Inspired by the overwhelming response to their launch of personalized kids CDs, Z Kids Music, a fast-blossoming music company, has decided to start a blog for parents to provide the best for their kids. The company has ventured into kids personalized music in a bid to provide an exciting outlet for both children and their parents. Customized CDs for kids are sure to be an avenue for creativity and originality.

'Personalized kids CDs are an ingenuous method of developing a feeling of being special in the child's mind. Consequently, a blog for their parents will surely promote kids personalized music and will also aid us in our learning process. We can understand both the academic and spiritual mood of the child. The blog will also provide an outlet for the parents to voice their opinions about their children. They can express their creativity and emotions there. It can be about a delicious dish or even about some special moments shared with their tiny tots. We hope to enrich the relationship between the kids and their parents in the process', said the CEO of the company.

The relationship between a child and his parents is so special that every parent can endlessly eulogize about it. There will be so many moments which he will savor and these moments can build up interesting blog posts. These posts can be the expression of the deepest emotions of a parent. It can be a description about an evening snack or a picture of the kids flying kites in the sky. Anything which appeals to the mind can find expression in the blog posts.

The personalized kids CDs are a novel way to stimulate a child's imagination. Since it incorporates a child's name several times in a CD, it makes a child feel special and cared for. With his name being called out by his favorite cartoon characters in his much loved songs, the child feels on top of the world. Kids personalized music creates an emphatic impression on the child's mind. Parents also feel happy to see their kid's eyes light up on hearing their names in the songs. Pronunciation and spellings are also taken care of. The CDs leave a lasting feeling in every child's mind.

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In a determined drive to underline its leadership position in the international wireless telecommunications market and to meet the growing needs of its customers, Comfone has unveiled a new, striking visual presence, excellence underpinned by – quality, reliability and innovation

Bern, Switzerland, 8 June 2009 – Today, June 8th, Comfone unveiled its new corporate identity to the media and its customers and suppliers around the world. At a splendid launch event held at Comfone's corporate headquarters in Bern, the new Comfone look was presented by enthusiastic staff and executives to a multiplicity of invited guests from industry and media.

Mathias Prüssing, Comfone CEO, said: 'Comfone has grown in the past ten years to be the world's leading independent Hub provider for mobile operators and service providers in the roaming carrier market. The Comfone name is recognised throughout the global telecoms industry as standing for Swiss quality, reliability and innovation.

'Looking ahead to the continuing evolution of its customer requirements and the wireless telecommunications market, Comfone is excited about its future and believes that now is the time to evolve its visual presence, to emphasise its core values while promoting its innovative future. For this reason Comfone is unveiling a new visual presence, which will recognisably promote its Swiss values, while underscoring its award-winning role in the global roaming market.'

In the past decade Comfone has provided increasingly sophisticated solutions and services to its customers within the fast paced, ever changing telecom industry. In mid-2008 Comfone stepped back and evaluated its position within the global roaming carrier market. The company decided that, in line with its global growth and roaming achievements, it needed to establish a clearer, more modern presence which would be easily recognisable to its customers around the world.

Comfone is an independent Swiss company with a global presence. Employing nearly 100 multicultural staff at its headquarters in Bern and with regional offices throughout the world, the company's services and solutions offer flexibility and a personal touch, which set it apart from its larger competitors in the roaming market. As it embarks on its innovative future, Comfone wants to emphasise its unique strengths while affirming its ongoing commitment to optimising roaming processes and increasing the efficiency of mobile roaming – its commitment to Excellence in Roaming.

Confident about its future in the wireless roaming market, Comfone invites you to experience its new look on its website: www.comfone.com, or contact us for more information.

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About Comfone
Comfone, provider of roaming services to more than 300 operators in over 130 countries, is known throughout the telecoms industry as an international mobile roaming specialist. Comfone's industry know-how owes itself to over ten years' of experience and customer-orientated in-house expertise.
Through its unique portfolio and additional value added services, Comfone fully optimises each operator's roaming processes, thus increasing the efficiency of mobile roaming. The company's portfolio ranges from the complete outsourcing of roaming, to individual elements, such as signalling, hubbing, data, WLAN roaming, convergence and clearing services. WeRoam is a trademark of Comfone's services in wholesale mobility management and roaming solutions for Wireless IP telecommunications (WLAN & WiMAX). Comfone's active participation in GSMA standardisation groups ensures that its innovative solutions are market-driven and meet the requirements of its substantial worldwide customer base.
Comfone employs nearly 100 multicultural staff at its headquarters in Bern. From its regional offices covering Europe, Latin America, North America, Central Asia and Asia Pacific, Comfone is well placed to support its customers throughout the world. Learn more about Comfone at www.comfone.com.

