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September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Communications and Data Centre specialist Node4 is embarking upon a national awareness campaign to help businesses understand the implications of BT's 21CN project. The multi-billion pound upgrade to the BT network across the UK affords a wealth of opportunity to end users, but following extensive customer feedback, Node4 has recognised a lack of awareness amongst the business community.

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - - With Photo The Selk'Bag is a sleeping bag with arms and legs. It features zips on the hands, ventilation zips on the legs and canvas on the feet to allow for durability.

August 25th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - - Mass Customization Becomes Reality Amsterdam based MilkOrSugar just launched the web's first Customization Portal, at www.MilkOrSugar.com. Via the website, visitors can create their customized Sleeping bag, Samurai sword, Bicycle, Dress, Drums, Shoes, Skate board, Scrabble board, Watch, Machine parts, Perfume, Lingerie, Wallpaper or Lego model, and much more.

June 14th, 2009 LONDON - With Photo UK HR Software company Vizual is taking the unprecedented step of giving away its HR.net Lite Human Resources software free of charge. This is the first time that fully functioning HR software has been available as free software - and it's not time limited either.

June 11th, 2009 LONDON - Partnership With Welcome Real-time Announced Barclaycard, a leading payment provider in the UK, has announced that it has taken a step forward with its plan to introduce a retailer rewards scheme by signing an agreement with Welcome Real-time to provide the scheme's IT infrastructure. Welcome Real-time will work with Barclaycard to develop the software that will enable Barclaycard customers to benefit from a retailer rewards scheme that is expected to encompass retailers ranging from sole traders to major high street names.

June 7th, 2009 BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany - FRT presents a new optical film thickness measuring tool at this year's Laser 2009 in Munich (visit: www.film-thickness.com). The new MicroSpy FT non-destructively measures coatings that transparent or semi-transparent in the visible and near-infrared spectrum of light.

May 18th, 2009 LAS VEGAS - Barracuda Web Filter 1010 Handles up to 12,000 Concurrent Users in a Single Appliance (Interop 2009, Booth # 621) -- Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in content security appliances, today announced the launch of the Barracuda Web Filter 1010 for large organizations, capable of handling up to 12,000 concurrent users in a single appliance. Starting at US$89,999 with no per user fees, the Barracuda Web Filter 1010 is the most affordable high-capacity Web filtering appliance on the market targeting enterprises and large organizations.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Protx, the UK's Fastest Growing Payment Service Provider, Becomes Sage Pay - Enhanced Merchant Services and 24/7 UK-Based Customer Support Provide Backdrop for New Brand - With Photo From today, Protx, the UK's largest independent payment service provider and a division of business software and services company Sage, becomes Sage Pay. The new brand reflects the payment providers' commitment to safeguard internet transactions in the future and comes amidst a whole host of enhancements that provide internet retailers with a streamlined and cost efficient means to manage their finances.

April 19th, 2009 SALZBURG, Austria - Do children's house shoes fit properly? This question was the subject of a study conducted on pre-school and elementary school children by an Austrian research team, commissioned by the Ministry for Health. The results: The smallest kids have the worst fitting shoes.

April 6th, 2009 ZURICH - The computer mouse has now been around for 40 years and has become a tool that many people work with for hours each day. The ergonomically-designed 'HandshoeMouse' is an especially comfortable and healthy version.

March 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research has found that families of animals grouped together by a similar body plan, with the greatest diversity of species, were also those with the largest range of body sizes. The research was carried out by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) researchers in the US, as part of an analysis of body sizes across all orders of animal life.

May 13th, 2009 Correction: May 12 affordable RVs storyNEW YORK — In a May 12 story about affordable deals on recreational vehicles, The Associated Press erroneously stated the name of an RV dealer. The dealer's name is Larry Troutt, not Richard Troutt.

April 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - There has been a drastic increase in the bust size of Aussie women over the years, as nearly 40 pct are buying bras with a cup size of DD or higher. The sales of DD-plus bras have grown from about 20 per cent of sales to 28 per cent in just five years.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Amy Winehouse is back after a two-month Caribbean holiday and is said to have regained a few of her curves. According to sources, after some good clean healthy living, she's now a perfectly formed size 10.

June 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - In a major initiative to decongest Mumbai and provide affordable houses to middle class families, 133,000 flats will be constructed near the city jointly by the development and housing authorities. The project, which will include 43,000 flats to be given on rental basis, will come up on 525 acres at Virar suburb in adjoining Thane district, around 30 km north of Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad said Tuesday.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - To tackle the country's serious shortage, estimated at nearly 25 million, the government will now focus on affordable housing by involving the private sector, said Housing and Urban poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja. With 97 per cent of this shortage in Low Income Group (LIG) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of the society, need is for a sustainable, equitable and socially inclusive development plan which will involve and cater to housing to the Weaker Sections.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The influx of foreign investments is responsible for the 'sky high' land prices and should be discouraged in the realty sector, a leading domestic developer said here Wednesday. 'The foreign investments have done no good to the sector.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Guessing the number of sweets in a jar can be tricky, but now, scientists at New York University have determined how sweets pack from inside the jar, making it easier to more accurately count them. The sweets located at the center of the jar are hidden from view, which makes it difficult to count the total number of sweets in the jar.

September 17th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A fence in New Zealand, made using bras of different sizes, is being robbed of its raw material. According to a Local resident Sharon Harvey, the bra fence on Cable Bay Rd in Nelson first appeared about two years ago.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - Men in UK are certainly walking ahead and that too with big shoes-new figures have revealed that British men's feet are getting bigger and the average shoe size has grown by one in the last five years. According to Debenhams-the UK departmental store-the average man's shoe size in 2004 was eight, but now it is size nine.