Geni.com, the leading family networking site, today announced that it is emerging from beta with a number of new features including video sharing and tree merging. Combined with existing features such as photo sharing, calendar, timelines, and news, the site provides a complete suite of free tools for families to build their family tree, preserve their history, and stay in touch in a private, secure environment.

Following Semifinal matches earlier this week where San Francisco Optx defeated Berlin Allianz, 24-17, and Birmingham Salvo prevailed over Carolina Core by a single point in overtime, 21-20, the two finalists compete Monday in a live World Championship match that will award one team with the title of Championship Gaming Series 2008 World Champion, the coveted Mountain Dew trophy and the US$500,000 grand prize.

Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq:SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced it has opened a new design and application center in Shenzhen, China. The new design center demonstrates Semtech’s expanded level of commitment to customers in the region. The center will provide design and applications support for Semtech’s Protection, Power Management and Advanced Communications & Sensing products.

Vibrant Media, the world leader in contextual advertising, has announced the expansion of its London office to accommodate its growing business in Europe, Russia and Asia. Top-tier talent join the company as its business continues to accelerate and contextual advertising based on keywords increasingly becomes a significant piece of the marketing mix. Vibrant, which was founded in 2000, currently reaches 125 million users* each month and has doubled its revenue every year for the last five. New hires include:

Dynami Solutions LLC announced that Lanterra Homes, Champagne & Fearn and HomeQuest have selected Dynami software solutions to help gain competitive advantage and operational efficiencies in today’s market.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the public comment release of “Ad Campaign Measurement Process Guidelines,” a document that addresses the process of a publisher’s or advertising agency’s use of a third-party ad server and its application service provider. The guidelines supplement current measurement guidelines and provide definitions and guidance on the auditing of processes used in the placement, trafficking and reporting of interactive advertising. The document is the result of a consensus of participating auditing organizations and the IAB.

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATNI) announced today that it will report results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at approximately 5:00 p.m. (EDT).

GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) anunció hoy que la oferta pública inicial de 30,3 millones de acciones de sus acciones ordinarias se cotizó en $ 16,50 por acción. Todas las acciones las vende un único accionista vendedor, GT Solar Holdings, LLC. El accionista vendedor también permitió a los suscriptores la opción de compra de un máximo de 4.545.000 acciones adicionales de acciones ordinarias para cubrir las sobreasignaciones, si éstas exisitieren.

The 3M Electronic Solutions Division announced the appointment of Hervé Gindre to vice president and general manager, effective July 1. During his tenure with 3M, Gindre has held different leadership positions in the Communication Markets Division and Electronic Markets Materials Division in addition to the Electronic Solutions Division. He has led teams in Europe, Asia and the United States, most recently serving as business director of the 3M Electronics Markets Materials Division, based in Singapore

Europe's biggest companies are paying their suppliers more slowly, bringing the average pay period to over 45 days, a new report shows. Brian Shanahan from REL provides an overview of the findings of it joint study with CFO Europe Magazine in a conversation with CNBC Power Lunch Europe Anchor Louisa Bojesen.

Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) has installed NVISION’s all-new NV5100MC Multi-Channel Master Control Switching Systems for its major television services, which includes TNT HD, TBS HD, TBS east and west, Cartoon Network and Atlanta’s Peachtree TV.

TranSwitch® Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), a leading provider of high-speed semiconductor solutions for voice, data and video communications, today announced that Loop Telecom will be utilizing TranSwitch’s EtherMap®-PDH devices in their next generation access platform to enable Ethernet over Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH) infrastructure.

HiveLive™, Inc., a leading enterprise social software platform provider, today announced a “Community Design Challenge” at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford. HiveLive will award a free customer community that’s custom fit and branded to meet the requirements of the winning company.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarket s.com/research/ee9b51/copyrights_parado) has announced the addition of the "Copyright's Paradox" report to their offering.

e•know, inc, creator of on-demand M&A management tools, announced today that LyondellBasell Industries, the world’s third-largest independent chemical company, will use e•know INTEGRATOR to manage and track the merger of its corporate parents. The merger of Basell AF and Lyondell Chemical Company, announced in December of 2007, is a transaction valued at almost $20 billion. Headquartered in The Netherlands, LyondellBasell has combined annual revenues of nearly $45 billion, and nearly 16,000 employees worldwide.

