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The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) reached an agreement Thursday to keep ABC, ESPN and the other Disney networks available to Central Texas viewers. (DIS) (TWC)
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EMC grew its lead over IBM and NetApp in the external storage market during the second quarter, research firm IDC says in a report released Friday. (EMC) (IBM) (HP)
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Barely 24 hours after Apple Inc. launched its new iTunes Ping, spammers and scammers were already reportedly rushing into the new social network.
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Yahoo Inc. and Vestel Group on Friday announced a partnership to provide Internet content through Yahoo Connected TV. (YHOO)
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YouTube is reportedly finding growing success in defusing copyright confrontations by splitting ad revenue from unauthorized uploads with content owners (GOOG)
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Durham-based Synecor, an incubator of life science companies including TransEnterix and InnerPluse in the Triangle, has raised $9.99 million in a stock offering, the group says in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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The bidding war for 3Par Inc. may be over but it appears to be lifting the values of other companies in the data storage business that are rumored takeover targets including Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (DELL) (PAR) (BRCD) (CML) (CVLT) (ISLN) (EMC) (NTAP)
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SciQuest plans to sell 6 million shares of its common stock at an initial public offering price between $9.50 and $11.50 per share, the Cary-based software company said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.
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The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) reached an agreement Thursday that will keep ABC, ESPN and the other Disney networks available to the Triangle?s dominant cable television provider. (DIS) (TWC)
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Hewlett-Packard Co. may be in the driver?s seat to acquire 3Par Inc. now that rival Dell Inc. has thrown in the towel in its bid for the company. (PAR) (HPQ)
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HealthMed Services Ltd. said Thursday it agreed to acquire all rights, title and interest to Neural Communicator software and hardware.
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Digital River Inc.?s stock closed up nearly 9 percent Thursday, after the e-commerce company reported it will provide additional services to Microsoft Corp. as part of an extended contract.
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J.B. Kenehan LLC, a pre-press, printing and finishing technology provider in Waukesha, has acquired Conley Printing of Beaver Dam for an undisclosed amount.
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Cox Communications is embracing its social media side with a contest that could give someone a free year of cable, Internet and phone service.
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Georgia Power Co. is among the best utilities for economic development, according to Site Selection magazine. (SO)
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MEI Technologies Inc. has opened an office in San Antonio to expand its information technology and cyber security capabilities.
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Denmark-based CLC bio, a life sciences services company providing hardware, software and data analytics, is expanding in Cambridge. The company has opened a new location on 10 Rogers Street in Cambridge, Boston. The new offices will be the home base for the company?s sales, marketing and support operations in North and South America.
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Design software maker Autodesk Inc. led a $6 million second venture funding round in Vela Systems Inc. (ADSK)
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FutureFuel Corp., a biofuels and chemicals operation majority owned by its chairman, St. Louisan Tony Novelly, named a new general manager for its chemical subsidiary and said that unit?s CFO is leaving at the end of September.
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The push by five Sicel Technologies employees to force the company into involuntary Chapter 7 liquidation has ended with one of those employees being named Sicel?s interim president.
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DigitalGlobe Inc. CEO Jill Smith will step down as CEO and board chairwoman for the Colorado satellite imaging company once a replacement is found within the next year. (DGI)
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Cisco Systems Inc. intends to buy Arch Rock Corp., a private company that makes smart grid network technology. (CSCO)
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AT&T said it has accelerated the timetable to expand service to Alabama wireless customers it acquired from Verizon Wireless. (ATT)
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Duke Energy Corp. has selected Echelon Corp. of California and Ambient Corp. of Massachusetts to further develop its grid-based communications to connect digital meters, power-line sensors and automated power-switching equipment for Duke?s proposed smart-grid networks. (DUK)
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Pittsburgh-based social media and emarkerting firm SnapRetail named Andy Fraley chief technology officer, the company said Thursday.
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Southwest Research Institute has won a $1.2 million contract from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to engage in battery research.
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Google Inc. will continue to provide AOL?s Internet search functions for another five years under a contract renewal that also expands their partnership to mobile searches and YouTube. (GOOG) (AOL)
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Kohl?s Corp. reported a 4.5 percent increase in comparable-store sales and a 7.7 percent increase in total sales for the four weeks ending Aug. 28, the department store chain said in a news release Thursday. (KSS)
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Dell Inc. threw in the towel Thursday in the escalating bidding war with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. to acquire 3Par Inc. (PAR) (HPQ)
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Harris Corp. has been awarded an $18 million contract to produce telemetry modules for the U.S. Air Force. (HRS)
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The Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government Web site has received a second-place award in the e.Republic Center for Digital Government Best of the Web contest.
