Newstream Digest: Marrying Your Finances, Preventing Motion Sickness, New Wireless Amber Alert Service & Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

Business Wire, July 12, 2004

NEW YORK -- Newstream Digest

Marrying Your Finances

You've found "the one," got the ring, bought the dress and are on your way to marital bliss. But with all the planning that comes with tying the knot, are you also planning on how tying your finances together will affect your future? A report from Allstate (NYSE:ALL).

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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Joins Forces with Nextel, Comlabs and the Pennsylvania State Police to Develop New Wireless Amber Alert Service

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL), and Communications Laboratories, Inc. (Comlabs) on July the 12th announced the creation and pilot of a wireless AMBER Alert solution that extends the reach of AMBER Alerts to mobile phone users through the Emergency Alert System (EAS).

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Puma Applied Science Develops Breakthrough in Preventing Motion Sickness

Puma Applied Science recently introduced a revolutionary new product, PUMA METHOD for Prevention of Motion Sickness, developed by Sam C. Puma MD, president of Puma Applied Science and former Air Force Flight Surgeon at NASA. Taught on VHS or interactive DVD, the PUMA METHOD is a series of simple conditioning exercises which are done at home to naturally prevent the nausea, lightheadedness, headache and other unpleasant symptoms experienced by over 50% of the population while traveling.

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Digital Mind Corporation Releases DMC 800 Ultra Portable Audio Player

Digital Mind Corporation (DMC) on July 12 announced that it will manufacture, distribute and provide support for the DMC 800 portable music player and storage device in the United States, under special agreement with MultiChannel Labs (MCL), one of the leading MP3 makers in Korea.

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Cirrus Logic Digital Amplifier Products Jump Start Market for Next-Generation Consumer Audio Products

Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS), a leading supplier of digital audio ICs, has introduced two new multi-channel Class-D digital amplifier controllers that promise improved audio performance compared with previous digital amplifier products. These new pin-compatible products, the CS44600 and CS44800, are tailored for next-generation home theater products such as audio/video receivers, DVD receivers and home theater recorders.

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SRI International's 'Shakey The Robot' Selected as Robot Hall of Fame(TM) Inductee

SRI International, an independent nonprofit research institute, today announced that Carnegie Mellon University has selected SRI's pioneering "Shakey" robot for induction into the Robot Hall of Fame(TM). Shakey and four other celebrated robots will be honored in a ceremony on October 11 at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Penn. Shakey was the first autonomous mobile robot capable of sensing its environment and then navigating its own course.

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Canon's Four New Pixma Inkjet Printers Provide Life-Like Photo Quality and Fast Text at Entry-Level Price Points

Canon's four new inkjet photo printers -- PIXMA iP1500, iP2000, iP3000 and iP4000 -- offer consumers new levels of price performance for print quality that was, until recently, only available in dedicated six-ink photo printers. Available in stores this August with estimated selling prices ranging from $49.99-$149.99(a), Canon's new PIXMA inkjet printers feature microscopic 2 picoliter ink droplets for virtually grain-free photographs.

(a) Prices are MSRP at time materials were created. Prices subject to change at any time. Actual prices are determined by individual dealers and may vary.

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Canon's Three New Scanners Deliver Quality, Ease-Of-Use and Simplicity at Affordable Prices

The need for creating digital libraries of everything from household bills and documents to old family photographs has drawn new customers to digital scanning. Canon's new CanoScana 3000 ex, CanoScan 8400F and CanoScan LiDE 35 Color Image Scanners provide consumers with quality, ease-of-use and simplicity at entry-level price points.

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