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<title>Press Release / elmo / Commented Releases</title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:54:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Terror Attack - Five Star Luxury Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai targeted]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/5865</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:54:50 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elmo</dc:creator>
<category>World &amp; Business</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/5865</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) 27 September 2008, Mumbai -- ALERT: TERROR ATTACKS IN MUMBAISurvivors of a series of co-ordinated terror attacks in India's financial capital of Mumbai told tonight how they fled as gunmen opened fire in a number of locations where locals and tourists were gathered.They included a British MEP who said that he had seen a gunman opening fire in the lobby of Taj Mahal hotel, where he and other members of delegation of European politicians were staying ahead of the forthcoming EU-India summit.&quot;All I saw was one man on foot carrying a machine gun type of weapon - which I then saw him firing from and I saw people hitting the floor, people right next to me,&quot; said Sajjad Karim, an MEP for the North West of England.&quot;I was in the lobby of the hotel when gunmen came in and people started running.&quot;&quot;There were about 25 or 30 of us,&quot; said the Tory MEP, speaking by mobile phone from a barricaded basement room.&quot;Some of us split one way and some another. A gunman just stood there spraying bullets around, right next to me. I managed to turn away and I ran into the hotel kitchen and then we were shunted into a restaurant in the basement.&quot;We are now in the dark in this room and we've barricaded all the doors. It's really bad, &quot; added Mr Karim.Guests at the hotel, including Britons, were moved from one location to another amid confusion as at least one explosion rocked the building following the initial gun attacks.The 105-year-old, 600-room waterfront hotel is described as one of Mumbai's architectural marvels. Located on the seafront, it has been host to royalty both domestic and foreign and was to have been the base for the England cricket team next month after a previous stay two weeks ago.Two British men working in Mumbai described how the gunmen burst into the Kandahar restaurant at another hotel, the Oberoi, and rounded up diners who appeared to be tourists.Alex Chamberlain, who is in Mumbai working for the Indian Premier League website said: &quot;A guy burst into the Kandahar with a machine gun. He was in western dress wearing jeans and he asked for British and American tourists.&quot;&quot;They told everybody to stop and put their hands up and asked if there were any British or Americans. My friend said to me, don't be a hero, don't say you are British.&quot;&quot;I am sure that is what this is all about. They were talking about British and Americans specifically.&quot;He said that he and another man managed to escape the gunmen through a fire exit and stumbled through smoke that was now filling the hotel.&quot;They made their way to the lobby and emerged outside to find fire engines and 20 armed policemen, &quot;looking as scared as we were&quot;.Rajesh Patel, who works for HSBC, added: &quot;Three men came into the restaurant. They were young, around 20 years old. And they started rounding up foreigners that were eating there. They told everyone to drop their phones and to 'come with us' and then at that point the blast happened. So we decided to run outside but around 15 were taken, not just British and Americans but Indians as well. The were taken up to the 20th floor but we had run outside.&quot;One woman, who gave her name as Souad, told Al Jazeera that she had escaped an attack on the Oberoi hotel.&quot;We heard no alarms, nothing. My husband opened the door and we couldn't see outside - it was so dark with all the smoke - we couldn't breathe.&quot;We were on the 17th floor of the hotel and we used towels to protect ourselves and then ran and got a taxi and then we just drove as far away as we could.&quot;Another Tory MEP, Said Kamal, told the Guardian that he had left the same Taj Mahal hotel earlier to go out for dinner and had received a call from a colleague warning him not to return as there had been a number of attacks.&quot;It seems like these attacks were deliberately targeting locations where foreigners were staying,&quot; said Mr Kamal, who added that a Hungarian official working with MEPs was among the injured.&quot;It sounds quite bad. I've been receiving texts from a German MEP who told me that she is hiding in one of the hotel kitchens. She just said 'it's dangerous and I'm in hiding'.&quot;Indian Television stations showed pictures of the lobby of both the Taj and the Oberoi hotels on fire, and of people being evacuated from the Oberoi with their hands on their heads.Some of the injured were evacuated from the Taj on the hotel's golden luggage carts.Local channels also broadcast unconfirmed reports of shooting outside the Cafe Leopold, a popular restaurant for tourists in the city, and at hospitals and railway stations.Al Jazeera journalist Riz Khan, who was in the city, said that the police appeared to have been taken by surprise.&quot;They are not equipped for this type of attack, which would have been organised as it struck several areas at once,&quot; he added.Elsewhere, firing was reported at the Cama Hospital in south Mumbai, while police said that a blast was reported in a taxi under a flyover in a suburban district, Vile Parle. There was also reports of a bomb explosion in a taxi in Mazegaon dockyard road.Police said that the attacks began shortly after 10.30pm at Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus (CST), formerly known as the Victoria Terminus (VT), where the gunmen claimed 10 lives.The authorities added that three persons were killed in a bomb explosion in a taxi on Mazegaon dockyard road and an equal number were gunned down at Taj Hotel, where guests were told to stay indoors or not return. The victims in the hotel were said to be employees.Mumbai General Railway Police Commissioner A K Sharma said that 30 persons were injured in the terminus incident.&quot;It seems to be a terrorist attack, many places are under siege by gunmen,&quot; he added.&quot;The terrorists have used automatic weapons and in some places grenades have been lobbed. The encounters are still going on and we are trying to overpower them.&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Humanity in the eye of an 11 years Old Iha Sharma]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/4658</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:47:51 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>info.hscom</dc:creator>
