (ESD) and electrical fast transient (EFT) protection in automotive electronic systems. Such automotive electronics systems include infotainment, body, chassis and power network systems. The new TVS components meet several Automotive Electronics Council (AEC-Q101) standards.

For Infotainment network systems, ProTek Devices' new TVS protection devices include eight TVS arrays. The PAM01SC7905C is designed for the electronic control unit. The PAM02SD2312 is ideal for USB2.0 as is an alternative TVS array, the PAM12SO824. The PAM03SD2303CI provides protection for Bluetooth®. The PAM04ST430502 and alternative PAM18DF2L0521 cover automotive LCD displays. The PAM05SC700504F and alternative PAM19DF2L0521P are ideal for car audio. The PAM06SC7905S and alternative PAM21SC790501H TVS arrays guard automotive antennas. The PAM08SD23xxC series and alternative PAM24DF1605 are designed for automotive control buttons. The PAM22LOPR2268 is a dual high-bandwidth, fast single-pole double throw (SPDT) CMOS switch. It can be used as an analog switch or as a low-delay bus switch.

For body network systems, the PAM02SD2312 TVS array is ideal for lighting sensor control units. The PAM08SD23xxC series and alternative PAM07DF23K24 provide protection for reverse sensor control units. The PAM09SD2305HP is designed of air bag sensors. The PAM15ST4305 steering diode / TVS array is designed wiper sensors.

For chassis network systems, the PAM08SD23xxC series of TVS arrays covers fuel injection interfaces. The PAM09SD2305HP is ideal for the ignition. The PAM16AL30A is designed for voltage protection of electronic braking systems. The PAM10ST23xxC series of TVS arrays shields electronic steering control systems. For power network systems, ProTek Devices provides the PAM08SD23xxC series and the PAM10ST23xxC series of TVS arrays. These are for protection of power distribution (12, 24 and 36V). And, the PAM16AL30A and PAM07DF23K24 TVS components provide voltage protection for the car battery.

"Every automotive design today makes use of electronic circuits for a variety of system functions and features," said VP Pai, Vice President of ProTek Devices. "These electronic circuits are extensively used for almost all areas of automotive control. Because of their critical nature, circuit protection is an essential part of the design. Circuit protection is not only important to preventing circuit damage but also to reducing risk, increasing safety and ensuring reliability in automotive design."

The new ProTek Devices' TVS components for automotive electronic systems are qualified for many AEC-Q101 standards. The standards include the AEC-Q101-001: Electrostatic Discharge Test - Human Body Model. Another standard covered includes the AEC-Q101-002: Electrostatic Discharge Test - Machine Model. The AEC-Q101-003: Wire Bond Shear Test is also used. The AEC-Q101-004: Miscellaneous Test Methods (unclamped inductive switching; dielectric integrity; destructive physical analysis) is also covered. And, the AEC-Q101-005: electrostatic discharge test - capacitive discharge model also governs the new TVS components.

Pricing and Availability

Pricing for ProTek Devices' automotive ESD protection components have a range from five cents to one dollar in quantities of 10,000 units. Complete pricing information is available by contacting ProTek Devices or its distributors via http://www.protekdevices.com/Contact_Us/contact_us.html. Data sheets can be found at http://www.protekdevices.com/Applications/app_automotive.php. There is also a full catalog for download at http://www.protekdevices.com/Assets/Documents/Literature/gl1048.pdf.

About ProTek Devices

In business more than 20 years, ProTek Devices(TM) is a privately held semiconductor company. The company offers a product line of transient voltage suppressor (TVS) devices. ProTek Devices also provides avalanche breakdown diode, steering diode TVS array and other surge suppressor component products. These TVS modules protect electronic systems from numerous damaging effects. They include lightning; electrostatic discharge (ESD); nuclear electromagnetic pulses (NEMP); inductive switching; and electromagnetic interference (EMI) / radio frequency interference (RFI). ProTek Devices also offers high performance interface and linear products. They include analog switches; multiplexers; LED drivers; LED wafer die for ESD protection; audio control ICs; RF and related high frequency products.  The analog devices work in a host of consumer; industrial; automotive and other applications. The company maintains its headquarters in Tempe, Ariz. More information is available at http://www.protekdevices.com.

