HOUSTON, Texas — RestaurantOwner.com, a membership website for independent restaurant operators, has released, on their website, the results of a detailed survey of their members’ experiences with their current point of sale systems. Over 1,100 individual independent operators participated and provided detailed feedback on over 80 different POS systems. Choosing a point of sale system [...]

SPOKANE, Wash. — When audiences close their eyes during a Jim Curry concert, they may find the similarities between him and John Denver uncanny and when they open their eyes, they just might do a double-take. Curry doesn’t do an impersonation of Denver, his performance is a true tribute, but he shares many of the [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Gaiafield Center for Subtle Activism (GCSA), sponsored by the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), announces the launch of WiseUSA ‘08, a non-partisan, free global meditation and prayer program to run from October 1st to November 6th 2008, designed to draw forth wise leadership from both politicians and citizens during and beyond [...]

LOS ANGELES — MadeinUSAForever, an e-commerce site that sells products made only in America, announces that they continue to grow their business in spite of the Wall Street chaos proving that people are re-focusing their energies on Main Street. “There is hope,” Todd Lipscomb, president and founder of MadeinUSAForever.com says. “One area that is paramount [...]

PAVILION, N.Y. — Syntec Optics, recipient of the prestigious 2008 Frost & Sullivan Growth Excellence Award in the North American polymer optics market, announces new manufacturing capacity that directly correlates with its focus on innovation. Syntec is also actively seeking more staff. To quote the Frost and Sullivan award, “Syntec Optics, through its commitment to [...]

LONDON, U.K. — Lyquidity Solutions providers of enterprise spreadsheet controls, announce the latest version of ComplyXL, which provides tighter control for multiple, segregated spreadsheet repositories as well as instant notification of spreadsheet changes. The latest enhancements to ComplyXL provide the flexibility of different options to suit customer deployments, whether its auditors or compliance teams who [...]

SCRANTON, Pa. — Pioneer magician Dorothy Dietrich is the first woman ever to catch a bullet in her mouth. She did it in a specially designed metal cup. This was recently done by David Blaine in a special devoted to Houdini. Prior to this magicians caught the bullet in a plate, in a handkerchief, in [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Obsello, an authentic Spanish absinthe verte, is quickly becoming recognized as the highest quality absinthe available to U.S. consumers. Obsello officially launched last month in San Francisco and has been picked up by scores of upscale restaurants, bars and night clubs in S.F., Los Angeles, and, now, New York. Among some of [...]

SUZHOU, China — PrettyMay Inc. announces the launch of a new Skype PBX software that allows users to set up different phone systems for multiple small businesses - it’s the new Skype business solution. Building business solutions for Skype, the PrettyMay Skype PBX/Phone system for Windows is a software-based IP telephone solution that can make [...]

IRKLAND, Wash. — What has building bikes for charity got to do with filling 1,000 insurance jobs? Not much, you might say; but LTC Financial Partners LLC, (LTCFP), a fast-growing insurance agency, thinks otherwise. Says CEO Cameron Truesdell, “While tightening bolts and pumping tires, our sales leaders brainstormed how to find and hire really good [...]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — nPulse Network Systems LLC, a leading OEM designer of powerful network sensors for monitoring and security applications, has announced PCAP Express 10G, its latest hardware-accelerated implementation of the popular PCAP API. The product extends the functionality of nPulse’s PCAP Express technology up to line-rate 10Gbps monitoring and packet capture. By transparently applying [...]

HOLLYWOOD — Controversial religious leader, and now Los Angeles Mayoral candidate, Pastor Craig X Rubin of the Family Church (formerly of Temple 420), is taking questions from the press and public in an open interview press conference as he announces his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Los Angeles. Craig X Rubin has chosen [...]

CONCORD, N.H. — Announcing a new book from Bad Beaver Publishing, “Lady’s Hands, Lion’s Heart, A Midwife’s Saga” (ISBN 978-0-615-19550-6, 368 Pages, Price: $15.00), by author Carol Leonard. Often laugh-out-loud funny and irreverent, occasionally disturbing and deeply sorrowful, “Lady’s Hands, Lion’s Heart” is the saga of Ms. Leonard’s journey as New Hampshire’s first modern midwife. [...]

