NSW:Cyclist dead after Sydney bus collision

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2011
NSW:Cyclist dead after Sydney bus collision

SYDNEY, Aug 21 AAP - A cyclist is dead after his bike collided with a bus in Sydney's inner west.

The 54-year-old man was cycling through Lilyfield at 2.30pm (AEST) on Saturday when
he lost control on a bend and crashed into a bus travelling in the opposite direction.

He was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,
where he later died.

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Fed: sass & bide inspired by friend's cancer battle: Middleton

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2008
Fed: sass & bide inspired by friend's cancer battle: Middleton

EDS: Embargoed until 0500 (AEDT) on Monday, February 18



SYDNEY, Feb 18 AAP - Fashion designer Heidi Middleton has told how the death of a friend
to cancer has had a profound effect on her and her label, sass & bide.

While Middleton was winning her battle with breast cancer last year her friend Kate
Boyson, 32, was being overwhelmed by a particularly aggressive type of sarcoma.

Ms Boyson died in October, five months after her initial diagnosis, leaving a husband
and two children.

In an interview to be aired today on ABC Television's Australian Story, Middleton speaks
about her cancer treatment and her friend's death.

"I really didn't believe that Kate was going to die." she said.

"It wasn't until the week before she left that the reality hit.

"And that was definitely without a doubt the hardest period of that whole year.

"And one of the hardest things to go through in my life.

"I really just felt complete disbelief, and still do in a way."

Sass & bide returned to New York's fashion week this month after skipping it last year.

Their latest collection, entitled Rainbows for Kate, is a tribute to Middleton's friend.

"It is a tribute to her and what she meant to me and what our friendship meant to me,"

Middleton says.

"The collection really started with a beaded bracelet that I made and gave to Kate.

"And each coloured bead represented a different emotion.

"It's really all about life, love. The strength that Kate showed and the courage.

"For me, she is woven into every piece of that collection. And her spirit is, you know,
is not forgotten and will never be forgotten."

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VIC:Drunk drivers nabbed in Vic police blitz

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2011
VIC:Drunk drivers nabbed in Vic police blitz

MELBOURNE, April 24 AAP - Victoria Police's holiday weekend road blitz has netted two
drink-drivers, both more than five times over the legal limit.

The first, a 40-year-old Ashburton man, was intercepted in Glen Waverley after hitting
the wall of the Burnley Tunnel and then crashing into a vehicle on the corner of Waverley
and Blackburn roads.

He was followed by an off-duty senior sergeant who witnessed his erratic driving about
5pm (AEST) on Saturday and called triple zero.

The driver blew 0.268 after being intercepted by police.

He is expected to be charged with drink-driving, conduct endangering life and other
related offences.

The second driver was intercepted at 12.30am (AEST) on Sunday in a Holden Commodore
while heading south on Pakenham Street in Blackburn South.

He was pulled over for a random breath test by Box Hill police and after a positive
reading, returned an evidentiary test result of 0.266.

The 26-year-old Box Hill man will be charged with drink-driving offences.

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VIC:Main stories in Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2011
VIC:Main stories in Melbourne newspapers
MONITOR FRONTERS VIC 2 MELBOURNE

HERALD SUN

Page 1: A veteran traffic cop's eight-year battle against a speeding fine heads to
the County Court on Thursday in a landmark fight that could put thousands of other penalties
in doubt.

Page 3: A desperate Matthew Newton has been accused of bombarding ex-fiancee Rachael
Taylor with calls and texts in the forlorn hope of a reunion.

World: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square and
towns across Egypt in the biggest show of defiance towards President Hosni Mubarak since
the revolt began.

Finance: Commonwealth Bank chief Ralph Norris has attacked the Federal Government's
plan to outlaw price signalling, foreshadowing unintended consequences.

Sport: Richmond aims to raise $6 million from fans through an ambitious fundraising
campaign it believes will deliver the club its 11th premiership.

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FED:Headache pills can cause headaches

08-26-2010
FED:Headache pills can cause headaches

A consumer group says regular use of over-the-counter painkillers can actually lead
to withdrawal headaches.

CHOICE has investigated the usage and marketing of popular analgesics such as paracetamol
.. aspirin and ibuprofen .. and spokesman CHRISTOPHER ZINN says while the drugs are generally
safe in providing temporary relief .. doctors are increasingly reporting seeing the effects
of analgesic overuse.

This includes users suffering withdrawal headaches caused by overuse of the same medications
used to treat them.

CHOICE says people take more painkillers in response and the cycle continues .. with
the body becoming used to the presence of a certain level of the drug.

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Fed: ACT overtakes WA economy, CCI raises forecast

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2010
Fed: ACT overtakes WA economy, CCI raises forecast

The West Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has lifted its growth forecast
for the state's economy.

The chamber now expects WA's economic growth to hit three per cent this financial year
.. up from one per cent forecast late last year .. and will keep rising to six per cent
in 2012-13.

Meantime a Commonwealth Bank report out today shows the ACT has overtaken WA as the
nation's best-performing economy.

But it says WA has good prospects due to Asia's demand for its resources.

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NSW: Keneally needs to get on with job immediately: Rudd

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2009
NSW: Keneally needs to get on with job immediately: Rudd

Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD says incoming NSW Premier KRISTINA KENEALLY needs to get
on with her job immediately.

He's told Macquarie Radio the people of NSW are expecting better government .. and
Ms KENEALLY should get on with the job as of today.

She'll officially be sworn in as premier this afternoon .. after winning a leadership
ballot against Nathan Rees by 47 votes to 21 last night.

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Briefs Australia

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2009
Briefs Australia
Briefly in other news this hour:



The Queensland government has amended state planning rules to allow more than 460 non-state
schools to fast-track projects worth more than 700 million dollars .. under the Rudd government's
schools stimulus package.



++



Charges have been withdrawn against a Sydney man who transformed a car into an imitation
Popemobile during World Youth Day .. in what he says is a win for freedom of speech.



++

And the ABC says the Indonesian Consulate has revealed the two Indonesian men aboard
the boat which blew up near Ashmore Reef earlier this month are called MOHAMMAD TAHIR
and BENI.





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Inlet Expands Spinnaker Streaming Media Line

Wireless News
12-21-2008
Inlet Expands Spinnaker Streaming Media Line

WIRELESS NEWS-December 21, 2008-Inlet Expands Spinnaker Streaming Media Line (C)2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com

Inlet Technologies, a provider of advanced encoding solutions for new media, announced that it has introduced two new additions to its Spinnaker streaming media family of products.
The company said the new versions of the Spinnaker streaming appliance target any organization looking to stream live content to the Internet and desiring a high-quality experience for their viewers.

The two new Spinnaker models support either the Windows/VC1 or Flash/VP6 format. They company said they provide the same network manageability, advanced features such as closed captioning and remote scheduling, intuitive, web-based user interface, and reputation that have caused many large media companies to standardize on the Spinnaker family, but are now available at a lower price point.

"Spinnaker is one of the key driving forces behind innovative digital media strategies for many organizations such as MLB Advanced Media, Home Shopping Network (HSN), MTV Networks, Heritage Auctions, and others," said Neal Page, Inlet CEO. "Now, any professional organization can provide the same kind of high quality, live event content to the Internet as these industry leaders."

According to a rlease, these latest additions to the Spinnaker family also provide other standard features including best-in-class advanced encoding capabilities, SDI and analog inputs, job scheduling, SNMP management, multiple language support and more.

"We tested many other solutions before choosing Inlet's Spinnaker," said Brian Carpenter, Director of IT for Heritage Auction Galleries. "It's one of the best tools on the market for streaming media today."

