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HOUSTON, Texas – Mar. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A lucky winner screamed with delight as she uncovered a dazzling three-carat ‘A Cut Above’ Princess cut diamond (The most visually balanced(TM) diamond in the world) set in a platinum Champaigne setting. 33 other winners dug through wedding cakes to find one-carat ‘Expert Selection’ diamond rings from online boutique Whiteflash.com.

KIRKLAND, Wash. – Feb. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A ‘web of websites,’ announced today, will dispense factual information about a form of protection that puzzles many Americans: long term care insurance. Developed by LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage, the websites will offer the information in textual, graphic, video, and live format.

BOONTON, N.J. – Feb. 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Telecommunications companies will be investing billions of dollars over the next five years on service delivery platforms (SDPs) in order to bring the benefits of on-demand services to their wireline and mobility enterprise customers, says a new report from Insight Research.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jan. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — AtPrime Media, Inc., the sponsor of AtPrime.com, one of the top age 50+ web services announced today an addition to its highly valued consumer service YOUR PENSION HELPER, whereby consumers will be able to dial up their maximum employee and employer contribution limits for all types of qualified plans, as well as, their insurance pension payouts payable from defunct Defined Benefit Plans insured by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.

KIEL, Germany – Dec. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LaserSoft Imaging’s SilverFast, the world standard in scanning software, has now taken a quantum leap in the evolution of genuine High Dynamic Range Imaging. This new function in SilverFast version 6.5 utilizes varying exposures of each scan. This dramatically increases dynamic range, allowing even the most subtle nuances in both shadow and highlight areas to be recognized and enhanced.

TORONTO, Canada – Dec. 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to the audio experts at Voices.com, the voice marketplace, Americans new to advertising on the radio are buying broadcast radio commercial slots for the first time via Google’s Audio Ads beta testing program. Agencies who used to go through talent agents are already making the transition to finding talent at online marketplaces due greatly in part because of an enormous push and subsequent validation of the market by Google(TM).

TORRANCE, Calif. – Dec. 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Neotrope(R), a 24 year old entertainment, publishing, brand marketing and content company, announced today the formal re-launch of its online news and lifestyle magazine, eNewsChannels(TM). The publication (at www.eNewsChannels.com) features articles on social issues, personal well being, and entertainment. Selected news stories from the offbeat to the fascinating are included. The publication is edited by veteran journalist Christopher Laird Simmons, with a varied list of storied contributors.

DANA POINT, Calif. – Oct. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Cat kidney disease and feline renal failure can be helped using holistic pet care,’ says Susan B. Davis, veterinary nutritionist for Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist. Diet, nutritional supplements and acupuncture can help increase longevity and overall quality of life.

CAMARILLO, Calif., Sept. 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — AMT Datasouth Corp., a leading supplier of value added printing solutions, announced today that the Fastmark M2 battery powered portable thermal bar code printer is now available. The Fastmark M2 is supplied with AMT Datasouth’s proven proprietary PAL programming language.

TORONTO, Canada – Sept. 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Companies that need to get a voice-over recorded for their business now have a superior web service available to them: Voices.com. Formerly known as Interactive Voices, the new Voices.com facilitates finding the perfect voice, quickly and cost-effectively.

DANA POINT, Calif. – Aug. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Dogs with cancer can be helped using holistic pet care,’ says Susan B. Davis, veterinary nutritionist for Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist. Diet and nutritional supplements can help boost a dog’s immune system, increase longevity and overall quality of life. Dogs and cats with cancer need a diet that is high in quality protein, low in carbohydrates and rich in enzymes and Omega 3 fatty acids. However, depending upon the type of dog cancer, e.g. canine liver cancer and/or other complications such as canine kidney disease, a high protein diet may not be appropriate. Thus, a customized homemade diet for dogs is often required.

CHENGDU, China (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — IObit is excited to release a second version of their flagship product – Advanced WindowsCare v2 Personal – and are prepared to go head-to-head with Microsoft’s OneCare. The freeware, which is a new Beta version – Advanced WindowsCare v2 Personal – is a comprehensive PC care tool that takes an integrated approach to help protect, repair and optimize computers.

KIEL, Germany – July 10 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LaserSoft Imaging once again, building on its advanced line of award winning scanning/imaging software, is releasing SilverFast with new support for the high-end Heidelberg Nexscan and Tango series. This is a breakthrough for those companies who originally purchased these legendary workhorses only to run into difficulties when Heidelberg dropped its interest in the scanning market and discontinued support.

