EuroDNS Applauds the Consequences of the Law of 21 December 2007 on the Domain Name Industry

A key player in the Domain Name market for more than five years, EuroDNS is proud to operate from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, first European Member State to offer an investor-friendly legal environment for Domain Names.

Luxembourg  -  January 12, 2008 -- A key player in the Domain Name market for more than five years, EuroDNS is proud to operate from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, first European Member State to offer an investor-friendly legal environment for Domain Names.

According to the Finance and Budget Commission Report on Draft Law 5801, « Revenues generated from use of, or license to use, a Domain Name are exempted from Luxembourg corporate taxes up to 80% ». « This is a tremendous opportunity for domain name investors and e-Commerce, both in Luxembourg and worldwide » comments Xavier Buck, EuroDNS Chief Executive Officer.

The aforementioned law updates a tax law dating back to December 4th 1967. Member of Parliament and Commission Reporter Laurent Mosar characterizes this new Section 4(1) as "particularly relevant" to Domain Names. "To include them in the scope of a Law dedicated to patents and trademarks, clearly demonstrates the Luxembourg Legislator recognizes that Domain Names do form an essential part of Intellectual Property" adds Jean-Christophe Vignes, Executive Vice-President & General Counsel at EuroDNS.

"With over 100M Euros in transactions during 2007, the Domain Name market has never been so attractive" adds Paul Keating, an American Attorney in Europe who specializes in Domain Name valuation and protection for registrars and large portfolio holders. "Already recognized globally as a safe and stable business environment before the new Law, Luxembourg now becomes the perfect platform for the stakeholders of this buoyant industry who desire to make the most of their revenues and plan for value appreciation".

About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world's largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. www.eurodns.com

For more information:

The Law: (Art.1er, 3°)
http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2007/2342712/2342712.pdf

A Release from the Communication Minister, Mr Jean-Louis Schiltz (in French):
http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/communiques/2007/12/19-schiltz/

The Portal « Medias and Communication » of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:
http://www.mediacom.public.lu/

Contact :
Mélanie Delannoy
+352 20 200 312

Press Contact: Mélanie Delannoy
Company Name: EURODNS.COM  
Phone: 00352261916312
Website: www.eurodns.com

BlueHornet Networks Extends SureSend Email Delivery Management Services

MINNEAPOLIS-- May 27, 2008 --BlueHornet Networks, Inc., a leading provider of email marketing solutions and subsidiary of Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), today introduced QuickStart, the latest addition to its SureSendT e-mail deliverability enhancement platform. To help email marketers improve their inbox delivery rates and online reputation, SureSend QuickStart enables online marketers to use many of SureSend's most popular features with any email deployment service. These tools and services include deliverability rate and CAN-SPAM compliance checks, ISP whitelisting, deliverability optimization tests, proactive consulting and access to BlueHornet best practice webinars and whitepapers.

"Email marketers recognize the challenges involved with getting to the inbox today, but many aren't sure how to begin addressing issues like blacklists, spam filters and building a good online brand reputation," said Tim Marusich, general manager for BlueHornet. "QuickStart gives marketers an easy way to take proactive steps that can offer immediate improvement of deliverability rates. Now that SureSend offerings are no longer exclusive to BlueHornet clients, email marketers, regardless of whether they use an in-house email solution or outsourced provider, can kick their deliverability management into high gear."

"By using BlueHornet's SureSend QuickStart technology, Chuck E. Cheese's was able to promptly identify and fix existing issues that were affecting our inbox delivery rates," said Ryan Linders, marketing manager for CEC Entertainment, Inc. "Now we have peace of mind knowing that if future issues arise, QuickStart will help us see them coming in time to preventively reduce the risk of ISP blocking."

QuickStart is the latest addition to BlueHornet's SureSend platform, which was designed to help online marketers improve e-mail inbox deliverability rates and achieve improved results from e-mail campaigns. SureSend combines integrated tools with expert consultation to keep marketers informed about the rapidly changing criteria ISPs and other industry providers use to determine which messages get delivered, filtered or blocked. To learn more about the SureSend e-mail deliverability enhancement platform, visit www.BlueHornet.com/SureSend.

About BlueHornet Networks, Inc.