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Swm: Phelps matches Spitz seven with stunning 100m fly

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2008
Swm: Phelps matches Spitz seven with stunning 100m fly

By Rebecca Bryan

BEIJING, Aug 16 AFP - Michael Phelps stared down history today, matching Mark Spitz's
magical seven gold medals at one Olympics with a defiant victory in the men's 100m butterfly.

Phelps, seventh at the turn, snatched victory by one-hundredth of a second over Serbia's
Milorad Cavic, pounding the water in triumph and screaming with delight when he realised
the enormity of his achievement.

"I feel a little bit of everything - relief, excitement, everything," Phelps said.

"I had to take my goggles off to make sure the '1' was next to my name."

The 23-year-old American phenomenon, who had appeared invincible as he set six world
records in winning his first six golds at the Water Cube, displayed the sheer force of
his will as he made up a deficit of more than half a second in the final lap to win in
50.58 seconds with Cavic second in 50.59.

Serbian officials protested the result, but swimming's ruling body FINA reviewed the
race and ruled that the one-two finish stood.

Cavic had challenged Phelps even before the race began.

As the American took up his familiar pre-race stance alongside his block, facing the
side of the pool, Cavic stood by his own block and faced him.

The two stood stock still and staring until the starter called them onto the blocks,
but at the finish it was Cavic who blinked - and missed gold.

"When I saw the 50.58 and the 50.59 and I saw the '1' next to my name, that's when
I sort of let my roar out," Phelps said.

As Cavic reached for the wall, Phelps gambled with one more stroke.

"I actually thought when I did take that half stroke, I thought I had lost the race
right there, but I guess that was the difference in the end," said Phelps, who added he
didn't realise how close it was.

"I had no idea," he said. "I was starting to hurt for the last 10 metres. It was my
last individual race and I just wanted to finish as strong as I could."

Australian Andrew Lauterstein was third in 51.12.

It was the only one of Phelps's five individual events in Beijing in which he both
started and finished without the world record, which still belongs to fourth-placed compatriot
Ian Crocker.

With his seventh gold medal, Phelps matched the record that US swimmer Spitz established
with seven victories at the Munich Olympics in 1972, and will have a chance to break the
mark when he swims the 4x100m medley relay tomorrow.

"I think the biggest thing is when someone says you can't do something," Phelps said
of his determination in pursuing a record once thought unassailable.

"It shows that anything is possible when you put your mind to it."

Phelps has won gold here in the 100m and 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley,
200m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x200m freestyle relay.

Phelps, who won six gold medals in Athens, had already moved ahead of Spitz on one
score here. He surpassed the US swimming icon, along with Games greats Carl Lewis, Paavo
Nurmi and Larysa Latynina, who were tied for the Olympic record of nine career gold medals.

With his seventh Beijing triumph Phelps took his career total of Games gold to 13.

Britain's Rebecca Adlington broke the oldest swimming world record on the books, winning
the women's 800m freestyle in 8:14.10.

She erased the 19-year-old record of 8:16.22 set by Janet Evans on August 20, 1989 in Tokyo.

Adlington, who snatched the 400m free gold at the final touch, crushed her opposition
in this one with over six seconds to spare.

"I'm so happy," she said. "It wasn't like the 400, I knew I'd won. It's absolutely unbelievable.

"If anyone would have said before the Games that I'd win two golds and break the world
record, I'd have laughed in their face."

Italian Alessia Filippi took the silver in 8:20.23 and Lotte Friis of Denmark claimed
the bronze in 8:23.03.

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe finally added gold to the three silvers she had won so
far in Beijing, setting a world record to retain her 200m backstroke title.

Coventry clocked 2:05.24, bettering the world mark set by Margaret Hoelzer at the US
trials in July. Hoelzer took silver in 2:06.23 and Japan's Reiko Nakamura earned the bronze
in 2:07.13.

Cesar Cielo Filho gave Brazil it's first Olympic swimming gold with a victory the men's
50m freestyle gold in 21.30sec.

Amaury Leveaux was second in 21.45 with fellow Frenchman, and 100m free gold medallist,
Alain Bernard third in 21.49.

"It was my best race ever," said Cielo, who shared bronze with Jason Lezak in the 100m
free and broke down in tears on the podium as the Brazilian anthem played.

World record-holder Eamon Sullivan of Australia finished a disappointing sixth.

AFP jmt

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Fed: Wong joins Rudd in China for climate change talks

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2008
Fed: Wong joins Rudd in China for climate change talks

KEVIN RUDD arrives in China today .. and the environment will be high on the agenda.

Climate Change Minister PENNY WONG will join him for the talks in Beijing.

She says Australia's role as an exporter of commodities to China offers a unique chance
for the two countries to cooperate on emissions reduction.

AAP RTV pw/sb/wz/ibw

KEYWORD: CLIMATE AUST (CANBERRA)

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Main stories in ABC's World Today

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2007
Main stories in ABC's World Today

SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Main stories in ABC's World Today:

* Global financial turmoil has stopped interest rates rising once again. In a break
from tradition, the Reserve Bank has released a statement explaining its decision.

* Not only did the bank release an explanation, it has also decided to make minutes
of its meetings more public and change the way it communicates with the financial markets.

* Retailers are expecting a strong Christmas season and are reporting strong sales
across many sectors. Expensive electronic gadgets are proving very popular this year.

AAP sg/hn/

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Main stories 2000 (AEST)2UE news

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2007
Main stories 2000 (AEST)2UE news

Doctors say Howard drug measures don't go far enough



Police find bodies of two Melbourne girls



Peter Garret says anti-Work Choices event great success



Rescue effort for ghost sailors abandoned



Suicide bomber kills ten in Afghanistan



Mary recovering after baby girl birth in Copenhagen



Sport: Brisbane leading Ncastle



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Fed: Campbell gives Bald Hills wind farm go-ahead = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2006
Fed: Campbell gives Bald Hills wind farm go-ahead = 2

Senator Campbell said in light of the changes to the reconfiguration of the 52 turbine
wind farm in South Gippsland and strict conditions to ensure protection of threatened
and migratory species, the proposal had been approved under the Environment Protection
and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

"My concern with the initial wind farm proposal was the risks posed to the threatened
orange-bellied parrot, which I believed were unacceptable," Senator Campbell said in a
statement.

"I appreciate the acknowledgement by the proponents in their varied proposal of the
concerns relating to the orange-bellied parrot and other species and appreciate the changes
proposed to address those risks.

"In particular, the proponents have moved six turbines that were previously within
two kilometres of the coast to ensure that there is no impact on the migratory path of
the orange-bellied parrot."

Senator Campbell said a commitment had also been made to closely and constantly monitor
the impact on the parrot and other species and to implement procedures to mitigate any
potential impact in accordance with the latest and best advice.

"My approval of the Bald Hills wind farm is subject to adherence to these commitments
and a number of other conditions to protect threatened and migratory species," he said.

These conditions included wind turbines or related infrastructure not being constructed
within 300 metres of the boundary of the Bald Hills Wetland Reserve or within 800 metres
of the edge of the largest area of open water habitat within the Bald Hills Wetland Reserve.

Also, wind turbines may not be constructed within two kilometres of the coastline and,
to ensure the long term protection of listed threatened and migratory species, the proponent
must prepare and submit for the minister's approval an avifauna management plan, including
the identification of a qualified independent observer to undertake monitoring on site
of listed species using the site and any birdstrike.

Senator Campbell said that, having thoroughly considered all information presented
to him in relation to the proposal, he was satisfied the strict conditions attached to
the approval would address the risk to threatened species that may use the area.

"I considered very carefully the 160-plus public comments and advice from relevant
experts, including the advice of Biosis that the risks to orange-bellied parrots could
be adequately managed through the changes to and conditions placed on the proposal," he
said.

