Computer Shopper Hot 100 Awards Recognize Editors’ Favorite Tech Products of the Year

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ComputerShopper.com today announced winners of its Hot 100 Awards. The awards recognize Computer Shopper editors' top 100 favorite tech products of the past 12 months in seven categories.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 27, 2007 — Computer Shopper magazine and http://www.ComputerShopper.com today announced winners of its Hot 100 Awards. The awards recognize Computer Shopper editors' top 100 favorite tech products of the past 12 months in seven categories.

"Our Hot 100 awards recognize outstanding products and services that represent the best tech products you can buy," said Sean Portnoy, Executive Editor, http://www.ComputerShopper.com "We have seen innovation on a grand scale that is shaping the trends in the tech landscape reflected in this year's winners."

The Hot 100 award winners were announced today at http://www.ComputerShopper.com/hot100 and in the November 2007 print issue of Computer Shopper magazine. Winners were chosen in the following categories: Desktops, Laptops, Mobile, Hardware, Software, Internet Services, and Home Theater. In addition, Computer Shopper editors named the Product of the Year.

This year's Hot 100 list shows the gains Hewlett-Packard has made against formerly dominant Dell in both desktops and laptops, and the absolute dominance Google commands in the field of Internet services. And for the second year running, Apple and Intel have won the Product of the Year and Technology of the Year awards, a sign that both companies have regained their clout in the computing world.

The winners of Computer Shopper magazine's 2007 Hot 100 Awards are listed below and can be found online at http://www.computershopper.com/hot100

PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: 2007'S MOST MEMORABLE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY
Apple iPhone

TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR
Quad-Core CPUs

BEST-DESIGNED PC
HP Blackbird 002 with Voodoo DNA

BEST BUDGET PC
ZT Element 2005Xa

BEST MIDRANGE PC
Dell Inspiron 531

BEST HIGH-END PC
Polywell Poly P503

BEST GAMING PC
Dell XPS 710 H2C

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PC
Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center

BEST SMALL-FORM-FACTOR PC
HP Compaq Presario DC7800

BEST ALL-IN-ONE PC
Apple iMac

BEST-DESIGNED LAPTOP
Toshiba Portégé R400

BEST BUDGET LAPTOP
HP Pavilion DV6000z

BEST ENTERTAINMENT LAPTOP
HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC

BEST MIDSIZE LAPTOP
Gateway E-265M

BEST THIN-AND-LIGHT LAPTOP
Apple MacBook Pro

BEST ULTRAPORTABLE LAPTOP
Toshiba Portégé R500

BEST GAMING LAPTOP
Alienware Area-51 m9750

BEST TABLET PC
HP Pavilion TX1000

BEST SMARTPHONE
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300

BEST CELL PHONE
LG Chocolate VX8550

BEST HEADSET
Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth

BEST PORTABLE VIDEO PLAYER
Archos 704 WiFi

BEST FLASH-BASED MP3 PLAYER
Iriver Clix Gen 2

BEST HARD DRIVE MP3 PLAYER
Apple iPod

BEST IPOD ACCESSORY
Altec Lansing inMotion iM600

BEST HEADPHONES
Shure SE310 Sound Isolating Earphones

BEST GPS DEVICE
Magellan CrossOverGPS

BEST USB MEMORY DEVICE
SanDisk Cruzer Titanium

BEST PORTABLE HARD DRIVE
Seagate FreeAgent Go (160GB)

BEST MAINSTREAM GRAPHICS CARD
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

BEST BUDGET GRAPHICS CARD
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT

BEST GAMING GRAPHICS CARD
EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX Superclocked

BEST COLOR LASER PRINTER
Xerox Phaser 8560/N

BEST PHOTO INKJET PRINTER
Epson Stylus Photo 1400

BEST SNAPSHOT PRINTER
HP Photosmart A820

BEST HOME MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER
Canon Pixma MP470

