BEEcube Inc. to Exhibit at the International Conference on Supercomputing 2010

Fremont, Calif. (PRWEB) May 27, 2010

BEEcube, a leading provider of advanced system-level FPGA prototyping platforms, will exhibit at the International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS) on Wednesday, June 2 and Thursday, June 3 from 10:30am to 6:00pm and on Friday, June 4 from 10:30am to 12:30pm at the Tsukuba International Conference Center in Tsukuba, Japan.

BEE3 and BEEcube technology will be highlighted in a paper accepted by the ICS program committee called: "Paralearn: A Massively Parallel, Scalable System for Learning Interaction Networks on FPGAs", by Narges Bani Asadi (Stanford University), Christopher W. Fletcher, Greg Gibeling (University of California, Berkeley), Karen Sachs, Eric N. Glass, Zoey Zhou (Stanford University), Daniel Burke, John Wawrzynek (University of California, Berkeley), Wing H. Wong, Garry P. Nolan (Stanford University).

BEEcubes demonstration at ICS will include a working example of ParaLearn, presented at the show.

We are very excited to sponsor ICS, said Joseph Rothman, BEEcubes Sr. VP of Marketing and Business Development. ICS is one of the leading conferences for supercomputing research, and given BEE3s extensive usage in the HPC architecture exploration domain by world leading universities and research organizations, our desire to participate was clear.

For more information on BEEcube Inc. and its FPGA prototyping hardware/software solutions, visit: http://www.beecube.com or http://www.beecube.eefocus.com

Details on the International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS) can be found at: http://www.ics-conference.org/

About BEEcube:

BEEcube, a leading provider of advanced system-level FPGA prototyping platforms, was founded in 2006. Spinning out of the University of California, Berkeley, BEEcubes founders include the best academic minds in Silicon Valley and are credited with founding a number of leading companies, including Atheros Communications.

There are over 150 BEE systems deployed worldwide in major corporations and top universities. Corporations currently using BEE systems include: Xilinx, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Aerospace Corporation, and Thales Group. Leading universities include: University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, Barcelona Super Computing Center, Tokyo University, Tsinghua University, and Peking University.

For more information contact info(at)beecube(dot)com or visit the website: http://www.beecube.com. Telephone: (510)252-1136. Facsimile: (888)700-8917. BEEcubes corporate headquarters is based at 39465 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite 3700, Fremont, CA 94538.

BEEcube, BEE, BEE3, BEE3-W, BEEcube Platform Studio are trademarks of BEEcube Inc. All rights reserved.

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PlayerSoft Technologies and Thunder Valley Casino Resort Announce Launch of Mobile Enrollment - Mobile Players Club Sign up System on the Apple iPod Touch

Lincoln, California (PRWEB) September 28, 2011

Mobile Enrollment was launched Sept 10 at Thunder Valley Casino Resort and is currently in use on the casino floor.

The product has an open design interfacing with the Casino Player Tracking system, transforming the players club sign up process from several minutes in front of a computer to just a few seconds anywhere on the casino floor. Mobile enrollment works on an iPod touch or Apple iPhone equipped with a specialized scanner and software to immediately enroll new players into the players club.

We are very pleased to launch this groundbreaking product with such a high profile, experienced operator like Thunder Valley, said Tony de Leon, President of PlayerSoft. The convergence of specialized software and advances in hardware technology finally make mobile sign up possible. Thunder Valley is the perfect operator to take full advantage of this added capability to market to and reward their players.

Small, lightweight and easy to use, Mobile Enrollment helps eliminate lines at the players club counter, improves customer service and improves data accuracy during the sign up process. It also features an offline mode which allows casino staff to take sign up capability to far reaching areas and off site events, adding even greater reach for the Players Club

We are pleased to be working with PlayerSoft and are thrilled to be the first in the Northern California market to add Mobile Enrollment as an amenity to our guests, said Kari Smith, Vice President of Marketing for Thunder Valley. This partnership allows us to reach more players while also providing faster, better guest service as we reward our loyal guests. Mobile Enrollment makes the player acquisition quick, easy, and accurate, allowing us to provide a better overall guest experience.

Additional Information:

Playersoft Software Suite: http://www.playersoft.com/products/mobile-enrollment.html

See PlayerSoft and Mobile Enrollment at G2E in Las Vegas Oct 4-6.