"Consideration of any project that may have a significant impact on matters of national
environmental significance, including nationally threatened and migratory species, will
always need careful consideration on a case-by-case basis.

"Wind energy has an important role to play in Australia's developing renewable energy sector."

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Apple's Steve Jobs on stage for first time since transplant

     SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs returned Wednesday to the showman role that has helped define his company leadership, taking the stage for the first time since his medical leave to announce such new products as an iPod Nano that records video. 
     Jobs, who had a liver transplant this spring from a young adult who died in a car accident, got a vigorous standing ovation from many in the audience.
     Looking thin and speaking quietly and with a scratchy voice, the 54-year-old CEO urged everyone to become organ donors.
"I wouldn't be here without such generosity," Jobs said.
     Jobs had not appeared at such a product launch event since last October. He bowed out of his usual keynote at the year's largest Mac trade show in January and went on leave shortly thereafter for nearly six months.
     At an event for journalists, bloggers and software partners, Jobs announced updates to Apple's iTunes and iPhone software and unveiled a new iPod Nano with a built-in video camera.
     Phil Schiller, Apple's top marketing executive, also took the stage to announce price cuts and storage boosts to existing iPod Touch models.
     Few chief executives are considered as critical to their companies' success as Jobs has been to Apple's since 1997, when he returned to the company after a 12-year hiatus, and Apple's stock has soared and plunged on news and rumors of his health.
     Shares in Apple reached a 52-week high of $174.47 in Wednesday trading, then fell to close at $171.14, or $1.79 below Tuesday's closing.
     Jobs, whose medical problems began more than five years ago and included treatment for a rare form of pancreatic cancer, seemed happy to be back in the spotlight, saying, "I'm vertical, I'm back at Apple and loving every day of it."
     As was expected, Apple's announcements were mainly tied to music players and the iTunes software, though Jobs spoke briefly about the iPhone and said 30 million of the devices had been sold so far.
     Apple compared the new video-camera Nano to Cisco Systems Inc.'s Flip Mino, a tiny, simple video recorder that sells for $149, just like the basic, eight-gigabyte version of the overhauled Nano (The 16 GB Nano costs $179). The Nano - the smallest iPod that has a screen - also has a microphone, a pedometer, a 2.2-inch display and an FM radio tuner.
Meanwhile, the new version of iTunes, known as iTunes 9, gives people more control over what content gets loaded on to iPods and iPhones. It lets five computers on the same home network share - by streaming or copying - music, video and other content, a departure from the strict copy protection Apple insisted on in the past.
     Michael Gartenberg, a technology analyst with the Interpret market-research firm, said Apple met "reasonable expectations" with its Wednesday announcements.
     "If you were expecting an Apple jetpack or an Apple hovercraft, or even an Apple tablet, you didn't get that," Gartenberg said, referring to speculation that Apple was producing a "tablet"-style device resembling a giant iPod Touch.
     At the close of the event, Jobs stepped from the stage and lingered for a few moments, chatting with Apple executives and a few fans who surrounded him.
     "People see he's alive and well," Gartenberg said. "Had he not shown up, he would have been the elephant that wasn't in the room."

WA: Indonesian sailor critical after Navy rescue

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2006
WA: Indonesian sailor critical after Navy rescue

EDS: Changes nationality of sailor on updated information from AMSA.



PERTH, Aug 14 AAP - An Indonesian man is in a critical condition in Perth after the
Australian navy picked up the sick crewman from a Japanese fishing boat in the Southern
Ocean.

The man was in a critical, but stable, condition in the intensive care department of
Royal Perth Hospital after undergoing emergency surgery today, a hospital spokeswoman
said.

He arrived at the hospital early today after a high seas rescue by HMAS Anzac, 350km
south-west of Cape Leeuwin, yesterday.

The navy were responding to a cry for help from the longline tuna fishing boat, Azuma Maru.

The Australian sailors transferred the man from his fishing vessel, into a small boat,
and rescued him in heavy seas.

The man was cared for by a naval medical officer, before being delivered to the hospital
for emergency surgery.

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Fed: Beazley feels little pressure to change uranium policy

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2006
Fed: Beazley feels little pressure to change uranium policy

SYDNEY, April 7 AAP - Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley says he feels little pressure
to change Labor's policy on uranium mining in Australia.

Key Labor figures, including the party's resources spokesman Martin Ferguson, have
pushed for the party to overturn its long-standing policy opposing new uranium mines.

An agreement between Australia and China this week has opened the way for uranium exports
to the Asian superpower.

Mr Beazley today said he felt little pressure to change Labor's policy, which would
serve Australia sufficiently for the foreseeable future.

"I don't feel under any enormous pressure from (Prime Minister John) Howard on the
subject of the Labor Party's uranium policy," Mr Beazley told a business lunch in Sydney.

"Under that policy, the expansion of Roxby Downs and the creation of the Honeymoon
mine is possible in South Australia.

"The production from them will easily take up all that can be foreseen in the medium
term in terms of demand on uranium exports."

Uranium should only be exported from Australia under strict conditions, he said.

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Apple Unveils Radical Design For the IMac; New Model Comes Out As Sales Have Slumped

     Apple Computer Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs today unveiled a radically new iMac desktop computer that the company hopes will do for sales what the distinctive machine does for computer design.
     The new iMac looks nothing like what Apple has been selling for the past three years, or just about any other desktop computer. It consists of a smooth white base about the size and shape of half a basketball, with a pivoting metal arm holding up a 15-inch flat- panel liquid-crystal display.
     "It has a beauty and a grace that is going to last the next decade," Jobs said as he showed off the machine at the Macworld Expo trade show here.
     The introduction of the new computer comes as sales have begun to slump for the iMac in its original, bulbous configuration. The iMac is Apple's consumer offering for the masses; 6 million have been sold since the product was launched in 1998. In more recent times, though, sales have dropped from 571,000 in Apple's fourth fiscal quarter of 2000 to 294,000 in the same quarter of last year.
     Industry analysts say the company needs to reverse that trend if it is going to expand its tiny share of the desktop computer market, which most estimates place at 4 to 5 percent in the United States. 
     "It looks pretty good," said Daniel Kunstler, a senior analyst with J.P. Morgan in San Francisco. "I do think there is a market- share opportunity."
     The Macworld audience, primed by a week of teasers at Apple's Web site ("Count on being blown away"), reacted with cheers, oohs and aahs as Apple's $1-a-year chief executive touted the new model's features.
     "I think it's gorgeous," said Pat Fauquet, director of Washington Apple Pi, a local Mac user group. "I wish I could buy it today."
She can -- Apple is already taking orders. The machines come with a fast G4 processor and, in its most expensive version, a "Super- Drive" that can record DVDs as well as CDs. A $1,799, SuperDrive- equipped model ships at the end of the month, with $1,499 and $1,299 versions due in February and March.
     The design calls to mind the Power Mac Cube, an earlier, unsuccessful attempt to sell a computer in a small, stylish case. But the new iMac sells for a lot less than the Cube ever did and comes as an all-in-one bundle.
     The iMac does, however, cost more than many Windows-based computers. 
     Analyst David C. Bailey, with New York-based Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., cited the "relatively high entry price" of the new iMac, saying, "We would expect the demand for the new iMac by non- Apple users to be relatively modest for the next six months."
     On the other hand, Bailey said most PC users aren't shopping for computers at all now -- so Apple can focus on owners of older Macs. Predicting there is enough money to be made that way, Bailey recently raised his forecast for Apple from "hold" to "outperform," going against most other analysts' predictions.
     Jobs's two-hour keynote also included demonstrations of software for Mac OS X, Apple's replacement for the two-decade-old classic Mac operating system, and news that Mac OS X will be the default operating system on new Macs. He also announced lower prices on the iBook laptop and showed off a new iBook with a larger, 14-inch screen.
     But his presentation's core theme was Apple's "digital hub" strategy of turning the Mac into an essential tool to view, create and share digital pictures, music and movies.
     This has become a popular theme in the computer and consumer- electronics industry. The Consumer Electronics Show, running this week in Las Vegas, will feature several other companies' visions of this concept.
     For instance, WebTV founder Steve Perlman is unveiling his new company Moxi Digital's set-top box, which combines cable and satellite TV tuners, a digital-music jukebox, cable-modem Internet access, a personal video recorder for TV broadcasts and a DVD player. The Washington Post Co. is an investor in Perlman's firm.
     And tonight Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates was scheduled to demonstrate software for Windows XP that lets it control a home- theater system.
     Jobs's contention, though, is that Apple can better deliver what other companies promise because it makes the hardware and software and can tune both to work together elegantly.
     As evidence, Jobs offered Apple's new iPhoto program. Available now as a free download off Apple's site, iPhoto lets Mac OS X users easily import, organize and share photos taken with digital cameras. The program includes online links to order reprints and, for $30, a 10-page hardbound book of their photos.
     The trick for Apple will be to persuade Windows users that they're missing something. Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. analyst Billy Pidgeon expressed skepticism about Apple's ability to convert PC owners; at most, he said, Apple's new products "may help when people are trying to decide one way or another."
     To refute that sort of view, Jobs offered up a crop of numbers in his keynote to show Apple's think-different strategy is working: 125,000 iPod MP3 players sold in the first 60 days, a sale of 36,000 iBooks to the state of Maine for every seventh- and eighth-grader, and the observation that 40 percent of computer sales in Apple's stores are going to non-Mac owners.
Jobs did not talk about updates to Apple's Power Mac desktops, which have seen little change this year. For now, the desktop line continues to top out with the dual-processor 800 MHz machine Apple announced last July -- a speed limit that's begun to nag many Mac users.
     But Fauquet, with Washington Apple Pi, said she could live with that for now, considering everything else that Jobs unveiled. "Was it enough to make us happy today? Yes."