BEST LASER PRINTER
Dell 1720dn

BEST PROCESSOR
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850

BEST MOTHERBOARD
Asus P5K3 Deluxe

BEST PC CASE
Antec P190

BEST BUDGET LCD
HP w1907

BEST PERFORMANCE LCD
Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC

BEST ENTERTAINMENT LCD
ViewSonic VX1945wm ViewDock

BEST SPEAKER SYSTEM
Bose Companion 3

BEST GAMING MOUSE
Logitech G5

BEST MOUSE/KEYBOARD COMBO
Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave

BEST WEBCAM
Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000

BEST WIRELESS-NETWORKING DEVICE
D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N

BEST REWRITABLE DVD DRIVE
Sony DVDirect VRD-MC5

BEST EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
Seagate FreeAgent Pro

BEST NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE
HP MediaSmart Server

BEST BUDGET DIGITAL CAMERA
Canon PowerShot A550

BEST MIDRANGE DIGITAL CAMERA
Kodak Z712 IS

BEST DIGITAL SLR CAMERA
Nikon D40x

BEST ULTRACOMPACT CAMERA
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T100

BEST BUDGET DIGITAL CAMCORDER
Canon ZR-850

BEST MIDRANGE DIGITAL CAMCORDER
Panasonic SDR-H18

BEST HIGH-DEFINITION DIGITAL CAMCORDER
Sony HDR-SR7

BEST GAMING CONSOLE
Nintendo Wii

BEST PROFESSIONAL IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop CS3

BEST OFFICE SUITE
OpenOffice.org 2.2.1

BEST HOME MEDIA SOFTWARE
Apple iLife '08

BEST DIGITAL-PHOTO ORGANIZER
Picasa 2.7

BEST DISC-BURNING SOFTWARE
Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced

BEST MEDIA PLAYER
Windows Media Player 11

BEST CONSUMER IMAGE-EDITING SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

BEST CONSUMER VIDEO-EDITING SOFTWARE
Adobe Premiere Elements 4

BEST PERSONAL-FINANCE SOFTWARE
Quicken Premier 2007

BEST E-MAIL CLIENT
Microsoft Outlook 2007

BEST UTILITY SUITE
System Mechanic 7

BEST ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0

BEST INTERNET SECURITY SOFTWARE
Norton 360

BEST ANTISPYWARE SOFTWARE
Ad-Aware 2007

BEST FILE-COMPRESSION SOFTWARE
PowerArchiver 2007

BEST DESKTOP SEARCH
Google Desktop 5

BEST BROWSER
Firefox 2

BEST FIREFOX EXTENSION
StumbleUpon

BEST RSS READER
GreatNews

BEST GAME
Bioshock

BEST FREE DOWNLOAD
Google Earth

BEST SEARCH ENGINE
Google

BEST ONLINE PHOTO SERVICE
Picasa Web Albums

BEST ONLINE MUSIC STORE
iTunes Music Store

BEST IM SOFTWARE/SERVICE
Trillian 3.1

BEST FREE ONLINE SERVICE
Craigslist

BEST PAID ONLINE SERVICE
Netflix

BEST VIDEO SITE
YouTube

BEST WEBMAIL SERVICE
Gmail

BEST VOIP SERVICE
Skype

BEST BLOGGING SERVICE
WordPress

BEST SOCIAL-NETWORKING SERVICE
Facebook

BEST MOBILE SERVICE
Google Maps

BEST PLASMA HDTV
Pioneer PDP-4280HD

BEST BUDGET LCD HDTV
Vizio VX32L HDTV

BEST 1080p LCD HDTV
Samsung LN-T4665F

BEST REAR-PROJECTION HDTV
Mitsubishi WD-65831

BEST HOME THEATER IN A BOX
Onkyo HT-S907

BEST DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
TiVo HD

BEST UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL
Logitech Harmony 1000

BEST MEDIA STREAMER
Apple TV

About Computer Shopper:
In print and online at http://www.computershopper.com, our expert staff of technology editors helps readers cut through technology-buying clutter with focused editorial that is informative, relevant, and actionable. Computer Shopper offers in-depth product reviews, comparison tools, and buying advice that empower users with the information they need to make purchasing decisions.
About SX2 Media Labs, LLC:
SX2 Media Labs serves passionate technology enthusiasts online and in print. With a focus on niche technology audiences, the company is rapidly expanding its footprint in technology media.

