WorldWide Telescope, is a rich Web application that brings together imagery from the best ground- and space-based observatories across the world to allow people to easily explore the night sky through their computers. WorldWide Telescope has been eagerly anticipated by the astronomical and educational communities as a compelling astronomical resource for students and lifelong learners, and as a way to make science fun for children.  “The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe,” said Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). “By combining terabytes of incredible imagery and data with easy-to-use software for viewing and moving through all that information, the WorldWide Telescope opens the door to new ways to see and experience the wonders of space. Our hope is that it will inspire young people to explore astronomy and science, and help researchers in their quest to better understand the universe.” The application itself is a blend of software and Web 2.0 services created with the Microsoft high-performance Visual Experience Engine, which allows seamless panning and zooming around the heavens with rich image environments. WorldWide Telescope stitches together terabytes of high-resolution images of celestial bodies and displays them in a way that relates to their actual position in the sky. People can freely browse...Click to read more.

Evergreen Developments Group Launches Web Site for Northern Cyprus Properties

Evergreen Developments Group of Kyrenia, North Cyprus has launched a new site at evergreendevelopments.com to showcase North Cyprus real estate opportunities. On Evergreen’s web site, you can search properties by price, location, amenities, title deed types, and more. Once you find a property of interest, full details including floor plans, photos, and a list of availability in pricing can all be found on the site to ensure you are making an informative decision on your purchase. Also, you will find Evergreen’s latest Mortgage and special payment offers on beachfront properties, along with news and helpful information on North Cyprus including North Cyprus legalities and property purchase process. Finally, to fully accommodate clients who cannot visit North Cyprus regularly, Evergreen offers an RSS feed so clients can keep posted on construction progress, by viewing current photos of their properties in each build phase.  Whether you are seeking the ideal overseas property...Click to read more.

Music Sharing Mega-Site Ucombo.com Launches Download Store

Ucombo.com, the much-touted music sharing website for professional and budding artists has opened up another opportunity for musicians to market their original tracks, for free. A virtual download store powered by Ucombo.com can be accessed from a link posted on any website, including MySpace and Facebook. This will allow fans to purchase and download MP3's using Paypal technology. Ucombo.com, founded by Benefito, Inc. in December 2007, began its quest to bring together both musicians and music lovers by providing a free venue where all types of music from different genres could be uploaded by aspiring artists and professional performers, to be enjoyed and downloaded by music enthusiasts. Now, Ucombo.com is taking this popular music community a step further by allowing musicians to actually sell their original tracks online. This is made possible by virtual stores run by the site which enable artists to incorporate several tools, including providing a short demo of their music for sale. Performers can put up as many tracks as they want on the block and build up a fan base by inviting their friends to sign up to Ucombo.com and vote for their music. The more votes an artist receives, the wider the promotion generated for their music, and the greater the chances they have of selling their work. From pop, rock and alternative to hip-hop, r&b and classical, plus everything else in between, all of these original music tracks composed and rendered by amazing talents will not go unnoticed at Ucombo.com. The universal appeal of site's slogan, "Share the Music" is further enhanced by this new service. While providing the opportunity to promote innovative and original sounds, the new download store also gives artists the chance to earn money for their music.  Ucombo.com will provide free and user-friendly tools for musicians to operate their own online store, without...Click to read more.

ScentToSleep.com Launches Website for People Who Suffer From Insomnia
Scent To Sleep recently launched www.scenttosleep.com, a website that offers sleep mist products to those who suffer from insomnia or mild sleep disorders.  Do you find that you toss and turn, feel anxious or your mind skips from one negative thought to another whether it is concerns over money, relationships or health? You are not alone. Over 70 million people have many sleepless nights. ScentToSleep.com offers Luscious Lavender Sleeping Mist and Decadent Green Apple Vanilla Sleeping Mist.  Lavender and other essential oils soothe and calm you so you can sleep better. Their products have a lulling effect to enhance sleep. Spray your bed pillows and linens about 5 minutes before bedtime, breathe deeply and let yourself drift off into a calm world of peaceful aroma.  The aromatic scents will quickly train your body to slow down and fall asleep faster. Benefits include • Soothing scents have you looking forward to bedtime • Does not stain bed linens • No preservatives • Lavender and other essential oils produce a calming effect • Wake up refreshed and energized • Great alternative to prescription drugs - Navigating ScentToSleep.com is effortless and enjoyable.  Visitors to the new site can get monthly insomnia tips, read free original articles on insomnia and visit The Late Night Lounge.  Founded in 2007, ScentToSleep.com focuses on creating and offering aromatic sleep mist; an alternative to prescription drugs.  They offer 100% pure and natural products coupled with unparalleled commitment to service along with complete customer satisfaction...Click to read more.

