"Rich brings a strong engineering
background , knowledge of the communication and wireless markets, and years of
experience in developing technical content, making him a key addition to our
online group. I feel that with my background, I'm able to provide
the information that will help these designers get their projects to market
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Sample Digital provides an array of digital media services, including
professional media encoding, research and development, consulting, development
of the WMV Advanced Encoding Utility, and the Digital Dailies system. "Digital post-production
professionals who embrace a new distributed computing workflow supported by
Microsoft and Adobe, two of the world's most respected and successful desktop
software application developers, will experience significant performance
benefits that will provide unprecedented creative freedom, flexibility and
artistic opportunity.

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Richard holds a BSEE degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Introduced at NAB, X-Factor Dramatically Speeds Encoding of Windows Media
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Unlike purpose-built, hardware-based solutions for enhancing the
performance of Windows Media Encoder, X-Factor is a software-only solution
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inexpensive, off-the-shelf commodity computers. Kline, president and CEO of Sample Digital. "Gridiron X-Factor for Windows Media
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CMP Media Announces Leading Electronics Industry Editor Richard Nass as Site Editor of CommsDesign.com and WirelessNetDesignLine.com

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SAN FRANCISCO, CMP Media's Electronics
Group announced Richard Nass as the site editor for CommsDesign . Prior
to that, Richard was a technology editor with Electronic Design magazine. "Gridiron X-Factor
will provide professional film, video and broadcast producers with a
high-performance, cost-effective tool for delivering high-quality content. in the United States and/or other countries.

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"It's great to be part of the team at CMP," said Richard Nass.
GridIron also offers X-Factor for Adobe After Effects to speed preview
processing and rendering of motion graphics and effects.
"We've integrated GridIron X-Factor for Windows Media Encoder into the WMV
Advanced Encoding Utility to extend the speed and capacity of our software ,"
said Josh C.
"Media professionals are looking for a fast and efficient way to meet the
exploding demand for high-definition Windows Media content," said Kevin
Unangst, director of Windows Digital Media at Microsoft."
GridIron X-Factor for Windows Media Encoder uses the same patent-pending
peer-to-peer technology that is used to speed preview processing and rendering
in Adobe After Effects, and takes advantage of hardware already in place for
other steps in the digital post-production process to enhance creative
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the EE Times Online network of Web sites, and Wireless Net DesignLine, one of
four vertically micro-segmented Web sites for engineers involved in designing
electronic systems.

For more information, contact:
Tim Avila
Group Marketing Director
CMP Media LLC - Electronics Group
Tel: +1 415-947-6653
Email: tavila@cmp.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO )
GridIron X-Factor for Windows Media Encoder provides cumulative
performance improvement that makes encoding progressively faster as more
computers are used, reducing the time spent encoding lengthy or
high -resolution digital video from days to hours, and from hours to minutes."
GridIron is demonstrating X-Factor for Windows Media Encoder at NAB2005,
the world's largest electronic media show, this week in Las Vegas in Microsoft
Booth SL 332. Further
information about further pricing and licensing options can be found at
GridIron's Web site, http://www.

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Frost +
Sullivan, an international strategic market research firm, also recently
presented ANS with its Product Innovation Award, recognizing ANS as the
technology innovation leader in the neurostimulation market and ANS'
Genesis(R) Implantable Pulse Generator system as the most advanced fully
implantable spinal cord stimulator on the market . Most recently, Richard spent six years as the editor-
in-chief of Portable Design magazine, where he drove the editorial to new
heights while launching a magazine and technical conference in China .asp .

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reach targeted audiences throughout the purchase process with publications,
web offerings, face-to-face events, consulting and other marketing services
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company providing "broad and deep" access to the entire technology spectrum -
the builders, sellers and buyers of technology worldwide. X-Factor for Windows Media Encoder is a software
solution that significantly speeds digital video encoding using Microsoft(R)
Windows Media Encoder by dividing and distributing the work ordinarily
performed on a single computer among multiple networked computers. A free Basic edition of X-Factor will be made
available for download with Microsoft Windows Media Encoder.

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Third Annual Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference at The Mandarin Oriental
Miami, Miami, Florida.com .
"We're excited to have Rich join our online team," said Robert Keenan,
Online Editor, CMP Media Electronics Group. "Obviously
designers are turning more and more to the Web as a primary source of
technical information.cmp.,
the leading developer of grid computing solutions for desktop software
applications, and Microsoft Corp.
GridIron X-Factor for Windows Media Encoder will be available in the
second quarter of 2005.
GridIron is a software development company whose mission is to bring the
power of high-performance computing to the mainstream by making it Profoundly
Simple(TM) to develop and use desktop software applications with the added
speed of distributed grid computing.

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CommsDesign. introduced GridIron X-Factor(TM) for Windows
Media(R) Encoder today at the National Association of Broadcasters convention,
NAB2005, in Las Vegas.newscom.

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(Nasdaq: ANSI) (ANS) announced today that it will make a
presentation on Thursday, May 5, 2005 at 1:30 p.
After registration, you can access the live webcast at slide presentation
at http://www. Audio streams require RealPlayer or Windows Media installations.

About Advanced Neuromodulation Systems
Advanced Neuromodulation Systems designs, develops, manufactures and
markets implantable systems used to manage chronic intractable pain and other
disorders of the central nervous system."
Richard Nass brings nearly two decades of experience in the electronic OEM
industry to CMP Media, with more than nine of those years in the wireless
portion of the market. Launched in January 2005, WirelessNetDesignLine., Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Movielink LLC and
CinemaNow Inc. The names of actual companies and products mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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and technical managers involved in the development of communication systems
and equipment.com is the
source for design engineers and engineering managers in the wireless
communications industry that delivers breaking news, reviews, product
announcements, in-depth product research tools, expert advice and analysis,
insights into industry trends, and hands-on, how-to details.

GridIron and Microsoft Unveil GridIron X-Factor for Microsoft Windows Media Encoder

created the
Windows Media Video (WMV) Advanced Encoding Utility, a proprietary application
for unifying multiple command-line encoding utilities into a single, powerful,
easy-to-use application for the post-production professional. GridIron products such as GridIron
XLR8(TM), GridIron X-Factor for Adobe After Effects and GridIron X-Factor for
Windows Media Encoder enable computationally intensive software applications
to run faster on multiple computers. Adobe and After Effects are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc.

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Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Presenting at Morgan Stanley's 3rd Annual Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference May 5 2005 at 1:30 p.m. EDT

Fortune magazine recently ranked ANS
as the 8th fastest growing small company in its annual list of the Top 200
Fastest Growing Small Companies in the United States.

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential. in the United States
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