Topic - washington

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Cleantech

Northwest Could Become U.S. Clean Energy King

A new report identifies the five most promising clean tech sectors in the U.S. Northwest and predicts 75 percent green electricity generation by 2025.
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Archives, Computers, General news, Finance

Stocks Surge as Washington Seeks Solution

Reports of systematic intervention plan to mop up frozen credit market triggers 400-point Dow surge.
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General news, Security, Finance

U.S. Slaps ‘Secret’ Tag on Private Patents

Federal agencies imposed "John Doe" gag orders on 53 patents in fiscal 2007, bringing total to 5,002. For inventors and any venture capital backers, the secrecy orders may not be entirely bad news.
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Media, Internet

FastStats: VoIP’s Buzz Grows

VoIP awareness rising; Sirius web site leads XM’s; Net banking adoption to slow.
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Computers, Communications

SNAPin Snaps Up Another $13M

SNAPin Software thinks your phone should teach you how to use those fancy features.
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Computers, Security

Firm Sued for Spyware Scare

Washington state files suit against Secure Computer alleging it misled users into buying its anti-spyware product.
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Internet

Mr. Google Goes to Washington

Search giant dispatches lobbyist to D.C. and merges Google Local with Google Maps.
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Biosciences

West Nile Study Raises Hope

Researchers at MacroGenics and Washington University have produced the first promising treatment for West Nile virus.
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Archives

Mr. Kvamme goes to Washington

The Kleiner Perkins partner and ardent Bush backer is named co-chairman of the president's council on science and technology. He'll be a conduit between the tech community and the White House. Red Herring is on the scene.
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Archives, Magazine

Regional VCs: Washington

Attracted by the quality of life, venture capitalists thrive in this contented second city of high technology.
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Archives, Magazine

Regional VCs: Washington, D.C.

Beyond the Beltway, VCs are the local tech community's power brokers.