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Socket Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), dba Socket Mobile, Inc., an innovative provider of mobile productivity products, extends its industry leadership with the introduction of the Socket CompactFlash Scan Card 5X, a high-performance, stacked-linear bar code scanner. It is the first device in a new line of Socket 2D bar code scanners designed to address the fast-growing market for 2D and omni-directional bar code scanning. Future versions in the family line will include the Socket Cordless Hand Scanner 7X and the Socket Cordless Ring Scanner 9X.

"With the promise of increased efficiency and regulatory mandate compliance, the number of applications that require high-performance, 2D bar code scanning capabilities continue to grow," said Bob Zink, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Socket Mobile, Inc. "Combined with the Socket SoMo 6...

Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN), the global leader in capsule endoscopy, and Fujinon Corporation, a global leader in optical technologies and endoscopic equipment, today announced the signing of a strategic agreement. The goal of the agreement is to build closer collaboration between the companies in research and development, component sourcing, marketing and product distribution worldwide except in Japan.

Under the terms of the agreement, Given Imaging and Fujinon will collaborate to develop future products for the gastrointestinal endoscopy and diagnostic field.

The agreement also grants Fujinon non-exclusive rights to distribute Given Imaging's capital equipment and small bowel products including Given Imaging's RAPID workstation and data recorders, PillCam SB, and Agile Patency capsules in certain countries worldwide, which will be determined by the...

PrimEdge, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PEDG), a diversified holding company owning and overseeing the operations of two majority owned subsidiaries, DigiKidz, Inc., a producer and distributor of family entertainment DVDs, and Orangebox Entertainment, Inc., a production and post production services provider to the entertainment industry, is pleased to announce that on April 10, 2007 its Board of Directors approved a plan to become current in its reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

As an SEC reporting company, PrimEdge, Inc. is obligated to file quarterly and annual reports with the SEC, but has not done so since filing its third quarter 2005 report for the period ending September 30, 2005. Accordingly, to become current in its reporting obligations, PrimEdge, Inc. is required to file three Form 10-QSB reports for 2006 and its first quarter of 2007...

Patron Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: PTRN), a leading provider of application software and services focused on business process management for the public sector, today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Revenue for the full year 2006 was $1,188,045, up 564% compared to revenues of $178,821 in 2005. The growth in revenue reflects increasing adoption of the Company's software solution, FormStream. Revenues reflect the Company's decision to divest its PolicyBridge business, which has been classified as a discontinued operation since December 31, 2006.

Operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $3,211,705 compared with a loss of $23,446,113 for the comparable full year of 2005. Operating expense for 2006 was $4,251,799 compared to $23,405,761 in 2005.

Net loss from continuing operations before taxes for the year ended Dec...

MIR3™, the technology leader in Intelligent Notification™ solutions for global enterprises, announced the company has entered into an OEM agreement with AtHoc, a leading supplier of enterprise-class network-centric alerting systems.

MIR3 to provide Global Telephony to AtHoc IWSAlerts via inWebServices

Under the terms of the agreement, MIR3 will provide AtHoc with global telephony support for notifications using MIR3's inWebServices Application Programmer Interface (API).

"The addition of telephony to the IWSAlerts system completes the product and gives us an unmatched capability in the network alerting market," stated Guy Miasnik, president and CEO of AtHoc. "Telephony has been requested by many of our customers, and tightly integrating it into IWSAlerts will enable us to be a one-stop shop for all our existing and future customers."

"After evaluating the notification services market," continued Guy, "it became clear that MIR3 has expertise with the required...

Best-in-Class companies are 6 times more likely to have gained significant competitive advantage due to implementing Supply Chain Finance (SCF) technology, according to a new benchmark report from Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS). A company was named "Best-in-Class" in using SCF technology if it had reported performance improvements over the past 18 months in at least 3 of a series of financial/process metrics that could be directly attributed to the use of a financial supply chain technology platform.

Based on the survey findings, Best-in-Class companies are more likely to understand the value SCF technology can bring in improving corporate financial performance, while their peers are focused more on transactional efficiency improvements. Best-in-Class companies were found to process twice as much volume via their main SCF platform as their low...

Retailers are showing signs of significant maturation in their approach to RFID. While only 6.5% of retailers surveyed are spending money on RFID technology today, twice that have budget allocated toward RFID implementation.

In a new report by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), titled "RFID: Roadmap for Retail," Aberdeen reveals that retailers are dropping mandate-driven RFID initiatives in favor of programs that will address supplier visibility, inventory management and customer service. Thus, the value proposition of RFID to retailers can be segmented into three general areas: "Many RFID initiatives suffer because they are perceived as an IT issue. When the retail CEO taps an operations manager with technical skills to be the RFID 'thought leader' for the organization and enlists the collaboration of the IT group, the initiative has a much bett...

The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the Web, today recognized OR-Live.com presents MRI-Guided Brain Tumor Removal with Cortical Mapping as an Official Honoree, a distinction that recognizes work exhibiting remarkable achievement.

Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Websites. The awards are judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization that includes David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Jamie Oliver, Internet inventor Vinton Cerf, and RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser.

"The Webby Awards honors the outstanding work that is setting the standards for the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. "OR-Live.com presents MRI-Guided

The once clearly defined differences in high availability, business continuance and disaster recovery are becoming blurred as more end users try to centralize the process of keeping businesses running 24/7, according to a new report by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS) titled "High Availability: Data Protection and Recovery for Continuous Uptime."

"Our research shows that the process of protecting businesses against risk is evolving and it is becoming more centralized," said Sonia Lelii, a research analyst at Aberdeen Group. "Ultimately, this should weed out inefficiencies that occur when business continuance, high availability and disaster recovery are treated as three separate initiatives."

Aberdeen's research also found that organizations understand the importance of high availability in insuring their applications and data are available co...

Small to midsize enterprises (SMEs) are leveraging product lifecycle management (PLM) technology and adopting best practices to improve product development and deliver more innovative products to customers. A recently published report, Profitable Product Development for SMEs by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), finds that Best in Class companies are hitting the product development metrics that drive profitable growth 49% to 74% more frequently than average competitors. These top performers are up to 14 times as likely as their poorer performing competitive counterparts to meet key targets for product launch dates, product revenue, product costs, development budgets and quality targets.

"As a result of their superior ability to meet development targets, Best in Class companies are delivering innovative products to market an average of 22% faster t...