Microsoft's 'Mac clone' defense not working yet in Datel dispute
By Todd Bishop on Monday, April 26, 2010, 2:00pm PDT
A federal judge has dismissed one count and allowed five others to proceed in Datel Design & Development's antitrust suit against Microsoft over the Xbox 360 maker's crackdown on unauthorized memory units -- small storage devices that plug into the console for saving games and other data. If you're just tuning in, it's an interesting case that could establish some key rules of competition in the game industry. Datel alleges that Microsoft is unfairly controlling the market for Xbox 360 accessories, creating a competitive advantage for its own Xbox 360 memory units. Microsoft argues that it was within its legal rights to issue an update that prevented Datel's cheat-enabling memory units from working with its console. | | SPONSORED POST | CoreLink Data Centers - Deal of the Decade
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By John Cook on Monday, April 26, 2010, 12:58pm PDT
Three of the top 10 companies in the monthly Seattle 2.0 Startup Index are directly involved in the online real estate business, a sign that the Seattle area remains a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity as it relates to how people buy, sell and research homes. Zillow.com once again ranked second behind Cheezburger Network, while online real estate broker Redfin ranked 9th and real estate blogging network ActiveRain ranked 10th for the month of March. | | SPONSORED POST | Powerful Connections breakfast, April 30th
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By John Cook on Monday, April 26, 2010, 10:53am PDT
Getty Images has been highly acquisitive during its 15 year history, growing into one of the world's largest purveyors of digital images through a series of purchases. But the acquisition pace has slowed in the past year. Today, however, the Seattle company announced a deal to acquire celebrity photo site Rex Features. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But, in a statement, CEO Jonathan Klein said that celebrity imagery remains a "key strategic focus" for Getty. | | SPONSORED POST | Seattle University Software Engineering
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By John Cook on Monday, April 26, 2010, 7:02am PDT
Michael Arrington recently sat down with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman and board member James Slavet over some cold beers, an effective interview tactic since the TechCrunch publisher discovers right off the bat that the Seattle online real estate upstart is on track to reach $30 million in revenue this year. That's nearly double the $16 million that Redfin pulled in last year. Kelman also notes that the company will be profitable in 2010 even though it is opening about one new market every month at a cost of about $200,000 to $300,000 per market. But the best moments are when fireworks erupt between Kelman and Arrington as they debate Seattle versus Silicon Valley. | With offline iPhone music, Rhapsody makes best pitch yet
By Todd Bishop on Monday, April 26, 2010, 6:37am PDT
Seriously, why are you paying as much as $1 or more for every piece of music you want to download and carry around? That's the very reasonable question that Seattle's Rhapsody music subscription service is implicitly asking today with the launch of an updated iPhone app that allows for offline music playback -- letting subscribers download playlists to their devices for listening even when they aren't connected to a wireless network. | Mirina raises cash from Versant
By John Cook on Monday, April 26, 2010, 5:52am PDT
A small Seattle biotech startup led by the former director of drug discovery at Icos has scored a new round of financing. Mirina, which was first bankrolled at the Seattle biotech incubator, Accelerator Corp. two years ago, today said that it raised an undisclosed amount of cash in a deal led by Versant Ventures. Existing investors from Accelerator -- including OVP Venture Partners, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, WRF Capital and Arch Venture Partners -- also contributed to the round. | |
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