About Playersoft:

Playersoft was launched by a group of established casino operators in August of 2010. Their mission is to help casino operators improve the players gaming experience which will have a positive effect on revenue and profitability. In late 2011 Playersoft will be expanding its product offering to Asia and Europe.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort was opened by the United Auburn Indian Community in June 2003. The newly remodeled and expanded entertainment, dining and hotel resort is Northern Californias first casino offering all the elements of real Las Vegas-style gaming: service, cuisine and entertainment in an outstanding facility

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Located 30 miles east of Sacramento, Thunder Valley Casino Resort offers 500,000 square feet of gaming space including 2,800 slot and video machines, 125 table games and a live poker room with space for 210 players. There are 14 restaurants and bars highlighted by the new High Steaks Steakhouse; Koi Palace; a 500-seat Feast Around The World Buffet and Thunder Caf

Dr. Arun Agrawal to Speak at World Wildlife Fund

Washington, D.C. (Vocus) September 25, 2009 -

Dr. Arun Agrawal, Professor and Associate Dean for Research of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan, will speak on "Community, Carbon and Livelihoods of Forest Commons - Win-Win vs. Tradeoffs Relationships" at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today, Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. The lecture is part of the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Seminar series, which brings distinguished scientists from a variety of fields to Washington, D.C. to present cutting edge research of central importance to international conservation.

Forest commons - forests used in common by a large number of diverse users - comprise nearly 18% of global forest area and make crucial contributions to livelihoods, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity conservation, in addition to many other local and global ecosystem services. The contribution of forest commons to local livelihoods far exceeds their territorial extent--more than a billion people are estimated to depend at least partially on different kinds of benefits drawn from forest commons.

Using original data for more than 100 forest commons from ten different countries, Dr. Agrawal will examine the relationship between carbon sequestration and the contributions of forests to livelihoods. His analysis suggests that larger patch size of community forests, and greater autonomy to communities in managing are positively associated with win-win carbon and livelihood outcomes on community forests. The findings of the study provide some guidance for organizations interested in improving carbon sequestration and livelihood outcomes at the same time in relation to community forests.

Dr. Agrawal's research and teaching emphasizes the politics of international development, institutional change and environmental conservation. He has written extensively on indigenous knowledge, community-based conservation, common property, population and resources, and environmental identities. Dr. Agrawal's recent interests include the decentralization of environmental policy and the emergence of the environment as a subject of human concern. He has focused on South Asia, although recent projects include other developing countries in Africa and Latin America.

Dr. Agrawal has been awarded the Arthur Greer Memorial Research Prize. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University, a M.A. in Political Science from Duke University, a M.B.A. in Development Administration and Public Policy from Indian Institute of Management, and a B.A. in History from Delhi University.

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From Weekend Playground to Retirement Destination, Gun Barrel City, Texas, Offers Something for Everyone

Gun Barrel City, Texas (PRWEB) May 27, 2011

Memorial Weekend kicks off the season in Gun Barrel City, Texas, a fast-growing community that thrives on the summer months when thousands visit Cedar Creek Lake. The town is located just 50 miles south and east of Dallas, but Gun Barrel City offers a relaxed, country pace that appeals to visitors, permanent residents, and city weekenders alike.

With a name as distinctive as its lakefront lifestyle, Gun Barrel City has a lot going for it, including steady growth. The population increased more than 20 percent between the 2000 and 2010 Census, with current population figures at more than 6,500 residents. Over weekends in the summer, that population swells to as much as ten times that number around the lake, as "the weekenders" descend upon their lake homes.

To keep up with community needs, the city has adopted a pro-business attitude. Gun Barrel City is one of just a handful of towns in Texas without ad valorem taxes. The city also has an Economic Development Corporation that offers incentives to businesses interested in locating in the community.

We are actively pursuing retail businesses, restaurants, entertainment venues, and of course agriculture or light manufacturing that bring jobs and services, says Steve Webster, president of the EDC.

Currently the city is working on anchor tenants for its Heritage Cove development, which already includes a new La Quinta Inn, an 8-screen movie theatre, the popular Lake Jackson Seafood Restaurant, a retail strip, and plans for a Riverwalk-style pedestrian shopping and entertainment complex. Land grants, loans, loan guarantees and other incentives are available and are helping position Gun Barrel City as a place to do business.

According to Webster, the population growth in Gun Barrel City is fueled by two trends: families in search of small towns and exceptional schools, and a growing retirement population drawn to the lake and its affordable lifestyle. The combination of new residents and the large weekend population has created a vibrant local economy.

The Lifestyle

Cedar Creek Lake is one of the largest lakes in Texas, and one of only a few that allow property owners to have docks. With more than 350 miles of shoreline, the lake has plenty of lakefront property. Most Gun Barrel City neighborhoods offer lakefront homes, ranging from tiny cabins to million dollar estates.

