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BOSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Worlds.com (www.worlds.com) (OTC Bulletin Board: WDDD), the pioneer technology platform for 3D virtual communities; has announced that it has signed an agreement with Pearson, the international education and information company, to develop a series of 3D virtual worlds that may be utilized for implementation within existing Pearson educational and digital programs.

Guests from Addison-Wesley and AppDev will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Addison-Wesley is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group, an operating unit of Pearson Education, which is a part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company.

Cigital, Inc., a leading provider of software quality management consulting solutions, and InformIT, the trusted technology learning source, today announced that Cigital Chief Technology Officer and Addison-Wesley Professional author Gary McGraw's popular monthly column on computer security will be offered exclusively on InformIT - the online presence for the world's leading technology publishing imprints including Addison-Wesley Professional.

Best-selling author Bjarne Stroustrup, inventor of C++ and author of the Addison-Wesley title The C++ Programming Language, was presented with the Dr. Dobb's Journal Excellence in Programming Award at the SD West conference on Wednesday.