MXSweep Reports MP3 Spam Attack

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MXSweep reports on massive outbreak of MP3 spam by stock market pump-and-dump fraudsters. This brand new type of email borne spam has been flooding users since last week, and in a very short time accounted for around 7 – 10% of all spam sent worldwide. These worthless stocks are being promoted as MP3 based voice messages with deceptively sounding names like Santana.mp3, bspears.mp3 or coolringtone.mp3.

(PRWEB) October 27, 2007 — MXSweep reports on massive outbreak of MP3 spam by stock market pump-and-dump fraudsters. This brand new type of email borne spam has been flooding users since last week and in a very short time accounted for around 7 – 10% of all spam sent. These worthless stocks are being promoted as MP3 based voice messages with deceptively sounding names like Santana.mp3, bspears.mp3 or coolringtone.mp3.

The messages themselves are much larger than "traditional" spam, even larger than image spam and PDF spam. On average, the size of the message range from 85 KB up to 147KB. For the most part message contents are empty with subject headers containing just "Fwd:" or "Re:", or the name of the file attachment. File names have been categorized as emotional for example: dadsong.mp3, oursong.mp3, weddingsong.mp3, well-known artists and songs, for example: santana.mp3, sayyousayme.mp3, smashingpumpkins.mp3, or other "sounds" that people might want to listen to, for example: answeringmachine.mp3, coolringtone.mp3, listentothis.mp3

This represents yet another evolutionary step in email spam. For years we had grown accustomed to text based spam, a format still in widespread use today, then came a global outbreak of emails carrying image spam based on GIF or JPEG formatted graphic payloads, with spammers then switching to PDF & Excel attachment spam, and now for the first time we are seeing more spam campaigns based on MP3 based spam. Each evolutionary advance poses a tougher challenge to the anti-spam industry as traditional filters struggle to keep up.

According to Danny Jenkins, MXSweep CTO and founder, "Spammers are using new techniques everyday to penetrate spam filters, and as their methods become more and more advanced traditional keyword and baysion filters are becoming less effective in the global fight against spam." As the keynote speaker at an MXSweep Reseller Conference in Dublin today, Danny told the audience, "The vast majority of businesses are already blocking audio files or will have no issues implementing corporate policies to block audio files from arriving by email into the user's inbox. Although these emails now account for 8% of current traffic they consume up to 55% of email bandwidth use, which in business terms is a huge additional cost. By using the MXSweep hosted email filtering service, MXSweep advanced spam filtering allows business to block the latest spam threats including MP3 spam, without the need to implement overzealous policies. In addition, all of the filtering in performed in the cloud so the additional bandwidth requirement is not an issue for the customer. "

About MXSweep:
MXSweep provides a comprehensive suite of hosted email security services, including Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam and Anti-Fraud capabilities for server and network protection. Taking less than one hour to deploy, MXSweep's managed service protects companies and employees against the liabilities of spam and viruses transmitted over email. MXSweep's threat management services help companies increase the availability and reliability of their email and IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, MXSweep serves the international market through a global network of channel partners.
The company has been awarded Premium Checkmark Certification status by the independent West Coast Labs on the strength of MXSweep's ability to block all email-borne spam, fraud, phishing, and identity theft attempts, as well as viruses, and mail server attacks. Applying multiple layers of perimeter protection technologies across a clustered network of secure data centres, the MXSweep email protection service provides the comprehensive and accurate filtration required to purify today's business email from all threats. The service is popular with organisations of all sizes, ranging from SME/SMB sector businesses right up to large multi-national corporates and government departments. The MXSweep solution is a fully managed service with 24/7 monitoring to guarantee system availability. Market demand for MXSweep's email protection continues to increase, with international sales increasing at double digit rates.

