SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 31, 2012 -- AT&T* invested nearly $3.5 billion in its Illinois wireless and wireline networks from 2009 through 2011 with a focus on improving the company's mobile broadband coverage and overall performance of its networks.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 -- The 21st century enterprise looks to the CIO for transformational leadership that drives innovation and business growth in dynamic markets. That was the primary message delivered at the 2012 CIO Summit of America held yesterday at the Harvard Club in New York. The event was in association with the New York Metro Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM), and produced by HMG Strategy, the leading producer of CIO Executive Leadership Summits in North America.

Kaydon Corporation (NYSE: KDN) will hold its conference call for fourth quarter and full year 2011 earnings on Friday, February 24, 2012. The conference call will begin at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time and will follow the Company's release of fourth quarter and full year 2011 earnings prior to the call on that same day.

SINGAPORE, Jan. 31, 2012 -- Flextronics (NASDAQ-NMS: FLEX) today announced that it was recently rated by the China CSR Research Center as one of the Top-100 Foreign Companies in China.  The rating was specifically created to honor and recognize Fortune 500 Companies who have positively contributed to China's economic as well as corporate social and environmental responsibility development.  Flextronics was ranked number 46 out of a list of 100 multinational companies.

ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ-NMS: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, plans to announce its financial results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2011, after the market closes on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012   -- Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTCBB: PTSC) today announced that Extreme Networks, Inc. has purchased an MMP™ Portfolio license.  

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 31, 2012   -- Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) announced today that the conference call to review the Company's fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 results will take place on Tuesday, February 21, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern.  The conference call number is (866) 524-3160.  No passcode is required. Please call up to 15 minutes in advance to ensure you are connected prior to the start of the call.  The Company will report its results on the same day at approximately 7:00 a.m. Eastern. 

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Jan. 31, 2012 -- TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tyco Electronics Group S.A. ("TEGSA"), has priced an offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 1.600% senior notes due 2015 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.500% senior notes due 2022. The offer is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by TE Connectivity Ltd. and TEGSA on January 21, 2011.

IWAPI Inc. ("IWAPI") announced that MShift Inc. ("MShift" or "Mobile Shift"), "the mobile banking leader" in the United States, has reaffirmed its strategic relationship with IWAPI and IWAPI's rights to MShift software and technologies. Through two Agreements dated November 2000, MShift granted IWAPI perpetual rights to access, customize, modify, develop, improve, integrate and otherwise refine any and all of MShift's software and technologies as they currently exist and are further developed. Pursuant to the Agreements, IWAPI's applications, products and services, as so customized, modified, developed, improved, integrated and/or refined and offered, are the proprietary and intellectual property of, and belong to, IWAPI. MShift has declared that its reaffirmation of the strategic relationship was motivated, in part, by MShift's desire to narrow the focus of pending claims for relief that have been asserted by IWAPI against MShift before the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration. For more details see: www.iwapi.com/MTI.html.

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation's leading recycler of electronic waste, announced today that attorney Tyler Browning has been named ERI's Corporate Counsel. Browning most recently served for three years as a senior associate at Browning & Browning, LLP and as Director of Business Development and Legal Counsel for CP, Inc., a multi-million dollar holding company that administers, owns and develops branded consumer products.

YourMembership.com Inc., a leading global provider of web-based membership management software, today announced that it has been acquired by the Riverside Company, a global private equity investment firm with more than $3 billion of capital under management. The investment from Riverside will help further accelerate YourMembership.com's corporate growth and product development.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 -- Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading online publication for the global telecom industry, has completed the world's first publicly available test of an end-to-end cloud services infrastructure for performance, security and management.  The Light Reading cloud services testing project will consist of four reports and will be available online, for free. The first report of this four-part series is available now: http://www.lightreading.com/ciscoseries.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2012 -- In the face of overwhelming grassroots criticism on social media, Sen. Orrin Hatch's election campaign is making a desperate attempt to sway online opinion toward the six-term incumbent, which a leaked email to supporters shows. 

MONETT, Mo., Jan. 31, 2012 -- Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS: JKHY), a leading provider of technology solutions and payment processing services primarily for the financial services industry, today announced second quarter fiscal 2012 results with a 5% increase in revenue, an increase of 4% in gross profit and a 7% increase in net income over the second quarter of fiscal 2011.  For the first six months of fiscal 2012, revenue increased 6%, with an increase of 6% in gross profit, and an increase of 11% in net income compared to last year.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS: TSRA) (the "Company") today confirmed that its annual meeting will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Company's principal executive offices. The Company also announced that after a series of discussions with Starboard Value LP, together with its affiliates (collectively "Starboard"), Starboard has agreed in writing to rescind its nomination notice for the election of directors at the upcoming 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

SeaChange International (NASDAQ-NMS: SEAC) today announced that the Company has taken actions in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012 that will result in more than $5.0 million in annualized cost reductions.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31, 2012 -- BaronsMedia.com announced on Monday January 30th its acquisition of Hypster.com, a site that enables users to listen to music and offers a generous amount of free tracks and albums for its users. This acquisition will increase traffic-flow to Hypster.com while enabling BaronsMedia.com to monetize the website and increase its library of publishers.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 -- Ever researched a dishwasher online and wanted to buy it directly? How about a refrigerator? Well you can now, thanks to a partnership between Bosch Home Appliances and eCommerce solution provider, Shopatron. It is now possible to buy almost anything online, driven by the demands of savvy consumers who have grown more comfortable with online shopping and love the convenience it offers. And Shopatron's retail-integrated eCommerce model has been particularly successful in bringing new product groups online, from motorcycles to home appliances, because it integrates local retailers into the fulfillment process, allowing for local delivery or in-store pickup.