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Seybold San Francisco 2002

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2002

The new product line, powered by Preflight Online technology,

includes a low-cost version for content creators and an expanded

version for service providers

Extensis today introduced PrintReady, a powerful, web-based system for preflighting, collecting and submitting files for printed output.

PrintReady, based on Extensis' award-winning Preflight Online technology, is a new family of products that dramatically simplifies preflighting making it a seamless part of the file submission process. Extensis can be located at the Seybold Conference and Expo at booth number 701.

The product line includes a product for designers and small workgroups (priced below $400), and two enhanced packages aimed at service providers, large printers and publishers. All three PrintReady packages are available for purchase immediately from the Extensis website at http://www.extensis.com/printready.

PrintReady is a complete quality control/file delivery solution that provides designers, publishers and printers with the perfect solution for preparing, collecting and sending print-ready files. Less expensive and easier to use than traditional preflighting software, PrintReady catches potential problems, such as embedded fonts and missing images, before files are submitted to a printer, saving users time and money.

"When designers hear the word preflighting they generally think `root canal' because until now, it's been a tedious and painful process," said Joseph Schorr, senior product manager for PrintReady. "PrintReady totally changes this. It turns preflighting into a seamless part of the file submission process, explains potential problems in plain language, and delivers print jobs directly to their destination."

PrintReady also offers a significant advantage for service providers, who wish to provide preflighting capabilities to their clients. Instead of buying and installing software for each customer, a service provider can buy one PrintReady Service Provider Edition account, customize the branding, and deliver preflighting to every customer -- for less than $2,000. In addition, administration of the account is completely centralized, enabling a service provider can set up inspection profiles that are applied on every users desktop -- with nothing to manually install or configure.

The PrintReady family of products includes:

 -- PrintReady, the lowest-cost package, saves designers, printers and publishers time and money by offering built-in preflight, file collection and FTP capabilities through an easy-to-use web interface. Interactive `help' function shows users how to fix potential printing problems and customizable profiles allow them to fine-tune preflight reports. The PrintReady license includes up to five users and an unlimited number of workstations. This product includes free updates and upgrades. PrintReady offers an unlimited number of file inspections.  -- With PrintReady Service Provider Edition, printers, service bureaus, and publishers can provide customized preflight, collection and file delivery capabilities for their customers without requiring them to buy or configure anything. PrintReady allows for complete customization of the user interface, job tracking and reporting on a user-by-user basis. PrintReady Service Provider Edition includes up to 12,000 file inspections annually and includes free updates and upgrades.  -- With PrintReady Enterprise Edition, printers, service bureaus, and publishers can provide customized preflight, collection and file delivery capabilities for their customers without requiring them to buy or configure anything. Its ability to store and post results of each preflight inspection in XML format allows for full integration with existing online job tickets and customer databases. In addition, the Enterprise Edition includes a 24-hour Platinum Maintenance Agreement and up to 30,000 file inspections annually. PrintReady Enterprise Edition includes free updates and upgrades. 

Pricing and Availability

The PrintReady product line is available now for download from the Extensis web site and is available for a suggested retail price of $349.95US for the PrintReady product, $1,999.95US for the Service Provider Edition, and $9,999.95US for the Enterprise Edition. These prices reflect one year of PrintReady service that can be renewed on a yearly basis for a suggested retail price of $99.95US for PrintReady, $599.95US for Service Provider Edition, and $4,999.95US for the Enterprise Edition. Upgrades are available for registered users of Preflight Pro at a suggested retail price of $199.95US and Collect Pro starting at a suggested retail price of $149.95US.

System Requirements

PrintReady will support Macintosh Operating System 8.6-9.2.2 and Mac OS X, v 10.1.5 and higher (via Classic), Windows 98, NT and XP and requires Internet Explorer 4.5 - 6.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.5 - 6.2.

About Extensis Preflight Online

Preflight Online, the underlying technology that powers the PrintReady product line, is a patent-pending technology that Extensis first introduced in 1999. Since then, the technology has been adopted by major printers and publishers in the U.S., Australia and Europe, including the Associated Press, Harper Collins, Primedia, and Courier Corporation. Native document support currently includes EPS, QuarkXPress, Quark Passport and Adobe PDF.

About Extensis, Inc.

Founded by creative professionals, for creative professionals, Extensis is a leading publisher of software and tools that extend the capabilities of creative professionals. Extensis' award winning and industry standard products include: Suitcase for font management, Portfolio for asset management, Preflight Online for pre-printing document error-checking, plug-in enhancements for Photoshop (Mask Pro, Intellihance, PhotoTools, PhotoFrame), and productivity enhancements for QuarkXPress (QX-Tools, QX-Effects, BeyondPress) Extensis was founded in 1993, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of ImageX, Inc., (Nasdaq:IMGX) is based in Portland, Ore. For additional information please visit our website at http://www.extensis.com or call 1-800/796-9798.

About ImageX

Founded in 1995 in Kirkland, Wash., ImageX (Nasdaq:IMGX) is the leading provider of online solutions for distributing, managing and producing sales and marketing materials. With five patents issued and more than 75 patents pending, the company's advanced technology reduces costs related to procuring branded communications materials. ImageX's blue chip customer base includes AT&T, Automatic Data Processing (ADP), CB Richard Ellis, GE, Kraft, Merck and Co., Liz Claiborne and many others. More information on the company and its services can be obtained from http://www.imagex.com or by calling 877/682-0880.

