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Beats' Founders Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine In Court Over Headphone Design

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Dre and Iovine owes royalties to a businessman work worked with the company back in 2005 and 2006. The royalty dispute is over whether the royalty agreement between Lamar, Dre, and Iovine only coverd the first version of the Beats' headphones, or all subsequent designs.

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Takeda Unites San Diego Operations At New ‘Biotech-Style’ R&D Center

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In 2005, Japan’s big drug firm Takeda acquired a company in North America for the first time. That company was Syrrx, a private San Diego-based biotech that used X-ray crystallography to help determine the structures of disease-related molecules so drugs could be designed to target them.

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Virgin Galactic Has First Rocket-Powered Flight Test

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Mojave-based commercial spaceflight firm Virgin Galactic has completed the first, rock-powered flight of its SpaceShipTwo space vehicle, the company said this morning--which the company says is the "final phase" of vehicle testing before it launches its commercial service. virgin Galactic said that the test began a 7:02 a.m.,

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3D Printing Redux: How Idealab's New Matter Wants To Bring 3D To The Masses

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We spoke with CEO Steve Schell on how Idealab believes its past experience with starting up a 3D printing company--and some new ideas on how to create a marketplace of 3D designs--are the key to making the leap from hobbyist to the mass market. Without customers, no designer wants to participate.

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

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He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. Steve notes that in 2005, when Four Steps was published, conventional wisdom at business schools was that, “Startups are nothing more than a smaller version of a large company. Enter Eric Ries .

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How NinjaThat Taps The Power Of Students For Business Tasks, with Atif Siddiqi

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Do you have a small task (graphic design, page layout, UI) you wish you had someone do, in an affordable way? Some of the more popular tasks there are for designers, UX, photographers, and videographers. As a designer, I can post a mission, and you can check out my portfolio of work, which is then completed and hosted on the site.

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Synthetic Genomics Creates Host Organism Optimized for Bio Industry

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Privately held Synthetic Genomics was founded in 2005 by the human genome pioneer J. The company applies its capabilities in synthetic biology to invent new methods of bio-based production. The company said Vmax is compatible with most laboratory kits, reagents, growth medium, and other standard materials used in biotech laboratories.