Note: Whether noted or not, references to certain words may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

    COMPANY CONTACT:            MEDIA CONTACT:
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    VP Pai                      Rafael Larin
    ProTek Devices              Emissary Communications
    1.602. 431.8101             1.818.541.9595
    marketing@protekdevices.com rafael@emissarypr.com

SOURCE  ProTek Devices

ProTek Devices

Web Site: http://www.protekdevices.com

Altera Simplifies Industrial Ethernet Design for Factory Automation Systems

Altera's Collaboration with Softing Industrial Automation Delivers Simplified Licensing Structure with a Unified Software Application Programming Interface

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced a licensing structure that simplifies the integration of FPGA-based Industrial Ethernet designs in factory automation systems. Developed in collaboration with Softing Industrial Automation GmbH, the new licensing structure provides system developers with access to leading Industrial Ethernet protocols with no upfront license fees, no per-unit royalty reporting or protracted negotiations. As a result of the collaboration between the two companies, customers will have access to a variety of Industrial Ethernet protocols in a single Altera® FPGA, including PROFINET RT, PROFINET IRT, Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, EtherNet/IP and PROFIBUS DP--all of which are fully compliance tested in hardware. The two companies will demonstrate the Industrial Ethernet solution at the SPS IPS Drives show in Nuremberg, Germany, from November 27 to 29, 2012.

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"While Industrial Ethernet is a vital technology for linking the elements of industrial electronic systems, it is also a highly fragmented technology that includes a variety of different protocols," said Christoph Fritsch, senior manager of the Altera industrial business. "Supporting a market like Industrial Ethernet is the sweet spot for FPGAs due to their programmability and ability to quickly and easily support different protocol standards. By teaming with Softing, we offer customers a simplified licensing structure that allows systems developers to easily support a broad range of protocols within a single hardware solution."

Altera's Industrial Ethernet solutions implement the protocol intellectual property (IP) and software stack into an FPGA that features an integrated embedded processor. The embedded processor configures the FPGA at power-up with the desired protocol IP. In this way, a single board can work with a range of protocols without hardware modifications. The FPGA can also be used to implement various industrial automation functions, such as sensor interfaces, accelerators and control logic.

Altera also works with a range of industrial automation partners to support multiple design options. Altera's Industrial Networking Partner Program (INPP) provides an ecosystem of established networking experts that enable customers to evaluate Industrial Ethernet and fieldbus solutions on a common FPGA-based platform. These partners provide IP, reference designs and design services that meet network communication and FPGA development needs.

Availability
Support for the PROFINET RT and PROFINET IRT protocols will be available in January 2013. Additional protocol IPs will be supported later in 2013. For more information on Altera's Industrial Ethernet solutions, visit http://www.altera.com/industrialethernet or contact a local Altera sales representative.

About Altera
Altera programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate, and win in their markets. Find out more about Altera's FPGA, CPLD, and ASIC devices at http://www.altera.com. Follow Altera via Facebook, RSS, and Twitter.

ALTERA, ARRIA, CYCLONE, HARDCOPY, MAX, MEGACORE, NIOS, QUARTUS and STRATIX words and logos are trademarks of Altera Corporation and registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective holders as described at http://www.altera.com/legal.

Editor Contact:
Sue Martenson
Altera Corporation
(408) 544-8158
newsroom@altera.com

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EvoSwitch Enters US Market to Meet Demand for Scalable Colocation Infrastructure

EvoSwitch opens carrier-neutral data center in Virginia with opportunities for expansion

AMSTERDAM, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

    EvoSwitch, a leading provider of sustainable and innovative carrier-neutral data
center services, has today announced it will open its new WDC1 data center in the United
States on January 1, 2013. The entrance into the US market was driven by customer demand;
WDC1 will open with 27% of the first phase already sold to customers.

    EvoSwitch has signed a long-term lease for a data center facility in Manassas, VA.
Phase One will begin with an initial commitment of 3 megawatts (MW) of critical power with
opportunities for expansion. Future build out phases allow for further growth of up to
100,000 square feet as customer demand requires.

    Eric Boonstra, CEO of EvoSwitch, said: "We are truly excited to be one of the first
European providers of carrier-neutral data center services to expand into the United
States and launch with a secure, scalable facility in one of the most densely
interconnected regions in the world. We believe that our brand of innovative and
sustainable carrier-neutral colocation will provide an excellent alternative for the many
Cloud, digital media and telecommunications companies looking for carrier-neutral data
center services. We look forward to successfully repeating our model in the United States.
This means focusing on our customers' interconnection needs by attracting a large base of
carriers and other network service providers, preferably around a strong neutral Internet
Exchange partner, much like AMS-IX is to us in Amsterdam."

