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Heavyweights Google, Microsoft trading punches in digital face-off

Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have been sparring with each other for years. This summer, the gloves have come off. (Boston Globe, 7/12/09)

Burlington’s ConforMIS Inc. raises $50m to expand knee replacement products

A Burlington medical device company, ConforMIS Inc., is set to disclose today that it has raised $50 million from a consortium of private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds, one of the largest investments in a Massachusetts life sciences company this year. (Boston Globe, 7/12/09)

An offshore testing site for wind, wave, and tidal energy

Excerpts from the Globe’s environmental blog. The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center hopes to use a swath of ocean south of Martha’s Vineyard as a testing ground for the next generation of energy from the sea. (Boston Globe, 7/12/09)

Not sure who can be trusted? Ask the CIA

Truth or consequences. Wouldn’t business be easier if you knew who was lying about their ability to deliver? In what sounds like a “Meet the Parents’’ episode, former Central Intelligence Agency agents gave a seminar at Spark Capital recently on evaluating people and identifying questionable behavior. Rob Go, a senior associate at the Boston venture capital firm, blogged his notes. (Boston Globe, 7/12/09)

Clip-on sensor monitors infants for trouble

Autism, allergic reactions to vaccines, developmental milestones missed: It can be hard to remember that these things (statistically speaking) are much more likely to happen to someone else than to you. (Boston Globe, 7/12/09)