Monday, February 2, 2004


Making Genetic Engineering Work
Researchers at UC Irvine and UC Riverside are among the many trying to use biotechnology and genetics to avoid the pitfalls and provide the benefits of genetically engineering to help mankind.
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BAE Starts Move East
BAE Systems is in the midst of moving work manufacturing from Westlake Village to Cheshire, Connecticut, due to $2.25M in loans from Connecticut.
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TeraGrid Boots Up
The first phase of TeraGrid, the project which links a high tech grid for research, connecting UCSB, Caltech, and eight other universities around the U.S., has gone online.
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Mars Rover's Eyes Built in Pasadena
Images from the Mars Rover were specially designed for the tough Mars environment, using custom-designed, CCD circuits developed at JPL using Pasadena-based Tanner EDA's analog circuit design tools.
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Silicon Valley Waits For Jobs
The bay area is slowly adding new jobs, however is expected to lag behind Southern California's better diversified economy.
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Gateway to Buy eMachines for $234M
Poway-based Gateway (www.gateway.com) announced that it is looking to buy Irvine-based eMachines (www.emachines.com) in an attempt to stay on top of the PC market. Gateway will buy eMachines for a combination of stock and cash, worth approximately $230M. eMachines' CEO will become head of the combined company, and Gateway's Waitt will remain chair. The company is looking to capitalize on eMachines' strength in low-en machines, and stated that it would be adopting eMachines' distribution and oper (More info...)
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