<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest [PR Newswire] from SYS-CON ITALIA</title><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/wires/5726.htm</link><description>Latest [PR Newswire] from SYS-CON ITALIA</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media Inc.</copyright><generator>SYS-CON ITALIA</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:23:00 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest [PR Newswire] from SYS-CON ITALIA</title><url></url><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/wires/5726.htm</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Event Innovation Announces InForum(TM), &apos;The World&apos;s First Attendee Relationship Management System,&apos; This Weekend, July 25-28, at IAAM, in Anaheim, CA</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619524.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619524.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New Product Provides Entertainment Venues with Real-Time Attendee Data to Facilitate Attendee Relationships and Improve Communication with Customers]]></description></item><item><title>TI does not endorse &apos;mini-tender offer&apos;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619523.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619523.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI)  said today it has been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender offer" by TRC Capital Corporation to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of TI's common stock, representing approximately 0.23 percent of TI's outstanding shares. TRC Capital's offer price of $24.00 represents a 4.08 percent discount to the closing price of TI's stock on July 23, 2008 ($25.02), the day prior to the date of the offer.]]></description></item><item><title>Global Payments informa las ganancias del cuatro trimestre y del a&amp;ntilde;o fiscal 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619519.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619519.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Global Payments Inc.  hoy  anunci&oacute; los resultados para su cuarto trimestre y a&ntilde;o fiscal que finaliz&oacute; el  31 de mayo de 2008.  En el cuarto trimestre, la facturaci&oacute;n creci&oacute; un 23 por  ciento hasta llegar a US$343,8 millones, en comparaci&oacute;n con los US$280,1  millones del a&ntilde;o anterior.  Con exclusi&oacute;n del impacto desfavorable de un rubro  de divisa extranjera no recurrente y no en efectivo, y cargos de  reestructuraci&oacute;n y otros cargos de per&iacute;odo previo, las ganancias diluidas por  acci&oacute;n crecieron 21 por ciento a US$0,52 en comparaci&oacute;n con US$0,43 en el  trimestre del a&ntilde;o previo.]]></description></item><item><title>AUDIO from Medialink and HSBC Direct: Americans Still Find Ways to Indulge in Trying Economy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619518.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619518.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[General wisdom suggests that while it might be O.K. to treat yourself during good economic times, you also need to "tighten your belt" when things are less rosy.]]></description></item><item><title>CSC Celebrates Wednesday&apos;s Team CSC Saxo Bank Victory With Second Donation to Velokhaya Cycling Program</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619517.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619517.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CSC  congratulates Carlos Sastre and his teammates on his exciting victory on the famed Alpe d'Huez during Wednesday's 17th stage of the Tour de France.  Sastre's victory puts him in the maillot jaune, the yellow jersey worn by the overall race leader.  Sastre remains the overall race leader at the end of today's 19th stage.  The achievement also marks CSC's second donation of 3,000 Euro to Velokhaya, a CSC-led fundraising and awareness campaign for South Africa's Life Cycling Academy.]]></description></item><item><title>Global Payments informa las ganancias del cuatro trimestre y del a&amp;ntilde;o fiscal 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619516.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619516.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Global Payments Inc.  hoy  anunci&oacute; los resultados para su cuarto trimestre y a&ntilde;o fiscal que finaliz&oacute; el  31 de mayo de 2008.  En el cuarto trimestre, la facturaci&oacute;n creci&oacute; un 23 por  ciento hasta llegar a US$343,8 millones, en comparaci&oacute;n con los US$280,1  millones del a&ntilde;o anterior.  Con exclusi&oacute;n del impacto desfavorable de un rubro  de divisa extranjera no recurrente y no en efectivo, y cargos de  reestructuraci&oacute;n y otros cargos de per&iacute;odo previo, las ganancias diluidas por  acci&oacute;n crecieron 21 por ciento a US$0,52 en comparaci&oacute;n con US$0,43 en el  trimestre del a&ntilde;o previo.]]></description></item><item><title>Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619514.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619514.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Charles Robert Gorby, 34, of Terre Haute, Ind., pleaded guilty today in Terre Haute to one count of transporting child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. Morrison of the Southern District of Indiana announced.]]></description></item><item><title>U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court&apos;s Decision that Motorola Phones Do Not Infringe University of Texas System Patent</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619513.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619513.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an opinion issued on July 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Motorola, Inc.  and its customers on infringement claims asserted in a patent case brought by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System ("University of Texas System").  The University of Texas System had appealed an order by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks finding that Motorola software, when used in its handsets and its customers' handsets, does not infringe on. U.S. Patent No. 4,674,112 ("the '112 patent").]]></description></item><item><title>Squarespace V5 Redefines Publishing for the Web</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619503.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619503.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today, Squarespace Inc. announces the groundbreaking re-release of their exceptionally tuned publishing tool for bloggers, small companies, and authors.]]></description></item><item><title>Health Partners Chooses Healthation&apos;s AboveHealth Provider Portal</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619502.