Cisco's Virtual Doctor Will See You Now Cisco's new health-networking systems could transform health care.
Updated Wed Jun 29, 2011
Update on Microsoft School of the Future Three years have passed since the opening of Microsoft's School of the Future in Philadelphia, a high-profile pilot project designed to kick urban education up a few notches with learning strategies from the corporate world. Two years have passed since we wrote about this daring initiative. Now--if education experts at a recent American Enterprise Institute panel discussion are to be believed--the experiment is showing signs of stagnation.
Posted Sun Jul 19, 2009
A new antibiotic alternative
We've written about Intralytix,
NovaBay, and Polymedix—companies developing drugs designed to
circumvent the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009
LS9 joins forces with P&G
Last year, I wrote about LS9, the scrappy Bay Area-based company that's engineering microbes to churn out transportation fuel. Now, LS9 has joined forces with Procter and Gamble--an upstart-titan partnership that could potentially speed the entry of LS9 products into the marketplace.
Posted Tue Jun 23, 2009
Will Wyeth Revolutionize Research at Pfizer?
Last fall, when we visited Wyeth Biotech's campus in Andover, MA, we were blown away by the management's off-the-beaten-path approach to drug development and innovation. Now the storyline has hit an unexpected twist: Officials at Pfizer, the world's biggest drug company, are in talks to buy all of Wyeth -- including its rogue biotech division -- for around $60 billion. (So far, nothing is definite; reps from Wyeth and Pfizer are staying mum.)
Posted Fri Jan 23, 2009
Wyeth's Multibillion-dollar Biotech Bet Drugmaker Wyeth bet billions on biotech, transforming its culture and boosting profits.
Posted Wed Jan 14, 2009
Virgin America's Gogo Wi-Fi Takes to the Skies Virgin America has started a beta test of its new in-flight Wi-Fi service, Gogo, that's expected to go public by December 1st. Take a ride with us on the service's initial test flight from San Francisco.
Posted Mon Nov 24, 2008