 

SPAMfighter Exchange Module 3.4.0 Released

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SPAMfighter releases latest version of Exchange Module with improved filtering capabilities, better support for Exchange Cluster users, optimized speed, and additional new features

Copenhagen, Denmark (PRWEB) October 26, 2007 — SPAMfighter Exchange Module (SEM) 3.4.0 was recently released with improvements to the core spam detection engine, optimized speed, better support for exchange cluster users, and additional features geared towards creating a more secure business environment for the SMB market.

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SEM 3.4.0 introduces full support for active/passive Exchange cluster users with SPAMfighter Exchange Module Clustering. This new feature provides users with full fail-over capability, allowing continuous spam and virus protection in case of system failure or maintenance. Introduction to SEM Clustering

The SEM core engine has also been updated to give better spam filtering, now blocking the latest forms of spam mails, including PDF and image spam that threaten businesses around the world.

"Our team has developed the most powerful SEM module SPAMfighter has ever provided, with improved speed in both the SEM engine, and menu control," said Alix Aranza, Managing Director of SPAMfighter North America. "This upgrade is designed to give businesses in the SMB market improved security so they can focus on growing their business, and not on the constantly worrying about e-mail security," added Aranza.

Additional SEM upgrades to give users more options and information are as follows:

 

  • The start-up speed of the SPAMfighter service in SEM 3.4.0 for over 1,000 users is now faster
  • Installation for users behind firewalls is now better supported, meaning a smoother installation process
  • The help manual has been modified to make it easier and give users more information on SEM
  • The administration module and system e-mails are now offered in French.
  • The statistics have been modified to give users a better understanding of how well SEM is working

To read the full report on the latest SEM update, click here.

About SPAMfighter
SPAMfighter is Europe's leading spam filter developer. The Danish company is owned by the founders of Jubii.dk, Henrik Sørensen and Martin Thorborg, together with two programmers, Daniel Hjortholt and Martin Dyring. SPAMfighter employs 35 people and is based in Copenhagen.
SPAMfighter North America is based in Boca Raton, Florida and is headed by Alix Aranza.
SPAMfighter is debt-free and is 100 per cent financed by income from the sale of the SPAMfighter client. Each day, SPAMfighter removes around 19 million spam messages from 22 million tested emails received by over 3.9 million users in 216 countries/regions.
For more information, contact Martin Thorborg, info@spamfighter.com SPAMfighter ApS, Nattergalevej 6, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark. Phone: +45 7022 1551 Fax (Europe): +45 3323 0376 or Alix Aranza Phone (USA) +1 (561) 962-4166 Fax (USA) +1 (561) 962-4266 uspartners(@)spamfighter.com
Media contact:
Alec Rosen
press(@)ajrpartners.com
305.665.5755

California Wildfires Affect Internet Service

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The recent California wildfires have destroyed homes, downed power lines, and ruined telecommunications, severing all forms of contact for families and businesses. Users of cable, DSL, and dial-up internet service have experienced outages because of dependence on cable and telephone lines. However, the few internet users of HughesNet, a satellite internet provider, have not experienced a loss of communication or vital rescue information like others.

Laguna Niguel, CA (PRWEB) October 26, 2007 — The recent California fires have cut off communication and internet service for some customers of cable, DSL, and dial-up service. Fires raging areas such as San Diego, Orange County, Malibu, and the Inland Empire have destroyed homes, downed power lines, and ruined telecommunications, severing all forms of contact for families and businesses. Crews throughout the fire ravaged areas are currently working to restore power, telephone, and internet service, but with so much destruction it will be long before widespread internet service is restored. Many communication providers will not begin to make service calls to homes or businesses in the recently burned areas for days (possibly weeks), creating problems for families and businesses who primarily get their news via the internet and further hinders their ability to contact friends and family through email and voice-over-ip (VOIP) phones.

