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TechFlash
Average of 168 posts per month.
January 5
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01:51 PM
San Francisco-based Xobni, the email startup co-founded by ex-Expedia employee Adam Smith, has pulled in $7 million in venture financing from Cisco Systems, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Atomico. Maker of an Outlook plug-in which helps people organize email, Xobni was dubbed the "next generation of social networking" by Bill Gates in a keynote talk last...
January 5
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11:10 AM
We're excited to kick off the official launch of TechFlash as well as our quarterly speaker series January 22 at the Palace Ballroom in downtown Seattle. It's going to be a fun party, one you are not going to want to miss. We've got some cool giveaways in the hopper and are lining up speakers and mystery guests. Of course, there will be great food, drink and -- based on some of the early sign...
January 5
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10:29 AM
The Seattle life science community continues to take a drubbing. The latest blow came today with news that medical device maker Northstar Neuroscience -- a publicly-traded company that had raised $112 million in its IPO -- plans to liquidate assets and dissolve. The company has been in trouble for months. In July, the money-losing company announced that it would be shutting down...
January 5
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09:46 AM
For months, techies from across the country have wondered who President-elect Barack Obama will choose as the country's first chief technology officer. Well, the wait appears to be over. BBC News reports that an announcement is set for Wednesday, which pretty much rules out Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer since he is expected to be on the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in...
January 5
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09:18 AM
Amazon.com is harnessing its Video on Demand service to a device known as the Roku box.The online retailer announced today that it will soon begin offering 40,000 movies and television shows on Roku's $99 digital video player, which currently offers Netflix video on demand.It's an interesting move for Amazon's Video on Demand service, which was formerly known as Amazon Unbox.Netflix, which has...
January 5
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09:06 AM
Apart from which new technologies will be unveiled, the big question at the Consumer Electronics Show each year is which aging celebrity Microsoft will trot out in an attempt to add some star power to its keynote. With Bill Gates now absent, and CEO Steve Ballmer appearing in his place, it would be surprising if the company didn't do the same this year. So who will it be? To help inform your...
January 5
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07:48 AM
Goldman Sachs analyst Sarah Friar this morning weighed in on the two biggest rumors swirling around Microsoft recently: Will there be a Zune phone announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show? And will the company make substantial cuts in its workforce? Regarding the Zune phone , she wrote, the answer is probably not. (That's consistent with what we're hearing.) However, Goldman Sachs...
January 4
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09:12 PM
I'm getting ready for a trip that has become an annual tradition for me. I'll be in San Francisco on Tuesday posting from Macworld Expo, and the rest of the week in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. It's one of the most busy and fun weeks of my year, and I'm especially looking forward to making the trip for TechFlash for the first time. The fun part is getting an early glimpse of all...
January 4
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03:00 PM
Marcus Courtney, a one-time Microsoft contract worker, left his job as president of the Seattle-based WashTech technology labor union last year for a new position at the UNI Global Union in Switzerland. He left without fanfare, but he was back in Seattle visiting relatives for the holidays, and we got a chance to sit down with him. Courtney, 38, has been replaced at WashTech by new...
January 4
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02:47 PM
Fifteen Entellium employees who have stuck with the troubled Internet company over the past three months are to be paid $386,945 in incentive bonuses and severance, according to a December 30 ruling by a federal bankruptcy judge.Vice President of Human Resources Melisa Wojtacha is set to make $75,833, including $29,167 in severance once the bankruptcy proceedings are completed. Meanwhile...
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