Contacts at Comfone:

Comfone AG
Michael Gebert
Marketing Director
Tel: +41 (0) 31 341 11 24
Fax: +41 (0) 31 341 10 11
Email: Michael.Gebert@comfone.com

Cornelia Lanz
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +41 (0) 31 341 11 62
Fax: +41 (0) 31 341 10 11
Email: Cornelia.Lanz@comfone.com

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Butlins, the popular UK holiday destination, is to host the UK's first social networking weekender. The event in conjunction with fuelmyblog.com and Net.works takes place from 19th-21st June at Butlins Bognor Regis. It will combine all the fun of a British holiday resort with the instant engagement of online networking.

Fuelmyblog's Kevin Dixie said: "People involved at the highest level of the UK's social media including Google, BT, and Microsoft are going to be attending what looks set to be a ground breaking networking event."

To celebrate this unique event; Butlins has teamed up with Corky's Vodka Shots to create the 'Twitter' and 'Butlins' cocktails. From opposite ends of the spectrum the 'Twitter' is an exciting fruity drink which dramatically changes colour and the 'Butlins' is a creamy, red drink inspired by the in season strawberry.

Butlins Bognor Regis Resort Director, Jeremy Pardey can't wait to show the social networkers what Butlins is all about: 'We've invested heavily in our Resorts over the past few years and we feel really proud of what we've got to offer. We're also aware of the value in online engagement and want to show people that we are serious about connecting via social networks.'

The weekend gets underway on the Friday night with a social networking and online gaming reception, followed by live performances from Gwen Dickie's Rose Royce and Toby Anstis. Saturday and Sunday are packed with activities including a social media go-kart Grand Prix, high rope climbing, VIP bar access and more live music.

To find out more about this event, please contact: kevin@fuelmyblog.com or sara-jane.brown@butlins.com

Find us on Twitter: @wearebutlins, @kevindixie, @paulwalsh.

Terms and conditions: Wristbanded event only bookable through eventbrite. Prices include half board from Friday night until Monday morning, VIP access, free wifi and all entertainment. Entertainment and activities are subject to change. Accomodation is subject to promotional availability and is based on a minimum of three sharing a two bedroom apartment and 5 sharing a 3 bedroom apartment. For full terms and conditions see butlins.com

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Elementary school students who have the opportunity to assist in the creation of their elementary school yearbook may be surprised to learn how much fun and creativity goes into the process. Entourage Yearbooks has made the entire procedure a useful learning experience that students and teachers fondly remember.

Elementary school yearbooks require a lot of planning and coordinating. Not only are school yearbooks a fond memory of the fun and excitement that took place during the year, but the process of helping to create the actual yearbook is an opportunity most students wouldn't want to miss. Students enjoy collecting and organizing photos as well as selecting from hundreds of designs, colors and templates Entourage Yearbook offers to help create the most memorable yearbook ever.

Entourage Yearbooks makes planning and creating an elementary school yearbook fun, easy and interactive. Their dedicated yearbook publishing website has all of the necessary tools needed to create a yearbook. The web site offers great choices for collecting, organizing, and storing yearbook content. It allows yearbook staff members access to pictures that will be included in the yearbook. Students can also learn how to upload their favorite photo for inclusion.

Edward Jo, Production Manager for Entourage Yearbook commented, 'One of the biggest joys in working with elementary schools and PTAs is seeing the final product, and the joy it brings to all of the students and teachers that worked on the project from start to finish. They feel a real sense of accomplishment, and so do we.'

Elementary school yearbooks are easy to plan and create since Entourage Yearbooks offers a variety of tools, customer service and computer software. All of the tools and templates Entourage offers are customized by category, so schools can select designs that are appropriate for their age groups.

A satisfied customer of Entourage Yearbooks, Joyce Watts of H.I.S Home School Group, had this to say, "Just to let you know, we're celebrating here as the completed, beautiful yearbooks arrived yesterday! They really look sharp – I'm very pleased, and think everyone will be as well. The color is so sharp, the binding is very well done, the book overall is like a classy magazine! I'm thinking…..'did we really do THIS?' Wow. Truly, we weren't alone…..we couldn't have done this without your careful work on your end – thank you!!!"

To learn more about creating an elementary school yearbook online, visit http://www.entourageyearbooks.com/index.html

About Entourage Yearbooks
Entourage works with high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, colleges/universities, military groups and churches around the country to fulfill their yearbook publishing needs. They proudly offer the fastest turnaround time in the industry, and affordable prices. In most cases, Entourage Yearbooks are priced 20% below other companies.