BlueHornet Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital River, Inc., is a leading provider of permission based e-mail marketing solutions. BlueHornet conducts e-mail campaigns for hundreds of top brands, including Match.com, Famous Footwear, 3M, GUESS?, House of Blues Entertainment, Inc., Kyocera Wireless and Red Lobster. In addition, BlueHornet supports more than 100 resellers, many using private label versions of its e-mail marketing solution. For more information, visit www.bluehornet.com.

About Digital River, Inc.

Digital River, Inc., a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, builds and manages online businesses for software publishers, consumer technology manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and affiliates. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.

Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Stockholm, Sweden; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; and Shanghai, China. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.

Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc. SureSend is a trademark of BlueHornet Networks, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners.

Contacts

Digital River, Inc.
Media Contact:
Heather Morris, 952-253-8828
Public Relations Specialist
publicrelations@digitalriver.com
or
Investor Relations Contact:
Ed Merritt, 952-540-3362
Group Vice President, Investor Relations
investorrelations@digitalriver.com

CompTIA Announces Finalists for SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards

Second annual awards will recognize software industry innovation

Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. (Vocus) April 18, 2008 -- The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association for the world's information technology (IT) industry, announced today the finalists for the second annual CompTIA SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards.

The SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards recognize innovative software products and new business models in eight different categories. Award winners will be announced at the CompTIA Software Marketing Perspectives Conference & Expo May 7-9, 2008 at the Santa Clara (Calif.) Convention Center.

SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards finalists by category are:
 
 * Company Achievement in Innovation (five finalists) – Maximizer Software MaxMobile, Nexidia, Next IT Corporation ActiveAgent™, Print Audit, and Visible World IntelliSpot®. 
 
 * Most Innovative Enterprise Software (nine finalists)– Bit9 Parity, ICT Inc. AcceleNet, Intermine FileCensus, JackBe's Presto Enterprise Mashup Platform, Knoa Experience & Performance Manager (EPM), Next IT Corporation ActiveAgent™, Q.Know Technologies Enterprise Software, SAVO, and Splunk 3.1.5.
 
 * Most Innovative General Business Software (seven finalists) – BoardVantage Board Portal Secure Vault, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Assessment Tool, Central Desktop, Integration Point, Market2Lead, Rapid Intake Unison, and SmartDraw 2008. 
 
 * Most Innovative Service/Business Model (eight finalists) – Generate gClick, SAVO, Skoach, SPS Commerce, Tax Technology Services CertCapture, TriActive Systems Management On Demand™, Unisfair Virtual Events, and Vitrium Systems docmetrics.
 
 * Most Innovative Small and Medium-Sized Infrastructure Software (four finalists) – BlueCat Networks Proteus, eEmpACT Software Version 14.0, HyperOffice, and InnoSource Docufree.
 
 * Most Innovative Software for the Software Industry (five finalists) – Accept Software Innovation Management Solutions, Aladdin HASP SRM, Bomgar Version 10.0, OpSource Connect, and SourceKibitzer EyeQ.
 
 * Most Innovative Software Idea (two finalists) – Green Print and Next IT Corporation for ActiveAgent™.
 
 * Most Innovative Vertical Industry Software (seven finalists) – Autotask, Bullhorn On Demand Integrated Front Office Software, Exaktime PocketClock/GPS, Gemcom InSite, Greycon Ltd. D-Opt, Scivantage Maxit, and Satori Group i-Performance.

Award finalists were determined by evaluations of seven judges: Winton Churchill, Churchill Method Inc.; Jim Geisman, MarketShare, Inc.; Gordon Graham, editor, Software CEO; Charles Mills, Strategic Due Dilligence; Bruce Hadley, founder, SoftwareCEO; Robert Dubicki, TP Systems Ltd.; and David Sommer, publisher, SoftwareCEO. Criteria for the awards include:

* Scope – What business problem or opportunity does the software innovation address? What is the size of the problem/opportunity?
 
 * Impact – What practical results, such as sales, users or profits, has the innovation had on a software product or on the software industry? The innovation must be new and have both a current and future impact.
 
 * Novel – How does the innovation break with traditional ideas or processes?

