Sabrina Parsons age: 37.(BC 20 Under 40)(Company overview)

Byline: blue chip

Education: Bachelor's degree in history, with minors in Latin American studies and education, Princeton University.

Professional accomplishments: Since 2007 has led a multimillion dollar company, growing it from 25 employees to 45 and achieving revenue growth in fiscal years in 2009 and 2010; previously founded a software distribution company in the United Kingdom and a consulting firm for Internet start-ups.

Impact on the community: Co-chairwoman of the 2010 Willamette Angels Conference, which connects young businesses with angel and venture investors. Founding member of the advisory board of the Smart-Ups entrepreneurial group. A member of the board of the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce and the chamber's entrepreneurial advisory board. Member of the selection committee for the Eugene School District superintendent search. A member of the Edison School Parent Council, for which she designed and donated a website and e-mail marketing system.

Motivation: "I've always been a very focused, motivated person. My children definitely motivate me to be involved in the community that we live in. I want to be a part of the leadership that keeps Eugene a desirable and beautiful place to live. And on the business side, I'm somebody who's motivated by success. I like to be involved in things, and I like to be successful, so I work hard at it."

Secret life: "I love to travel, and I love to make travel arrangements. I often say in my next life I'll start a travel-related company that helps families plan appropriate trips." Parsons and her husband visited Istanbul and Bulgaria with their eldest son when he was 14 months old.

Family: Husband, Noah; sons Timmy, 6; Leo, 4, and Sammy, 1.

Nominated by: Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software.

Why she is a rising star: "Sabrina is a successful CEO, community leader and mother of three boys. She's co-author of the 2008 book '3 Weeks to Startup,' published by Entrepreneur Press. She's a thought leader who has been featured in USA Today, Woman Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, and other publications, as an exemplary working mother and business success."

- Sherri Buri McDonald, blue chip

Free Wi-Fi at Sea-Tac, courtesy of Google.(The Big Blog)

Google is being extra nice this holiday season.

The Internet giant announced Tuesday it will subsidize free Wi-Fi at 47 airports -- including Seattle's Sea-Tac Airport -- through January.

Sea-Tac customers have paid a fee to use the airport's Wi-Fi, which has been provided by AT&T. The airport expects to see WiFi provided by Google installed and ready to use within a week and a half, though most airports will begin service Nov. 10 and the airport is still working to duck out early from its contract with AT&T, which was set to expire at the end of the year.

"We haven't crossed all the t's and dotted the i's for our spot, but we're pretty much 99 percent there," said Sea-Tac spokesman Perry Cooper.

The airport was already planning to provide free Wi-Fi to customers once its AT&T contract expired in January. Free Wi-Fi has long been a popular request on customer feedback forms, Cooper said.

Google paid Sea-Tac to install the free Wi-Fi, he said, which will cost the airport nothing but will expose the Google brand to some of the 30 million customers who use the airport every year.

"It's not just a benefit for customers," Cooper said. "They're going to sign on and see Google's name right off the top."

Google has said it will subsidize the free Wi-Fi to participating airports from Nov. 10 through Jan. 15. After the term of Google's offer, which may vary in Seattle's case, the airport will provide free Wi-Fi to customers itself, as originally planned.

Cooper did not know how much Google paid Sea-Tac to offer free Wi-Fi nor what day the service would be activated. The airport is still working out the details, he said.

Google's generous move only further establishes free Wi-Fi as a branding battleground for tech giants. Yahoo is sponsoring Wi-Fi in Times Square in New York, and Google is paying for Web access on Virgin America flights during the holidays, CNET News reported.

Google partnered with Boingo, Advanced Wireless Group, Time Warner Cable, Electronic Media Systems and Lilypad to offer the service. More on that here.

Update: For a look at how Microsoft is fighting the Wi-Fi tech wars, check out Nick Eaton's post on our Microsoft blog.

