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Video Makes it Big on the Small Screen in Europe

*On-Demand Programme Viewing on Mobile Devices Grows 99 Percent in Past Year*

LONDON, U.K., 29 September, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from its comScore MobiLens service showing that the number of people viewing video on mobile devices has increased 66 percent in the past year to 12.1 million mobile consumers across the EU5 countries (U.K., France, Germany, Spain and Italy). (more…)

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comScore Launches Mobile Measurement in Japan

*comScore MobiLens Provides Insights into Japanese Consumers’ Mobile Behaviors and Device Usage* 

*3 Out of 5 Japanese Mobile Users Accessed their Browser in June, 2 Out of 5 Used Mobile Applications*  

Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the introduction of its syndicated mobile measurement service, comScore MobiLens, in Japan.

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comScore Appoints Wolf Allisat as Executive Vice President for International Markets

*Proven Digital Measurement Veteran to Lead comScore’s Expansion Efforts*

RESTON, VA, September 15, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world today announced that Wolf Allisat is joining the comScore management team as Executive Vice President for international markets. Mr. Allisat will be responsible for overseeing comScore’s international expansion strategy in the European, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

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Facebook Captures Top Spot among Social Networking Sites in India

*Indian Social Networking Audience Soars 43 Percent in Past Year* 

Mumbai, India, August 25, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on traffic to Social Networking sites in India, revealing that Facebook.com grabbed the number one ranking in the category for the first time in July with 20.9 million visitors, up 179 percent versus year ago.

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Roller Coaster Superconductivity Discovered

Washington, D.C.— Superconductors are more than 150 times more efficient at carrying electricity than copper wires. However, to attain the superconducting state, these materials have to be cooled below an extremely low, so-called transition temperature, at which point normal electrical resistance disappears. Developing superconductors with higher transition temperatures is one of physics’ greatest quests.

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Moscow Literally Burnt by the Sun

Moscow is suffocating. Thick toxic smog has been covering the sky above the city for days. The sun in Moscow looks like the moon during the day: it’s not that bright and yellow, but pale and orange with misty outlines against the smoky sky. Muscovites have to experience both the smog and sweltering heat at once. Today, August 9, the temperature is expected to hit the level of 37-39 degrees above zero Centigrade.

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Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks

Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks An international science team involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.

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IBM Expands Cloud Computing Capabilities With New Cloud Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany

*New Facility Delivers Commercial Development and Test and Desktop Cloud for European Clients*  

EHNINGEN, Germany & ARMONK, N.Y.: IBM announced, on July 15, a new IBM Cloud Computing Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany, which will provide a broad range of cloud solutions and services to clients locally and internationally.  

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