ATLANTA, Ga. — Jimmy Jazz, a leading urban apparel and footwear retailer, announced today the opening of its latest retail site, located in the Southlake Mall, in the city of Morrow, Georgia. The new store opening is now the third Jimmy Jazz location in metro Atlanta. “We are very excited to open our third store [...]

BERKELEY, Calif. — If the planet is becoming a “global village,” how do you obtain a condensed view of what fellow villagers are thinking, doing, and creating right now? Answering that question is the goal of the World Mind Network, a group and website (worldmindnetwork.net) which employs the metaphor of the human race as one [...]

PASADENA — Credit Crunch Fix has launched a legal document preparation service, to let consumers request relief from past due mortgage payments, credit card debt and even utility interruptions. The attorney-created service is not debt settlement or credit repair, nor legal counsel. Credit Crunch Fix allows consumers to exercise their legal rights, which often help [...]

BOONTON, N.J. — Telephone companies, ISPs, and cellular phone carriers can bring to bear an expansive array of technologies and services to aid consumers and enterprises in improving the environment while generating over $1 trillion in new industry revenue over the next five years, according to a new market research study from The INSIGHT Research [...]

MEDFIELD, Mass. — Mitchell Construction Group, Inc., a multi-award winning design and renovation firm located in Medfield, is pleased to announce they have been named to the 2008 Top 500 list of remodeling firms in the country by Qualified Remodeler Magazine. This marks the fifth consecutive year Mitchell was named to the list. The Top [...]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Widely anticipated new book about the Atlanta Courthouse Shootings, written by respected trial attorney, turned author, Shoran Reid. “Waking the Sleeping Demon: 26 Hours of Terror in Atlanta” (ISBN: 978-0-615-20749-0, Rella Publishing), follows the terrifying hours Former Prosecutor Ash Joshi felt hunted by Atlanta Courthouse Shooter Brian Nichols and reveals new information [...]

BOSTON, Mass. — Navigate Health International, an innovator in international medical assistance services, announces its first service line, Florence Medical Assistance. Florence Medical Assistance is a service providing coordinated access to medical care for internationals living in or visiting Florence, Italy, and the nearby Tuscan countryside. This service, with its high level of in-person client [...]

MIAMI, Fla. — Home Shopping Latino, Inc. (Pink Sheets: HSPL) today announced that Ms. Rosario Moreno has joined Home Shopping Latino, as it prepares to launch its Shopping Channel. Rosario will report directly to Federico Teran, Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Moreno brings a 30 year experience in DRTV and television. She has created and produced [...]

HOUSTON, Texas — Strutting down the red carpet at this year’s MTV Video Music Award show on September 7th was a bevy of beautiful gems - on some beautiful gems. WhiteFlash.com, the premier online purveyor of fine diamond jewelry, took its place as one of the most sought after jewelry brands of the evening by [...]

SANTA CLARA — SecuGen is pleased to announce that the SDA04, an advanced single finger capture device, has been certified by the FBI as compliant with the U.S. Government’s FIPS 201/PIV requirements. FIPS 201 places stringent requirements on the image quality of fingerprint devices as established by the FBI’s Image Quality Specifications. The SDA04 is [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Libra Press confirmed its new book “Please put the toilet seat down” (ISBN: 978-0-615-21623-2), by author Darcy Frew and illustrated by John Blair Moore, is the first relationship self-help book women are buying specifically to give to their significant other, and not only is he reading it, it’s improving the relationship. First [...]

EXETER — Guangdong Food Industry Institute (GDFII/L&P Food), a leading and first manufacturer of Sucralose in China, announced that today, Administrative Law Judge Charles E. Bullock of the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued his initial determination on Tate & Lyle’s Section 337 complaint (docket 337-TA-604). The complaint alleged infringement of process patents [...]