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Dell Inc. on Thursday said it would not increase its offer to buy 3Par Inc., after Hewlett-Packard Co. made a new bid for the data-storage company. (HPQ) (DELL) (PAR)
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Taleo Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sunrise-based Learn.com for about $125 million in cash, the Dublin, Calif., company said today. (TLEO)
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Crossroads Systems Inc. (Pinksheets: CRDS) lost a net $1.5 million on $3.2 million revenue in past quarter, worse than its $1.1 million negative showing on $3.9 million revenue the same time last year. (PAR)
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Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it plans to acquire Arch Rock Corp., which provides wireless network technology for smart-grid applications. (CSCO)
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The Steamfitters Union Local 449 Pension Fund is accusing the directors and officers of data storage company 3Par Inc. of enriching themselves at shareholder expense in their dealing with buyout offers from Dell Inc. (PAR) (HPQ) (DELL)
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Inflection LLC, a company that says it is "focused on reshaping the public records system," said Thursday it raised $30 million in a first round of funding.
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Euronet Worldwide Inc. has purchased a Brazilian electronic payment business, giving the Leawood company a foothold in South America?s largest economy.
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Starbucks is trying out a Blackberry app that will let users buy their coffee and pastry in Silicon Valley and the Seattle area with a swipe of their mobile device.
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Dell Inc. said Thursday morning that it won't seek to beat a new $2.4 billion that Hewlett-Packard Co. has made to buy 3Par Inc.
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Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. talked about incorporating the social network into iTunes new Ping service but couldn't come to terms, according to Steve Jobs.
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Netflix Inc. stock jumped 7 percent on Wednesday after Apple Inc. said it will include streaming video service from the DVD rental company on its new Apple TV. (AAPL) (NFLX)
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First Hawaiian Bank has been awarded the contract for the Hawaii State Procurement Office?s corporate credit card, according to a statement from First Hawaiian.
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Cary-based Epic Games, known for its Gears of War game franchise and its Unreal Engine game-development system, is making a foray into games for Apple Inc.?s iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
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Apple Inc. unveiled a host of product updates on Wednesday, including a touchscreen nano, social networking for iTunes and a new version of Apple TV.
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UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation's and the Bay Area's largest health plans, said Wednesday it will loan $10 million to help small rural hospitals in California improve their IT systems and adopt electronic health records. It will also provide $1 million in grants to get the process started. (UNH)
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Talent management software company Taleo Corp. said late Wednesday it agreed to acquire strategic partner Learn.com Inc. for about $125 million in cash. (TLEO)
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Martek Biosciences Corp. grew profit by a third in its third quarter, driven by a 50 percent spike in sales. (MATK)
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Stealthmode Partners is joining the Kauffman Foundation to put on the TechVenture entreprenerial program this fall.
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Home energy retrofitter Recurve Inc. hired Andy Leventhal as CEO, replacing Pratap Mukherjee. (PMTC) (EMC) (VRSN)
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Verizon Wireless is taking the former Cat?s Music space for what will be one of its largest retail stores in Memphis.
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Shares of Blue Coat Systems Inc. soared Wednesday, closing up 12 percent, a day after the company announced a new CEO. (BCSI)
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Mohan Misra, founder and chairman of Colorado?s Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., will retire from the board at year?s end, the company announced Wednesday. (ASTI)
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Private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe and Peak 10?s executive management will buy a majority shareholder interest in Peak 10 for an undisclosed amount.
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Research scientist Sophia Ran at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield won a five-year, more than $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study ways to prevent or reduce metastasis in breast cancer.
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Insituform Technologies Inc. said Wednesday that it received a $5.2 million contract from the Macon Water Authority in Macon, Ga., to rehabilitate more than 24,000 feet of wastewater pipelines.
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Telkonet Inc., a Wauwatosa developer of energy management and "smart grid" networking technology, said it has appointed two new members to its board of directors following the resignation of two other directors.
