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Aerospace
· Seminar aims to help Washington aerospace companies in Japan
· Pentagon may extend tanker deadline to allow EADS bid

The Microsoft Blog
· Microsoft tries to poke holes in VirnetX's patent claims
· Xbox 360 beats out Wii as gaming sales drop overall

Tech Chronicles
· Twitter knows where you are
· Report: Multitasking coming with iPhone OS 4.0

Reader blog: The Biz Bite
· Four weeks to get your brand, marketing and business into shape!
· Stir Up Your Marketing at MarketMix 2010 in Seattle

Get to Work
· Working on your bracketology? The boss hopes not!
· Men filing sexual harassment complaints: a rising trend?

Reader blog: Workplace Wrangler
· Do you know Your Employees' Strengths?
· Engaged Employees Produce Shareholder Value

AP Business Wire

· Senators resist Obama over projects in health bill
· Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO
· China gov't advisers urge steady economy
· Orange County prosecutor sues Toyota over defects
· US regulators examine competition in agriculture
· WaMu reaches settlement with JPMorgan, FDIC
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AP Tech Wire

· Privacy issues nix Netflix movie-picking contest
· Summary Box: Apple doles out $5M bonus to COO
· Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus
· Saul Centers declares quarterly dividend of 36c
· HickoryTech to pay dividend of 13 cents
· Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules
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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010
Microsoft tries to poke holes in VirnetX's patent claims
Even though the judge, in a pretrial "claim-construction" hearing, decided to mostly side with VirnetX in how its patent claims were worded, Microsoft's attorneys on Wednesday used the language to try to pick apart VirnetX's patent-infringement claims.

Seminar aims to help Washington aerospace companies in Japan
Washington aerospace companies can learn about opportunities in Japan during a seminar scheduled for March 17 in Lynnwood.

Pentagon may extend tanker deadline to allow EADS bid
The Pentagon may extend the deadline for bidding on the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker contract to allow EADS to enter the competition alone, Reuters reported Friday.

FAA proposes $787,500 fine on American Airlines
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed $787,500 in fines from American Airlines for maintenance violations, the agency announced Friday.

Pratt & Whitney ready to meet Boeing, Airbus re-engining
Pratt & Whitney is prepared to be a standalone supplier for re-engined Boeing and Airbus single-aisle jets, company executives said Friday, according to a Dow Jones report.

Xconomy: ActiveTrak Funded by ProtectCell
Portland, OR-based ActiveTrak, a maker of software that helps consumers recover lost or stolen laptops and mobile phones, announced this week it has raised its first round of funding, led by strategic investor ProtectCell, a mobile security and insurance firm based in Michigan. The investment is $500,000, as reported by TechFlash. ActiveTrak (formerly known as ...

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
Hubble 3D doesn't need blue aliens
A stellar jet in the Carina Nebula was captured by Hubble space telescope's new Wide Field Camera 3, which NASA astronauts during the final Hubble servicing mission in May 2009. (Courtesy of NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team) Click to enlarge

Xbox 360 beats out Wii as gaming sales drop overall
Microsoft's Xbox 360 reclaimed the hardware sales title from Nintendo Wii in the month of February, but gaming sales overall dropped significantly year over year, according to NPD Group.

Expert: Microsoft infringed VirnetX patents, and knew it
An expert witness who looked at Microsoft's source code has determined that the company indeed infringed upon two of VirnetX's patents, knew about the patents, and believed the technology was valuable enough – and not obvious enough – to attempt patenting similar technology itself.

Twitter knows where you are
Twitter Inc. on Thursday activated a location-tagging feature that tells the world where you are when you tweet about what you are thinking.

Report: Multitasking coming with iPhone OS 4.0
Multitasking has been one of the most requested features for the iPhone and it looks like it's finally coming to the device.

Xbox 360 nabs tops spot but game industry down 15% in Feb
Video game industry revenue fell 15 percent in February, delaying a rebound for the sector, according to the NPD Group.

iPad pre-orders begin Friday 5:30 a.m. PT
If you're looking to secure an Apple iPad, pre-orders begin at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow Cupertino time.

Microsoft, Seattle Chamber ask for viral Office 2010 videos
Want a chance to win $10,000 for your small Seattle business or start-up? The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft have partnered up in a contest for making videos about Office 2010.

Et tu, Economist?
The Economist Thursday joined the chorus of European outrage about the U.S. Air Force's aerial refueling tanker request, following Northrop Grumman's decision this week to pull out of the competition.

