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Chuck Thacker of Microsoft Research Wins Turing Award, Talks Future of Mobile Interfaces

One of the founding fathers of the personal computing era, Microsoft Research technical fellow Chuck Thacker, has won the Association for Computing Machinery’s A.M. Turing Award, which is often called the “Nobel Prize of computer science.” The award, which was announced today, comes with a $250,000 prize, sponsored by Intel and Google.

Thacker, 67, was awarded the prize for his design of the Alto, the first modern personal computer with... Read more »

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Gaming, Entertainment, startups

Z2Live Rolls Out Voice Chat for iPhone Games, Announces New Mobile Game Community

Gregory T. Huang 3/9/10

This week is nuts for videogame companies: the annual Game Developers Conference starts today in San Francisco.

Z2Live, a Seattle-based social mobile gaming startup, kicked off what is sure to be a busy news... Read more »

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Roundup, deals, VC

Google Buys DocVerse, Madrona Backs ShopIgniter, ISB Gets Mystery Gift, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

Gregory T. Huang 3/9/10

In the week since Google’s acquisition of Picnik, the Northwest deals scene came back to earth a little bit. But there was a decent amount of activity in software, Internet, mobile, and cleantech, much of it... Read more »

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Internet, startups, people

BuddyTV’s Andy Liu on the One That Got Away, and What He’d Ask the God of Business

Gregory T. Huang 3/8/10

Andy Liu knew something most people didn’t. When I asked him to name his favorite Seattle-area company that he’s not involved with, he said “Picnik” without hesitation. “That’s the one I’d want to be in,” he... Read more »

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Software, IT, Leadership

How to Build a Profitable IT Company: Three Questions with Laplink CEO Thomas Koll

Gregory T. Huang 3/8/10

It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. I’m talking about migrating people’s files and programs from their old computer to their new computer. Sure, IT guys do this for employees all the time,... Read more »

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Biotech, cancer, IT

Dendreon Leans on California 9-1-1 Software Vendor to Keep Provenge Trains on Time

Luke Timmerman 3/8/10

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Biotech, cancer, Drugs

Cell Therapeutics Offers Execs Big Cash Bonuses As Stock Trades Below a Buck

Luke Timmerman 3/5/10

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deals, Software, acquisitions

Seattle’s Loss: DocVerse Bought by Google (Maybe as a Bridge to Microsoft)

Gregory T. Huang 3/5/10

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Innovation Community, startups, Awards

Amazon, Cozi, Pathway, Talyst, and VholdR Among Winners at WTIA Awards Bash

Gregory T. Huang 3/5/10

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National
wwwade, Media, Web

Where’s World Wide Wade? Four Encores

Wade Roush 3/5/10

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Xconomist Forum - Insight & Opinion

Biotech, Drugs, startups

The Pharmaceutical R&D Model is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It

Stewart Lyman 3/5/10

Research is the lifeblood of the biotech and pharmaceuticals business. The pharma and biotech industry spent some $65 billion dollars on R & D in 2008, according to the Pharmaceutical Research... Read more »

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Biotech, people, careers

Tips on How Academic Scientists Can Make the Career Switch to Industry

Don Rule 2/25/10

Scientists have a lot to consider if they want to leave the world of academia for a job in industry. I picked up a lot of good insights yesterday at a... Read more »

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San Diego
Mobile Handsets, cleantech, startups

How EcoATM Became San Diego’s Hottest Startup Deal, If I Say So Myself

Mark Bowles 2/17/10

For a company that was founded by three wireless industry veterans only about a year ago, ecoATM ended 2009 with some pretty impressive results. If there was a yearbook for San... Read more »

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