<category>World &amp; Business</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/4658</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Iha Sharma, 11 years old girl of Mumbai. She studies in 6th Standard in Janki Devi Public School. A girl with great thought and she at such a small age proved how Action speaks louder than words.Iha used to watch TV and every time in news seeing the miserable and woeful condition of people and children in Bihar. Everyday watching children in such execrable and hard condition really filled her heart. She could feel the pain of those kids. And was thinking what she can do to help them. In the meanwhile, her father Mr. Sharma asked her to make the fixed deposit of the amount she is collecting in her piggy bank. Iha from 5 years was collecting money in her piggy bank. She thought, there must be 5-6thousand.At that moment it strikes her that she can donate the amount present in piggy bank. With courage she went to her parent and asked that can she donate the amount which will be there in the piggy bank.Her parents asked her to think again before the final decision because after a step is taken, you cant move back and don't say I want my money back. And finally when she broke the piggy bank, to her surprise it had 21 thousand. Yet she was determined to donate the entire amount to News 24.We are proud to have our new generation who knows the true meaning of humanity.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web Marketing in an ethical and stylish way!!!]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/4647</link>
<comments>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/4647</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:19:34 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingpik</dc:creator>
<category>Internet</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/4647</guid>
<description><![CDATA[October 2008 - Kingpin SEO- a UK based online marketing company which creates links for different websites in an ethical and fashionable manner. There are highly skilled and client focused seo specialists working in this firm .These specialists are capable of producing a myriad of tricks and techniques which promotes their clients websites. They provide social media promotion and also increase the probability in search engines. They focus mainly on link building techniques and they are absolutely ethical because there are no dodgy tricks involved. Moreover this firm is approved by Google News as a PR website. The official URL for this company is http://www.kingpin-seo.co.ukLink building is essential for online business and marketing strategies. Many businesses are now realizing the importance of ethical link building to their website. There are many different forms of link building, some of which are attractive, whereas some techniques are shady, and can damage the website in the long term. Kingpin-seo uses several techniques to build links for the websites. They use skilled manpower and quality techniques to develop links. Moreover there are no dodgy tricks involved, they are 100% transparent about their links and it is purely ethical. Website promotion is taken care by Google since they are approved as PR site by Google News. The strategies involved in ethical link building is given elaborately in http://www.kingpin-seo.co.uk Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of editing and organizing the content on a webpage to increase its potential relevance to specific keywords on specific search engines. Further ensuring that external links to the site are correctly titled and are present in abundance. Kingpin-seo offers this optimization technique to websites in a fashionable and ethical manner. This is done with the aim of achieving a higher search listing and thus increasing the volume of targeted traffic from search engines. Many SEO companies use unethical techniques which may damage the ranking of one's website. But Kingpin-seo is 100% ethical and transparent to believe since there are no cunning tricks involved.  Ethical SEO is one of the key Web Marketing activities and can target different kinds of searches, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines. For more details check the link http://www.kingpin-seo.co.uk.For good search engine rankings there must be high quality search optimization work needed for both on- page and off-page. Kingpin-seo has very good skill set to perform these tasks..Using ethical techniques, good website structure and decent Meta data are examples of 'On Page' white hat techniques. Press releases, blog articles and good quality news or product articles are examples of some of the 'Off Page SEO'.The specialists working in kingpin-seo carry out ethical SEO with great dedication hence improving the online reach of the websites. There are more cutting-edge techniques involved in promoting the websites such as Google News promotion and social media promotion. Since Kingpin-seo is approved by Google it is highly reliable and trustworthy.  suite 216,42 trianglewestbristolbs8 1eswebsite: http://www.kingpin-seo.co.uk<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuil market share drops as usage declines]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/3567</link>
