The Consumer Alliance for Energy Security today released the following statement after passage of H.R. 4761, the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act, by a 232-187 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives:

"The U.S. House of Representatives today scored a major victory for U.S. consumers, American jobs and a competitive economy by passing H.R. 4761. Finally, after nearly three decades, Congress is sending the message to consumers that help is on the way -- help to lower energy costs which have been crippling manufacturers, farmers, small businesses and seniors on fixed incomes. The wisdom and leadership of those House Members who supported H.R. 4761 can be measured by the relief provided by lower energy costs for all Americans.

"We also commend the Members from coastal states who recognize the adverse impact high energy prices are having o...

eGain Communications (OTCBB: EGAN) today announced plans to increase its European presence by opening a new office in Amsterdam, Holland.

The eGain team in Amsterdam will focus on developing the business across Northern and Central Continental Europe, and also provide local support and professional services to customers across the region from this base.

"We are involved in a growing number of high-value customer projects with the added complexity of multi-country and multi-continent deployment. Our office in Amsterdam will enable us to bring the cost advantages of eGain's proven global operating model to our clients," comments Andrew Mennie, eGain Europe's Vice President and General Manager.

This operation will complement the company's European headquarters in Slough, UK, and help fulfill the growing need for multichannel customer service solutions for ...

Sensory Networks, a leader in content security acceleration technology, today unveiled the network security industry's largest ecosystem of applications designed to run on Sensory's NodalCore® acceleration platform. Applications such as Antivirus, Antispam, Antispyware and IPS/IDS from leading commercial vendors, as well as popular open source projects, have leveraged Sensory's NodalCore acceleration technology to offer multi-gigabit throughput performance while simultaneously scanning network traffic for millions of security threats.

The first commercial vendors offering accelerated applications in Sensory Networks' Application Ecosystem include: AhnLab, Endeavor Security, Eneo Tecnologia, Exinda Networks, Kaspersky Lab, Intoto, Mail-Filters, Mailshell, McAfee, Message Labs, PC Tools, Sunbelt Software and ThreatMETRIX. Additionally, open source applications available include: Snort®, Clam AV™, DSPAM and Apache Spam Assassin™. These application partners join...

Metro Gold Mines Mineral Resources Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MGMX), a precious metal mining company engaged in the acquisition and development of production properties in South and Central America, announces a corporate and progress report.

"We are fresh on the heels of the Company's new acquisition, Manantiales," said Jairo Giraldo, C.E.O. of MGM Mineral Resources. "We feel it's appropriate to provide our shareholders with an update concerning recent developments."

The Company is proud to announce information regarding explosives and materials for mining use. The local Military Authority in Segovia is who controls and authorizes the purchase of explosives for the region. Last week, Mr. Giraldo signed a contract with the Military Authority in which he obtained the rights to explosives, materials and all other necessary substances for both Manantiales and La...

Metro Gold Mines Mineral Resources Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MGMX), a precious metal mining company engaged in the acquisition and development of production properties in South and Central America, announces a corporate and progress report.

MGM Mineral Resources was recently featured in one of Colombia's largest and most respected daily newspapers, indicating much of what is known throughout the North American markets, but, confirming the fact that MGM is becoming a national entity for gold production and extraction.

"We are fresh on the heels of the Company's new acquisition, Manantiales," said Jairo Giraldo, C.E.O. of MGM Mineral Resources. "We feel it's appropriate to provide our shareholders with an update concerning recent developments."

The Company is proud to announce information regarding explosives and materials for mining use. The local Militar...

Redback Networks today announced that it has extended its existing relationship with IBM for the use of IBM's Applications On Demand services. Redback believes that utilizing IBM's services will allow Redback to further focus on developing innovative IP-based products and services for its service provider client base. Redback products allow its customers to significantly lower the total cost of ownership of next generation smart broadband networks.

"The IBM relationship helps to enable us to focus on investing in our goal of remaining at the leading edge of our industry by developing innovative products," said Ebrahim Abbasi, Redback senior vice president of operations, information technology and customer service. "As the company grows, scaling our operations with providers such as IBM gives us the infrastructure to service our customer base smoothly."

Under the relationship, IBM will continue to manage Redback's core business applications and IT infrastructure. In working wi...

VA Software Corporation (NASDAQ: LNUX), the online media, software and e-commerce leader in community-driven Open Source innovation, today announced availability of a free, full-feature version of its collaborative software development platform, SourceForge Enterprise Edition (SFEE).

The download, which includes a perpetual, no-cost license for 15 users, is available at www.vasoftware.com.

Built on the Java 2 Enterprise Edition J2EE™ platform, SFEE provides developers the features, scalability, reliability and robustness they expect in an enterprise-class product. In developing SFEE, VA Software has leveraged its deep understanding of software development processes gained from operating SourceForge.net®, the world's largest open source community development site which boasts more than 1.3 million developers and hosts more than 121,000 projec...

Primal Solutions (OTCBB: PSOL), the leading provider of IP transaction platforms, today announced the acceptance of its portion of a countrywide commercial services deployment in Southeast Asia. The client is now in limited tests with "friendly" clients, and Primal expects to see nationwide rollout later this year.

According to Primal Solutions Senior Vice President of Sales, Sam Gilson, "While at the present time, we are restricted from naming this client, we think it is vitally important to let the market know about the value we are delivering with our solutions and our new IP Correlytics™ platform on a global basis."

Primal was selected for this solution because of its integration and mediation experience with IP network elements including softswitches, media gateways and the myriad of components that are appearing as IP networks proliferate and as companies seek to interoperate. ...

In accordance with Prospectus Rule 5.2, Randgold Resources Limited submits its first Annual Information Update, following the publication of our Annual Report in March 2006. This Annual Information Update refers to information that has been published or made available to the public in Jersey, the UK, USA and Canada.

This Annual Information Update provides information from 1 January 2005 to the date of publication of this Annual Information Update.

Information submitted to the Regulatory News Service , London Stock Exchange

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Mom Writer's Talk Radio, the premier online/podcast show for writing moms, is thrilled to announce its special Mother's Day show with Bestselling Author Jacquelyn Mitchard and ABC's "Desperate Housewives" actress Brenda Strong. The program begins airing May 12th. Jacquelyn Mitchard's first novel "The Deep End of the Ocean" was chosen as Oprah's first book choice. In 1999, the book was turned into a major motion picture starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams and Brenda Strong. Brenda, now the voice of Mary Alice Young on the hit series "Desperate Housewives," plays the part of Ellen, Michelle Pfeiffer's best friend in the movie. Hosts Paula Schmitt and Alana Morales will also be discussing Code Amber -- The Amber Alert System for children who are abducted -- during the program.

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