    "Although this is our first international expansion, we see opportunities for
international growth similar to those in Amsterdam", continued Boonstra. "Many of our
customers colocate their mission-critical applications on multiple continents; by opening
WDC1 we are creating new opportunities to better service these customers, as well as
attract new ones."

    EvoSwitch's new WDC1 data center is located in Manassas, VA near Washington, D.C., a
region that acts as one of the world's main interconnection hubs for the Internet. The
area's data centers attract a high density of communications, Cloud and digital media
companies for colocation and interconnection services; companies that represent key
segments for EvoSwitch.

    The WDC1 data center in Virginia is LEED Gold certified and DOD- and DCID compliant.
EvoSwitch carried out thorough and extensive engineering audits and testing to establish a
center that meets the company's high quality and service delivery standards.

    "In Europe we are leading the industry in improving energy efficiency inside the data
center. Our AMS1 facility in Amsterdam has a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) score of 1.2.
WDC1 is scheduled to operate with a PUE rating of 1.3. As we establish our presence there
and grow, there will increasingly be opportunities to improve and strive for the best
possible ratings."

    http://www.evoswitch.com.

       
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EvoSwitch

Weight Watchers® Partners with Philips to Launch ActiveLink(TM): The Only Activity Monitor that Translates Movement to Activity PointsPlus® Values

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) announced the nationwide availability of ActiveLink(TM), the first and only activity monitor and web experience that translates your movements to activity PointsPlus® values. ActiveLink is the result of a collaboration with Philips and is available exclusively to Weight Watchers members and Weight Watchers Online Subscribers. 

While activity has always been a key component of the Weight Watchers approach, this engaging innovation puts the focus on fitness like never before - giving members with eTools and Online subscribers a true sense of their current activity levels and then motivating them to make increased activity a healthy habit they develop for a lifetime.

"Most of us tend to underestimate the amount of food we eat, and overestimate how much activity we get.  We rarely exercise enough to burn off that cheeseburger or dessert like we planned," said Stacy Gordon, Senior Vice President, Products, Licensing & Publishing, Weight Watchers North America.  "ActiveLink takes the guess work out of it by more accurately estimating our activity level, and motivates us to set that bar even higher by getting more active." 

Powered by Philips technology, ActiveLink allows users to set personalized goals, seamlessly track their activity routines - from walking the dog to hitting the gym - to help them reach their goal of becoming more active over time. It aligns with Weight Watchers integrated approach to successful weight loss, which combines smarter eating, healthy habits, activity and a supportive environment.

Rave Reviews from Pilot Offering

Weight Watchers members in Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles had the chance to take ActiveLink for a trial run over the summer and it elicited rave reviews. In fact, Chicago resident and Weight Watchers Ambassador Jennifer Hudson is one of its biggest fans. 

"I wore my ActiveLink monitor during a recent performance and couldn't believe how many activity PointsPlus values I earned just by dancing and singing! ActiveLink has made me look at activity in a whole new way," said Hudson.  "I always track what I eat, but now seeing the results of also tracking my activity each day is challenging me to set higher goals. Plus, it's helping me earn activity PointsPlus values, which for me means more chocolate!"

ActiveLink Technology

The ActiveLink monitor is a three-way accelerometer that tracks body motion and provides a measure of acceleration. When combined with one's age, gender, height, and weight, it calculates how many activity PointsPlus® values a person earns while wearing it.  ActiveLink subscribers can then plug the ActiveLink monitor into their computer to upload the information onto their dashboard and receive customized challenges that will gradually increase over time plus activity tips to keep them moving and motivated.

"At Philips, our goal is to improve people's lives through meaningful innovation," said Gopi Koteeswaran, General Manager at Philips. "Working together on ActiveLink, Weight Watchers and Philips are delivering an innovative behavioral change experience that seamlessly integrates activity into the Weight Watchers approach. By translating movement into activity PointsPlus values - a language that Weight Watchers members speak and a lifestyle they live every day - we're helping people to take control of a healthy lifestyle in a fun and engaging way."

