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Gaming Roundup: Trion/SciFi; WoW's New Record; LiveGamer P2P; GameHouse Relaunches; In-Game Ads
Paid Content3 Hours Ago—Trion and Sci Fi staff up forthcoming game/TV project : MMO and virtual world developer Trion World Network and The Sci Fi Channel are building out the team for their as yet unnamed videogame/TV show hybrid : Blizzard Entertainment and Carbine Studios vet Kevin Beardslee will serve as senior development Add A Comment »
HuffPo Raises $15 Million Third Round; $100 Million Valuation?
Paid ContentTodayThe Huffington Post has raised another $15 million in funding, according to the Times, as it continues on a high growth trajectory, which also means a high cash burn.to be fair, the site's traffic went through the roof and sky during the election season, and it has been investing a lot in expansion Add A Comment »
Meezoog: A Social Network That Cares If You Actually Know Your "Friends"
TechCrunch4 Hours AgoEvery time I scroll through my list of 'Friends' on Facebook, I inevitably come to the same (somewhat depressing) conclusion: I have absolutely no idea who many of these people are. This is mostly my fault - my standards have always been pretty low when it comes to accepting inbound requests Add A Comment »
Parlez Vous's Rosetta Stone Files For $115M IPO As Wall Street Goes To Pot
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Silicon Valley Engineers Face Sentencing For Economic Espionage
EIN News1 Hour Agopleading guilty to economic espionage against the United States. The two engineers Fei Ye, a the U.S., and Ming Zhong, a permanent U.S. resident each face a maximum of launch a microprocessor startup with a Chinese venture capital firm. A date for the trial has Add A Comment »
Gigaom Network Parting Ways With Federated; Going With IDG's Tech Ad Network
Paid ContentTodayGigaomni Media (GOM), the parent company of the popular network of tech sites including Gigaom, is parting ways with its long time ad partner Federated Media , and moving to a more enterprise-focused IDG TechNetwork , IDG's tech ad network, we have learned and confirmed from the two companies. The Add A Comment »
Judge dismisses Carraway bankruptcy case
Biz JournalsTodayPhysicians Medical Center Carraway’s bankruptcy case was dismissed on Friday allowing secured creditors to sell its assets to recoup money owed. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Tamara Mitchell granted Carraway’s request to dismiss the case to expedite the payment of its creditors. On Nov. 14 Add A Comment »
OPA Brings On Former Republican Staffer To Boost Lobbying Efforts
Paid Content4 Hours AgoThe Federal Trade Commission is likely to issue its recommendations on behavioral targeting rules within the next few weeks, and while the Online Publishers Association expects the FTC to keep its policy of industry self-regulation intact, it is not taking any chances. It has created a new government Add A Comment »
WSJ Targets NYT's Luxury Advertisers; NYTCo Stock Hits New Low On Ad Worries
Paid ContentTodayThe increasingly Murdochized WSJ has been aggressively trying to lure NYT's luxury advertisers in much the same way the financial newspaper has been trying to broaden its coverage to grab its rivals general news readership. For example, high-end retailer and long-time NYT ad client Saks Inc. has Add A Comment »
Yahoo Sells Off European Comparison Shopping Site Kelkoo To PE Firm
Paid ContentTodayYahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ), which has been trying to sell off its European comparison shopping service Kelkoo for a while now, has finally found a buyer, according to a report : it has been sold to a UK-based private equity firm called Jamplant, for something less than Euro 100 million. Yahoo bought the service Add A Comment »
Singapore Medical Device Maker for Neurological Patients Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Award Intel Awards $25,000 to Winning...
EIN NewsTodaycompany was judged by a team of venture capitalists from the San Francisco Bay Area. Criteria clean leather technology. A team from the United States, Nano Precision Medical, was named "audience favorite" and interaction with more than 20 leading venture capital firms. Founded in 2005 by UC Berkeley Add A Comment »
A New IPO Market Urged
EIN News1 Hour Agocredit crunch, but to a trend by venture capitalists to avoid riskier startups and to sell market, according to the study, was the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions Regulation Fair Disclosure, Add A Comment »
Former Silicon Valley engineers sentenced to 1 year for chip-design theft
EIN News3 Hours Agoa government-backed startup there. Fei Ye, a U.S. citizen, and Ming Zhong, a permanent resident launch a microprocessor startup with a Chinese venture capital firm. Their trial hasn't been set. In Add A Comment »
--> ContextWeb's ADSDAQ Exchange Reaches Record Size and Scope
EIN NewsTodayContextWeb's reach as a percentage of entire U.S. internet population has jumped from 41.1% in York area. The company's investors include leading venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson ("DFJ"), DFJ Gotham Add A Comment »
Workstream Inc. Receives Marketplace Rule 4310(c) (3) Notice From NASDAQ and Going Concern Opinion (Business Wire)
Yahoo Biz5 Hours AgoMAITLAND, Fla.----Workstream Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand compensation, performance and talent management solutions, today announced that on November 20, 2008, it was notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that it is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310, which requires the Add A Comment »
No IPOs in Q2 leaves venture capital firms in a drought
EIN News4 Hours AgoVenture capital firms felt a pinch in the second generated just $4.7 billion in liquidity. "The U.S. venture capital industry is in the midst a critical job creation engine for the United States economy, and that engine has completely shut Add A Comment »
New England Clean Energy Council Celebrates Region's Outstanding Achievements in 2008 at the First Annual 'Green Tie Gala'
EIN NewsTodayactive in solar policy development in the U.S. Clean Energy Council Leadership Awards - Berl a huge and positive impact as the United States pursues a true clean energy economy in a dozen of the top New England venture capital firms (with a total of over $8 Add A Comment »
Modern Networking Tools: Swapping Bits, Not Biz Cards
Federated Media/TechTodayWith the recession in full swing, industries across the charts have been laying off hundreds of employees -- making the job market increasingly competitive. So what's a freshly unemployed tech professional to do? Hit the streets and start networking. As the hordes of job-seekers descend upon trade Add A Comment »
Goodmail faced many closed doors on way to latest VC round
The Deal Tech ConfidentialTodayAdd e-mail certification provider Goodmail Systems Inc. to the list of venture-backed companies grateful to find some funds still flowing. Despite having successfully raised two prior rounds and demonstrating a 30-fold increase in business Add A Comment »
Emerald, NextStage collaborate on funding
Biz Journals5 Hours AgoEmerald Stage2 Ventures said Friday it and NextStage Capital have co-led a Series A venture capital investment in Evident Software. Add A Comment »