SCRANTON, Pa. — Because of David Blaine’s Houdini-esque stunts the Board of Directors of The Houdini Museum in Scranton has decided to place David Blaine up for nomination for the first ever Houdini Award to be given out by the prestigious museum. When David Blaine is buried alive for seven days, frozen in a block [...]

CHENDU, China — EASEUS announces the release of its free Partition Manager V. 2.0. As a Partition Magic alternative, it creates, deletes, formats and moves a logical disk to reallocate space and simply complies with the system requirements of a tricky application. Face it: Sooner or later, most people have to reshape their hard disks. [...]

ATLANTA, Ga. — Will lagging revenues eventually mean higher taxes? Are more layoffs looming amid the state’s budget crisis? Which businesses and industries are likely to turn around first when the economy recovers? Georgia Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, a successful small-businessman before entering politics, will face tough questions like these during today’s meeting of the [...]

BAYVILLE, N.Y. — As summer fades into fall, more and more people move indoors for physical fitness. Whether it is a local gym or tennis bubble - these are places where germs love to live. As a result, Cor-Mark Incorporated announces the release of a new product - the GYM-HANDY - designed to focus on [...]

SACRAMENTO — Just in time for Halloween, it’s a new but very different occult read. It took Philip Chabot 40 years to tell his amazing story, and it’s now available through Amazon.com and philipchabot.com. Chabot was an integral part of an American conspiracy, where the U.S. Government and the CIA took advantage of a select [...]

SAINTE GENEVIEVE, Mo. — The spirits will come out early this year in historic old Ste. Genevieve when the Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve will be hosting its annual Deja Vu Spirit Reunion. The program takes place in one of Missouri’s oldest cemeteries (established in 1787) among the tombs and headstones of emigrants of [...]

SACRAMENTO — Ongoing efforts by state legislators to provide the safest drinking water possible to the residents, and especially to the children of California, has resulted in the creation of California Assembly Bill 1953 (AB1953). Slated to take effect on January 1, 2010, this new bill requires residential and commercial faucets that dispense water for [...]

LOS ANGELES — Stop the French presses. A new-school brew developed by Java Juice, Inc. fuels the future of coffee and allows coffee lovers to toss their brewers, grinders, filters and energy-sucking coffee machinery aside. Java Juice(R) may eventually render whole beans as old-school fuel. Java Juice, an organic liquid coffee extract, is not only [...]

OJAI — Effin Press(TM), an independent publisher in California, is pleased to announce the publication of “It’s FaVre Not FaRv” by Jon Christopher, J.D. (ISBN: 978-0-9819177-0-2; $14.95 U.S.). A celebration of language that encompasses wit, humor and satire, “It’s FaVre Not FaRv” takes to task issues of celebrity, race and politics in America while providing [...]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — “Shadows of War: Prelude to Memorial Day” (ISBN: 978-0-615-20254-9) is the first title to be released by Crandall Publishing. This new book is a middle-grade historical novel written for ages 9-12. It focuses on the beginning of Memorial Day and Civil War-related events. “Shadows of War” is an intriguing story built [...]

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas — According to the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, the Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers and inland barge industry have collaborated extensively since the 2005 hurricane season to better prepare for and respond to hurricane events along the Gulf Coast. Specifically, the collaboration produced a detailed, written protocol for storm preparation, communications and response [...]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Extensoft announced today the release of Artisteer, its Web design automation software to create professional blog themes and Website templates, at this week’s BlogWorld Expo show at the Las Vegas Convention Center - South Hall S-3 (booth number 508). The product eliminates the need to learn Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS or [...]

ANDOVER, Mass. — Napatech today announces the latest release called NEWARK for their NT family of 1 Gbps high-performance network adapters for PCI-Express. “The new 4- and 8-port combinations available with this new family of PCI-Express adapters enable our OEM customers to provide very advanced solutions with a high port density at an attractive price [...]

SAN CLEMENTE — A software grant that could lead to orthopedic surgeons being able to immediately gauge the effectiveness of implanted joints has been announced by LifeModeler, Inc. The company, a leading global provider of biomechanical human body simulation tools and services, will provide $400,000 of software and services to InMotion Musculoskeletal Institute and the [...]