Archives for October, 2006:

• Fonpods Adds Mobile Service
  
• Xirrus Adds Wireless Load Balancing
  
• LeisureLink, Groople Partner On Vacation Rentals
  
• Dot Hill Announces New Storage Platform
  
• Siderean Names CEO
  
• Siafu Takes On Tape Encryption
  

• OGPlanet Gets Funding
  
• go2 Receives Strategic Investment
  
• Netaphor Raises Series A
  
• Interview with Russ Mann, CEO of SEMDirector
  
• Spot Runner Gets $40M, Investments from WPP, CBS, Interpublic
  
• RadioShack to Offer MovieBeam
  
• MySpace Taps Gracenote For Music Content Filtering
  
• Yahoo, Nissan Target Live Music
  
• SaySwap Unveils Video Game Trading Site
  
• Qualcomm Says It Gets Injunction
  
• Vivitar Acquired By Syntax-Brillian
  
• Verari, PolyServe Partner On Clustering
  
• StoreAge Signs McData
  
• DispenseSource Becomes Nexiant
  

• Transonic Combustion Gets Funding From Rustic Canyon, Venrock, Khosla
  
• Study: High Tech CEOS Gets Healthy Pay Increase
  
• Headcase Humanufacturing Finds VC
  
• GluMetrics Funds Glucose Monitoring Efforts
  
• TriZetto Buys Plan Data Management
  
• Altra Breaks Ground On Nebraska Ethanol Facility
  
• DAVE.TV Adds White Label Social Video Portals
  
• Boingo Expands In Asia
  

• Quorum Systems Gets $15M
  
• LSI Logic Acquires StoreAge
  
• Conexant Buys Packet Switching Business
  
• Greenspan Acquires Flurl.com
  
• Qualcomm Taps IBM, Samsung, Chartered For Foundry Services
  

• Eyespot Raises $3.7M
  
• Highlights From Forbes MEET: Diller and Eisner, YouTube's Chad Hurley
  
• Vanguard Voice Raises $3M
  
• Cadence Pharmaceuticals Prices IPO
  
• Quartics Launches Digital Media Chip
  
• CinemaNow Adds Liongate Day And Date Releases
  
• Diodes Buys APD Semiconductor
  
• Fox Pushes Blu-ray
  
• Amgen Completes Avidia Acquisition
  
• 5Square Names President
  

• Q3 2006 Southern California VC Investments Hit $835.3M
  
• Interview with Kelly Anderson, CEO of Sendio
  
• Microsemi Buys PowerDsine
  
• Newport Buys Laser Business From Picarro
  
• Boodle Ties Into Valpak
  
• Juice Signs College Tonight
  
• iQstor Rolls Out Storage System
  

• Interview with Tooey Courtemanche, Founder of ProCore
  
• U.S. Venture Capitalists Invest $6.36B In Q3
  
• VitalStream Streams LA Kings
  
• eEye Unveils Upgraded Pro, User Security Tools
  
• Iomega Taps Verisign, Jupiter For Managed Security
  
• MOSIS Adds Tanner EDA Software Kit
  
• AWR Expands In Japan
  

• Amgen Funds $25M Scholarship Program
  
• JibJab Runs Comedy On VCAST
  
• go2 Goes Golfing
  
• Digital Insight Expands Customer Relationship
  
• Quorum Ships RF CMOS Components
  
• MyShape Appoints CFO
  
• Linksys Adds General Manager to Consumer Business
  
• Soapbox Mobile Appoints Former Microsoft VP as Co-Chairman
  
• Zogenix Appoints VP
  
• Aptuit Implements Clinicopia Software
  

• Xencor Raises $45M
  
• Anacomp Buys Imaging Acceptance Corp
  
• Altra Starts Construction Of Ethanol Production Facility
  
• Vical Scores $25M
  
• LeisureLink Ties Into Travelocity
  
• Low.com Launches Spanish Web Site, Chat
  
• Integrien Ties Into IBM
  
• Invio Gets DoD Win
  
• Auditude Targets User-Generated Video
  

• DARPA Grand Challenge Names Track B Teams
  
• Report: LSI Looking to Acquire StoreAge For $55M
  
• Interview with Jawad Ansari, Miven Venture Partners
  
• SYS Technologies Buys Ai Metrix
  
• NComputing Raises $8M
  
• AST Founder Launches Media Processor Firm
  
• Breach Ships ModSecurity Firewall
  
• SIPPhone, LiveJournal Partner On VoIP
  
• Fandango Names SVP
  

• St. Bernard Software Completes Singlefin Acquisition
  
• Mindspeed Expands in Hyderabad
  
• Energy Innovations Powers Google Solar Project
  
• WiSpry Raises $13.5M Series B
  
• PacketVideo Acquires Media Server Firm
  
