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- Thursday, September 25, 2008

Sidestep Orbitz For Many Reasons

Thumb We had to turn of the television. The staff at tech:stocker has watched enough silliness from our politicians to last us for the rest of the year. Asking Secretary Treasury Henry Paulson to respond "point-to-point" about a blog that questioned his plan is ridiculous. Considering the man is developing a plan to allocate $700 billion to ailing financial institutions, we seriously doubt that he is spending much time reading anything but spreadsheets from our major financial institutions and report... Full Story

Alternative Energy - Thursday, September 25, 2008

GridPoint Buys V2Green After $120M Round

Thumb Arlington, VA's GridPoint has raised a monster $120M in fifth-round funding. Gridpoint has now raised around $220M in total VC funding. It used some of the funds to buy V2Green, a Seattle-based developer of plug-in electric vehicle grid integration ... Full Story

Educational Software - Thursday, September 25, 2008

Parlez Vous's Rosetta Stone Files For $115M IPO As Wall Street Goes To Pot

How do you say "Are you High" in several languages? We can't understand why on Earth the folks who run Rosetta Stone decided that this is the perfect time to float an IPO. You have likely seen commercials on TV for Rosetta Stone, which sells a suite... Full Story

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Seattle Stealth Startup PressPlane Raises $1.7M

Wednesday September 24, 2008

It's always fun to try to figure out what a stealth mode startup is up to when they are playing the game of keeping it a secret. What they tell us is: "Unfortunately, I can’t say exactly what we are working on but I can say it is another “buy an... Full Story

Building The Company Carly Fiorina Dreamed Of

Wednesday September 24, 2008

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Down Unda's Aconex Raises $85M For Construction Software

Tuesday September 23, 2008

A buddy who build hospitals and hotels recently asked if we new of any hot new software for the construction racket. We had not come across Aconex but the Australian startup has just closed an massive $85 round from Francisco Partners. Their busines... Full Story

Israel's Picapp Raises $3.2M For Ad Supported Photo Rights

Monday September 22, 2008

Some photo rights outfit recently got in touch to ask if we had the rights to some photos that we had grabbed from some startups' sites. The truth is that the vast majority of bloggers have no compelling reason to pay for access to photos. We really... Full Story

The Stock At Dell Is Going To…

Monday September 22, 2008

Uncertainty continues to overwhelm investors as financial stocks led the slide today and we expect continued turbulence in this industry until the government issues the details of their $700b bailout plan. What amazes us is that companies who will b... Full Story

Electric Hog Maker Brammo Raises $10M

Monday September 22, 2008

We are not sure why Brammo went with this design for their new electric motorcycle. Its neither burly nor cute. Perhaps they are wanted a look like the Prius which is inelegant but stands out as a green vehicle. The news is that Oregon's Brammo, mak... Full Story

Cisco Buys Open IM's Jabber

Friday September 19, 2008

Cisco has bought Denver-based Jabber, whose brand has become synonymous with open instant messaging. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Cisco, Jabber will work with Cisco to enhance its Cisco Collaboration portfolio includi... Full Story