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

Los Angeles-based RealD said Tuesday afternoon that the firm is powering the U.S. premiere of James Cameron's AVATAR, at the Grauman Chinese Theatre. The firm, which develops 3D movie projection technology, said the premiere will be the first time 3D

Carlsbad-based ViaSat, a developer of satellite and wireless communications systems, said Tuesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of WildBlue Communications. ViaSat had said it would buy WildBlue in October, in a deal worth $568M in cash and stock.

Glendale-based MyShape, the personalized online shopping site for women's apparel, said Tuesday that CEO Louise Wannier has become Executive Chairman of the Board, and that it has appointed Mercedes De Luca as President. De Luca was previously the firm's Chief

Los Angeles-based Paramount Digital Entertainment said Tuesday that it has launched a new site, ParamountClips.com, which will offer B2B licensing of clips from the studio's films. According to the studio, the new site will allow users to search for clips

Los Angeles-based social networking site is looking to court developers with the launch of a development contest, the MySpace Developer Challenge, the firm said recently. The site said the challenge will award $50,000 between winners submitting MySpace applications, which use

Irvine-based semiconductor startup RFaxis, which is developing RF front-end integrated circuits for the wireless market, reports this morning that it has received what it says is its first, multi-million dollar purchase order. The firm said the order came from electronic

San Diego-based Sorenson Media, a developer of Internet video compression and decompression software, said today that it has promoted Charles Sismondo to Vice President of Engineering. Sismondo has been at the company for just over a year, the firm said,

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has been sued by Chip Meyers, the founder of Mania.com, according to a report today from paidContent.org. paidContent said that Meyers is looking for at least $6.2M from Demand, over Demand Media' acquisition of his site

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and Colorado-based Array BioPharma announced Monday evening that Amgen is licensing the exclusive worldwide rights to Array's compounds for treating Type 2 diabetes, in a deal worth $60M plus additional contingent payments. The license covers rights to

Newbury Park-based iQstor Networks, a developer of virtual storage systems and storage arrays, said today that it has signed SJ-Solutions as an exclusive reseller for the firm in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. SJ-Solutions is based in Leusden, the Netherlands,

Irvine-based Integrien, a developer of analytics software for IT operations, announced this morning that it has appointed Ian Dodd as the firm's Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. The firm, which is backed by Clearstone Ventures, Acartha Group, and

Santa Monica-based SharesPost, which operates a secondary marketplace for privately held company shares, is expanding the amount of third party research on its market. According to the firm, it has added Blueshift Research and Liquid Scenarios as providers of private

Irvine-based Broadcom has completed its acquisition of Dune Networks, a developer of switching fabric chips for the data center networking market, the firm said Monday afternoon. The deal, which was originally announced on November 30th, was worth $178M in cash.

Los Angeles-based Sometrics, which develops virtual currency products for social networking game developers, is linking holiday shopping and social games with a new product. Sometrics says it has rolled out a new "Shop & Earn Shopping Feed" service, which will

Hollywood-based Friendgiftr, an angel funded startup developing Facebook applications, said today that it has launched a new Facebook application which allows users to send real gift cards to friends, family, and others. The startup said it is now offering over