Rock Violinist Antonio Pontarelli Wins Malibu Music Awards   Alternative Rock Singer-Songwriter-Violinist Antonio Pontarelli of USC was awarded the Grand Prize of the Malibu Music Awards. The award show honors artists, songwriters, lyricists and those who are making it in the music industry. 2008-08-18 (Friend of PRWeb: 40)

New Extension Adds a Whole New Dimension to Solberge Hotel - North Yorkshire   With an exquisite country setting near Northallerton in North Yorkshire and an enviable reputation for its superb accommodation, facilities, food and service it's hard to imagine how Solberge Hall Hotel can get any better. But better it gets, year after year, as everyone associated with this lovely North Yorkshire country house hotel works hard to create the ultimate hospitality venue. 2008-08-18

TalentHook Partners with Visibility Software Reinforcing a Commitment to Full Service Recruitment Solutions
Visibility Software’s Cyber Recruiter ATS now includes seamless resume export functionality with TalentHook Sphere. 2008-08-18

Trusted LASIK Surgeons Welcomes Dallas LASIK Eye Surgery Specialist Dr. R. Wayne Bowman to its LASIK Directory   Trusted LASIK Surgeons launched its revolutionary Trusted LASIK Eye Surgeons directory service and information resource for consumers at www.TrustedLASIKSurgeons.com. What sets the Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory apart is a unique screening process ensuring that only the best LASIK Surgeons in the United States are listed. Refractive Surgeons such as Dallas LASIK Surgeon Dr. R. Wayne Bowman, are screened based on their experience, research, publications, lectures and patient care standards. Trusted LASIK Surgeon's goal is to have the top 1% surgeons listed in its LASIK surgery Directory for every major city in the United States. 2008-08-18

New Functional, Sophisticated Gothic Street Wear from Covet Couture - Now Available Online and in Stores Near You   From Carnival to Cabaret, from Gothic Street to Vintage Vixen, Covet Street 08 has what you want. Women's Tops, skirts, dresses, men's tops, and men's pants are all available. Whether you buy wholesale or you're a retail customer, Covet Couture's Covet Street 08 line is some seriously sexy gothic wear. 2008-08-18

Muller Bressler Brown Selects Radian6 For Social Media Monitoring
Full service branding, advertising, design, interactive and public relations agency will use platform to measure online customer engagement for client campaigns. 2008-08-18

New Edition of Millennials Incorporated at Amazon Shows Managers How to Recruit, Retain, and Manage Gen Y Employees in the Workplace   The Second Edition of Millennials Incorporated, the leading authority in Generation Y in the workplace, has been released with up-dated information, including a Bonus Chapter courtesy of Robert Half International and Yahoo! HotJobs®. 2008-08-18

'Voice Elements' Opens Door for .NET Telephony Application Development
Create virtually any automated telephone application by leveraging the .NET framework. 2008-08-18

Skin Energizer Announces CapiDerm® Spider Veins Treatment
Skin Energizer announces Capiderm Rx® Spider Veins Treament formulated to help fade and treat spider veins on the face, legs and thighs. The first spider vein treatment to combine Vitamin K cream and Phytotonine® shown to improve capillary health and aid prevention and treatment of spider veins. 2008-08-18

EasyAutoSales.com Pushes Faster Car Sales with Free Vehicle Data Export   EasyAutoSales.com, America's fastest growing web 2.0 automotive startup now supports inventory export to a number of popular web destinations including AOL Autos, MySpace classifieds, Military.com, Walmart.com and more. 2008-08-18

FreePatentsOnline.com Adds Free Chemical Search   FreePatentsOnline.com (FPO) (http://www.freepatentsonline.com) has joined forces with SureChem, Inc. (http://www.surecheminc.com) the leading provider of online chemical search and custom chemical structure databases. This new partnership provides free chemical searching, drawing from data across the US, EP, and WIPO patent data collections, encompassing nearly 9 million unique chemical structures. 2008-08-18

OAISYS® Announces Latest Release of Tracer Call Center Software : Reveals New Market Strategy to Deliver Organization-wide Interaction Management Capabilities to SMB Market   OAISYS, an industry leader in call recording solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) and call centers, today proudly announced the availability of the latest release of Tracer, the company’s award-winning professional interaction management software. 2008-08-18

Bruker AXS Announces Agreement to Acquire Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Company S.I.S. Surface Imaging Systems GmbH   Bruker AXS GmbH today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of the equity of S.I.S. Surface Imaging Systems GmbH, a company with annual revenues of approximately $3 million. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2008, and no further financial details were provided. 2008-08-18

4C Controls Announces Strategic Alliance with Sire Contracting Company to Provide Security and Surveillance Solutions for Large Scale Development Projects in UAE : 2008-2009 Contract Value Estimated at $40 Million
4C Controls Inc. (OTCBB: FOUR.OB) today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Sire Contracting Company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Under the terms of the alliance, 4C Controls will be the exclusive provider of high technology security and surveillance solutions for all of Sire’s current projects, including the following: 2008-08-18

