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• Merge Acquires Confirma for $22M

  Bellevue, WA-based medical imaging detection software company Confirma will be acquired by Milwaukee, WI-based health IT provider Merge Healthcare for approximately $22 million, according to a press release sent out today.... Read more »

• Cray, InfoSpace Exceed Analyst Expectations, and Other Second-Quarter Earnings Highlights

  In the past week, companies have been releasing their financial results for the second quarter. There’s a mix of good and bad news from Seattle’s public tech companies weathering the economic... Read more »

• Target Leaves Amazon

  Target, the Minneapolis, MN-based chain retail store announced today in a press release that it plans to build its own online store platform, ending its deal with Seattle-based Amazon.com, which has... Read more »

• Oncogenex Cash Ran Low in Q2

  Bothell, WA-based Oncogenex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced its second fiscal quarter results today.  The company reported that it had $5.7 million in cash as of the end of June, down... Read more »

• Report: Publicis Bids on Razorfish

  The Wall Street Journal reported today that Publicis, a French advertising company, is at the top of the list of potential buyers for Redmond, WA-based Microsoft’s digital advertising group Razorfish in... Read more »

• Idenix to Raise $21.2 M in SPO

  Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX), a Cambridge, MA-based developer of anti-viral drugs, announced today in a press release that it has priced a secondary public offering of 7.25 million shares at... Read more »

• Cardiorobotics, Developer of Snake Robot Technology, Aims to Alter Cardiac Surgery

  The future of heart surgery is in something called a “snake robot,” at least according to the people at Newport, RI-based Cardiorobotics. We decided to check it out in more... Read more »

• Solar Startup LivinGreen Looks to Power Even Rainy Cities

  Rarely in Seattle is the power of the sun as remarked upon as in the past week, as temperatures soared into the triple digits. That’s some serious heat, especially for an... Read more »

• WatchGuard Acquires BorderWare

  WatchGuard Technologies, a Seattle-based network security company has acquired Toronto-based e-mail and Web security developer BorderWare Technologies, according to a press release sent out today. Financial details were not disclosed. WatchGuard,... Read more »

• Amazon Adapts App for Android

  Amazon.com, the Seattle-based colossus of online retail, announced in a press release today that it has launched an application for Android, Google’s mobile operating system. The application allows users to shop... Read more »

• iLike App Uses Music to Find Concerts

  Seattle-based iLike, a popular music service company that helps people find new music, create playlists, and plan for concerts, has launched a new iPhone and iPod Touch application today that will... Read more »

• Private-Public Consortium Plans Biofuels Plant

  Plankton Power, a Wellfleet, MA-based company developing ways to turn algae into renewable biofuel, announced in a press release today that it will plans on opening a manufacturing plant to produce... Read more »

• Smith & Tinker Rolls Out Nanovor

  Smith & Tinker, a Bellevue, WA-based game company launched a new, hybrid game combining online and offline play today, according to a press release by the company. Called Nanovor, the game has... Read more »

• Concur Buys Etap-On-Line

  Redmond, WA-based Concur, a business software development company, announced in a press release today that it has acquired European business software maker Etap-On-Line. Financial details were not released. Concur’s software processes company expenses,... Read more »

• Cardiorobotics Raises $11.6M

  Cardiorobotics, a medical device startup company with offices in Newport, RI and Pittsburgh, PA, said today it has raised $11.6 million in a Series A financing.  Investors in the company include... Read more »

• Top 10 Lessons in Starting Companies and Commercializing Technologies, from UW Panel

  A group of about 40 Taiwanese businessmen and scientists, who were in the U.S. to learn about how best to commercialize technologies from the lab, were treated last Thursday to a... Read more »

• Webtrends Buys Widemile

  Portland, OR-based Webtrends, a web analytics software developer, announced in a press release today that it has acquired Seattle-based multivariate testing and site optimization technology maker Widemile. Financial details of the... Read more »

• Delve Partners With Akamai

  Seattle-based video management and media platform company Delve Networks announced in a press release today that it is partnering with Cambridge, MA-based digital media content distributor Akamai to provide a new... Read more »

• Mentor Graphics Acquires Embedded Alley

  Mentor Graphics, a Wilsonville, OR-based electronic design automation developer, announced today it has purchased Embedded Alley Solutions, based in San Jose, CA. Financial details were not released. Embedded Alley creates programs... Read more »

• $50M for Helicon, Cytori Bulks Up, Avanir Awaits Trial Results, & More San Diego Life Sciences News

  Several of San Diego’s biotech and life sciences companies raised money this past week, while others await the result of studies to see if the money they’ve already invested will pay... Read more »