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BitDefender Security for Linux Wins VB100 Award

an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender Security for Linux has won a VB100 Award from Virus Bulletin, adding to the company's growing list of awards for its proactive threat prevention solutions. BitDefender Security for Linux won the award in the latest Virus Bulletin comparative review on the Ubuntu Linux Server Edition Platform.

Sobey Art Award Announces 2008 Shortlist

Five Artists from across Canada in the running for $50,000 prize TORONTO (CNW) - The shortlist for the 2008 Sobey Art Award, presented by Scotiabank, was announced today by the Curatorial panel, naming five exceptional Canadian artists contending for the 2008 Sobey Art Award, a prize of $50,000: The five finalists are: Tim Lee, West Coast and Yukon region; Daniel Barrow, Prairies and the North region; Terence Koh, Ontario region; Raphaelle de Groot, Qu Debec region; Mario Doucette, Atlantic region "The Sobey reminds us all, curators and casual viewers alike, that Canadian artists are at the forefront of defining our communal identity and envisioning our cultural values." said David Moos, Curator of Contemporary Art, AGO and member of the 2008 Curatorial Panel "Participating in the process of selecting artists for the Sobey Art Award confi

Homeopathy Medicine Website Wins Prestigious Award: Hmedicine.com's Alternative Health Education Con

Natural Health Journal Editor's Choice Award given to Hmedicine.com for outstanding content and information in the field of Homeopathy and Alternative Medicines. June 18, 2008 Charlotte, NC -- Hmedicine.com is bestowed the Natural Health Journals Editor's Choice Award. This award is made to selected health web sites that exhibit:

Zonta Science, Building Research Award finalists

I would like to bring to your attention the tenth Biennial Zonta Science Award . The names of the winner of this award and of the Zonta Building Research Award will be announced at Government House on Tuesday 27 May.

Jonathan Ive takes home MDA award for iconic iPhone design

Jonathan Ive is awarded the 2008 MDA Personal Acheivement Award for the Apple iPhone. The Mobile Data Association, a UK-based group that seeks to "recognize those UK companies and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the uptake and success of mobile data over the last 12 months," has awarded Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design with its 2008 MDA Personal Achievement Award. The award was bestowed upon Jonathan Ive for his work in designing the iPhone, which judges say "has completely redefined the mobile phone as we know it."

Graphistudio win best stand award at Focus 08

We know it was a little while ago, but credit where credit's due. Here's a little snippet on photography book specialists, Graphistudio who, once again, won a best stand award at Focus 08. Jeremy Price of Graphistudio was delighted to accept a Best Stand Award at Focus '08. And, after presenting the award, Mary Walker, of Walker Exhibitions, announced that Graphistudio had won more consecutive stand awards than any other exhibitor.

Cryptography Expert Wins ACM Award for Advances in Protecting Privacy of Information Retrieval

NEW YORK, May 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sergey Yekhanin, a researcher at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Lab, has won the 2007 Doctoral Dissertation Award from ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) for developing a novel approach to protecting the privacy of users' queries when they are accessing a public database. His dissertation is titled "Locally Decodable Codes and Private Information Retrieval Schemes." Yekhanin, nominated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will receive the Doctoral Dissertation Award and its $20,000 prize at the annual ACM Awards Banquet on June 21, in San Francisco, CA. Financial sponsorship of this award is provided by Google Inc.

AOTA Recognizes VeriSign As the 2008 Online Safety Leadership Award Winner

Today, the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA) announced that VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world, is the winner of the 2008 Online Safety Leadership Award. Now in its second year, this award recognizes those companies and organizations that demonstrate leadership in improving and enhancing online safety and aid in the online trust ecosystem. The AOTA represents over one million businesses and 500 million online users worldwide; VeriSign received the award during the closing session of the 2008 AOTA Summit in Seattle.

AOTA Recognizes VeriSign as the 2008 Online Safety Leadership Award Winner

Today, the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA) announced that VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world, is the winner of the 2008 Online Safety Leadership Award. Now in its second year, this award recognizes those companies and organizations that demonstrate leadership in improving and enhancing online safety and aid in the online trust ecosystem. The AOTA represents over one million businesses and 500 million online users worldwide; VeriSign received the award during the closing session of the 2008 AOTA Summit in Seattle.

AOTA Recognizes VeriSign as the 2008 Online Safety Leadership Award Winner

SEATTLE --(Business Wire)-- Today, the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA) announced that VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world, is the winner of the 2008 Online Safety Leadership Award. Now in its second year, this award recognizes those companies and organizations that demonstrate leadership in improving and enhancing online safety and aid in the online trust ecosystem. The AOTA represents over one million businesses and 500 million online users worldwide; VeriSign received the award during the closing session of the 2008 AOTA Summit in Seattle.

Dr. Jon Thompson to Receive The Textile Museum's 2008 George Hewitt Myers Award

Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 6, 2008 -- The Textile Museum announced today that Dr. Jon Thompson, one of the foremost scholars in the field of Oriental carpets, has been chosen as the 2008 recipient of the Museum's George Hewitt Myers Award, the highest honor given in the field of textile arts. The Myers Award, named for The Textile Museum's founder and given by the Museum's Board of Trustees, recognizes Thompson's lifetime achievement and exceptional contributions to the study and understanding of the textile arts. He will be honored with the award at a Tribute Dinner on Thursday, October 16 in Washington, D.C.