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InfraReDx Inc., a Burlington-based medical device firm, has been granted clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System. The system is intended to be used by cardiologists for the purpose of identifying lipid core coronary plaques, linked to heart attacks after stenting.
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Everyone on the East Coast is keeping an eye on Hurricane Earl ? including D.C.-based Pepco, which already has had to deal with three big power outages in the region this summer.
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VisionShare Inc. won?t be moving into the former MinuteClinic space in downtown Minneapolis, as it had planned.
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A local technology company, which has made a name for itself as a litigious intellectual property enforcer, is suing 3Par Inc., a company on the verge of being bought by one of two U.S. computing giants. (PAR) (HPQ)
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Software company Sendouts appointed Brian Hopcraft president and CEO, replacing company co-founder Don Breckenridge Jr., who left to pursue other interests.
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Winston-Salem IT services firm Bald Eagle Technologies is merging with Maryland-based OutsourceIT, according to an announcement from the firms. The combined firm will operate under the OutsourceIT brand.
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Weyerhaeuser is closing its Albany plant, resulting in the loss of 70 jobs. The closure is effective immediately, with only a few employees staying on to fulfill existing customer orders.
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A group of area technology executives and entrepreneurs has launched the Charlotte Regional Technology Executive Council. The organization was formed to provide continuing education for members and advocate for the growth of technology companies.
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Arlington-based Rosetta Stone, whose lawsuit against Google Inc. was dismissed in April, will appeal the court ruling, according to Bloomberg News. (RST) (GOOG)
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Global Imaging Systems expanded its network of office technology providers with the acquisition of Georgia Duplicating Products. (XRX)
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The "probability of default" rating for Sensata Technologies, whose U.S. headquarters is in Attleboro, recently received an upgrade after the company reduced its debt load by more than $300 million.
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Jana Eggers is already talking about her four-year stint as CEO of Spreadshirt in the past tense. She announced her departure pending a new CEO hire in a post to the company?s blog yesterday. Today, she spoke with Mass High Tech reporter Galen Moore.
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Kenexa Corp. has agreed to buy Salary.com Inc. in an all-cash tender offer for around $80 million, the companies said Wednesday. (SLRY) (KNXA)
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McLean-based Science Applications International Corp. has been hired by the Department of Transportation to help it develop DOT's IntelliDrive Program, which aims to use wireless technology to make driving safer. (SAI)
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Welcome to the Denver Business Journal's Tech Watch, our roundup of today's tech news from around the nation, featuring reports on Facebook, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Clearwire, Sprint Nextel, Dell, AOL, Palm, Digg, Amazon.com, Zillow, Kenexa and more.
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Reston-based comScore Inc. has acquired Nedstat, a web analytics company headquartered in Amsterdam, for $36.7 million. (SCOR)
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Dr. Beth Lown, an internist at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, was appointed medical director at The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a Boston-based nonprofit organization. The medical director position is part-time, so Lown will continue working as an internist at Mount Auburn Hospital and doing her own research and teaching. She has a long history with the Schwartz Center, including serving on its board of trustees, as co-chair and chair of the grant programming committee, and as a consultant on various projects.
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Electronic Arts Inc. said Wednesday that a version of its popular Madden football game is now available via a social network. (ERTS)
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GlobalSCAPE Inc. will be in a better position to sell more technology products worldwide thanks to a new partnership with Lifeboat Distribution. (WSTG)
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CEOs who cut the most jobs tend to get richly rewarded, according to a report from a liberal think tank that points to recently resigned Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd as a prime example. (SGP) (JNJ)
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Former Palm Inc. vice president of product management John Traynor will oversee planning and development of all products at BSquare Corp., the company announced Wednesday. (BSQR) (PALM)
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Kitware Inc., a high-tech software company, has won an $11 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC will donate $1 million to a United Way Capital Area program that supports care and education for low-income preschool students.
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Mark Hurd handed out 6,400 pink slips as CEO of computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co., and was generously rewarded for it, says a report from the Institute for Policy Studies. (HPQ) (SGP) (JNJ)
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Sprint Nextel Corp. has added Boston and two other East Coast cities to its list of active 4G wireless Internet markets. (S) (T)
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Tesla Motors Inc. said on Tuesday that it has been certified for an energy cash rebate in Japan that could reduce the cost of its electric Roadster by as much as $38,490. (TSLA)
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VeriFone Systems Inc. said Wednesday it acquired the assets of Way Systems Inc. for up to $9 million. (PAY)
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Apple Inc. unveiled a host of product updates on Wednesday, including a touchscreen nano, social networking for iTunes and a new version of Apple TV.
