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Toronto – Stealth.com Inc. (Stealth Computer) a leading ISO 9001 manufacturer of industrial rugged computers and peripherals has released the new Model LPC-625F, a rugged, small footprint, fanless computer for industrial and mission critical applications.

LPC-625F Fanless Mini PC

The LPC-625F is a breakthrough in micro computing with its rugged, small form, noise free design that utilizes Intel’s powerful Penryn family of Core 2 Duo Mobile processor technology. Stealth’s mini PC offers tremendous power in a tiny package that measures only; 7.9″(W) x 7.9″(D) x 2.4″(H). The Mini PC is only slightly larger than the size of a hard cover novel yet surpasses the performance of most industrial and embedded PCs available today. Designed without cooling fans the rugged extruded aluminum chassis acts as a heat sink to dissipate internal heat and provide noise free operation. Its sturdy small size and fanless design make it ideal for applications where space is critical.

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Victoria – ParetoLogic have recently released a whitepaper, ParetoLogic DriverCure: The Quick and Easy Way to Update Drivers and Software (PDF), which presents a complete overview of the popular program, featuring valuable background information on drivers and how DriverCure can help. Drivers exist for every piece of hardware, from digital camera drivers and scanner drivers to USB device drivers and Ethernet drivers. They provide a translation from the ‘language’ of the computer to the ‘language’ of the hardware, and back again. When driver problems occur the translation is interrupted, and error messages or malfunctions tend to ensue. DriverCure gives users the ability to update drivers, quickly and easily. With the whitepaper, says Gregory Amlin, ParetoLogic Vice-President of Product Management, “users can be better equipped to understand their PCs, and take steps to keep them running at their best.”

DriverCure updates device drivers and software, and in doing so, repairs error messages, prevents hardware problems, and provides new features. The software scans the user’s system and works in tandem with a database of drivers and software. The driver database expands constantly, with printer drivers, sound card drivers, video drivers, graphic drivers, monitor drivers, and everything else that needs a driver. The software database also grows quickly, and users can expect updates for many well-known brands such as Adobe, Java and Microsoft. Much of the process is automated, says Amlin, because “our goal was to save users’ time in finding the right drivers for their specific computers.”

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Vancouver – Yummy Interactive Inc., today announced that its software protection solution, SoftwareShield, has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 SIIA CODiE Awards in the Best Digital Rights Management category. SoftwareShield addresses the increasing demand from software publishers worldwide for an integrated Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution which offers a wide variety of flexible licensing and unmatched security options with options to completely automate product activations online.

The CODiE Awards recognize outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries, as determined by journalist and a peer review process.

“It’s truly an honor to be recognized among such an accomplished group of industry leaders. SoftwareShield is the most powerful tool for protecting Intellectual Property and promoting incremental sales available. This acknowledgement by the CODiE judges supports our assertion that software publishers are pushing for rights management software that exceeds basic protection. We will continue to innovate with SoftwareShield in order to meet our customer’s needs and the needs of the digital marketplace,” said Christopher Hennebery, Director of Software Distribution for Yummy Interactive.
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Vancouver – The launch of Hecterra.com gives students the opportunity to research and compare every educational institution in Canada and even globally. The network offers profiles and information on institutions that includes opportunities, tuition costs, program descriptions, and more.

In development for five years, Vancouver Librarian Erez Segal has sought to create a one-stop shop for educational and career opportunities in Canada. The network is organized through region, institution-type, and educational field, providing an answer to any question regarding Canadian education.

Not ranking schools and programs, Hecterra lets students make up their mind based on facts and information provided by the network. It also features a comprehensive database of thousands of Canadian organizations offering employment opportunities on their websites
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Ottawa – Sarance Technologies, the leading supplier of high speed interconnect Intellectual Property (IP) technology, announced today the immediate availability of HSEC (High Speed Ethernet Core), the world’s first commercially available Media Access Controller (MAC), Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), and Multi Lane Distribution (MLD) IP conforming to the emerging 40Gigabit Ethernet (40GE) and 100Gigabit Ethernet (100GE) standard. Sarance Technologies has been an active member of the IEEE 802.3ba High Speed Ethernet (HSE) working group since its inception, and is one of the original contributors to the definition and implementation of the new architecture for 40G and 100G Ethernet protocols. The HSEC IP conforms to Draft 2.0 of the IEEE802.3ba standard and has been tested by major networking and service provider vendors in system laboratories and validated in field trials running over a trillion of error free Ethernet frames over a live 100GE network. The HSEC IP has also been proven to interoperate with a major test equipment vendor.

“With end user applications driving demand for bandwidth in the transport core and the data center, service providers understand the need for quick deployment of 40GbE and 100GbE.” said Jag Bolaria, senior analyst at The Linley Group. “Off-the-shelf IP Cores from vendors such as Sarance Technologies reduce development time and enable interoperability across multiple implementations, allowing service providers to build-out 40GbE and 100GbE in the core of their network.”
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Burnaby – Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that a new downloadable game mode called FIFA 09 Ultimate Team is available now to download to the award-winning EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer 09 on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system.

FIFA 09 Ultimate Team challenges gamers to collect the most talented players in the world, develop them into a dream team and then compete online. Feel the exhilaration as you take your carefully assembled squad into matches and tournaments online against the most formidably talented teams ever assembled—and out play them. Here is the ultimate test of your skills as a player and manager.

Collect bronze, silver and gold virtual cards, including Player, Staff, Contract, Formations, and Tactics, to create a fantasy team. Strategically collect and manage players and different types of cards, and then set the match strategy to win. Carefully select or trade for the right Manager, then choose the best Tactics and Formations that forge the team chemistry necessary to take your club to the top.

