WiredBenefits, today announced the launch of their San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) compliant HRA card. WiredBenefits offers employers a tax-free, independent and efficient way to provide employee healthcare benefits. Currently available online through Shargel & Co. Insurance Services at www.prepaidhealthcare.com/partners/shargel, the tax free card can be used for health care services and products at providers and merchants who accept MasterCard.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first and only conference dedicated to blogging and new media, is now accepting submissions for speakers. Those interested in presenting at BlogWorld & New Media Expo can submit online at http://www.blogworldexpo.com/speaker-proposals. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, May 31, 2008. The conference will be held Sept. 20-21, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

CoreStreet, the leader in credential validation solutions, today announced that its CoreStreet PIVMAN Solution served a critical role as part of the May 15 “Spring Blitz” Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)-201 interoperable credential usage demonstration, hosted by Tampa Fire Rescue with technical support provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Taking place at the Tampa Fire Training Academy in Tampa, Florida, the demonstration simulated routine and emergency access for hurricane disaster sites as well as the Super Bowl, marking it as the first demonstration focused on the use of credential validation for routine and emergency access in a commercial scenario.

XFONE, Inc. (AMEX and TASE: XFN) (“XFONE” or “the Company”) announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and also reported pro forma unaudited consolidated results of Xfone and NTS Communications, Inc. (“NTS”), which Xfone acquired on February 26, 2008, as if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2008.

MediNotes Corporation, a market leader in electronic health records (EHRs) with more than 23,000 users nationwide, will unveil its new award-nominated supply chain management (SCM) software, MediNotes Clinician SCM (referred to as “SideWinder” in TEPR literature), on Sunday, May 18 at 10:00 a.m. E.D.T. at the Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) Awards finalists presentations. MediNotes Clinician SCM is being considered for the award among six other “Hot Product” nominees. The winner will be announced at the TEPR Opening Session on Monday afternoon, May 19.

GE today announced that it was reviewing strategic options for its Appliances business. The Company is currently considering three possibilities for the unit: a strategic partnership or joint venture; spin off; or the sale of the business.

Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), an industry leader in delivering innovative IT solutions to some of the world’s most respected companies including Caterpillar, Motorola, T-Systems, GE and the State of Georgia, announced today the expansion of a new proactive managed solution for resellers – iTWatch Managed Services. iTWatch provides end-to-end monitoring and management of reseller’s end user’s IT infrastructure, delivering a reduction in service costs and an increase in customer satisfaction.

OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ:OPTV), a leading provider of solutions for the delivery of advanced television and advanced advertising services, will be showcasing its latest solutions at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) Cable Show, booth #629, at the New Orleans Convention Center from May 18 to 20, 2008.

Synapse® today announced the appointment of Paul Brashier as Chief Financial Officer.

in motion with live demonstrations of Wii Fit and the new Wii Balance Board(TM).

Join your host MR. POTATO HEAD for fun and games with family and friends like never before. From the Casual Entertainment Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) comes the fun-filled video game HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT, launching fall 2008 on Wii™ and the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Featuring six games including: BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, CONNECT FOUR, SORRY! and the all new, SORRY! Sliders, HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT is sure to become a valuable family favorite.

Hirsch International Corp. (NASDAQ: HRSH, http://www.hirschinternational.com), the leading provider of apparel decorating equipment including Tajima embroidery machines, MHM screen printing machines, SEIT laser bridge machines, Pulse digitizing software, and Kornit digital garment printers has entered into an agreement with MIMAKI USA, Inc., to serve as a distributor of its GP-604 digital garment printers. MIMAKI’s inkjet printers are used for textiles and apparel and can print directly on ready-made clothing and help designers support small lot production and “on-demand” market requests.

Jeff Gardner, president of PaySimple, together with Karen Webster, president of Market Platform Dynamics, will present primary research about small business and electronic payments at the NACHA Payments 2008 Conference to be held May 18-21 in Las Vegas.

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) today announced that it has resolved its patent dispute with St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc.

Syntel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNT), a global provider of custom Information Technology and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) solutions, today announced its Chairman & CEO Bharat Desai will participate in the 36th Annual JPMorgan Technology Conference, set for May 19-21, 2008 in Boston.

CompuVault Inc., a leading channel provider of online data backup services, announced today that Turi Pillitteri has been hired as Channel Sales Manager.

HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Novell (Nasdaq:NOVL) today announced an exclusive alliance to migrate HP Identity Center customers to Novell identity and security management solutions.

SAS, the leader in business intelligence, repeats its lead position in Chartis Research’s “Credit Risk Management Systems 2008” for retail banking. The report touted the strengths of SAS® Credit Risk Management for Banking particularly for its data management capabilities, Basel II applications, flexible analytics, global presence/support, business intelligence, and financial stability and size.