About SoftwareCEO.com
SoftwareCEO is a resource-packed electronic newsletter and web portal built by software executives for software executives. It's the software industry's "Page One" for information and advice on software marketing, software sales, software business, software pricing and financing, and software services. For more information, visit http://www.softwareceo.com.

About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is the voice of the world's $3 trillion information technology industry. CompTIA membership extends into more than 100 countries and includes companies at the forefront of innovation; the channel partners and solution providers they rely on to bring their products to market; and the professionals responsible for maximizing the benefits organizations receive from their technology investments. For more information, please visit www.comptia.org.

Press Contact: Steven Ostrowski
Company Name:
Phone: 630-678-8468
Website: www.softwareceo.com

Digital River Sponsors International Independent Software Developers Forum Spring 2008

MINNEAPOLIS -- May 22, 2008 --Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that the company will sponsor, exhibit and speak at the International Independent Software Developers Forum (ISDEF) Spring 2008. The conference is being held May 31 - June 2, 2008, at the Foresta Tropicana in Moscow, Russia.

Digital River is a sponsor of the ISDEF spring conference and will host an exhibit booth as well as lead break-out sessions for conference attendees. During a break-out session focused on the state of the shareware industry, the company will discuss strategies and tactics on how to increase online sales, manage resellers and effectively price software for online stores.

ISDEF Spring 2008 is a conference devoted to software development and marketing topics. More information about the conference is available at http://www.isdef.org/en/conference/isdef2008_spring/.

About Digital River, Inc.

Digital River, Inc., a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, builds and manages online businesses for software publishers, consumer technology manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and affiliates. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.

Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Stockholm, Sweden; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; and Shanghai, China. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.

Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners.

Contacts

Digital River, Inc.
Media Contact:
Heather Morris, 952-253-8828
Public Relations Specialist
publicrelations@digitalriver.com
or
Investor Relations Contact:
Ed Merritt, 952-540-3362
Group Vice President, Investor Relations
investorrelations@digitalriver.com

AppDev Expands into Europe Offering Online Training and Courseware

New UK office offers technical training to European developers and IT Professionals

MINNEAPOLIS -- May 19, 2008 --AppDev, an award-winning, technical learning company, announced the opening of West Sussex, England offices to best serve developers and IT professionals in Europe. While AppDev has been selling globally for years, adding offices and staff in England reflect AppDev's commitment to excellence in customer service and support and delivering the highest quality Microsoft training across Europe.

"We had been looking for someone who had a strong background and understanding of Microsoft products, experience working with developers and IT professionals in Europe, and whose commitment to customer service was in synch with AppDev's high standards to open the AppDev Europe office", says CEO and President Craig Jensen. "Neil Slater's 18 years in IT sales, his proven track record with components vendor FarPoint Technologies, and his team of European-based professionals are a perfect fit for AppDev Europe."

According to Jensen and Slater, the increasing demand for Microsoft developer training in Europe and the U.S. is growing exponentially. "This opportunity to bring respected industry training products from a company with a long-standing history is timely," reports Neil Slater. "IT professionals all over Europe are looking for quality training that will get them up to speed on new software and help them effectively use their existing software on new projects including online training. That's what AppDev Europe brings to the market."

Existing customers such as Paul Mooney in Dublin, Ireland have used AppDev training for several years. Mooney finds ".the depth and breadth of AppDev courses provide a great level of training which I have found lacking in other training programs. The customer support at AppDev is fantastic." Jensen and Slater agree that the timing couldn't be better to open the AppDev Europe office.

ABOUT APPDEV

AppDev's award-winning, self-paced in-depth, real-world training is available in multiple formats including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and KSource Online Learning and customizable ILT courseware. AppDev offers 90+ courses for today's latest technologies including Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2008, Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008, Microsoft® SQL ServerT 2005, Business Intelligence, SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET AJAX and more. AppDev expert instructors include authors and consultants such as Ken Getz, Robert Green, Don Kiely, Andy Baron, Scott Cate, Doug Ware, and Dino Esposito. For training and reference resources, go to www.appdev.com or contact: AppDev U.S., Phone: 800-578-2062 Email: craigj@appdev.com or www.appdev.eu, AppDev Europe, Neil Slater at Ltd Vinalls Business Centre Suite 2a, Neptown, Henfield, West Sussex BN5 9DZ United Kingdom Phone: +44 1273 492 199 Email: neils@appdev.eu

Release Summary:

AppDev a leading online learning and technical training company in the U.S. expands to Europe offering courses on Microsoft products for developers including SQL Server, ASP.NET, Business Intelligence and more.