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619502.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Healthation, a healthcare technology company, announced that it has signed a 10-year Software as a Service agreement with Health Partners, a not-for-profit health plan serving more than 140,000 members in southeastern Pennsylvania. Health Partners will implement AboveHealth(R), the industry leading, e-business healthcare portal to deliver interactive, real-time communication and administration capabilities to its provider community.]]></description></item><item><title>EDS Announces European Commission Approval of Proposed Acquisition by HP and Settlement of Stockholder Litigation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619501.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619501.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[EDS today announced that the European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard Company's proposed acquisition of EDS without condition.  This follows the previously announced expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 relating to the proposed acquisition without a request for further information by the U.S. Department of Justice or Federal Trade Commission.]]></description></item><item><title>Tributes.com Establishes Online Memorial for Randy Pausch: A Place to Share Memories and Condolences</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619500.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619500.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tributes.com establishes online memorial for Randy Pausch, Carnegie-Mellon University professor and famed author of "The Last Lecture," who passed away today at age 47 of complications of pancreatic cancer.]]></description></item><item><title>Navarre Corporation to Announce First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 Results on August 1, 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619487.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619487.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Navarre Corporation , a publisher and distributor of physical and digital home entertainment and multimedia software products, today announced that it will report its financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2009, ended June 30, 2008, following the closing of the market on August 1, 2008.]]></description></item><item><title>ClearPoint Appeals Nasdaq Delisting Decision</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619486.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619486.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ClearPoint Business Resources, Inc. , a provider of innovative workforce management solutions, previously announced that, on July 16, 2008, the staff of the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department (the "Staff") notified the Company that it had reviewed the Company's plan to maintain compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(3) and determined to delist the Company's securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq").  On July 23, 2008, the Company requested an appeal of this determination.  A hearing date has not yet been set.  The appeal stays the suspension and delisting of the Company's securities from Nasdaq.  There can be no assurance that the Company's request for continued listing will be granted.]]></description></item><item><title>Pixelplus Announces Receipt of Staff Determination Letter from Nasdaq</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619485.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619485.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pixelplus Co., Ltd. , a fabless semiconductor company in Korea that designs, develops, and markets CMOS image sensors for various consumer electronics applications, today announced that the Company received a Staff Determination letter from Nasdaq on July 22, 2008 indicating that the Company is failing to comply with the minimum $10,000,000 stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market under Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(3), and that its securities are, therefore, subject to delisting from The Nasdaq Global Market.]]></description></item><item><title>ACUTRONIC USA Announces the AC217 Two-Axis Motion Table for the MEMS Industry</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619484.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619484.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ACUTRONIC USA announced the release of the AC217 two-axis motion table, a new product aimed at providing manufacturers of inertial MEMS devices and inertial MEMS-based products a cost effective solution for product testing. Optimized for the testing of MEMS inertial devices, this table provides MEMS manufacturers a means to mechanically stimulate their products for calibration and performance verification.]]></description></item><item><title>Ethan Schur of TDVision Systems, Inc. to Speak at the NAPTE LATV Festival On the Future of 3D</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619483.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619483.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TDVision Systems, Inc., the leader in design and development of 3D digital infrastructures and visualization systems, announced today that Ethan Schur, Director of Marketing for TDVision will be speaking at the NAPTE LATV Festival on Wednesday, July 30th. Expert on the state of the stereoscopic industry, Schur will be showcasing the future of digital stereoscopic 3D use in the home at this prestigious event which brings together content creators, agents, and studio, network, and new media executives together to celebrate the art and commerce of video content.]]></description></item><item><title>Federal Signal Announces Expansion of Guzzler, Vactor Facilities</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619482.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619482.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal Signal Corporation , a leader in advancing security and well-being, today announced an expansion of its Streator, Ill., facility to meet growing customer demand for its Guzzler industrial vacuums and Vactor sewer cleaners.]]></description></item><item><title>BocaRaton.com and The Bites! Network Holds First of Series of Atomic 79 Parties(TM) Saturday Night at DELUX Nightclub in Delray Beach to Benefit Charity</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619473.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619473.