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OTTAWA, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. (TSX: ZL) today announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has approved a notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid permitting the Company to repurchase for cancellation up to Cdn$7,865,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 6 percent convertible unsecured subordinated debentures (TSX: ZL.DB), being 10 percent of its public float of Cdn$78,650,000 in aggregate principal amount of convertible debentures as of October 22, 2008.

YONKERS, NY (MARKET WIRE) CYBRA Corporation (OTCBB: CYRP), the developer of award-winning MarkMagic(TM) Bar Code Labels, RFID Tags, and Electronic Forms software for IBM Power systems (formerly known as System i), today announced that Shop-Vac(R) Corporation, a Walmart top 600 vendor, has successfully deployed its EdgeMagic(R) RFID Control Software for IBM Power Systems at its Williamsport, Pennsylvania, manufacturing location and is currently in testing. Shop-Vac Corporation, the recognized world leader in wet/dry vacuum cleaners, replaced an IBM WebSphere RFID Premises Server installation and selected EdgeMagic to

FULTON, MD (MARKET WIRE) Sagentia (LSE: SAG) has drawn on twenty years' expertise in sensor technology to develop a novel solution for its client WIKA that allows the display from an analogue measuring device to be converted into electrical signals.

ATLANTA, GA (MARKET WIRE) NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NEOM), the global leader in camera-initiated transactions for mobile devices, has been selected by TecCom, the leading B2B platform for the automotive replacement part market, to help identify if security coded automotive parts are genuine.

WIXOM, MI (MARKET WIRE) Integral Vision, Inc. (OTCBB: INVI), a leading global supplier of automated display inspection technology, today announced it has received orders for the Company's SharpEye(TM) inspection system from its largest customer. These systems will be used to inspect a new MEMS based display that will be manufactured in a new plant located in Taiwan. Delivery of these systems is expected to be complete by the end of the first half of 2009.

AUSTIN, TX (MARKET WIRE) Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: APNT) today announced that Clinton J. Everton was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Everton replaces Bradford Lamb, who resigned from the Board to devote his full energy to his position as president of Columbia Power Technologies LLC.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (MARKET WIRE) HVVi Semiconductors, Inc., a developer of silicon RF power transistors, announced today that company engineers will deliver two presentations at European Microwave Week, the leading conference in europe for microwave, RF, wireless and radar technology. On Tuesday, October 28th Senior RF Applications Engineer Brian Battaglia will deliver a presentation on a revolutionary new architecture for RF power transistors entitled "A Novel Silicon High Voltage Vertical MOSFET technology for a 100W L-band Radar Application" (EuMC/EuMIC/EuWiT01-5). The presentation will begin at 3:10 p.m. local time in

SUNNYVALE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Supertex, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPX), a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that it will be presenting at the Lazard Capital Markets Semiconductor LED Day Conference, taking place november 6, 2008, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, NY.

SANTA CLARA, CA (MARKET WIRE) The AdvancedTCA Summit 2008 announced the recipients of its second annual Best of Show Awards, the premier opportunity for industry recognition of innovative technology and how it is being used in the marketplace. Awards were presented to Nortel, RadiSys, and VirtualLogix. The Best of Show Awards were judged based on distinctiveness of the application, technology, or product; central use of AdvancedTCA; and technical and business significance. AdvancedTCA Summit Industry Leadership Awards were presented to PICMG executives Joe Pavlat, president, and Dick Somes, Vice president of technology.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (MARKET WIRE) Synapse(R), the technical leader of easy-to-use, intelligent, wireless control and monitoring mesh networks, today announced a new release of its proven, wireless mesh network technology -- Synapse SNAP(R) 2.1 -- for companies designing embedded products that need fast and reliable machine communication.