HSW International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSWI) develops and operates Internet businesses focused on providing consumers in the world's emerging digital economies with locally relevant, high quality information. HSW International, Inc., which is headquartered in Atlanta and incorporated in Delaware, currently operates businesses in China, Brazil and the United States. HSW International excels at deploying high-quality content tailored to the information needs of consumers in the regions where it operates. It seeks to achieve a consumer following in these fast-growing economies to make its sites compelling platforms for marketers in nearly every business category. Among the Company's advantages are experienced local management teams and strategic business relationships.HSW International's growth strategy is to pursue opportunities in economies where Internet usage and consumer demand are expanding at rates in excess of those in developed markets. HSW International's initial focus is online publishing in China and Brazil. HSW International is the exclusive licensee for the translation and publication in China and Brazil of certain content from HowStuffWorks, Inc., a leading digital publisher whose award-winning website, HowStuffWorks.com, provides in-depth, easy-to-understand explanations, expert product reviews, comprehensive buying guides and informational videos on health, science, travel, automotive, electronics and consumer products, as well as other topics.

Canoe Inc., Québec's Internet leader, is an integrated company offering e-commerce, information and communication services and IT consulting. It owns the Canoe Network, which attracts 7.8 million unique visitors per month in Canada, including more than 4.2 million in Québec*. The Canoe Network includes content sites Canoe.ca, Canoe.qc.ca, La Toile du Québec (toile.com), Canoe Money (money.canoe.ca and argent.canoe.com), the TVA network site (tva.canoe.com) and the LCN site (lcn.canoe.com). The Canoe Network also offers online services in the fields of employment and continuing education (jobboom.com), housing (Homes-Extra.ca), automobiles (autonet.ca), personals (reseaucontact.com), social networks (espacecanoe.ca) and classified ads (classifieds.canoe.ca).

XAP Corporation operates XAP.com, an online resource for college-bound students. The site offers information and services for high school counselors, college recruiting officers, and students and their families. It provides students with tools for college planning and the college application process, as well as SAT and ACT test preparation services. Offerings for college administrators include online applications and transcripts and prospect management systems. XAP Corporation also helps counselors organize and monitor the status of their students.

CGI Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides information technology services (IT) and business process services in Canada, the United States, India, Europe, and Asia Pacific. CGI Group provides systems integration and consulting services in the areas of business intelligence and data warehousing, business transformation, change management, collaborative technologies, compliance process and reporting, customer relationship management, data management services, enterprise content management, enterprise resource planning, enterprise risk management, management consulting, spend management, service oriented architecture, and supply chain management. It also offers application-specific services, including application development, application transformation and modernization, enterprise application integration, and enterprise testing and quality services. In addition, CGI provides managed application services covering service planning and monitoring, service management and support, service delivery, and contract administration areas; and technology management services principally comprising server consolidation and virtualization, storage and archiving solutions, remote access solutions, data center management and assessment, technology modernization, Web hosting, IT service management, managed security, regulatory management, policy and governance, and business continuity services, as well as various cost management solutions. Further, it offers business process services, which primarily include document management, payroll processing and human resources management, trade services, housing contract administration, and finance and administration, as well as billing, enrollment, and member services. CGI serves banking, healthcare, government, insurance, manufacturing, oil and gas, retail, telecommunications, utilities, wealth management, and distribution sectors, as well as credit unions. CGI Group Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone co-founded Twitter in 2006. Here's less than 140 characters for ya: trivial texts or not, every one's all a-twitter about tweeting. Twitter operates a free digital service site that blends social networking with the ability to post short messages (or micro-blogs) limited to 140 characters or less, commonly known by users as "Tweets." Twitter's service is designed for use on personal computers and via mobile devices, such as iPhone and BlackBerry smart phones. When accessed through the Internet, Tweets are published on a poster's personal Web page. Tweets can be restricted to select viewers, or viewed by anyone.

Shopzilla was founded in 1996 by entrepreneurs Farhad Mohit and Henri Asseily, and David Reibstein, former vice dean of The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. Shopzilla is a subsidiary of Scripps Network Interactive. No need to fear Shopzilla. It's not a monster, but a shopping search engine that lists more than 80 million products from tens of thousands of retailers. Shopzilla offers clothes, electronics, and other consumer items to more than 40 million shoppers through a variety of websites and brands, including bizrate, Shopzilla, and beso in the US; Shopzilla.co.uk and bizrate.co.uk in the UK; Shopzilla.fr and PrixMoinsCher.fr in France; and Shopzilla.de and SparDeinGeld.de in Germany.

Spike.com, the Internet sibling of cable TV network Spike TV, isn't afraid to be manly. Billing itself as "the premiere online destination for men", the advertising-supported site offers guy-centric content under categories such as sports, games & gadgets, girls, and movies & TV. It also publishes regular columns on The Ultimate Fighter series, as well as features such as The Guy's Guide and Girls of Spike. Parent company MTV created Spike.com in 2007 when it folded general video streaming site IFILM into its SpikeTV.com site in order to leverage the Spike brand.

The internet has changed the way organizations communicate. Today, fewer and fewer people rely on a single source for all their news. The internet continues to complement and even replace traditional outlets such as broadcast television and newspapers. Blogs have allowed a much broader group of "citizen journalists" to play a significant role in the news life cycle. The emergence and viral nature of social media means that an organization's reputation can be made or destroyed in an afternoon.Founded in 1991, Vocus has changed the way communications professionals do their jobs. Vocus provides the ability to leverage the ubiquity of the internet to interact with the media, publish their news online where it can be found by millions, monitor news and social media conversations from virtually any source and track their results to compare them with key competitors.

OnlineAuction.com formed in 1998 by Chris Fain, a former auctioneer and online auction seller. Looking to play David to eBay's Goliath, OnlineAuction.com offers an online auction marketplace for buyers and sellers of everything from collectibles to real estate. OnlineAuction, aka OLA, charges sellers a flat monthly or yearly fee to list items for sale; it hosts the usual online auction fare as well as cars, RVs, and residential and commercial properties. OLA's site also offers a chat room where buyers and sellers can share ideas, and what it says is a simplified fee structure, invoicing, and bidding system.

The Gallery of History was incorporated in 1981. Founder, chairman, and CEO Todd Axelrod owns about 90% of the company. Those who don't know the Gallery of History are doomed to buy their memorabilia from another auction house. Gallery of History auctions autographs, memorabilia, and manuscripts from artists, authors, athletes, entertainers, politicians, and scientists, among other notable figures. Its inventory of about 190,000 items have included baseballs autographed by Hank Aaron, letters written by Albert Einstein, and signed photos from Cecil B. De Mille. Although the Internet is its primary sales channel, the Gallery of History also offers autographs and manuscripts through a retail gallery, located at its headquarters.

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