CoStar Showcase Receives Tremendous Market Reception at ICSC Event, Total Subscriptions Surpass $2 Million

BETHESDA, Md., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CoStar Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSGP), the figure 1 supplier of commercial existent estate
information/marketing solutions, today announced that CoStar Showcase(R)
(), its new online place selling service, has
surpassed $2 million in initial subscription orders. More than 300 houses have
signed up to marketplace their lists through the advanced new service, which
officially debuted at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
RECon event held last calendar month inLas Vegas.

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"Based on the enthusiastic response CoStar Showcase received at ICSC, and
continued strong involvement from our clients, it's unclutter there is substantial
demand among commercial place people for a more than effectual manner to
market their place lists online," said CoStar Group Laminitis and CEO

Andrew C. Florance. "We believe CoStar Showcase offerings a better solution, and
we couldn't be more than pleased with the marketplace response for our new online
marketing service. While some of these contracts include a trial time period and an
option to cancel, the response to day of the month clearly bespeaks these clients find
CoStar Showcase to be a very compelling and effectual solution for marketing
their lists online."

The one thousands of up-to-date, research-verified place lists available
free and without enrollment at offering an enormously
valuable resource for those searching for available office, retail,
warehouse/industrial, multifamily, land and other commercial properties. By
going to , visitants can utilize the free place hunt tool
to entree one thousands of available for sale and for rental listings, which are
updated and maintained by CoStar's ain research service, the industry's
largest.

About CoStar Group, Inc.

CoStar Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSGP) is the figure 1 supplier of
information/marketing serves to commercial existent estate people inthe
United States as well as theUnited Kingdom. CoStar's suite of services
offers clients entree via the Internet to the most comprehensive database of
commercial existent estate information throughout the U.S. arsenic well as in the
United Kingdom andFrance. Headquartered inBethesda, MD, the company has
approximately 1,300 employees, including the biggest professional research
organization in the industry. For more than information, visit
.

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" including, without
limitation, statements regarding CoStar's expectations, beliefs, purposes or
strategies regarding the future. These statements are subject to many risks
and uncertainnesses that could do existent consequences to differ materially from
these statements. More information about possible factors that could cause
actual consequences to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those declared in
CoStar's filings from clip to clip with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including CoStar's Form 10-K for the twelvemonth ended December 31, 2007
and CoStar's Form 10-Q for the one-fourth ended March 31, 2008, under the heading
"Risk Factors." In improver to these statements, there can be no assurance
that clients volition go on to demo strong involvement for CoStar Showcase; that
there is significant demand among commercial place people for a more
effective manner to marketplace their place lists online; that CoStar Showcase
offers a better solution; that the response to day of the month bespeaks the clients find
CoStar Showcase to be a very compelling and effectual solution for marketing
their lists online; that the lists available at
will supply an enormously valuable resource for those searching for available
commercial properties; or that visitants to that usage the
free place hunt tool will be able to entree one thousands of available for
sale and for rental listings. All forward-looking statements are based on
information available to CoStar on the day of the month hereof, and CoStar presumes no
obligation to update such as statements.

SOURCE CoStar Group, Inc.

comScore Releases March 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

RESTON, Va., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measurement the digital world, today released its
monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. hunt marketplace. March 2008
saw Americans behavior 10.8 billion core searches, representing a 9-percent
increase versus February.

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March 2008 U.S. Core Search Rankings

In March, Google Sites extended its share of core hunts to 59.8
percent, up from 59.2 percentage the former month. Yahoo! Sites ranked second
with 21.3 percent, followed by Microsoft Sites (9.4 percent), AOL LLC (4.8
percent), and Ask Network (4.7 percent).

comScore Core Search Report*
March 2008 vs. February 2008
Entire U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0 Share of Searches (%)
Point Change
Mar-08 vs.
Core Search Entity Feb-08 Mar-08 Feb-08 Sum Core Search 100.0% 100.0% 0.0
Google Sites 59.2% 59.8% 0.6
Yahoo! Sites 21.6% 21.3% -0.3
Microsoft Sites 9.6% 9.4% -0.2
AOL LLC 4.9% 4.8% -0.1
Ask Network 4.6% 4.7% 0.1 * Based on the five major hunt engines including spouse hunts and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video land sites that are not on the core sphere of the five
hunt engines are not included in the core hunt numbers.