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The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission approved a final order on Tuesday, Aug. 31, that significantly scales back Public Service Co. of New Mexico?s plans for solar photovoltaic generation.
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Rally Up, a Santa Cruz-based mobile application startup, has been acquired by AOL Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
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DaVita Inc. was among the 10 best-performing stocks on the S&P 500 in August, CNBC reported Tuesday. (DVA) (MFE) (PCLN) (AKAM)
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Amazon. com is reportedly working on a new service that would give unlimited access to TV shows and movies over the Internet to paying subscribers.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday it entered a joint development agreement with Hynix Semiconductor Inc. for a "memristor" -- a new circuit element for memory. (HPQ)
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Lawson Software CEO Harry Debes received nearly $4.9 million in compensation last year, up from about $3.5 million in 2009, according to a regulatory filing.
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Catapult Systems has been awarded task orders from several federal agencies, including the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army Medical Information Technology Center, the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Courts. (MSFT)
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Immersion Corp. on Tuesday said that its TouchSense system has been licensed by Toshiba Corp. (IMMR)
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Cray Inc. said Sweden?s Royal Institute of Technology has upgraded its recent Cray supercomputer system for an undisclosed price. (CRAY)
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Valley social media and digital marketing experts will gather next week for SMAZ, a semi-annual conference held by Tempe-based Social Media AZ.
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Kansas City-based TranSystems Corp. is continuing its acquisition run, buying divisions of Long Engineering Inc. to establish an Atlanta presence.
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Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, a professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University in St. Louis, co-leads a research program that will receive a nearly $6.1 million grant through the national Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.
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A new website was unveiled on Monday, which makes Pennsylvania legislative information accessible by cell phone.
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More than 400 people attended GlobalFoundries? career expo Aug. 31, looking for work at the chip plant being built at Luther Forest Technology Campus.
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Fifteen Maryland companies have received more than $1 million in funding from the Maryland Technology Development Corp.
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Carroll County government is giving businesses access to high-speed Internet through a network it built for $9 million.
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Digg has hired Amazon executive Matt Williams to be their new CEO, TechCrunch has reported.
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VMware Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire TriCipher Inc. and Integrien Corp. for undisclosed amounts. (VMW)
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Stromedix, Inc. has received word from the U.S. food and Drug Administration that its potential drug to treat a fatal lung disease will receive so-called orphan drug status. The designation carries several benefits for the company, including grants and/or tax incentives to help with drug development and a longer period of protection from generic competition, once the drug candidate is approved. Orphan drug status is designed to accelerate development of treatments for rare diseases.
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VMware Inc. plans to buy two business software companies -- Integrien Corp. and TriCipher Inc. (VMW)
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Taser International Inc. on Monday received an injunction against competitor Stinger Systems Inc. for alleged infringement on its stun gun patents.
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LightSquared, a high-speed wireless broadband startup backed by hedge fund Harbinger Capital, expects to expand its network into Minneapolis next year.
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A Genzyme Corp. investor group has sent a letter to the company?s board of directors urging it to sit down at the table with potential acquirer, French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis.
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Palo Alto printer and computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. got a five-year contract to sell stuff to the U.S. Air Force that could be worth $800 million in total. (HPQ)
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Fitness social media developer MapMyFitness Inc. has garnered a $5 million investment from Austin Ventures.
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Rush hour traffic might be a little tricky Tuesday evening, as about 1,000 Vartech conventioneers take to the streets for a parade to Great American Ball Park in support of early screenings for breast cancer.
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Hill-Rom hired Scott Jeffers as senior vice president of its global supply chain operations, effective Sept. 13. (HRC)
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Franklin-based Cybera has signed a deal that could put its technology into thousands of restaurants and retail locations.
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Zoë Baird is resigning from the board of Convergys Corp., which provides customer care and billing services worldwide. (CVG)
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Federal regulators have fined two former Dell Inc. executives for their roles in an alleged four-year accounting fraud scheme.
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CACI International Inc. will continue its work with the Library of Congress, helping the library digitally archive millions of documents, under a new contract worth as much as $40 million. (CACI)
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3M Co. has bought Attenti Holdings SA, which operates an office in Tampa, for $230 million in cash. (MMM)
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Austin is one of seven cities hosting a national search for the most innovative technology and communication startups.