Keyword Tags:

asp.net, business intelligence, elearning, it training, microsoft software training, online training, sharepoint, sql server, training online, visual basic 2008

Contacts

AppDev
Cindy Leines, 763-559-6058
cindyl@appdev.com

Grocery Shopping Network Now Produces Seven Million Personalized Ads for Loyalty Card Holders Every Week

Andrew Robinson, GSN CEO, Reflects on Architecting the Unparalleled Grocery Personalization System

MINNEAPOLIS-- May 19, 2008 --GSN initially launched its proprietary personalization engine in May 2005. Today, the engine builds over seven million household-specific ads on a weekly basis for clients including Giant Food Stores of Carlisle, Kings Supermarkets, Niemann Foods, Ukrop's, and others. With this engine, grocery stores are able to remember who their customers are, what they like, and tell them when their favorite items are on sale. Unlike less advanced engines, the GSN personalization engine goes beyond providing exact matches. "GSN's personalization engine is powerful because its algorithms take into account many variables when building household-specific offers and ads. Beyond the items a consumer normally purchases, the system also recommends products the consumer has not purchased, but is likely to purchase. This gives the consumer more savings opportunities and grocers the ability to expand category purchases and increase basket size," says Andy Robinson, Grocery Shopping Network CEO. The engine examines sale items in the store, both advertised and unadvertised, and through its proprietary system, provides a consumer with a unique weekly ad built just for his/her household.

The idea for the system struck Andy in the early 1990s. Andy was raising two young children and taking trips to the supermarket to fulfill the household's weekly grocery needs. Like many consumers, Andy wanted to maximize the value of every dollar spent. He often achieved this goal, but doing so meant spending extra time and effort finding the right products. During one of his weekly trips that was taking a little longer than normal, Andy asked himself, "Why doesn't the grocery store remember who I am, what I like, and let me know the items that are relevant to my household that are on sale?" That question led Andy Robinson to incorporate one of the first companies focused on providing websites that fulfill the needs of shoppers, grocery retailers, and consumer packaged goods companies, Grocery Shopping Network (f/k/a HomeTown Info, Inc) in April of 1996. Thanks to Andy's vision and leadership, GSN now provides grocery retailers with the most advanced website technology available in the marketplace.

Since its inception, the company has purchased and integrated $80 million worth of technology including UCook.com and Beeline. UCook.com was a standalone recipe portal with over 65,000 recipes searchable by course, prep time, ingredients, skill level and more. GSN repurposed the portal and integrated it into the company's software. Customers using a retail grocery website powered by GSN have access to all the recipes and features of the original Ucook.com website, but now GSN's software even suggests recipe ideas based on the grocery store's sale items. Beeline is a scoring engine that was developed by Symbol Technologies. With the acquisition, development, and integration of Beeline into GSN's existing technology, Andy knew he would soon be able to provide an answer to his original question.

Andy continues, "I'm extremely proud GSN was able to accomplish this challenge. The technology enables retailers to better serve customers on a one-to-one basis by providing offers that are specific and relevant to individual customers. The customer saves time and money. The retailer becomes more relevant to the customer because the retailer has provided the customer with more relevance. It's a win-win."

Andrew Robinson, Founder and CEO

As the original entrepreneur of Grocery Shopping Network, Inc. ("GSN") it was Andy's vision that propelled GSN to become a premier provider of digital marketing services. Mr. Robinson has extensive experience in the marketing fulfillment and grocery industries. He served as the Vice President of Fulfillment Systems, Inc. (FSI) early in his career. In 1990, after working in the technology industry for a few years, Mr. Robinson partnered with two fulfillment industry executives and formed Right Choice Services Inc., a marketing fulfillment firm serving Fortune 500 Consumer Packaged Goods Companies working as its COO and eventually CEO. The convergence of events and ideas, including the Internet, coupled with experience gained working in the consumer marketing and advertising worlds, prompted Andy to build the GSN products and services that serve as the cornerstone of GSN's consumer ad network which is renowned for engaging shoppers by providing shopping list tools and relevant content at the place they shop.