New Customer Review Directory BView.co.uk Highlights Best and Worst UK Companies
Rogue traders have nowhere to hide as new Customer Review Directory highlights best practice and exposes the worst UK companies via customer feedback and credit ratings. bview.co.uk is the first unbiased, online reviews directory that highlights the UK's best and worst practice companies - as ranked by their customers. Unlike opt-in business directories and review sites, BView lists the details of 2.3 million preloaded UK companies, as well as free company credit ratings, customer reviews and ratings.  This interactive customer review directory encourages better business practice by helping customers make informed decisions to avoid bad companies and connect with their customers, through their own BView business page. Customers can now search through league tables of businesses ranked by their customers.  A regularly updated “BView Score” is given to every business by customers rating the Quality, Reliability and Value of the products and services they received. The score is calculated from a unique algorithm and weighted according to the reviewers’ profile and BView influence. “We are already finding companies competing to be the top business in their industry with the best ‘BView Score’”, says BView CEO, Brad Liebmann. “This level of transparency is the only way forward for UK businesses. We passionately believe that rogue traders should have nowhere to hide; the only way to source reliable suppliers is to BView before you buy.” Leading SME expert Prof Andrew Burke of Cranfield School of Management believes BView is pro-competition: “This is a fairly radical transformation of the dominant economic model. The site encourages innovation as businesses now need to be more competitive and responsive to consumer needs, thereby strengthening the UK economy”...Click to read more.

JewelryDays.com Relaunches Diamond & Jewelry Site With New Features, Amazon Partnership 
JewelryDays.com, the premier site on the web for purchasing loose diamonds and diamond jewelry today announced it has partnered with Amazon Web Services. The partnership will enable customers searching for jewelry a quicker, easier and safer way to shop online. The newly designed and updated website will be located at www.JewelryDays.com. The new site offers a fresh look that enables customers the ability to find exactly what they are looking for faster than ever. The site will also allow customers to explore the Jewelry Days "Top sellers," customer reviews and recently viewed jewelry items. "We are pleased to be working closely with Amazon in developing our store brand and reach. By utilizing Amazon's web services we can offer our customers an even better and safer online shopping experience," said Jewelry Days president, Axay Shah. "He continued, "Our partnership with Amazon really helps us maintain a consistently high quality customer experience, and at the same time increases our marketing options for Jewelry Days.com. Amazon web services has collaborated with us in thoughtfully integrating our products and transitioning to a much more consolidated delivery system. "Also available on the JewelryDays.com site is the Jewelry Industry Trends Blog and Jewelry Guide - A complete library for gem & jewelry information...Click to read more.
Leaderpromos.com Announces Launch of New Promotional Products Site
Leaderpromos, one of the top promotional products distributors in the Midwest, recently relaunched leaderpromos.com, a state-of-the art, user-friendly website that has revolutionized the promotional products industry. "Leaderpromos.com is all about the customer. It is simple to use, and contains over 15,000 promotional products - one of the most comprehensive sites in the industry," said Stephanie Leader, President and CEO. "Not only does leaderpromos.com make the shopping experience quick and seamless, the site is filled with great advice and creative tools to help the user purchase a one-of-a-kind, memorable promotional item." According to Leader, the previous leaderpromos.com website making it one of the most visited promotional products websites on the Internet. "Our clients are first attracted by our web presence, and become long term customers due to our competitive pricing and outstanding customer service. We understand that our customers are the #1 reason for our success," Leader added. "We launched the new site to help make their promotional products purchasing a pleasure, rather than a chore. In our country's current economic situation, employees have less time in their workdays to worry about navigating through a complicated website, and are looking for solid, seamless shopping experience. That's where leaderpromos.com comes in."Leader  explained that many of leaderpromos.com's features are firsts in the promotional products industry. The "Wish List" feature is especially helpful to clients. The visitor can select an unlimited number of products to add to their Wish List, and save for future review, and even create a presentation of their promotional product recommendations for management's review.
The "Must Haves" feature is updated regularly, and features the newest and hottest promotional items...Click to read more.
ShortSqueeze.com Helps Investors Profit Via Short Selling
Short selling is gaining a huge following, but many investors know very little about this lucrative trading style. Short sellers identify a stock they believe is going to go down in price. When these traders target a stock it can cause a flood of selling. Short interest in stocks is at an all-time high this month. So, how do you know if your portfolio might fall victim to short selling? ShortSqueeze.com offers free, proprietary short interest stock reports, so you can see if your stocks are targeted. ShortSqueeze.com tracks short interest data in NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX stocks and helps traders identify which companies the short sellers believe are going down. Large volumes of short selling can weigh heavily on a stock. Anyone can access the company’s proprietary information and receive free short interest stock quotes from their website at http://shortsqueeze.com. ShortSqueeze.com was founded by Dylan Wetherill, who started his career as a stock trader, relying upon short interest data to help guide his trading decisions. With this information, he gained valuable insight into the catalysts that cause powerful changes in stock prices. Wetherill says “The world's best traders and fund managers have long understood the power that stock short interest can play on price moves in the market. Our research is designed to help you find powerful opportunities - both long and short - and gain from the timing of dramatic changes in stock price. ShortSqueeze.com provides our members with an exclusive edge in the market.” Click to read more.

Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Launches New Site
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently launched a new web site to better provide information to the public and media about its national security efforts.  The new web address is http://nnsa.energy.gov/. NNSA’s missions include maintaining the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, materials and technology, and responding to potential nuclear or radiological emergencies. “I encourage everyone to visit our new web site,” said NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino.  “This is an important resource for people to learn about the important national security work that we do.  A top-notch organization needs a top-notch website, and with today’s launch of the new NNSA website, we have just that.” Information about NNSA’s work, press releases, fact sheets, congressional testimony, speeches by leadership, and a host of other information is available on the website.  Further content, photos and other features will continue to be added in the future. The site also has a RSS feed - a personal update feature - where users can sign up to receive notices of content changes and newly posted news releases.  To sign up for the RSS feed, visit www.nnsa.energy.gov/news/rss_feed.htm...click to read more.

SimonVolkov.com Helps Real Estate Investors Find Distressed Properties at Deep Discounts
With rapidly declining asking prices, skyrocketing foreclosures and mortgage rates on a downward trend, the real estate market is becoming a dream for investors. Now one noted real estate investor, Simon Volkov (http://www.simonvolkov.com), says it's time to start buying--and he's even giving investors access to real estate investment notes at just seventy cents on the dollar at current market prices. Volkov has launched a real estate investment group, http://www.simonvolkov.com/investors/, open to novice and serious investors alike. Members must perform their own due diligence and be ready to close on foreclosures, short sales and other distressed properties within 30 days with cash in hand. Volkov will provide the group with discounted real estate notes from around the country, making it possible to purchase homes with significant equity built in. "All the crucial factors--low interest, high inventory levels and correspondingly low prices--are in place to create one of the best opportunities in history to invest in real estate,"? Volkov explained. "The foreclosure floodgates are about to open, and our members are going to reap the rewards." While less experienced investors spent the last few years snapping up real estate at ridiculously high prices and now find themselves overextended, Volkov was working with banks to purchase foreclosed and lender-owned properties at wholesale prices. Those--and many other single-family residences in foreclosure--are the properties he now offers through his real estate investment group...click to read more.

Layover.com Launches myLayover.com Truckers Social Network
Layover.com, the leading internet destination for the long-haul truck driver, expands its already large network of trucker-specific tools by giving those in the trucking industry their own personal space on the internet at www.myLayover.com. myLayover brings the full power of the latest internet-based social networking tools to bear and puts them at the fingertips of the driver. The new site's tagline, "Where Truckers Connect" aptly describes a destination that cuts through the clutter to be found on today's popular social-networking websites and allows a trucking-specific destination for drivers nationwide to connect with each other and their communities. myLayover collects all the popular tools and features found on the latest social sites such as Flickr, YouTube! Blogger, MySpace, and others, and lays them out in one central location. "Being able to communicate over long distances, all over the country, with pictures, video, blogs, and other media is the strength of the internet," says Bruce Martin, President of Layover.com. "Of course, long-haul truckers have been doing this forever in one form or another, which makes these social networking tools ideal for the driver. Collecting all of these tools in one place makes it more convenient for the trucker given his or her lifestyle." Current and new Layover.com users who sign up for an account in myLayover will be able to take advantage of creating their own blog, uploading their pictures from the road, as well as uploading and posting their own videos. Handy lists of "what's new" will let users in on the latest activity from other users on the road. "The features on myLayover will really be useful for the trucker who has family at home, missing him or her for weeks at a time," states Randy Racioppi of Layover...click to read more.

