Portland-based Elemental Technologies, the developer of massively parallel video processing technology that its venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Disney's venture capital arm, as well as General Catalyst, Voyager Capital, and angel investors, said Thursday that it is demonstrating 3D streaming at an upcoming conference. The firm said it is showing off its technology as part of demonstrations with Hewlett Packard and PNY/NVIDIA at the upcoming International Broadcasting Convention....Continue →

San Mateo, California-based CafePress, the firm which bought Seattle-based ImageKind in 2008, said Thursday that it is bolstering its custom art and canvas efforts with the acquisition of Canvas on Demand. According to CafePress, the acquisition will help create a union of "best of breed" businesses offering custom art and canvases. CafePress did not say how it intends to link the two businesses....Continue →

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Thursday that it has added Janice Roberts, a managing director at venture capital firm Mayfield Fund, to its board of directors. Roberts has also served at 3Com Ventures, 3Com, and other firms. RealNetworks said the addition of Roberts brings its number of board members to nine.Continue →

Seattle-based Widevine reported Thursday that it has scored another patent. The firm said the patent, its 63rd, covers transcoding of broadcast content for Internet delivery. Widevine said the patent was awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Widevine did not provide the name or number of the patent which was granted to the firm, but did say that the patent was co-authored by Widevine CTO Glenn Morten. A search of the U.S....Continue →

Portland-based Compli, a developer of HR and compliance management software, said this week that it has upgraded its flagship software to include both recruiting and legal guidance tools. The firm said its newest relase of its software adds employment screening services via Compli Recruit, allowing users to search for, screen, and process employee applications, as well as a new expert legal guidance package called Compli Counsel....Continue →

The first action to come out of yesterday's collaboration announced by Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron, and networking maker Cisco Corp.: the acquisition of a third firm, Arch Rock Corporation, by Cisco. Cisco announced today that it has acquired Arch Rock, a maker of Internet Protocol-based, wireless networking technology, as a direct result of its collaboratio effort with Itron on smart metering communications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced....Continue →

Seattle-based SEOmoz, the search engine optimization software provider headed by Rand Fish, said today that it has launched a new version of its site and services. According to the firm, it has redesigned its web site to load faster, including better accessibility to its SEO tools, improved its PRO membership services, and opened up its Web App to public beta....Continue →

Kirkland-based Clearwire announced a new expansion of its network today, saying it has now opened up access in Boston; Daytona Beach, Florida; and Providence, Rhode Island. Clearwire said its CLEAR wireless Internet service reaches more than 2.5 million people in Boston, more than 190,000 people in the Greater Daytona Beach area, and more than 590,000 people in the Providence area. The firm said the additional markets bring it to a total of 52 markets across the U.S....Continue →

Bellevue-based Likewise Software, a developer of enterprise software used to connect Linux, Unix, and Mac machines to Microsoft Active Directory, has been named in a patent infringement suit from California's Quest Software. Quest said late Friday evening that it has sued Likewise, along with fellow competitor Centrify Corp., over a patent covering extension of Windows Group Policy into Unix, Linux, Mac, and other non-Windows computer systems....Continue →

Liberty Lake, Washington-based smart meter maker Itron and networking giant Cisco announced today that the two are in a strategic alliance focused on the smart grid. According to the firms, they will collaborate on a standards-based, secure technology for implementing IPv6 on field area communications networks, focused on smart metering, intelligent distribution automation and interfaces to the customer premise....Continue →

Seattle-based Cray said Tuesday that one of its customers, Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology, has signed a contract to upgrade an existing, Cray XT6m supercomputer to Cray's new XE6. According to Cray, the upgraded machine--which will have more than 300 teraflops of capacity--to address complex scientific problems in medicine, biology, fluid mechanics, astrophysics, climate modeling and life sciences. Financial impact of the contract was not disclosed....Continue →