About Grocery Shopping Network

Grocery Shopping Network provides grocery retailers' Web sites with a suite of proprietary software products that integrate shopping list building, recipes and meal planning with relevant, focused advertising content. GSN (www.groceryshopping.net) brings together the Web and in-store supermarket shopping experience. A GSN-powered site enables consumers to seamlessly shop their store, be presented with sales and promotions in the context of the items they are planning to purchase, access and save recipes for the items they plan to purchase, plan meals and utilize the many discount offers (including coupons) made available by brand manufacturers.

Contacts

Grocery Shopping Network
Albin Andolshek, 612-238-4942

Shavlik's Any Patch, Anywhere Technology Continues to Provide the Coverage Other Solutions Can't

Shavlik's Industry Leading Technology Protect Offers Automatic Detection of Microsoft's Latest Patches

ST. PAUL, Minn May 16, 2008 --Shavlik Technologies, LLC, the market leader in delivering software solutions that rapidly accelerate and continuously improve security and compliance readiness, today announced the ability for its Shavlik NetChk Protect users to protect themselves from security risks introduced by Microsoft's latest patch release.

Shavlik offers one of the only solutions available to help companies identify which systems are vulnerable to the security risk posed by Microsoft's latest patch MS08-029, released this week. MS08-029 addresses a vulnerability in the Microsoft security suite of tools. Microsoft currently does not provide patches for this bulletin. Shavlik is able to add support for scanning of new vulnerabilities faster than other solutions through the Dynamic Product Detection technology in the scan engine that powers Shavlik NetChk Protect, the industry-leading solution for patch management and application control.

"Many Enterprises may be unaware that their patch management solution is not scanning for the latest patch, which leaves them without the ability to centrally identify their risk, report on their security posture, or have any knowledge about their level of vulnerability to this issue," said Eric Schultze, chief technology officer, Shavlik Technologies.

For more information and commentary from Eric Schultze on this month's release of Microsoft security updates, which underscores the risk in relying on free solutions to patch a network is not a viable solution as it often leaves gaps in security infrastructure, visit http://www.shavlik.com/desk-of-the-cto.aspx#six.

Shavlik's award-winning Shavlik NetChk Protect simplifies and accelerates the detection and remediation of gaps in your system security, resulting in an enterprise that is ready to improve the speed, accuracy and productivity of its IT security and compliance operations - in physical and virtual environments.

About Shavlik Technologies

Shavlik Technologies, LLC delivers enterprise IT organizations robust software solutions that rapidly accelerate and continuously improve security and compliance readiness by simplifying IT operations, and identifying and reliably closing system security gaps. Shavlik's solutions provide Rapid Readiness so IT organizations realize continuous security and compliance readiness in a fraction of the time, cost and IT resources required by alternative approaches.

With more than 10,000 customers worldwide, Shavlik enables enterprises to simplify complex IT security and compliance management, providing trustworthy solutions that free up critical IT resources to focus on innovations that drive business growth while lowering costs. Shavlik also licenses its technology to more than 20 leading security and technology companies such as BMC, Juniper, Sophos, Symantec and VMware. For more information, visit Shavlik Technologies at www.shavlik.com.

Shavlik Technologies is a registered trademark in the United States and certain other countries, of Shavlik Technologies. Additional Shavlik product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Shavlik Technologies. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

Contacts

Shavlik Technologies, LLC
Jill Teut, 651-255-5432
jill.teut@shavlik.com
or
Madison Alexander PR
Dan Chmielewski, 714-832-8716
dchm@madisonalexanderpr.com

Thought Convergence Acquires Name Intelligence

Acquisition Is a Major Milestone in Thought Convergence's Strategy of Developing a Self-Sustaining, Symbiotic Domain Ecosystem That Services the Global Domain Community

LOS ANGELES & SEATTLE-- May 06, 2008 --Thought Convergence, the industry-leading provider of domain management, monetization and development tools and technologies for premium domain owners and aggregators of high-quality domain portfolios, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Name Intelligence, the company behind the highly-acclaimed DomainTools service and the Domain Roundtable conference. The acquisition expands Thought Convergence's already extensive suite of industry-leading domain tools, services and technologies, and paves the path for management's vision of a unified Domain Ecosystem.

