We don't suppose there's any friendlier way to put this: Open Tech Inc. is setting itself up for an Apple lawsuit, without any of the nice "product people will want to buy" stuff to balance out the equation.
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These are entrepreneurs like Rachel Carson, whose company Helicopter Tech, Inc.
The Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. also has set up a scholarship fund.
Its investors include Asian tech powerhouses Acer Inc.
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"There was not much competition when we started, but that's changed now, " said Ms. Robinson, adding that the company now has to compete against high-tech companies like Google Inc. talent.
While big tech companies like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. typically grab the headlines in patent-infringement cases, Ms. Endress's situation illustrates a less visible trend: Intellectual-property claims against tech startups are rising.
That allows the company to act like a filter for high-tech clients like Motorola, Inc.
Zynga, maker of games like FarmVille, is following in the proud food traditions of tech companies such as Google Inc.
High-tech companies like Sun Microsystems Inc. and 3Com Corp. are also constantly running marketing campaigns aimed at their thousands of corporate customers and independent distributors.
The recipient of all the attention, Mr. Chandna, says he "can't keep up with my email anymore, " particularly after one of his investments, security-tech company Palo Alto Networks Inc.
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"In the U.S. market, the Nokia platform is at the back of the line behind all these other guys, " says Roger Kay, president of tech consultancy Endpoint Technologies Associates Inc.
Thus far, corporations have responded by using technologies from tech companies such as Akamai Technologies Inc.
The Shorensteins lured tech tenants, including New Relic Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.
One of the tech sector leaders, Apple, Inc ( AAPL), completed its bull flag formation (lines d and e) on Wednesday.
"It's a rough market to compete, " said Michael Gartenberg, a tech-industry analyst with research firm Gartner Inc.
"Over time, an optical disc will be as much of an historical curiosity as a floppy disk, " said Michael Gartenberg, a tech-industry analyst with research firm Gartner Inc.
Harte-Hanks has some competitors in the high-tech field, including Japan's Softbank Holdings Inc. and Boston-based SalesLink Corp.
But this month, the 40-year-old was a featured speaker at a popular tech conference in San Francisco along with the founders of Twitter Inc. and new Yahoo Inc.
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Called array-based memory, the tech has been under development at a company called Nanochip, Inc. for nearly 12 years, and it looks like the first working samples will go out next year.
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Big price swings can be a boon for options players, and Chinese Internet giant Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) is one tech stock that looks like an appealing contrarian play.
Jed York, the 49ers CEO, has hired several executives from Silicon Valley tech companies for key front-office positions, including former Facebook Inc. executive Gideon Yu, who is now the team's president and a part owner.
Another tech offering, from medical-office-software company Greenway Medical Technologies Inc.
That nonprofit Wikipedia found itself on the same side of the issue as Google and other big tech companies was coincidence, adds Geoff Brigham, general counsel for Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
And a flurry of tech-focused startups now offers self-publishing services, including Smashwords, FastPencil Inc. and Lulu Enterprises Inc.
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He went on to found several tech companies and to launch groundbreaking products, including the voice-recognition system Interpath Inc. in 1981, McAfee in 1988, and the instant messaging pioneer Tribal Voice in 1996.
After years of selling rugs, today he spends most of his time investing in tech companies, and has stakes in more than 50 start-ups, including Dropbox Inc. and Path Inc.
Nissan North America Inc. will deliver its first all-electric Leaf today to a young tech executive who happened to be the first U.S. resident to reserve one of the new plug-in hatchbacks.
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