RESEARCH TRIANGLE – North Carolina has finally reached a critical mass that brought it to number three behind only California and Massachusetts in total life sciences investment dollars raised in 2002.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.- Forty-five Fairfax County-based information technology companies received $296.94 million in venture capital investments in 2005, according to figures compiled by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA). The 2005 total is a 51.5 percent increase from the $196 million invested in 32 Fairfax County companies in 2004.

Bent Systems raised $170,000 from the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology and expects to close on $180,000 from angel investors in the next two months.

McLEAN, VA. (AP) - A leader in northern Virginia's technology community filed papers to run as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, seeking to unseat Republican incumbent George Allen in November.

RESTON, VA - A Reston-based mobile satellite communications company is moving forward on an advanced commercial communications network.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tom Perkins, of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers fame, secured a place in Silicon Valley lore long ago as the co-founder of a venture capital firm that financed revolutionary companies like Genentech Inc. and Google Inc.

Fairfax, Vr. – Rivermine Software Chief Executive Officer Mark Logan says his company has entered into a strategic relationship with McLean, Vir.-based MircoStrategy to increase the value of each firm’s service offerings through new telecom enterprise management software.

A University of Florida engineer has designed a robot to shadow and shoot X-ray video of sufferers of orthopedic injuries as they walk, climb stairs, stand up from a seated position or pursue other normal activities – and maybe even athletic ones like swinging a bat.

Atlanta — When medics are treating trauma patients, every second counts. Yet bruises, burns, and other physical conditions often make it difficult to locate veins and administer lifesaving drugs or solutions.

If someone were to ask you to name the core business of General Motors, chances are you would naturally respond, “automobile manufacturing”. If that were your answer, you would be invited to join the 99% who also answered incorrectly. The correct answer is automobile purchase financing through General Motors Approved Credit, (GMAC). In reality, GM makes most of its money from interest payments it earns helping consumers purchase the vehicles it builds.