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Cubic Wins USAF Contract

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San Diego-based defense contractor Cubic says this morning it has scored a new, U.S. Air Force contract, focused on Software Defined Radio (SDR). Cubic said the deal is worth over $10M. The Small Form Factor (SFF) Radio Phase 2 award is part of the United States Air Force (USAF) Data Links Enterprise (DLE) project.

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Gary Hayslip on the City of San Diego as Cybersecurity Test Bed

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When Xconomy convened a dinner discussion earlier this year that included prominent San Diego cybersecurity innovators, startup founders, and system administrators, I was stunned to learn that Gary Hayslip oversees an IT network that blocks an average of 800,000 cyber attacks a day. Gary Hayslip.

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PG&E Turns To Esri After Major Website Issues During Blackouts

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In a tweet this morning, PG&E said it had created an "alternate website" for customers to check for potential impacts of a power shutoff; that link goes directly to ArcGIS, the geographical information systems (GIS) mapping software developed by Esri.

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San Diego’s KnuEdge, Stealthy Since 2005, Unveils Neural Tech

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After operating in the shadows for the past 11 years, a San Diego neural technology company founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin is stepping into the light to introduce two commercial products intended to advance the frontier of human-machine interaction.

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Bio Roundup: RIP Roger Tsien, Novartis CAR-T Wheel, Zika News & More

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Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego chemist, passed away in Oregon this week. As the San Diego Union Tribune reported in 2013, Tsien (pictured) was also unafraid to shine the spotlight on what he considered suspect scientific approaches, even when espoused by legends like DNA co-discoverer James Watson.

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Interview with Gus Ezcurra, Advanced Telemetry

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Last month, San Diego-based Advanced Telemetry (www.advancedtelemetry.com) announced that the company had scored a Series B round of funding from clean technology investor Quercus Trust and 21Ventures, for the firm's energy monitoring solutions. I thought we could develop something that was more interactive, such as our touch panel.

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The Power of the Cloud for Life Science R&D

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Furthermore, improvements can be made instantaneously when new features are developed, ensuring that customers receive new functions and upgrades immediately. For projects that are distributed (such as between a client and a contract research organization), global (such as large pharma), or being transferred (e.g.