He received a bachelor's
degree in electrical engineering from the University of California,
Berkeley, and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from
Stanford University.

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Byrne will assume his new position effective immediately. "His
management skills, knowledge of our business, and his passion for our
customers, products and employees make him an ideal successor for this
position. He joined HP in 1983 as an ASIC design engineer
for the company's Components Group.
Agilent had net revenue of $7.agilent.
The not-for-profit National Inventors Hall of Fame is dedicated to
honoring and fostering creativity and invention. As the world's
largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced
information services, INFONXX was ranked first throughout 2005 among
third-party DA providers in the Paisley Group's National Directory
Assistance Performance Index(SM) in the key indicator of "Calls Passed" --
the overall measure of customers cared for and fulfilled.com/.

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(NYSE:A ) is a global technology leader
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Xerox Scientist Inducted Into National Inventors Hall Of Fame For Revolutionizing The Workplace With Modern Photocopier

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"I look forward to my new role at EPSG," said Byrne. Gundlach to thank . He remains Xerox's most
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Agilent Technologies Names Patrick Byrne as Senior Vice President President of Electronic Products and Solutions Group

Byrne was most
recently vice president and general manager of EPSG's Wireless
Business Unit, based in Santa Rosa, Calif.

2 billion in fiscal year 2004.
Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www. Chester Carlson was
previously inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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(NYSE:A) today announced the appointment of Patrick
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"Pat has demonstrated success in leading one of Agilent's largest
business units over the past few years," said Sullivan.
"As one of the first research scientists hired by the Haloid
Company, now known as Xerox Corporation, Gundlach was responsible for
finding ways to refine and improve xerography ," according to the Hall
of Fame.S.

Bates added, "With his skills, background, character and can-do attitude,
he will connect the needs of the customer and the marketplace to the
technology and its application.

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" The Hall of Fame is giving
posthumous recognition to eight additional inventors .Y.

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Byrne has more than 22 years of experience at Agilent and
Hewlett-Packard Co. His inventions included many of the technologies
that enabled xerographic products such as copiers and printers to
become so wildly successful.

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PALO ALTO, Calif . patents, with
155 of those earned for his work at Xerox. Most recently he has been working on a highly
efficient heat pump that he believes can help alleviate global
warming.

Later at SBC Labs, Velius helped lay
the foundation for its implementation of speech technologies in voice
dialing and operator services.

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AKRON, Ohio----Anyone who's made
copies of a favorite recipe, a choice article, a Little League roster
or a pile of receipts has Robert W."
Over his lifetime, Gundlach has received 164 U. He continues to
serve on TradeHarbor's Board of Directors.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information on Xerox, visit
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He currently serves on the boards of the Samuel
Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University and the United Way of
Sonoma-Mendocino -Lake. "Through Gundlach's work, photocopying became a practical
reality.

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"We are glad he's on our team.

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In 1999,
when Agilent was spun off from HP, Byrne was named vice president for
EPSG's Product Generation Unit, and in 2001 was appointed vice
president and general manager for the Wireless Business Unit."

Velius' reputation of transforming new technologies into marketable
realities -- particularly in speech technologies -- has been instrumental
in bringing voice-driven automation services to the mainstream.

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He replaces William
Sullivan, Agilent's executive vice president and chief operating
officer, who was recently named president and CEO effective March 1,
2005. For more information on the National Inventors Hall of Fame,
visit www.

PRESS RELEASE INFONXX Names VP of Voice Services and Technology

After serving as CTO for two startup companies , he founded TradeHarbor Inc.

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"This is an
outstanding organization with top talent and a wide range of
innovative, quality products and services. I am delighted to have the
opportunity to lead such a successful business for Agilent, and I look
forward to working with the global team to continue our market
leadership in the test and measurement industry. In 1991 Byrne moved to HP's Test +
Measurement Group in Colorado Springs, Colo.
INFONXX today announced George Velius has
joined the information services leader as VP of Voice Services and
Technology.

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The patented heat pump is designed for heating and cooling
city homes on small lots using a fraction of the energy now required.

Died August 3 , 1929 in Washington, DC, USA.

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Gundlach joined the Haloid Company in 1952, about five years after
the company had purchased the rights to commercialize xerography,
Chester Carlson's invention.
Among Gundlach's inventions are the "development electrode," which
made it possible to copy solid areas; a method of cleaning the imaging
drum that enabled Xerox for the first time to make plain-paper copiers
that could fit on a desktop; and "tri-level highlight color," which
was the basis for products that can copy both black and another color
simultaneously. In addition to Gundlach,
its class of 2005 includes Matthias Baldwin, inventor of the steam
locomotive; Clarence Birdseye, inventor of frozen foods; Dean Kamen,
inventor of the AutoSyringe; Garrett Morgan, inventor of the gas mask
and traffic signal; and Les Paul, inventor of the solid-body electric
guitar.

He is a Senior Member
of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and has
published a number of papers and talks.

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----Agilent
Technologies Inc.
Gundlach, who retired from Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) in 1995,
will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame here on
Saturday for his inventions that resulted in the modern photocopier.

Velius earned his masters degree in electrical engineering and computer
science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Moved to the United States in 1870 to work in a fabric shop.

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, where he managed R+D and
marketing teams focused on business development for the computer
industry, ultimately becoming the division general manager.agilent.
Gundlach, 78, is among six living inventors cited by the Hall of
Fame for accomplishments "that have bettered our quality of life and
allowed us greater convenience and safety.
A gentle optimist who loves solving puzzles and understanding how
things work, Gundlach continues to invent from his home near
Rochester, N. As early
as the late 1970s and early 1980s, he focused on marrying computer science
and telephony at both Bell Labs and Bellcore, where he earned a patent for
the invention of the automation of directory assistance with advanced
speech technology (he also earned two others for voice-related
developments, and has one pending).

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(Pat) Byrne as a senior vice president of the company and president
of its Electronic Products and Solutions Group (EPSG).

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc.
His inventions not only helped revolutionize the workplace but also
ultimately unlocked the basic workings of the process used in products
that turn out millions of color and black-and-white copies and prints
in homes, offices and print shops around the world. While with TradeHarbor, he was instrumental in the launch of
automated directory assistance for SBC (now AT&T) in 2004.

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It would be seven more years before the
first product would come to market.xerox.

"George's vast experience in the development and application of speech
recognition technologies will be invaluable as INFONXX continues to
implement customer-focused solutions for voice services and
telecommunications carriers," said Michael Bates, INFONXX Vice President
for Global Technology.

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Byrne, 44, was born in San Jose, Calif."

About INFONXX

Information services leader INFONXX delivers customer-focused solutions
through content driven technological innovations, flexible service
transport options and industry-leading product offerings.

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technical staff, as well as one of the most reliable speech recognition and
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