At a recent Board of Directors meeting, AVX Corporation (NYSE: AVX) declared a dividend of $0.04 per common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarket s.com/research/d3a9c6/successfully_embed) has announced the addition of the "Successfully Embedding Innovation" report to their offering.

Peopleclick, Inc., the leading global talent acquisition solutions and Equal Employment Opportunity compliance and diversity metrics provider, today announced the release of Peopleclick Monitor 6.0, the latest version of Peopleclick’s Adverse Impact Analysis software. With this new release, Peopleclick Monitor offers revised race and ethnicity categories helping organizations maintain compliance when hiring, promoting and terminating employees.

In response to increasing managerial concerns related to employee productivity within dispersed teams, Virtual Global (www.virtualglobal.com) launches TeamLeader, a new Software as a Service (SaaS) designed to help managers cope with the 21st century management challenge: holding remote team members accountable.

IdentityTruth,the leading provider of a new breed of services to help consumers safeguard their Privacy and Identity, announced that it has entered into a partnership with radius financial group inc. The partnership will provide radius financial group inc., a leading mortgage banker based in the Boston area, another valuable tool that they can offer in their portfolio of services for their clients.

Brandissimo! Inc.'s Urbaniacs.com, in association with MashON.com, is pleased to announce a licensing agreement for the MashON Urbaniacs Comic Book Creator that lets Urbaniacs members create their own Urbaniacs digital comic books. Fans will be able to share and post their MashON Urbaniacs comic books on their favorite web pages, blogs, and at MashON.com.

ASIS International, the preeminent organization for security professionals worldwide, has published "Security Surveys" by William R. Floyd, CPP.

Certiport today announced Anthony Lewis, 17, and Justin Wainscott, 18—both from Reno, Nevada—are the 2008 U.S. Champions for Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word, respectively. These Country Champions and more than 56,000 students from 47 countries participated in multiple rounds of local, national, and regional competitions in the Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office from October 2007 to May 2008. Both were awarded an all-expense-paid trip to vie for the title “World Champ” of Microsoft Word and Excel during Certiport PATHWAYS™ HAWAII international conference July 31 – August 2.

congatec AG, an innovative manufacturer of embedded computer boards, announced today record sales growth for the first half of 2008. The company reported sales of 13.03 million Euros in the first six months of 2008, a 162% increase over the same period last year. In addition, sales for the first half of 2008 exceeded sales for all of 2007, which were reported at 12.2 million Euros.

Planetwide Media today announced the launch of the MashON™Spore™ E-Card Creator, (http://www.MashON.com/SPORE/), an online application that allows players to create and send personalized E-cards featuring their customized content from the Spore Creature Creator and the highly-anticipated game Spore, shipping this September from Maxis, an Electronic Arts (NASDAQ) studio.

Jaco Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: JACO), announced today that on July 21, 2008, the Company received written notification from NASDAQ that the Company was no longer in compliance with Marketplace Rule 4350, which addresses the majority independent director requirement. The failure to meet the independent director requirement set forth in Rule 4350(c)(1) was a result of the resignation of Neil Rappaport from the Board of Directors of Jaco Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) effective July 7, 2008.

Pinch Media, the first analytics and advertising company for iPhone applications, and JumpTap, the leading mobile search and advertising company, today announced the creation of the most significant iPhone application advertising network at MobileBeat 2008.

Frank N. Magid Associates, the world leader in research-based consultation, and Metacafe®, whose more than 30 million1 unique viewers each month make it one of the world’s largest video entertainment sites, today released survey results revealing consumer behavior and preferences in online video viewing. Notably, the survey found that the top-five most popular categories of videos watched online are all short-form: comedy, music videos, videos shot and uploaded by consumers, news stories and movie previews.

