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DetroitTaylor was a bit of a no-show in Week One, but it all means the Vikings could be setting up some plays for Week Two. AP is still an automatic start, but if you're looking for an extra RB, Taylor has a shot to get in the zone.LoStradamus prediction: 60 total yards and one TD. Send questions to for the MailBag Show or Tweet me JohnLorge.Don't forget to watch The Daily Dosage on YouTube!. Large-Sample AFM with "Small-Sample" ResolutionPLAINVIEW, N.Y.(Business Wire)Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic forcemicroscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the release ofits Dimension Icon AFM.

Building upon the worlds most utilized large-sample AFMplatform, the latest member of Veecos Dimension product line delivers thehighest resolution, best ease-of-use, and fastest time-to-results of anylarge-sample AFM on the market today. The Dimension Icon brings new levels ofperformance, ease and productivity to researchers using AFM throughout nanoscalescience and industry. "The Icon is the first large-sample AFM specificallydesigned to address atomic force microscopy needs of both the research lab andindustrial applications. With the Icon AFM, our customers can, more simply thanever, perform analysis ranging from quantitative automated characterization toatomic scale imaging across our core markets of material science, semiconductor,data storage, and energy research." According to one of the Icon AFMs beta users, Professor Ralf Seemann ofSaarland University, Germany, "The Icon provides high-quality data more easily,and in a shorter period of time, than any other AFM that we have used." David Rossi, Vice President and General Manager of Veecos AFM Business Unit,commented, "Based upon the excellent reviews that the Icon AFMs best-in-classperformance and intuitive graphical user interface have received from our betacustomers, we anticipate broad adoption of this platform in both research andindustry. A major goal behind the creation of the Icon was to lower the barrierto entry for high-level AFM research, and to bring this technology into themainstream of microscopy. We are confident that the Dimension Icon AFM willenable our customers to push the limits of their work." About the Icon AFMMany of the Dimension Icon AFMs new features are engineered specifically toenhance technical performance while simultaneously increasing usability andproductivity for both new and expert AFM users. The system utilizes arevolutionary XYZ closed-loop head that scans at high-speed rates whiledelivering extremely low drift and low noise.

These features combine todrastically cut stabilization times, allowing the system to acquireartifact-free data in much less time than is possible with any competing AFM onthe market. A new high-resolution camera and integrated feedback alignment toolsdeliver faster probe positioning and sample navigation, allowing users to moreeasily locate features of interest. manufactures enabling solutions for customers in theHB-LED, solar, data storage, semiconductor, scientific research and industrialmarkets. http:// the extent that this news release discusses expectations or otherwise makesstatements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subjectto a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differmaterially from the statements made. These factors include the risks discussedin the Business Description and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections ofVeeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and inour subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K andpress releases.

Veeco does not undertake any obligation to update anyforward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances after thedate of such statements.Veeco Instruments Inc.Financial Contact:Debra Wasser, 516-677-0200 x1472SVP Investor Relations & Corp. Partnership Will Enable LED Products with Unprecedented PerformanceBILLERICA, Mass.(Business Wire)Nichia Corporation and Luminus Devices Inc., today announced an alliance basedon cross-licensing of intellectual property, technology sharing, and amanufacturing partnership. The two companies have agreed to combine theirexpertise and resources in order to bring to the market a new breed of highpower white LEDs. While details of the business agreement are confidential, the shared objectiveof the partnership is to accelerate the adoption of solid-state lighting. They have also established amanufacturing partnership, whereby each company will contribute the resources,materials and capabilities needed to meet the quality and performancerequirements for the products. "We would like to pay the greatest honor to Luminus Devices and their innovativetechnologies," said Eiji Ogawa, President of Nichia.