Research and Markets: Inexpensive, Ubiquitous, Reliable, and Simple For the Mobile Customer to Operate - Worldwide Mobile Application Series: Mobile Messaging Still Profitable.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/baa7d0/worldwide_mobile_a) has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Mobile Application Series: Mobile Messaging Still Profitable" report to their offering.

In recent years, as mobile operators have seen the average revenue per user (ARPU) decrease, they have sought to recover some of this revenue via value-added services. However, the most profitable data service is still text messaging. Inexpensive, ubiquitous, reliable, and simple for the mobile customer to operate, SMS (and MMS) technologies provide potentially endless revenue streams for forward thinking MNOs.

This report contains:

* Customer segmentation of consumers who currently use mobile data via 2008 Consumer Mobility Survey.

* Analysis of different stages of text messaging growth on a regional level.

* Global and regional forecasts for the mobile messaging industry.

* Emerging technologies for maximizing SMS/MMS revenue--services offered by Acision and VeriSign.

What's in the Report?

* Forecasts of mobile messaging revenue through 2013 for North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, China, and Global regions.

* Responses from the 2008 Consumer Mobility Survey segmented by respondents using mobile messaging.

* Strategic guidance for enhancing ARPU via enhanced messaging functionality.

Who Will be Interested in This Report?

* Cellular operators.

* Mobile application developers and marketers.

* Enterprises with the need for constant customer communication.

* Mobile advertisers.

Whose Needs Does This Report Address?

* Companies providing enhanced messaging services.

* Mobile operators and investors.

* Companies interested in entering the mobile content arena.

* Enterprises seeking to increase customer service via mobile messaging.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

* Which services and strategies will pave the way for development in the consumer mobile messaging market segments?

* How will mobile development differ among geographic regions?

* What strategies are operators pursuing to increase ARPU and develop new services?

* Where will opportunities emerge for operators, investors, and content and application developers?

* Mobile messaging respondents use many more voice minutes than total survey respondents.

* One-third of mobile Internet messengers use AT&T Mobility service.

* In addition to paying more for value-added services, mobile messengers are also more likely to pay up to 25% more for their handsets than all survey respondents.

Key Topics Covered:

* Introduction to Update

* Overview

* Short Message Service (SMS)

* Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

* Consumer Mobility Survey Findings

* Monthly Voice and Data Expenditures

* Wireless Phone Spending and Features

* Historical Spending Trends

* Consumer Loyalty and Satisfaction

* Mobile Data

* Messaging Forecasts

* Europe

* North America

* Asia/Pacific

* China

* Conclusions

* Methodology

* Glossary

* List of Tables

* List of Figures

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/baa7d0/worldwide_mobile_a

Gandalf announces former IBM services director to head services group; Company steps up commitment to deliver network services and support.

NEPEAN, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1995--GANDALF TECHNOLOGIES (TSE:GAN NASDAQ:GANDF) Gandalf Technologies Inc. today announced that Richard Busto has been appointed vice president of services, education and quality. In this role, Busto will be responsible for the development, implementation and distribution of service offerings worldwide.

"Dick Busto brings to Gandalf 29 years of industry experience at IBM, with expertise in all aspects of data processing and data communications and a background that is complementary to our services strategic direction," said Thomas Vassiliades, chairman, president and CEO. "The addition of Busto to our senior management team emphasizes Gandalf's commitment to providing comprehensive services to meet our customers' growing needs."

Before joining Gandalf, Mr. Busto was director of business development for IBM's Services Division and was responsible for market research, development and planning for all new services, including maintenance, software, Internet, wireless and network station management. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Busto was general manager for field service operations for the U.S. He has held various management positions throughout IBM's services organization, including director of networking services, director of service planning, director of planning and director of finance. Busto will manage Gandalf's education function and oversee all quality functions.

