Mission Creek

as reported in siliconbeat.com

Bix, to offer online performance contests, raises $7 million

Twttr, another mobile social networking application

Calisolar, latest stealth solar Silicon Valley startup raises $9M

MoveDigital, another video distribution technology

WiChorus, of San Jose, another secretive start-up that is developing software for a wireless networking platform, has raised $8.5 million

Digital Chocolate, the mobile phone game provider of San Mateo, raises around $18 million

UnWiredBuyer gives you mobile alerts so that you can better participate in bidding,

SkyPilot Networks, of Santa Clara, has raised $21M in a fourth round of funding

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from siliconvalley.com

What an baffling move on the Indian government’s part…

Outraged Internet users from New Delhi to Silicon Valley are blasting India’s government for shutting off access to millions of blogs, drawing comparisons of the world’s largest democracy to the authoritarian censorship of China and Iran.

“A lot of people are saying, `Wait a minute. This can’t be happening in India. China, yes. Pakistan, understandable’,” said Fremont blogger Sabahat Ashraf, who has several blogs that attract readers from India but now can’t be read in India. “People are startled and distressed.”

Other Silicon Valley bloggers are baffled and angry over India’s ban in recent days of blogs hosted by popular services used by Americans. The ban of 17 blogs and Web sites, which the government claimed fanned religious hatred, was unintentionally extended to millions of blogs when some of India’s Internet service providers blocked entire domain names, instead of just the specific sites. Banned domains include Google’s Blogger, Yahoo’s GeoCities and Six Apart’s TypePad services…

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from cnet.com 

Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose, sometimes you just walk away…

ACS, which was founded in 1876 and claims to be the world’s largest scientific society, sued Google in 2004. The suit claimed that the free “Google Scholar” journal-search service unfairly competes with ACS’ “SciFinder Scholar,” which appears to be more comprehensive but charges a fee.

“SciFinder Scholar is well-known and long has been well-received throughout the academic community, and we must protect our name and the good will the tool has already achieved,” an ACS representative said at the time.

But the case was quietly settled out of court in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, with Google and ACS submitting a joint two-page document that says each side will pay its own attorney fees.

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