Monday, November 14, 2005Fulcrum Announces 10G Ethernet Switch ChipsCalabasas-based Fulcrum Microsystems announced today that it has a new, 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch chip targeted at data centers. The company's new FocalPoint 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch chip provides very low latency for Ethernet switching. The new chips provide up to 24 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. The company is targeting low-latency applications such as blade-servers, clustering, and other applications. The company said that it switches compare to specialty interconnects such as Fibre Channel, (More info...)
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Amp'd Mobile Makes A BreakOnline media content provider Break.com said today that Los Angeles-based mobile lifestyle provider Amp'd Mobile will feature its portfolio of user-submitted video and images to Amp'd Mobile's services. Break will offer the content plus short form video and still images through the Amp'd Mobile network. Break.com is an Internet-boom era firm that provides multimedia content over broadband. Amp'd Mobile is developing a lifestyle-based, youth-oriented wireless services company tied into video, mus (More info...)
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WeddingChannel.com Goes WirelessLos Angeles-based WeddingChannel.com has launched a new wireless service offering that provides access to WeddingChannel.com's wedding planning information via cell phone. The company said that its wedding planning content and tools are now available via text messaging for PDAs and smartphones. The services include text messaging tips for couples planning their wedding, photo galleries, budget planner, checklist, guest list, and other tools. The company said that it was tapping software provider (More info...)
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Smarter.com Launches Comparison Shopping In AsiaLos Angeles-based Mezi Media (Smart.com) said today that it has launched a comparison shopping engine in Japan and China. The company said that it was the first U.S.-based comparison shoppping engine to launch in the two Asian countries. The Japanese comparison shopping engine will feature fashiona nd apparel, babay and maternity, home and garden, food and drinks, pet supplies, musical instruments, consumer electronics and appliances, and sporting goods. In China, the web search engine will inst (More info...)
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Aptuit Acquires InfoPro SolutionsAgoura Hills-based InfoPro Solutions has been acquired by a drug development tools company. Greenwich Conn-based Aptuit said it has acquired InfoPro Solutions in order to create a multi-customer, multi=site platform for tracking drug development projects. Financial terms were not disclosed, however the deal is expected to close in late 2005 or early 2006. Aptuit will acquire InfoPro Solutions facilities in Agoura, Westford, Masachussetts, Bangalore, India, and Frankfurt, Germany. The company sai (More info...)
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AOL, Warner Bros. Offer Broadband TV ProgrammingAmerica Online and Warner Bros. today announced that the two companies will begin offering broadband television programming on AOL's web site. The two are launching a new network called In2TV, which will stream full length episodes from Warner Bros. shows over broadband. The network will include series such as Welcome Back Kotter, Bettlejuice, and La Femme Nikita. The two companies said that the content will also be tied into quizzes and other tie-ins. AOL will offer the series in a new video fo (More info...)
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