Registered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Certain statements in this press release contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management only as of the date of this release and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in ImageX's registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 filed on April 1, 2002 and its Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2002 filed on August 9, 2002. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release. ImageX undertakes no obligation, except as required by securities laws, to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

JAWZ Inc. Divests Calgary e-Business Group to Rubicon; New "Centient Solutions" to Focus On e-Business Services and Products.

Business Editors

FAIRFIELD, N.J. & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2001

JAWZ Inc. (NASDAQ:JAWZ), a leading provider of secure information management solutions announced today that it has entered into an agreement with respect to the sale of the JAWZ e-Business group based out of Calgary, Alberta to Rubicon Investment Group and JAWZ e-Business management.

Rubicon has renamed the e-Business group "Centient Solutions Inc."

"In order for JAWZ to meet its business objectives in a competitive and growing security marketplace, we need to focus available capital and resources on our core competency of IT security," said Robert Kubbernus, Chairman and CEO of JAWZ Inc. "The friendly sale of our e-Business group is clearly a win-win situation for both JAWZ and Centient. Both organizations will be able to commit resources to developing and servicing a market by focussing on their respective core competencies, while maintaining a partnership to service the diverse needs of both blue-chip client lists. JAWZ' divesture of the e-Business group allows us to further reduce our overhead costs while retaining valuable client relationships that we have developed since inception."

"The estimated annual savings per year through the divesture of the e-Business group will be significant," added Kubbernus "Although some impact to our revenue will occur, the direct and related expenses will effect our net results positively. This divesture serves a dual purpose; first, it helps us accelerate our goal of profitability within 2001, and second, research published in early 2001 indicates that clients in the e-Business space have shifted away from the 'end-to-end' model to a more niche focused one, while clients seeking IT security services still prefer an end to end security provider. The divesture of the e-Business team allows us to quickly react to these changing market needs while still offering a breadth of services through separate providers."

"We're excited about the opportunities at Rubicon's Centient Solutions," said Raghu Kilambi, co-founder and General Partner at Rubicon. "We believe the former JAWZ e-Business group is a sound business opportunity with a blue chip client base in Canada and the US. We envision that JAWZ and Centient will continue to work closely together, each focussing on their core competencies."

"Centient Solutions is delivering leading-edge e-Business solutions and has a world class team. We look forward to working together with this exceptional group in servicing not only current e-business clients, but also taking advantage of the wealth of opportunities that are available and growing the business," said Greg Nuttall, co-founder and General Partner at Rubicon Investment Group.

Effective May 10, 2001, Rubicon, together with senior managers, Lawrence Gordey, President of Centient Solutions, and Soon Chong, Vice President, Professional Services, will purchase the JAWZ e-business group for $500,000 (Canadian) and invest substantial working capital to strengthen operations and move forward with new ventures. The new Centient Solutions will maintain its nearly 35 employees and contractors on staff.

In connection with the acquisition, Mr. Kilambi has resigned from his position on the JAWZ Board of Directors. JAWZ would like to thank Mr. Kilambi for his contribution over the past several months.

About Centient Solutions

Centient Solutions provides custom secure e-Business solutions in the business-to-business, business-to-employee, and business-to-consumer environments using the latest proven web-enabled technologies and business practices.

About Rubicon Investment Group

Rubicon Investment Group is a recently formed merchant-banking firm focused on private equity buy-outs and active public market investments in businesses with strong franchises, above-average growth rates and excellent management. Rubicon Investment Group is led by Raghu Kilambi and Greg Nuttall.

Raghu Kilambi, CA, has extensive experience investing in, financing and operating successful growing technology businesses both as a merchant banker and as co-founder and former CFO of FutureLink Corp.

Greg Nuttall, LL.B., LL.M.i, has an outstanding track record as a business-builder, strategic and operational change management advisor, and corporate finance and M&A lawyer.

About JAWZ Inc.: "JAWZ by Name - Protective by Nature"

JAWZ Inc. is a leading secure information management solutions provider, specializing in the field of full service information security. The company's products and services line includes security software products, consulting services and secure Internet and remote data storage services. These products are offered to key client groups including healthcare providers, governments, law enforcement, financial services, e-commerce businesses, and telecom suppliers specializing as Application Service Providers (ASP) and Internet Service Providers (ISP). It has approximately 50 established strategic partnerships and 400 corporate clients including CU-Connect, Verizon Communications, Group Telecom, TELUS, Oracle, GE, among others. International headquarters for JAWZ is located in Toronto, Canada with its US head office in Fairfield, New Jersey. For more information please visit our website www.JAWZinc.com or call 1-888-301-5297.

Any statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward- looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and involve risks and uncertainties. Potential factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Information on the potential factors that could affect the Company's actual results of operations are included in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks may be further discussed in periodic reports and registration statements to be filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future, including but not limited to the Company's S-3 Registration Statement filed January 27, 2001.

PR Newswire High Technology Summary (Part 2) Monday, May 15, 2000.

Following is a summary of technology news releases transmitted today by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PRN Press Room, http://www.prnmedia.com.

CGM005 05/15/2000 08:09 r f bc-NC-CC-Commun-JobWrit

(CHARLOTTE) CC Communications Announces That Meineke and AAA Carolinas

Put Muscle Behind Their Internet Recruiting With JobWriter

DCM004 05/15/2000 08:09 r f bc-CA-Applied-Data-Sys

(LONG BEACH) Applied Data Systems (ADS) Introduces One of the First

Dual-Headed Embedded Independent Display SBC System

NYM037 05/15/2000 08:09 r f bc-NY-CosmoCom-Inc.

(MELVILLE) CosmoCom: The Fastest Growing Software Company on Long Island

SFM012 05/15/2000 08:09 r f bc-CA-BIG-RIT

(SARATOGA) BIG Announces Partnership With Rochester Institute of

Technology For Middleware Education

SFM027 05/15/2000 08:09 r f bc-CA-Earjam.com-IMP

(SAN JOSE) Earjam IMP Hits the Market Burning. New Internet Music

Software Breaks Through On-Line Music Chaos

SFM047 05/15/2000 08:09 r v bc-CA-Epicentric-Altra

(MELVILLE) Epicentric and Altra, the Internet's Number One B2B

Exchange, Discuss The Advent of the 'Integrated E-Commerce Hub'

SFM052 05/15/2000 08:09 r f bc-CA-netdrive-1stUp.com

(LOS GATOS) netdrive.com and 1stUp.com Bring Free Internet Storage

to 1stUp's More Than 3.5 Million Subscribers

CGM021 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-IL-Greenbrier-Russel

(SCHAUMBURG) Greenbrier & Russel Launches New Web Site

CGM043 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-NY-MSDivisions

(NEW YORK) MSDivisions Expands Spring Division in Middletown NY

LAM057 05/15/2000 08:10 r e bc-CA-Celebstreet.com

(LOS ANGELES) Celebstreet.com Signs 'Downtown' Julie Brown

and Riki Rachtman as Hosts

LAM073 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-CA-FSbuy.com-Partners

(ANAHEIM) FSbuy.com Partners with AutoQuotes to Provide Electronic

Product Catalog for Foodservice Equipment and Supplies

SFM009 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-CA-Net-Market-fund

(BURLINGAME) Net Market Partners Announces $28 Million Fund

to Augment Advisory Services

SFM043 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-MA-Epicentric

(BURLINGAME) Epicentric Enables Immediate Evolution of Internet

Exchanges Into 'Integrated e-commerce Hubs'

SFM044 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-MA-Epicentric-Calico

(NEWS ADVISORY) Epicentric and Calico Commerce Align to Deliver a

Personalized Internet Experience

SFM048 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-CA-Chipshot.com-tour

(SUNNYVALE) Chipshot.com(TM) Launches New Tour Series Store,

Begins Taking Orders for New Line of Premium Clubs

SFM057 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-CA-Xcert-evaluation

(WALNUT CREEK) Xcert International Demonstrates Exceptional PKI

Performance and Scalability On Sun(TM) Platform at iForce(SM) Ready Center

SFM073 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-CA-BabyCenter-Webby

(SAN FRANCISCO) Three's a Charm: BabyCenter.com Wins Third Straight Webby

Award

SFM100 05/15/2000 08:10 r f bc-VT-Aptus-Burlington

(BURLINGTON) Burlington Receives Legislative Approval to

Partner With Aptus Networks

LAM013 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-CA-VRSN-TotalMRO.com

(MOUNTAIN VIEW) TotalMRO.com Selects VeriSign to Provide

Business-to-Business Trust Services

LAM019 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-CA-ParaSoft-Jtest3.2

(MONROVIA) ParaSoft Delivers Jtest v3.2

LAM042 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-NH-Facet-Names-Pres

(HOLLIS) Richard Carruthers Named President of Facet Inc.