Americans conducted 10.8 billion hunts at the core hunt engines,
representing a 9-percent addition versus February. Each of the five core search
engines experienced hunt question additions during the month. Google Sites saw more
than 6.4 billion core searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.3 billion, and
Microsoft Sites with 1 billion.

comScore Core Search Report*
March 2008 vs. February 2008
Entire U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0 Search Queries (MM)
Point Change
Mar-08 vs.
Core Search Entity Feb-08 Mar-08 Feb-08 Sum Core Search 9,882 10,771 9%
Google Sites 5,855 6,438 10%
Yahoo! Sites 2,136 2,296 7%
Microsoft Sites 953 1,012 6%
AOL LLC 488 521 7%
Ask Network 450 503 12% * Based on the five major hunt engines including spouse hunts and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video land sites that are not on the core sphere of the five
hunt engines are not included in the core hunt numbers.

March U.S. Expanded Search Rankings

In the March 2008 analysis of the Top 50 places where hunt activity
is observed, Google Sites led with 8.3 billion searches. Yahoo! Sites ranked
second with 2.4 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (more than 1
billion), and AOL LLC (891 million).

comScore Expanded Search Question Report
March 2008 vs. February 2008
Entire U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0 Search Queries (MM)
Point Change
Mar-08 vs.
Expanded Search Entity Feb-08 Mar-08 Feb-08 Sum Expanded Search 13,806 15,088 9%
Google Sites 7,390 8,267 12%
Google 5,917 6,531 10%
YouTube/All Other 1,473 1,736 18%
Yahoo! Sites 2,262 2,391 6%
Yahoo! 2,234 2,359 6%
All Other 28 32 14%
Microsoft Sites 984 1,054 7%
MSN-Windows Live 952 1,019 7%
Microsoft/All Other 32 35 9%
AOL LLC 864 891 3%
AOL 493 527 7%
MapQuest/All Other 371 364 -2%
Ask Network 452 506 12%
Ask.com 283 316 12%
MyWebSearch.com/ All Other 169 190 12%
eBay 480 474 -1%
Fox Interactive Media 337 377 12%
MySpace 330 368 12%
All Other 7 9 29%
Craigslist.org 239 277 16%
Amazon Sites 139 149 7%
Facebook.com 103 107 4%

To bespeak more than information on comScore qSearch 2.0, delight visit

About comScore

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a planetary leader in measurement the digital
world. For more than information, delight visit

SOURCE comScore, Inc.

AARP and NCOA Launch Online Tool to Help Older Americans Access Economic Stimulus Payments

