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COLUMN: Oh No!!! Your pet is scratching and itching again! You thought that your pet's allergy problems were gone but all the scratching, itching, chewing and discomfort have come back. Many people mistakenly conclude that their pet is scratching due to fleas.

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus today announced the launch of their TrueDocs(TM) document management tool for the Ziptuit line of software. Combined with deverus' powerful zHire(TM) Applicant Tracking System and electronic consent, deverus continues to leverage technology and industry expertise to provide for a better and faster screening process.

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. -- Visionsoft, a U.K.-based software company announces the launch of a new software product - PowerOut - with a specially-enhanced feature that allows companies to automatically switch off multiple computers at a specified time. Visionsoft estimates that as many as 60 percent of all users never switch off their PC.

KIEL, Germany -- The latest SilverFast v6.5 by LaserSoft Imaging now includes a unique feature: the automatic IT8-calibration which ensures maximum color correctness of the scanner. For years SilverFast has been a proven and successful platform for scanning, reading, processing and editing digital images.

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Natchez Pilgrimage Tours' 30th annual Natchez Fall Pilgrimage showcases eighteen of the most splendid historic houses to be found anywhere in America from September 29 through October 13, 2007. For thirty years, Natchez has opened it arms to lovers of history, architecture and decorative arts during Natchez Fall Pilgrimage.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- mTraks, Inc. announces the official launch of its public beta website, now open. mTraks(TM) is a killer social music community and digital music marketplace. mTraks has raised $550,000 from a consortium of private angel investors and is represented by Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Socializr, Inc. is a three person San Francisco startup founded by Friendster creator Jonathan Abrams. Ticketmaster, owner of event invitation service Evite, has threatened to sue upstart competitor Socializr for alleged copyright infringement. The letter from Ticketmaster's lawyers claims that an image in one of Socializr's event designs featuring snowflakes is too similar to an Evite design.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- It is easy for members to test other members on a particular subject or see if they're a potential match by creating a quiz on Matchdoctor.com. Quizzes serve as a unique, quick and fun way for members to get to know each other. A member can create a multiple choice quiz on any topic from Racing to James Bond to Marriage.

CHICAGO, Ill. - Chicago Digital Signage Expo -- LocaModa Inc., pioneers of interactive out-of-home media, today announced their web-enabled mobile game platform for the hospitality industry. LocaModa's interactive platform reduces perceived wait time for customers by engaging them in games using their cell phones as controllers. The games are designed to be played on large digital displays in cafes, mall food courts, fast food restaurants and theme parks.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Austrian Airlines presented its annual sales achievement award for 2006 to Travelong. Travelong.com is a regional mega agency dedicated to providing travel services to corporate and home based agents. Travelong is the recipient of the "Outstanding Sales Achievement Award for Austrian Airlines NYC District 2006."

SAN MARINO, Calif. -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announced that Dr. Frederick L. Hall, President and CEO of Epeius Biotechnologies, has accepted an invitation to speak during the 9th annual C21 BioVentures Conference. On May 23 at 11:15 am, Dr. Hall will present the scientific principles, clinical validation, and global development status of the company's innovative tumor-targeting technology embodied in its lead product, Rexin-G, the first targeted genetic medicine developed to treat metastatic cancer.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Athletic-Minded Traveler LLC, a Southern California-based active lifestyle media company that operates the largest healthy travel site on the web, www.athleticmindedtraveler.com, released today its 2007 ranking of "The Top 10 Hotel Lap Pools in North America." The 10 best hotel lap pools received the company's recommendation after in-depth research on over 3,000 hotels and anonymous personal tours.

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- According to the Automobile Safety Foundation, nearly every minute of every day, there is an accident on the road as a direct result of a defective standard equipment side view mirrors, that harbor a blind spot that prohibits safe lane changes. 160,000 people per year, many of them young and inexperienced drivers, are injured as a direct result of blind spot related accidents.

DALLAS, Texas -- Roemtech, LLC has announced the availability of their innovative PlenumAmp (PMA-240). It is designed and approved for above-ceiling installations. It allows the end-user to have an audio amplification system that is easily concealed in commercial environments such as school classrooms and business meeting rooms.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the Web, today named Planet Billard (planetbillard.com) as the People's Voice Winner for the Best Personal Website of 2007. Planet Billard is the web site for George Billard, a leading Producer, Director and Cinematographer. The web site is a showcase of Mr. Billard's video and photography from around the world and includes a Biography, Stock Footage, Dispatches from his world travels and a Video Blog.

OTTAWA, Canada -- Atreus Systems(TM), the leading supplier of provisioning and activation software for VoIP and user-centric IMS services, today announced that its xAuthority provisioning platform has been certified as compliant with the OSS Through Java Initiative's Service Activation API. This certification ensures that xAuthority will integrate rapidly and cost-effectively with compliant Order Management and Customer Relationship Management OSS systems.

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Leaders in the Space Community will gather at the Federation of Galaxy Explorers (www.foge.org) annual Galaxy Ball at the Westin Hotel, 1400 "M" Street, N.W. Washington DC on Saturday, June 2, 2007, from 6:30pm until 11:00 pm. This year Galaxy Explorers will present awards to recognize space community leaders and the many devoted volunteers who have made Galaxy Explorers' educational programs a success.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- ROK Southwest, Inc. has just released a new, free white paper, "An Innovative, Low Cost Approach to Communicating Highly Effective Policies and Procedures," that explains how line-of-business managers can use existing simple tools and techniques to improve employee productivity and quality of work by more effectively communicating the organization's "process knowledge."

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Seaweed Systems, Inc., the leading developer and supplier of OpenGL(R) and X Window System embedded graphics solutions for safety-related embedded markets, today announced that it will partner with Curtiss-Wright Controls (NYSE: CW) Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Silicon Publishing is announcing important updates to its custom Adobe(R) InDesign(R) Server solutions which now incorporate the latest features of Adobe InDesign CS3 Server software. Silicon Publishing is also expanding its services to include development training for clients who wish to build their own solutions based on Adobe InDesign CS3 Server.

ATLANTA, Ga. (AAAA 2007 Convention - Booth 519) -- Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC), a proven leader in aircraft Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS), has been awarded a production contract for ten IAC 1474 SuperHUMS(TM) for the U.S. Army's RQ-7B Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS).

BOMBAY, India -- Purplenova has announced the release of Purplenova 3.0 - The Easy Web Server, which allows users to web-host any content directly from an Internet-connected PC. By making content web-accessible directly from where it resides, Purplenova 3.0 provides an alternative to hosting with Hosting Services, ISPs or Blog sites.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- theCityList.com, a user powered local guide to food, nightlife, and city attractions, launched a beta version for Washington D.C. today. Celebrating the best in local dining and nightlife across Washington, DC, theCityList provides weekly rankings for over 100 different categories.

MIAMI, Fla. -- In "Bars Suck! Internet Dating Doesn't" (ISBN: 9780979514401) published by VMC Press, Jon Rubin takes the reader along on his wild, six-year Internet dating journey. Rubin, who ruefully adopted the title of "Internet Dating Expert," is an executive producer of network television, founder of Major League Figure Skating, and the owner of a software consulting firm.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- LUMA Entertainment has patented a device - the Slingerzz(TM) - that promises to replicate some of the coolest aspects of a certain wall-crawling, web slinging, crime fighter. Not only does it snare and retrieve objects like the hero's webbing, but it can be shot up to a distance of 25 feet, securing itself to a chosen target.