LAM052 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-CA-Displaytech-Expand

(LONG BEACH) Displaytech Expands In-House FLC Materials Production

Facility; Microdisplay Leader Ramps Up for Increased Display Production

LAM069 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-CA-QSFT-New-Downtime

(IRVINE) Quest Releases First Downtime-free Reorganization for Oracle(R)

Databases

SFM055 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-CA-Ulead-Systems

(TORRANCE) Ulead Dominates Japan DV Market

SFM095 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-CA-Wireless-Knowledge

(SAN DIEGO) Wireless Knowledge Expands Operations Opening

Three New Regional Offices

SFM097 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-CA-eConvergent-Finali

(PLEASANTON) Finali and eConvergent Partner For First Outsourced Customer

Interaction Service to Combine Web-centric Technology With Live Support

SFM105 05/15/2000 08:11 r f bc-UK-Irdeto-BroadLogic

(LONDON) Irdeto Access and BroadLogic to Bring Secure IP

Encryption to Satellite Data Transmission

HSM021 05/15/2000 08:12 r f bc-BroadLogic-Fantastic

(LONDON) BroadLogic and The Fantastic Corporation Sign

Worldwide Cooperative Marketing Agreement

PHM011 05/15/2000 08:12 r f bc-CA-MineShare-Acxiom

(SANTA MONICA) MineShare, Acxiom(R) Team to Deliver Real-Time

Customer Segmentation And Targeting to E-Tailers

SFM101 05/15/2000 08:12 r f bc-Axis-Ericsson-mobile

(LUND) Axis Communications and Ericsson Cooperate to Create

Mobile Print Solutions

SFM107 05/15/2000 08:12 r f bc-CA-Ariba-license

(CHICAGO) Prime Advantage, Corp. B2B Marketplace Goes Live on

Ariba B2B Commerce Platform in Just Six Weeks

CHM010 05/15/2000 08:13 r s bc-CA-Sportsprize-seminr

(LOS ANGELES) SportsPrize.com to Sponsor Clear Channel's Xtra

Sports `Winning Way' Celebrity Success Seminar

PHM011 05/15/2000 08:14 r f bc-CA-MineShare-Acxiom

(SANTA MONICA) MineShare, Acxiom(R) Team to Deliver Real-Time

Customer Segmentation And Targeting to E-Tailers

LAM014 05/15/2000 08:15 r f bc-CA-GenesisIntermedia

(LOS ANGELES) GenesisIntermedia.com Expands Marketing and

Communications Capabilities with DynaMedia, Inc.

LAM044 05/15/2000 08:15 r f bc-CA-VISTAinfo-MLS-Sys

(SAN DIEGO) VISTAinfo's Central Hosting Service Provides Access

To High-Performance RE/Xplorer MLS System

FLM005 05/15/2000 08:18 r f bc-MI-Buildscape-&-Dow

(MIDLAND) Dow and Buildscape E-Venture To Serve Global

Building and Construction Industry

NEM023 05/15/2000 08:19 r f bc-MA-Aztec-Tech-earns

(BRAINTREE) Aztec Technology Partners Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell

Voice and Data Business; Also Reports First Quarter Results

NYM058 05/15/2000 08:27 r f bc-NY-NTL-First-Quarter

(NEW YORK) NTL Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2000 (1 of 2)

CHM012 05/15/2000 08:28 r f bc-NC-CharlesColvard-CEO

(MORRISVILLE) Charles & Colvard Selects New Leadership for the

Next Stage of Moissanite Branding Program

DCM009 05/15/2000 08:30 r f bc-TX-Sprint-QUALCOMM

(DALLAS) Sprint to Meet QUALCOMM's Core Company Communications Needs

DCM015 05/15/2000 08:30 r f bc-MD-RWD-Technologies

(COLUMBIA) RWD Announces Partnership with i2

NYM015 05/15/2000 08:30 r f bc-NY-CMP-Managing-Dir.

(MANHASSET) CMP Media Names Richard Wallace Managing

Director of Online Network EDTN

NYM023 05/15/2000 08:30 r f bc-VA-Xybernaut-mobile

(FAIRFAX) Xybernaut(R) and Texas Instruments to Develop and

Market Solutions For Mobile Computing

NYM031 05/15/2000 08:30 r f bc-MTS-MER-Tele-ern

(BNEI BRAK) MTS Reports First Quarter 2000 Results, New

Momentum in US Market Penetration

NYM038 05/15/2000 08:30 r f bc-NY-CosmoCom-award

(MELVILLE) CosmoCall Universe Awarded Best of Show at Computer

Telephony Expo Spring 2000 by Teleconnect Magazine

SFM013 05/15/2000 08:30 r f bc-CA-Brio-new-solution

(NEWS ADVISORY) Brio Technology Introduces New Enterprise Reporting

Solution

HSM003 05/15/2000 08:31 r f bc-MA-Breakaway-server

(BOSTON) Breakaway Solutions Announces enableNet Server Business

Practice for Building e-Marketplaces

LAM007 05/15/2000 08:31 r e bc-CA-iMedium-Columbia

(CULVER CITY) iMedium and Columbia TriStar Interactive Partner to

Launch 'Stuart Little' Marketing Campaign

NYM004 05/15/2000 08:31 r f bc-CA-TriZetto-Security

(NEWPORT BEACH) TriZetto Offers New Level of Internet Security

Authentication Svcs for HealthWeb, ASP Customers Thru Alliance w/Presideo

SFM037 05/15/2000 08:31 r f bc-CA-Sun-Wysdom

(PALO ALTO) Wysdom Selects High-Availability Sun Enterprise(TM) Servers

and Sun StorEdge(TM) Storage Arrays for Wireless Internet Data Services

TO007 05/15/2000 08:31 r f bc-Cedara-Agilent-teamup

(TORONTO) Cedara(TM) Software Teams with Agilent Healthcare

Solutions Group Asia Pacific to Serve Asian PACS Market

TO008 05/15/2000 08:31 r f bc-Kasten-final-propectu

(TORONTO) Kasten Chase Builds $17.5 Million War Chest for Future Growth

ATM006 05/15/2000 08:32 r f bc-FL-NetSpeak-TeleNova

(NEWS ADVISORY) TeleNova Selects NetSpeak to Expands Its VoIP Link With

Cisco Into the Latin America Region

DAM026 05/15/2000 08:32 r f bc-NY-Lotus-Dev-IBM

(PALISADES) IBM Launches e-Learning Business Unit - IBM Mindspan Solutions

HSM013 05/15/2000 08:32 r f bc-CA-ClickAction-Inc.

