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Los Angeles-based NanoH2O is reporting that it has secured $15M in additional funding, for the firm’s water desalination technology. According to the firm, the round came from Oak Investment Partners and Khosla Ventures. Brian Hinman of Oak has joined the firm’s board of directors as part of the funding. NanoH2O is developing reverse osmosis membranes based on technology from UCLA, and is applying that technology for water desalination…. (more)
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The Associated Press has reported traffic information for the firm’s mobile service, the AP Mobile News Network, saying that it received more than 16 million page view for the month of August, with 948 news organizations providing content to the mobile offering. The service–which is being powered by Encinitas-based Verve Wireless–is the AP’s attempt to establish a beachhead in the mobile market, and to establish new outlet for news and information from the AP’s newspaper members…. (more)
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The search giant increased its lead over Microsoft and Yahoo in the U.S.
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The company is buying Jabber, a U.S. maker of strong presence and messaging software to boost its collaboration capabilities. An industry analyst believes the move is a shot at Cisco partners IBM and Microsoft
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VMware Inc. announced its vCloud and vClient initiatives, plus its the Virtual Datacenter Operating System. A quick roundup of ComputerWorld Canada’s complete coverage
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While 14,000 users attended a VMware partner conference in Las Vegas, someone distributed fake casino chips promoting Microsoft Hyper-V. Find out about VMware’s plans for cloud computing and the iPhone
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IBM’s Internet Security Systems unit demonstrated a firewall at VMWorld, while Symantec demonstrated a rootkit detector. Find out more about the virtualization vendor’s plans to roll out application programming interfaces
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Hollywood Interactive Group, which develops an online web site for celebrity and entertainment news, said Thursday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The roudn came from BlueRun Ventures. According to Hollywood Interactive, the funding will go to develop its content initiatives, including MyHollywood.com, a web site for women focused on celebrity and entertainment news, fashion, casual games, and community. MyHollywood…. (more)
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We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. San Diego-based Intercasting (www.intercasting.com) is one of the companies which seems to have gotten some traction, and has deployed with Boost, Virgin, Sprint, and is in the process of deploying with Verizon and ATT…. (more)
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San Diego-based wireless broadband technology firm NextWave Wireless said today that it has scored a new, $100M debt financing for the firm’s business, and made cuts in its staff, along with hiring an investment banker. The company said the restructuring included a reduction in workforce by over 20 percent. The company also said it is looking to divest it infrastructure business units in the new term, and hired an investment banker to manage the sale…. (more)
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