Technology Award Recognizes Contributions to Nano Research

FEI Co., Portland, Oreg., received a technology award at Nano Tech 2008 in Tokyo, Japan, for technical excellence in evaluation and measurement of its Titan 80-300 S/TEM (scanning/transmission electron microscope). The award recognizes both innovative technology and the contributions the Titan S/TEM has enabled in nanotechnology research. Professor Tomoji Kawai, chairman, Nano Tech Executive Committee, noted that FEI has been a major contributor to the science of nanotechnology since its inception. The introduction of aberration-corrected TEM is a major breakthrough that gives scientists the ability to directly visualize nanostructures with sub-Angstrom imaging resolution. A new model with high resolution EELS (electron energy loss spectroscopy) that can provide analytical results with the same high resolution has also been put into pract

Sobey Art Award Announces 2008 Shortlist

TORONTO, May 20 /CNW/ - The shortlist for the 2008 Sobey Art Award, presented by Scotiabank, was announced today by the Curatorial panel, naming five exceptional Canadian artists contending for the 2008 Sobey Art Award, a prize of $50,000:

Sobey Art Award Announces 2008 Shortlist

TORONTO, May 20 /CNW/ - The shortlist for the 2008 Sobey Art Award, presented by Scotiabank, was announced today by the Curatorial panel, naming five exceptional Canadian artists contending for the 2008 Sobey Art Award, a prize of $50,000:

Jonathan Ive takes home MDA award for iPhone

The Mobile Data Association has presented an award to Apple's lead designer, Jonathan Ive, according to an announcement. Ive -- who is technically the senior VP of Industrial Design at the company -- has received a Personal Achievement Award, given in recognition for his design not only of the iPhone hardware but aspects of the touch-based user interface. The combination has "redefined the mobile phone as we know it," the MDA comments.

Bose Corporation Receives Red Dot Award: Design Team of the Year

Bose Corporation has been chosen as red dot award: design team of the year 2008, a title regarded as the highest distinction in the design world. Issued annually since 1988, the award honors the international design team that sets standards through continuous innovation and achievement in design.

ESET Secures Record-Breaking 50th Virus Bulletin Award for Security Excellence

SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)-- ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it has captured a record 50th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, a widely-respected independent comparative testing group. ESET is the first company to reach the 50-award milestone.

Philips Selected For 2008 Stars Of Energy Chairman's Award

Philips Electronics is proud to announce that it has been selected for the Alliance to Save Energy’s 2008 “Stars of Energy Efficiency” Chairman’s Award. Established to recognize the nation’s most proactive champions of energy-efficiency, the Alliance to Save Energy’s Chairman’s Award recognizes Philips based on its 2007 formation and leadership of the Lighting Efficiency Coalition, a collaborative effort by the lighting industry, environmental groups, and legislators to establish new energy efficiency standards for lighting and help phase out less-efficient lighting technologies in the interests of reducing the nation’s energy consumption and promoting greater sustainability. The Lighting Efficiency Coalition was formed under Philips leadership and was driven and energized by Philips’ encouragement of governments around the world to adopt

Gerecht's Stem Cell Research Nets Outstanding Young Engineer Award

Assistant Professor Sharon Gerecht, an affiliated faculty member of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, recently earned the Maryland Academy of Science's 2008 Outstanding Young Engineering (OYE) award. The OYE award recognizes the extraordinary scientific contributions of Maryland residents under the age of 35.

ThreatSentry Web Application Firewall Receives Network Products Guide 2008 Product Innovation Award

an innovative provider of web application security, intrusion prevention and security data analytics software today announced that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a world leading publication on technologies and solutions has named ThreatSentry a winner of the 2008 Product Innovation Award in the Web Application Firewall category. This annually venerated award recognizes and honors vendors from all over the world with innovative and ground-breaking products that are bringing

HUMANITIES AWARD : Google wins Prince of Asturias Award

The Foundation says that by providing instant and selective access to the wealth of information on the Internet, Google "contributes decisively to the progress of peoples."

NASA Honors Apollo 13 Astronaut John Swigert

WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will honor the late astronaut John "Jack" L. Swigert, Jr., with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the U.S. space program. During a ceremony with Apollo 13 spacecraft commander James Lovell on Friday, May 23, Swigert's sister Virginia will accept the award at and present it for display to the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver, Colo. The award presentation will highlight the opening of the museum's new exhibit on Colorado's Astronauts.

Aetna, Citi, Deutsche Telekom AG and UNINETT Win 2008 Liberty Alliance IDDY Awards

NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Alliance, the global identity community working to build a more trust-worthy internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced Aetna, Citi, Deutsche Telekom AG and UNINETT have won the 2008 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award. This year the judging panel awarded IDDYs in three categories covering Liberty-based deployments, Liberty-based emerging applications and multi-protocol identity-enabled solutions incorporating open identity specifications from Liberty Alliance. Winners will receive the IDDY Award on-stage at CSO Magazine's Digital ID World 2008 conference in Anaheim CA on September 9. A photo of the Liberty Alliance IDDY Award is available at http://www.projectliberty.

Award-Winning Sales Simplicity Software Now Offers Web-based ''Property Management Software'' for Apartment Market

TMCNet: Award-Winning Sales Simplicity Software Now Offers Web-based ''Property Management Software'' for Apartment Market

Grammy Award-winning Artist Shaggy Arrives in Tonga

Grammy Award winning artist Shaggy arrived in the Kingdom this morning for a concert sponsored by Digicel tomorrow night.


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