Gandalf Technologies, a leading supplier of advanced networking products, provides customers with professional services and customer support, including consulting services, education and network services including installations, maintenance and network administration. Gandalf's services support Gandalf's access, backbone and concentration products, a suite of connectivity solutions that span an entire enterprise. The company's networking industry experience provides products and services that assist businesses in maximizing their network performance, while reducing their cost and improving their productivity requirements.

Gandalf's vision is to provide people with access to information through technology. Gandalf provides leading solutions in network infrastructure by connecting remote locations to central resources and designing and supplying high speed backbones for data, video and voice transmission. These offerings provide customers significant strategic advantage in today's competitive world.

Gandalf markets its range of communications solutions in 75 countries through subsidiaries and distributors, including Gandalf Canada Ltd., Gandalf Systems Corporation in the U.S., Gandalf Digital Communications Ltd. in the U.K., Gandalf Netherlands, B.V., Gandalf France S.A., and Gandalf International Ltd.

Common shares of Gandalf Technologies are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (GAN) in Canada and on NASDAQ (GANDF) in the United States.

CONTACT: John Pelkola

Public Relations

Gandalf Technologies Inc.

613/723-6500 x8321

john.pelkola@gandalf.ca

or

Wendy Burgess

Investor Relations

Gandalf Technologies Inc.

613/723-6500 x8327

wendy.burgess@gandalf.ca

or

Alys Reynders/Craig Librett

Miller/Shandwick Technologies

617/536-0470

areynders@millercom.com

clibrett@millercom.com

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS REPEATS: New York 212-575-8822 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or

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Halogen-free polyamides for household appliances.(Office, retail and home)

BASF AG, Germany, has added two halogen-free polyamide 66 (PA66) to its Ultramid range. Designed for domestic plastic components, both grades--A3X4G7 and A3UG5--comply with the high fire-protection requirements of the revised IEC60335-1 Standard for household appliances, which has been introduced under the directions of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

A3X4G7 contains 35% glass fibres, though it is lighter in weight than comparable commercial grades containing halogen and reinforced with 25% glass fibres, the company says. A3UG5 contains 25% glass fibres and a light-coloured flame retardant that has been developed so that even components dyed in light colours can be manufactured. Moreover, this reinforced resin is even lighter in weight than the A3X4G7 variant, due to the use of a special additive.

Both composites have good mechanical properties, particularly toughness, making them particularly attractive for snap-on elements and thin walls often found in electric switches. They also have benefits in terms of disposal and recycling.

BASF's Marketing Director of polyamides for electrical and electronic applications, Dr Ralf Neuhaus, says "Customers can save themselves the trouble of dismantling old appliances to recover plastics containing bromine flame retardants, a step that would be required under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) of the European Community."

The changes made to the IEC 60335 standard relate, among other things, to household appliances that operate without supervision and through which high currents flow (more than 0.2 A). These include switches and connectors in washing machines and dishwashers, refrigerators and ovens, as well as electric motors in central vacuum systems and exhaust hoods.

Plastics used in these applications have to pass the stricter glow-wire ignition test at 750[degrees]C (1382[degrees]F), either on test specimens or on the finished part. Up to now, any flame that appeared during the glow-wire ignition test had to go out within the testing and observation time of 1 min. However, the standard has been revised along stricter guidelines, and no ignition is permitted at all.

For further information, contact: Dr Sabine Philipp, BASF AG, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany; tel: +49-621-6043-348; fax: +49-621-6020-129; E-mail: sabine.philipp@basf-ag.de; or: ultraplaste.infopoint@basf.com; Internet: www.basf.de/ultramid

City improves its wireless access ranking.

Byline: L.A. Lorek

Jun. 7--In the future, anyone with a computer will be able to surf the Internet from anywhere in San Antonio, without a wire.

That's the vision of Terry Weakly, who runs WiFi-SA.com, a business building a wireless fidelity or WiFi Internet network.

"The wireless devices are going to be everything from child-oriented to entertainment-oriented," Weakly said. "WiFi is going to become as ubiquitous as getting an FM pocket radio and being able to listen to it on the bus." But San Antonio is not there yet. San Antonio has improved slightly in the rankings of the nation's most "unwired cities" to 41st from 49th a year ago, according to Intel's third annual survey released today.