World's Oldest Sound Recording On Web at FirstSounds.org
A group of researchers has succeeded in playing the world's oldest sound recording of a human voice made in 1860 – 17 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Roughly ten seconds in length, the recording is of a person singing “Au clair de la lune, Pierrot répondit” – a snippet from a French folksong. It was made on April 9, 1860 by Parisian inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his “phonautograph” – a device that scratched sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. Scott never dreamed of playing back his recordings. But this morning, the dream Scott never had will come true. A cadre of audio historians, recording engineers, and scientists working in conjunction with the First Sounds initiative has transformed Scott’s smoked-paper tracings into sound. They will premiere Au Clair de la Lune today at the annual conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections at Stanford University. You can access the recording as an mp3 file now at http://www.firstsounds.org/sounds/. Examples of sounds evoked from French and American phon-autograph recordings made between 1857 and 1878 will also be played publicly for the first time...click to read more.

CemeterySpot.com Provides Online Memorial Resources and Community
CemeterySpot.com has created an online memorial community for people who want a high quality way to remember their loved ones.  CemeterySpot provides each of its online memorials with a unique web address within a full featured, content rich, online memorial community with features that replicate a real world memorial experience. CemeterySpot.com has many features not available on other memorial sites. These features include your choice of virtual grave monument, cremation urn or mausoleum in various styles, textures and colors; as well as, an audio or video eulogy and GPS location. Did the person want to have his/her final place of rest at the mountains or the beach? There is a choice of scenic locations, or, just upload your own. If you want to upload a personal photo of the actual grave site, urn or mausoleum, no problem, there is an option for that too. In addition, each CemeterySpot.com memorial includes a high quality user-friendly framework with About Me, photo Gallery, Tributes, Legacy and Guest Book pages.  With its feedback system you can obtain assistance from other memorial “Spot” owners, and even obtain free hosting and additional free memorials. Visitors to a CemeterySpot memorial “Spot” can leave OnSite Memorial Gifts that reside on the memorial grave, urn or mausoleum site. They include flowers, various ribbons, an angel, teddy bear and rag doll. And, they are similar to what would often be left by well-wishers at a cemetery. “While developing CemeterySpot we investigated many different ways to approach the need for online memorials. A recurring response was that honoring a dearly departed loved one was a very sensitive and spiritual situation which deserved a high quality, full featured, premium experience. And so, we developed CemeterySpot to meet those needs.” said Hal Stevens, President...click to read more.

Million Dollar College Basketball Bracket Contest Now Live at BetUS.com
The first round teams have been decided, and it's just days away from the start of the most exciting championship in sports: March Madness. As the 65 NCAA Basketball teams are preparing to compete in the single-elimination tournament, sports fans all over America are carefully making their picks for office pools and bracket contests. For 2008, the biggest, most lucrative bracket contest will be BetUS Sportsbook’s $1,000,000 March Madness Bracket Contest. How does it work? Contestants simply predict the outcome of the tournament, one round at a time. Basketball fans are advised to use a combination of their own gut instinct, and the information available at the BetUS March Madness Portal. The knowledgeable BetUS journalists share their college basketball betting expertise at the NCAA portal; updated daily with the latest odds and lines on every team, ensuring the ball is in the bettor’s court. Readers can keep on top of results, view the March Madness schedule, and even print out their own bracket for bragging rights over their friends and coworkers. In addition to the million dollar grand prize, there are also the $10,000 Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight Bracket Buster Contests, for those who fall short of the Big Dance, plus bonus giveaways including a plasma TV. The contest is free to enter, but entrants must make their picks before tip-off on March 20th...click to read more.