<comments>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/3567</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elmo</dc:creator>
<category>World &amp; Business</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/3567</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) 12 August 2008 --Despite an impressive start, stats for Cuil have been falling steadily. It's unfortunate that the engine couldn't capitalise on the initial interest it generated following widespread media coverage, and it remains to be seen if and how Cuil plans to tempt many disgruntled users back to the site as the index improves. It looks like the folks at Cuil have some tough work ahead of them. In the meantime, please find below the latest stats for Cuil - these figures show the % of searches performed using Cuil relative to the total number of searches performed.Globally US UK Jul 29 0.10% 0.11%  0.19%Jul 30 0.11% 0.12% 0.19% Jul 31 0.08% 0.09% 0.10% Aug 01 0.06% 0.07% 0.10% Aug 02 0.05% 0.07% 0.09% Aug 03 0.04% 0.04% 0.08% Aug 04 0.03% 0.04% 0.06% Aug 05 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% Aug 06 0.03% 0.03% 0.05% Aug 07 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% Aug 08 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% Aug 09 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% Aug 10 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%  Source: Statcounter<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Air Tattoo 2008 Show cancelled on Sunday]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/3201</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:27:33 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elmo</dc:creator>
<category>Entertainment</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/3201</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) -- July 12, 2008 Fairford, UK. The organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire announce that the airshow on Sunday, July 13 will not go ahead.The decision was taken following lengthy discussions between the organisers, police and other safety services. It was based on concerns for our visitors and the disappointing conclusion was that we could not fully safeguard them.The public is asked not to travel to RAF Fairford tomorrow.Despite a huge effort by everyone involved to improve the conditions of the waterlogged public car parks, it became clear by mid-afternoon today (July 12) that significant areas of the fields and of the showground remain unusable.Air Tattoo Director Tim Prince said: &quot;We have been working around the clock to improve the conditions on the airfield and in the car parks but unfortunately we have run out of time.&quot;Many people will be desperately disappointed but I would like to assure them that we have tried everything possible within the time available.  &quot;Having worked towards this airshow for the past 12 months, my team at the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises and our band of 3,000 enthusiastic and loyal volunteers share the huge sense of frustration.&quot;The senior Police commander for the Air Tattoo, Supt Tony Godwin, said; &quot;It is with deep regret that the decision has been made to cancel the Royal International Air Tattoo on both days. This decision was not made lightly. It was made in the interest of those visiting or working at the event. &quot;We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who had been planning to attend the airshow, for their cooperation and understanding.&quot;The Air Tattoo has set up a helpline advising customers how to claim ticket refunds as this cannot be done from the base itself. Details of ticket refunds are available from the website at www.airtattoo.com or call the Air Tattoo Helpline on 01285 713300.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Air Tattoo 2008 Spectators wait for decision for Sunday]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/3200</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:24:33 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elmo</dc:creator>
<category>Entertainment</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/3200</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) -- July 12, 2008, London, UK - Organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo in Gloucestershire will make a decision later about whether it can go ahead on Sunday.The opening day of the event at RAF Fairford was cancelled after heavy rain left the airfield and car parks waterlogged. People are being refused entry at the gates and 1,500 pre-booked campsite arrivals have been turned away. An information helpline has been set up on 01285 713000. It is the first time the tattoo has had to cancel one of its days in its 38-year history. &quot;We are aware of the inconvenience our decision will have on the many thousands of people who have bought tickets for the Saturday but the safety of the public is paramount,&quot; said Tim Prince, Air Tattoo director. More than 300 planes were due to take part and 100,000 visitors were expected to attend. Earlier in the week, air traffic controllers battled to clear a backlog of planes coming in after bad weather. Steve Roden , 52, and his wife Leslie, 48, travelled from Haughley in Suffolk for the annual event. &quot;We've been here in our tent since Tuesday. It's one of our two annual holidays, we take the week off and really look forward to it,&quot; said Mr Roden. It is anticipated that the show will be held on Sunday, but it will be only for holders of tickets valid for Sunday Tattoo spokesman&quot;I'm aircraft mad. I don't think I've really grown up. We always stay until Monday to see the planes leave. &quot;I'm sitting in our tent in the rain and the mud and to be honest I'm gutted. &quot;The mud is so bad we can't even get our car off the site to visit Cirencester so we're stuck here.&quot; A tattoo spokesman said: &quot;It is anticipated that the show will be held on Sunday, but it will be only for holders of tickets valid for Sunday. &quot; The decision to cancel the event on Saturday does not affect the future of the show, the finance director of the Air Tattoo has said.&quot;It can stand the financial impact of losing the whole show if Sunday doesn't take place,&quot; David Hyam said. &quot;There are no long term factors affecting us there.&quot; The tattoo is staged in support of the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust, a charity set up in 2005.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UFO Probe called to be re-opened]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/1709</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:57:21 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elmo</dc:creator>
