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UC San Diego Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien Dies at 64

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Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for research that led to the development of fluorescent proteins used to illuminate tissue and track biological processes, has died, according to a statement from the university. He compared himself to John C.

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ServiceNow Tops Job Creation List

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San Diego-based enterprise software developer ServiceNow has been ranked the top job creator in a listing from Inc. Magazine, the company reported today. The company added 792 jobs during the three period. The company said it was number six among all companies in California, and number 14 in the overall top 100.

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Maxwell Technologies Names Semiconductor Vet As New Board Member

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San Diego-based ultracapacitor and energy storage systems developer Maxwell Technologies said Thursday that it has named Steve Bilodeau to its board of directors. Bilodeau was previously CEO of Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), where he held that position between 1999 and 2008, and also serves on the board of Cohu.

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Xpenser Acquired By Coupa Software

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San Diego-based Xpenser , a startup developing a cloud-based service to help prepare and submit expense reports for its users, has been acquired. The firm was founded in 2008. Coupa Software is a provider of cloud-based, spending optimization software headquartered in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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Claiming a landmark in fusion energy, TAE Technologies sees commercialization by 2030

TechCrunch LA

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Then the company needed to develop other technologies like vacuum conditioning. It’s immaterial.

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Sorenson Media Launches New Product For Servers

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San Diego-based Sorenson Media , the developer of video encoding and decoding software headed by Peter Csathy, said late last night that it has launched a new product, Sorenson Squeeze Premium. The new product is a version of its standard Squeeze video encoding software specifically aimed at running on windows Server 2008.

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Nirvanix Snags HP, Lefthand Vet

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San Diego-based Nirvanix , the developer of cloud storage services, said this morning that it has named former HP-LeftHand vet Dave Barr as its Vice President of Cloud Storage Engineering. Barr had headed up HP's 130-strong, LeftHand engineering organization.

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