REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-- With more than 9.3 million registered users and partnerships now with 21 different publishers, Origin™, the direct-to-consumer gaming platform from Electronic Arts (EA) Inc. has quickly become one of the industry’s leading online game services in just over two quarters since launch.

Origin announced today that seven more publishers have agreed to offer their games for purchase and download. Led by Remedy Entertainment who will bring Alan Wake to Origin, additional publishers includ......

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- SMTP, Inc. a leading global service provider of cloud-based messaging and email delivery, today announced its plans for expansion across Western Europe, tapping Jorge Casas as its Director of Business Development and Customer Service.

Semyon Dukach, CEO of SMTP, asserts that, “Our strategy reflects the direction and globalization of the marketplace, and reinforces our position as a leading Micro Multinational enterprise. We operate today in a global business community, where technology......

SAN CARLOS, Calif. & LONDON ---- MarkLogic Corporation, the company powering mission-critical Big Data Applications around the world, today announced that Chet Hayes, director of public sector solutions, MarkLogic, will discuss the use of Big Data in large geospatial systems at the Defence Geospatial Intelligence Conference in London next week. Hayes’ presentation, “Geospatial and Big Data: The Challenge of Leveraging Constantly Evolving Information,” will take place on Tuesday, January 24 at 2:45 p.m. in S......

SEATTLE -- AMZN The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library is off to a strong start: customers borrowed 295,000 KDP Select titles in December alone, and KDP Select has helped grow total library selection to over 75,000 books. With the $500,000 December fund, KDP authors have earned $1.70 per borrow. In response to strong customer adoption of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (as well as seasonal, post-holiday use of new Kindles), Amazon.com, Inc. has added a $200,000 bonus to the January KDP Select fund, raising t......

STOCKHOLM & LAS VEGAS -- Tobii Technology will introduce and demonstrate its Tobii Gaze interface for Windows 8 for the first time at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 10-13. Tobii Gaze is a technology that makes it possible to point and interact in ways that are superior to both touch and mouse. It has the potential to change the user interface for regular computers as fundamentally as touch has for handheld devices.

With its large tiles, Windows 8 Metro has been praise......

NORWALK, Conn.-- According to Carrie Coghill, Director of Consumer Education for FreeScore.com, a consumer's 2012 New Year's goal should be to have his or her credit scores add up to at least 2,012.

Coghill stated, "You have three credit scores from the three major bureaus: TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax. If those scores total 2,012, you'll have an average score of about 670, which is a solid 'B' and acceptable for getting loans."

According to FreeScore.com, "Directional letter grades associated wi......

DUBLIN---Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Google Acquisitions and Strategy" report to their offering.

While advertising remains a core offering and the largest component from a revenue perspective, Google is increasingly focused on innovation and product/application integration to develop new businesses and business models. In addition to their own resources, Google is relying upon an aggressive acquisition strategy to help them expand in different business directions including adv......

DALLAS -- Jericho Systems Corporation, a pioneer in attribute-based access control (ABAC) solutions for world-class enterprises, announced today the release of Jericho Authorization Provider (JAzP), a powerful, fine-grained identity and access management solution for Microsoft SharePoint 2010. “JAzP for Sharepoint 2010 provides dynamic access control for Microsoft SharePoint, leveraging Jericho’s patented EnterSpace® Decisioning Service (ESDS) to enforce enterprise access policies in real time,” said David ......

CINCINNATI -- Lectora e-Learning software releases version X.6 loaded with innovative enhancements to change e-Learning development and review with Lectora. This release includes, ReviewLink™ Beta, the new way to collaboratively review e-Learning content online and enhanced 508 Compliance settings to create accessible e-Learning content in one simple step. Lectora users current on their maintenance receive Lectora X.6 absolutely free-of-charge.

“Lectora X.6 is groundbreaking in the e-Learning industry be......

OAKLAND, Calif.----Zhone Technologies, Inc. a global pioneer in network access solutions, announced today that its industry-leading MXK™ multi-service access node system will serve as the core enabler of Novosco’s deployment of its Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) solution in Northern Ireland. A combination of Zhone’s industry-leading MXK MSAN and ETHX network termination devices have been deployed to support customers in Belfast and across the region. Novosco has added EFM to its suite of managed services ......

STOCKHOLM & DEDHAM, Mass.-- Today, Tobii Technology announces the release of Sono Flex for Android, riding the wave of last month’s successful launch of the industry’s first multi-platform communication application. Sono Flex is a special education app and an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) vocabulary that turns symbols into speech. Developed by AAC professionals for preliterate users, it is an instrument for young curious minds to engage with their surroundings.

Tobii Sono Flex continue......

HOUSTON -- Insperity, Inc., a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America’s best businesses, today announced the release of InsperityTM Time and Attendance TimeStarTM 7.08. With the new version, TimeStar, a popular Web-based time and attendance solution, is now compatible with Apple Mac computers, iPads and iPhones.

“TimeStar offers businesses large and small the ability to effectively manage their employees’ time. The new update takes accountability to the next lev......

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has signed a contract to upgrade a transpacific submarine cable network by incorporating 40 Gbps dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and increasing transmission design capacity up to fivefold to 5.2 Tbps. The upgrade to the Asia America Gateway (AAG) Cable Network, which will involve installing submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE) in eight countries, is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2012.

The AAG Cable Netwo......

DUBLIN --- Research and Markets graphics_card_mark) has announced the addition of Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd's "Graphics Card Market in India 2011" report to their extensive offering of design market research publications.

Burgeoning PC gaming & visual effects market are driving graphics card sales in India, finds Netscribes.

Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd's latest report, Graphics Card Market in India 2011, covers a market with strong growth potential. Currently, graphics cards are essential for enthus......

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-- What do Earth-like planets outside the Solar System look like? The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is in the midst of designing the world’s largest optical telescope with help from Autodesk Vault data management software, among other Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) solutions, to record images of these planets for the first time.

One of the world’s preeminent institutions for astronomical research, the ESO is currently fine-tuning the design of the European Extremely Large Telescope......