December 16, 2007 2:50 PM
Companies in brief: 26 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of December 9, 2007
The week of December 9, 2007, was good for Israel's cleantech sector with the announcements of the Oasis Investment Fund being a new VC fund investing in the Negev and the creation of a new energy tower by Technion researchers that could provide enough energy for entire regions. Also, HP announced its plans to buy NUR Macroprinters and Wall Street Journalist Technology Columnist, Walt Mossberg admitted his surprise at how technologically advanced Israel has become. Israelis abandonment of the U.S. dollar for rent and other purposes continued to prevail. Check out these and the rest of this week's 26 Israel-related technology headlines below.
Cleantech:
Hebrew U. tech transfer co focuses on cleantech projects
New proposals for competitive energy market
Energy Tower: Power for 15 Earths?
Oasis Investment Fund -- new VC investing in the Negev
MK tries to advance major environmental law reform
Investments and M&A:
HP to buy Israel's NUR Macroprinters
Wound management co Polyheal raises $1m
Chief Scientist to fund 8 new companies
Tactical UAV co Bluebird Aero Systems raises $7m
International:
India next goal for free-trade agreement
Yahoo! to start Internet Program for Technology Investors
Clyde Prestowitz: Israel should join the EU
Walt Mossberg: I'm amazed how Israel has changed
UN adopts Israeli-sponsored resolution on "Agricultural Technology for Development"
Telecommunications:
Breaking News: Kwiry launches viral platform, connects offline world with online
WiMAX Woes Weaken Alvarion
012 Smile.Communications: Competition in Israeli Telecom
Miscellaneous:
Social networks in Israel?
Aternity to collaborate with Oracle
Oracle and Israel's Chief Scientist form joint venture with Aternity
Dan Dankner: Israel can be an investor's paradise
Israelis start to abandon dollar linkage
ISRAEL - N-trig makes an online presentation of DuoSense next generation technology
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