The ActiveLink monitor is available exclusively to Weight Watchers members with eTools and Weight Watchers Online subscribers, and can be purchased at participating Weight Watchers locations or via the eCommerce store at http://www.weightwatchers.com, and requires an additional monthly ActiveLink subscription.  To learn more about ActiveLink, go to http://www.weightwatchers.com.

Technology is playing an increasingly important role in weight management and Weight Watchers continues to innovate by adding ActiveLink to its technology portfolio, which includes a comprehensive suite of digital and mobile tools to track your food, weight, and activity.  These tools allow Weight Watchers Online subscribers and members who attend meetings and subscribe to eTools to access a suite of tools and helpful information whether they're at home or on the go. In addition, the barcode scanner app instantly reveals the PointsPlus value of foods while shopping supermarket aisles or choosing items from the cupboard or refrigerator. The Kitchen Companion app for iPad gives users access to thousands of recipes and gives step-by-step instructions on how to prepare those dishes then track them easily.

About Weight Watchers International, Inc.
Weight Watchers International, Inc. is the world's leading provider of weight management services, operating globally through a network of Company-owned and franchise operations. Weight Watchers holds over 45,000 meetings each week where members receive group support and learn about healthy eating patterns, behavior modification and physical activity. WeightWatchers.com provides innovative, subscription weight management products over the Internet and is the leading Internet-based weight management provider in the world. In addition, Weight Watchers offers a wide range of products, publications and programs for those interested in weight loss and weight control.

About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people's lives through meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and Lighting. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips posted 2011 sales of EUR 22.6 billion and employs approximately 121,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming, home and portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at http://www.philips.com/newscenter.

SOURCE  Weight Watchers International, Inc.

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

CONTACT: Kristi Widmar, Weight Watchers, Kristi.Widmar@weightwatchers.com, +1-212-589-2786

Web Site: http://www.weightwatchers.com

QOOQ, the First Culinary Tablet Made for the Kitchen Launches in the U.S.

New Interactive Tool From France Revolutionizes At-Home Meal Preparation

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- French digital company, UNOWHY today announced the U.S. launch of "La tablette QOOQ", the first interactive touch-screen tablet made especially for the kitchen. Already a sensation in France, the QOOQ culinary tablet transforms the process of at-home cooking through highly interactive content from leading chefs, helping to simplify meal preparation for culinary experts and novices alike. With a catalog of over 4,000 exclusive recipes from more than 100 of Europe's most acclaimed chefs, QOOQ provides a step-by-step interactive guide to create delicious appetizers, meals and desserts through real-time HD video, photos and text as tools to guide users. Also, unlike other tablet computers, QOOQ is designed to be spill-proof, non-slip, and survive the wear and tear of the kitchen.

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"We developed the QOOQ culinary tablet to modernize the cooking experience and change the way we think about and approach meal preparation," says Jean-Yves Hepp, QOOQ inventor and president and founder of UNOWHY. "We saw an opportunity to merge technology and content to create a richer and more tactile form of recipe preparation. The QOOQ culinary tablet offers users direct interaction with top chefs and allows them to learn every nuance of their favorite dish, helping improve their own talents and making life simpler in the kitchen."

QOOQ features recipes and videos from some of Europe's leading and most celebrated chefs in their field, including:

    --  Emmanuel Renaut, of the three-Michelin-starred restaurant "Le Flocon de
        Sel" (Megeve, France)
    --  Francois Adamski (Bocuse d'Or and "Meilleur Ouvrier de France"), of the
        Michelin-starred restaurant "Le Gabriel" (Bordeaux, France)
    --  Rouguy Dia, of Petrossian's "Le 144" (Paris, France)
    --  Amandine Chaignot, Michelin-starred chef at the Parisian Palace "Le
        Raphael" (Paris, France)
    --  Guillaume Gomez, youngest "Meilleur Ouvrier de France," at "Le Palais de
        l'Elysee," the official residence of the President of France (Paris,
        France)
    --  Nicolas Sale, Michelin-starred chef at the restaurant "La table du
        Kilimandjaro" (Courchevel, France)
    --  Thomas Boullaut, of the Michelin-starred restaurant "L'Arome" (Paris,
        France)
    --  Mikael Feval, of the Michelin-starred restaurant "Antoine" (Paris,
        France)
    --  William Lamagnere, pastry chef of the restaurant "La Closerie des Lilas"
        (Paris, France) and former pastry chef of "Laduree"
Recipes on QOOQ are offered by cuisine type, difficulty level, prep time and ingredients, helping to further customize the cooking experience. QOOQ also offers access to hundreds of ingredient fact sheets and videos demonstrating culinary techniques. Additionally QOOQ's personalized features allow users to input their own favorite recipes and share with friends, create weekly menus and shopping lists, and automatically adjust ingredient quantities. Users can also take advantage of QOOQ's web browser, access to email and social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, video and MP3 players, online radio, weather app, and digital photo album capability.

