SAN DIEGO, California, February 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Bob Tkach, director of Transmission Systems research at Bell Labs, received the 22nd John Tyndall Award, the highest recognition in the optical telecommunications community, during a ceremony at the OFC/NFOEC conference in San Diego, California. Tkach was recognized for his long and prolific body of optical networking research that includes inventing many of the fundamental technologies that are now the basis of high-capacity wave division multiplexing (WDM) systems. These include:

FREDERICK, Maryland, February 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Vaccinogen, Inc. announced that its new vaccine to block colon cancer from recurring will be commercially available in Europe starting June 2008.

"This makes OncoVAX(R) the world's first commercially viable vaccine for colon cancer," said Dr. Michael G. Hanna, Jr., Ph.D., Chairman & CEO of Vaccinogen. "It is the beginning of our worldwide strategy of profitable distribution. Questions of the feasibility of patient specific anti-cancer therapies have been raised and this new European initiative will obviate these issues."

CAMBRIDGE, England, February 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Games Portal Offers Greater Depth of Gameplay and Community Features

Jagex Ltd, the online games developer behind RuneScape, today launched FunOrb, their latest games offering. FunOrb is an engaging website that offers an array of online games, which have greater depth of play than traditional casual games.

NEW YORK, February 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- U.S. District Court Allows Claims Brought by Swiss-Based In-House Counsel To Proceed against Altria Group, Inc. and Phillip Morris International, Inc.

CLOSTER, New Jersey, February 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ericom(R) PowerTerm(R) WebConnect for Windows Server 2008 is the first comprehensive and commercially supported FREE application access solution to extend the value and increase the adoption of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

Ericom Software, a leading global provider of Application Access and Virtualization solutions and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, today announced a special version of its flagship product line -- PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008 -- that provides enhancements to Microsoft's newest Terminal Services release. These enhancements are available now for FREE and are distributed through a download from Ericom's website at www.ericom.com/ws08.

SAN JOSE, California, February 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of a new family of AVR(R) 8-bit microcontrollers dedicated to motor control applications for automotive. The ATmega16M1 and ATmega32M1 are the first devices developed for the control of sensor and sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motors for automotive applications.