In several of the wildfire areas, homes were previously denied broadband by internet service providers because they lived in rural areas of California. As a result they chose HughesNet, which is available nationwide, as their high speed internet provider. Because satellite internet service is not dependent upon telephone or cable lines, these HughesNet customers did not lose their internet connectivity, allowing them to continue communicating with loved ones.

While covering the fire many noticed trucks and emergency response vehicles that had small satellites on their roof – a similar variation of HughesNet for emergency response communications vehicles.

During these tragic and destructive fires, the technically independent internet service provided by HughesNet offers peace of mind to homes and businesses. For those who may be unable to receive conventional broadband internet service or need backup internet access, HughesNet satellite internet is available.

About Satellite Family:
Satellite Family is a nationwide authorized HughesNet reseller based out of Laguna Niguel, CA. For more information about HughesNet visit www.satellitefamily.com. Questions can be directed to 1-866-430-8170 or author@satellitefamily.com.
Contact:
Satellite Family
28202 Cabot Rd
Suite 205
Laguna Niguel, CA 92675
1-866-430-8170
author@satellitefamily.com

 

www.satellitefamily.com

 

New Book Helps Small Businesses to Escape the Micro Bubble

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New figures reveal 98 per cent of micro businesses are effectively "micro-stayers", trapped inside a rapidly expanding micro bubble. In the just released book "The Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Success", Dr Greg Chapman explains the reasons businesses remain small and what owners need to do to be among the 2% of businesses that escape the bubble.

(PRWEB) October 25, 2007 — Almost all micro businesses never move to the next level because their owners lack the vision, passion and skills to make that happen, according to leading Australian small business adviser Dr Greg Chapman.

In his new book "The Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Success" (http://www.FivePillarsBusinessSuccess.com), released today, Dr Chapman says that analysis of ABS figures reveals 98 per cent of small businesses are effectively "micro-stayers", trapped inside a rapidly expanding micro bubble with little prospect of escaping because they don't know how to grow.

"What happens to most small businesses is nothing. They just stay small," Dr Chapman says. "The Five Pillars of Guaranteed Business Success is the definitive step-by-step book on what business owners need to do to take their business to the next level."

According to Tony Steven, chief executive officer of the Council of Small Business of Australia, who has written the forward in the book, building a successful business is more complex than ever and having the right foundations for growth is essential.

"Greg Chapman gives the business owner an insight into each of the key areas for success and begins the realisation for the owner that you should not be your business, but rather you should let go and enable your business to grow without you."

Dr Chapman says there are basically five reasons why micro businesses don't move to the next level, with a lack of vision by the owner for where their business is going being top of the list.

"Without any direction you really don't have any strategy and strategy is the lever that lifts you from where you are today to where you want to be," he says.

A second key reason is a lack of passion for their business, with many owners not having the commitment to take their business to a higher level. "You need the right vision to give you the passion, the commitment to stay the course and overcome the obstacles that do appear."

Dr Chapman says another reason why businesses stay small is they don't plan. "It's not enough to have a vision and a passion; you actually need a plan to take you there. It's the roadmap; without a plan all you really have is a dream, and we know how often they come true."
"You need a plan to give you the confidence to take the risks you need to take to achieve better results."

Dr Chapman says the fourth reason why businesses stay small is business owners don't value their time, and are often working in their business rather than on their business by performing tasks that can be delegated or outsourced.

"So many business owners are micro managers. What's missing is there are no business systems; the owner is always spending their time in the business rather than on high-value tasks such as talking with their customers and finding new business."