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BocaRaton.com and The Bites! Network will hold its first in a series of "decadent and splendorous" Atomic 79 Parties(TM) at DELUX in Delray Beach to benefit local South Florida non-profits. This Saturday night July 26th, 2008 starting at 6 PM at DELUX 16 E. Atlantic Ave. will raise funds for Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation ( http://www.starlight.florida.org/ ). Tickets are $50, available for purchase through http://www.bocaraton.com/ or at the door.]]></description></item><item><title>Federal Signal Announces Favorable Litigation Outcome</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619472.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619472.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal Signal Corporation , a leader in advancing security and well-being, announced that the court entered an order yesterday dismissing all 39 firefighter plaintiffs that were set to go to trial in September of this year, following plaintiffs' motion to withdraw the cases. If plaintiffs' counsel seeks to re-file these cases during the one year re-filing period, the Judge will hear Federal Signal's motion for sanctions, costs and attorneys' fees.]]></description></item><item><title>Energy Focus, Inc. Invites You to Participate in Its Second Quarter, 2008 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619460.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619460.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Energy Focus, Inc.  management will host a conference call on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. EDT (1:30 p.m. PDT) to review the Second quarter, 2008 financial results and other corporate events, followed by a Q &amp; A session. Dialing 1-888-542-9137 (US Canada) or 1-706-758-4961 (International/Local) can access the call. The conference ID number is 57749055. Participants are asked to call the assigned number approximately 10 minutes before the conference call begins.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft Highlights New York Metro Area Partner Awards Program Recipients - Integrity Partners</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619459.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619459.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft recently announced 2008 award winners as part of Microsoft's U.S. Field Partner Awards Program in the New York Metro Area, consisting of metropolitan New York City, Northern New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut.  This program recognizes the extraordinary contributions of partners serving small, mid-market and enterprise commercial customers throughout the past fiscal year.]]></description></item><item><title>La sesi&amp;oacute;n plenaria de UNITY &apos;08 tratar&amp;aacute; el tema de la globalizaci&amp;oacute;n a las 9:00 A.M. en el sal&amp;oacute;n Skyline Ballroom</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619448.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619448.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[y el papel que desempe&ntilde;an los  medios y las comunicaciones en el reportaje de estas historias. La sesi&oacute;n ser&aacute;  moderada por Ray Su&aacute;rez, corresponsal ejecutivo del programa The NewsHour  (PBS).]]></description></item><item><title>Start Spreading the News - I&apos;m Leaving Today</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619447.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619447.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new law from the state of New York to impose sales tax on Internet purchases is not only bad for business and the state's economy, but also flies in the face of Supreme Court standards, says a new publication from the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI).]]></description></item><item><title>La sesi&amp;oacute;n plenaria de UNITY &apos;08 tratar&amp;aacute; el tema de la globalizaci&amp;oacute;n a las 9:00 A.M. en el sal&amp;oacute;n Skyline Ballroom</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619446.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619446.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[y el papel que desempe&ntilde;an los  medios y las comunicaciones en el reportaje de estas historias. La sesi&oacute;n ser&aacute;  moderada por Ray Su&aacute;rez, corresponsal ejecutivo del programa The NewsHour  (PBS).]]></description></item><item><title>Andrew Susman, CEO &amp;amp; Co-Founder of Studio One Networks Joins Business for Diplomatic Action Board</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619445.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619445.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Business for Diplomatic Action has unanimously elected to its board Andrew Susman, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Studio One Networks.]]></description></item><item><title>CarMax Says Online Searches Rise for Fuel-Efficient Cars</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619433.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619433.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CarMax, Inc.  the nation's largest retailer of used cars, reports that searches on carmax.com for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles increased in June.  According to carmax.com, search frequency rankings for several vehicles with higher estimated miles per gallon (mpg) have increased.]]></description></item><item><title>Wisconsin DOT Selects WSI Pilotbrief(TM)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619432.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619432.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WSI Corporation (http://www.wsi.com/), the most trusted weather decision support provider in the aviation industry, today announced the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded WSI a contract to provide WSI Pilotbrief(TM) weather briefing stations throughout the State of Wisconsin.  WSI will furnish Pilotbrief systems at 93 locations throughout the state, in addition to providing access to WSI's Pilotbrief Online(TM) internet briefing service for the 10,000 plus pilots residing in Wisconsin.]]></description></item><item><title>Rod Beckstrom and Ian O. Angell to Keynote at TechWeb&apos;s Black Hat USA 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619431.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619431.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Black Hat, the world's leading family of information security events, owned by TechWeb, today announced keynoters Rod Beckstrom, Director of the National Cyber Security Center, and Ian O. Angell, Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics, at this year's event happening August 2-7, 2008 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Black Hat USA 2008 will host over 4,000 digital security experts, bringing together public and private sector security professionals and underground hackers. For more information visit http://www.blackhat.com/.]]