New Website Launched for S. Daniel Smith’s New Novel on Modern Day Piracy

New Website Launched for S. Daniel Smith’s New Novel on Modern Day Piracy

Information on Feeding the Dragon, Daniel Smith's new novel about modern day seaborne piracy, is available at http://feedingthedragon. jhmattern. com.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2006

Feeding the Dragon: A Novel about Seaborne Piracy and the Mouth it Feeds, the new novel by S. Daniel Smith exposing modern day seaborne piracy, has a new website and press room at http://feedingthedragon. jhmattern. com (http://feedingthedragon. jhmattern. com). The book is being released by StoneGarden Publishing June 15th, and will be available at major online book retailers, such as Amazon. com and BarnesandNoble. com. The new site includes a press room, synopsis, and information about the new book and its author.

Fighting piracy on the world’s oceans is not just theory or fiction. As recent as January, when the USS Winston Churchill caught a pirate ship off the coast of Somalia, and in March when the USS Cape St. George and USS Gonzalez battled pirates off the same coast, piracy has been a relentless terrorist effort by sea, fought mainly by the US Navy.

In the fictional piece, Smith shows how a rebellion in the Philippines is underwritten by acts of piracy on the high seas. Armed with a wide range of weaponry and the shipping manifests of ten ships, the pirate gang is secretly trying to fund a new war on Luzon, the northern island of the Philippines. It is up to the USS Chancellorsville, based in Yokosuka, Japan, to stem this tide of international crime.

About Daniel Smith

Daniel Smith has been at sea for 10 years serving in the US Navy. While on the USS Mobile Bay (Currently stationed in San Diego, California), Smith took part in numerous freedom of transit Cruises and one anti-piracy operation. Smith uses his experience in the South China Sea and his research in the naval community of San Diego, to detail his characters in his latest novel. His writing credits include no fewer than 40 articles and stories published in a dozen different periodicals, in both online and print media. He has been a staff writer for the Sherwood Voice, a community newspaper in Sherwood, Arkansas, and has been published in other newspapers in Kansas, Arkansas, and California.

For more information, please visit http://feedingthedragon. jhmattern. com (http://feedingthedragon. jhmattern. com) or contact Daniel Smith at 858-427-5074or.

Smith is currently putting together his publicity tour, and welcomes Veteran groups to contact him via email to begin scheduling events. He also invites concerned citizens and veterans to write him with questions and comments. Members of the media can visit the book’s Press Room for more information at http://feedingthedragon. jhmattern. com/press. html (http://feedingthedragon. jhmattern. com/press. html)

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Asurion Technology and Logistics Center Receives ISO Certification

Asurion Technology and Logistics Center Receives ISO Certification

Wireless handset repair and refurbishment center receives ISO certification. The center handles forward logistics, reverse logistics, wireless device triage, asset recovery, and wireless device repair for many of the nationÂ’s top wireless carriers.

(PRWEB) June 14, 2005

Tennessee-based AsurionÂ’s Technology and Logistics Center (TLC) has received an ISO 9001:2000 certification by the LloydÂ’s Register Group (LRG), the company announced.

Asurion is the leading provider of specialty insurance and other marketing services to the wireless telecommunications industry. The TLC handles forward logistics, reverse logistics, wireless device triage, asset recovery, and wireless device repair for many of the nationÂ’s top wireless carriers.

The certification follows a lengthy review process by LRG, an independent risk management organization providing risk assessment and risk mitigation solutions and management systems around the world.

AsurionÂ’s TLC, based in Rutherford County, is staffed by 900 workers where repairs and refurbishments are made to wireless handsets and other products through the companyÂ’s warranty and insurance services for subscribers of the worldÂ’s leading wireless carriers.

“Among our major competitors, Asurion is the only organization with an ISO9001:2000 certified technology and logistics operation,” said Stuart Smith, SVP and head of the TLC. “From a business and personnel standpoint, this certification tells us that we’re doing our job and doing it right. Our main goal is providing top-notch customer service, both for our wireless service providers and their customers, and to receive this certification is very rewarding.”

According to LRQA, ISO 9001:2000 is a processed-based certification, which recognizes organizations that can link business objectives with operating effectiveness. Companies that have achieved this certification excel in a core set of eight quality management principles, including: customer focus; leadership; involvement of people; a process approach; a system approach to management; continual improvement; a factual approach to decision making; and, a mutually beneficial supplier relationship.

