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SANTA ROSA, CA (MARKET WIRE) US electronics developer ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP) is expanding its Portable energy line to offer mass retailers more "on-the-fly" USB charging options to recharge or power iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, PSP, BlueTooth, digital camera and other mobile electronic devices in the car or at any household plug.

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (MARKET WIRE) Resembling a memory stick with an integrated display, a prototype USB device developed at IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Zurich Research Lab brings a new level of security to online banking for consumers. Pilot devices are ready and available to banks for trials.

PORTSMOUTH, NH (MARKET WIRE) Pannaway Networks, a leading supplier of next-generation Ethernet/IP Multi-Service Access Platforms for telecommunications service providers, today announced that it has received technical acceptance for its Broadband Access Switch, the BAS™-150, by the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Acceptance on the RUS List of Materials allows qualified borrowers to use RUS loan funds to purchase and deploy their choice of the industry's highest performance copper and fiber-based solutions.

ATLANTA, GA (MARKET WIRE) NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NEOM), the global leader in camera-initiated transactions for mobile devices, is to create a new measurable mobile marketing platform for ICE, the leading mobile network operator in Costa Rica.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) MOSAID Technologies Inc. (TSX: MSD) today announced the settlement of its patent infringement litigation, and the signing of a patent license agreement, with Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation of Hsinchu, Taiwan.

FREMONT, CA (MARKET WIRE) SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. ("SMART" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SMOD), a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules, solid-state drives, embedded computing subsystems, and TFT-LCD display products, today announced its Xcel-10 solid state drive (SSD), the first in a new family of SSDs designed for the enterprise and commercial systems markets. The new Xcel-10 drive is optimized for random, small-block transfers typical of business applications and offers higher performance, higher reliability, and lower power operation, resulting in lower total cost of ownership as compared

WATERLOO, ON (MARKET WIRE) DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA), a global leader in machine vision technology, is pleased to introduce the Spyder3 Color camera to provide high color fidelity, ease of use, and affordable solutions for the fast growing color imaging market. The Spyder3 Color camera is based on DALSA's successful Spyder3 monochrome models using dual line sensor technology. The Spyder3 Color camera will be demonstrated at VISION 2008 in Stuttgart, Germany at the DALSA stand in Hall 4, Booth D 51.

WATERLOO, ON (MARKET WIRE) DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) today announced two new models of its Genie(TM) GigE Vision-compliant camera family. The Genie C1600 and Genie M1600 cameras feature a new high quality, 2 Megapixel, high resolution sensor ideal for industrial imaging applications in the semiconductor, robotics and traffic control industries. The Genie Series cameras are extremely easy to use and this has resulted in their success and swift adoption. The cameras have rapidly displaced analog cameras to become the "camera of choice" in machine vision. To learn more about this industry trend, download DALSA's

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (MARKET WIRE) Highlighting the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network interface card (NIC) market and LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) as a key area for growth in the coming years, The Linley Group announces the release of its latest report, "A Guide to 10G Ethernet Adapters and Controller Chips, Second Edition." The report provides the industry's only in-depth examination of this market, dedicating an entire chapter to each of the leading vendors offering 10GbE NICs and controller chips. Also covered are new entrants into the 10GbE NIC/LOM market including Fibre Channel HBA vendors offering or developing converged

LOS GATOS, CA (MARKET WIRE) Mitrionics, Inc., developer of the Mitrion(TM) Virtual Processor and the Mitrion software Acceleration Platform, today announced its Mitrionics MVP622 Hybrid Computing Server accelerated computing solution based on SGI(R) Altix(R) XE 320 server with a Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5420 Processor. The Dual-Socket Accelerated Server will include licenses for two Mitrion Virtual Processors (MVP), the XtremeData, Inc.(TM) XD2000i(TM) Front Side Bus (FSB) socket based accelerator hardware, each with dual Altera(R) Stratix(TM) III FPGAs, plus the Mitrion Software Development Kit with parallel