baltimoresun.com - Technology

Idea for how ships can trim turnaround times

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Pair propose lifting superstructure from hull waiting to be unloaded

Driving over the Bay Bridge on his way to work about four years ago, Luis Elizondo routinely found himself thinking about the large ships he saw waiting in long queues on their way to Baltimore to unload their cargo. Elizondo figured the waiting that crews endure at ports around the world must be wasteful and costly.

Mobile ads firm Millennial Media gets $16M in new funding

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:39:00 -0500

Baltimore-based Millennial Media, one of the country's largest advertising networks for mobile devices, said Monday that it raised $16 million in new funding that it will use to fuel its growth and international expansion.

Skipped on Skype, forgone on Facebook

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A friend posted a message on Facebook asking if anyone knew what Skype was, if anyone had Skype and if anyone wanted to help her Skype.

E. Baltimore plant purchased by anthrax vaccine maker

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:09:00 -0500

Expansion of Rockville-based company may mean as many as 125 jobs in city

A Maryland maker of anthrax vaccine said Friday it bought a 55,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in East Baltimore that it will use to expand its operations, potentially creating as many as 125 jobs in the city over the next five years that initially were expected in Frederick.

Swiss privacy watchdog to take Google to court over Street View service

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:23:00 -0500

GENEVA (AP) — Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object — Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.

Nortel sells wireless network ops, delays auction of optical networking, carrier ethernet ops

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0500

TORONTO (AP) — Nortel Networks Corp. says it has completed the $1.13 billion sale of its wireless network business to LM Ericsson of Sweden but is allowing more time for bids in an auction for its optical networking and carrier ethernet units.

FTC seeks contempt order against BlueHippo

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Agency looks for customer refunds and more

BlueHippo Funding, the Woodlawn electronics sales company that has been the subject of thousands of consumer complaints and the target of regulators in multiple states, is again in trouble.

Hewlett-Packard buying 3Com

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it is buying the 3Com Corp. networking company for $2.7 billion, the latest move by the world's No. 1 personal computer maker to expand into areas more profitable than PCs.

R&D dips for Ciena, slightly up for other Md. tech companies

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:08:00 -0500

'An elevator ride away' from jobs in biotech industry

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BCCC's Life Sciences Institute brings people and jobs together

UMB worked with the city's community college to make a new home for its associate degree program in biotechnology. No longer would students in BCCC's biotech program - the country's largest for a community college - have to take some classes at the Liberty Heights campus and others at the downtown campus.