"We are proud to welcome Jay, Ray and the entire Name Intelligence team into the Thought Convergence family," said Kevin Vo, Thought Convergence Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "The addition of Name Intelligence further strengthens our industry-leading technology platform and lays the groundwork for the continuing expansion of our comprehensive suite of tools and services for domain professionals." Further commenting on the acquisition, Thought Convergence Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ammar Kubba, added that "Name Intelligence shares our passion and drive to create technology-driven solutions and innovation within the domain industry. By combining our award-winning monetization and development platform, deep industry relationships and extensive resources with Name Intelligence's unparalleled research, analysis and data aggregation tools, we are putting into place a robust and scalable framework for the creation of a symbiotic Domain Ecosystem."

In commenting on the close of the transaction, Jay Westerdal, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Name Intelligence, said, "We are incredibly excited to join forces with Thought Convergence and to leverage our core competencies and proprietary technology in order to create the next generation of DomainTools, our auction and marketplace platform, intellectual property protection services and semantic suggestion technology." Name Intelligence operations will remain in Seattle, Washington, and will continue to be led by Jay Westerdal and Ray Bero. In addition to their responsibilities at Name Intelligence, both Westerdal and Bero will collaborate with senior management at Thought Convergence to develop and execute on the Company's long-term strategy.

About Thought Convergence

Founded in 2001, Thought ConvergenceT is an industry-leading service provider of domain information, management, monetization and development tools and technologies for the domain name industry. Widely regarded as a pioneer in the domain industry, Thought Convergence provides its award-winning services and technologies under several brands, including TrafficZT, DomainToolsT and Idea.NetT. By leveraging its comprehensive suite of fully-integrated domain services, tools and technologies, Thought Convergence is pioneering the industry's first symbiotic Domain EcosystemT and is working to promote the continued evolution, success and sustainability of the domain industry. Thought Convergence is a privately-held company, growing profitably since inception, and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with offices in Seattle, Washington. For more information, please visit http://www.ThoughtConvergence.com.

Contacts

Thought Convergence
Ammar Kubba, 310-909-7900
PR@ThoughtConvergence.com

$80 Tiny Computer Runs Linux, Development Tools, Controls, and Servers

US embedded hardware OEM KwikByte is shipping a low-cost, tiny embedded system designed for general purpose computing, embedded controls, and database/web servers. KwikByte demonstrated the system running open-source packages such as Apache, MySQL, and PostgreSQL within a Debian environment.

Tempe, AZ  -  March 12, 2008 -- US embedded hardware OEM KwikByte demonstrated a complete, embedded Debian environment and applications running on a power-conscious, microcontroller-based system. The system is designed for general purpose computing, embedded controls, remote monitoring, and server applications.

The board used for the demonstration, KwikByte's KB9260, is based on the AT91SAM9260 microcontroller. The controller's small footprint reduces system size while the low power consumption allows the board to be powered by Power over Ethernet – PoE also known as IEEE 802.3af. By using PoE, a single Ethernet connection to the board can provide power as well as network connectivity. This minimizes facility installation costs.

The board supports minimal configurations like BusyBox and uClibc as well as larger installations like Debian. The Debian development kit was shown running a controls application built and debugged on the board (screen shot attached). No tools were required on a host PC as the system exports a virtual display over Ethernet. This configuration resides entirely within on-board Flash. The dev kit includes schematics and the board ships with recent Linux kernel, currently 2.6.24.

The number of general purpose I/O (GPIO) combined with programmable clocks, serial channels, analog input channels, and timer/counter/PWM channels make it ideal for embedded controls applications. Additionally, the USB host power supply was designed to provide extra power for most USB hard drives. Applications that require very large storage space are only limited by the size of an external hard disk and the entire system can be powered over the Ethernet cable.

