Through its proprietary
programming competitions and rating system, TopCoder recognizes and promotes
the abilities of the best programmers around the world.

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skills evaluation previously unavailable to the programming world -- real-time
programming contests that are judged immediately and objectively. Through its proprietary
programming competitions and rating system, TopCoder recognizes and promotes
the abilities of the best programmers around the world.

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"UBS executes one in nine shares globally and trades in nearly every
securities product around the world," said Will Sterling, US Head of Direct
Execution.
TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying, evaluating and
mobilizing effective software development resources.com.5540
jmckeown@topcoder. The Premier event for competitive coding's
elite, the 2005 TopCoder Open will bring the world's finest professional and
collegiate programmers together for international ranking, celebrity and a
share of the $150,000 prize purse for Algorithm, Component Design and
Development categories.

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The TCO06 will bring thousands of the world's finest programmers together
in competition over the course of ten weeks for international ranking,
notoriety and a share of the $150,000 prize purse for Algorithm, Component
Design and Development categories.
"Wall Street has always had a high interest in securing the very best
talent be it traders, analysts or technologists," said Rob Hughes, President
and COO of TopCoder. "TopCoder members have been successfully recruited for
key technology positions within forward-looking firms such as UBS, and we're
pleased to strengthen our alignment with the financial services industry.

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harnesses the talent of these developers to design, develop and deploy
software through its revolutionary competitive development methodology.

Contact:
Jim McKeown
TopCoder, Inc.October World Championship of Competitive Coding Stakes $150,000 in Prizes for
Programmers Across Algorithm, Design and Development Categories

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TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying, evaluating and
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programming tournaments involve thousands of developers using the latest
technologies, and produce levels of energy and excitement unmatched in any
other online venue in the software world.com

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Online registration for the Algorithm competition will run 9:00 am EDT
August 1st - 9:00 am EDT August 16th , with qualification rounds beginning
August 16th and continuing on a weekly basis through September 7th.

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TopCoder will fly in 64 finalists from
around the globe to compete in face-to-face competition at the Aladdin Resort
and Casino in Las Vegas from May 3rd - 5th to determine the winners of all
competitions.topcoder.

TopCoder Announces Registration for 2005 TopCoder Open Programming Tournament

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About Axalto

Axalto (Euronext: NL0000400653 AXL) is the world's leading provider of microprocessor cards (Gartner 2005, Frost & Sullivan 2004) the key to digital networks and a major supplier of point-of-sale terminals.

Axalto continuously creates new generations of products for use in a variety of applications in the telecommunications, finance, retail, transport, entertainment , healthcare, personal identification, information technology and public sector markets. Financial Services Leader Becomes First Wall Street Firm to Participate at
Premier Level with Top Global Coding Competition

GLASTONBURY, Conn. This marks the first time a financial sector
organization has sponsored a TopCoder flagship event."
TopCoder's annual flagship events, the TopCoder Open and TopCoder
Collegiate Challenge, allow partner companies to brand, recruit and interface
with the leading programmer community in the world.

TopCoder is a trademark of TopCoder, Inc . in the United States and other
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"This year TopCoder is increasing the number of competitors we'll be
flying in to the onsite finals," said Rob Hughes, President and COO of
TopCoder. The top 8
competitors from each of these categories will advance to the Onsite Finals in
Santa Clara, CA on October 12th. TopCoder Software
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software through its revolutionary competitive development methodology.topcoder. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of
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place October 12th through 14th at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara,
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Component Design and Development registration begins 9:00 am EDT June 13th
and closes 9:00 am EDT June 29th, with online rounds running weekly through
August 18th and a final online round starting on August 24th.

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The final winners will be announced at the Axalto gala dinner on February 14.
TopCoder is a registered trademark of TopCoder, Inc. Full registration details and rules are provided at:
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"Through this contest, Axalto is proud to help bring forward-thinking ideas and intuitive insights into market , making creative wireless services available for subscribers, " stated Olivier Piou, chief executive officer of Axalto.: +33 (0)6 09 10 76 10|
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TopCoder 's methodology emphasizes thorough specification and design,
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assurance review process and results in higher quality, lower cost software
solutions than traditional software development methodologies.

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Co-sponsored by Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems, the competition aims to stimulate innovative mobile applications and services using Java Card technology

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 10, 2006 - An international jury has selected the eight finalists from more than 300 entries in the 2006 Axalto SIMagine worldwide developer contest. "With nearly twice as many entries as last year, the Axalto SIMagine contest continues to catalyze smart ideas from all over the world, leveraging SIM capabilities while meeting operators and subscribers demand. Full details and rules are provided at:
http://www."

About UBS
UBS is one of the world's largest wealth managers, a premier investment
banking and securities firm, a key global asset manager and a market leader in
Swiss retail and commercial banking. Contestants can compete in the
Algorithm or Component competitions, or both.

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The eight finalists are:

- EME international (Egypt), "m-card": multiple ID/transactions cards on the SIM

- Etnoteam S. (India ), "SIMsalvage": disaster information and management

- Metasite Business Solutions (Lithuania ), "StartDial": speed dial mobile internet

- Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (India), "mobile autocop": SIM fraud prevention

- Seclab Group - University of Naples Federico II (Italy), "TrustedSIM ": trusted computing for mobile phones

- Vidatis (Brazil), "the virtual health pet": interactive wellbeing monitoring

- Waptech Enterprise (Malaysia), "Child SIM": parental control and monitoring

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We need the best programmers to continue to improve our high speed order
routing platforms, create innovative new automated trading algorithms, and
empower our traders and clients with the best trading and risk management
tools in the industry. Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, UBS
employs over 70,000 people in more than 50 countries and is listed on the New
York, Tokyo and Zurich stock exchanges. For more
information about sponsoring TopCoder Events , recruiting TopCoder members and
utilizing TopCoder Software, visit http://www. Cash prizes for the 2005
TopCoder Open will comprise $75,000 for the Algorithm contest and $75,000 for
the Component tournament ($46,500 Design, $28,500 Development) combining for
an overall prize purse worth $150 ,000.
TopCoder's methodology emphasizes thorough specification and design,
distributed development using reusable components, and a rigorous quality
assurance review process and results in higher quality, lower cost software
solutions than traditional software development methodologies.

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Over the past six years, the Axalto SIMagine challenge, which aims to discover and promote new ideas for creative and powerful mobile services, has become the event of reference in the mobile value-added services world.p. UBS's investment banking and
securities business is among the select bracket of major global houses,
providing corporate and institutional clients, hedge funds, banks, brokers and
financial intermediaries, with expert advice, unrivalled execution and
comprehensive access to the world's capital markets.
The Investment Bank comprises the following business areas: Investment
Banking , Equities, Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange and employs more than
16,000 people across 30 countries ., TopCoder, Inc.

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, the leader
in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software
development, today announced that UBS (NYSE: UBS), one of the world's largest
financial services firms has signed on as a Premier sponsor of the 2006
TopCoder Open (TCO06).com

, the leader in
online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software
development, today announced that registration for the 2005 TopCoder Open will
begin Monday, June 13th for the Component competition and Monday, August 1st
for the Algorithm tournament. For more
information about sponsoring TopCoder Events, recruiting TopCoder members and
utilizing TopCoder Software, visit http://www.