ZixCorp's Preliminary Results for Fourth Quarter 2009 Point to Best Quarter in Company History

Zix Corporation (ZixCorp®), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, today offered a financial update on the fourth quarter 2009 and provided guidance for 2010. Current estimates indicate the Company has achieved a record for new first-year orders in its Email Encryption business with $2.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, 61 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2008. Total orders for Email Encryption were $11.3 million in the fourth quarter, also a record for the Company. The Company's renewal rate in the fourth quarter for Email Encryption customers was 93 percent, resulting in a 91 percent overall renewal rate for calendar year 2009. The Company's ending cash balance at December 31, 2009 is estimated to be $13.2 million. ZixCorp also affirmed its fourth quarter 2009 guidance for revenue of $7.9 to $8.1 million and adjusted non-GAAP earnings of $0.01 to $0.02 per share.

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Digital River Signs Game Publisher THQ

Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that it has signed THQ Inc. as a client. As part of an e-commerce agreement between the companies, Digital River is hosting and managing a THQ online store, located at http://store.thq.com/. The new U.S. store supports digital download sales of THQ’s PC games, including popular titles such as Warhammer^® 40,000^™: Dawn of War^® II and Red Faction^®: Guerrilla^™. THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software.

“Our proven e-commerce infrastructure and portfolio of best-in-class technologies and services are designed to help publishers build relationships, drive traffic and generate revenues,” said Jeff Hemenway, group vice president of games for Digital River. “Using our world-class e-commerce solution, more game publishers, like THQ, are diversifying and growing their revenue streams while catering to the increasing consumer demand for both direct and digital purchase options.”

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First Advantage Corporation Announces Receipt of Proposal From The First American Corporation

--Transaction to Enhance Financial Flexibility and Operational Efficiency--

- The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), America's largest provider of business information, today announced that it has made an offer to acquire the issued and outstanding common stock of its publicly traded subsidiary, First Advantage Corporation (Nasdaq: FADV).

Under the terms of the offer, First Advantage's shareholders would receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.5375 of a share of First American common stock for each share of First Advantage common stock. The proposed exchange ratio represents an offer price of $14.04 per share and a 10.2 percent premium to First Advantage's stock price, based on First American's and First Advantage's closing stock prices on Friday, June 26, 2009.

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DUBAI – May 18, 2009 (Cards Middle East Conference) – VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced the QX1000 plug-and-play solution for adding contactless card payment acceptance to existing point-of-sale devices, electronic cash registers (ECR) and PCs. The QX1000 is based on an advanced contactless architecture that utilizes a single contactless interface (SingleCI) and incorporates the most sought-after features in user-friendly design and customer branding.   The QX1000 is a global contactless solution from the leader in payments and is suited to the widest range of EMV and mag-stripe contactless cards from Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, as well as non-payment applications such as MiFare. Installation involves quick connections via factory-installed USB or serial options. Read more: VeriFone Holdings Inc ( PAY )