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Providing a Lower-cost Game Development Environment, and Supporting broader range of developers and publishers to create varieties of small software titles

LOS ANGELES, Calif. –Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that it is reducing the price of the Development Tool models DTP-T2000A and DTP-T2000, the hardware necessary for developing PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) software titles, to JPY150,000 in Japan, US $ 1,500 in North America and €1,200 in Europe/PAL territories effective immediately. By offering PSP Development Tools at a very attractive price, SCE will provide a more affordable game development environment for a broader range of developers and publishers, further enhancing the software lineup for the PSP system.

As of March 2009, cumulative worldwide sell-in units of the PSP system exceeded 51.6 million units, a remarkable milestone for the first handheld platform from the PlayStation® family. To further grow the installed base of the PSP system and to enhance its software line-up, SCE will also provide ProDG for PSP, a highly acclaimed powerful programming tool which helps to improve productivity of software development, as part of PSP Software Development Kit*1 without an additional charge. Also effective today, Testing Tool models DTP-H2500A and DTP-H2500, the tools utilized for quality assurance for PSP titles under development, will also become available at an affordable price of JPY100,000 in Japan, US $ 1,000 in North America and €800 in Europe/PAL territories. By providing a lower-cost game development environment, SCE will contribute to meet the needs of various game development styles and accelerate software development for the PSP system.

As part of the measures to support a broader range of developers and publishers to create varieties of small software titles, SCE will aim to provide a development environment within this calendar year that will allow creators to develop more casual, exciting and attractive content to be made available for the ever growing PlayStation®Network users around the world by streamlining the process from license agreement to publishing for small, download exclusive software titles.

SCEI will deploy various measures to further reinforce game development for PSP and will continue to expand the platform to offer attractive interactive entertainment experiences only available on PSP.

*1 Software Development Kit is a set of development tools and software libraries. Developers are able to obtain this SDK by signing a license agreement with SCE and by purchasing tool products.

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Gigamedia Limited has a banner 2008 year with full-year revenues reaching a record $190.4 million which is up by an astounding 25%. Net income hit a new high of $44.4 million for 14% growth while earning per share are impressive at $0.82 (basic) and $ 0.74 (fully diluted).

Nasdaq-listed Gigamedia cheered investors with fourth quarter revenues of $44.6 million, a net income of $9.1 million in a difficult economic environment and earnings per share of $0.17 (basic) and $0.15 (when fully diluted). CEO Arthur Wang reported that these solid results indicate the correctness of their business model. He expects 2009 to be a great year also but admits they have to do some cost cutting measures to protect long-term profitability.

Company president Thomas Hui believes they can still deliver strong growth but worries that online poker and online casinos will face new pressures from an increasingly tough global economy. He thinks past investments and a fully implemented cost reduction and increased efficiency plans will help them weather the financial and economic storms besetting the region. He says the on-line gaming and entertainment industries have good fundamentals and will still grow but at a slower pace this year.

GigaMedia Limited, through its subsidiaries, is an online gaming software developer. Its gaming software products comprise Online Gaming Management and Online Gaming Modules that run on Microsoft Windows 2000/ME/XP/VISTA, and features a realistic 3-D environment, selectable background music, and local language interface.. GigaMedia Limited provides online games and services,such as MahJong and various card, chess, and table games. It operates in Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Canada, and the United States. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Nowadays many countries all over the globe reconsider gambling legislation, in connection with this fact India becomes more attractive for online casinos. This country has the large population and fast developing economy, that’s why the gambling market has the great potential. Indian market is open for online casinos and internet gambling, such processes as massive creation of the workplaces are the great advantages of the country. Online casinos and other companies working at the internet try to lobby the creation of more open and loyal gambling laws. Today the Public Gaming Act is the main document regulating the sphere of gambling, but some experts say it should be updated and renewed.
The position of internet gambling sites in modern India is quite complicated, because in fact the government can’t control the numerous offshore online casinos, the most part of existing laws concerning to the sphere of gambling neither work no enforce restrictions. If you wish to play online you can find a dozen of different payment methods, and the ban just can’t prevent you from doing it.

But what shell the government do in such situation? The world of gambling is full of money and it is certainly extremely attractive for the gamers. The good decision is to establish new gambling legislation and correct taxation, in such a way the general public will get the legal access to online casinos and the government will be able to control the process and collect taxes. The first step in this direction can become the renewal of existing Public Gaming Act.

