San Diego-based DivX, a provider of video encoding and decoding technology, said today that it has partnered with Sonic Solutions, a developer of digital media software. According to the two firms, Sonic Solutions will make movies available for download in

Monrovia-based Xencor, a developer of antibody engineering technology, reported today that the firm has received a milestone payment from Pfizer, as part of the firm's antibody technology license agreement with Pfizer. Amount of the payment was not disclosed. According to

One of the perpetual themes of the technology news sites and blogs this year has been fairly nonstop coverage of Twitter, the microblogging site. Aside from constant coverage of whether the service is up, or down, or somewhere in between,

Pasadena-based eSolar, a developer of concentrating solar thermal power technology, said today that it has appointed John Van Scoter as its new Chief Executive Officer. Van Scoter was most recently at Texas Instruments Alternative Energy Strategy, and has a 25-year

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix, which operates an online service which provides analytics for television ads, announced today that it has raised $6.0M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Leapfrog Ventures, and also included prior investors

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Michigan deploys the federal government's network-monitoring system EINSTEIN 1, indicating a potential new direction for state IT security.

CSC providing system design and integration, plus end-user services, through a standard pricing model.

Though the government and military already use unmanned aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration won't allow commercial use of the planes until they are proven safe, and it's a problem researchers at the University of North Dakota are trying to solve.

Health officials say Minnesota got 9,300 doses of the swine flu vaccine subject to a voluntary national recall.

A study group blames a warmer climate, and not the St. Clair river, for low water levels on the upper Great Lakes.

St. Paul and Minneapolis scored high in an environmental group's rankings of tap water quality in major U.S. cities.

Health officials are recalling hundreds ofthousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated theymay not be potent enough to protect against the virus.

The Minnesota Department of Agricultureis expected to announce as soon next month who will get grant moneyto fight the spread of the emerald ash borer.

City officials in Rushford have learnedthat the levees protecting need more than $1 million inimprovements for recertification by the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency.

The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners will approve the Hennepin County Medical Center's 2010 budget Tuesday afternoon. The hospital is expected to lose $43 million in state funds next year.

As world leaders debate climate change measures in Copenhagen, proponents of nuclear power, including some environmental groups, say it can be an important source of carbon-free energy. Here in Minnesota, there are efforts to end the moratorium on new nuclear

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Image credit: /FlickrAfter the Arctic and Antarctica, the snow and glaciers of the Himalayas are the largest store of water on the planet. When the ice of this "Third Pole" melts each spring, it supplies the largest rivers in Asia—including

Photos via digg_url = western Pennsylvania, a data center is using the benefits of a very cool location. It's Iron Mountain's man-made caverns in an old limestone mine, and in room 48, an experiment in data center effi...