Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, Tuesday, April 24, 2007 — (NYSE: IBM) The IBM board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per common share, payable June 9, 2007 to stockholders of record May 10, 2007. Today’s dividend declaration represents an increase of $0.10, or 33 percent more than the prior quarterly dividend of $0.30 per common share. In the last two years IBM has doubled its quarterly dividend. Read more

ValueMediaBuzz.com launches a platform to connect advertisers and and high ranking websites and bloggers. Billed as the next revolution in advertising ValueMediaBuzz.com is powered by a proprietary technology that automates the entire system including payments. It isn’t about invasive advertising but about real creative content written by websites and bloggers who get paid per post. The earnings could go upto $250 per post for high ranking blogs and websites. Currently the solution has been launched for USA, UK and India. In the next few months China and Malaysia are being covered.

As equipment design puts increasing demands on the battery market, existing battery chemistries are challenged to maintain performance levels or are extended beyond their intended operation levels. Many alternative energy storage solutions are under development, each hoping to become the next generation power source or to be used in conjunction with existing batteries to extend run time. Micro fuel cells offer benefits and a solution to this challenge. Read more