WASHINGTON, March 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Applying for economic
stimulus payments will now be easier for more than than 20 million Americans who
normally don't have got to register a taxation tax return thanks to the development of a
new, user-friendly online tool developed jointly by Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons Tax-Aide and the
National Council on Aging's (NCOA's) BenefitsCheckUp(R). The Stimulation Payment Tool will assist the more than than 20 million people --
many of whom are seniors -- to fill up out an Internal Revenue Service Form 1040A to receive
payments under the Economic Stimulation law. People can access the tool either
through NCOA's BenefitsCheckUp(R) at or through
AARP's web land site at . "It's important for people to have got easy to understand instructions
about who's eligible for the stimulation payment and the ability to fill up out
the 1040A form," said Gilbert Stuart Spector, NCOA Senior Frailty President. "NCOA
worked difficult to progress the economical stimulation statute law and this joint
effort with Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons Tax-Aide produced an effective, smart tool to do it a
reality for those in need." The Stimulation Payment tool do available in one topographic point on the Internet,
simple, easy-to-understand instruction manual coupled with the ability to
complete and black and white the Internal Revenue Service 1040A form, with individualized instruction manual on
where to mail it. The Stimulation payment tool will do it easy for stimulus
payment filers, and trusted intermediaries, household members and caregivers
that assistance them, to take the necessary actions to acquire the stimulation payment
that they are entitled to under the law. "AARP is dedicated to making certain people have got the information and
resources they necessitate to have their stimulation payments," said Uncle Tom Nelson,
AARP's Head Operating Officer. "Developing this on-line tool with NCOA
enables the one thousands of Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons volunteers, community groupings and trusted
individuals to assist aged Americans securely have their stimulus
payments. This tool is an incredibly straightforward manner to assist every
person who is eligible for a payment acquire one." NCOA promotes people who are filing their 1040A word forms for the
Economic Stimulation to also take some clip to happen out if they are eligible
for other benefit programmes by using BenefitsCheckUp. BenefitsCheckUp is a
Web land site that tin aid people aged 55 and over and some little people with
Medicare happen and acquire the benefits they are eligible for. NCOA's research
shows that many seniors are not aware of these programmes or believe that
they are not eligible for them. BenefitsCheckUp do it easy for seniors,
their households or health professionals to finish a questionnaire that lone takes a
few minutes, is free, and replies are always private. Richard E. Byrd, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner for Wage and Investment, joined NCOA
and Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons Thursday in American Capital to denote "Super Saturday," intended to
help people throughout the state acquire assist filing for payments scheduled
for Saturday, March 29. Approximately 320 Internal Revenue Service business offices will be unfastened on Super
Saturday to set up the simple Form 1040A for people who are filing a
return solely to have their stimulation payment, along with Internal Revenue Service partners
such as AARP, United Manner of United States and tons of other trusted,
community-based organizations. "We don't desire any Americans to lose out on their economical stimulus
payment. For billions of Americans, filing a taxation tax return is not routine. Their income is either too low or not taxable. But this year, filing a 2007
tax tax return is the lone manner to have an economical stimulation payment. Super
Saturday is one manner the Internal Revenue Service and its spouses are working to guarantee everyone
eligible have a stimulation payment," said Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman. About the National Council on Aging Founded in 1950, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) have a missionary post is
to better the lives of aged Americans. A non-profit organization with
3,700 members, we also have got a national web of some 14,000 organizations
and leadership that aid us in our work. NCOA members include senior centers,
area federal agencies on aging, grownup twenty-four hours service centers, faith-based service
organizations, senior lodging facilities, employment services, consumer
groups and leadership from academia, concern and labor. Our programmes help
older people stay healthy and independent, happen jobs, addition entree to
benefits programs, and detect meaningful ways to go on contributing to
society. For more than information on NCOA, visit . About BenefitsCheckUp(R) Developed and maintained by the National Council on Aging (NCOA),
BenefitsCheckUp is the nation's most comprehensive Web-based service to
screen for benefits programmes for seniors with limited income and resources. It includes more than than 1,550 populace and private benefits programmes from all
50 states and the District of Columbia. For more than information on
BenefitsCheckUp, visit .

USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association, Announces Open Public Access to All its Conference Proceedings

BERKELEY, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USENIX
Association, a prima forum for presenting film editing border developments in
computing, announced today that unfastened entree to its conference proceedings
will now be available free of complaint to the general public. In doing so,
USENIX goes on to carry through its missionary post to back up and circulate research
in advanced computing. Since 1975, the USENIX Association have brought together the community
of engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians working on
the up-to-the-minute progresses in the computer science world. USENIX have delivered
innumerable industry "firsts" at past conferences, including ONYX, the
first effort at UNIX system system hardware; the launch of the first UNIX merchandise by
Digital Equipment Corporation; the first paper on Sendmail by Eric Allman;
the first Perl presentation by Uncle Tom Christiansen; and the first study on
Oak, which later became Java. "The USENIX conference legal proceeding are highly desired written documents that
contain tomorrow's innovations," said Ellie Young, Executive Director,
USENIX. "By making the document immediately available to all, USENIX removes
all barriers to accessing information about the up-to-the-minute computer science advances." In 2008, USENIX will show over 20 conferences and workshops,
including the approaching 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and
Implementation the 2008 USENIX
Annual Technical Conference, ; the
17th USENIX Security Symposium, the
2008 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Vote Technology Workshop
and the 22nd Large Installation System
Administration Conference, . About the USENIX Association USENIX is the Advanced Computer Science Systems Association. For over 30
years, it have been the prima community for engineers, system
administrators, scientists, and technicians working on the film editing border of
the computer science world. USENIX conferences are the indispensable meeting grounds
for the presentation and treatment of technical progresses in all facets of
computing systems. For more than information about the USENIX Association, visit
.

