Wednesday, January 9, 2008National Lampoon Acquires CollegeHangover.comLos Angeles-based National Lampoon said Wednesday that it has acquired web site CollegeHangover.com. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. CollegeHangover.com is an online, user-generated video and photo site featuring photos of drunk college students and similar content.
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Zogenix Gains $18M In New FundingSan Diego-based Zogenix, a firm developing specialty pharmaceuticals for the neurology and pain market, said Wednesday that it has raised $18M in a private placement of preferred stock. The round came from Abingworth Management Ltd., and also included prior investors Clarus Ventures, Domain Associates, and Scale Venture Partners. Zogenix said the funding will go towards commercialization of the firm's DosePro (sumatriptan) compound, and for development of its controlled-release opioid it recentl (More info...)
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Break.com Hits Verizon V CASTLos Angeles-based Break.com said Tuesday that the firm's online video entertainment content is now available on Verizon's V CAST video service. Break.com said that the Break.com videos will be available as part of the V CAST basic video service. Break.com operates an online entertainment web site focused on men; the firm's site includes original video, user-generated content, games, and other content. Verizon's V CAST service provides access to a wide range of video content, and is available bot (More info...)
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Interview with David Bohnett, OVGuide.comOur interview today is with David Bohnett, CEO of OVGuide.com (www.ovguide.com), a Los Angeles-based web site which has created an online guide to video, TV shows, and other content on the web. David is best known as the co-founder of GeoCities, and for the investments out of his venture firm, Baroda Ventures. Baroda Ventures recently made a Series A investment in OVGuide.com. We caught up with David to learn more about OVGuide.com, as well as to get David's view of the Internet industry in Los (More info...)
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HostedSupport Targets eBay SellersLos Angeles-based HostedSupport.com, a provider of customer support software, said today that it has released a new version of the firm's ezSupport for eBay product. The hosted, software-as-a-service provides customer support for eBay sellers. HostedSupport also offers customer support management software for web-based businesses. According to HostedSupport, the new version of the firm's ezSupport software now supports FAQs - frequently asked questions - which pulls up appropriate answers to que (More info...)
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Evolution RoboticsRetail Revs LaneHawkPasadena-based Evolution Robotics Retail, the retail arm of Idealab's robotics technology firm, said today that it has released a new version of the firm's LaneHawk Visual Scanner product. The firm said that the product, which is used for checking the bottom of grocery shopping carts, is now available for Windows Server 2003 Server. The software was previously available on Linux. LaneHawk is used by retailers to scan for products on the bottom of shopping carts, and uses vision recognition techn (More info...)
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Gemstar-TV Guide, Sony In Licensing AgreementPasadena-based Gemstar-TV Guide said today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Sony on its on-screen TV programming guides. Gemstar did not disclose terms of the deal, but said that Sony USA has signed a multi-year agreement covering use of Gemstar's TV Guide On Screen interactive program guide on Sony's television products. Gemstar TV Guide holds a number of patents covering on screen programming guides, and provides access to those patents through its TV Guide On Screen products.
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Nexsan Takes On Xserve MarketThousand Oaks-based Nexsan, a provider of SATA disk storage systems, said today that the firm has rolled out a new storage solution specifically for the Apple Xserve and Mac Pro market. Nexsan said that its SATABeast Xi product provides high density, energy efficient storage for the Mac market. The new product provides up to 42TB of storage in a 4U rackmount footprint, and includes technology for idling disks which are not in use. The new product supports Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity.
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Local.com Links Into YelpIrvine-based Local.com, a provider of a local search engine, said today that it has entered into a relationship with Yelp, a provider of local reviews, to include Yelp's reviews and ratings. Financial terms of the deal, and details on the relationship, were not disclosed. Local.com said that the new content began appearing in December on its search results. Local.com provides a search site for local businesses and information.
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