></description></item><item><title>Tyco International Acquires Last Major Sensormatic(R) Franchise</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619430.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619430.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tyco International Ltd.  announced today an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Sensormatic Security Corporation (SSC) for approximately $81 million. SSC is a franchisee of Sensormatic Electronics Corporation in the states of Virginia and Maryland and in the District of Columbia.]]></description></item><item><title>EMCORE&apos;s Wins 2008 R&amp;amp;D 100 Award For Inverted Metamorphic Multi-Junction Solar Cell Technology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619424.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619424.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[EMCORE Corporation  a leading provider of Semi-conductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announced today that its world record Inverted Metamorphic (IMM) solar cell technology has been chosen by R&amp;D Magazine for an R&amp;D 100 award.  This prestigious award recognizes the IMM solar cell as one of the most innovative technologies of 2008.]]></description></item><item><title>Leaders of Four Metro Atlanta Municipalities Outline Broadband Goals at Alliance for Digital Equality&apos;s Digital Empowerment Summit 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619412.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619412.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The leaders of four metro Atlanta municipalities gave highlights of their broadband initiatives at the first ever Digital Empowerment Summit, hosted by The Alliance for Digital Equality (ADE).  The well attended event, moderated by Rodney Ellis, State Senator of Texas and ADE Board Member and Maria Saporta, Columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, featured business and community leaders and elected officials Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Fulton County Commissioner Chairman John Eaves, Jr., Clayton County Commissioner Chairman Eldrin Bell and Vernon  Jones, CEO of Dekalb County Government.]]></description></item><item><title>Honeywell Declares Quarterly Dividend</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619400.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619400.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of Honeywell  has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.275 per share on the company's outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on September 10, 2008 to shareowners of record at the close of business on August 20, 2008.]]></description></item><item><title>Tuskegee Airmen Awards Colorado Student the Pratt &amp;amp; Whitney Golden Eagle Scholarship</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619399.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619399.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pratt &amp; Whitney, a United Technologies Corp.  company, in partnership with the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., awarded the 2008 Golden Eagle Scholarship to Mahad Fahieh of Aurora, Colorado.  The four-year, $20,000 award, funded by Pratt &amp; Whitney, recognizes a high school senior who has demonstrated aptitude for aerospace technology and aviation.]]></description></item><item><title>Senador Barack Obama hablar&amp;aacute; en la Convenci&amp;oacute;n de Periodistas de Color</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619398.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619398.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[El presunto  candidato presidencial dem&oacute;crata el senador Barack Obama se dirigir&aacute; a los  asistentes de UNITY '08 el domingo 27 de julio, aqu&iacute; en la convenci&oacute;n  cuadrienal de UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc. (UNITY: Periodistas de Color).   El discurso de Obama ser&aacute; el evento de cierre de una conferencia de cinco d&iacute;as  de duraci&oacute;n que atrajo a cerca de 7,000 periodistas de todo el pa&iacute;s y se  transmitir&aacute; en vivo a las 11 a.m. (CDT) desde el Skyline Ballroom en el centro  de convenciones McCormick Place West.]]></description></item><item><title>Sprinkler IQ Unveils First On-Line, On-Site Smart Water Timer for Under $100</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619397.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619397.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York-based Sprinkler IQ (http://www.sprinkleriq.com/), which develops smart irrigation systems, gives homeowners, property managers, building owners and landscape contractors an easy way to save 30-70% on their landscape watering bills by using their new patented pending technology.  The Sprinkler IQ does not require a computer nor an internet connection in order to start saving.  There are no subscription fees for this service and so the user starts saving money and water right from day one.]]></description></item><item><title>Senador Barack Obama hablar&amp;aacute; en la Convenci&amp;oacute;n de Periodistas de Color</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619396.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619396.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[El presunto  candidato presidencial dem&oacute;crata el senador Barack Obama se dirigir&aacute; a los  asistentes de UNITY '08 el domingo 27 de julio, aqu&iacute; en la convenci&oacute;n  cuadrienal de UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc. (UNITY: Periodistas de Color).   El discurso de Obama ser&aacute; el evento de cierre de una conferencia de cinco d&iacute;as  de duraci&oacute;n que atrajo a cerca de 7,000 periodistas de todo el pa&iacute;s y se  transmitir&aacute; en vivo a las 11 a.m. (CDT) desde el Skyline Ballroom en el centro  de convenciones McCormick Place West.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft fera l&apos;acquisition de DATAllegro</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619395.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619395.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description></item><item><title>New Scripps Executive Will Head Newspaper Division&apos;s Interactive Initiatives</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://it.sys-con.com/read/619381.htm</guid><link>http://it.sys-con.com/read/619381.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rusty Coats, who has led audience and revenue expansion efforts at several media companies, has been named vice president of interactive for the newspaper division of The E. 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