Dover Corporation announced today that Raymond Hoglund, 57, has been promoted to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of its Engineered Systems segment, effective immediately. Ray will have primary responsibility for the strategic direction and operating performance of the $2.1 billion Engineered Systems segment, comprised of the Product Identification and Engineered Products platforms. Mr. Hoglund will report to Bob Livingston, Dover's recently appointed President and Chief Operating Officer and the former leader of the Engineered Systems segment.

Contex A/S today announced that it has acquired IDEAL's Scanner Distribution Division. IDEAL has consistently been Contex's largest US-based distributor of wide-format scanning and imaging solutions. This move is designed to provide stronger and more direct support to business partners, distributors and dealers in the North and South American market. Additionally, Contex expects the acquisition to expand their market leadership and increase their distribution base in the North and South American market. The acquisition of IDEAL's Scanner Distribution Division continues Contex's growth strategy and furthers their commitment to connect more closely with their end-customers and distribution partners.

Ricoh Americas Corporation announced today that its parent company, Ricoh Company, Ltd. of Tokyo, will erect a sign in New York City's Times Square that will be 100 percent powered by solar and wind power. The electronic billboard, the first ever to be totally powered by natural resources in Times Square, will be located at 3 Times Square at the corner of 7th Avenue and 42nd Street.

Underscoring its commitment to environmental excellence, PulseCore Semiconductor has been certified by Canon Group (hereinafter referred as "Canon") as meeting the company's strict Green Procurement Standards.

8x8, Inc. , provider of Packet8 (http://www.packet8.net/) broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), videophone and mobile VoIP communication services, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,394,803 entitled "Distributed Local Telephony Gateway." The patent issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on July 1, 2008.

According to a survey of cell phone users commissioned by ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. and conducted by independent research firm Amplitude Research, buyers of new cell phones view accessing the Internet (61%) and email capabilities (63%) as most important features along with such items as text messaging (73%) and a camera (67%). Among the list of 19 items respondents selected from, music (34%) and video capability (33%) were also frequent choices, with only a small percentage selecting such features as battery life (0.5%) or voice activation (0.33%).

Highland Park resident Audrey Allred has been named a 2008 Verizon Wireless HopeLine(R) Scholar at Rutgers University School of Social Work where she will begin graduate studies this fall.

AltiGen(R) Communications, Inc. , a leading provider of VoIP business phone systems and Unified Communications solutions for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs), including companies with multiple distributed locations, branch offices and call centers, will participate in the 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Texas, July 7-10. AltiGen is a silver-level conference sponsor and will demonstrate its 100 percent Microsoft-based VoIP business phone systems and Microsoft-based Unified Communications solution at booth # 619.

RADCOM Ltd. ("RADCOM" or the "Company") today announced that the NASDAQ Hearings Panel, following the Company's regaining of compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share, has determined to continue the listing of RADCOM's shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

spanning desktops, to servers and to storage.

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix(TM) interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that it will release CHRONO TRIGGER(R) in North America this Holiday season. Remastered exclusively for Nintendo DS(TM), this marks the first time that the groundbreaking RPG will be available on a handheld console.

Coremetrics, the leading provider of digital marketing optimization solutions, announced that it has been selected as one of the Most Admired Bay Area companies. Every year, local Bay Area news organization KRON 4 gathers nominations of local companies that are most admired for their leadership and focus, with Coremetrics included in this year's top 100 list.

Longtop Financial Technologies Limited ("Longtop") , a leading software developer and solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China, today announced that it has been informed by one of China's largest Joint Stock banks it has been selected to develop a customized foreign exchange payment and clearing system.

During economic slowdowns smart business owners find new ways to mine their customer base for additional business opportunities. An excellent add-on for office imaging dealers and IT VAR's is to sell VersaIMAGE-GOLD/SMB document imaging solutions for immediate productivity and cost improvements.

Providea, Inc., a nationwide provider of video communication solutions, was awarded TANDBERG's 2007 Video Conferencing Partner of the Year award. The award ceremony held during TANDBERG's Partner Summit in Las Vegas, NV recognized Providea among hundreds of channel partners as a leader in sales and customer satisfaction in 2007.

Phoenix Technologies Ltd. , the global leader in core systems firmware, today announced it has signed its first customers for the groundbreaking Phoenix FailSafe and HyperCore products. Two significant deals signal the market's acceptance of Phoenix's drive to enable PCs with new levels of security, performance and ease of use.

CSC announced today that it has signed a new information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft Corp. The nine-year agreement is an extension of services that began in 2002.

implemented Oracle(R) Utilities Customer Care and Billing to replace several inflexible and expensive-to-maintain legacy systems. The company is running this application on Oracle Database.

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The Parent Company , a leading commerce, content and new media company for growing families, today announced that it will present at the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference in Boston.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation , a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, will host a conference call on July 16, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss the Company's second-quarter results.

Everything is more expensive this summer, and shoppers are feeling the heat.

China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. the leading provider of conditional access (CA) systems to mainland China's growing digital television market today announced that the Company has been designated as a mobile TV solution developer by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), China's regulatory body on broadcasting.

Elbit Vision Systems (OTCBB: EVSNF) today announced that it has a won two orders for multiple ultrasonic inspection systems, totaling $2.2 million. Both are initial orders from leading aerospace manufacturers, one of which is based in Europe and the other based in the United States. Both are new customers for EVS.

An unforeseen and surprising beneficiary of the Economic Stimulus Plan, a plan that George Bush contends will "boost our economy and encourage job creation," has surfaced this week. An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans' mailboxes across the country.

IDG's Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," announced today that it has selected Antares Management Solutions as one of the top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals for the third year in a row.

Limelight Networks will report financial results for the second quarter 2008 at approximately 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 pm. EDT) on 12 August 2008.

EMBARQ will release results for second quarter 2008 after U.S. markets close on July 29, 2008. Interested parties are invited to listen to the earnings conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT. Additional information about the call is as follows:

VocaLink, the transaction specialist, has announced that Halifax / Bank of Scotland (HBOS) and Sainsbury's Finance have joined its cash machine pre-pay mobile phone top-up service available through most LINK cash machines.

NICE Systems the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, today announced that it plans to report its second quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, August 6, 2008.

NAVTEQ , a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, announced today that Nokia has received unconditional approval from the European Commission for its planned acquisition of NAVTEQ. With this, Nokia now has received all approvals for the purchase. The parties expect to close the deal within the next five business days.