As I surf around the web looking for interesting tid-bits from the New England area, I foud this story on Digg.com from a local Boston.com writer Maura Welch – a blog that I just added recently to my RSS reader.
I think it’s a funny story on how people are caring less-and-less about intellectual property and, [...]

I know from a few inside sources at another giant in the social networking / teen exhibition scene that lawsuits for both saftey and IP issues are not un-common. However, this may the first big one to make a real news story and an impact if it keeps going.
According to Statesman.com, a mom and [...]

Not sure how geeky that title really is but Westwood, MA based MicroOptical has just received funding for their new visor technology that creates a large format (about 12 – 14″) virtual video view for use with your iPod. The deal was for $11.53M led by Atlas Venture and including Intel Capital Hillman Company and [...]

For an undisclosed amount, Hopkinton based EMC Corporation has agreed to purchase ProActivity Software solutions out of Israel. ProActivity produces a BPM solution that will be plugged into EMC’s Documentum product line.

The apparent buzz for this news peice reported on Boston.com, Alarm Clock and serveral other sources, is that it is the 3rd Isreali [...]

The Boston Business Journal is reporting that German Linux firm, Collax Inc. is moving it’s corporate headquarters to Bedford. The company develops open source business service including an Exchange alternative.
This is a good development for building the Open-Source community here in the Boston Area.

In a move that could signal the next generation of the online video industry, Sony BMG Music Entertainment has launched a new music channel service MusicBox that features full length music videos. The service itself provides a fairly standard online video player provided through a partnership with Cambridge, MA based Brightcove Networks.
However, the [...]

Cambridge based ChoiceStream has raised $13.1 Million to further port it's online personalization technology over to mobile devices and set top boxes. The series B round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures along with General Catalyst Partners and Sage Hill Partners.
ChoiceStream's software was designed to provide personalization services to online consumer content sites like [...]