Curt Carlson is the CEO of SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., the nonprofit parent research institute that owns Sarnoff Corp. in Princeton.

A venture capitalist advises startups to take advantage of current technology.

Princeton-based Battelle Ventures, LP today said it has led a $9 million Series B investment in Nistica, Inc., a maker of high bandwidth networking equipment.

Bluenog Corp. today announced it has closed on $4 million of Series A financing.

Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. of Wayne said today it will stop selling its HD DVD players.

The SCOPE Alliance, an association of network equipment providers based in Piscataway, today announced a new standard for hardware products that go into telecommunications equipment.

Vonage Holdings Corp. said today the company has hired Russell Dauer as senior vice president of product development.

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Velocita Wireless, a local provider of wireless technology, will help authorize credit-card purchases of official National Football League merchandise at the Super Bowl on Sunday,

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The telecom giant promises to broaden the market for IPTV