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Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is leaving the board of directors at News Corp., where he has served since February 2008. (NWS) (HPQ) (TDC) (NCR)
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KBR Inc. has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract from Rockwood Holdings Inc. as part of the federal stimulus package. (KBR) (ROC)
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Fixed-fee wireless telecommunications giant MetroPCS Communications has tapped into a new revenue source by launching Mas Mexico, a voice and text messaging plan to connect MetroPCS clients to Mexico. (PCS)
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XPEL Technologies Corp. was able to eke out a profit in the second quarter of 2010 even as the company?s installation, kit and material sales decreased.
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Mercedes-Benz is showing off an all-electric A-Class vehicle at the Paris Auto Show that is powered by a battery developed by Tesla Motors Inc.
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Seaport Credit Union of Salem appointed Ann Marie Waugh to the executive management team as vice president of lending. Previously, she was with Somerville Municipal Federal Credit Union.
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Data center software developer VMware Inc. announced a series of partnerships on Tuesday to help it advance its cloud computing strategy. (VMW) (HPQ) (VRZN) (EMC)
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Less than a year after being replaced as CEO of Pinnacle Data Systems Inc., the former chief of the Groveport information technology business is leaving the company altogether.
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Louisville-based GE Appliances & Lighting has signed a four-year agreement to supply appliances to Clayton Homes, which bills itself as the largest builder of manufactured and modular homes in the United States. (BRKB) (GE)
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3M Co. announced Tuesday that it will buy Attenti Holdings, an Israeli maker of tracking and monitoring devices, for $230 million in cash.
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Charlotte-based private-equity group Ridgemont Equity Partners has made its first investment since breaking away from Bank of America Corp. as an independent firm this summer. (BAC)
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CAE USA was awarded a $10 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for weapon systems training upgrades. (CAE)
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A small Mercedes-Benz electric car with batteries from Tesla Motors Inc. will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show in October. (TSLA)
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Monsanto says it's cutting about 650 to 700 more jobs as it continues to restructure its business, including nearly 170 jobs in the St. Louis area. (MON)
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Harris Corp. received a $9.5 million contract to provide engineering services for the Australia Department of Defence Land 200 communications modernization program. (HRS)
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd isn't on the slate of board members that News Corp. posted for re-election on Tuesday. (HPQ) (NWS)
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Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. will work with software company VMware Inc. on products to improve the use of ?cloud? computing. (HPQ) (VMW)
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Midwest Research Institute won a $1.6 million federal contract to study a virus that could be a biological threat.
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SAS Institute has won deals to sell software to Alliant Credit Union and Compassion International, the Cary-based software maker announced Tuesday.
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Smaller nanos, 3G wireless for the iPod touch and video streaming are the latest rumors to pop up ahead of an Apple Inc. event on Wednesday. (AAPL)
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A new portable navigation device that uses Google Inc.'s Android operating system was launched Tuesday by Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and Rydeen Mobile Electronics Inc. (MRVL)
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Craig Technologies has been awarded subcontractor work at its fifth NASA project site, this time at Langley Research Center.
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Investors may still be betting that the bidding war for 3Par Inc. isn't over but analysts and observers apparently believe Dell Inc. will quit its fight to buy the storage company. (DELL) (HPQ) (PAR)
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Institutional Venture Partners has raised a $750 million later-stage venture capital and growth equity fund.
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Vancouver city manager Pat McDonnell is resigning. McDonnell submitted his letter of resignation to the mayor and city council on Monday and will vacate the post Nov. 1.
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DigitalGlobe, the Colorado earth imaging company, is paying Ball Aerospace & Technologies and ITT corporations $301 million to build the company?s next satellite. (DGI) (BLL)
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Intertrust Technologies Corp. picked up the software and patents of defunct music and video search business SeeqPod Inc.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. will pay $55 million to settle claims from a U.S. Justice Department investigation that the technology firm overcharged the federal government. Its settlement also resolves a False Claims Act lawsuit filed by whistleblower accusing HP of paying kickbacks. HP had announced the impending settlement Aug. 2, but didn?t say at the time how much it was paying.
