High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region |
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 Wednesday, May 21, 2008 MathStar Hires Investment Bank, Looks Towards A Sale Hillsboro, Oregon-based semiconductor firm MathStar said Wednesday afternoon that it has decided to engage an investment banker to "explore strategic alternatives." The firm did not provide further detail in its efforts to find a buyer. The firm did not say which investment bank the firm has hired. MathStar is a developer of programmable logic. The firm said that there was no decision if or when the firm will "engage in a transaction." posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008(Full story) Trendi Takes On Women's Fashion Seattle-based Trendi.com said Wednesday afternoon that it has launched a new fashion and online social shopping web site, focused on giving women a place to talk about fashion. The new Web 2.0 site is focused on connecting women in a social network focused on shopping, clothing, and accessories. According to Trendi, the site will offer the ability to vote and comment on everything on the site, along with other social features. posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008(Full story) Microsoft Relaunches Jellyfish, Farecast Microsoft said today that it has relaunched two of its acquisitions as Live Search Cashback and Live Search Farecast. Farecast, the online airline fare prediction and travel booking site acquired by Microsoft in February, relaunches as Live Search Farecast. Live Search Cashback will offer ad-funded cash rebates to customers who buy products through the firm's search site, and is the result of Microsoft's October 2007 acquisition of shopping site Jellyfish. The sites were announced at advance08, (More info...) posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008(Full story) Expedia to Add Sol Melia Hotels, Resorts to Listings Online travel booking service Expedia Inc. announced Wednesday that it will begin listing the resort hotel properties of Spanish hotel chain Sol Melia as part of a long-term distribution agreement. The financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. Expedia noted that, not only is this the first agreement between the two companies, it is also the first distribution transaction involving all of Sol Melia's global properties, which will be listed on Expedia.com and hotels.com. Headquartered in Pal (More info...) posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008(Full story) Talisma Acquired By nGenera Austin, Texas-based nGenera said this morning that it has acquired Bellevue's Talisma Corp., a provider of customer support software, email management, and chat software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Talisma, which was founded in 1999, creates software for customer support; it's customer include Aetna, AOL, Canon, Citibank, Comcast, Dell, Ford, University of Notre Dame, Microsoft, Pitney Bowes, Siemens, Sony, and Sprint. posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008(Full story) |
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