"QOOQ adapts itself to the user. No matter the dietary preferences, restrictions or time constraints, QOOQ is the multi-media cooking coach that can guide anyone, regardless of their experience level. The user will never feel alone or lost as they prepare their dish," explains Hepp.

The QOOQ culinary tablet comes pre-loaded with 1,000 recipes and videos. Users will also be able to purchase additional recipes, individually or in themed recipe packs, or subscriptions for monthly ($9.90/mo) or yearly ($99.00/mo) premium access.

QOOQ is available for purchase in the U.S. for $399. To learn more, or purchase a QOOQ tablet, please visit, http://www.qooq.com.

About UNOWHY

UNOWHY is a France-based company specializing in digital media and culinary content. The company was created in 2007 with the goal of advancing cooking practices and techniques. Through the introduction of technological applications such as iDelices and iVideoCocktail for the iPhone and iPad, and "La tablette QOOQ", the first 10-inch tablet to be produced exclusively in France, the company has highlighted the importance of eating and cooking well, while providing a more convenient way for consumers to achieve their culinary goals.

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UNOWHY

CONTACT: Steve Schonberg, LaForce + Stevens, sschonberg@laforce-stevens.com, +1-212-242-9353 x187, or Janelle Cadet Panebianco, LaForce + Stevens, jcadet@laforce-stevens.com, +1-212-242-9353 x183

Web Site: http://www.qooq.com

P!nk Reveals The Hives, City And Colour To Join The Truth About Love North American Tour

P!nk Performs Tonight at "Power of Pink" Benefit in Los Angeles

VH1 Storytellers Airs November 13

American Music Awards November 18 Performing New Smash Single "Try"

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- P!nk, Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, pop culture icon and COVERGIRL announces, The Hives, the world's wisest musical council and international rock sensation, and City and Colour, the moniker of folk-rock indie artist Dallas Green, will join her highly anticipated 2013 North American Tour.

Tonight, P!nk will perform a special intimate benefit show for Saint John's Health Center and the John Wayne Cancer Institute's "Power of Pink" fundraising event in Los Angeles, at the Sony Pictures Studios, hosted by Kate Beckinsale. Proceeds from the event will go directly to the Margie Petersen Breast Center at Saint John's where dedicated specialists offer a compassionate and comprehensive approach to breast care. P!nk will also perform her new smash single "Try" on the American Music Awards airing on ABC Sunday November 18 and will also star in a new episode of "Behind the Music" on Tuesday November 13 prior to "Storytellers" on VH1.

P!nk will take her extraordinary live show to 26 cities beginning on February 13, 2013 at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.   Live Nation is the national tour promoter.  Tickets for The Truth About Love Tour presented by COVERGIRL are available now at LiveNation.com.  Join the discussion at #TheTruthAboutLoveTour.

Since her debut in 2000, P!nk (Alecia Moore) has released 7 albums (Can't Take Me Home,          M!ssundaztood, Try This, I'm Not Dead, Funhouse, Greatest Hits...So Far!!!, The Truth About Love), sold over 40 million albums, 65 million singles (nearly 20 million digital tracks), over 1 million DVDs worldwide and has had 12 singles in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.  In addition, 15 of   P!nk's singles have reached #1 in at least 1 or more countries. She is the recipient of 3 Grammy Awards, 2 Billboard Music Awards, 5 MTV Video Music Awards, 2 MTV Europe Awards, 2 People's Choice Awards, and many more. P!nk's last studio album Funhouse debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and #1 in the UK, Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland. The album produced the smash single "So What", which marked P!nk's 2(nd) #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 (after "Lady Marmalade"). Greatest Hits...So Far!!! debuted in the Top 10 in over 13 countries and spawned the hit singles, "F**ckin Perfect" which reach # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Raise Your Glass" which marked P!nk's 3(rd) #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The Truth About Love album was released on September 18 and was her first CD to reach number one on the Billboard Top 200 chart and sold 280,000 units in its first week in the USA.   The first single "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" has sky-rocketed to the top of music charts all over the world and marks P!nk's 12(th) Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

P!nk has teamed up with producer Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foster The People & The Shins) for the very first time on this release, along with long time collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, Billy Mann and Butch Walker. She has also worked with songwriter/producer Dan Wilson (Adele's "Someone Like You"). The album is P!nk's unique take on the different shades of love - the dark, the light, the happy and the sad.

    THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE TOUR PRESENTED BY COVERGIRL:
    -------------------------------------------------
    SHOW DATE                                         CITY/STATE          VENUE                      OPENING
    February 13, 2013                                 Phoenix, AZ         U.S. Airways Center        The Hives
    February 15, 2013                                 Las Vegas, NV       Mandalay Bay Events Center The Hives
    February 16, 2013                                 Los Angeles, CA     STAPLES Center             The Hives
    February 18, 2013                                 San Jose, CA        HP Pavilion at San Jose    The Hives
    February 21, 2013                                 Houston, TX         Toyota Center              The Hives
    February 22, 2013                                 Dallas, TX          American Airlines Center   The Hives
    February 24, 2013                                 Orlando , FL        Amway Center               The Hives
    February 25, 2013                                 Fort Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center                The Hives
    February 27, 2013                                 Tampa, FL           Tampa Bay Times Forum      The Hives
    March 1, 2013                                     Atlanta, GA         Philips Arena              The Hives
    March 2, 2013                                     Nashville, TN       Bridgestone Arena          The Hives
    March 5, 2013                                     Detroit, MI         The Palace of Auburn Hills The Hives
    March 6, 2013                                     Columbus, OH        Schottenstein Center       The Hives
    March 8, 2013                                     Louisville, KY      KFC Yum! Center            The Hives
    March 09, 2013                                    Chicago, IL         United Center              The Hives
    March 11, 2013                                    Toronto, ON         Air Canada Centre          The Hives
    March 12, 2013                                    Montreal, QC        Bell Centre                The Hives
    March 14, 2013                                    Washington DC       Verizon Center             The Hives
    March 16, 2013                                    Charlotte, NC       Time Warner Cable Arena    City and Colour
    March 17, 2013                                    Philadelphia, PA    Wells Fargo Center         City and Colour
    March 19, 2013                                    Saint Paul, MN      Xcel Energy Center         City and Colour
    March 22, 2013                                    New York, NY        Madison Square Garden      The Hives
    March 23, 2013                                    East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center                The Hives
    March 25, 2013                                    Uniondale, NY       Nassau Coliseum            The Hives
    March 27, 2013                                    Uncasville, CT      Mohegan Sun Arena          The Hives
    March 28, 2013                                    Boston, MA          TD Garden                  The Hives
The Hives will perform in all cities except  Charlotte, Philadelphia, St. Paul.
City and Colour will perform in Charlotte, Philadelphia and St Paul.

All dates subject to change.

For additional ticket and tour information, visit:  TheTruthAboutLoveTour.com and LiveNation.com.

For additional information on Pink, visit:  PinksPage.com.

About Live Nation Entertainment:
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world's top five ecommerce sites, with almost 27 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 22,000 shows annually for more than 2,300 artists globally. Front Line is the world's top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling nearly 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit http://www.livenation.com/investors.

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CONTACT: RCA Records,Mika El-Baz, +1-212-833-5597, MikaElBaz@rcarecords.com ; Live Nation, Liz Morentin, +1-310-975-6860, lizmorentin@livenation.com

Web Site: http://www.livenation.com/investors

Micross Components Debuts New Website

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Micross Components, a global provider of specialty electronic components, has unveiled their newly redesigned website and logo. Both speak to the company's overall efforts to provide a comprehensive destination for electronic system engineers and purchasers to acquire information, products, and services for all their specialty electronic needs. The new Micross.com streamlines navigation and coordinates the many capabilities that now comprise the Micross Components portfolio of first-rate suppliers and extensive resources to serve the marketplace.

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The Micross logo has received a tagline and color treatment to convey the company's commitment to strength as a trusted partner and their active progress in extending their product-service selection in anticipation of market desires.