Theres plenty of room on Cedar Creek Lake for fishing, sailing, water skiing, Personal Water Craft, or cruising on a party barge.

On July 2, the city hosts JulyFest, a festival featuring a line up of popular bands and a fireworks display in the city park. Fireworks can be viewed from anywhere on the lake, as hundreds of private docks become launch pads for impressive fireworks displays.

The July 4th celebrations around Cedar Creek Lake also include an over water Air Show that features vintage and high tech military aircraft that thrill hundreds of boaters who gather on the water to watch the aeronautic acrobatics.

Permanent Visitors

In 2009, Gun Barrel City was awarded the Go Texan Certified Retirement Community designation from the state of Texas, a distinction that has attracted retirees from around the nation who want an affordable lakefront retirement in a moderate climate near excellent medical care.

There really is something for everyone in Gun Barrel City. The lake is a huge draw, and real estate on the lake is affordable. Retirees often start out as weekenders. Before they know it, they move here full time, says Larry Spiegel, a Dallas advertising executive who himself started visiting the lake on weekends before moving to Gun Barrel City full time in 2005.

The close proximity to Dallas means Gun Barrel City is commuting distance, and the area also is popular for telecommuters and professionals who work from home.

If you can live anywhere in the world and do your work, this is a great place to be, Spiegel says.

For more information on Gun Barrel City, visit http://www.gbcedc.com or http://www.gunbarrelcity.net.

About Gun Barrel City, Texas

Gun Barrel City, Texas, offers Something for Everyone. Situated in rural Henderson County, about 50 miles from Dallas, the community offers small town hospitality and plenty of recreation. Fishing and water sports are top draws to Gun Barrel City, which is the commercial center of Cedar Creek Lake, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in Texas. During the summer months, Gun Barrel City enjoys a resort-like atmosphere with thousands of visitors, tourists, and weekend or summer residents increasing the population in the community. Gun Barrel City is a Go Texan Certified Retirement Community that is actively seeking new businesses, retail establishments, restaurants, and entertainment venues to meet the needs of its growing population. For more information, contact the Gun Barrel City Economic Development Corporation at 877-243-7896, or visit http://www.gbcedc.com or http://www.gunbarrelcity.net.

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Modumetal Selected as a Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 21, 2011

Red Herring announced its Top 100 award in Hollywood, California last week. This award recognizes the leading private companies from North America, celebrating these startups innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Red Herrings Top 100 North America list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat, said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across North America to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Modumetal embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Modumetal should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.

Red Herrings editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the buzz and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in North America.

Modumetal, Inc. of Seattle, WA, is realizing the commercial potential of a unique, patented class of nanolaminated materials. These pioneering materials exemplify unprecedented performance for structural, corrosion, and high temperature applications. Modumetal is made by a green electrochemical manufacturing approach, which reduces the carbon footprint of conventional metals manufacturing at the same time that it revolutionizes materials performance. (http://www.modumetal.com). Modumetal is a backed by the Second Avenue Partners of Seattle, The Alliance of Angels, The Washington Research Foundation and Catamount Ventures of San Francisco.

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Tag Management System, TagMan closes $2.2 Million Series A Investment Led by Greycroft Partners

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 11, 2011

TagMan, the Tag Management System with real-time Attribution for enterprise e-commerce, today announced it has closed $ 2.25 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft Partners. Other investors in this round include iNovia Capital and Angels.

TagMan, the smart container, that sits on more than 100 e-commerce sites, including Subaru, Virgin Atlantic and Air New Zealand, previously raised $ 2.1 million in Angel funding, the most recent in February 2010 led by Cambridge Angels and the London Business School E100.

TagMan is used to manage online marketing tags/pixels (the pieces of code used by the digital advertising industry to track the performance of online campaigns) - and the data they provide - much more effectively, independently and with more control over privacy. It is used by e-commerce businesses to connect or switch between online marketing technology providers such as data systems, retargeting networks and web analytics providers more freely, and track the entire multi-touch attribution path to conversion of online customers in one system, in real time.

"TagMan was the first Tag Management System and has established itself as the market leader and trend-setter in both the US and Europe," says TagMan founder and CEO Paul Cook. "We will put the new funding to immediate use in releasing version 3 of our technology, building out our infrastructure to support the continuing flow of new, enterprise e-commerce clients and to develop the technology so that we can continue to break new ground on behalf of those businesses."

"Tagman has been very successful in helping e-commerce companies and marketers improve the performance of their online marketing, and this has ancillary benefits for consumers and innovative vendors in the ad tech market," says Ian Sigalow, partner at Greycroft Partners, who has previously invested in Buddy Media and Collective. "We are very excited about the potential for TagMan's agnostic and universal solution to the problems presented by tags, pixels, and attribution.

