Friday, December 15, 2006Interview with Barbara Bry, Blackbird VenturesOur interview today is with Barbara Bry, the Chief Operating Officer of Blackbird Ventures (www.blackbirdv.com), a venture investment firm located in San Diego. Blackbird recently made an investment in Quanlight, a company developing technology in the LED space. Barbara has a great background, having been the co-founder and on the founding team at two successful companies, including San Diego's Proflowers.com. She also was Associate Director at CONNECT, the very successful San Diego area regiona (More info...)
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Google Rolls Out Domain Name Registration ServicesMountain View-based Google has rolled out new domain name registration services, the firm announced late Thursday night. The new domain name registration features are part of the Google Apps For Your Domain service, and are live as of last night. Arizona-based GoDaddy and Bellevue, Washington-based eNom, a domain name registrar that is now owned by Richard Rosenblatt's Santa Monica-based Demand Media, have partnered with Google to provide the new domain name registration services. Demand Media's (More info...)
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Warner Bros. Invests In European Game PublisherBurbank-based Warner Bros. Entertainment said today that it will make an investment in SCi Entertainment Group, the parent company of Eidos Interactive. Warner said the deal represents 10.3 percent of SCi's share capital. The deal comes as part of an agreement for licensing and distributiong of games based on Warner Bros. Entertainment properties, including Warner's Batman, Looney Tunes, The OC, and other properties. SCi Entertainment said the investment will provide it with firepower to accerla (More info...)
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Solarflare Taps Folino For BoardIrvine-based Solarflare Communications has added Paul Folino, chairman and CEO of Emulex, to its board of directors, the firm said this morning. Folino heads up Orange County-based Emulex, a provider of network storage components for the stroage area networking industry. Solarflare is developing 10 gigabit Ethernet semiconductors used for enabling 10G Ethernet over copper connections. Solarflare is currently sampling its 10GBASE-T chips.
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Staccato, SK Telecom Partner On UWB NetworkSan Diego-based Staccato Communications and SK Telecom said today that they will deploy a network based on Ultra Wideband (UWB) mobile phone technology. SK Telecom will use Staccato's silicon to deliver mobile services globally. According to the firms, the services will initially be launched in Korea, and then rolled out worldwide to other operators. The firms also said that a Korean-based manufacturer of handsets will be the developer of new WiMedia UWB handsets for the service. Staccato develo (More info...)
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Qualstar Appoints CFOSimi Valley-based Qualstar, a manufacturer of tape storage libraries, said today that it has appointed Andrew A. Farina as the firm's VP and Chief Financial Officer. Farina was most recently CFO of 99 Cents Only Stores. Farina has also served at Crown/BBK and Benchmark Holdings.
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Materia Licenses Technology To MerckPasadena-based Materia, a provider of catalysts for pharmaceutical products, said today that it has licensed its metathesis platform to pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. Financial terms of the non-exclusive license were not disclosed. Materia's technology is used for synthesizing new pharmaceutical products and for production processes. Materia said the technology will be used by Merck in its drug discovery and development programs.
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