IVT Announces Launch of Its New BlueSoleil Linux Version for Ultra Mobile PCs

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- IVT, the human race leading Bluetooth engineering specialist, denotes it have ported its popular Bluetooth application software, BlueSoleil 5.0 on Windows XP/Vista onto the Linux Operating System (kernel 2.6 or above), providing Linux users with the same expression and experience graphical user interface and functionalities. IVT will show it at Capital Of Taiwan Computex, June 3-7 in Bluetooth Pavilion.

Marketing Will Change, not Contract, Reveals New Research From creativebrief

LONDON, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Rather than a existent selling recession
new research from creativebrief, the world's lone synergistic database for
the selling services industry, demoes the inquiry is far more than about how
marketing will change, not contract. The up-to-the-minute grounds from the USA
(Forbes, Reason Inc) and assorted United Kingdom studies from the IPA, Campaign
magazine, Media Week and others all point to shifting littoral in pass rather
than any downturn. St Martin Sorrell of WPP, have published his up-to-the-minute forecast, wrapped up in
his 'quadrennial event' theory, that again points to 3.9% addition inch spend
2008, but that newspaper advertisement gross dropping by a monolithic 9.4% in
USA, will follow in UK. Alice Paul Duncanson, mendelevium of creativebrief, says: "This is a view
creativebrief back ups from our research amongst cardinal United Kingdom based advertisers
(Jan - March 2008). Year on twelvemonth few are considering decreases in pass but
calling for efficiencies in spend, focusing on mensurable delivery. The
results are already here to see in the continued roar in the online channel
and a 10% decrease in prognosis television gross for May alone (media
forecasts)." As advertizers seek to maximise returns, they turn to reexamine their
marketing transmission channel schemes and then their suppliers. creativebrief is
beginning to see the reserve and stableness of the first one-fourth 2008 turn
to more than positive action by companies as they seek advice about where to
spend their budgets with most effectively in this tighter economic
environment. "All is not somberness on the broader economical front, and this is why we are
not yet seeing monolithic cuts in selling spend', goes on Alice Paul Duncanson. 'Latest hectometer Treasury prognoses (industry averaged) still demo 2008 GDP
growth of 1.8% with rising prices at 2.7% and growing increasing in 2009 to 1.9%
whilst rising prices cut downs additional to 2.4%. Set this against falling
unemployment statistics in the UK, at least to day of the month and the mentality remains
positive." The cardinal message from this first phase of determinations from creativebrief's
clients is cautiously encouraging. Perhaps the lessons that are delivered
through past experience (for illustration the recent IPA survey based on 880 IPA
effectiveness lawsuit studies) that decrease in selling passes in economic
downturns is self-defeating have been learned, at least by the more than growth
orientated brands. Background The first service of its kind, creativebrief links purchasers and
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every selling sector, type and in every portion of the world. creativebrief
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information on the fast changing supply market. The company was launched in United Kingdom in October 2002 by laminitis Uncle Tom Holmes
and since this clip have built up a client listing of some of the leading
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all four corners of the Earth and across all major selling sectors and
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Prison Sentences for Ringleaders of Global Software Counterfeit Syndicate

