June 25th

New York State Legislature Approves Development of $1 Billion New Concord Resort Destination

Empire Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: NYNY) and Concord Associates announced that the New York State Legislature has approved Governor David Paterson’s program bill granting an enhanced revenue structure to cover expenditures, which will make possible a $1 billion dollar world-class gaming resort destination at the site of the historic Concord Hotel in Sullivan County, N.Y. The project is scheduled to open in 24 months. Demolition of the existing structures will be completed in July, when new construction is slated to begin.

In announcing the agreement, Governor Paterson said, “There was a time when the Catskills were the pre-eminent vacation destination on the entire East Coast. The beauty and majesty of the region has not changed, and this deal will help return the Catskills to their former glory as a destination spot. Read more: Empire Resorts Inc ( NYNY )

June 25th

LightPath Technologies Signs Two New Multi-Year Contracts Worth $1 Million

LightPath Technologies Has Signed Two New Multi-Year Contracts With a Combined Value of $1 Million With Chinese Manufacturers for Applications in Closed Circuit Television and Communications

LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqCM:LPTH - News) is pleased to announce it has signed two new multi-year contracts with a combined value of $1 million with Asian manufacturers for custom precision aspheric lenses for applications in closed circuit television and communications. The signing of these contracts brings the total number of Asian contracts to five. Three of the contracts are for new business in markets that LightPath has not previously entered. These agreements represent continued success towards the fulfillment of LightPath\'s business strategy to broaden its market opportunities in Asia into high volume, lower cost applications. These custom lens programs are being designed in LightPath\'s Shanghai design center and product will be produced from LightPath\'s Shanghai manufacturing facility. Read more: LightPath Technologies Inc ( LPTH )

Leading laptop tracking and recovery firm Absolute Software offers advice on how to avoid becoming the next data loss headline

Newbury, 25th June 2008 – How many laptops and files containing sensitive data will go missing this week? When a laptop is stolen, the data stored on it can very easily fall into the wrong hands, exposing sensitive information such as customer details.

While the cost of laptops has decreased, the value of the data stored on them has become increasingly valuable due to the rising number of mobile workers. The average laptop contains data and files valued at more than £550,000, and as much as £5 million pounds for those containing particularly sensitive information.* So it is both logical and responsible to ensure that this data is protected. Read more: Data loss and laptop theft more prevalent as number of cases reported increases

25 June 2008, Liverpool UK - A new database revolutionises access to crime and user satisfaction data from each Police Force in England and Wales.

The system, called the Police National Statistics Database (PNSD), began running on a trial basis last December and was launched on June 4. Out of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, 40 have already signed up to it. PNSD is the brainchild of the PNLD team, who are also responsible for www.pnld.co.uk and the national Police FAQ database (www.askthe.police.uk).

\'Our police forces are famously time poor and their resources are always under pressure,\' said Chris Gledhill, Managing Director at PDMS, the company who designed and developed the PNSD. Read more: New police database revolutionises statistical analysis