System Details
- AT91SAM9260, ARM926EJ-S 200MHz
- 32/64 MB SDRAM
- 8 MB boot Flash
- 256 MB – 2 GB NAND Flash
- 10/100 Ethernet
- 1 x USB 2.0 host port
- 35 x GPIO, max
- 3 x serial channels including debug serial
- 4 x programmable clocks
- 3 x timer/counter/PWM channels
- 4 x analog input ADC channels
- Power options: Power over Ethernet, on-board voltage regulator, or external power supply
- Size: 3.1" x 3.1"

Availability
The KB9260 is shipping now with volume pricing of $79.99. A WinCE port is also available.

About KwikByte
KwikByte designs and manufactures embedded hardware systems. Founded in 2003, KwikByte is located in Tempe, AZ.

Press Contact: KwikByte
Company Name:
Phone: 480-303-7475
Website: www.kwikbyte.com

Realizing SEO Benefits Quickly Through Blogging

by Ambar Shrivastava , Friday, May 9, 2008

QUICK RESULTS IN SEARCH MARKETING are only possible with pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, right? Wrong. The advent of blogging, as well as recent advances to search engine algorithms, has narrowed the gap between PPC and search engine optimization (SEO) to mere hours. With PPC, there is instant gratification as your advertisement will appear in search results almost immediately after your campaign is activated. However, this same advantage can now be seen in SEO.

First, let's take a look at some common reasons why SEO projects have not been carried out in the past.

- Companies don't want to abandon tech investments (e.g. content management systems and Web publishing tools)

- Lack of budget dedicated to SEO

- May take a while to demonstrate ROI

Blogging addresses each of these problems.

- SEO best practices are already in place. Blogging software by default includes a few basic but important SEO practices by using proper Titles, headlines, URLs, and internal linking structure. Search engines also like sites that have fresh content, which can give blogs great influence over search results.

- Recent search engine algorithm changes boost the visibility of blogs. An experiment by Ryan Durk took advantage of temporary changes in Google's logo linking to the search results page for "January 1 TCP/IP". It shows two things: the speed by which a new blog is indexed and the short time between your blog getting indexed and it appearing high in search results.

- Blogs are inexpensive and easy to setup. A new blog can be created in a matter of minutes with little technical knowledge. Blog creation is free in many cases, often with a nominal monthly fee for additional features.

Blogging is great for companies that are not ready to make the larger SEO investment or are worried about abandoning a CMS in which they have already invested. Blogging can be used as a proof of concept that shows that SEO can deliver results. Use of blogging software delays the larger discussion of SEO projects that are potentially more time-consuming and require a larger investment that reap longer term benefits. Setting up a blog is inexpensive and doesn't force you to abandon or modify your existing IT investments.

Then get people to notice your blog.

- Conduct keyword research Creating a blog is just the first step. Keyword research can be the difference between a highly popular, authoritative blog and a blog that no one knows exists.

Since everyone competes on the most popular words, try blogging about slightly less-competitive topics, so your site has the ability to rank for those terms. There are some great tools out there that help facilitate this process of identifying writing topics that other sites aren't necessarily targeting, yet will drive traffic.

If you're just getting started with blogging, write about a subject where you have expertise that you feel will interest your audience. Once you reach a critical mass of blog posts, take a step back and analyze how people are finding your blog and use that information to guide your editorial calendar.

- Utilize social media and pinging. In addition to keyword research, it is important to promote the blog using social media tools that increase the visibility of your blog and generate inbound links to your domain. Be sure to utilize pinging services to notify aggregation services of new content on your blog.

- Customize the blog template. It is also important to link to your new blog from the Homepage of your main Web site to make it easier for search engine spiders to discover it. Often times, the default template needs to be tweaked slightly for maximum SEO benefit. For instance, make sure your blog Permalink uses meaningful anchor text and not www.yourdomain.com/blog/?p=456

Blogging may not be the long-term solution for fixing a broken site, but it will get your foot in the door for SEO, deliver results in the short term, and facilitate the process of getting buy-in for full-scale, long-term SEO projects for the rest of your Web site.


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Ambar Shrivastava is product manager of Connors Communications, the developer of HitTail. 
 
