Vancouver, BC - Consolidated Abaddon Resources Inc. (TSX-V: ABN) (FWB: E2L) announces that Triex Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: TXM) today reported that 2,534 metres of drilling in three holes on Consolidated Abaddon\'s 40% owned / Triex Minerals 60% owned Joint Venture Mann Lake uranium project was finished in April 2008 to complete a program started in November 2007 and that one target on the property remains to be tested. The Mann Lake property is located 25 kilometres southwest of Cameco Corporation\'s McArthur River uranium mine and 15 km to the NE of Cameco\'s Millennium (U3O8) discovery in the Athabasca Basin of Northern Saskatchewan. Read more: Consolidated Abaddon Resources Inc ( ABN )

July 17th

ON Semiconductor to Acquire Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. in an All-Stock Transaction

ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ONNN) and Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: CATS) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor by ON Semiconductor in an all-stock transaction in which Catalyst shareholders will receive 0.706 shares of ON Semiconductor common stock for each share of Catalyst common stock they own. This represents an equity value of approximately $115 million and an enterprise value of approximately $85 million.

“The acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor will add to our high gross margin analog and mixed-signal product offerings for the digital consumer and wireless end-markets,” said Keith Jackson, ON Semiconductor president and CEO. Read more: Catalyst Semiconductor Inc ( CATS )

San Jose, Calif. – July 17, 2008, Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM) today announced that it has begun supply of its TL8000 full-band tunable pluggable transceiver to Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist. Ciena plans to use this 10Gb/s module across its high-end switching and transmission systems including its CoreDirector® Multiservice Switch, CoreStream® Agility Optical Transport System and CN 4200® FlexSelect™ Advanced Services Platform for both core and metro network applications.

“We made the decision to use this next-generation footprint tunable pluggable module for our 10Gb/s transmission to provide our customers superior shelf density, pay-as-you-grow optical scalability and reduced hardware sparing,” said James Zik, senior product marketing manager at Ciena. Read more: Bookham Inc ( BKHM )

Bloxx, the web filtering specialist, today announced that it has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), joining around 80 members from a diverse range of organisations in their battle against illegal online content. With its expert knowledge of up-to-date web filtering technologies, Bloxx hopes to contribute to the remarkable success of the IWF in tackling online illegal content; specifically child sexual abuse images hosted worldwide and criminally obscene and racial hatred content hosted in the UK.

Through working closely with the online sector, the government and general public, the IWF aims to foster trust and confidence in the Internet among current and future users; assist service providers in combating the abuse of their systems and to assist law enforcement in the fight against online illegal content. Read more: Web Filtering Company Bloxx Joins the Internet Watch Foundation