QuickLogic® Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), the premier supplier of ultra-low power configurable platforms for the mobile market, has developed an evaluation module for its Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) technology that allows OEMs and ODMs to see first-hand the benefits the technology can bring to their mobile devices, both in terms of revolutionary image enhancement and battery life savings. The module comes with both pre-configured mobile processor and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) interfaces that enable easy insertion into an existing handheld device so that developers can evaluate the technology in a real-world setting without making any significant engineering investment.

Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) the premier people management software and services provider, has announced that its customer, the HIV Online Provider Education (HOPE) Program, will be featured in an upcoming Saba Webcast titled, “How Online Collaboration is Changing the World—The Use of Technology for Rapid, Global Knowledge Transfer,” to be held Friday, May 30, 2008 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT.

Veraz Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRAZ), a leading global provider of IP softswitch and media gateway solutions, today announced that it will delay the filing of its Form 10-Q for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. On May 7, 2008, Veraz announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had notified Veraz that it is conducting a confidential informal inquiry and that Veraz’s Board of Directors had appointed a special committee to oversee an independent investigation into the matters raised by the SEC informal inquiry. We are continuing to investigate the matters raised by the SEC informal inquiry. We are not currently aware of any facts that would cause us to change our results of operations for either the quarter ended March 31, 2008 or any prior period. We currently anticipate filing our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q within the period permitted by Rule 12b-25(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that over 800,000 individuals in Virginia speak a language other than English. To respond to this increasing demographic, the Virginia Association of REALTORS®, the premier business advocate for over 37,000 real estate professionals in Virginia, has partnered with LLE® - Language Services, a recognized leader of interpretation and translation services in 150 different languages to thousands of business, government and non-profit organizations around the world. Under this partnership, REALTORS® and non-English speaking home buyers and sellers will have access to “live” interpreters over the phone 24 hours a day and the ability to have real estate specific documents translated into another language by actual linguists.

Peter J. Kight, vice chairman of Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), was among this year’s recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor presented by the National Ethnic Coalition (NECO) on May 10th in New York City. The Ellis Island Medal of Honor is awarded to outstanding Americans who have distinguished themselves as citizens of the United States and have enabled their ancestry groups to maintain their identities while becoming integral parts of American life. Kight founded CheckFree, the electronic payment company in 1981, and was its CEO until Fiserv acquired CheckFree in December 2007.

Red Herring today announced that Coupons, Inc. is a recipient of the Red Herring 100 North America, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the region.

AOL announced the launch of a new parenting destination, ParentDish.com, http://www.parentdish.com, which is part of AOL Living, http://living.aol.com. AOL’s site features a mix of videos, blog posts and celebrity contributors who provide informative, accessible, focused and personal content written with a “personal touch” for families with kids of all ages and issues they face today. ParentDish is supported by AOL’s advertising network, Platform-A, which will offer both display advertising as well as content-targeted links provided by Quigo.

Salira Systems, Inc., the first EPON vendor to attain MEF Carrier Ethernet certification, today announced that it will unveil the industry’s most flexible and cost-effective multi-wavelength EPON solution at the Cable Show in New Orleans. Known as MW-PON, the new solution enables carriers and operators to quadruple the bandwidth capacity of existing fiber networks. Salira’s solution uses an elegant implementation of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) to increase bandwidth capacity dramatically without any upgrades to the outside plant.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first and only conference dedicated to blogging and new media, is returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 20-21, 2008. Registration is now open for the event at www.blogworldexpo.com. All attendees who register by June 20 will save as much as 50 percent.

The .ME Registry (a dba of doMEn d.o.o.,) the official registry operator for the new .ME domain name extension, announced that it has selected Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services and the Deloitte aligned law firm of Laga to provide audit services for its Sunrise pre-registration period for intellectual property holders.

Multiband Corporation, (NASDAQ:MBND), the nation’s largest DIRECTV Master System Operator (MSO) for Multiple Dwelling Units, announced today that it has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire a 51% interest in DirecTech Southwest (“Southwest”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of DirecTECH Holding Co (“DirecTECH”). Under the terms of the transaction, Multiband would acquire a controlling interest in Southwest for $7.65 million, comprised of 1.9 million shares of Multiband valued at $2.50 per share, and the issuance of a $2.95 million five-year note. Upon completion of the transaction, scheduled for the 2008 third quarter, Multiband will consolidate the operating results of Southwest. Southwest had unaudited 2007 results of $67 million in revenue and was profitable.

Avalon Capital Holdings Corporation (OTC:AVAL), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Traders Development LLC, announced today a licensing deal with MF Global Canada Co., for its Avalon FX Pro Trading software. MF Global Canada is a Canadian investment dealer and futures commission merchant specializing in futures, options and foreign exchange. It is a member of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund.

