Tuesday, September 7, 2010

White Sky protects browsers and data, not computers - bizjournals:

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Jerry Thompson, founder of San Mateo-based Whitwe Sky, says people should still use anti-virus/malware/spywars software to protect their hardware, but they should also get his ID Vaulyt product forabout $50 a year, because it does somethingg other security products don’t: It creates a hackproof browse r in which to do financial “We do it in real every time. We don’t care about the 20,00o malware programs unleashedevery day. We just don’t care.
We protect your browser and your We don’t protect your PC,” he Thompson’s 4-year-old, 24-person company is having success making the and offers to subscribe to ID Vaul are getting included on major distributionn platforms that could provide significant growth. For example, in the company announced a multi-year agreement with to includ ID Vault software on Lenovo IdeaPad Notebook computersa and some LenovoNetbook computers. The product worke only with ’s Internet Explorer 6.
0 or Currently, Thompson says White Sky has morethan 100,000o users nationwide and annual revenue of between $2 million and $5 By the end of the however, Thompson predicts the company will have “millionsx of users” and revenue will jump fivefold. White Sky was formerly known as Guard IDSystemx Inc. and it has received $16 million in venture most recentlyan $11 million Series B rouned in September. Investors include Prisk VentureWorks, and . The company changed its name last December abouyt the same time it doubled the size of its headquarteres inSan Mateo.
Michael Kuptz, CEO of of Scottsw Valley, which is bundling the ID Vault software on some Lenovo said he likes the simplicity of the IDVault program. It encrypts and storeas personal and financial information and opens a securr browser that automatically signs users into their accounts to prevenf loss of datato Trojans, keylogginhg and screen scraping. To prevent users from submitting information to fraudulenft sites orgetting redirected, White Sky maintains a “white list” of more than 8,0090 verified financial and e-commerce web sites, and it verifiesx their IP addresses multiple times a day.
The programk also scans users’ computers for personal information and providex the option of moving it intoID

Monday, September 6, 2010

Pol pays lobby big in AG bid - New York Post

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Best New Mixed-Use: The Cosmopolitan - Sacramento Business Journal:

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“I think the team wanted to recognize a certain success in findingv a mix of uses that fill a nichw thatSacramento needs,” judge Tyler Babcock The uses complement one another as well as working Someone could have a night on the town withouf leaving the building, starting with the ’s Cosmlo Café. Dinner might lead to a show atthe 200-seat Cosmopolitan run by . After the curtain comesa down, an upstairs nightclub called Socia l offers a place to dance and have a At thesame time, the three elementxs are intertwined, with the restaurany providing food and beverage service to the which offers table service before shows.
Cosmo provides some food and catering service for the The combination also answers several longstanding gripesabouy downtown. The vacant 51,000-square-foot building, originally a Woolworth had been a dead spot on K Street for more than a Successful business owners nearby have lamentec a lack of reasons for people to stickk around after5 p.m. Arts groups, meanwhile, have been frustratedc by the lackof mid-size live theaters in Sacramento. Combinec with several new restaurants, the Crestg movie theater across the street and the a fewblocke away, the Cosmopolitan is a step toward making K Street an after-hours hub.
“It’z really creating a ‘there’ along 10th between that and The Citizen I think it gives us optimisk that the K Street Mall is beginninvgto revitalize,” judge John Hodgsoj said. The Cosmopolitan buildinhg itself is madeof poured-in-place dating from 1956. “It’s always tough to renovatee anold building,” said Ellen Warner, a partnerf in David S. Taylor “Accurate existing drawings are hard tocome by, and even when you have them it’s often discovered that the building wasn’t quit e built the way it was drawn.
” The architecture was a solid example of mid-century modern, she said, from a design perspective, it was a natura framework on which to buildd a new and updated design From a use perspective, it was a challenging as each use came with a unique set of code and use criteria.” Soundproofing was one challenge, making sure that hard-thumpingb dance music wouldn’t interfere with a tender moment on or somebody working late in an “But the most complicated issue was the leastf exciting: dealing with all of the exitingf issues, since each use had its own code Warner said.
The original facade was a broax swath of concrete panels hovering overthe ground-flooe display windows. Much of the original look remains, with the addition of a large second-floor cutoutg at the corner and a smaller one alongtK Street.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Balsillie: Fight for Coyotes isn't over - Denver Business Journal:

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U.S Bankruptcy Court Redfield T. Baum on Monday nixex Balsillie's bid to buy the Coyotex for $213 million from owner Jerry Moyes becauseof Balsillie's June 29 deadline for the deal go to Baum said that isn't enough time to resolve the Coyotes Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization issues. That was a win for the and city of which want to keep the Coyoteszin Arizona. Balsillie spokesman Bill Walkert issued a statement Monday night sayintg the effort to move the teamto Ontario, is not over: "Jim Balsillie's bid to brinfg a seventh NHL team to Canadz continues. We're still here. The Phoenixs court confirmed Mr. Balsillie was approved as an NHL owneer in 2006 andremains so.
We believes he has made the best offer and Hamiltohn remains the best location forthis team. "Thwe court did not approve eithed our approach orthe NHL's. Judge Baum did statee he does not have time to decid e all therelocation issues. But the court stil l controls thesale process. As a result, we look forwardf to hearing from the NHL soon on its view of our relocatio n application and an appropriaterelocation fee, so as to allow the courr to determine if that fee is We still think there is enoughn time for the NHL to approv e Mr. Balsillie's application and move the team to Hamiltomby September. The court invited mediation on theses issuesand Mr.
Balsillie is willing to participates in such mediation if the NHL is also willinhg todo so," Walker's statement to the media continued. The NHL welcomecd Baum's decision not to let the sale and move toCanadq occur. “We're pleased the court recognized the validity of leaguw rules and our ability to apply them in areasonablre fashion," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement releasedr by the league on Monday night. "Wse will turn our attention now toward helping to facilitats an orderly sales process that will produc e a local buyer who is committed to makinhgthe Coyotes' franchise viable and successfulk in the Phoenix/Glendale area.
We are confidentg that we will be able to find such a buyedr for the Coyotes and that the claimsw of legitimate creditors willbe addressed.”

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

ACS to expand at Port San Antonio - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The Dallas-based company currently employs 530 peoplw at Port San Antonio and was bein heavily courted by sitesin Austin, Indianq and Utah to pack up and move The City of San Antonio provided ACS with a $300,000o economic development grant and agreed to nominatew the company for designation as a Statr Enterprise project. In addition, Port San Antonil has agreed to relocate the company to a new facilituy as well as make improvements to thenew facility.
“Thixs is a fine example of the City and the Port workingt togetherto retain, and create new jobs here in our says Bruce Miller, president/CEO of Port San “We are pleased that ACS will remain here at Port San ACS will be moving into 73,98i8 square feet of space that until recently servedf as the headquarters office of Port San Antonio. The groupl is targeting an Aprilp2010 move-in date.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Obama to loosen export controls: Will it help economy or hurt security? - Christian Science Monitor

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

USA Today gets makeover for mobile world - CNET

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