• Citysearch Adds SMS Services
  
• Actuate Taps Webalo For Mobile Spreadsheets
  
• Bushnell Unveils First uWink Location
  

• Apple Buys Silicon Color
  
• Private Equity Fundraising Slows
  
• MTV Networks Buys Quizilla.com
  
• Practical Instruments Raises $8M
  
• SimpleTech Acquires Gnutek
  
• Yahoo, CBS Partner On Local News
  
• NTT West, Strix To Network Japan
  
• Sea Launch Targets Satellite Launch For XM
  
• Amp'd Rolls Out RAZR Based Phone
  
• iStor Signs UK Distributor
  
• DATAllegro Integrates With IBM
  

• Internap Acquires VitalStream For $217M
  
• Interview with Santi Pierini, SVP Marketing, Day Software
  
• Parexel Buys San Diego Clinical Research Firms For $65M
  
• Fonality Adds Execs
  
• Ixia Postpones Q3 Results Announcement
  
• Iomega Ships New Autoloader
  
• ViewSonic Certifies For Vista
  

• Skweezer Powers Ask Mobile Search
  
• Interview with Darren Rush, CEO of Koders
  
• Smith Micro, Anonymizer Release Anonymous Surfing Software
  
• Streamload Touts Traffic Numbers
  
• Whyville Adds Former Neopets SVP To Advisory Board
  
• LeisureLink Adds VP
  

• Interview with W. Lewis Johnson, Founder of Alelo
  
• CoDa Therapeutics Receives $10M
  
• Report: LightPointe Raises Funding, Revives
  
• Spire Equity Launches Private Equity Firm
  
• ITC Judge Rules That Qualcomm Infringes On Broadcom Patent
  
• LightPointe Revamps, Restarts
  
• Qualcomm Open Sources Eudora
  
• Belkin Ships Universal Docking Hardware
  
• Docufide Partners With Naviance
  

• X Prize Cup Names Title Sponsor
  
• LeadPoint Raises $2M
  
• Procore Technologies Closes Series B
  
• First Advantage Buys EvidentData
  
• BandTel Partners On SIP Bundle
  
• vMix Gets Win At San Diego Station
  
• Youbet.com Buys Broadcast Production Firm
  

• DoctorsDirect Raises $2.5M
  
• Interview with John Tanner, ClearSync
  
• Ripe Digital Entertainment Raises $32M
  
• Voice Print Buys Syntora
  
• Stamps.com Adds College Teams
  
• Business.com Opens Work.com How To Guides
  
• WFI Taps WiMax Provider
  
• iRise Launches New Turnkey Service
  

• Interview with Heath Clarke, Chairman and CEO of Interchange
  
• Allergan Integrates Inamed
  
• YFly.com Launches Celebrity Social Networking Web Site
  
• Occam Networks To Move To NASDAQ
  
• Soapbox Mobile Appoints CEO
  
• Userplane Hires Bizdev Head, Moves to Santa Monica
  
• Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals Adds Regulatory VP
  
• Raytheon To Close Goleta Operations
  
• Nanogen Cuts Staff
  

• Study: MySpace Users Now Older
  
• Blackhawk Network Buys EWI Holdings
  
• WebSideStory Launches Ajax Site Search
  
• Smith Micro Taps Morpheus For Photo Animation
  
• Halo Goes Mobile
  
• RF Magic Teams For WiMax Module
  
• Oversee.net Names CFO
  

• Foundation Offers $10M For Genetic Mapping Prize
  
• Prolacta Raises $5M
  
• Interview with Peter Grubstein, NGEN Partners
  
• Helio Goes Hybrid
  
• Fonality Buys Trixbox
  
• St. Bernard Software Buys Singlefin
  
• Zecco To Launch Online Trading Site
  
• Luxtera Adds Lanny Ross To Board
  
• Kalon Semi Adds VP
  

• Napster Hits Japan
  
• QLogic Buys SilverStorm For $60M
  
• SAIC Sets IPO Terms
  
• FileNet Shareholders Approve IBM Merger
  
• Interview with Jonathan Berke, Sigalert.com
  
• DARPA Selects Urban Challenge Participants
  
• Demand Media Buys InfoSearch Media's AnswerBag.com
  
• Emulex Completes Sierra Logic Buy
  
• Veoh Adds Meisel To Board
  
• Judge Denies Qualcomm Motion
  

• Southern California Q3 VC Deals
  
• PriceRunner Gets Win With MSN
  
• SpotRunner Targets Franchises
  
• SOA Software Opens European Office
  
• Snap.com Names CTO, VP
  
• Novatel Ramps EV-DO Rev A Shipments
  
• BandTel Interops With VegaStream
  

• Amgen Acquires Avidia