San Antonio has got a way to go to catch up to Austin-San Marcos, which is the third most unwired area behind Seattle and San Francisco.

Nationwide, WiFi Internet access points known as hotspots are becoming more commonplace, said Bert Sperling of Sperling's Best Places, which conducted the survey for Intel.

The availability of WiFi is allowing more people with WiFi-enabled computers, personal digital assistants and phones to surf the Internet from parks, coffee shops, bookstores, airports and even sports stadiums, he said.

In 2001, only the most technologically advanced business people used WiFi to surf the Internet, said Ralph Bond, Intel's consumer education manager. But today, even teenagers and grandparents are using it.

In San Antonio, people can find WiFi hotspots at hotels, coffee shops and bookstores. Most require Internet surfers to pay to sign onto the WiFi network, but at the Weston Center downtown, people can surf the Internet for free.

Instead of free WiFi Internet access, Sperling found that the most unwired cities nationwide offered paid WiFi service. People find the paid WiFi service more reliable, he said.

More than 64,000 wireless hotspots exist in 99 countries, according to www.jiwire.com. Nationwide, WiFi hotspots have sprung up in public parks, airports, truck stops, laundromats, malls and auditoriums.

As the availability of WiFi expands, the demand for WiFi enabled laptop PCs has also grown, Bond said. Last year, wireless-enabled laptop PCs made up 65 percent of sales, but by 2007 all laptop computers will have WiFi access, according to research firm IDC.

Already, one in five adult computer users have connected to the Internet using public hotspots, according to a recent poll commissioned by Intel.

WiFi has changed the way people surf the Internet, but WiMax, a broadband WiFi technology, promises to provide wireless computing and connectivity to even more people, Bond said.

WiMax, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, transmits wireless Internet access at DSL or T1 speeds up to 30 miles to large metro or rural areas. WiMax is expected to provide a cheap wireless alternative to other broadband technologies, Bond said.

WiMax is being tested in Austin, Abilene and other cities, Bond said. For information, visit www.wimaxforum.org.

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Jupitermedia Announces Acquisition of Over 30,000 New Images for its JupiterImages Division.

NEW YORK -- Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq:JUPM) today announced that it has acquired over 30,000 high resolution image assets from a variety of leading content providers in several recent transactions for its JupiterImages division (http://www.jupiterimages.com).Terms of these acquisitions were not disclosed.

"These acquisitions solidify our position as having one of the largest collections of wholly-owned digital images and various image brands on the Web," stated Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO of Jupitermedia. "With over 30,000 new stock photo images, we'll be able to offer our customers even more exclusive imagery while being able to expand our OEM and other offline sales channels. Our JupiterImages customers will benefit greatly from this high quality content," added Meckler.

For licensing and OEM opportunities with JupiterImages, contact Andrew Watzenboeck at awatzenboeck@jupitermedia.com.

About Jupitermedia Corporation

Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq:JUPM), (www.jupitermedia.com) headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of original information, images, research and events for information technology, business and creative professionals. JupiterWeb, the online division of Jupitermedia, operates four distinct online networks: internet.com and EarthWeb.com for IT and business professionals; DevX.com for developers; and ClickZ.com for interactive marketers. JupiterWeb properties include more than 150 Web sites and over 150 e-mail newsletters that are viewed by over 20 million users and generate over 300 million page views monthly. Jupitermedia also includes: JupiterImages, one of the leading images companies in the world with over 3.5 million images online serving creative professionals with products like Comstock Images, Photos.com and ClipArt.com; JupiterResearch, a leading international research advisory organization specializing in business and technology market research in 18 business areas and 14 vertical markets; and JupiterEvents, which produces offline conferences and trade shows focused on IT and business-specific topics, including Search Engine Strategies and Wi-Fi Planet.

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