MANCHESTER, Vt. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- After hunkering down throughout 2010 recovering from a sobering 2009, banks will resume technology investments in 2011, in part with an eye toward meeting new demands on their payments operations, according to CONIX Systems, Inc.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 21 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- William Wegman collectors will be pleased to know that the affordable art website 20x200 released not one but two editions of William Wegman prints on Thursday, Dec. 16. Avid collectors of the William Wegman Weimaraners will have a chance to purchase 'Game Board' and 'Blizzard,' available in three limited edition sizes.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Plenty it turns out, according to Drs. Richard Peterson and Frank Murtha, whose behavioral finance consulting firm, MarketPsych LLC, has been analyzing data on the investor personalities of thousands of professional and retail stock pickers.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Backbone Security is pleased to announce the availability of a 1Gbps version of their network security appliance for detecting insider use of digital steganography to steal sensitive information.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRoNA) has awarded local restaurant Uncle Sal's Italian Restaurant and Bar with its prestigious Achievement of Distinction in Dining in the Legendary Landmark category. Uncle Sal's is only the second restaurant in DiRoNA history to be recognized in this category.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With the addition of Dr. Jennifer Rouke, ASE Optics increases its capabilities in systems analysis and modeling for imaging systems. ASE Optics provides contract optical engineering and custom lens assembly manufacturing for companies worldwide.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- CMI, a full-service marketing research company, was recognized as a 2010 Client Advisor Awards winner in the Small Client category during a ceremony on December 8, 2010. The Client Advisor Awards is the country's only award program honoring the economic impact of professional services firms, advisor professionalism and 'clients of choice.'

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Though the $36 billion private line services market is expected to show little growth in 2011, demand for new private lines is expected to rebound in the years ahead as new 4G wireless applications increase demand, says a market analysis study from Insight Research.

LOVES PARK, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A new t shirt by Slamtees, an online t shirt design company, has found the humor in the Wikileaks news story. Slamtees today announced the availability of the Wikileaks T-Shirt. The Wikileaks story has recently dominated headlines. There lots of people on both sides of the issue regarding Wikileaks. Some are in favor and some are against.

BETHESDA, Md. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Coleman Financial Group launches 'Taking Care of Business Today,' a conference call series for business owners. Taking Care of Business Today is an educational conference call series for business owners - covering business management, protection and succession issues.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A perfect ending to a years' worth of hard work, CalUniversity celebrated the graduation of its inaugural class of students on November 19th, 2010. With the majority of students receiving their Doctorate degrees and others earning their Master's and Bachelor degrees, the class of 2010 is now prepared to enter, or in some cases continue to thrive in, today's work force.

WAYNE, N.J. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Ballantine Corporation remains on the cutting-edge of direct marketing trends. Its latest addition to its growing collection of direct marketing reports is, 'Direct Marketing Trends for 2011 - Marketing with a Technological Upgrade.'

SEATTLE, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Seattle Bash announces the 9th annual INDULGENCE New Year's Eve Bash - the largest New Year's Eve party in the Northwest, being held at the EMP (Experience Music Project) in downtown Seattle.

DECORAH, Iowa (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Gingrich Foundation has presented its annual gift to the Newt L. and Callista L. Gingrich Scholarship Fund at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Since 2005, the endowment has provided annual scholarships for instrumental music majors studying piano, organ, and wind instruments.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In honor of the first ever National Entrepreneur's Day, the United States Global Enterprise Association (USGEA) held a event called Entrepreneur's Conference 2010 (ECON2010) to honor and celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurism.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the leading developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent Office has granted the company a patent for a user authentication method.

VAIL, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, December 4, 2010, renowned Southern Ute/Navajo Elders, Eddie and Betty Box Jr. and their dancer/skiers launched UN's International Mother Earth Day Ceremonies to open Vail's Super G at Beaver Creek, and were blessed with a beautiful day so the races could resume, Native American Olympic Team Foundation announced.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Supreme Lending, a full service mortgage banker, has selected International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage doc prep vendor, as its vendor of record for closing documents. As a full service mortgage banker with multi-state licenses, Supreme is able to provide customers with a wide variety of loan products, lower interest rates and closing costs and faster turnaround time.

TORONTO, Ontario (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- If you're the photographer in the family the best photo of yourself is likely on your driver's license. With the Quik Pod® from Fromm Works, Inc., the patented and world's first handheld extendable tripod, the days of holding out your arm only to get poor picture results are over. No more asking strangers for help. A person simply holds the extended Quik Pod® with camera attached and properly framed photos and videos are captured without the help of strangers.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that Virtual Case Management® has selected SecuGen's line of Hamster fingerprint readers for integration with their Virtual Case Management (VCM) software. VCM is a paperless database case management solution for investigators, process servers, intelligence analysts and the security industry.