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Social game developer SocialDeck Inc. said on its website Monday that it has been acquired by Google Inc. (GOOG)
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Nashville-based ADS Security has purchased security alarm rival Systems Unlimited Inc. of Jackson, the company announced today.
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Settlements have been reached in lawsuits filed on behalf of Dallas Cowboys Scouting Assistant Rich Behm and Special Teams Coach Joe DeCamillis, who were injured when the team?s practice facility collapsed during a May 2009 storm.
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Three former executives of Spectranetics Corp., a Colorado Springs-based medical-laser maker, are named in a 12-count criminal indictment that accuses them of illegally importing unapproved medical devices, the office of Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced Monday. (SPNC)
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Nina Vaca, founder and CEO of Dallas-based Pinnacle Technical Resources, has been named chairwoman of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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Fort Worth pharmaceutical company ZS Pharma Inc. will receive a $2 million cash infusion from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Gov. Rick Perry said Monday.
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Google Inc.'s YouTube is reportedly in talks with leading studios to start offering pay-per-view videos of their movies by year's end. (AAPL) (AMZN) (NFLX)
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Some blogs Monday morning reported that Cisco Systems Inc. has made an offer to acquire Skype SA. (GOOG) (EBAY)
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Google Inc. and the Associated Press worked out their differences over a deal permitting Google to carry AP stories on its web pages. (GOOG)
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Rumors surfaced last week that former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd could be about to rejoin Teradata Corp., and one industry observer said that possibility may make sense. (HPQ) (TDC) (NCR)
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BSI Engineering Inc. won a 50 percent Job Creation Tax Credit from the state of Ohio for its relocation to a facility in Blue Ash.
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Intercon Chemical Co. has been approved for $104,812 in state tax credits for spending $1.3 million to expand its manufacturing facility in St. Louis and add 26 jobs.
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Semiconductor sales in July continued their torrid pace against last year, but are show signs of leveling off month to month.
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Carnegie Robotics LLC is the latest spin-out coming out of Carnegie Mellon University, and, as the name implies, it aims to develop, manufacture and service robotic systems.
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Reston-based technology firms Netuitive Inc. and Appian Corp. on Monday each announced major steps forward in cloud-computing partnerships with tech giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). (AMZN)
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Jedi Mind Inc., a company sued by ?Star Wars? creator George Lucas, is changing its name to Mind Technologies Inc.
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Silver Spring-based Motionsoft Inc., which makes customer management software used by health clubs, has received a $5.5 million investment from Edison Venture Fund.
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Electric sportscar maker Tesla Motors Inc. will open a store soon in Washington, D.C., according to the Washington Post. (TSLA)
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A year after introducing its Via instant coffee, Starbucks Corp. said it will sell flavored versions of the product. (SBUX)
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Capella Education Co. was the only Minnesota company to make Fortune magazine's list of the 100 fastest-growing companies.
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Clearwire Corp. is offering pay-as-you-go 4G wireless Internet service through a new brand called Rover. (T) (S) (TWC)
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Intuit Inc.?s August Small Business Employment Index shows that companies with fewer than 20 employees created 26,000 new jobs nationally in August, and hiring in Florida grew by 0.3 percent.
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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. named Arthur C. Reardon to the newly created post of chief technology officer, the company said in a statement. The new position is designed to provide expertise in process improvement and product expansion as well as offer better technical support to customers.
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Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. set up a plan to buy back up to $10 billion of its shares. (HPQ)
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A division of U.S. Bancorp has helped Google Inc. set up an $86 million low-income housing fund. (USB) (GOOG)
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Steve Sanghi, the chairman, president and CEO of Microchip Technology Inc., will receive the annual lifetime achievement award from the Governor?s Celebration of Innovation this November.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded three Kansas universities $1.176 million over two years to upgrade a shared-data network that will better connect the state?s educational institutions.
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Nashville-based Emdeon (NYSE: EM) is rolling out a new product that will make it easier for retail pharmacies to charge you for your flu shot ? or crutches, syringes and other items that aren?t prescription drugs. (EM)
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FanVision, the mobile technology venture owned by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, is actively developing versions of its service that will work on smartphones.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has named a cyberinfrastructure expert to oversee its $100 million supercomputer data center.
