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Los Angeles-based online advertising representation firm Gorilla Nation said Wednesday that the firm has been selected to represent the online ad inventory for Gawker Media in Canada. Gawker publishes the popular blogs Gawker, Gizmodo, Valleywag, Defamer, Kotaku, Defamer, and other gossip/pop culture web sites. Gorilla Nation did not detail financial terms behind the advertising deal. Gorilla Nation previously represented Gawker’s U.S. properties, but according to a spokesperson is not currently.
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Santa Barbara-based RVM Scientific, a manufacturer of direct heating/cooling systems for laboratory instruments, has been acquired by test equipment firm Agilent. Financial terms were not disclosed. According to Agilent, the acquisition of RVM Scientific’s technology expands its solution of products for the gas chromatography (GC) market. RVM’s products are used to rapidly cool laboratory equipment, reducing cycle times on that equipment. RVM Scientific was founded in 1993, and is headed by Robert Mustacich. Mustacich joins Agilent in an R&D capacity along with the acquisition. RVM Scientific becomes part of Agilent’s Gas Chromatography Systems unit.
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Former Nortel chief exec, along with two senior bean counters, have been charged by the RCMP with making false entries in the company’s financial statements and deceiving shareholders. All three had been fired in 2003.
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Hosting desktops on a remote server will be a familiar concept to veterans of the thin-client movement. Welcome to the old new frontier
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Mozilla has seen massive downloads (and a few technical glitches) this week, but some local observers aren’t as impressed by the browser’s latest version. Developers discuss their plug-in-plans
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National Instrument 31-103 is a proposed draft regulation that will require many financial service firms to change the way they store electronic communications. Jatheon offers a helping hand
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Don Sheppard got his degree in electrical engineering before any of our editors were born, and helped develop the seven layers of the OSI reference model. Some insights from the first-timer who won first prize
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The software firm wants to assist IT managers grappling with regulations and how many copies of Microsoft Office they own, along with bringing more automation to the data centre
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San Diego- and Los Angeles-based Viva Vision said today that it has inked a strategic partnership with Sports Illustrated Group to produce a mobile application for the firm. According to Viva, it will provide a SI Swimsuit slideshow focused on Sports Illustrated models wearing designer swimwear. The slideshows will be available as a wireless application. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. Viva Vision provides services that make content available via mobile phones, raised $2M in additional funding for the firm in March.
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El Segundo-based iRise, a provider of software used for visualizing applications said Wednesday that it has launched a new effort called “iRise Labs.” The firm said that the lab will test ideas and launch early stage products and solution. iRise said the first offering from the lab will be a version of the firm’s software, delivered via software-as-a-service. The service allows users to host applications developed with iRise’s software at iRise, without requiring its customers to install hardware or server. iRise develops software which is used by companies to prototype web applications, so that they can better refine applications before starting on software coding…. (more)
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