GDC 2010: PlayStation Move hands-on first impressions
PlayStation Move has had three years to learn from the success of the Wii and the lessons have hit home.

President taps Boeing's McNerney to lead export council
President Barack Obama Thursday named Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Jim McNerney as chairman of the President's Export Council.

New forecast halves airlines' predicted 2010 loss
When is a forecast loss of $2.8 billion good news?

Boeing gives former exec Carson $1.5 m consulting fee
Boeing will pay Scott Carson, who retired last year as head of the company's Commercial Airplanes division, a $1.5 million retainer fee to serve as a consultant, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday.

Arnold on Microsoft-Calif. program: 'Jahbs, jahbs, jahbs'
Microsoft is giving California 166,500 vouchers for certification exams and e-learning classes as part of its Elevate America initiative.

Google providing in-stock information about nearby products
Google is launching a product search feature for certain smart phones that allow you to see whether an item is in stock nearby.

Xconomy: Cell Therapeutics? Friday Bonuses, Dendreon?s IT Partner, Lee Hood?s Eye on South Lake Union, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
We had a little bit of everything on the Seattle biotech beat this week: muckraking, exclusive breaking news, in-depth analytical features, and a sharp guest editorial. -Seattle-based Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CTIC) has been known to disclose less-than-flattering news in SEC filings late on Fridays, when most journalists are wiped out and heading home. Sure enough, late ...

Xconomy: Seattle Genetics Adds Patent to 2025
Seattle Genetics, the developer of antibody treatments for cancer, said today it has received a new patent which will extend its proprietary rights to its lead drug for Hodgkin's disease until at least 2025. The U.S. patent covers technology for a linker that selectively unloads a potent toxin called auristatin on the target cell of ...

Xconomy: Bruce Montgomery Joins Zymo Board
Bruce Montgomery, the senior vice president of Gilead Sciences in Seattle, is joining the board of directors at Seattle-based ZymoGenetics (NASDAQ: ZGEN). ZymoGenetics also said that Lars Rebien Sorensen, the CEO of Novo Nordisk, has resigned from the board. Montgomery recently led the team at Gilead that won FDA approval of a new inhalable antibiotic ...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010
Xconomy: Regence BlueShield Buys Kinetix
Seattle venture capital firm Maveron announced today that Kinetix Living Corp., one of its portfolio companies, has been acquired by Regence BlueShield of Washington state. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Kinetix, which was founded in 2000 and based in Seattle, provides customized health and nutrition programs to corporate customers and individuals. Regence is the ...

TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
Xconomy: NW Energy Angels Names Director
Seattle-based Northwest Energy Angels announced today it has hired Margo Shiroyama as its new executive director. Shiroyama is a veteran of the Washington Technology Industry Association, Northwest Entrepreneur Network, enterpriseSeattle, and the Washington Biomedical Device Innovation Zone. Martin Tobias and Jeff Morris founded Northwest Energy Angels in 2006. The angel group provides early-stage capital to ...

Xconomy: Google Buys DocVerse, Madrona Backs ShopIgniter, ISB Gets Mystery Gift, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
In the week since Google's acquisition of Picnik, the Northwest deals scene came back to earth a little bit. But there was a decent amount of activity in software, Internet, mobile, and cleantech, much of it from Oregon-based companies. -Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology received a five-year, $6 million gift from a venture capitalist in California ...

Seattle-based Jones Soda agrees to takeover by California's Reed's, Inc.
California-based Reed's, Inc., would take over Seattle's Jones Soda Co., under a deal the two companies announced Tuesday.

MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
New Seattle-based foodie site takes aim at men
Allrecipes.com believes men deserve more than to have to share food forums with women. So the Seattle-based recipe super-site today launched a new social food site, ManTestedRecipes.com.

Xconomy: Cell Therapeutics Passes Factory Test
Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CTIC), the Seattle-based company developing pixantrone for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, said today that the FDA has certified that a contract manufacturer is ready to make the treatment. The factory, run by NerPharMa in Italy, was inspected and found to be in compliance and acceptable for continued manufacturing, Cell Therapeutics said. The treatment is ...

Nostalgia (and Frisbees) in the air at Wham-O
These days, the action is coming fast and furious at Wham-O, with a new owner, a push into preschool playthings, an eco-friendly toy material and a sense of overall renaissance.

Xconomy: ISB Nabs $6M Gift From VC
The Institute for Systems Biology, a Seattle-based nonprofit research center, said today it has received a five-year $6 million gift from a venture capitalist in California who wishes to remain anonymous. The money will be used to help the Institute move to a new facility that's twice as large as its current location, to recruit ...