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February 9, 2010   |   Vol. 2, Issue 6
 
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Patent Nonsense: An End to Frivolous Patents May Finally Be in Sight
February 5, 2010 | The Economist
Do patents help or hinder innovation? Instinctively, they would seem a blessing, especially for backroom tinkerers. For the inventor, that may be a reasonable trade-off. For society, however, the loss of competition through the granting sole rights to an individual or organisation is justified only if it stimulates the economy and delivers goods that change people’s lives for the better.
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U.S. Scientists Given Access to Cloud Computing
February 5, 2010 | New York Times
The National Science Foundation and the Microsoft Corporation have agreed to offer American scientific researchers free access to the company’s new cloud computing service. A goal of the three-year project is to give scientists the computing power to cope with exploding amounts of research data.
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Venture Capital Industry Sees Further Deterioration of 10-Year Returns
February 1, 2010 | Cambridge Associates
Venture capital performance improved slightly in the shortest and longest time horizons ending September 30, 2009 but continued to deteriorate in the 5 and 10-year periods ending in the quarter, according to the Cambridge Associates U.S. Venture Capital Index®
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The Informal Incubators: Startup Workspaces Sprout Up in Unlikely Places
February 3, 2010 | Xconomy
When Mahmoud Arram looked around last spring to move his web startup Sponty from his apartment to a real, live office space (to better accommodate the interns he needed to hire), he sought three things: a door that closed, lots of whiteboard space, and “access to really smart people.” “It’s good to be able to bounce ideas off of very smart business people and engineers,” he says.
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Trouble Brewing?
February 5, 2010 | Cleantech Investing
Haven't had much time to go through the various recent cleantech IPO filings, and so haven't talked about them much. Also just generally hoping they do well, for the sake of the overall industry. But in a meeting today someone put up some stats that were pretty sobering.
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Utah Legislative Panel: Economy as Important as Environment

Effort Underway to Suspend California's Global-Warming Law

Silicon Valley Faces Fierce Global Competition in Cleantech

Researcher on Climate Is Cleared in Inquiry

U.S. Proposes New Climate Service

Tough Times, Even for Angels

Tax Credits Sought for Georgia Startups, Jobs

Wisconsin's Asian Indians Thrive in Entrepreneurial Society

Rell To Propose Credit Consortium For Connecticut's Smaller Businesses

Seattle Needs an “Incubator” Culture

Third Frontier Program to Fund High-Tech Jobs Heads Back to Ohio Voters

UC Davis Aims to Turn More of its Tech into Business

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Had Rough Decade

What Lies Ahead for San Diego Life Sciences

Michigan Life Sciences Boost Cited

Biotech Chiefs Slam U.S. Report on Gene Patents

Better Oversight Could Cure Doubts of California Stem Cell Project

Innovators, Break Down Those Silos

Hot Tech Companies Like Yelp Are Bypassing IPOs

IPO Action a Signal of Better Times on Horizon

Treasury Offers Loans to Banks Funding Community Development

Budget 2011: Driving Innovation Despite the Budget Cap

Campaign for 'Next American Economy' Begins

Why You Should Start a Company in… Boston

Why You Should Start a Company in... Seattle

Small Business Lending Plan Music to Many Ears

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