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PreVerify LLC (preverify.com) announced the release of its latest patent-pending technology -- the PreVerify Job Board. Like other job boards, prospective employers post job listings. Unlike other job boards, the PreVerify Job Board is free. But the biggest difference is that every job seeker who applies for a job on the PreVerify Job Board, already has a pre-verified employment history. So every single candidate on the PreVerify Job Board is a better candidate -- saving companies time and money. Job seekers benefit by getting the best interviews, first. All of which positions the PreVerify Job Board to compete with established goliaths such as Monster, Career Builder and Craigslist.

On ATEME's IBC booth #1D70 in Amsterdam, Titan Live offers an unprecedented Converged Media transcoding solution. Its versatility, scalability, and high density performance will undoubtedly catch the spotlight. "The Titan platform already supports large scale pay-TV VOD deployments in North-America and Europe, and has already exceeded initial client expectations of projected performance and throughput," says Remi Beaudouin, Product Marketing Manager. "Its core transcoding engine KFE (Kyrion File Encoder) is widely used to create files for web and mobile delivery. The introduction of TITAN Live adds the ability to support IP to IP live transcoding and deliver all required web TV/mobile TV profiles. This positions TITAN as a unique solution enabling the convergence of live & file-based workflows," adds Beaudouin.

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A New Zealand company founded by a garage inventor says it is in talks to sell its so-called "Jetpack" - actually a personal ducted-fan aircraft too heavy to be lifted by its user - to the US military.

Eagles drummer and singer Don Henley has a world of trouble on his mind, and he hopes that Congress will lighten his load... by gutting the best part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Defending his copyrights in the digital age is just too hard for Henley and his labels, because it requires constant vigilance of both mainstream user-upload sites like YouTube and dodgier destinations like BitTorrent trackers.

The European Union's Commissioner for Customs and Anti-Fraud is in China to discuss how the Chinese authorities and the E.U. can reduce trafficking in illegal products, particularly those that breach intellectual property rights by infringing on patents, copyrights or trademarks.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 08/31/10 -- TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR), today announced that on August 30, 2010, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona entered judgment in favor of TASER International, Inc. ("TASER") against Stinger Systems, Inc. ("Stinger") on Count One of TASER's complaint and further ordered that "Stinger is hereby adjudged to have infringed claims 2 and 40 of United States Patent No. 6,999,295 ('the '295 patent')" and that "Claims 2 and 40 of the '295 patent are hereby adjudged to be valid and enforceable."

Sportswear manufacturer Nike has applied for a patent for a pair of automatically lacing trainers.

A patent dispute between chip designer CSR and US rival Broadcom seems to have escalated.

Apple's continuing in its efforts to dictate exactly what its products are used for by applying for a patent on a way to prevent iPhone and iPod users from jailbreaking their devices.