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The board of 3Par Inc. has accepted Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $30-a-share takeover over and notified Dell Inc. that it will rescind its previous sale agreement. (PAR) (HPQ) (HPQ)
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Yottaa Inc. has raised $4 million in a Series A round of venture capital financing for a freemium performance testing and monitoring software for Internet applications and websites. (ADI)
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Fairfax-based ManTech International Corp. has won a cybersecurity contract from the Department of Agriculture. (MANT)
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Emergency Technologies Inc. has completed the installation of a integrated public safety information system that will help streamline information sharing between city and county agencies in the San Antonio area. The new system in place has the potential of saving more lives and reducing property damage, officials say.
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AT&T Inc.?s sealed deal to sell its Columbus-based Sterling Commerce Inc. unit will mean a hefty one-time gain in the third quarter, the company told investors. (IBM) (T)
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Sprint Nextel Corp. is adding between 80 and 100 jobs to a Denver-area call center to deal with more customers signing up for fourth-generation WiMAX wireless services. (S)
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GSI Commerce Inc. said Monday it has landed a long-term contract to provide e-commerce and interactive-marketing services to the Sports Authority Inc. (GSIC)
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Red Hat announced Monday that retired U.S. Army Gen. H. Hugh Shelton has been elected chairman of the open source software company?s board of directors. (RHT)
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Welcome to the Denver Business Journal's Tech Watch, our roundup of today's tech news from around the nation, featuring reports on Paul Allen, Microsoft, Apple, Google, eBay, Facebook, Yahoo, Netflix, Hewlett-Packard, 3Par, Intel, Intuit, Equinix, YouTube, iContact, NetSuite and more.
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3M Co. has reached a deal to buy Cogent Inc., a maker of biometric identification systems, in a deal worth about $943 million. (MMM)
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Disney Interactive Studios is releasing a limited, collectors' edition version of its new "Epic Mickey" game.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has partnered with a Chinese company in the opening of a automotive electronics research and development lab. (MOT)
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Arlington-based CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) has won a major Army contract designed to provide all defense and federal civilian agencies with solutions for critical hardware, software, systems management and rapid response requirements. (CACI)
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MoSys Inc. said Monday it relocated its corporate headquarters from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara. (MOSY)
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iContact has raised $40 million in series B venture capital funding from private equity firm JMI Equity, the Durham-based maker of e-mail marketing software announced Monday.
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Covidien said Monday in separate announcements that it completed the previously announced sales of its specialty chemical business and its sleep therapy product line. (COV)
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Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it has been selected as a preferred technology provider by the U.S. Air Force for a new five-year enterprise computing deal worth up to $800 million. (HPQ)
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Intel Corp. has agreed to acquire the wireless unit of Infineon Technologies AG for about $1.4 billion in cash, the companies said Monday. (INTC) (AAPL) (MFE)
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Intel Corp. has agreed to buy Infineon Technologies AG's wireless unit for approximately $1.4 billion in cash, the companies said Monday. (INTC) (MFE)
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Global sales of semiconductors grew to $25.2 billion in July, a 37 percent increase year over year, according to a report Monday from the Semiconductor Industry Association.
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Sisters of Mercy Health System officially launched its new $60 million data center in Washington, Mo., today.
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The information technology firm nfrastructure has plunged deeper into the nanotechnology sector with a $50 million expansion in Albany and Utica, New York.
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VisionShare Inc., a health care technology company, is expanding and moving its headquarters from University Avenue into downtown Minneapolis.
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The Science Center is seeking to break ground by the end of this year on a new building, estimated at $80 million, that will house office and lab space. With the addition, the center will be closer to realizing its goal of adding 1.85 million square feet in University City.
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Comcast ? better known for cable and Internet offerings to homes ? is becoming a major player in selling telecom services to businesses both in Colorado and nationwide. (CMCSA) (TWTC) (CBEY)
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A creator of custom mouthguards and a firm seeking to grow human organs are among the presenters expected to appear at this year?s Minnnesota Venture & Finance Conference.
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The organizers behind one of Kansas City?s largest Internet hubs are expanding their operations throughout the Midwest.
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It was a vicious beating that led Lee Gerdes to search for a technological way to optimize the brain.
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Locally based health care IT company Evolvent Technologies is in the process of pursuing work on two contracts totaling $40 million with the Department of Defense that seek to improve how health-care information is stored (known as ?informatics? in industry terms) and how it?s shared, or its ?interoperability.?