Bret Comolli, CEO of Asurion said, “Our commitment across the board is to provide the best in customer service and to be an industry leader when it comes to quality management. We’ve invested in the right people and the right processes to get the job done. To be recognized at this high of a level is a source of pride for us all.”

Asurion Corporation is the leading provider of specialty insurance and other marketing services to the wireless telecommunications industry. AsurionÂ’s services are designed to provide high value consumer services while also delivering financial and service benefits to its wireless carrier partners. Service offerings include (among others) Handset Insurance Services, Roadside Assistance Services, Warranty Management and Mobile Equipment Solutions.

Asurion serves over 17 million subscribers through its relationships with most of the leading wireless carriers in North America and Asia, including ALLTEL, T-Mobile, Cingular, Verizon Wireless and more than 20 other clients.

The company is vertically integrated with capabilities in claims administration, client services, product marketing, risk management, reverse logistics, repair, distribution, fulfillment, and underwriting. AsurionÂ’s 2,500 employees are dedicated to these activities across five North American offices in Nashville, Houston, San Mateo, Dallas and Moncton, as well as offices in Singapore, Korea and Japan. For additional information about Asurion, visit www. asurion. com.

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Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 Uses Scala Digital Signage in Village

Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 Uses Scala Digital Signage in Village

Scala powered the visual communications network at the Youth Olympic Village (YOV) at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) held in Singapore in August 2010. In partnership with Click Grafix, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was awarded the privilege to deploy and manage digital signage for the YOV, which housed more than 5,000 YOG officials and athletes from around the world.

(PRWEB) December 20, 2010

Scala powered the visual communications network at the Youth Olympic Village (YOV) at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) held in Singapore in August 2010. In partnership with Click Grafix, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was awarded the privilege to deploy and manage digital signage for the YOV, which housed more than 5,000 YOG officials and athletes from around the world.

Located amidst the lush greenery of the NTU campus, the YOV provided participants with a comfortable residence for 18 days. As place for the athletes to rest and prepare for competition, the YOV also buzzed with social activities such as specially designed cultural and educational programs. These programs offered youth from more than 205 National Olympic Committees a taste of exciting and diversified experience.

To ensure information was broadcast through the entire YOV, 96 Samsung screens ranging from 40 inches to 46 inches were positioned around the campus. Half of the screens were located in the Village Square, the central hub of activity, and the remaining screens were placed in the Residential Zone.

The seamless integration of Scala software, combined with customized applications, made it possible for the NTU team to meet the demand for varied content to be scheduled and broadcasted to different locations within the village.

Residents of the YOV were updated, informed, educated and entertained with creative rich media content that included RSS feeds, Twitter updates, weather, daily programs, movie screenings, animations, announcements, information, environmental messages and trailer advertisements of the Games.

The joint effort of NTU and Click Grafix for the YOG digital signage deployment marked the success of one of Click’s most prominent projects.

“The YOG deployment was our most interesting and challenging project to date,” said Ahmed Balfaqih, Managing Director of Click Grafix. “We are very privileged to have been given the opportunity to participate at every level of this implementation, from the training of the volunteers to the development of the custom applications.”

About Nanyang Technological University 
NTU is an internationally reputed research-intensive tertiary institution. Our broad-based education covers science and technology, business and the arts, entrepreneurial and leadership skills to prepare students for the global working world. NTU provides a high-quality global education to more than 23,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate students. The student body includes top scholars and international Olympiad medalists from the region and beyond. Hailing from 67 countries, the university's 3,000-strong teaching and research staff bring dynamic international perspectives and years of solid industry experience.

About Click Grafix
Founded in 1995, Click Grafix began primarily as a Digital Content Provider offering Broadcast Multimedia, 3D Animation and Non-linear Video Production. With a strong background in the field of digital content development, the company has swiftly risen to the forefront of the digital signage industry, positioning itself as a leading Solutions and Services Provider, Trainer and Consultant particularly for Dynamic Digital Signage today.

An award winning company, Click Grafix has been involved in many deployments of digital signage solutions in South East Asia and the Middle East for various market portals, both directly and in partnership with other players such as system integrators and media owners. Click Grafix currently holds the distributorship for SCALA, NewTek, Luxology, 12Inch Design and TVPaint in South East Asia. Based in Malaysia, the company is currently represented in Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and India.