"We have world-class suppliers, products and services, and now we have a world-class website. The new Micross.com brings valuable information to our customers through a richer and more intuitive browsing experience," said Alan Taylor, CEO. "This complements our growing portfolio and reflects our role as the definitive source for specialty electronic components."

During the last few years, Micross has expanded its offerings and increased its value and relevance to the customer. By bringing together more products and capabilities, Micross has helped its critical-application customer base achieve success in their own product developments. Micross now offers more sales channels throughout the world as well as effective solutions to several additional industries.

About Micross Components

Micross Components is a leading global provider of distributed and specialty electronic components for military, space, medical, and demanding industrial applications. Operating as a single source for high-reliability and state-of-the-art electronics, Micross' solutions range from bare die and wafer processing to advanced and custom packaging to component modifications and related interconnect offerings. With a 30+ year heritage, Micross possesses the design, manufacturing and logistics expertise needed to support an application from start to finish. For more information, visit http://www.micross.com.

SOURCE  Micross Components

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Micross Components

CONTACT: Cynthia Gewinner, Corporate Communications Director of Micross Components, +1-407-296-5603

Web Site: http://www.micross.com

Devialet Raises $19 Million With Prominent Entrepreneurs

PARIS, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

    Devialet is the inventor of a revolutionary audio technology for sound reproduction at
a previously unknown level of fidelity. Devialet D-Premier, the first product created by
the company, is the most lauded audio system in the history of the industry. Its
performance immediately apparent, its emotional power, its clean design make this
French-made product the new reference sound.

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    Founded in 2007 and based in Paris, the company has developed with the active support
of 80 business angels.

    As of 8 November 2012, Devialet has reached a new milestone by fundraising $19
million.

    Thanks to this fundraising drive, $15 million are provided by a consortium of
investors bringing together investment structures from Bernard Arnault, Jacques-Antoine
Granjon, Xavier Niel and Marc Simoncini. They were convinced of the unique approach of
Devialet and wished to encourage the growth of a company at the forefront of innovation in
its industry.

    The new investors stated: "We were attracted by the excellence of the D-Premier and
the vision of the Devialet founders. Our goal is to provide expertise and experience that
will help accelerate the development of the company into a major player in the music
industry."

    The balance of the capital increase derives from existing investors.

    These funds are intended for the international expansion of the D-Premier and the
development of new, very high-performance technologies in acoustics and electronics. The
company has already begun to reinforce its teams of engineers and designers to prepare the
launch of new products.

    Devialet has been recognized on numerous occasions and the company has recently
received the "Enterprise of the Future Ile de France 2012" award by Ernst & Young World
Entrepreneur of the Year program, Les Echos and L'Express. This award comes after the EISA
(European Imaging and Sound Association) Award 2011, Best of Innovation Award 2012 CES
(Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas and two dozen other international awards. The
Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris also chose Devialet to provide sound reinforcement for
the French Touch exhibition devoted to electronic music (107 rue de Rivoli, Paris 75001,
October 10, 2012 - March 31, 2013).

                                        About Devialet

    Founded in late 2007 in Paris by Pierre-Emmanuel Calmel (technical), Emmanuel Nardin
(design), Quentin Sannie (strategy and marketing), Manuel de la Fuente (commercial) and
Mathias Moronvalle (technical), Devialet revolutionized the audio world with its ADH
(R)(Analog Digital Hybrid) technology, designed for the digital era and to exploit all the
benefits of digital music. This innovation came to life in 2010 with the creation of a
first device, called D-Premier, which incorporated five patented technologies. This
complete and integrated high-definition audio system, combining power and exceptional
design, delivered sound reproduction at a level of fidelity never before achieved (Live &
Lossless (R) Sound). Praised by the media, professionals and music lovers worldwide,
Devialet proved itself to be a major player in the sector. This French company with an
international dimension (90% of sales to export) is now represented in more than 130
stores in over 35 countries. Devialet won the program PM'UP Region Ile de France as well
as member of OSEO Excellence. Pierre-Emmanuel Calmel is Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Quentin Sannie is CEO, Emmanuel Nardin is Administrator and Design Director,
Manuel de La Fuente is Commercial Director.

                   Learn more: http://www.devialet.com [http://www.devialet.com ]

            PR Agency - @FHCOM - Frederic Henry, +33-1-55-34-24-24, http://www.fhcom.net

                                 [http://www.fhcom.net ]

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