CT Summation, a leader in litigation support and electronic discovery solutions, today announced CaseVault version 5.1, the newest upgrade of its flagship, web-accessible case management service. The new version has been enhanced to provide law firm and corporate legal users with additional workflow and usability functionality, including auto allocation for large document sets, document review activity reports, and an advanced search tool enhancing the ability to manage large and multi-party cases online.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarket s.com/research/c30388/virtual_collaborat) has announced the addition of the "Virtual Collaboration: Enabling Project Teams and Communities" report to their offering.

JPMorgan has awarded PFGBEST.com its “2007 Elite Quality Recognition Award.” PFGBEST.com effected greater than 20 percent efficiency improvements in multi-currency clearing in 2007 and continues to increase its volumes of multi-currency wire and payment transactions requiring the use of the Bank’s system. This award is given annually to a JPMorgan client which has a volume greater than 10,000 payments and improvement greater than 20 percent, meaning a larger number of wires had accurate payment instructions and were successfully transmitted with no human intervention.

Samsung Techwin (www.samsungcctv.com) announced today that effective immediately, it has terminated its distribution and marketing relationship with Advanced Digital Security Solutions, Inc. (ADSS), who has been marketing the Samsung Techwin CCTV products under the name Samsung 360. Going forward all North American sales and marketing of Samsung Techwin products will be handled through Samsung Opto-Electronics America, Inc. (SOA) which is a direct subsidiary of Samsung Techwin.

In release dated July 21, 2008, fourth graph, end of first sentence should read: Information Technology Sector (sted Integration Solutions Sector).

Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501) today announced that Jennifer Lopez of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., has been named the Tsuneo Tanaka Scholarship winner for 2008. The Tsuneo Tanaka Scholarship program is awarded to a student at Sleepy Hollow High School who demonstrates academic excellence, involvement in the community, and financial need. Hitachi America Ltd. is located in Tarrytown, New York, adjacent to Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County, N.Y.

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:LFUS) today announced it will release results for the second quarter of 2008 prior to the opening of the market on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.

After signing up thousands of existing iPhone owners for cash trade-ins, Freeiphoneswap.com today announced an even greater incentive for customers to trade their 2G iPhones for the new 3G model. The Miami-based company, freeiphoneswap.com, originally offering iPhone 2G owners the chance to trade their old phone for $100, $200, or $300 depending on the model has now upped cash payouts an additional $50 to $150, $250, and $350, thereby allowing the consumer to upgrade to the new 3G for free and receive additional cash in their pocket.

Get ready to go for gold on your mobile phone! Two original games for mobile phones based on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are available today. Beijing 2008™– The Official Mobile Phone Game of the Olympic Games and Sonic at the Olympic Games™ take players to the greatest sporting event on Earth with just a few clicks of a keypad and extends the thrill of global competition to mobile phones with exciting gameplay well-suited for casual gaming-on-the-go.

Paper checks are in decline, but they remain an important part of the US payments landscape, primarily because of the continued challenges in making and receiving electronic business-to-business (B2B) payments. New research from TowerGroup finds that while the rapid adoption of electronic payments is driven by the desire of payers (both businesses and consumers) for faster, easier, and more efficient ways to make purchases and pay bills, B2B payments remain the last bastion of checks – making up nearly 60 percent of US check dollar value. These persistent challenges in making and receiving electronic payments are a main reason why average US check values are increasing faster than any other payment type, even as the numbers of checks themselves decline.

Solucorp Industries Ltd. (OTC: SLUP) announced that its patented Integrated Fixation System, IFS-2C Mercury Emission Control Technology marketed under the trade name MetalliFix by Charlotte, NC–based CoaLogix, has been successfully demonstrated at two coal fired power plants using wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems.

Hayes Management Consulting, an industry leader in healthcare consulting, and InterSystems Corporation, a leading provider of innovative database and integration software for connected healthcare, announced today that they have signed a partnership agreement for the purpose of offering expanded integration technology solutions to the global healthcare IT markets.