Tribune Launches Jumble Word Puzzle Site at Jumble.com 
Fans of the incredibly popular Jumble® puzzle in print now have a website where they can play eight different interactive daily Jumble games and download a Jumble puzzle pack to their mobile phones -- http://www.jumble.com. Jumble.com is the new flagship site for "everything Jumble." The site also offers a Jumble shopping experience where fans can buy books, board games and other puzzle and game products. Later this spring, Jumble.com will feature a Jumble "Player's Forum" and a blog where Jumble creators David Hoyt, Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek discuss classic and new Jumble games in print, online, and on mobile. "Jumble.com offers Jumble fans a destination for all things Jumble," said Steve Tippie, VP Licensing at Tribune Media Services (TMS), which owns the brand and licenses Jumble products. "Jumble has been the most popular and most syndicated word puzzle in newspapers for more than fifty years and has a fanatical player base in print. In the last ten months, TMS and our game development and publishing partners uClick have created interactive and mobile versions of the popular newspaper puzzles-Daily Jumble, Jumble for Kids and Jumble Crosswords -- and five all-new Jumble-themed games, with more to come." The Daily Jumble, Jumble for Kids and Jumble Crosswords interactive and mobile games feature the same daily clues and answers found in more than 600 newspapers in the United States and abroad...click to read more.

Presidential Video Biographies Lend Insight To 2008 Election at PBS American Experience Site
PBS’ American Experience has launched The Presidents Online at http://www.pbs.org/presidents/2008, as the online component of an unprecedented public television initiative that, for the first time, will make available more than 25 hours of presidential programming online, on TV, and on the go.  The project comes at a critical moment in American politics: this year, American voters will take part in a landmark election, where for the first time in over a half-century, neither the sitting President nor vice president is a contender for the Oval Office. In the coming months, voters will wrestle with tough questions and campaign issues: Who should we trust? How do we end a war? Who is best suited to lead the nation in a volatile world? With The Presidents, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE provides an invaluable historical roadmap — helping viewers to understand where we have been, so that they may better decide where we are going. Visitors to the Campaign ’08 Web site will select provocative questions that connect today’s domestic and international issues and candidate platforms with yesterday’s leaders. For example, by selecting “How do you end a war?” users will be able to scan video segments about the resolutions of World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War.  The site currently features five such questions, which will be updated to reflect hot button election issues leading up to November 2008.  Seven films – more than twenty-five hours in all- will be streamed for online viewing, and available for download, beginning with FDR, Truman, and Reagan in February. In the coming months, programs examining Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter will follow. Finally, after a premiere television broadcast on PBS, a new profile of the 41st President, George H.W. Bush, will launch on May 6....click to read more.

Colle+McVoy Helps Kids Heal Through Art With Launch of ArtIsAGift.com
Advertising Agency Colle+McVoy has launched a web site that allows users to create their own designs on a popular miniature Qee figurine, while also learning about programs that help abused and at-risk children heal through art. “We believe children and adults can benefit from the healing affects of art,” said Christine Fruechte, president of Colle+McVoy. “It is powerful to see how the creative imaginations of children come to life, build self esteem, and have a profound impact on our staff.” “When I worked with these children, I had no idea how much they would touch my heart,” said Katy Viehman, account executive at Colle+McVoy. “Being able to spend time with these amazing young artists was very special to me.” “The generosity and creativity shown by Colle+McVoy has been overwhelming,” said Michelle Silverman, executive director of Free Arts Minnesota. “This most recent effort brightened the day for thousands of children living in very tough situations. This project has taken on a life of its own ever since.” To view some of these truly amazing pieces of art and to create your very own Qee online, log onto www.collemcvoy.com or www.artisagift.com...click to read more.

Gap Partners with Emerging Artists to Create Original Music, Videos Inspired by Colors
Ever imagine what your favorite color sounds like? This spring, Gap is offering you the chance to discover the sound of color through five original songs composed and recorded by five emerging musicians. Gap is also partnering with five filmmakers to interpret each original song into a music video. From now until March 15, you can visit www.soundofcolor.com to listen to and enjoy free downloads of original songs by The Blakes, Dntel, Marié Digby, the Raveonettes and Swizz Beatz, as well as watch the music videos and catch exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.  Musicians featured are The Blakes, a Seattle-based indie rock group featuring brothers Snow and Garnet Keim, interpreted blue in a bittersweet song (“Magic”) with a light, upbeat sound. Electronic music artist Dntel used the color red to write a song (“Turning Red”) about feelings of insecurity – even embarrassment – that can accompany love and relationships. Marié Digby (pronounced Mar-ee-AY), a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, who recently captured the attention of the global YouTube audience, wrote a beautiful, melodic song (“Paint Me In Your Sunshine) about the color yellow. The Raveonettes, a Danish post-punk duo, interpreted black and white in a soulful, rhythmic song (“Black/White”) that explores the idea of contrasts. Swizz Beatz, a hip-hop artist and producer, used the color green to record a fresh, energetic song (“Candy Paint”) about a drop top car driving through the streets of Miami...click to read more.

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