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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 Tuesday, September 2, 2008 General Software Acquisition Completes The acquisition of Bellevue, Washington-based General Software, a developer of BIOS software, has completed, acquirer Phoenix Technologies said Tuesday. Phoenix Technologies, which also develops embedded BIOS software used to boot PCs and other electronics devices, has not disclosed financial terms of the acquisition, which was originally announced in July. According to Phoenix Technologies, the entire General Software team will continue to maintain operations in Bellevue. Steve Jones, founder a (More info...) posted on Tuesday, September 2, 2008(Full story) Amazon Launches Music Database Site Amazon.com has launched a new, wiki-style web site focused on helping users find information about bands, record companies, music releases, and more, the firm said Monday. According to the new site, SoundUnwound, the online service will allow music fans to see information about artists, discover similar artists, find new artists, and more. The new site will allow anyone on the site to edit any information on the page, in "wiki" style, although users who want to edit an entry are required to have (More info...) posted on Tuesday, September 2, 2008(Full story) Celebrate Express Completes Merger Online and catalog retailer Celebrate Express Inc. announced Friday that it has completed its $31 million merger with a Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary. Liberty Media will pay shareholders $3.90 per share of its common stock for Celebrate Express, with Celebrate Express becoming part of Liberty Interactive Group. As a result of the merger, Celebrate Express said it has filed to have its stock delisted from NASDAQ. Celebrate Express is headquartered in Kirkland, Wash. Liberty Media is based in Eng (More info...) posted on Tuesday, September 2, 2008(Full story) Sandlot Spins Third Cake Mania Title Bothell, Washington-based casual games developer Sandlot Games has rolled out yet another version of the firm's popular Cake Mania games. Sandlot said that its new Cake Mania 3 is the third installment of the firm's franchise, and features more than 350 level combinations, new customers, full length video, and more. The firm's Cake Mania franchise is a popular casual game, and one of Sandlot's top titles. The new title also includes integration into Sandlot's Connect, an online service which all (More info...) posted on Tuesday, September 2, 2008(Full story) Azaleos Rolls Hyper-V Support Seattle-based Azaleos, which provides management of Microsoft Exchange services and other software, said this morning that the firm has added support for Microsoft's virtualization software, Hyper-V Server. According to Azaleos, its OneServer Virtual Edition product now supports use of Microsoft Hyper-V for virtualization of Microsoft Exchange e-mail servers. The new support comes in addition to existing support the firm provides for system virtualization software from VMware. Azaleos provides o (More info...) posted on Tuesday, September 2, 2008(Full story) |
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