Monday, May 10, 2010

• Wave Strengthens IP Position With Acquisition of Storage Security Patents --- LEE, MA
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  LEE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/10/10 -- Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX), a leading provider of management software for hardware-based security, announced today that it has acquired two U.S. patents pertaining to security subsystems for storage devices. The patents describe certain elements of core technology underlying self-encrypting hard drives (SEDs). The purchase price was $1.1 million in cash. These patents (U.S. patents #7,036,020 and #7,426,747) were acquired by Wave from a company owned by Robert Thibadeau, Ph.D., a noted ... read more
• AVI BioPharma Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results --- BOTHELL, WA
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  BOTHELL, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/10/10 -- AVI BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVII), a developer of RNA-based drugs, today reported financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2010. Revenues for the first quarter of 2010 were $1.2 million, down from $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2009, reflecting a decrease in government research contracts revenues of $1.9 million. The net loss for the first quarter of 2010 was $0.6 million, or $0.01 per share, compared with a ... read more
• Infonetics Research: Carriers, enterprises gobbling up 10G, 40G, 100G ports to handle exploding traffic --- CAMPBELL, CA
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  CAMPBELL, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/10/10 -- Market research firm Infonetics Research (http://twitter.com/infonetics) released the first edition of its 2010 biannual 10G/40G/100G Networking Ports market size and forecast report, which tracks 10 Gigabit, 40 Gigabit, and 100 Gigabit optical and Ethernet ports on enterprise and service provider equipment. "While worldwide spending on service provider IP edge routers declined overall in 2009, spending on high-speed 40G ports on IP edge routers increased 125%. A similar trend is playing out in other ... read more