Bluetooth technology can enable cell phones to communicate with laptops.Texas Instruments’ Short Distance Wireless Israel is introducing a new Israel-developed chip that the company says will be inexpensive and efficient enough to enable Bluetooth technology to finally get a major …
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Pango puts you in a parking spot in NYC
The Israeli app takes the headaches out of finding a place to put your car in the Big Apple and other US cities, with more to come.
Three Israeli firms make prestigious list of companies ‘most likely to change the world’
More than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 companies in the United States use the products of the Israeli company Check Point.Three Israeli firms made Red Herring Magazine’s list of the 50 private and 50 public companies “most likely to …
Venture capital seekers encountering ‘Nablus effect’
Some venture capital investors are concerned about the effect of the conflict on the health of Israeli startups.Leaders of the Israeli venture capital community are hoping the country’s great technology will keep the pipeline of investment money coming despite the …
Indigo products boosting HP printer lineup
Indigo specializes in developing and manufacturing high-end digital printers for large commercial applications.Despite the downturn in Israeli high-tech over the past 18 months, digital printer manufacturer Indigo has positioned itself well to move to the forefront of its industry with …
Guarding corporate documents from the inside out
Alchemedia’s software is designed to protect sensitive documents from theft from inside companies, which is accounting for a rapidly rising share of information security losses.As corporations make more and more information accessible to more and more people, breaches of information …
New Israel Air Force Center to open in June
Israeli high-tech industries have benefited from technology transferred from the Air Force and other defense forces.The new Israel Air Force Center, part think-tank equivalent of the Rand Corp., part media, resource and history center, will open this June in Herzliya.The …
Israeli companies covering all the security bases
Israeli companies have a big stake in airport security along with a host of other security areas.Does that fellow sitting next to you on the plane look suspicious? What about that unattended suitcase in the airport waiting room? Should you …
American transplant moves up Weizmann ladder
Sam Safran (left) served as a graduate advisor to one of his research collaborators, Tsvi Tlusty.Prof. Sam Safran has had broad and rich experience in the academic world since moving to Israel from the United States more than a decade …
Martin Gerstel’s back in business, this time in Israel
Entrepreneur Martin Gerstel says living in Jerusalem is central to his commitment to being in Israel.When Martin Gerstel moved to Israel in 1993, he looked forward to a quiet early retirement. He had left his position as chief executive of …
U.S./Israel partnership produces laser defense system
The THEL system, developed by TRW Inc., was successful in two tests against Katyusha rockets.Experts say lightening-fast defense will be needed to protect Israeli civilians and the military from surprise attacks by short-range rockets, cruise missiles, popup helicopters and other …