19 Israel-related headlines from the week of January 25, 2009 (HYPick Bonus)
Filed under: Advertising, Cleantech, Company Briefs, Data Storage, Environment, IT management, Information Technology, Israeli Websites, Mobile Web, Telecomunications, VC, Video, Web2.0, cloud computing, data security
Cleantech and Environment
1. ‘Israel has no plan for water economy past 2010′
2. Better Place Raises Financing for Denmark Electric Car Project
3. BrightView Secures $6 Million From Israel Cleantech Ventures and Hasso Plattner Ventures
Investments, M&A and Economy
4. Number of laid-off Israelis set new high in December
5. SAP cuts likely to reach Israel
6. MyThings Acquires ViewScore
Information Technology
8. Waterfall Security Solutions to Attend the 2009 DistribuTECH Conference
9. Cordys Award-Winning Process Factory(TM) Now Available as Community Platform Free of Charge
10. IBM to expand Israeli XIV production facilities
11. How flash is changing storage (Axxana)
Web 2.0
13. Peer39 matches online content to advertiser’s message
14. Time to Headup
15. Interview : HYPick – hype a topic
16. Email: 2Pad Grabs Media Attachments from Your Webmail Accounts
17. MocoSpace a Global Top 10 Social Network on Mobile
Miscellaneous
18. Mobile TV chip co Siano wins major Chinese deal
19. Free Internet-Calling Services for Cellphones (Fring)
Bonus: HYPick.com
If you want to know what the hype is– the real hype and not just what people vote on by clicking–check out HYPick.com. Founded by Oren Todoros, HYPick is the anti-Digg-type site that determines the top content based on user comments and views and not ranking, like Digg. Todoros recently sat down with Ezra Butler of LuckyStartups to discuss HYPick. See what the hype is for yourself with this video.
You can add to Israel’s technology hype, by joining in on Israel Innovation 2.0 HYPick.com discussions, such as this one.
19 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of August 17, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Internet Security, Telecomunications

Socio-Economic Cabinet Approves Proposal on Promoting Renewable Energy
Information Technology
IBM’s XIV storage lacks high-end features, analyst says
Microsoft: Virtualization Party Just Getting Started
Intel Looks to Power Devices Through Air
Shunra Software Joins HP Software Marketplace Referral Program
Information Security
New Version of GlobalView Mail Reputation Available
Online Encyclopedia Lists Internal Network Security Threats
Telecom/Mobile
Pinger Selects VoIP Co. Voxbone to Expand Mobile Voice Service
N-trig’s DuoSense(TM) Digitizer Embedded in Intel’s New UrbanMax Mobile Computer
Bebo Pioneer Jim Scheinman Joins MocoSpace Board of Directors
Dov Moran has high modu expectations
Israel telecoms sector revs grow 5.4 pct in 2007
Miscellaneous
Israel leads OECD in R&D
Eyeing global market, Technion makes its MBA English-only
Washington Watch: Israel brings home gold from China
U.S. entrepreneur makes aliyah seeking ‘next big invention’
Interview with VC power broker, Anat Segal
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.

