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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Ballard Power systems (TSX: BLD)(NASDAQ: BLDP) and IdaTech LLC today announced they have signed a three-year supply agreement under which Ballard will provide a fuel cell product for integration into IdaTech's next generation of ElectraGen(TM) system. This will create 3kW and 5kW methanol-fuelled backup power solutions offering days (rather than hours) of extended runtime capability, suitable for a broad range of sites within the wireless telecom industry.

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) Barry Waxman was named Chairman of Frame Media's Advisory Board today. Barry Waxman and his business development firm, TechASIA management (www.techasiamanagement.com) has been a consultant to the Company for the last two years.

OTTAWA, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) Zarlink Semiconductor (TSX: ZL)(NYSE: ZL) today announced that it has launched new web content urging shareholders to "Learn the Truth."

PALO ALTO, CA (MARKET WIRE) MetricStream, Inc., the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality management solutions, today announced that it is hosting an executive seminar with Dick Pocock, Vice president of Quality and Customer Advocacy at NetApp on July 23, 2008 between 8:30 and 11:00 AM at the Four Seasons Hotel, Palo Alto, California.