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Technology II 2006 Feature ReleasesSAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- May 18, 2006 -- The following releases focus on the topic Technology II: ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN TIME SALT LAKE CITY--Bluetooth for Women, Size and Color Matters; BluePearls(TM) Only 7.9 Grams -- Nine Colors to Accessorize -- Up to 18 Hours of 'Talk-Time' (05/18/2006 - 07:30 AM, SOURCE: ProfitWing Inc.) LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Award winning GE Profile(TM) Dishwasher with SmartDispense(TM) Technology Offers Revolutionary Features to Meet Consumers' Needs and Lifestyles; Quietest dishwasher in GE's history holds entire 45-oz. bottle of detergent (05/18/2006 - 08:00 AM, SOURCE: GE Consumer & Industrial, NYSE:GE) --Click&Buy Suggests Ways to Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud and Scammers (05/18/2006 - 12:00 PM, SOURCE: Click&Buy) AVAILABLE EXPERTS The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Technology II: -- David Clemons is the CEO and founder of ProfitWing Inc., located in Salt Lake City, Utah. David is responsible for bringing extremely unique and functional Bluetooth technology into the North American continent. He was responsible for the NextLink Ax and AX2 products as well as the newly launched BluePearls.us product line exclusively for women. David and his team coordinate marketing, product readiness, packaging, product introductions and design for several manufacturers. David has been in the news with frequency - Digital Producer, Mobile Magazine, Mobile Review, Bluetooth Lounge, Wired magazine, Gaget - Review, Cool Buzz, Blue Tomorrow, Mobile Bulgaria and many others. 435-703-2297, [email protected] -- Steve Johnson has a long history of driving technological innovations for consumer-facing products and services. As co-founder and CEO of ChoiceStream (www.choicestream.com), he has developed personalization technologies that enable Web 2.0 companies to automatically surface relevant content for consumers, including products, media and entertainment content, personalized search results, advertising and promotions. The personalization technology he pioneered is currently being used by some of the world's largest online services, e-retailers, mobile operators and TV, including Yahoo!, AOL, Starz!, Columbia House, eMusic among others, to increase customer loyalty and drive new revenues by automatically surfacing the most relevant content to consumers on a 1-to-1 basis. Prior to founding ChoiceStream, Steve Johnson was Vice President of America Online's Software and Technology Development division. While at AOL, Mr. Johnson led the development of AOL 4.0, You've Got Pictures, as well as all telephony and broadcast products. At AOL, Mr. Johnson was also responsible for media technology research, development, and acquisition. In this role, he served as principal technology negotiator in AOL's 1998 acquisition of Netscape and was the technology lead on the transition team of Netscape into AOL and the formation of the Sun-AOL iPlanet strategic alliance. In 1991, Mr. Johnson was founder and co-CEO of Johnson-Grace Company, a company specializing in image, sound and video compression technology, which was purchased by America Online, Inc. in 1996. He holds a U.S. patent, issued in 1999, for the image compression technology currently used on the America Online service. Mr. Johnson graduated from the University of Southern California in 1980 with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and received a Masters degree from Harvard University in 1985 where he continued in Harvard's doctoral program until 1990. PR Contact: Matt Flanagan, 617-758-4141, [email protected] -- Larry O'Connor is the founder, president and chief executive officer of Illinois-based Other World Computing (OWC). The company is a leading provider of quality computer upgrade products and services for Macintosh users around the world. Under O'Connor's direct leadership, OWC has demonstrated dynamic growth in each of its of incorporation since 1988. The company surpassed annual sales revenue of $35 million in 2005 and is forecasted for accelerated growth in 2006 with the introduction of industry revolutionizing products including completely updated versions of the Mercury On-The-Go and NewerTech miniStack storage solutions. The newly engineered Mercury On-The-Go pro series FireWire 800/400+USB2 provides an unprecedented 160 GB of increased on the go storage power for Mac and PC users in a stylish encasement small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. The NewerTech miniStack solves the storage limitations of the increasingly popular Mac mini while maintaining the compact size and increasing the number of ports. The extreme high capacity Mercury Elite-AL Pro is the first storage solution to ship in 750GB single drive and 1.5TB dual RAID capacities. Fittingly compared to Apple(1)s Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates for achieving entrepreneurial success in the computer field at an early age, O'Connor founded Other World Computing at the age of 14 and achieved his first million in sales by the age of 20. Products debuted under O'Connor's direction have won pinnacle award recognition from the international press including Macworld, MacAddict, iPod Observer, MacUser, Creative Mac News and Layers. Companies under the OWC business umbrella include www.MacSales.com - recognized as one of the most popular Macintosh products e-commerce sites on the Web, leading hardware developer Newer Technology Inc (NewerTech), Internet service provider (ISP) OWC.net, Macintosh-specific ISP FasterMac.net, comparative pricing portal Price.com, and high-quality seafood distribution network SeafoodByNet.com. Since its inception, OWC and its subsidiaries have added thousands of consumer electronics and computer hardware products to its inventory. OWC's proprietary line of Macintosh upgrade products includes the brand names OWC Mercury and OWC Neptune. OWC Mercury and OWC Neptune product lines are recognized leaders in accelerators, FireWire storage solutions and external enclosure kits for FireWire components, as well as related hardware products. Under O'Connor's leadership NewerTech and OWC introduced the NuPower line of high-capacity batteries for Apple products in 2003 including the highest capacity batteries available for PowerBook G3 and G4 Models. A line of batteries for first-, second-, third- and fourth-generation iPods soon followed. As of 2006, OWC is selling NuPower batteries for all current models of Apple laptops and both standard and mini size music, video, and photo iPods. PR Contact: Rikki-Lee Travolta, 815-333-5006, [email protected] Registered journalists can submit queries to the ExpertSource staff and/or search for more experts in this and various other topics by going to www.businesswire.com and logging in with your email address and PressPass password. If you are not registered, you may do so at www.businesswire.com. For more information or assistance with ExpertSource, please contact Stacey Seigler, ExpertSource Coordinator/Business Wire at 312/223-1037, [email protected]. The following are upcoming Features Package release dates: May 23 - Fitness & Health III May 25 - Seniors II May 30 - Beauty & Bridal II Questions? Contact Business Wire's Media Relations team at [email protected] |
