Monthly Archives: February 2007

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The online record company, BETA Records, invites you to accept a paying job with their company. According to BETA founders Chris Honetschlaeger and Georg van Handel, you can become an A&R (artist & repertoire) representative and turn your love of music into cash.

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus today launched the eSigScreen(TM) electronic consent to background check tool for the VeroHire Recruiting system. The electronic consent process provides four key benefits to the employer and background check companies.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The View recently featured the award-winning LifeSpan TR2000 treadmill, from PCE Health and Fitness, for its unique downhill walking feature. Not only is downhill-walking excellent for cardiovascular fitness, it also provides health benefits that help reduce the risks and effects associated with diabetes.

COLUMN: The tradition of Valentines Day with its Hallmark fueled frenzy has taken on a life of its own. Studies show that many people, especially men hate Valentine's Day. This is particularly true of men who feel like they can't get a handle on what is expected of them during this time. Traditions that play out mechanically add stress, guilt and depression to relationships.

JAMAICA, Vt. -- Jamaica Cottage Shop, Inc. announced today that it will be offering its wooden post and beam shed kits to retailers nationwide as part of a new wholesale program. The program is designed to make their New England style buildings more readily available to consumers outside the northeast.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Innovative Consulting Group, LLC (ICG) introduces a revitalized brand to represent significant milestones for the company in 2007. ICG will be celebrating its 5th anniversary in the spring and the company will reach the goal of 50 employees.

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Relationship Marketing Systems, LLC, a lottery products company in Phoenix, Arizona has a patent-pending lottery ticket designed to increase sales of state lottery jackpot games. According to Andy Amada, president of RMS, "Believing in the myth of 'Jackpot Fatigue' is holding state lotteries back from generating a lot more sales and revitalizing their online games."

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus today announced their newest product in the deverus Instant Advantage program -- the deverus/NBD National RegistryCHECK Data Integration Service. This service allows consumers to place orders for national tenant screening - and receive results instantly.

BRUNSWICK, Md. -- ArtisticPursuit.com offers its users plenty of social networking features, as well as original artistic content, that often cost hundreds of dollars per year to use or download elsewhere. The majority of social networking features on ArtisticPursuit.com are provided free to registered users.

BOONTON, N.J. -- 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 Corporation. SDPs are computing platforms and software that support emerging standards such as IMS and SIP while continuing to inter-work with legacy protocols.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- The local, independently-owned office of Action International, the world's #1 business coaching franchise, today announced its corporate name is changing to ActionCOACH, effective immediately. As ActionCOACH, the Georgia team will aggressively expand its mission to help small- to medium-sized businesses and their owners become more efficient, more productive, better focused and more profitable through professional, objective mentoring and education.

VENICE, Calif. -- Originally, Java Juice(R) was created for, and embraced by, the outdoor-adventure industry. The success of the just-add-water, single-serving version of the product promoted awareness of a need to get the lightweight packets to American soldiers, say the folks at Java Juice, Inc. Brigade Quartermaster gratefully accepted boxes of Java Juice(R) and immediately sent them abroad.

STREETSBORO, Ohio -- Tierce Enterprises, LLC is pleased to announce the introduction of a new website designed for the consumer AND the business. Computerstreet.net - "Your Source for Reliable Technology Business Reviews." Search the database of 150,000 nationwide technology related businesses to find a company by city, state, zip code, name or browse an entire city.

COLUMN: From the beginning of time we have been attracted to each other and to the continuing cycle of life, to gain sustenance, grow and play out a destiny together. This attraction leads to admiration, love, and in due course to higher vibrations of light energy. At love's first blush, our combined energy is a powerful thing to behold.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- A new book from AuthorHouse, Inc., authored by Rico Thompson, is written to help college freshmen get off on the right foot and get a leg up in college; "15 Easy and Fun Ways College Freshmen Can Improve Their Vocabulary" (ISBN-13: 978-1403394477), reveals ways for college freshmen to improve word power.

FREMONT, Calif. -- TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded security, has launched a line of production-ready software solutions geared specifically to OEMs/ODMs serving the small-to-medium business (SMB) segment. The SMBware(TM) family of innovative prepackaged solutions gives OEMs the ability to bring to market differentiated, leading-edge devices for their SMB customers.

KNOXVILLE, Md. -- Consumer concern about rising gas prices late last summer has brought increased attention to alternate fuel vehicles such as hydrogen and electric cars. Mike Harvey of Knoxville (and Harvey Coachworks), one such concerned consumer, took it upon himself and has recently completed a 4-month effort to convert a gas-powered car to an all-electric zero-emissions vehicle.

PETALUMA, Calif. -- Working Together is offering a unique premier weekend retreat where guests will use a combination of guided meditation, group discussion, and visioning tools to build energy, shed past practices, old belief systems, distress and participate in an intimate journey of renewal.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the European Patent Office has granted the company its patent for a user authentication method.

FREMONT, Calif. -- TeamF1, Inc., a leader in embedded networking and security software solutions for wired and wireless applications, will unveil its latest innovation - the Secure Gateway Solution - in a demonstration at Cavium Networks Booth #1031 at RSA Conference 2007 to be held February 6-9 in the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- For decades, prefab homes were supposed to be the next big thing - never mind that they were found primarily on the pages of design magazines or in architects' sketchbooks. What a difference a year makes. "Modernist Prefab" is no longer a concept but is now a reality. "In the past year, the modernist prefab manufacturers have had the necessary break-through to deliver product, and CA Boom's Prefab Zone participants confirm this," says Charles M. Trotter, founder and executive producer of the CA Boom Design Show.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Gameshastra, a leading provider of Game Outsource Services, announced today the appointment of Jason Wong as Vice President - Quality Assurance. In this position, Mr. Wong will be responsible for overseeing all of Gameshastra's outsource testing operations, including their offshore testing facility in Hyderabad, India.