IntelliDOT® and Cisco Collaboration Delivers Wireless Innovation May 28, 2008 IntelliDOT Corporation, a leading provider of wireless handheld, barcode point-of-care (BPOC) solutions to hospitals, today announced that it is collaborating with Cisco, the market leader of enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure, to develop a new mobile solution for clinical asset location in hospitals. >> View article

Clean Tech Sector Sees Big Boost in Venture Capital Funding May 16, 2008 As clean technology gets bigger, so does the volume of money that venture capital firms pump into it. Last year venture investment in U.S. clean tech companies jumped 45 percent, according to the quarterly MoneyTree report produced by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. >> View article

WiSpry Awarded "Product of the Year in Semiconductors" by the AEA May 6, 2008 WiSpry, Inc., the leader in programmable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products for the wireless industry, today announced that its RF-MEMS capacitors were awarded Product of the Year in the Semiconductors category at the 15th Annual AeA High-Tech Innovation Awards. >> View article

Big Blue Gets Greener with New Energy Conservation Initiatives May 6, 2008 Maybe it's the time of year, but computer companies suddenly seem to be growing greener -- including IBM, which has just unveiled a trio of initiatives centered around energy efficiency. >> View article

Incuity Software Wins Inaugural Harvey Mudd Green Engineering Award May 1, 2008 Incuity Software, Inc., a leading developer of real-time business intelligence (BI) software for manufacturing enterprises, was honored as the recipient of the inaugural Harvey Mudd College Green Engineering Award at the 15th annual AeA High-Tech Innovation Awards celebration, held Tuesday evening at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine. >> View article

Synapsense Real Time Imaging Application to Drive Energy Efficiency in the Data Center April 30, 2008 SynapSense™ Corporation, a provider of wireless instrumentation solutions, today introduced SynapSoft™ 4.0 featuring LiveImaging™ that provides the world’s first real-time images of data center conditions for optimizing cooling, power and operational efficiencies. >> View article

Software Monitors the Weather in your Data Center April 29, 2008 SynapSense, a start-up focusing on data center energy consumption, has come up with a software package that it says will give a more accurate view of the environment inside of server rooms. >> View article

IntelliDOT® Corporation's Barcode Point-of-Care Solution Goes Live at Ten Additional Health Management Associates Facilities April 28, 2008 IntelliDOT Corporation, a leading provider of wireless handheld, Barcode Point-of-Care (BPOC) solutions to hospitals, today announced the successful, facility-wide implementation of its CAREt® System at ten additional Health Management Associates (NYSE:HMA) hospitals. This brings the total number of HMA hospitals actively safeguarding patients with IntelliDOT's CAREt Bedside Medication Administration System to 24. >> View article

Rockwell Automation To Acquire Incuity Software April 22, 2008 Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Incuity Software, Inc., a privately held company that is a leading supplier of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) software. Incuity’s software provides real-time intelligence for business decision support to improve operations and reduce production waste by providing valuable management insight into a company’s operations. >> View article

IBM Supports Cleantech Startups March 28, 2008 Unlike Intel Capital, which functions much like a venture capital firm within Intel Corp., IBM Corp.'s venture unit doesn't invest money in startups but rather teams up with VC firms to identify nascent companies that are developing technologies the computer giant believes will benefit its customers down the road. >> View article

Samsung Electronics Acquires Clairvoyante's IP Assets March 25, 2008 Samsung Electronics (LSE: SMSN) today announces the acquisition of IP assets of Clairvoyante Inc., an IP licensing company responsible for the development of PenTile(tm) subpixel rendering display technology and associated gamut mapping algorithms. >> View article

SpectraSensors Awarded Patent on Enhanced Optical Monitoring of Moisture in Natural Gas March 13, 2008 SpectraSensors, Inc. has been issued a new patent for the advanced detection of water vapor in natural gas streams via a laser-based optical analyzer system. This new patent is an enhancement of the previously issued patent 7,132,661 on moisture monitoring using lasers in the 1.9 microns, 0.9 microns and 2.7 microns spectral region. >> View article

Stake in Firm in American River Ventures' Portfolio Bought for $8M March 10, 2008 Entegris Inc. paid $8 million to buy 14 percent of Integrated Materials Inc., a privately held supplier of polysilicon products used in semiconductor manufacturing. >> View article

WiSpry Closes Additional Series B Financing March 10, 2008 WiSpry, the leader in programmable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products for the wireless industry, today announced the closing of an additional $7 million of Series B financing, bringing the total of the Series B round to $18 million. The round was led by present WiSpry investors American River Ventures, Blueprint Ventures, and L-Capital Partners. >> View article

Entegris Acquires Stake in IMI March 6, 2008 Entegris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTG) announced today it signed an agreement to purchase a 14 percent equity stake of privately held Integrated Materials, Inc. (IMI) for $8 million. IMI is a Sunnyvale, California-based supplier of poly silicon products used to improve the productivity of semiconductor manufacturing diffusion processes. Under the agreement, Entegris intends to purchase the remaining equity of IMI upon completion of certain closing conditions. >> View article

American River Ventures Invests in PlanarMag February 15, 2008 American River Ventures (ARV), an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on new technologies which support a sustainable future through energy efficiency, energy intelligence and advanced materials, today announced that it has closed a seed investment in PlanarMag, Inc., a developer of electromagnetic components for the computer, data networking and telecommunications industries. >> View article