Following the new investment, TagMan has expanded its Board of Directors with three new non-executive appointments: Seth Brody, representing Greycroft, an experienced digital media executive was previously a Group Vice President/GM of online travel agent Orbitz Worldwide; Shaun Gregory, new media director at O2 who also becomes Chairman; and John Taysom, representing Cambridge Angels, a director, founder or investor in several online companies, including Advertising.com. The remaining Board will continue to be comprised of CEO Paul Cook and TagMan General Manager Jon Baron.

Greycroft Partners LCC (http://www.greycroftpartners.com) founded in 2006, is a venture capital partnership, formed to invest in promising digital media companies. Greycroft has raised over $ 200 million and invests between $ 500,000 and $ 5 million at inception, and will increase on a staged basis to double that amount over time. Their portfolio companies benefit from active, hands-on assistance in all phases of expansion, including marketing, finance, and management development.

With offices in New York and Los Angeles, the company leverages an extensive network of media and technology industry connections to help investees gain visibility, build strategic relationships, and successfully bring their products to market. A list of its portfolio companies can be found here: Portfolio | Greycroft Partners LLC

iNovia Capital (http://inoviacapital.com/) provides venture capital to entrepreneurs who transform innovations into successful companies. The team comprises sector experts focused on mobile, consumer internet, internet communications, software and digital media. iNovia has $ 165 million under management across two seed and early stage IT and Life Sciences funds.

TagMan is the smart container tag for enterprise e-commerce. By acting as a single, universal tag and interface through which tracking tags and pixels can be deployed, online marketers can save time and money in the way they implement, manage and track campaigns. TagMan goes beyond last-click by capturing the complete path to conversion of online customers and providing real-time attribution reports that alleviate discrepancies between display, CPA and PPC online advertising channels.

TagMan was founded in November 2007 and has offices in New York and London. Clients include Virgin Atlantic, Subaru, Boden, Laura Ashley, Thomas Cook and Air New Zealand. TagMan recently won the DPAC Award as the Best Advertising Analytics company as determined by peers in digital media and marketing.

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Students Going Online to Save Money on Textbooks

Victoria, BC (PRWEB) August 18, 2005

America’s students will show their distain for highly priced textbooks by going online and purchasing discounted and used textbooks in record numbers during the current back-to-school season, according to Abebooks.com – the world’s largest online marketplace for books.

Abebooks.com expects to sell more academic books in August and September than any previous back-to-school season as increasing numbers of cash-strapped students turn to Internet booksellers. In January and February 2005, the website saw textbook sales increase by 400 percent on 12 months earlier, and that trend is set to continue.

List prices for new textbooks often exceed $ 100 and students studying medicine, engineering, the sciences and niche subjects are confronted with price-tags over $ 150. According to a report* from the Government Accountability Office released Aug. 16, textbook prices have increased at twice the rate of inflation in the past two decades and the average student spends almost $ 900 on textbooks and supplies.

Abebooks.com offers millions of new and used textbooks, and its average used textbook price is $ 27.

A common title such as Organic Chemistry by TW Graham Solomons and Craig Fryhle (July 2003 edition) has a list price of $ 141, yet used copies of the exact same edition are offered for $ 89 on Abebooks.com, which also has used older editions for $ 1.

Abebooks.com has a dedicated section called "Textbook Central" to help students find their books easily and quickly. It also includes a buy-back program where students can sell their books to recoup funds, as well as contests to win a Tablet PC, gift certificates for posters, CDs and iPods.

“Previously students had no choice but to purchase their textbooks at list prices from their own campus stores or large local bookstores,” said Sue Connors, Abebooks director of bookseller community. “In the last 18 months, the Internet has dramatically changed that situation and now price-conscious students can choose between new and used editions at cheaper prices by simply spending a few minutes online.”

About Abebooks.com:

Abebooks.com is the world’s largest online marketplace for books, with over 70 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print titles listed for sale by more than 13,000 independent booksellers from around the world. Abebooks has millions of registered customers who collectively purchase more than 25,000 books a day from its five global websites (Abebooks.com, Abebooks.co.uk, Abebooks.de, Abebooks.fr and Iberlibro.com). A true internet success story, Abebooks.com has been selling books online since 1996, and is a private company based in Victoria, B.C., Canada, with offices in Germany and Spain.

Contacts:

Richard Davies, PR & Publicity Mgr., Abebooks

Office Ph: 250-412-3238

*Published by the Government Accountability Office

http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/repandtest.html

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