Shipwire Delivers "Five Steps to Success" for E-Tailers Looking to Grow Sales This Holiday Season in the U.S., Canada and the UK : International Order Fulfillment Service Offers Step-by-Step Getting Started Guide, Holiday Promotion and New Features to Help Develop Sales in the U.S. and Overseas   For online retailers, the bright spot for 2008 holiday sales is predicted to come from a 14.3 percent growth in U.S. e-commerce over last year (eMarketer, May 2008); and, expansion of online sales abroad, giving e-tailers additional markets to pursue. In preparation for the busy holiday season, Shipwire Inc., a leader in e-commerce order fulfillment services, has released “Five Steps to Holiday E-commerce Success,” a special promotion offering free international order fulfillment to support e-tailers’ overseas expansion and celebrate enhancements to the Shipwire Store-Sell-Ship™ platform (http://www.shipwire.com/holiday). 2008-08-18

Bad Credit Mortgage Solutions Provided by The Mortgage Genius : Chris Reshetar Turns to the Services of i3 Solutions, Inc. for Credit Score Optimization   i3 Solutions today announced that Chris Reshetar – The Mortgage Genius – was able to close more bad credit mortgage loans then ever before by utilizing i3 Solutions’ S.O.S. - Score Optimization System, the latest technology in the credit repair industry. 2008-08-18

Advertising Agency Search Consultant Hank Blank Offers Tips to Help Advertising Agencies Win More New Business   Hank Blank is an advertising agency search consultant specializing in conducting advertising, public relations and interactive reviews for clients. He recently conducted the advertising agency search for Jenny Craig and the advertising and public relations agency searches for Villeroy & Boch. 2008-08-18

KickApps Announces Video Publishing Solution That Integrates Akamai's Stream OS : Features Drag-and-Drop Video Player Creation and Video Monetization; Reduces the Cost of Online Video Publishing   KickApps, the leading on-demand social media, video player and widget platform, today announced an offering that makes advanced online video publishing available to every web publisher. By combining the KickApps Platform with Akamai’s enterprise class rich media management platform, Stream OS®, web publishers now have access to powerful tools for turnkey creation and management of players for video publishing. Through the integration between Akamai’s Stream OS media management system and the KickApps Platform, the offering provides web publishers drag-and-drop video player customization, a comprehensive media management system, social media enhancements, High Definition (HD) video players, and new video revenue opportunities. 2008-08-18

4C Controls Announces the Appointment of Dr. Philip Hayden as Vice President, Security Assessment & Threat Analysis
4C Controls Inc. (OTCBB: FOUR.OB) today announced it has appointed FBI Supervising Special Agent (Ret.) Dr. Philip Hayden as its Vice President, Security Assessment & Threats Analysis. 2008-08-18

Gold Medal Olympian Issues Training Tips : Tufts Health Plan Promotes Fitness for Healthy Living   To promote fitness for a healthy lifestyle, Gold Medal Olympian and spokesperson for the 32nd Annual Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women – Joan Benoit Samuelson – has issued training tips to help runners prepare for a 10K race. Tufts Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based health plan nationally known for providing innovative, high-quality health care coverage, will be sponsoring the 32nd Annual Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women in Boston on October 13, 2008. 2008-08-18

Pro Sports Teams and Their Fans Connect Online with KickApps : Top U.S. Professional Sports Teams Use Social Media to Drive Deeper Relationships with Fans & New Revenue Opportunities   KickApps (www.kickapps.com), the industry’s leading on-demand social media, video player and widget platform, today announced that the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, have deployed KickApps powered social media websites. MSG Interactive launched KnicksNet and RangersNet, which were designed in collaboration with award winning interactive marketing agency, Deep Focus. 2008-08-18

ViaSat Delivers 2000th MD-1366 EBEM Modem and Receives Additional Orders from the U.S. Army : Newest DoD standard modem expected to become most widely deployed bandwidth efficient modem   ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) has delivered the 2000th Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem for U.S. Department of Defense teleport and U.S. Navy operations. The MD-1366 EBEM is interoperable with all legacy U.S. DoD modems, implements Mil-Std-188-165A, and includes new, efficient modes (Mil-Std-188-165B) for high-speed, point-to-point, satellite communications at fixed, quick-deploy, airborne, and shipboard installations. ViaSat also received additional follow on orders for another 100 EBEMs from the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) headquarters. Users cite increased throughput capacity, enabled by the ability to put more carriers on a single satellite transponder, as the primary advantage of the MD-1366 over other military point-to-point satcom modems. 2008-08-18

Future Predator/Reaper Formal Training Unit Announced for Holloman AFB, N.M.   This release announces Holloman AFB, N.M.as the preferred location for an additional MQ-1/MQ-9 formal training unit. 2008-08-18

DuraTech Industries and ND Governor Celebrate the Opening of $1.75 Million Expansion to Meet Growing International Demand   On Wednesday, July 23, North Dakota Governor John Hoeven helped DuraTech(R) CEO Jay Grotrian cut the ribbon and officially open a new 20-thousand square foot addition to the DuraTech headquarters. 2008-08-18