About Scala
Driving more than 500,000 screens worldwide, Scala is a leading global provider of digital signage and advertising management solutions. Scala is the world’s first connected signage company, offering the leading platform for content creation, management and distribution in digital signage networks and the first unified platform for advertising management of both traditional and digital signage networks. The company's digital signage customers include Rabobank, IKEA, Burger King, T-Mobile, Virgin MegaStore, Warner Brothers, The Life Channel, Rikstoto, Repsol, NorgesGruppen, Audi, ECE Flatmedia, Kaufhof (Metro Group) and thousands more. Advertising management customers include CBS Outdoor, Clear Channel Outdoor and Magic Media, among others. Scala is headquartered near Philadelphia, USA, and has subsidiaries in Canada, The Netherlands, France, Norway, Germany and Japan, as well as more than 450 partners in more than 60 countries. http://www. scala. com

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SplashData Introduces SplashBlog, “Photo Blogging” Solution for Palm Powered Smartphones

SplashData Introduces SplashBlog, “Photo Blogging” Solution for Palm Powered Smartphones

Now users can publish photos instantly to the Web from their camera-equipped smartphones.

Cannes, France (PRWEB) February 14, 2005 -

– At the 3GSM World Congress, SplashData, Inc., the leading developer of “virtual wallet” applications for mobile devices, announced the launch of its new SplashBlog solution for PalmOne Treo and other Palm Powered™ wireless devices. For the first time, users can not only capture pictures with their camera phones, but can instantly publish photos to a “photo blog” for friends and family members to see.

“SplashData’s SplashPhoto has long been one of my favorite Palm OS® applications, and I use it almost daily to show off the latest photos of my kids,” said Larry Berkin, director of developer marketing, for PalmSource. “The ability to quickly publish photos to a photo-blog is an exciting new development that gives Palm Powered smartphones even greater functionality.”

The process of “blogging,” maintaining a personal journal on the Internet that is frequently updated, has been steadily growing in popularity. SplashBlog adds an entirely new element to blogging—instantly publishing a photo diary from a wireless device. Now anyone with a smartphone can snap photos of vacations, new babies, and other momentous occasions, and wirelessly publish those pictures to their personal photoblog for friends and family scattered throughout the world to enjoy.

SplashBlog streamlines the process of mobile photo blogging, allowing users to capture an image and publish it to an online photoblog in as little as two clicks. SplashBlog includes everything users need to publish their photos online, including software for the smartphone and a free online photoblog account at splashblog. com. SplashBlog is also compatible with the TypePad blogging service and support is planned for similar services such as Blogger, Flickr and Zoto.

“Mobile photoblogging is a great way for smartphone users to keep in touch with friends and family while traveling or away from their desktop computer,” said John Chaffee, president of SplashData. “The combination of a camera-equipped smartphone and SplashBlog with its streamlined interface and instant photo publishing make for an outstanding mobile photo blogging solution.”

System Requirements

SplashBlog requires a handheld running Palm OS 4.0 or later with a wireless data connection. A built-in camera is recommended but not required. Handhelds without a camera can publish images from a VFS memory card (e. g., from a digital camera). Two-way synchronization is also supported, enabling images added via the Web site to be downloaded to the handheld.

Pricing & Availability

SplashBlog for Palm OS is available now at www. splashblog. com. It is available for a limited time introductory offer of $19.95 (normally $29.95). The software purchase includes access to an online photo hosting account on splashblog. com. A 30-day full-functioning trial is also available for download. Versions of SplashBlog for other handheld platforms (Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Symbian Series 60 and Symbian UIQ) will be released in Q2 2005.

About SplashData, Inc.

SplashData is the leading developer of virtual wallet applications for handheld devices. SplashDataÂ’s applications provide all the functions of a traditional wallet in digital form, enabling a truly mobile digital lifestyle. SplashDataÂ’s top quality products and experienced management team are playing a leadership role in the emerging mobile applications market. Founded in 2000, SplashData is privately held and based in Seattle, Washington. For more information, please visit www. splashdata. com or call 206-780-9184.

Copyright © 2005, SplashData, Inc. PalmSource, Palm OS, Palm Powered, and certain other trademarks and logos appearing on this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of PalmSource, Inc. or its affiliate in the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and other countries. These marks may not be used in connection with any product or service that does not belong to PalmSource, Inc. (except as expressly permitted by a license with PalmSource, Inc.), in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits PalmSource, Inc., its licensor, its subsidiaries or affiliates. All other brands and trademarks used herein are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify other products or services of, their respective owners. All rights reserved.

PR Contact: 

Kevin Doel 

TalonPR, Inc.

