Roundup: Wright sticks with Spore, Zango folds, Texas gives solar a boost and more

Wright still on board with Spore — Despite his departure from Electronic Arts, the Sims creator says he will still pitch in on Spore’s sequels.

Game runs apocalypse drills — A report on crisis response has been released based on the game Superstruct, a program that crowdsources people’s reactions to disaster scenarios. CNet has more.

Cybersecurity no easy fix — A study conducted on cybersecurity for president Barack Obama suggests that U.S. networks are vulnerable to external threats, but that these problems can’t and won’t be resolved soon or easily.

Pricing stats released on Kindle 2 – Analysts have estimated that the popular Kindle 2 costs about $185.49 for Amazon to make, 52 percent of the e-reader’s retail price. They also pegged units sold at 500,000. Businessweek has the breakdown.

LogLogic snaps up Exaprotect – The log data management company is hoping to beef up its compliance and security tools with its purchase of the smaller information security firm.

VCs lobby for small business funds — Several venture capitalists participated in hearings to convince officials that venture-backed companies should be eligible for grants through the Small Business Innovation Research program. Under Bush, many of these companies were excluded — VCs hope to have a better time with a new administration in office. This, according to VentureWire (subscription).

Lights go off at Zango — Blinkx was one of the companies that picked up assets from the online ad company for bargain basement prices after the bank foreclosed on the business last week.

Texas jumps on solar bandwagon — Joining several other states that have made a special effort to bolster solar energy, Texas approved $500 million over five years for a rebate program to urge residents to install solar panels. The Wall Street Journal has the details.

HP loses top executives from EDS — Chiefs of finance, human resources and the Americas have decided to resign from Hewlett-Packard following the company’s acquisition of EDS last year and plans to slice 25,000 jobs from its workforce.

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