<category>Science</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/1709</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An international panel of former pilots and government officials has called on the US government to reopen its generation-old UFO investigation as a matter of safety and security given continuing reports about flying discs, glowing spheres and other strange sightings.An unidentified flying object, or UFO, is any real or apparent flying object that cannot be identified by the observer, especially those which remain unidentified after investigation. UFOs have been spotted in many different places around the worldMany tens of thousands of UFO reports have since been made worldwide.[6] But many sightings may yet remain unreported, due to fear of public ridicule because of the social stigma surrounding the subject of UFOs, and because most nations lack any officially sanctioned authority to receive and evaluate UFO reports#The Sci-fi channel ran an advertising promo of a UFO near the World Trade Center being seen by a group of tourists in a helicopter. Created prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks, the commercial used realistic special effects to simulate the encounter. The video has subsequently been aired on East Asian television and posted to video-sharing sites like YouTube as genuine footageUFOs are sometimes an element of elaborate conspiracy theories in which the government is said to be intentionally covering up the existence of aliens, or sometimes collaborating with them. There are many versions of this story; some are exclusive, while others overlap with various other conspiracy theories.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paris Hilton Hotel heiress sentenced to jail 45 days]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/537</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 20:07:41 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elmo</dc:creator>
<category>Entertainment</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/537</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (NewDesignWorld PR Centre) - Hotel heiress and reality TV star Paris Hilton was ordered on Friday to spend 45 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation for alcohol-related reckless driving.A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered the 26-year-old celebrity socialite jailed for driving on a suspended license in February. He ordered her to report to jail on June 5.The judge, Michael Sauer, made the decision after a two-hour hearing during which Hilton insisted she was unaware that her driving privileges had been suspended when she was pulled over for driving without headlights on February 27.Hilton was placed on three years probation earlier this year for pleading no contest -- the equivalent of a guilty plea -- to alcohol-related reckless driving after a September 2006 arrest in Hollywood.She landed in hot water again in late February, when she was pulled over on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood for driving without headlights. Police impounded her car, a $190,000 (95,000 pounds) blue Bentley, when they discovered she was driving on a suspended license.Hilton's latest legal problems come a little more than three weeks before her reality TV show, &quot;The Simple Life,&quot; co-starring her friend Nicole Richie,&quot; returns to the airwaves for a fifth season. The series has already been taped.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo jumps on talk of Microsoft buying deal worth $50 billion]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/536</link>
<comments>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/536</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 18:10:08 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elmo</dc:creator>
<category>World &amp; Business</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/536</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(NewDesignWorld Press Release Centre) NEW YORK - Yahoo shares have risen 20 percent after reports pointed to discussions about a possible combination. The Wall Street Journal tells of what appear to be early-stage discussions. It says executives at Microsoft and Yahoo are taking a fresh look at a possible merger of the two companies or some other kind of potential tie-up. The discussions were first reported in today's New York Post.The New York Post says Microsoft has asked Yahoo to take part in formal negotiations for a possible deal.Microsoft is facing tough competition from Yahoo and Google in the Internet search business.Source: Yahoo<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Automation Anywhere 3.5 for Windows Vista. Easily Automate & Schedule Business and IT Processes.]]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/350</link>
