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Any doubts about the value of user-generated visual content, including photos, videos, and image-rich podcasts, blogs and wikis, were all but obliterated with last week's announcement that Google will pay $1.65 Billion for the video-sharing site YouTube. The upcoming 6Sight® Future of Imaging conference (www.6Sight.com) held in Monterey, Calif. on October 24 and 25 will spotlight innovative companies developing new business models to serve content creators and content consumers, and make money in the process. "Monetizing Pictures in the 21st Century" will feature an all-star panel of Kyle MacRae, Founder/CEO, Scoopt; Kyle Mashima, CEO, FilmLoop; Gary Morgan, CEO, Splash News; Evan Nisselson, Founder and CEO, Digital Railroad; and Jeff Reed, CTO/President, Logicalis/Active Symbols, discussing the three key trends are driving the explosion of user-generated content.

The first is the democratization of media production through new technologies ...

OrderMotion User Group Conference -- Mercent, a provider of online marketing technology and services for retail merchants, and OrderMotion, an on-demand direct retail platform provider, today announced that online retailers Astral Brands, Costume SuperCenter, FuntoCollect.com, Garden Hardware Co., NIMLI, World of Bags and Zaccardi's are utilizing the companies' integrated merchandising solution to generate and manage consumer demand through online marketing channels. These Web-based retailers selected the integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to streamline and automate their order management and fulfillment operations while capitalizing on the tremendous potential of online marketing channels such as Amazon.com and SHOP.COM.

"Through the combined OrderMotion and Mercent solution, we're able to realize immediate incremental sales growth as we expand into channels where our products had previously been unavailable," said Joel Iverson, Electronic Retailing Operations Direct...

Future Image, a leading analyst firm in the imaging industry and hosts of the 6Sight™ Future of Imaging conference, in partnership with CNET Networks' vibrant photo sharing community, Webshots (www.webshots.com), commissioned a study of the site's nearly 15 million users(1) to determine what motivations and rewards are driving the phenomenal growth in contributions of publicly shared, user-generated visual content. Martin Green, senior vice president of community, CNET Networks, will present a keynote address revealing the findings on the second day of 6Sight, October 25, 2006, in Monterey, CA.

"The power of online visual content to attract 'eyeballs' is beyond doubt," said Alexis Gerard, President of Future Image and Chair of 6Sight. "But the critical question that has, up to now, remained unexplored is: What's in it for the content creators who make their images publicly available? The research provides essential information for anyone...

Two retail businesses that make outstanding community involvement an integral part of their operations were honored today as 2006 Michigan Retailer of the Year.

Receiving honors at the ninth annual awards luncheon were: "The Retailer of the Year Awards provide the opportunity to honor the best of the best," said Larry Meyer, chairman and CEO of the Michigan Retailers Association, which founded the awards program and co-sponsors it with the Michigan Press Association. "The award recipients represent the thousands of retailers across the state who make a difference in their communities through their countless charitable and volunteer activities."

Recipients are selected by an independent panel of community leaders: Nancy Barker, retired vice president, Northwood University; Rick Blanchard, assistant business editor, The Detroit News; Jan Hayhow, former board chair of Michigan Retailers Association; Sandra Katt, Grand Haven manager of community affairs; Michael MacLaren, executiv...

Retail fuel customers to benefit with the latest indoor and outdoor payment solutions

Neuilly sur Seine (France) - October 9, 2006 - Gilbarco Veeder-Root Inc. (GVR), a global provider of fuel dispensing equipment and Ingenico, a global leader in secure payment and transaction solutions have entered into a strategic global partnership to deliver secure and reliable end-to-end payment solutions for petroleum retailers worldwide.

The companies will jointly develop and deliver comprehensive integrated indoor and outdoor payment technologies that automate petroleum retail sites, with the highest standards for security, ease of use, and convenience. Their developments will lead to a single global development platform and solution to address the requirements of multiple markets, countries and standards and will include unsurpassed EMV/Chip and PIN solutions. The two global leaders combined represent the largest installed base of indoor and outdoor payment terminals in fuel sites.

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Last week Shutterfly, a leader in online picture sharing and printing, went public with a market cap of about $354 million, or about 4.2 times its 2005 revenues. Last month Google completed yet another acquisition of advanced imaging technology, snapping up Neven Vision. Every month new valuation records are set for Social Networking sites that depend on user generated photos and videos. Are we swinging back to bubble from bust? What will happen to all the new imaging companies that are being created and funded? These questions will be the focus of the "Where's The Money" Financial Roundtable session at the upcoming 6Sight™ Future of Imaging Conference (www.6sight.com), on October 24 and 25 in Monterey, Calif. 6Sight is hosted and produced by Future Image Inc., and co-hosted by both leading industry associations in imaging: PMA (Photo Marketing Association International) and I3A (International Imaging Industry Association).

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Sales of image capture devices including digital cameras and camera phones are undergoing explosive growth, with sales projected to rise from 85 Million units in 2000 to 1 Billion units in 2008. This phenomenon is driving massive R&D investment, and many of the latest and most promising innovations in imaging software and hardware from throughout the industry and around the world will be demonstrated live at the 6Sight™ New Tech Fair during the evening reception of the 6Sight conference at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey (CA) the evening of October 24, 2006. Information about the two day imaging technology conference can be found at: http://www.6sight.com.

Attendees will have opportunities to examine the new imaging technologies and to interact with their developers in a relaxed environment, while enjoying the world-famous displays of the Aquarium, a program of entertainment in the movie theater featuring outstanding examples of u...

Some of the top imaging minds in the U.S. and the world will share their perspective and knowledge with the attendees of the inaugural 6Sight™ Future of Imaging conference (www.6sight.com) in Monterey, Calif. on October 24-25, 2006. 6Sight is produced by Future Image Inc., and co-hosted by the two leading industry organizations in imaging -- the International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) and the Photo Marketing Association International (PMA).

The two-day program will examine future directions for devices used to capture, display and manage digital images including camera phones, digital cameras, imaging software and more, and focus on the explosion of user-generated visual communications content which is transforming people's lives in the personal, work and community spheres. Attendees will discuss these topics with other industry leaders in highly interactive sessions, powerful presentations and networking opportunities like the ga...

Privacy expert Professor Dorothy J. Glancy of the Santa Clara University School of Law leads off a debate at the upcoming 6Sight™ Future of Imaging conference (www.6sight.com) on the coming of omnipresent omniscient visual surveillance. Is it technologically feasible? Politically possible? And what of the societal and business impact? The session, entitled "Eyeballs Everywhere," takes place on day two of the imaging conference, October 25. (www.6sight.com/program.html)

Growing security concerns have caused the numbers of surveillance cameras to grow explosively, with more than 6 million units now in operation across the U.S. At the same time, these cameras have undergone a technological transformation, from simple analog low-resolution devices to sophisticated high-resolution specialized digital cameras capable of "seeing" clearly in extreme conditions. Truly dramatic changes ...

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