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Vancouver – Tasktop Technologies, creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the task-focused interface, have announced the release of Mylyn 3.1 and the enterprise ready Tasktop Pro 1.4. New features in Tasktop include the highly anticipated capability to automate time tracking by synchronizing actual time spent working with JIRA, Bugzilla and other popular issue trackers, saving developers from needing to manually create time sheets. Tasktop 1.4 also includes new integrations such as Microsoft Exchange server support, and the ability to work with threaded Outlook and Gmail conversations alongside their issue tracker within the IDE, even while offline. A major new feature in Mylyn, the open source foundation of Tasktop, is integrated wiki markup editing for authoring both tasks and user guides.

“With Mylyn, we have laid the foundation for ALM integrations with the Eclipse IDE.” Said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and Mylyn project lead. “This release of Tasktop demonstrates the breadth of ALM solutions that now support the task-focused interface’s benefits such as offline editing and the focusing features that make it so much easier for developers to work on large systems. It also shows how making tasks central to the IDE enables new developer productivity features such as automatic time tracking. The ecosystem of Mylyn integrations is starting to create a network effect where productivity gains are multiplying as more tools and languages are integrated with the task-focused interface.”

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Voice actors take note! The finalists for the 2009 Voicey Awards, sponsored by Voices.com, have been revealed

Toronto – After much waiting and anticipation, finalists of the 3rd Annual Voicey Awards recognizing voice talent have been announced. Voice talents record various projects for organizations, companies, and institutions requiring voice over services including commercials for radio and television, promos, movie trailers, audio book narration, podcasts, videos, animation, videogames, telephone recordings and more. Theirs are the voices of the unseen narrator, heard but not seen.

The only awards show of its kind to exclusively honor voice-over professionals, the Voicey Awards features 9 categories of significance and prestige, including Best Male Voice, Best Female Voice, Best New Voice, Best Child Voice, Best Teen Voice, Best Voice Team, Best Foreign Voice, Best Personal Branding, and Lifetime Achievement. Similar to awards such as the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, honoring actors and filmmakers, the Voicey Awards recognize voice actors and voice talents for their contributions and efforts over the year in the voice over industry.

“The finalists for this year’s Voiceys, organized by category, and in no particular order are…”

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Vancouver International Partnering Forum and New Media BC’s Digital Media PopVox Awards return with bigger outreach and expanded programs

Vancouver – New Media BC announced its second annual Vancouver Digital Week will be held May 11-14, 2009 at the brand new Vancouver Exhibition and Convention Centre. Partner events include the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Canada, marking the first time the famed gamers meet up has come to Canada; Cossette West’s Convergence Conference, a digital marketing and social media gathering; and nextMEDIA’s first Vancouver event. New Media BC will present its own Vancouver International Partnering Forum and its People’s Choice PopVox Awards during Vancouver Digital Week. For a full list of events, visit: www.vancouverdigitalweek.com

“British Columbia is a global leader in digital media”, says Kenton Low, President of New Media BC. “Vancouver Digital Week is a partnership of top notch events focusing on digital media that brings attention to the world class talent and companies we have here in BC.”

The Vancouver International Partnering Forum (VIPF), to be held from May 12-13, 2009 was first launched in 2004 by New Media BC and continues as a significant annual event for leading Canadian digital companies to meet international decision makers, to explore partnership opportunities and negotiate deals. The forum attracts high calibre delegates from all over the world including the UK, USA, France, Germany, Korea, Australia, China, Singapore, Thailand and Japan. 2009 ushers in a new two day format allowing participants more networking components and the opportunity to double the number of business meetings during the hand-picked B2B sessions. Companies that have confirmed interest to attend this year’s forum include Google, Disney, Nokia, Rainmaker, Mediasense and Next Level Games. On-line registration is open at: www.vipf.ca

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Congratulations to the team at Quebec City’s Beenox Studio, winner of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce’s Fideides Award for Best Team at a middle to large sized company.   This award recognizes the excellent work atmosphere and human resources policies at Beenox.

Coming on the heels of the Mass Effect2 announcement, Bioware’s Mass Effect has been named to the list of Xbox 360 Classic titles.

QuickPlay Media of Toronto has been named as a finalist in the “Most Innovative Mobile Service” category in the 2009 Andrew Seybold Choice Awards. Established by Andrew Seybold, the Choice Awards recognize products and services that reflect the initiative, ingenuity and influence of wireless industry organizations in business and society. QuickPlay Media is being recognized for its role in powering the Bell Mobility Media Player.

High definition streaming video is now just a click away for online viewers across Canada. CTV.ca, Canada’s online destination for news, sports and entertainment, is bringing high definition video to the computer screens of Canadians with the launch of the CTV HD Beta Player. CTV becomes the first Canadian network to deliver HD quality content on the web.

Think Services has announced an open call for speaker submissions for its 2009 Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe), taking place August 17-19, 2009 at the Cologne Congress East Center in Cologne, Germany. The pan-European conference – dedicated to the art, science and business of creating games – is soliciting session proposals now through April 30th via the official GDC Europe website.

GenieKnows today announced the latest release of its local search engine, GenieKnows 2.0. This newest release gives users the ability to sign up and add their own personal reviews on restaurants and other businesses across Canada and the USA. Business owners can also leverage GenieKnows.com by adding or updating their own business data through a simple business submission form. GenieKnows provides business owners with the opportunity to connect directly to consumers and generate leads and have a visible presence on the Internet as GenieKnows business listings feature prominently in sites such as Google, Yahoo and MSN amongst others.