Lastly, Dr Chapman says business owners who fail to invest in education are also greatly limiting their growth potential. "When you value your time, you will also understand the value of knowledge, because knowledge saves time. If an owner is not willing to invest in their own education, and sees that as a cost instead, they have just resigned themselves to the school of trial and error."

Dr Chapman says if business owners don't address all of these key factors, "they are unable to grow beyond a certain level, and the owner becomes frustrated, and ultimately resigned to being a micro-stayer. Successfully implementing the Five Pillars will ensure that you will address all of these reasons businesses stay small."

About Greg Chapman
Greg Chapman (http://www.GregChapman.biz) holds a PhD (Uni Melb) and an MBA (Deakin). He provides business education for professional organisations and business schools at tertiary institutions. He is the creator and editor of the Australian Small Business Blog (http://www.AustralianSmallBusiness.net.au) and is a Telstra Business Awards Judge. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the International Coach Federation.
For more information or to interview Dr Greg Chapman:
CEO Australian Business Coaching Club
Telephone: 1300 76 35 45

MassiveLinks Business Profiles Add Online Exposure

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MassiveLinks further expands its features to aid information consumers, website owners and now all business owners, even those without a website. The additional component, MassiveLinks Business Profiles, provide a comprehensive, detailed synopsis of businesses, their products and services.

Montreal, QC (PRWEB) October 25, 2007 — The Massive Links Business Profiles (http://www.massivelinks.com/index.php/profiles/) allows the website or business owner nearly total control over their listing information so the information consumers learn about the website or business with a first person account from the owner. The Business Profiles allows businesses or individuals who sell products or services to write a complete profile of their business. The page includes full contact information of the business, a thumbnail of the website, the business profile, and quick links to interior pages of their site.

For business owners without a website, the MassiveLinks Business Profiles is an opportunity for Internet exposure of their business.

At ever increasing numbers, people are going online to obtain information or shop. For the business that is online, almost any added online exposure is a boost for their website, but the added benefit of content from a full, detailed business profile is almost immeasurable. For the small business owner or the 'mom and pop' shop without an online presence of their own website, this is an opportunity for information seekers and consumers to learn about their products and services that they would not enjoy from a traditional phone book or online directory listing.

MassiveLinks owner Fabio Cuffaro said, "We encounter a large number of small businesses who spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars marketing their business through yellow pages directories. Although many yellow pages directories are also online, they are rarely effective in bringing awareness of the business, its products and services, to the attention of online users."

According to Cuffaro, that was in large part the motivation for MassiveLinks to add the Business Profiles, but added, "… listings in an online [telephone directory are not only rarely seen or found, and they are lacking quality, detailed information about the business. Furthermore, website directories are limited to businesses with websites, with a website title and scant description."

The added business profile feature on MassiveLinks allows it to further quantify its mission of being an online source for information consumers, while providing an economic outlet for businesses to effectively reach more prospective consumers.

About Inwurx Media:
Inwurx Media is a privately held company that focuses on providing information services on the Internet.

For more information on MassiveLinks: http://www.massivelinks.com/

 

NCH Swift Sound Software Release BroadWave Streaming Audio Server for Linux

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NCH Swift Sound Software announces the release of their latest Linux port, BroadWave Streaming Audio Server.

Canberra, Australia (PRWEB) October 25, 2007 — NCH Swift Sound Software, specialists in audio, video and business software applications, announce the release of their latest application for the Linux OS, BroadWave Streaming Audio Server.

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"We are very please to announce this release of BroadWave for Linux, because we see it as a start of something big for our company in the long term," said Stephanie Lee, marketing manager for the Australian company. "BroadWave for Windows has steadily gown in popularity since its release and we feel that the Linux version will actually surpass it, in terms of popularity, fairly quickly."

BroadWave allows users to stream live or pre-recorded audio over the Internet with a minimum of fuss. It handles the audio stream compression, player format negotiation, bandwidth adjustment and serving over the Internet. Listeners do not need to install any special software to listen to a BroadWave webcast. BroadWave streams will play directly from the default web browser on any modern Windows, Mac or Linux computer. If the bandwidth is available Broadwave can handle up to 500 simultaneous connections and it automatically downsamples audio for lower bitrate listens on slow dial-up connections.

