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SYOSSET, NY (MARKET WIRE) SearchHelp, Inc. (OTCBB: SHLP) today officially announced that it has signed an agreement to jointly develop with Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Studios the Echometrix market intelligence technology. Paramount will provide feedback and entertainment industry expertise to help customize Echometrix's unique sentiment and behavioral analysis product, called the Pulse. This technology uniquely analyzes digital content and unfiltered digital internet "conversations" in real-time. "Current market intelligence can't access this real time data and therefore provide critical answers long after

BEDFORD, MA (MARKET WIRE) ZINK Imaging, inventors of the award-winning ZINK(TM) Zero Ink(TM) Digital Printing technology and manufacturer of ZINK Paper(TM), today publicly announced the achievement of a new corporate milestone -- the sale of over 50 million sheets of ZINK Paper(TM) in less than six months to the ZINK Imaging partner network.

VANCOUVER, BC (MARKET WIRE) Virtual Media Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: VMHIF) is pleased to announce that the Company's Biomass Co-Generation Power system has been approved by the California South Coast Air Quality management District (AQMD). AQMD is the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. This is the second most populated urban area in the United States and is well known for its large amount of air pollution and smog.

REDWOOD CITY, CA (MARKET WIRE) Signature Devices, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SDVI) today announced that the company has signed a letter of intent for the acquisition of the 7th Level Entertainment Group, LLC. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, 7th Level Entertainment and its subsidiaries will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Signature Devices, Inc. upon closing of the transaction. Current sales for 7th Level Entertainment Group and its subsidiaries that will be part of the acquisition are in excess of $2 million and expected to be in the $4-6 million dollar range for 2009.

LONG BEACH, CA (MARKET WIRE) Intex is notifying all consumers that the Intex Fast Fill(TM) built-in airbed inflator specified below and provided on some Intex airbeds, bear an unauthorized UL mark. Whereas a handheld version of such inflator has been UL certified, Intex had wrongly interpreted the certification and applied it to the built-in version of the inflator as well. This specific version of the built-in airbed inflator was not evaluated for safety by UL.

ORMOND BEACH, FL and WINNIPEG, MB (MARKET WIRE) BlackBerry Made Simple and CrackBerry.com, the number one Site for BlackBerry users (& abusers!), today announced the availability of their book, a joint collaboration titled, "CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse." This unique book covers the phenomenon of "BlackBerry addiction," offering true-life accounts of BlackBerry mishaps and unbelievable stories. The book also offers a comprehensive 12 Step "Recovery" Plan for BlackBerry users and abusers. It can be purchased directly, as an electronic book, from BlackBerry Made Simple (www.blackberrymadesimple.com/crackberrybook)

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) Meant to be Seen, the foremost authority group on stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) gaming and home entertainment, has announced the preliminary results of the U-DECIDE Initiative, an ongoing study of what customers think of 3D entertainment technologies and why.

General Electric India is to soon acquire Chennai-based Indo Tech transformers for an undisclosed sum, according to various sources connected with the development.