London, UK - 7 December 2010 – TradeDoubler, the number one pan-European performance marketing company, today announced the launch of its new state-of-the-art Geo Targeting solution, based on latitude and longitude data. As the industry’s most advanced geo targeting solution, advertisers are now able to better target localised ads to users in specific regions, drive greater online conversions by targeting customers in rural areas, find potential customers even when they are accessing the Internet from abroad, and deliver a higher CPM for publishers. As part of TradeDoubler’s world class One Network, the powerful Geo Targeting solution delivers complete campaign set-up to reveal new market opportunities, which can be leveraged in the run up to the important Christmas period.

 Organisations still fail to grasp the gravity of the problem, failing to control the use of these devices, and putting the health and security of their sensitive data at risk.

 1st December 2010, London (UK): An online survey has found that USB Flash drive ownership has exploded with 100% of the 229 respondents having at least one such device - 54% possessing between 3 and 6 - and more than 21% owning as many as 10 or more.  While good news for vendors of these must-have items, the news may not be so welcome for security and compliance teams tasked with protecting the sensitive data residing on these omnipresent devices. 

Rolling Meadows, IL, USA With its potential to reduce expenses, drive automation and provide flexibility, virtualization has earned its way onto the board agenda and is being implemented by enterprises worldwide. But with the many benefits of virtualization come considerable risks. Global IT association ISACA provides a balanced look at virtualization—and strategies to help enterprises maximize the value—in a new white paper available for free download from www.isaca.org/virtualization.

According to the “Virtualization: Benefits and Challenges” white paper, virtualization risks can be divided into three groups:

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Melfas, a leader in capacitive-sensing touch input solutions, has used the Talus® platform, including Talus RTL, Talus Vortex and Talus Power Pro, and the FineSim™ SPICE circuit simulation tool to implement two of its next-generation MCS-8000 touch sensor chips, which feature ARM® Cortex™ processors. The Melfas ICs are used in mobile phones, smartphones, MP3 players, monitors and other consumer electronics. With the Talus platform and Magma’s RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for ARM Cortex processor-based designs, Melfas was able to reduce power by over 5 percent, area by 20 percent and turnaround time by 50 percent, compared to their previous implementation flow. FineSim enabled Melfas to complete top-level, post-layout analog circuit simulation 10 times faster, without sacrificing accuracy.