NetDragon Launches Open Beta Testing for ‘Conquer Online’ Arabic Version

September 14th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon" with its subsidiaries collectively the "Group"; Stock Code: 777), a leading online game developer and innovator in China, today formally announced the launch of "Demon Rising", a new Chinese expansion pack for its flagship Eudemons Online game.

September 6th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Leading Swedish online project management provider, Projectplace, is launching a unique web-based planning tool, 'Projectplace Planner'. With a user-friendly interface and drag-and-drop function, Projectplace Planner is easier to use than MS Project and faster than Excel.

August 10th, 2009 EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands - Today, the HollandBelgium Bid, the joint candidacy of the football associations of Belgium and the Netherlands for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup is launching the Arabic version of www.thebid.org. This means that now the entire content of the website is available in the five official FIFA languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic) and Dutch.

July 21st, 2009 HONG KONG - Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) and NetDragon Websoft Inc., a leading game developer and operator in China ("NetDragon", with its subsidiaries collectively know as the "Group"; Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), today announced a licensing agreement for the development of a new massively multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) based on "Ultima Online"(TM) from Electronic Arts.

July 15th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon," with its subsidiaries collectively referred to as the "Group"; Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a leading online game developer and operator in China, announced that the English expansion pack, Raiding Clans, will be launched at midnight July 16 U.S.

July 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon", with its subsidiaries collectively the "Group"; Stock Code: 777), one of the leading game developers and operators in the PRC, announced that the beta test version of the 2.5D MMORPG Heroes of Might and Magic Online: Gold Edition will be officially launched at 15:00 (China Standard Time) on July 8th.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that it had released TelStats, its free web traffic measurement service for owners of .tel domains, in beta. "As .tel domains are not traditional web pages, until now it has not been possible to measure web traffic of a .tel domain," said Henri Asseily, CTO and Chief Strategist at Telnic, "With the release of TelStats, .tel owners can now add the understanding of who is visiting them over the web as well as how they choose to contact them through the .tel." The new TelStats service, accessible from telstats.nic.tel enables .tel domain owners to access information on web visits to their .tel domains and import the data into their favourite analytics tools.

May 19th, 2009 ABU DHABI - Rashed Al Oraimi, the Secretary General, announced yesterday the official call for nominations for Sheikh Zayed Book Award; an international awards program to recognize writers, translators, novelists and publishers who contribute to promoting the Arabic culture. Named after the late president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award was launched in October 2006 to honor writers and boost the Arab publishing Industry.

May 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon"), a leading online game developer and operator in the PRC ("NetDragon", with its subsidiaries collectively know as the "Group", stock code:777) announced the release of a new English language expansion pack, "The Divine Path", for its fantasy online game, Eudemons Online, on May 8, 2009.

April 26th, 2009 HONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc., a leading game developer and operator in the PRC ("NetDragon" with its subsidiaries collectively known as the "Group", stock code: 777) announced that The Warlords, the English version of Tou Ming Zhuang Online, entered its open beta testing on April 24. The Warlords is a 2.5 D MMORPG game jointly created by NetDragon and China Film Group, sharing the same story as the film titled The Warlords.

August 12th, 2009 What is Facebook lite? Well it appears as it looks-  a lighter version of Facebook, or might be a micro facebook that will offer users a "faster, simpler version of Facebook with a Twitter-like experience. Reportedly , tonight, a number of Facebook users have received beta invitations to a 'lite' version of the popular social networking service.

September 8th, 2009 Google launches user-led Q&A service in ArabicDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Google Inc. launched an online tool Tuesday that allows Arab users to answer each other's questions, a move designed to boost the amount of Web content available in Arabic.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two 25-year-old entrepreneurs are among the youngest Indian corporate leaders attending the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Sachin Duggal and Saurabh Dhoot, promoters of Nivio, which has created the world's first online windows desktop, are attending the 2009 WEF as 'Technology Pioneers'.

March 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University have identified a novel signalling pathway that can be a potential target for heart failure therapy. The pathway plays a significant role in the production of aldosterone, a hormone that promotes heart failure after a myocardial infarction.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Actor Gary Sinise has financed a translated reprint of Seabiscuit: An American Legend, a popular non-fiction book based on horse racing, for kids in Iraq to read. The 'Apollo 13' star collaborated with author Laura Hillenbrand to help in bringing out the Arabic version after they found out that kids in Baghdad had become huge fans of her tale of the iconic thoroughbred race horse, Seabiscuit.

April 22nd, 2009 NYC mayor launches online ad blitzNEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign ads are already all over television and radio, and now they'll be popping up online as well. Bloomberg campaign officials say the ads are designed to be activated by keywords.

August 16th, 2009 BEIJING - Online gamers in China will be able to play the new 'World of Warcraft' for free until it gets an official approval for commercial operation, the game's developer has said. Shanghai Netease, the game's operator in China, has released an announcement on its website, saying it has finished all facility tests as required by the authorities.

May 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Beta-carotene in so-called 'Golden Rice' converts to vitamin A in humans, according to researchers. Golden Rice was developed in the early 1990s with the goal of creating rice that had beta-carotene, a vitamin A precursor, in the rice grain.

July 25th, 2009 China launches Arabic-language TV channelBEIJING — Chinese state television launched an Arabic-language channel beamed to the Middle East and Africa on Saturday as part of efforts to expand the communist government's media influence abroad. The 24-hour channel will air in 22 Arabic-speaking countries, reaching a total population of nearly 300 million people, China Central Television said in a statement.

September 1st, 2009 At a glance: Key dates in Skype's historyKey milestones in Skype's history: — 2003: Skype Beta launches publicly. The company was founded by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, creators of the music downloading service Kazaa.