Monthly Archives: March 2007

MILL VALLEY, Calif. -- AutoHomeHealthLife.com, a third party insurance quote provider, has released results comparing 21 aspects of the nation's top 18 insurance providers. For the most part, nationally-based insurance providers can be broken down into the following buckets.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Instant water temperature readings while running a boat at full speed or trolling for offshore game fish is now reality, as NorCross Marine Products, a leader in the development of innovative marine electronics, introduces its Infrared Marine Thermometer SP. The Infrared Marine Thermometer is one of three products introduced by the company, including its SkierAlert SP and Sonic Laser Scale.

BOULDER, Colo. -- Boulder Natural Solutions LLC, a leader in bringing natural and organic products to market, introduces the Kentucky Natural Farms All Natural Black Forest Ham, a truly great all-natural choice for health conscience consumers. Until just recently this outstanding ham could only be found at a few select retail and club store outlets in Northern California.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Bolo Curry announces its grand opening scheduled for Thursday, April 5 at 5:00 p.m. Executive Chef Panna Lal Sharma will lead the way and has cooked for three presidents of India and also for the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Golden Key International Honour Society has selected YFonGlobal, a leading-edge provider of turnkey social networking solutions, to build and host its new social network, entitled MyGK. With the new agreement, Golden Key will be able to provide a dynamic social network, specifically tailored to its 1.7 million members worldwide.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Power Arts Company, Inc. release a three album series for the Kindergarten and Pre-K crowd performed by a new cartoon band called The Blankies(TM). The songs not only overcome the "babyish" sound of most children's music, they also address three important uses of music.

WOODBRIDGE, Conn. -- The IRS, by court decree, owes American businesses over $10 Billion dollars (an equal amount is due to individuals). Refunds for Good Inc and Invoice Insight LLC, have created a free, online tool to help organizations, both for-profit and non-profit, get their money back in a timely manner.

LONDON, U.K. -- The car that drew international attention and broke eBay records with over 10 million visitors to its auction page in May 2005, is now going to be put back on the auction block by GoldenPalace.com, the winners of the now famous collectible.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The Entertainment Industry Expo (EIE) was launched in New York today by Producers Zach Lezberg and Brian Blattman, and presented with Actress / Producer Anna Wilding, the New York City Mayor's Office of Film and Television, The Independent Feature Project (IFP).

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- California has always been a leader in the environmental movement, having pushed the development and sales of electric and hybrid cars, solar power and the use of recycled materials. Californians now want to take that green consciousness home. CA Boom 4 offers one venue where over 100+ exhibitors, many of whom will feature ecologically friendly products, will showcase their wares.

LOVELAND, Colo. -- According to the 2007 Call Center Best Practices Benchmarking Reports from leading contact center research firm Centerserve(R), key findings show that customers are the number-one driver of contact center changes. Featuring 250 companies from 51 countries, the reports show that "improving the customer experience" was listed by call center managers as the top priority.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Paid in Full Entertainment, Inc. released on Tuesday the new CD from DJ / artist Mista Madd which is being distributed by Memphis based Select-o-Hits distribution. The new CD covers various topics and features Houston notables Paul Wall, Slim Thug, HAWK, Lil Flip, Chamillionaire, Shei Atkins and others.

BOUNTIFUL, Utah -- FATPOT Technologies, Inc. has announced that Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected a FATPOT solution for a data interoperability pilot in the Silicon Valley region. Northrop Grumman, the prime systems integrator and contractor for the Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Project (SVRIP) will deliver an interoperable software solution .

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Failed military backpacks, poor stitching, and plastic gun holsters are some of the few reasons that former Marine, Mike Bornfriend, is now the president of the Military Gear Division of Global Tactical Solutions (GTS), in Oceanside, CA. Bornfriend joined the Marines in 1994 and received his basic training at Paris Island, NC.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Perception Software today announced the general release of SymXpert, an EDA librarian application designed to accelerate the creation of high pin count device symbols for any EDA environment. Enabled by proprietary intelligent content extraction technology, SymXpert quickly and automatically imports graphical and text data.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Maveric Brands announces a new product - Rim Juice Instant Wheel Cleaner(TM) - that, according to company representatives, "may just be the best wheel cleaner on earth." Rim Juice(TM) is the result of a safe and effective formula that, in two easy steps, quickly eliminates baked-on brake dust and road grime. It leaves behind no chalky finish and can be sprayed on and hosed off.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- ReachMD, an innovative healthcare communications company, announced today that the ReachMD channel for medical professionals is now available on XM, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 7.6 million subscribers; it is the healthcare industry's first satellite radio channel to provide the latest information and news to medical professionals 24/7.

REDMOND, Wash. -- Respondus Inc., a leading provider of assessment tools for learning management systems in higher education, and Desire2Learn Inc., a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise eLearning solutions today announced the integration of Respondus LockDown Browser with the Desire2Learn Learning Environment to offer increased security for online testing.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- AirSense Technology, leading manufacturer of aspirating smoke detection systems, introduces to the North American market patented artificial intelligence (AI) technology for Aspirating Smoke Detectors. The unique technology employed in the AirSense Stratos Series Aspirating Smoke Detection System uses relative sensitivity to establish appropriate alarm thresholds.

INDIANA, Pa. -- Gorell Windows & Doors has once again been recognized as the only window and door manufacturer in the country to receive the prestigious ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year "Sustained Excellence" Award. Gorell received the award for the second consecutive year - from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the EPA-for its continued leadership in protecting the environment through energy efficiency.

COLUMN: We often hear it said that we should be grateful for the things that come into our lives. That an attitude of gratitude can move mountains and that it is important to thank the Universe for our daily bread, our clothes, our health and the other fine things that we are blessed with. Mostly we say the words in rote memorization for those things that we know we should remember to say thank you for and that is a good thing. As the old Jewish proverb says, "when we smile the heart follows."

COLUMN: For some people, giving their pet a pill is an easy task. They are able to mix their pet's supplement or medicine in food and the pet gobbles it right down. This is the exception NOT the rule. In most instances, giving pets supplements or medication does require some effort and the first step is to prepare yourself mentally that you will need to take control of the situation.

WOODBRIDGE, Conn. -- On the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq, two social entrepreneurs, Jon Gorham and Michael Swartz from Connecticut, have launched a web site to help foster peace in the world: refundsforgood.org. Swartz and Gorham created a company called Refunds for Good, Inc. and have launched an interactive web portal that shows individuals and organizations how to claim telephone tax refunds on their 2006 returns.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Hong Video Technology (HVT), a leading outsource supplier of LCD panel repair and remanufacturing, today announced that is has surpassed 150,000 LCD panels repaired. The achievement is particularly noteworthy because more than one third of the 150,000 panels repaired were shipped in the prior six months. HVT began servicing LCD panels in 2001.

RESTON, Va. -- nPulse Networks LLC, a leading integrator of hardware acceleration tools for open-source network security and monitoring applications, has announced a new security-hardened release of its nProbe appliance. nProbe is a highly-tuned, light-weight NetFlow probe, derived from the open-source ntop project managed by Luca Deri. nPulse is the commercial representative of ntop.org in North America.