The UK's largest independent web marketing company has undertaken a major re-brand to tie in with its expansion programme.

High Position, which is based in Colchester, got its creative juices flowing to create new and modern branding throughout the whole company. This re-brand has taken place after a run of new client acquisitions and a larger share in the SEO market, also setting them up for future growth.

A mountaineer has been used throughout the High Position branding, demonstrating its strap line of 'taking you one step higher'.

Asteriks*, High Position's creative design arm, also had a makeover by giving clients their 'creative 5-a-day' by utilising their design, website, printing, exhibition and mobile phone capabilities.

Steve Dart, managing director of High Position said: 'This re-brand has been a great way to update the company's profile. After our new office launch and some key national client wins we knew we needed some fresh branding, to set us apart from our competitors and show that High Position can get you the results you require.'

Founded in 1995, High Position has achieved number one positions for generic search terms in Google for clients including LloydsTSB for 'business loan', Budget Car & Van Rental for 'car hire', haart Estate Agents for 'estate agent' and Hillarys Blinds for 'blinds'. The company is also a strategic partner of Sony Europe.

High Position was voted Best UK Search agency by topSEOs in January 2009. The senior management team includes Head of Search Shaun Parker, Commercial Director Terry Heffernan – who is a former IT Manager for GlaxoSmithKline, and Non-Executive Director Guilio Brunini, Yahoo's former European Head of Marketing Solutions and former CEO of BrandAmp.

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Just when you thought progressive jackpots at online casinos couldn’t get any larger, another millionaire was made after hitting a multi-million Euro jackpot. In fact, the lucky player becomes the biggest online millionaire to date. The whopping jackpot was to the tune of ?6,374,434, which is the largest jackpot ever won in the history of online gambling.

Not surprisingly, the jackpot was through Microgaming Software’s expansive progressive jackpot network of online casinos. Mainly focused on the UK and Euro online gambling sector, Microgaming casinos are widely considered some of the best destinations to wager online. Even after closing their doors to the U.S. market, Microgaming has been able to procure a large share of the billions gambled online each year. Consequently, the progressive jackpots have managed to stay hefty.

This has never been more evident than the massive jackpots building up at Microgaming’s “Mega Moolah” video slot, which has paid out $286 million to 7,000+ players, and is directly responsible for creating 14 online millionaires. Indeed, it was “Mega Moolah” that dished out this most recent millionaire. And quite frankly, it’s likely to be “Mega Mollah” that will make the next online millionaire.

The online casino lucky enough to host the jackpot (almost as lucky as the winning player) was River Belle Casino. One of the top online casinos in the popular Belle Rock Entertainment Group (managed by Gibraltar-based and licensed, Carmen Media), which includes the OCS reviewed Jackpot City Casino, River Belle is no stranger to large jackpots. Taking a peek at the Recent Winners page of this eCOGRA approved casino’s website and you’ll see what I mean.

Carmen Media’s CEO, Tim Johnson, expressed the excitement felt by all. “It’s always a pleasure to see players win life changing jackpots”, said Johnson. He went on to give a hearty congratulations to the player who happened to be a longtime loyal player at River Belle. Second Johnson’s congratulations was Microgamign CEO, Roger Raatgever. Due to privacy laws, the full identity of the player could not be disclosed. However, it has been confirmed that the player is a small business owner residing in Greece, and who goes by the name Georgios M.

Hull Cash Registers offer great savings on all consumable products for retailers throughout the UK.

From their website http://www.hullcashregisters.co.uk/ the company sells thousands of products including till rolls, pricing guns, shop equipment, promotional labels and, unsurprisingly, cash registers. The companies' cash register inventory ranges from a basic machine for a typical small business up to an all in one PC-POS touch screen terminal with a 15' high brightness display for retailers who need the extra capacity and quality.

Hull Cash Registers CEO Shaun Roberts said: "We pride ourselves in offering a full range of products together with genuinely discounted prices. All our products are kept in stock and on site and we offer free 24 hour delivery on all orders. Our website is designed to make our customers online shopping experience as easy and as painless as possible and all orders are processed as soon as they are received."

Hull Cash Registers have been established for many years and have built up an enviable reputation throughout the UK for supplying top quality goods quickly and at the best possible prices. The company are stockists of all the major brands including Uniwell, Geller, Olympia, Lynx, Motex, Puma and Salter Brecknell. They offer customer care and an after sales service second to none and, with their heavily discounted prices and free delivery service, they understandably have a large base of repeat customers.

Full details of the Hull Cash Registers complete range of consumable products can be found on their website http://www.hullcashregisters.co.uk/

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