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GIS guides Boston plowing priorities

At a location-technology event at City Hall this morning, Boston mayor Thomas Menino announced the city will use geographic information systems technology to display not just streets but buildings, traffic backups, emergency calls and the location of constituent requests received from a 24-hour hotline.

PermissionTV adds HD-quality video

Video platform provider PermissionTV Inc. will announce this morning it is linking its online video publishing platform technology to the streaming high-definition-quality TV service provided by Utah-based Move Networks Inc.

Z Corp. founding CEO Marina Hatsopoulos joins Cynosure board

Marina Hatsopoulos, a current director of GSI Group and founder and former CEO of Z Corp., has joined the board of directors at Cynosure Inc., a Westford maker of laser systems for aesthetic treatments.

NitroMed to merge with Archemix

NitroMed Inc., a Lexington drug developer, and Archemix Corp., a Cambridge biotech firm, have announced plans to merge the two companies in an stock-swap transaction.

Mintz Levin represents West Coast bio firm in GSK buyout

Boston-based law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC handled the legal services for West Coast biopharmaceuticals company Genelabs Technologies Inc. just acquired for $57 million by GlaxoSmithKline plc.

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Tweetworks takes off to tackle Twitter’s tumultuous text

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From the November 14, 2008 Print Edition

Just two weeks ago, Michael Langford launched Tweetworks LLC and its site, Tweetworks.com, a Twitter mashup that contextualizes posts on the popular social network, by organizing its short messages into groups and threads.

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Women to Watch 2009

Mass High Tech’s Women to Watch program honors 10 New England-based women each year who are leading the way in entrepreneurship, technological innovation and lifelong learning. Read the profiles from the most recent publication, and be sure to nominate someone for Women to Watch 2009 before it’s too late!

Mass High Tech All Stars

Congratulations to the 13th Annual Mass High Tech All-Stars!

Each year, we select people from such sectors as: Advanced Energy, Biotech, Education, Electronics, Hardware, Internet, Medical Devices, Software and Telecommunications. In addition, we'll name players to the Bullpen (which could include lawyers, financiers, public policy makers, association representatives or others who help our high tech industries thrive).

The award winners were honored at a reception at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge on Oct. 30 and profiled in a special section in our Oct. 24th issue. See their profiles here.

Nominations are now open for the 14th Annual All-Stars Awards winners, to be honored in the fall of 2009.

Tech Dealmakers

The 2008 Tech Dealmaker Awards, sponsored by Mass High Tech and the Boston
chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, recognize the most interesting and significant mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and fundings involving New England technology companies between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008. Winners will be announced in conjunction with the ACG Boston Tech Conference, December 4, at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel.

Tech Citizenship: Alive and well in New England

Mass High Tech annually honors New England technology companies that use their innovation to improve their communities as part of our Tech Citizenship section and related awards event. This week, we highlight 19 such companies for their charitable efforts in 2006. Read profiles of each company and learn how they met the criteria to be named a Tech Citizen. Their stories offer ideas from which we can all learn.

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