Sentencing signalings the end of Taiwan-based operation, the biggest known
manufacturer and distributer of bogus Microsoft merchandises in the human race from 1997
to 2003. REDMOND, Wash., Feb. Four /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Prison sentences
handed down to forgers by a Taipei, Taiwan, tribunal grade the end of a
string of successful prosecutions by international law enforcement
agencies, bringing a planetary software system counterfeiting ring to a concluding halt. Between 1997 and 2003, Huang Jer-sheng, proprietor of the Taipei-based
distributor Maximus Technology Inc., and his associates were responsible
for the production and statistical distribution of more than than 90 percentage of the
high-quality imitative Microsoft software system merchandises either seized by law
enforcement or test-purchased around the world. (Logo: ) The mob produced imitation versions of at least 21 Microsoft
software merchandises in seven known languages, English, French, German,
Italian, Polish, Portuguese and simplified Chinese, deserving an estimated $900
million (U.S.). These merchandises were then distributed and ultimately sold to
unwitting resellers and consumers in over 600 metropolises and at least 22 known
countries and parts across the globe: Australia, Austria, Canada, China,
Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Paraguay,
Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad
and Tobago, the United Kingdom and the United States. Following an drawn-out probe and prosecution by the Taiwanese
authorities, assisted by Microsoft Corp., Huang Jer-sheng was sentenced to
four years' imprisonment on Dec. 31, 2007, equaling the longer sentence
handed down for this type of law-breaking in Taiwan's history. Huang Jer-sheng's
three co-defendants were sentenced the same twenty-four hours to imprisonment terms
ranging from 18 calendar months to 3 years. "The prison house sentences handed down in this lawsuit in China -- and the
dozens of other criminal lawsuits brought by public prosecutors around the world
against others associated with these Taiwan-based suspects -- provide
another blunt reminder of the effects of counterfeiting Microsoft
products," said Saint David Finn, associate full general advocate for Worldwide
Anti-Piracy and Anti-Counterfeiting at Microsoft, speaking at the 4th
Global United States Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, Dubai. "Microsoft
applauds the work of the Chinese government in taking such as strong
enforcement action against this syndicate. This lawsuit is another testament
to the strong partnership between local law enforcement government and
private companies, and shows the impact those partnerships can have got in
getting imitation software system off the marketplace and bringing criminal
counterfeiters to justice." Huang Jer-sheng and his associates worked with forgers in both
Taiwan and southern China. Two cadmium reproduction works in Taiwan, Chungtek
Hightech Enterprise Ltd. and Cinway Technology Co., were the main
production centres for imitation software system phonograph records and constituents that were
later establish throughout the world. According to Toilet Newton, director of the Intellectual Place Crime
project at INTERPOL, "The felons behind imitation mobs are
organized, resourceful and willing to pass big amounts of money to
develop and ship pirated commodity to marketplaces all over the world. Piracy is a
crime, pure and simple, and it is imperative we organize our efforts
across the Earth to halt these criminal mobs and this illicit trade." The prosecutions of this international ring of counterfeiters, led by
Huang Jer-sheng, grade the apogee of a figure of complex, global
investigations conducted over a six-year period, which resulted in the
total dismantling of this criminal counterfeiting syndicate. The
investigations and prosecutions spanned five continents and resulted in the
imposition of important prison house footing in Asia, North United States and Europe. In improver to these prosecutions in Taiwan, other noteworthy criminal cases
related to this international ring of forgers were brought against
suppliers in China, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States
between 2001 and 2007. The Microsoft Genuine Software Initiative These legal actions are portion of Microsoft's attempts to battle software
piracy through its Genuine Software Initiative. Microsoft launched the
Genuine Software Enterprise in 2006, and since then it have intensified its
efforts to protect clients and transmission channel spouses from the hazards of
counterfeit software system through an increased focusing on education, engineering
and enforcement. More information about Microsoft's Genuine Software
Initiative is available at . About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: ) is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that aid people and concerns realize
their full potential.

California Chronicle Launches Local Public Information Service

The Golden State History is offering populace information military officers the unique
and sole chance to self-publish time-sensitive information on the
Golden State History place page at . The
Golden State History have over 10 million visitants annually. LOS ANGELES, Feb. One /PRNewswire/ -- To break function its readers, the
California History have launched a new service providing local public
relations and information military officers with the alone chance to
self-publish news, articles, and proclamations directly on the California
Chronicle website and place page. This service will diminish the turn-around
time on information of critical importance to the public, which traditional
publishing methods might otherwise delay. This service is directed at
public dealings and information officers, including those who work for
municipal, state, county, educational, non-profit, and community
organizations. Articles will be immediately syndicated and look in all major
Internet hunt engines, as well as in many major news aggregators, such as as
Google News, Topix, and Lycos. Interested political parties may use for these
accounts by authorship to with the specific
request for a "Public Information Account." Articles are easy-to-post and may include an author's byline or an
organizational byline. Contributors reserve the right of first publication of their
submissions and may print or go around the indistinguishable stuff elsewhere
if desired. Articles are accompanied by an "information box" that may include
information about the organization, golf course to specific web pages, and an
email computer address for feedback about the article. Articles may include golf course to
other non-commercial websites to mention readers to specific web pages for
further information. Individuals who are interested in becoming a portion of the California
Chronicle squad should direct a short letter of introduction or a specific petition for
an business relationship to the editor at . The California
Chronicle website can be establish at .