(PALO ALTO) ClickAction CEO Gregory Slayton to Outline Major New Trend in

E-Messaging Industry at ING Barrings E-Marketing 2000...

NEM022 05/15/2000 08:32 r f bc-CT-SageMaker-Luce

(FAIRFIELD) SageMaker Announces Key Partnership With Luce Online

NYM058A 05/15/2000 08:32 r f bc-NY-NTL-First-Quarter

(NEW YORK) NTL Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2000 (2 of 2)

NYM062 05/15/2000 08:32 r f bc-CA-FreeRealTme-allnce

(IRVINE) FreeRealTime.com Forms Strategic Alliance With

InvestmentHouse.com, a Trading and Investment Strategy Site

CGM018 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-FL-Transitions-Optic

(PINELLAS PARK) Transitions Optical President Resigns

CGM038 05/15/2000 08:33 r v bc-IL-Cobra-Electronics

(NEWS ADVISORY) Cobra Electronics Corporation Annual Meeting of

Shareholders

CHM006 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-KY-ecampus-award

(LEXINGTON) ecampus.com Honored as an 'iForce Hero in the

Dot.Com Age' by Sun Microsystems

LAM009 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-CA-General-Automation

(IRVINE) General Automation Takes Next Major Step in eBusiness

Strategy; Sells Database Business for $6.5 Million

LAM062 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-UT-emWare-Personnel

(SALT LAKE CITY) emWare Appoints Ex-Microsoft Executive to Build its

Global Markets; Company Makes Another in a Series of Strategic Hires

SFM014 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-BC-Ensemble-Systems

(RICHMOND) Ensemble Systems Announces a New Release of Ensemble

Streams(TM) - A Simplified Approach to Business Process Modeling

SFM029 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-CA-Luminate-Mamba

(NEWS ADVISORY) Luminate's New Mamba for Windows NT/2000 Now Available

SFM082 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-CA-WebEx-Oracle

(SAN JOSE) Web-Based Communications Provider WebEx Joins The

Oracle(R) Portal Partner Initiative

SFM083 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-CA-iPlanet-ships

(MOUNTAIN VIEW) iPlanet(TM) Ships Industry's First Application Server to

Pass Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM)) Certification

SFM093 05/15/2000 08:33 r f bc-CA-CoPort-Tech-launch

(LOS ANGELES) CoPort Technologies Launches Carebar, an Innovative

Marketing Tool to Benefit Nonprofit Organizations

SFM103 05/15/2000 08:34 r f bc-CA-OrderFusion-B2B

(SAN DIEGO) OrderFusion Announces Industry's Most Comprehensive

B2B Sell-Side eCommerce Platform

FLM003 05/15/2000 08:35 r f bc-FL-CELLIT-Signs

(MIAMI) CELLIT(TM), Inc. Signs Channel Partner Agreement With CTSource;

CTSource to Distribute CCPRO(TM) Throughout Northeast United States

CGM037 05/15/2000 08:38 r f bc-CO-Bolder-Tech.

(GOLDEN) West Marine, Retailer of Recreational Boating Supplies, to

Sell Bolder Technologies Marine Jump Starter Product

NEM024 05/15/2000 08:38 r f bc-CA-FaceTime-Communic

(FOSTER CITY) FaceTime Communications Expands Worldwide Presence

DAM027 05/15/2000 08:45 r f bc-NY-Lotus-IBM-product

(PALISADES) IBM and Lotus Introduce Complete, Flexible

e-Learning Technology For Enterprises

HSM026 05/15/2000 08:45 r f bc-CA-Novadigm-Apple-Mac

(EMERYVILLE) Novadigm Adds Support for Apple Mac OS Platform

SFM024 05/15/2000 08:45 r f bc-CA-BEA-Systems-conf

(SAN JOSE) BEA to Host Third Annual European E-Commerce

Conference in Paris, 17-19 May 2000

NYM055 05/15/2000 08:46 r f bc-NY-Codepower-partners

(NEW YORK) Codepower Partners with SunMicrosystems, Oracle and Globix

NEM025 05/15/2000 08:47 r f bc-AZ-Durel-Rogers-award

(CHANDLER) Durel Corporation Awarded Interest and Injunction in

Ongoing Patent Infringement Case

CGM028 05/15/2000 08:57 r f bc-FL-Davel-Comm-earns

(TAMPA) Davel Communications, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results

DETU013 05/15/2000 08:59 r f bc-CT-Connex-service

(DANBURY) Connex International Launches Reservation-less Conferencing

Service

NEM008 05/15/2000 08:59 r f bc-MA-BarterItOnline

(WESTON) BarterItOnline.com Helps Transform Equity Into the

New Currency of the Digital Economy

NEM010 05/15/2000 08:59 r f bc-IL-eLoyalty-Support

(LAKE FOREST) Global 2000 Customers Rally Around eLoyalty's

Loyalty Support(TM) Offering

NEM011 05/15/2000 08:59 r f bc-MA-IDC-Supply-Chain

(FRAMINGHAM) Need for Supply Chain Management Services Is Growing, IDC

Notes

NEM012 05/15/2000 08:59 r f bc-MA-IDC-Business-Skill

(FRAMINGHAM) IDC Forecasts the U.S. Corporate Business Skills

Training Market Will Exceed $16.8 Billion in 2004

NEM015 05/15/2000 08:59 r f bc-MA-IDC-Asia-PC-Market

(FRAMINGHAM) Asian PC Market Bounces Into the Millennium

With a Record High, IDC Says

DAM004 05/15/2000 09:00 r f bc-TX-ITAC-Systems-prod

(GARLAND) ITAC Systems Acquires Computer Environmental Enclosure Products

DAM014 05/15/2000 09:00 r f bc-TX-Claimsnet-com-earn

(DALLAS) Claimsnet.com Reports First Quarter 2000 Results

DCM010 05/15/2000 09:00 r f bc-MO-Sprint-schools

(KANSAS CITY) Sprint Selects Nine New 'Sprint Showcase Schools'

NYM016 05/15/2000 09:00 r f bc-NY-AMP-Tyco-Int'l

(HARRISBURG) AMP Wire Ferrules Improve Connection Reliability

NYM041 05/15/2000 09:00 r f bc-NY-Concrete-Media

(NEW YORK) Concrete Media Builds World Class Management Team with

the Addition Of Four Professional Services Veterans

NYM049 05/15/2000 09:00 r f bc-NC-MoneyZone-lands

(CHARLOTTE) MoneyZone.com Lands at LHC

LAM050 05/15/2000 09:01 r f bc-AZ-POCO-Merger

(TEMPE) Politics.com To Merge With LobbyForMe.com and PoliticalWag.com;

Combined Companies to Provide Both B2B and B2C Revenue Models

NYM029 05/15/2000 09:01 r f bc-NY-RTS-emWare's-inter

(PLAINVIEW) RTS Wireless Joins emWare's ETI Alliance to Extend the

Internet To an Expanded Array of Wireless Devices

SFM060 05/15/2000 09:01 r f bc-CO-Mentor-Graphics

(BOULDER) Mentor Graphics Maximizes Board Designer

Productivity With AutoActive RE Series

SFM065 05/15/2000 09:01 r f bc-WA-HomeAdvisor.com

(REDMOND) HomeAdvisor.com Announces Major Expansion, Now Offers a

One-Stop Shop For Everything About the Home

SFM072 05/15/2000 09:01 r f bc-CA-SGI-VPro-graphics

(MOUNTAIN VIEW) SGI Introduces New Feature-Rich VPro Graphics for

Windows NT, Linux and IRIX Desktop systems

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Behind Apple's products is longtime designer Ive