Kevin@talonpr. com

785-273-9660

Company Contact:

John Chaffee 

SplashData 

Jchaffee@splashdata. com  

206-780-9184 

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Japanese and Chinese Search Engine Ranking Software: Agent Web Ranking 2.6.2 Released

Japanese and Chinese Search Engine Ranking Software: Agent Web Ranking 2.6.2 Released

New features: Chinese and Japanese alphabet characters, and Asian search engines (Japan, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong)

(PRWEB) May 12, 2005

Agent Web Ranking is pleased to announce the release of Agent Web Ranking 2.6.2.

Agent Web Ranking is a search engine ranking report sofware that includes Chinese and Japanese alphabet characters, and Asian search engines (Japan, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong). It also includes more than 300 international search from the US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italia, Austria, Polska, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Brasil, Colombie, Mexico, Argantina, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland.

Agent Web Ranking is designed for Search Engine Optimization experts and Search Engime marketing experts. Agent Web Ranking 2.6.2 also them to generate search engine ranking reports with keywords in Chinese and keywords in Japanese.

List of Japanese search engine added: Google, MSN, AOL, Yahoo, Goo, Infoseek, AskJeeves, Looksmart, Dmoz, SO-Net, Excite, Overture, Fresh Eye, Biglobe, Nifty, Dion, Hi-Ho, OCN and ODN.

List of Chinese (PRC) search engine added: Google + adwords, NetEase, Tom, Zhongsou, Sohu, Sina, Yahoo, MSN, Baidu, China and YiSou

List of Hong Kongese, China search engine added: Google + Adwords, Yahoo, MSN, Y28, Open find, Sina and TimWay

List of Taiwanese (ROC) search engine added: Google, Yahoo, MSN, Open find, Sina, Gais, Hinet, Taihoo, Tisnet, Yam and Dmoz

Agent Web Ranking runs on Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP and on Mac OS X (through virtual PC 7)

Agent Web Ranking costs 150$/Year for the Business edition and 500$/year for the Professional edition. You can also buy a licence for 1, 3 or 6 month

2.6.2 version application can be downloaded from: http://www. agenebranking. com/download. htm (http://www. agenebranking. com/download. htm)

Fabien Faceries

Http://www. agentwebranking. com/ (http://www. agentwebranking. com/)

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Research and Markets : Presenting Thirty Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Healthcare Case Studies

Research and Markets : Presenting Thirty Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Healthcare Case Studies

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c21552) has announced the addition of RFID Healthcare Case Studies to their offering.

Dublin (PRWEB) August 1, 2005

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c21552 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c21552)) has announced the addition of RFID Healthcare Case Studies to their offering.

Thirty RFID Healthcare Case Studies:

These case studies detail a very wide range of benefits that Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is bringing to hospitals, nursing homes and care in the home. Uses include error and crime prevention, cost reduction, removing tedious procedures, avoiding infection and providing computer evidence in court that correct procedures were carried out. In these examples RFID also provides more freedom for the blind and the disoriented elderly. Staff, patients and new born babies are tagged as are laundry, fixed assets, drugs and blood.

These case studies form a small part of the constantly updated RFID Knowledgebase covering over 1,100 case studies involving over 1300 companies. A Jargon Buster explaining the acronyms and technical terms is given in Appendix 1.

Considerable detail

These case studies give a wealth of background detail and informed comment. They cover trials as well as fully rolled out projects, chipless (tags with no silicon chip) as well as chip RFID, small as well as large projects. Intentions for the future are given where available and those involved, as well as expert observers give assessments healthcare applications are just a part of this but healthcare has its own special requirements including the need not to damage pharmaceutical molecules or interfere with life support equipment.

Item level - the future

In particular, where tags will be used in very large numbers at item level, such as the small plastic bottles and blisterpacks of drugs in the home and hospital laundry, there is an ongoing debate concerning which RFID technology will "win" in the sense of being responsible for most tags sold - no one technology is expected to perform all tasks at item level. In Appendix 2 we analyze these arguments.

