Local Tech Wire Editor & Publisher Rick Smith brings you the latest news from the technology and life science sectors.

Step one in employment-based permanent residence: Getting to know Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) system. TechLaw: If an employer wants to hire a talented foreign ...

Emory researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines. UniversityTech: Study reveals how a highly successful vaccine triggers robust immune responses.

The apps factor ? What devices will do is shaping consumer choices. Analysis: Applications, not the network nor the phones, are reshaping mobile industry competition.

The apps factor ? What devices will do is shaping consumer choices. Analysis: Applications, not the network nor the phones, are reshaping mobile industry competition.

The Exchange is a program geared toward the professional that wants to stay in touch with the issues driving the technology industry. Each event will integrate an interactive ...

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Buying talent, not a company ? Key to Twitter acquisition. By MG SIEGLER, VentureBeat. Posted: Nov. 26, 2008

Louisburg native is co-founder of student music label Vinyl Records, which has received funding from Kenan Institute.

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Smartphone application firm launches site for Android apps, is already profitable and is looking to hire additional personnel. Bowman acquired PocketGear business from Motricity in ...

Angel Connection: Funding is drying up, leaving more biotechs headed for bankruptcy and development of many new drugs on the fiscal rocks.

Sources say the Microsoft phone would use the Nvidia Tegra chip. This chip is being aimed at the Internet-enabled handheld device market, and has some serious power when it comes ...

Smartphone application firm launches site for Android apps, is already profitable and is looking to hire additional personnel. Triangle entrepreneur Jud Bowman acquired PocketGear ...

Need a sales force? California startup lets you deploy customers as advocates. By MATT MARSHALL, VentureBeat. Posted: Nov. 24, 2008

Innovation Exchange: Looking back at the first event, lasting impressions include size and quality of the crowd plus a collective positive attitude. But as with any event, a few ...

NCTA picks Taylorsville school for technology project. Posted: Nov. 24, 2008

Phone giant also rolls out high-speed Internet service, taking on cable TV, satellite services. ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? AT&T (NYSE: T) is now offering its U-verse TV service as ...

Virginia-based greenhouse gas tracking firm lands $4M in financing. By CHRIS MORRISON, VentureBeat. Posted: Nov. 25, 2008

WRAL Local Tech Wire Publisher and Editor Rick Smith dishes out tidbits from the local technology sector.