"The work that our programming team put into the development and porting of Express Scribe for Linux created a great base for porting the rest of our audio applications to the Linux OS, meaning that the BroadWave project, from start to finish, took around a quarter of the time," said Stephanie. "They also concurrently started porting other applications in our telephony range and expect the VRS multi channel recorder to be the next release followed closely by IVM Interactive Voice Response system in the new year."

NCH Swift Sound Software is a leader in business, audio and video technology. Since 1993 the software development team has released more than 40 Windows, Mac, Linux, Palm and Pocket PC applications which are now leaders in their classes and have been awarded for software excellence. Visit us at www.nchsoftware.com or www.nch.com.au.

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Rove Unveils Mobile Citrix Client 2.0 at Citrix iForum 2007

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– Rove Mobile Inc., the world's leading provider of business and IT software for handhelds, today announced the launch of its Mobile Citrix Client 2.0, the newest version of the popular software client for BlackBerry® devices. Mobile Citrix Client, which allows users to securely access any Windows application published on a Citrix Presentation Server TM, offers a number of significant upgrades with this latest release. Most notably, Rove's Mobile Citrix Client 2.0 supports a Secure Gateway connection and its new Web interface utilizes less bandwidth and incorporates more intuitive features, making the Mobile Citrix Client faster more and easy to use.

Ottawa, Canada and Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) October 25, 2007 — Rove Mobile Inc., the world's leading provider of business and IT software for handhelds, today announced the launch of its Mobile Citrix Client 2.0, the newest version of the popular software client for BlackBerry® devices. Mobile Citrix Client, which allows users to securely access any Windows application published on a Citrix Presentation Server TM, offers a number of significant upgrades with this latest release. Most notably, Rove's Mobile Citrix Client 2.0 supports a Secure Gateway connection and its new Web interface utilizes less bandwidth and incorporates more intuitive features, making the Mobile Citrix Client faster more and easy to use.

By mobilizing applications, Rove's Mobile Citrix Client helps users increase their business responsiveness and productivity. Users have access to any of the thousands of applications that can be published on a Citrix Server, including Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, PeopleSoft, Lotus Notes, Crystal Reports, Cognos management tools and any other custom application. The previous version of Rove's Mobile Citrix Client was named the grand prize winner at the Blackberry Developer Challenge earlier this summer, a major competition sponsored by RIM and AT&T.

"The mobile workforce needs secure access to key business information and applications from anywhere," said Stacy Sudan, Research Analyst, with IDC's Mobile Enterprise Software program. "A product such as Rove's Mobile Citrix Client can enable companies to save on the costs of developing and implementing custom mobile applications."

"Demand for our Mobile Citrix Client application has been very strong since we first introduced the product earlier this year," said Rob Woodbridge, President and CEO, Rove. "Our drive for continuous improvement enables our users to experience more robust and intuitive features as we continue to proactively address customer demands. Version 2.0 will allow our customers to maximize their resources with even greater convenience and ease of use."

"Mobile Citrix Client enables our executive decision makers the ability to truly free themselves from their desks and implement changes to our worldwide operations," said Stacey Tenen, IS Security and Compliance Specialist, Tropical Shipping USA. "Being able to access our core applications off campus improves the efficiency and accuracy of those decisions and makes us better able to compete in the international marketplace. The new web interface gives our IT operation more flexibility in how we offer these services — choice is always a step in the right direction."

Rove will be demonstrating Mobile Citrix Client 2.0 at booth #S318 at Citrix iForum between October 22nd and 25th. To schedule a private interview, contact Ilona at 623-764-3729.

Kidsnet Internet Parental Controls Offered as a Free Version

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BluePrint Data Internet Security Company releases its award winning Kidsnet Internet Parental Controls in a free version.

