Tracy Daw, the RealNetworks chief legal officer who resigned from the company this week, was awarded a $200,000 cash bonus in February for his work on the company’s sale of a large patent portfolio to Intel, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Responding to an inquiry from GeekWire, a company representative confirms that… Read More…
Post updated at 7:45 a.m. Intel will pay RealNetworks $120 million in cash for a portfolio of 190 patents, 170 patent applications and the Seattle company’s next-generation video-codec software, under a deal announced this morning. RealNetworks says the deal represents a “significant number” of its patents, but the company will retain the right to use… Read More…
Posting from Las Vegas: OK, so this isn’t something you’re going to see in your living room anytime soon, but the Intel booth here features a pretty dramatic demonstration of the power of everyday computer processors. Before the Consumer Electronics Show opens this morning, we got a sneak peek of the Intel booth, which is… Read More…
Supercomputers were once the exclusive province of government spy agencies, research labs and academics. The top computer makers were the only vendors. Things have changed since Seymour Cray introduced the first machine at Control Data in 1965. One of the biggest changes is how many of the vendors are now in the Seattle area. With… Read More…
Dieter Fox, a University of Washington associate professor of computer science and engineering, has been chosen to co-lead the new Intel Science and Technology Center on the UW campus. The robotics and artificial intelligence researcher, working alongside Intel’s Anthony LaMarca, will develop new technologies that bring computing and sensing into “everyday devices and environments.” That… Read More…
Hank Skorny announced last week his intentions to leave RealNetworks, the Seattle software company where he’d worked for the past two years as chief strategy officer. At the time, it was unclear what Skorny planned to do next. But, now, GeekWire has learned that the Seattle tech veteran has landed a new gig at Intel…. Read More…
Here’s an innovation that might just make Dick Cheney smile. Researchers from the University of Washington and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are testing a wireless power transmission system that can be used to recharge mechanical heart pumps without a cord sticking out of the patient’s belly. The former vice president is perhaps the most famous… Read More…
Some industry watchers thought Clearwire’s prospects were rather bleak after AT&T announced plans to gobble up T-Mobile for $39 billion. And that may still be the case. But the Kirkland mobile broadband company — under the temporary leadership of wireless pioneer John Stanton — is showing some signs of life. Today, the company announced… Read More…
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