Search Insider for Friday, May 9, 2008:
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Brand New Chinese Character Domain Names Launched on the Internet Today - Many Other International Languages Also Available

Internet users can now register domain names using almost any language or text imaginable. Included are not only Chinese characters, but also Spanish, French, German, Russian and Japanese - to name but a few. The Internet has evolved and become a lot more universal.

New York, NY  -  April 2, 2008 -- People are now registering domain names as never before using almost all language and texts imaginable. In addition to Chinese, there's also Spanish, French, German, Russian and Japanese - and the list goes on.

Unrivalled in their flexibility, International Domain Names are here to stay. Begin registering your own Multi-Lingual Domain absolutely free as dotWORLDS (www.dotworlds.net) Beta Tests systems.

dotWORLDS offers unlimited possibilities for all those wanting personalization and easy-to-remember options. Dream up a domain, invent your own extension and you too can create your very own TLD - plus you'll even be offered the option to host your new website on dotWORLDS servers free of charge. A new dimension has been added to the Internet that anyone can use virtually without restriction.

dotWORLDS investment in its global structure provides members and visitors on all five continents with secure, managed systems. dotWORLDS is also working on other new advances and Internet users worldwide can expect further announcements soon on the launch of a totally free Multi-Video Conference Centre.

dotWORLDS Ltd is a UK company based in London that specializes in providing fully personalized internet domains, email addresses, hosting, site builders, and ISP services all free through their global infrastructure. Please see website www.dotworlds.net/ for full details.

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Giant Food Stores Sees Website Traffic Increase 400% Because of a ''Super Shopping List''

MINNEAPOLIS-- May 01, 2008 --Giant Food Stores, a division of Royal Ahold, has increased monthly consumer website visits by 400% over the past year. The website (www.giantfoodstores.com) utilizes many aspects of Grocery Shopping Network's proprietary software. Erik Keptner, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Advertising at Giant stated, "Partnering with Grocery Shopping Network ("GSN") has allowed us to help our customers maximize their trip to the grocery store by doing their planning from the comfort of their own homes. A personalized shopping list, on-line recipes, easy access to weekly specials, and meal planning solutions take the guesswork out of grocery shopping by offering another convenient way to save time and money."

"Consumer adoption continues to exceed expectations," continued Keptner.

Andy Robinson, CEO of Grocery Shopping Network, commented, "It's a pleasure to work with a forward-thinking company like Giant Food Stores of Carlisle. They truly understand the importance and power of utilizing technology to increase sales and customer loyalty."

Giant's website is powered with GSN's leading software that enables a consumer to quickly create a shopping list via personalized offers, the weekly circular, a virtual pantry containing previous purchases, and a searchable database of over 64,000 recipes. One customer commented, "I love how it (the software) remembers what I buy, shows me personal offers, and helps me plan meals. It's fun and easy to plan an affordable shopping trip through the website. After I print out the list, all items are displayed based on department and aisle. My super shopping list saves me time and money!"

Giant has further enhanced customers' on-line options through the April launch of its Shop from Home feature now available at its Camp Hill, Pennsylvania store. Erik Keptner said, "We look forward to continuing to develop web-based tools that offer our customers convenient and customer-friendly shopping solutions."

About Giant Food Stores

Giant Food Stores, LLC, one of the leading supermarket operations in the U.S., currently operates stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia under the names of Giant Food Stores, Martin's Food Markets and FoodSource. As a company, Giant is proud to work with hundreds of local organizations in the communities it serves and has a long-standing commitment to eradicate hunger and improve the quality of life for children. For more information about Giant Food Stores, visit www.GiantFoodStores.com.

About GSN

Grocery Shopping Network provides grocery retailers' Web sites with a suite of proprietary software products that integrate shopping list building, recipes and meal planning with relevant, focused advertising content. GSN (http://www.groceryshopping.net) brings together the Web and in-store supermarket shopping experience. A GSN-powered site enables consumers to seamlessly shop their store, be presented with sales and promotions in the context of the items they are planning to purchase, access and save recipes for the items they plan to purchase, plan meals and utilize the many discount offers (including coupons) made available by brand manufacturers.

Contacts

Grocery Shopping Network
Albin Andolshek, 612-238-4942