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Andorran firm to locate U.S. headquarters in Bay State Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:46:19 -0400
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick is announcing that a European-based dental implant maker will set up its U.S. headquarters in Massachusetts and create 140 jobs. An administration...

Founders of Yahoo's Flickr head for the exits Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:54:24 -0400
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - The husband-and-wife team behind Yahoo Inc.'s popular photo-sharing service Flickr have resigned, following two top executives that have departed...

Sprint sets price for new smart phone: $129.99 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:14:09 -0400
NEW YORK - Sprint Nextel Corp. will be taking on the iPhone with a lower price for its own touch-screen smart phone, the Samsung Instinct. The carrier said today that the...

New Firefox 3 Web browser now available as free download Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:01:54 -0400
NEW YORK - The new version of the Firefox Web browser became available as a free download today. The release was delayed nearly two hours as visitors checking for the update...

Verizon Communications Inc. speeds up FiOS Internet Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:05:55 -0400
NEW YORK- Verizon Communications Inc. is boosting the speed of its FiOS fiber-optic Internet service in 10 states. The FiOS service areas of California, Delaware, Indiana,...

Study: State loses tech edge as Gov. Deval Patrick signs $1 billion bill Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:09:23 -0400
Gov. Deval Patrick signed the $1 billion life-sciences initiative yesterday and then jetted off to California to tout it at a major biotech convention. But a new report...

AP to meet with blogging group to form guidelines Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:49:49 -0400
NEW YORK - The Associated Press, following criticism from bloggers over an AP assertion of copyright, plans to meet this week with a bloggers' group to help form guidelines...

EA again extends Take-Two offer deadline Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:23:59 -0400
NEW YORK -The game is far from over. On Tuesday, Electronic Arts Inc. extended its $2 billion tender offer for "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive Software...

Cadence offers to buy Mentor for $1.45B Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:11:49 -0400
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Chip manufacturing equipment maker Cadence Design Systems Inc. said Tuesday it has proposed to buy Mentor Graphics Corp., a maker of electronics testing...

Sony develops green flat-panel TV to woo ecological consumers Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:08:18 -0400
TOKYO - Sony's new flat-panel TV consumes less energy than comparable regular models without compromising image quality - the latest in Japanese manufacturers' efforts...

Lance Armstrong launches wellness Web site Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:11:51 -0400
AUSTIN, Texas - Lance Armstrong and his Livestrong slogan have become synonymous with the fight against cancer. Now the seven-time Tour de France champion and his foundation...

Test tube used to mix fluids in zero gravity, possible salmonella vaccine Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:59:10 -0400
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It reads like the plot of a science-fiction movie: a maverick businessman cuts a deal with NASA to send bacteria into space, looking for a deadly superstrain...

Allegheny Technologies unveils new military armor Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:51:01 -0400
PITTSBURGH - Specialty metals producer Allegheny Technology today unveiled a new steel armor designed to protect military vehicles, ships and aircraft from armor-piercing...

Life sciences industry lauds Deval Patrick Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:25:40 -0400
What a difference a year makes. Last May, Gov. Deval Patrick announced ambitious plans for an economic stimulus package to position Massachusetts as a leader in the life...

Alkermes raises financial outlook, buys back shares Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:33:44 -0400
CAMBRIDGE - Shares of Alkermes Inc. rose 9 percent in opening trading after the Cambridge-based biotechnology firm raised its financial expectations. Alkermes also said...

Vertex CEO sees industry solving world crises Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:41:21 -0400
Biotechnology is so much more than cutting-edge drugs and innovative medical devices, said Joshua Boger, founder and chief executive of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge. ...

FCC chief recommends OK of satellite radio deal Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:55:34 -0400
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is recommending approval of the $5 billion merger between the nation's two satellite radio broadcasters...

Study: Americans use Internet to look beyond sound bite Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:21:14 -0400
NEW YORK - Americans dissatisfied with political sound bites are turning to the Internet for a more complete picture, a new study finds. In a report today, the Pew Internet...

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