More than 1,300 students interned in both technical and non-technical fields at Los Alamos National Laboratory this summer.

more info LANL reports record number of interns

BioDelivery Sciences International Inc. has hired Benny Ward as its new executive vice president of business and strategic development. (JNJ)

more info BDSI hires ex-Closure, InnerPulse executive Ward to head business development

Startups for decades have accounted for most net job creation in the nation — a situation caused by the fairly steady patterns by which they’re set up and by which they survive, a new survey found.

more info Kauffman study: Startup formation follows consistent patterns

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said an agreement has been reached with the State University of New York that will protect students from “deceptive and unfair credit card marketing.”

more info Cuomo announces SUNY agreement

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will open a new building at its Advanced Light Source accelerator this month -- three months ahead of schedule.

more info Berkeley Lab building to open early, saving $500,000

Hewlett-Packard Co. has sued former CEO Mark Hurd a day after he was named a co-president at Oracle Corp.

more info HP sues Hurd over Oracle job

Hewlett-Packard Co. has filed a lawsuit alleging that former CEO Mark Hurd is trying to transfer corporate secrets by accepting a position as a co-president and member of the board of directors at Oracle Corp.

more info HP sues to block Mark Hurd going to Oracle

Red Hat Inc. said Tuesday that it has hired Mark Bohannon as vice president of Corporate Affairs and Global Public Policy this fall. (RHT)

more info Red Hat hires lobbyist

QuantRx Biomedical Corp. has named a new chairman and CEO as part of a consolidation that includes moving its headquarters to Portland. Attorney Barry London will become interim CEO and Shalom Hirschman, a board member since 2005, will become chairman.

more info QuantRx names new CEO as it moves to Portland

Scientists at UC San Francisco have been awarded two National Institutes of Health grants totaling $15.1 million over five years to expand research into how genes affect an individual’s response to medication.

more info UCSF nets $15.1M in NIH grants to study personalized medicine

BAE Systems Inc. will acquire Oasys Technology for an undisclosed sum.

more info BAE Systems to acquire Oasys Technology

Temple Grandin, the Colorado State University animal science professor whose life story was featured in an Emmy Award-winning television movie, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s BioWest Conference on bioscience in Denver.

more info CSU prof Temple Grandin, subject of HBO movie, to keynote Denver’s BioWest

In its second acquisition in as many months, Esco Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it acquired Xtensible Solutions Inc., a Greenwood Village, Colo., information management and smart grid solutions company for utilities. (ESE)

more info Esco buys Xtensible

Tessada & Associates Inc. is planning to lay off 166 employees working at the NASA Johnson Space Center, according to a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission.

more info Tessada to lay off 166 in Houston

Red Bend Software Inc. said Tuesday it acquired VirtualLogix Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

more info Red Bend Software acquires VirtualLogix

The University of Kansas Medical Center is teaming up with the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma to help physicians treat rural patients using remote technology.

more info University of Kansas Medical Center works to treat rural patients remotely

The Computer History Museum put former Sun Microsystems technology chief Greg Papadopoulos on its board of directors. (ORCL) (HPQ) (HON)

more info Computer History Museum adds former Sun CTO to board

Business process outsourcer Corporate Call Center said Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with a new client and will add more than 250 jobs in its Blue Bell, Pa., Sentry Park facility.

more info Corporate Call Center says it will add 250 jobs through Medicare-related contract

Algonquin Studios Inc. is planning to expand its footprint with the opening an office in New York City on Oct. 1.

more info Algonquin heading into Big Apple

Eighteen months after forming, Famigo Inc. is coming out of stealth mode and launching its family game application.

more info Famigo emerges from stealth with app

Burton Kunik will step down as chief executive officer of Sharps Compliance Corp. on Sept. 30. as part of a planned retirement. (SMED)

more info CEO Kunik to leave Sharps Compliance

A group of Austin entrepreneurs, developers and business-owning hopefuls will meet this weekend in a race to hatch at least one startup in two days.

more info Austin hosting 'startup weekend'

Elecsys Corp. saw a dramatic jump in sales and swung to a profit during its first fiscal quarter, which ended July 31. (ESYS)

more info Elecsys sales jump, portend rising sales to come

Emdeon will acquire Atlanta-based Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates for $260 million.

more info Chamberlin Edmonds sold for $260M

Digi-Key Corp. is in the big leagues now.

more info Digi-Key breaks billion-dollar sales mark for first time

A Brentwood laboratory that helps physicians diagnose and treat cancer says it has developed a new method for validating drugs that could shorten development time.

more info Brentwood lab DiaTech Oncology filed for patent on cancer fighting method

Emdeon’s buying spree continues.

more info Emdeon pays $260M for Medicaid specialist co.

Welcome to the Denver Business Journal's Tech Watch, our roundup of today's tech news from around the nation, featuring reports on Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Samsung, Intel, Toshiba, Sun Microsystems, Siemens, National Semiconductor, Craigslist, UPEK, AuthenTec, oDesk, Vox and more.

more info DBJ Tech Watch for Tuesday 9/7: News of Oracle, HP, Google, Apple and more

Fairfax-based software maker Three Pillar Global Inc. has opened a location in Buenos Aires.

more info Three Pillar expands to Argentina

Fingerprint scanner business UPEK Inc. has been sold to Florida's AuthenTec. (AUTH)

more info UPEK sold to AuthenTec

Oral care products made by Oragenics Inc. will get wider distribution now that Oragenics has struck a deal with GNC.

more info Oragenics strikes deal with GNC for oral care product EvoraPlus

American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) has launched a operations in Colombia, the company announced in a press release today, http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=98586&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=1467700&highlight and plans to purchase 458 wireless communication tower sites from Telefonica S.A.'s Colombian subsidiary, Colombia Telecomunicaciones S.A. E.S.P. ("Coltel"). (AMT)

more info American Tower launches in Colombia

Verizon and Samsung said on Tuesday that the latest version of the Galaxy S Android line of smartphones, the Fascinate, will go on sale this week.

more info Samsung's Fascinate Android debuts this week

Phone-book publisher and online search company Dex One Corp. has named Alfred T. Mockett its new president and CEO, effective Sept. 13 (BT) (DEXO)

more info Dex One hires new CEO

Intel Corp's Atom processors are reportedly showing up in places few computer chips have been before, including gas pumps, cars, musical instruments and digital signs. (INTC)

more info Intel's Atom chipping away at new uses