blinkx Joins YouTube, Hulu, and Yahoo! on Nielsen’s Top 10 Video SitesSAN FRANCISCO - - Traffic to blinkx.com continues to soar as more users turn to search RAYSPAN Corporation Announces Grant of Fundamental Metamaterial Air Interface PatentSAN DIEGO - RAYSPAN Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of metamaterial air interface solutions, is proud to announce it has been granted a fundamental patent, ANTENNAS BASED ON METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES. The sweeping claims of this patent encompass a broad range of metamaterial inventions that make possible RAYSPAN’s breakthrough ultra-miniature antennas and related air interface components and systems. With an intellectual property portfolio that now includes over sixty-five awarded and pending domestic and international patents covering the world’s most advanced metamaterial wireless technology, RAYSPAN has established an extremely strong foundation for licensing and protecting its metamaterial solutions in the global cellular handset and wireless LAN markets. This unmatched patent portfolio protects the full span of RAYSPAN’s fundamental enabling structures, antennas and essential radio frequency (RF) components based on those structures, use of those structures in key RF subsystems and systems, and complete end-to-end communication networks. Atmel Introduces New Family of AVR Microcontrollers for Industrial Motor ControlSAN JOSE, California - - New family offers CAN and LIN connectivity with advanced pulse width modulation features Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Appoints Paul Truex to Board of DirectorsPALO ALTO, California - - Industry Veteran with Business Development and Transactional Expertise Joins Eiger Board of Directors EVEREST Data Demonstrates Acute Reduction of Mitral Regurgitation Without Procedural Mortality in Patients Treated With the MitraClip(R) TherapyMENLO PARK, California - - Durability Observed in Both Functional and Degenerative MR Patient Populations Extreme Music Rolls out the Red Carpet for Sir George Martin and the Kings of the Control RoomLOS ANGELES - - With Photo Extreme Music, the worldwide production music library unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, today announced an innovative partnership with Sir George Martin CBE to create the Grandmaster Production Music Library. Cisco’s Medianet Solution Benchmarked by Spirent Communications in Industry’s Largest Public 1GigE and 10GigE IPTV TestSUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent TestCenter(TM) HyperMetrics(TM) Validates Resiliency and Video Quality of Cisco’s IP Video Service Delivery Network Nanosyn, Inc. and PCAS Announce the Signing of a Joint-Venture Agreement to Operate PCAS-NANOSYN, LLCLONGJUMEAU, PARIS and MENLO PARK, California - PCAS, a worldwide leader in commercial scale pharmaceutical synthesis and fine and specialty chemical manufacturing, and Nanosyn, a leading US based pharmaceutical contract research provider of preclinical chemistry and biology services, announce the signing of a joint-venture agreement to operate PCAS-NANOSYN, LLC, a Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) kilolab in Santa Rosa, Northern California. Science Communication to Take the Stage at Annual AAAS Meeting in San FranciscoFOLSOM, California - On Monday, August 17th at 1:30PM in Hensill Hall 113, attendees of the 90th Annual Pacific Division Meeting of the AAAS in San Francisco will get to learn about the latest efforts in science communication from some of the brightest minds in the field.” Neotrope Makes First Appearance on Inc. 5000LOS ANGELES - Neotrope (www.neotrope.com), a leading brand identity, content publisher, public relations, and entertainment technology company, today announced its first appearance on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the top 5,000 fastest-growing private U.S. companies. Ingenuity’s Technology Powers BD Cell Pathways Tool on New BD Biosciences WebsiteREDWOOD CITY, California - - Ingenuity’s contextual search capabilities and dynamic gene-based content will help BD Biosciences’ customers find relevant products and plan experiments PixelMags Turns Magazines, Newspapers, Books, Catalogs and Brochures Into an iPhone ApplicationLOS ANGELES - - Connecting over 40 million iPhone and iPod users to their favorite publications with cutting edge technology Atmel Announces SiliconCity(TM) Flexible Architecture for Low-Cost Custom Defined SoC DevelopmentSAN JOSE, California - - SiliconCity Flexible Architecture offers the density of cell-based ASICs, with fast and flexible derivative design flow NaturalMotion to Attend GDC Europe and gamescomSAN FRANCISCO and OXFORD, England - - CTO Simon Mack to Present Sessions on Animating with morpheme Alticor Enters Into Joint Venture Agreement With MetagenicsADA, Michigan and SAN CLEMENTE, California - - Metagenics to Operate as a Stand-Alone Entity Serving Health Care Professionals Nearly Half of Employed Executives Are Dissatisfied With Their Jobs, According to Korn/Ferry Executive QuizLOS ANGELES - - Results Also Reveal Lack of Trust of Managers and CEOs The most recent Executive Quiz results released today by The Korn/Ferry Institute reveal that nearly half (47 percent) of employed executives are either somewhat or very dissatisfied with their current position. The lackluster job market has not only left executives unhappy with their jobs, but survey results also uncover a lack of trust for corporate leadership. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of CLEAN-1 HCV Phase 1b TrialPALO ALTO, California - - Proof of Concept Study Investigating NS4B-RNA Binding Inhibitor JMR Appoints New EMEA Sales Manager, Prepares to Bring BlueStor to the International Market at IBC 2009CHATSWORTH, California - - UK-based industry veteran with 20 years of broadcast and data storage expertise to lead JMR’s international sales Supermicro Announces 4 Teraflop GPU Computing SystemSAN JOSE, California - - New SuperWorkstation Supports 4 Double-Width GPUs Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server and workstation solutions, today announced availability of its dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5500 Series (Nehalem) processor-based 7046GT-TRF SuperWorkstations. These powerful SuperWorkstations are the first to support four NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPUs as well as three additional PCI-e add-on cards for high-bandwidth I/O. These new systems also feature redundant Gold Level (93%+ efficiency) 1400-watt power supplies and quiet operation making them ideal for both enterprise and office supercomputing applications. Turnitin(TM) Introduces Services in Asian LanguagesOAKLAND, California - - Company Releases Originality Checking and GradeMark for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Bahasa Melayu blinkx AdHoc Named Best Search Engine Ad Platform Finalist for 2009 Search Engine Watch AwardsSAN FRANCISCO - - blinkx’s unique contextual advertising platform for online video recognized for innovation and excellence 9Global, Inc. Launches International Ad NetworkSAN BRUNO, California and LONDON - - Performance Based Ad Network to Connect Global Advertisers and Publishers American Apparel Opens in Dublin, IrelandDUBLIN and LOS ANGELES - American Apparel, the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, has opened their first store in Ireland. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technology From Stanford UniversityPALO ALTO, California - Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company developing antiviral therapies, announced today that it has licensed the exclusive worldwide rights to novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) technology from Stanford University. This technology, discovered in the lab of Stanford scientist and Eiger founder Dr. Jeffrey Glenn, M.D., Ph.D., is focused on a variety of novel targets, including key features of NS4B, a non-structural protein in the HCV genome, which binds to HCV-RNA and is required for viral replication. Vertica Analytic Database 3.5 Broadens Reach with Added FlexStore Architecture, Incorporates MapReduce IntegrationSAN DIEGO - A new version of the Vertica Analytic Database features a next-generation database architecture that promises huge performance gains for a broader range of analytic applications that can now take full advantage of the columnar MPP database’s blazingly fast speeds. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Spirent Communications as the Global Market Leader for Ethernet TestingSUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent Ranks First for Ethernet Testing in Lab, Live and Home Networks Votan Selects blinkx’s Cutting-Edge Video Search Capabilities to Enhance Broadcast Monitoring PlatformSAN FRANCISCO - - Leading global R&D firm to leverage blinkx technology for custom online video monitoring solution MAAWG Tackles Bots with New ISP Guidelines for Restoring Infected End-Users’ MachinesSAN FRANCISCO - - Industry Recommendations Can Improve Consumer Bot Removal With the growing problem of bot infestations contributing to spam, identity theft and online fraud, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has issued the first best practices aimed at helping the global ISP industry work more closely with consumers to recognize and remove bot infections on end-users’ machines. The paper outlines a three-step approach with recommendations for detecting bots, notifying users that their computers have been compromised, and guiding them in removing the malware. 802.11n Finalization Feeding Frenzy Fascinating Folks From Fairbanks to FloridaPLEASANTON, California - - LBAC Launch Learning Leap Too Earlier this month, Matthew Gast, chief strategist in the office of the Chief Technology Officer of Trapeze Networks (www.trapezenetworks.com/) (NYSE: BDC), sparked a news feeding frenzy on his blog (blog.matthewgast.com/2009/07/20/80211n-is-almost-done/) when he wrote that the final vote to ratify 802.11n could take place as early as September 11, 2009, exactly seven years after the initiative began. Call for Entries for TelcoTV Vision AwardsIRVINE, California - - High-profile promotion opportunity at industry’s premier converged entertainment show Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. and TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. Announce Merger AgreementNOVATO, California and LA JOLLA, California - - Nasdaq-Listed Biopharmaceutical Company Focusing on Improved Drug Targeting and Reformulation of Existing Therapeutic Compounds to Benefit Underserved Patient Populations Atmel Standardizes on DDR2 for 400 MHz, High Speed-USB-Enabled ARM9-Based Embedded MPUsSAN JOSE, California - - SAM9G45 ARM9-based Embedded MPU offers 480 Mbps EHCI-compliant HS-USB with on-chip PHy, Ethernet and SDIO for high-speed connectivity, plus LCD and Touch Sensing for intelligent UIs. Rayspan Raises US$12.5 million in Series B Financing from Khosla Ventures & Sequoia CapitalSAN DIEGO - Rayspan Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of metamaterial air interface solutions for wireless communications, today announced that it has received US$12.5M in a Series B financing led by new investor Khosla Ventures, who was joined by existing Rayspan investor Sequoia Capital as well as individual private investors. The financing will be utilized by Rayspan to accelerate and expand the development and commercialization of its breakthrough metamaterial wireless technology. Trapeze Networks and TESSCO Technologies Announce Distribution AlliancePLEASANTON, California - - New Agreement to Expand Trapeze Networks’ Reach to More Than 100 Countries It’s Same-Sex Marriage in Jane Austen’s Regency England!LOS ANGELES - Norilana Books is proud to present the elegant, groundbreaking novel JAMES FAIRFAX by Jane Austen and Adam Campan, coming in August 2009 as the lead title from the main Norilana imprint. |