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Latinos continue to lag behind non-Latinos in the use of digital technology such as the Internet, according to a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research organization.
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Rhythm Engineering is about to test the song about New York: If it can make it there, it can make it anywhere.
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A new federal plan provides nearly $2 billion in biotechnology funding to produce medications, vaccines and supplies necessary for a health emergency, likely helping some local biodefense-related companies grow.
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Data center developer T5 Partners LLC plans to build a roughly $75 million facility in metro Atlanta.
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The business telecommunications sector is getting more crowded as Paetec Holding Corp. is expanding its presence and Sparkplug Communications is preparing for a merger.
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Graybar Electric Co., the region?s second-largest privately held company, is offering 841,500 shares of stock to its employees and qualified retirees in a move that is expected to raise $16.8 million.
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It?s not a news flash that the Internet has changed the way car dealers advertise their wares, giving them an outlet beyond traditional media to drum up sales.
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A week after Intel Corp. announced it was making one of the most confounding and expensive acquisitions in its history ? the $7.6 billion play for security company McAfee Inc. ? observers are still talking about the deal and what it means for the security industry overall.
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Though demand for cloud computing services is rising fast in the area, organizations are rarely seeking to operate exclusively in the cloud, according to local IT consulting firms.
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A couple of times a day, in mid-morning and again in mid-afternoon, the manager on duty at Café Lou-Lou whips out a camera (often an iPhone) and takes a snapshot of a plate of food, then uploads the photos to the restaurant?s Facebook page.
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If there was any single indicator that businesses are getting serious about network and data security, it was the announcement last week that Intel Corp. was planning on buying IT security firm McAfee Inc. for $7.6 billion. But executives at South Boston?s Core Security Technologies Inc. didn?t need that big headline to know that IT security is finally getting its due ? the company has been growing at a rate of approximately 20 percent for each of the last two recession-plagued years.
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V-Soft Consulting Group Inc. has been one of the area?s fastest-growing companies in recent years, a trend company founder and vice president Purna Veer aims to continue as the recession eases.
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HealthWarehouse.com CEO Lalit Dhadphale believes Americans are ready to order their medications online ? as long as they know the pharmacy is legitimate.
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Integrated Healthcare Solutions is ramping up promotion of its signature software product, buoyed by a $5.5 million capital infusion from a Pennsylvania investment fund.
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Gateway Technical College?s new Horizon Center for Transportation Technology in Kenosha is a far-cry from the dimly lighted, greasy-garage setting one typically associates with auto repair.
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Michael Jordan is technical operations manager for the northwest region of Digital Realty Trust. The real estate investment trust specializes in data centers, which are critical to the day-to-day operations of technology companies. The publicly traded company?s most recent annual revenue was $637.18 million for 2009, up 21 percent from the previous year at $527.5 million. On Aug. 18, the company?s stock closed the day at $59.69. Digital Realty?s properties contain approximately 14.4 million rentable square feet of space, about 900,000 square feet of which is managed by Jordan.
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Coalfire Systems, an IT audit, security and compliance management firm, has job openings in its Seattle office as a result of increased demand from consumers and government regulators to protect banking, health records and other sensitive private digital data.
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An industry that?s changed the way companies sue one another has a key foothold in Middle Tennessee and is on track to grow by millions of dollars in the coming decade.
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With the expansion of the wireless phone market slowing, AT&T is finding growth in providing data services for non-phone devices, ranging from tablet computers like Apple?s iPad to non-consumer gadgets like meter readers.
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Initial sales for Research in Motion?s BlackBerry Torch 9800 have been slower than some analysts expected, leading to fresh questions about how the smartphone maker can improve its stagnant market position in the United States. (RIMM)
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Adony Beniares is senior manager for facilities at LinkedIn Corp., an online business network designed to help professionals find jobs, people, and service providers. The company is based in Mountain View and has locations throughout the world including New York, London, Mumbai and Sydney.
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Internet users often turn to Yelp for help finding restaurants, Craigslist when they need an apartment and Amazon when searching for everything from books to kitchen appliances.
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When Jeff Jaffe took the reins as CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) ? the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-based nonprofit that sets the technical standards on which the Web is based ? he was no stranger to the world of technology.
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Even as General Motors awaits a public offering to pay back the federal government?s $50 billion bailout, the automaker is ramping up an existing partnership with the government that may be even more important to the company?s reinvention.
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