1. INTRODUCTION

Some of the advantages of RFID in Healthcare

2. DETAILED CASE STUDIES

Alexandra and National University Hospitals Fighting SARS, Singapore Alzheimer's Association, USA AstraZeneca Diprivan error prevention, UK item level Baptist Health automated dispensing, USA item level Bon Secours Group, hospital assets, USA CareCross, medical and dental network providers and managed-care patients, South Africa City halls, healthcare facilities guiding the blind, Japan Doctors' Hospital of Dallas, security on neonatal wards, USA Dental@x, dental prosthesis tracking, USA item level Emergent, patient tracking, USA French Blood Agency chemovigilance, France French Hospitals & Ambulance Services, patient care, France Georgetown University Hospital, blood transfusions, USA H. D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co, tracking drugs, USA Hart District Council, alarms for elderly & disabled, UK IEM GmbH smart glucometer, Germany Instituto Nazionale Spallanzani Hospital, patients, Italy Massachusetts General Hospital blood, USA item level MBBS medical instrument tracking, UK item level Mediplus catheters, UK item level Pharmacies - talking medication for the blind, USA item level Portsmouth General Hospital blood, UK item level Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, item level and bulk tagging, India Royal Sussex County Hospital assets, UK item level Sanacorp crates, Germany Test Tube Identification, Japan Tung Yuan Hospital fighting SARS, China Unimed Pharma, drug tracking, South Korea Washington Hospital Center, patients and assets, USA Wirral Hospital tracking people, UK

For more information visit http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c21552 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c21552)

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

Press@researchandmarkets. com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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Peerme Launches In The U. S. With Boonty Games Portal Games Channel, Internet Phone and Instant Messenger Software Released by PeerMe

Peerme Launches In The U. S. With Boonty Games Portal Games Channel, Internet Phone and Instant Messenger Software Released by PeerMe

PeerMe Inc., a peer-to-peer voice communications technology company, today introduced its first beta product that provides free, unlimited, voice and instant message communications for Internet users.

PeerMe, Inc. (PRWEB) September 28, 2005 - to-

Mountain View, Calif. and New York, NY – September 26, 2005 –peer voice communications technology company, today introduced its first beta product that provides free, unlimited, voice and instant message communications for Internet users. In addition, PeerMe and Boonty, the world leader in downloadable digital games, today announced the first of a series of PeerMe games channels.

The PeerMe Games channels will feature thousands of games, ring tones and other downloadable consumer products for PC, mobile and handheld platforms. The initial PeerMe Games channel is available in English and supports the immediate delivery of PC games world-wide. Leveraging technology developed by Boonty, customers will be able to evaluate PC games from more than 100 publishers before purchasing. Upon the expiration of the trial period, the program will run only if the license is purchased.

PeerMe has developed a peer-to-peer voice and instant messaging environment supporting PC-to-PC and PC-to-handheld voice communications and instant messaging over public Internet connections. PeerMeÂ’s technology can be used independently by users connecting on a peer-to-peer basis or integrated into Web communities bringing a new generation of interactive connectivity to users. Users have the ability to interact with their own communities and will have access to a wide range of content and products through PeerMe channels. English, Japanese and Korean language versions are now available for download through the companyÂ’s Web or from hundreds of software download Web sites available worldwide. PeerMe users will be able to interact free with anyone around the world using their computer and Internet connection.

"We are excited to launch in the U. S. and partner with the global leader in Web-based downloadable games distribution to introduce our games channel,” said Tom Lasater, PeerMe’s founder and CEO. “Our vision to voice-enable the Internet is now a reality. Our users are able to communicate within their own communities, test and purchase thousands of downloadable products, and communicate with their friends about these products while online through our peer-to-peer voice product.”

“Partnering with PeerMe is a natural fit for Boonty,” said Romain Nouzareth, co-founder and CEO of Boonty Inc. “Boonty’s strength is in delivering the broadest selection of downloadable games across an international offering of languages. Partners, such as PeerMe, focus on delivering a compelling online environment where users spend a significant amount of time, and together we provide a platform where gamers can evaluate and purchase games, online in real-time.”

Over the coming months, PeerMe will introduce a series of new offerings designed to support the companyÂ’s goal of voice-enabled content and applications on the Internet.

About PeerMe, Inc.:

Founded in 2004, PeerMe, Inc., www. PeerMe. com, is a privately held international peer-to-peer communications technology company with offices in Mountain View, Calif., Tokyo, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Bulgaria and Austin, Tex. PeerMe has developed a peer-to-peer voice and instant messaging platform, which supports Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) PC-to-PC and PC-to handheld voice communications, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer file transfer over public Internet connections. PeerMeÂ’s vision is to bring a human connection to the Internet through voice-enabling the Web.

About Boonty Inc.:

Headquartered in New York with offices in Paris, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo, Boonty is a recognized global leader in the digital distribution games business. Providing a fully customized gaming solution for leading ISPs, portals, computer manufacturers and Internet communities, Boonty boasts the largest distribution network worldwide with a total reach of over 300-million unique users and features a try-before-you-buy commerce model. With more than 1,500 titles in its games catalog, Boonty has secured distribution agreements spanning all major categories – from hardcore/enthusiast to casual games, and includes the leading publishers in the industry. For more information, visit www. boonty. com.

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