


Bioroundup: Clinical-trial loopholes, newborn genetic testing, “personalized” stem cells, and more

Fora.tv, bringing C-SPAN to the Internet, raises cash

PicksPal raises $3M more for fantasy sports betting

TeleSoft Partners buys majority of Energy Software & Consulting

Platinum acquires Covad, a data and voice communications company, for $417M

OnLive, another data and networking storage startup, raises $16.5M

Cisco Systems investing $100M more into India

Songbird, a browser-integrated media player, received $8M last year

Roundup: Google’s $700, Levchin’s quest, Facebook music, more

Emergence of the personal-assistant robots: PR2, Asimo and Dexter

Hitwise: Facebook has how many more US visitors than OpenSocial?

eXelate takes $4M for twist on targeted advertising

Prosper wants to create a secondary market in p2p loans

SezWho raises $1 million for comment ratings

Paying doctors to use digital records — Medicare finally does the right thing

Hidden City Games raises $15M for trading cards

Disaboom offers social networking for those with disabilities — if it can attract them

OpenSocial good for developers — when will it matter to users?

Natural language advertising coming: Peer39 receives $8.2M

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007

Curbed.com raises $1.5M for real estate blog network

VRT Insurance raises $5M for new brokerage model

GridNetworks, raises $9.5M to take on Joost, BitTorrent, others

Shasta Ventures braves new world, raises $250M more

Vivendi now delivering free, ad-supported mobile games

Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15 million

4info is taking texting to the bank, gets NBC backing

Google-led gang to take on Facebook — Google’s OpenSocial to launch

Disqus and Intense Debate: Sharing comments across the web

Docstoc, “YouTube for professional documents,” launches

Optimal Technologies raises $25M for grid efficiency

Specific Media: the next big shot in online advertising?

Genentech takes a step back from the dark side, delays Avastin restrictions

Greenvolts, solar power concentrator, raises cash

Imagine raises $15M more, for yet another video streaming technology

ImageTree raises $4.5M for sophisticated forestry monitoring

Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007

Why dangerous defibrillator leads could usher in new medical-device regulations