<comments>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/350</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:26:27 -0400</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tethys</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/350</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tethys Solutions, LLC has released Automation Anywhere 3.5, an intelligent Windows automation application for business and IT tasks. With no programming knowledge required, you can record keyboard and mouse actions, or create automation scripts using wizards. The program's Premier license allows you to turn your script into an EXE file that can run on any Windows PC, to provide portability to these custom automations.New features in version 3.5 include unique Auto Login capability that allows scheduled tasks to run even when computer is locked. Auto login solves a major security issue faced by many enterprises. Now enterprises can automate tasks that require an even higher level of security. Other features include a Web recorder that significantly improves web automation reliability, an auto-response capability that allows you to trigger task in response to many events, new web automation templates that allow single click web data extraction, etc.Business users and non-technical workers can use Automation Anywhere's intuitive task recording features to record actions, without having to write programming scripts. In just a few minutes, these recorded steps can then be converted into interactive steps, allowing you to create complex programs that automate business processes. For example, you can check inventory levels and automatically order supplies. It's easy to generate reports, send emails, and perform many business functions.Power users and professional programmers can use Automation Anywhere to automate IT tasks. You can do software testing, perform system administration tasks, monitor websites, support data entry and data processing, update databases, and schedule other tasks. Automation Anywhere can serve as an automation platform to run, integrate, schedule, and manage other scripts such as VBScripts and JScripts.In addition to all of these functions of the product's Standard license, the Premier license allows you to turn tasks into executable EXE files that can be run on any Windows PC. You can generate EXEs to manage and configure software, and alter software behavior. The program's SMART technology makes automatic adjustments while replaying your EXE file, to seamlessly run tasks across computers. With this powerhouse feature, business and IT groups can create and deploy interactive, intelligent scripts in record time.Whether you're a business person who wants to automate business functions without hiring a programmer to do the work, or an IT manager who needs an automation tool that can create powerful scripts in minutes rather than weeks, Automation Anywhere has the tools that you need.Price and LicensingPrices begin at $129.95(US). In addition to Standard licensing, the company also offers Premier licensing, allowing generated EXE files to run on 100's additional computers. For short term or temporary business needs, you can also secure a 3-month On Demand license. System requirementsAutomation Anywhere 3.5 runs under Windows NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista. You can download a free trial version from http://www.tethyssolutions.com/automation-software.htm Evaluation Copy Available on RequestAbout Tethys Solutions, LLCTethys Solutions, LLC offers smart automation software solutions. Tethys' satisfied customers include a full range of users from Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of entrepreneurial startups and small business users, power plant operators and auction houses, homemakers, financial advisors, and educators. In addition to Automation Anywhere, the company also offers Workspace Macro and Workspace Macro Pro, Windows macro recording and editing programs with enterprise class reliability and accuracy, plus many advanced keyboard and mouse macro features; and Launch-n-Go, a desktop toolbar and program launcher that is fully integrated with Windows' context (right-click) menu. The company also offers Tethys Productivity Essentials package for businesses and personal use and Tethys Macro SDK for developers.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Games 'make drivers go faster']]></title>
<link>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/246</link>
<comments>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/246</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:26:05 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator>neoone</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/246</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More than a third of young drivers are more likely to go faster on the roads after playing on-screen driving games, a survey suggests.And 27% of motorists aged 16 to 24 admitted more risk-taking on the road after a gaming session. A thousand drivers were questioned on behalf of driving school BSM. BSM's road safety consultant Robin Cummins said the results showed an 'indisputable' link between gaming and dangerous driving. A quarter of drivers even said they imagine they are in a driving simulation game while driving for real - men are the worst offenders for this. The poll also found that 34% of the 1,000 young drivers questioned think computer games can improve real-life driving ability, with two in five reckoning the games can help their reflexes.   The guy in front, the music on the stereo...those are the things that make you speed up David Perry The survey revealed that just over half of frequent game-players pass their driving test first time, compared with only 45% of those who only play games infrequently. Mr Cummins said: &quot;With more than 200 young people killed each year due to speeding alone, it's crucial that they learn to 'keep it real' on the road.&quot; But the survey's findings have been rejected by the US-based games designer David Perry. The multi-millionaire from Belfast, who is currently designing a driving video game, said behaviour was affected by how drivers felt while behind the wheel, not before they got in their car. &quot;Anything that affects your emotions will affect how you drive. The guy in front, the music on the stereo...those are the things that make you speed up, not a game you played an hour ago.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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