Comverse Technology, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CMVT.PK) today announced the final results of its previously announced cash tender offer (the “Offer”) for all of its outstanding Zero Yield Puttable Securities (ZYPSSM) Due May 15, 2023 (CUSIP Nos. 205862AK1 and 205862AL9) (the “Old ZYPS”) and New Zero Yield Puttable Securities (ZYPSSM) due May 15, 2023 (CUSIP No. 205862AM7) (the “New ZYPS”, and collectively with the Old ZYPS, the “ZYPS”), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal, each dated April 16, 2008.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA), a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, announced the voting results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held May 15, 2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Unidym, Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR), announced today that it will participate in the upcoming Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center May 18th through 23rd. The company will be exhibiting its carbon nanotube-based transparent conductive electrodes designed for use in displays and touch panels at its booth (#504). In addition, Unidym’s CTO, Dr. Paul Drzaic, will chair a session discussing e-paper (Session 46) and present a short paper (Session 37.4) discussing the integration of carbon nanotube-based transparent electrodes into display applications.

Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ:INAP), a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, announced today that MOLI, a next-generation social media and social commerce site, is leveraging Internap’s route-optimized, high-performance IP services and international data center colocation solutions to enhance its Web presence. Through Internap’s robust technology, MOLI is able to provide its members with a reliable and consistent online experience.

Bradford joined McCarthy Group in 1999. Mr. Bradford is president of McCarthy Capital Corp., the operating arm of McCarthy Group. He is also Chairman of Vornado Air, a Wichita-based manufacturer of air circulation devices, and sits on the boards of NRG Media, Southwest Value Partners, and Gold Circle Films.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92033) has announced the addition of “Company Study of Shenyang Neusoft” to their offering.

EuroStart, ein in San Francisco ansässiger Venturefonds, hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass die 50 vielversprechendsten Technologieunternehmen ausgewählt wurden, um sich beim einzigartigen transatlantischen Zusammentreffen während der „World Investment Conference“ in La Baule, Frankreich, vom 4. bis 6. Juni 2008 vorzustellen. Unter den 50 Unternehmen wurden 30 High-Tech-Unternehmen ausgewählt, die sich auf dem „California Tech Showcase“ vorstellen. (CTS 2008, www.CaliforniaTechShowcase.com) 20 Clean-Tech-Unternehmen stellen sich auf der „Transatlantic Green Platform“ vor. (TGP 2008, www.TransatlanticGreenPlatform.com). Die Beschreibungen der ausgewählten Unternehmen können hier heruntergeladen werden: www.californiatechshowcase.com/rsc/ CTS-TGP2008PresentingCompanyDescriptions.pdf (Aufgrund ihrer Länge müssen Sie diese URL gegebenenfalls in das Adressfeld Ihres Browsers hineinkopieren. Löschen Sie eine eventuell bestehende Leerzeichen.)

EuroStart, un fonds de capital-risque basé à San Francisco, annonce aujourd'hui que 50 entreprises de technologie à fort potentiel ont été sélectionnées pour faire une présentation à l’occasion d’un rassemblement technologique transatlantique unique dans le cadre de la Conférence mondiale sur les investissements qui aura lieu à La Baule, en France, du 4 au 6 juin 2008. Parmi ces 50 entreprises, 30 sociétés de haute technologie ont été sélectionnées pour faire une présentation au California Tech Showcase (CTS 2008, www.CaliforniaTechShowcase.com) et 20 sociétés de technologie propre feront une présentation lors de la Transatlantic Green Platform (TGP 2008, www.TransatlanticGreenPlatform.com). Des descriptions des entreprises sélectionnées peuvent être téléchargées sur: www.californiatechshowcase.com/rsc/ CTS-TGP2008PresentingCompanyDescriptions.pdf (En raison de sa longueur, il sera peut-être nécessaire de copier/coller cet URL dans le champ d’adresse de votre navigateur Internet. Supprimer l’espace supplémentaire le cas échéant.)

Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ:ELRN)(TASE:ELRN), announced today that it is commencing today a tender offer to purchase 1,462,640 ordinary shares of Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ:GIVN)(TASE:GIVN) for $16.54 per share, net to the seller in cash, less any required withholding taxes and without interest. If the tender offer is completed, the total payments made by Elron will aggregate to $24,192,065. If more than the maximum number of shares offered to be purchased in the tender offer are tendered, Elron will purchase shares on a pro rata basis.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92021) has announced the addition of “2Q08 Iraq Mobile Forecast, 2008 - 2010: Iraqna (Orascom Tel) and Atheer Tel (MTC) merger in Iraq does not bode well for AsiaCell (Wataniya)” to their offering.