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Versant Ventures, a Newport Beach- and Menlo Park-based venture capital fund, announced today that it has closed Versant Venture Capital IV, L.P. at $500M. The fund brings Versant’s total under management to $1.6 billion, in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Versant Ventures said the firm now has more than 75 portfolio companies under management. Versant Ventures said that it will target approximately 30-35 medical device, biotech, and pharmaceutical investments throughout the U.S., with everything from a “few hundred thousand dollars” in seed investments to $20M…. (more)
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Brad Greenspan, former founder of eUniverse, the parent firm of MySpace, said today that a U.S. District Court Federal Judge has ordered a stockholder class action lawsuit against the firm to proceed to trial. According to a statement released by Greenspan, Federal Judge George H. King has denied a motion to dismiss the complaint, which alleges that owners of eUniverse were “defrauded of billions of dollars in potential profits from the unlawful sale” of eUniverse and MySpace to News Corp. The lawsuit, Jim Brown V. Brett C. Brewer, names venture capital firm VantagePoint Partners, as well as former eUniverse directors Brett C. Brewer, Daniel L…. (more)
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Get the details on the latest statistical analysis tool from BI vendor SAS Institute and Faronics’ Anti-Executable 3.0. What Copernic’s latest search tool has in store
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Telus is offering this handset for $449 without a contract. It includes a 2.8-inch touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6.1
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Imagine if General Motors told Pontiac owners they would have to buy 2010 modes in order to get their 2008 cars repaired. This is similar to Microsoft’s Windows XP “downgrade” option
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A tech target blogger and analyst Dan Kusnetzky speculate on why Diane Greene left VMWare, which she headed. What role if any did Microsoft Hyper V play?
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Today’s kids are growing up in a media-intensive environment, and that’s making it harder for teachers to gain and hold their attention. At Peel District School Board, technology is helping teachers win over the minds of the MuchMusic Generation.
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Some black IT managers say young kids need to be encouraged to take math and science in elementary school. How the SuperSoaker comes into play
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Enterprises can expect more consumer devices to enter their networks, says analyst Zeus Kerravala. The key is controlling how much access they get
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Critics contend society is not encouraging girls to study IT. Of the few women who enter tech, nearly half leave. Why?
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