DANA POINT, CA – June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dog itching, dog scratching and other dog skin problems can be remedied using holistic pet care, says Susan B. Davis, pet nutritionist for Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist. With the hot summer months approaching, many dogs are scratching, itching and tearing their fur out.

TORRANCE, CA – May 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Neotrope(R), an entertainment content and media company established in 1983, announced today the formal launch of Advertising Industry Newswire(TM), an online magazine with news, commentary, podcasts, articles and feature content covering the ad business from broadcast to Web.

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Send2Press(R), a leading online news service since 1996, announced today the re-launch of support for the NewsML format to allow content portals and news aggregators to easily pull full-text news stories from its wire service. Send2Press is a unit of Neotrope(R), established 1983 in California.

REDMOND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Respondus received the highest customer satisfaction score among 44 higher education e-learning vendors that were included in a report by The Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness (A-HEC). The report is based on survey responses from leaders of Internet-supported learning initiatives in higher education.

REDMOND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Respondus, Inc. announces the release of Respondus LockDown Browser, a custom browser that creates a secure testing environment within the WebCT and Blackboard e-learning platforms. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading.

STILLWATER, OK – Mar. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HostBridge Technology, a provider of integration software that XML-enables CICS Transaction Server applications, today announced it has been granted U.S. Patent Number 6,981,257 B2 on the techniques underlying its primary software product – also referred to as HostBridge.

TORRANCE, CA – Feb. 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Neotrope(R) Hosting today announced it will be moving all of its Web server hardware out of the co-location facilities located within the state of Texas, and specifically, Dallas County, due to an alleged ‘extortion tax’ on companies who co-locate computer equipment with hosting facilities in that state, after receiving a ‘property tax’ bill for 2005 which amounts to 8% of the value of the hardware simply for the pleasure of the machine sitting in a rack in Dallas County.

STILLWATER, OK – Feb. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HostBridge Technology, the provider of HostBridge software for XML-enabling CICS, today announced that CA has certified the HostBridge integration software as interoperable with Advantage CA-Ideal for CA-Datacom (Advantage CA-Ideal), enabling organizations to integrate Advantage CA-Ideal applications with Web services platforms, application servers, or other host applications.

NEW YORK, NY – Dec. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The global telecommunications industry revenue will reach $1.2 trillion by the close of 2006, with continued strong growth in wireless communications leading the way, says a new market analysis report from Insight Research. According to the new industry study, wireless revenue will approach almost 49 percent of all telecommunications services revenue by the close of 2006 and will grow to 55.6 percent of all telecommunications industry revenue by 2010. By the beginning of 2006, over 1.8 billion subscribers worldwide will be depending on mobile wireless telephones.

CHICAGO, IL – Dec. 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Curvy Pillow Co. announces the availability of 2 ‘Transformational Pillow Covers,’ a totally new concept in bedding whereby ordinary, conventional head pillows are changed into curvy, ergonomic and aesthetically pleasurable shapes.

DANA POINT, CA – Oct. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist announced today the launch of their new website AskAriel.com designed to help pets live longer and healthier lives through holistic pet care using nutrition and natural pet supplements.

REDMOND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Respondus, Inc. announced today that brandon-hall.com has presented the company with a Gold Excellence in E-Learning Award for Innovative Technology. The award recognizes StudyMate(R), an authoring tool that allows users to create ten Flash-based activities and e-learning games using three simple templates.

DANA POINT, Calif. – September 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist announced today the launch of their new website AskAriel.com designed to help pets live longer and healthier lives through diet and nutrition. Proceeds from AskAriel.com will help fund Ariel Rescue, a charity founded by Susan Davis that saves death row dogs from high kill shelters.

ORLANDO, Fla. – August 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Barbara Clements, President of Auditel Inc. of Florida, recommends taking a closer look at your communication bills. Your bills may have hidden charges and telecom contracts that were signed without Management approval. With increased mergers, acquisitions, changes in Phone Company billing systems, telecom costs are on the rise. It’s time for Management and their Accounts Payable Department to be on the alert for errors, over-billings, and tariff violations.

ORLANDO, Fla. – July 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Barbara Clements, President of Auditel Inc. of Florida recommends taking a closer look at your phone and telecom bills. There are many ways that your phone lines can have hidden charges applied, not to mention telecom contracts that were signed without CFO or CEO approvals. With increased mergers, and acquisitions, changes in Phone Company billing systems, telecom costs are on the rise. It’s time for the Corporate CEO, CFO, and their Accounts Payable Department to be on the alert for errors, over-billings, and tariff violations.