     August 26, 2011  

     SAN FRANCISCO (AP)  Steve Jobs has been Apple's most recognizable personality, but much of its cachet comes from its clean, inviting designs. For that, Apple can credit its head designer, Jonathan Ive.
     Ive, a self-effacing 44-year-old Brit, helped Jobs bring Apple back from the brink of financial ruin with the whimsical iMac computer, whose original models came in bright colors at a time when bland shades dominated the PC world. He later helped transform Apple into a consumer electronics powerhouse and the envy of Silicon Valley with the iPod, the iPhone and, most recently, the iPad.
     In the wake of Jobs' resignation as CEO, Apple must show that it can keep churning out head-turning products even without its charismatic leader. Apple's chief operating officer, Tim Cook, is now CEO, taking on the role of Apple's public face.
     But in many ways the real pressure will fall on Ive to make sure Apple continues its string of gadget successes.
     Ive, known to his friends as "Jony," has led Apple's design team since the mid-'90s. Working closely with Jobs, Ive has built a strong legacy at Apple, ushering in products that are sleek and stylish, with rounded corners, few buttons, brushed aluminum surfaces and plenty of slick glass.
     Apple's pride in this work is evident even in the packaging: Open up any iPhone box, for example, and see Apple proudly proclaim, "Designed by Apple in California." Six of Ive's works, including the original iPod, are even part of the collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
     People who have worked with Ive describe him as humble and sweet, quiet and shy, but also confident, hard-working and brilliant. Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design for MoMA, said she knows "hardly anybody that is so universally loved and admired" as Ive.
     "Products have to be designed better now for people to buy them because of Jony Ive and Steve Jobs and Apple," Antonelli said. "All of a sudden people have gotten used to elegance and beauty, and there's no going back."
     Design, as well as software that makes the gadgets easy to use, is a crucial part of setting Apple products apart from those of its rivals. Apple didn't make the first music player or smartphone, but it blew past rivals by making ones that looked cool and worked well.
Ive started out far from Apple Inc.'s Cupertino headquarters. He grew up outside London and studied design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) in Newcastle, England. After finishing school, he co-founded a London-based design company called Tangerine. There, he designed a range of products including combs and power tools. It was through Tangerine that he first got to work with Apple.
      In 1992, while Jobs was still in the midst of a 12-year exile from Apple, the company's design chief at the time, Robert Brunner, hired Ive as a senior designer. Thomas Meyerhoffer, who worked under Ive at Apple in the '90s, believes Ive came because he understood Apple was different from other computer companies.
     "He came to Apple to take that even further," Meyerhoffer said.
     And Ive did, but not right away. Ive quickly became a leader, working as the creative studio manager and helping to build Apple's design team during a period in which the company struggled to innovate.
     Apple declined requests for an interview with Ive. But during a 1999 interview with The Associated Press, Ive said that for years, designers would produce foam models of computers only to be sent back to their drawing boards because of managers' fixations with focus groups and marketing figures.
     "We lost our identity and looked to competition for leadership," Ive said at the time.
Brunner left in 1996 and suggested that Ive take over the post, even though Ive was only 29. When Jobs returned from his exile and became interim CEO in 1997, he named Ive as senior vice president of industrial design.
     With Jobs again at the helm and Ive as his style guru, Apple refocused around design and produced a hit that got the company back on track. Apple shook up the personal computer industry in 1998 with the candy-colored all-in-one iMac desktop, the original models shaped like a futuristic TV.
     Unlike previous product attempts, the iMac concept was immediately embraced by the top decision makers at Apple, and the design went through very few revisions.
"We knew we had it when we saw it, and with Jobs' support we were able to make it happen," Ive said in 1999.
     At a time when most computers were boxy and largely black, beige or gray, the iMac was bulbous and flashy. People snapped up 150,000 of them in the first weekend following its release. Apple sold 800,000 iMacs by the end of the year.
     The iMac changed the way consumers thought about personal computers and about Apple itself. It gave Apple a vital boost that helped it usher in a new era of consumer electronics that were quirky, fun and colorful. The marketing team even teased consumers by encouraging them at one point to collect all five — strawberry, blueberry, grape, tangerine and lime.
With Ive in charge of design, Apple then bought out the first iPod in 2001, the iPhone in 2007 and the iPad in 2010. In recent years, the company has largely dropped the bright color palette (though you can still find it on some iPods) in favor of black, white and silver hues. Yet they retained simplicity that made them approachable to everyone — from the tech geek to Grandma — as well as the curves, shiny surfaces and expensive appearance.
     As a result, Apple's products are more popular than ever, allowing the company to surpass rival Microsoft Corp. last year as the most valuable technology company in the world.
"He wasn't responsible for them, but they definitely couldn't have done them without him," said Leander Kahney, who has written about Apple in several books and on his "Cult of Mac" blog.
     Ive and Jobs have worked hand in hand and, in many respects, have contributed to each other's success. Ive has always been in contact with Jobs and speaks the same language as him, Antonelli said, and they clearly have chemistry.
     Don Norman, who worked at Apple in the '90s as vice president of the company's advanced technology group, said that while Ive had good design ideas "sitting on the shelves," he needed Jobs to get those designs off the shelves.
     "Jony has always been Jony — brilliant," Norman said. "What he needed was a Steve Jobs to say, 'Make this happen.'"
     Now, the test will be whether Cook can continue to keep that focus at Apple and encourage Ive to continue creating hits.
     In a sense, the challenge won't be as difficult as it had been in the 1990s. Now that Apple has developed a style, it can build on it rather than try to reimagine it with each new product.
And that, Norman says, is now in Apple's DNA.

Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange Launches usbullionexchange.com; New Site to Provide Free Real Time Prices on Over 250 Precious Metals Products.

DALLAS, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange, Inc. (Amex: DLS and DLS.EC) announced that its free Internet site, www.usbullionexchange.com has opened. The site was developed because of growing interest in precious metals products by those concerned about potential unfavorable events caused by the Y2K problem. William Oyster, President of Dallas Gold & Silver said, "over the last year interest in precious metals products has grown substantially and we wanted to provide a useful way for our customers to access real prices of available precious metals products. While we are not alarmists about Y2K, our customers know that precious metals have always served as a secure asset in times of distress. We have experienced a substantial increase in demand for gold, silver, platinum and palladium products. Now our customers and others interested in these products can access real time prices without any cost." www.usbullionexchange.com joins Dallas Gold and Silver's unique auction and person-to-person trading site for jewelry, fine watches, diamonds and precious metals products at http://www.dgse.com.

"The Internet continues to grow in importance for our core businesses," said Oyster. "The launch of www.usbullionexchange.com expands our offerings and is another step in making Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange a one stop portal for the auction and sale of jewelry, diamonds, fine watches, and precious metals. Our new site will be free to consumers and will be supported entirely by industry and third party advertising."

With the anticipated June launch of its third site www.FirstJewelryAuctions.com, Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange will have what is believed to be one of the broadest offerings on the Internet involving jewelry, fine watches, diamonds and precious metals. The new site will be significantly larger than the existing auction site and will have continuous auctions on thousands of jewelry and related products. Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange's proprietary Virtual Auctioneer software, which was featured in a recent Information Week story on electronic commerce, will power this new site. The new site employs a unique participant model and will be the first auction site to allow individuals and professionals from the jewelry industry to meet anonymously in an auction and trading environment.

About Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange

Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange, Inc. is a wholesaler and retailer of jewelry, diamonds, fine watches and precious metals to domestic and international customers through its Superstore in Dallas, Texas and through its live real-time auction on the Internet (www.dgse.com) and provides real-time quotations on over 250 precious metals products at its www.usbullionexchange.com site. Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange's new online auction product Virtual Auctioneer was recently featured in Information Week.

Statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in the press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.