Author: SacBee — Technology

Folsom-based Synap-Sense Corp. has been ranked among the 100 most promising clean technology firms worldwide by the United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper and Cleantech Group LLC, a San Francisco-based consultancy. SynapSense was one of 55 U.S.-based companies on the list and the only one with headquarters in the Sacramento region. The…

Roseville-based SureWest Communications said it has completed its new data center in Lenexa, Kan. Company officials said the new center has state-of-the-art systems to guard against power outages and fires, and it lies outside flood- and earthquake-prone areas. “The new Kansas City (area) data center helps address the existing demand…

Despite California’s technological prowess, its Internet connection speeds lag, according to an annual report from the Communications Workers of America. California ranks 11th among states, with an average download speed of 6.6 megabits per second. That’s a substantial improvement over 2007, when the average download speed was 3.1 megabits per…

SureWest Communications will sell its fixed wireless Internet access unit to Reno-based Yonder Media, officials announced. Details of the transaction were not disclosed, but SureWest officials said the proceeds will help fuel the company’s continuing growth in its broadband sector. The Roseville-based company has been peeling off what it calls…

Barnes & Noble Inc., the world’s largest bookseller, announced Tuesday that it would offer free Wi-Fi at all its Barnes & Noble locations in a deal with AT&T. The stores previously provided the service for a fee. The bookstore also offers free applications, including one for iPhones or iPod Touches…

The Nielsen Co. said Thursday that 29,390 households in the Sacramento region were not equipped to receive digital TV signals as of Sunday, a month after the nationwide analog-to-digital changeover. That was an improvement from Nielsen’s estimate of 64,000 area homes on June 12, when U.S. TV stations stopped analog…

Aerojet, the subsidiary of Rancho Cordova-based GenCorp Inc., said it has been awarded a $40 million contract to deliver HAWK rocket motors to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for sale to allied countries. The company said deliveries of an unspecified number of rocket motors to AMCOM are expected…

Unify Corp., the Roseville-based provider of business software, reported net income of $189,000, or 3 cents a share, for its fourth quarter ended April 30, up from $77,000, or a penny per share, in the year-ago period. Fourth-quarter revenue was $4.6 million, down from $5.1 million in the fourth quarter…

SureWest Communication’s Sacramento-area customers will receive free Internet speed upgrades Tuesday. Subscribers to the 10-megabyte-per-second plan will now be able to upload and download files at 15 megabytes per second; those with the 20-megabyte-per-second plan will now be able to upload and download at 25 megabytes per second. Customers with…

The Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance Leadership Series continues today with a seminar on corporate governance at Drexel University’s Center for Graduate Studies. “Understanding Corporate Governance” will be led by Roger Akers, managing partner at Akers Capital LLC, and Diane Miller, president of Sacramento executive search firm Wilcox, Miller &…