Jacksonville, Florida, USA (PRWEB) October 24, 2007 — BluePrint Data today announced that it has released a FREE full version of its Kidsnet Internet Parental Control software. In 2003 Kidsnet Internet Parental Controls was chosen by Ziff Davis Publishing(c) as one of the top three Parental Control products and in 2005 Consumer Reports(c) rated Kidsnet as excellent (the highest possible rating) in protection, ease of use and flexibility.

Kidsnet is an exceptionally secure and accurate internet protection solution. It is the only Parental Control where 100% of the Websites have been reviewed by trained and certified Web site content specialists and contains reviews of millions of Websites that comprise over 98% of all World Wide Web traffic (Neilson / Net Ratings).

"We are delighted to be able to provide parents, teachers, and others the opportunity to help protect children from the dangers posed by the Internet and Internet content." said Bob Dahlstrom, BluePrint Data's CEO. The free version is available at www.kidsnet.com/free

About BluePrint Data.

BluePrint Data is a software company that has developed a multiple products and services to create a safer and better Internet. A large part of our value proposition is the highly detailed "human reviewed" database of contextual information for more than 300 million URL's (i.e. Web pages) accounting for over 98% of the World Wide Web traffic (Neilson/Net Rating).
To date, the company has used its proprietary database to design and develop several of its specialized data security products.

BluePrint Data provides Internet Web Filtering; e-mail Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Filtering, and Content Management and Security Services for a variety of businesses. In addition we offer OEM licensing and access to our URL database of over 300 million URLs reviewed for over 150 data points and our supplemental database of over 4 million Web sites. For more information, visit: www.blueprintdata.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Bob Dahlstrom
BluePrint Data
904-866-4119                                                            
press @ blueprintdata.com

Bitrix Announces Certification Program for Partners

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Bitrix announces a Certification Program for Partners. The Certification Program will provide customers with the detailed information on selecting the best qualified developer for their Bitrix Site Manager projects.

Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) October 24, 2007 — Bitrix is pleased to announce a Partner Certification Program which will help customers choose the best supplier with the appropriate professional skills and certified specialists to implement their Bitrix Site Manager project. A partner directory housed on the Bitrix site will rank certified partners according to the partner levels and points. Rankings will be updated daily.

"Our customers want more reliable information on the partners' activity, experience, their results achieved and qualifications," says Sergey Rizhikov, CEO of Bitrix, Inc. "As well, Partners would like to be fairly ranked in a partner directory to show their level, the number of certified specialists, projects and company professional skills."

Bitrix Partner Network is now divided into three levels: Business Partner, Certified Partner, and Gold Certified Partner. Each successive is achieved after gaining a defined number of partner points and completing the training and certification of specialists:
http://www.bitrixsoft.com/learning/learning.php

Training and certification of specialists is the most recent innovation for the Bitrix Partner Program. Partner specialists can pass free online training courses available at the Bitrix official Website and obtain the certificates after successful testing.

Partners can gain points by opening Web projects based on Bitrix Site Manager, conducting advertising campaigns, holding seminars, customers training, and localizing the product interface.

At the Bitrix official Website, partner rankings are automatically renewed every day. Upgrades to higher partner levels are made automatically as soon as the needed number of points has been earned and the specialists have obtained the needed certificates.

More information about the certification program and partner levels can be found at: http://www.bitrixsoft.com/partners/levels.php

About Bitrix
Bitrix, Inc. specializes in the development of Content Management Systems (CMS) and portal solutions for managing Web projects and multifunctional information systems on the Internet. Bitrix specialists, by their considerable efforts and skill, developed the Bitrix Site Manager software–a standalone application that provides complex Web solutions. This software tech-corp was established in 1998 by a group of IT specialists. Bitrix continues to hold a leading position in the Web development market, always offering high-standard solutions to its clients and partners.