"We're proud to work with our local research institutions and CONNECT so
people can see the exciting technology coming out of the region," said Joe
Panetta, president and CEO of BIOCOM.
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to consumers, the first of which is Yahoo! Poker , a game that enables
people on their Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Phones to play against thousands
of people playing Yahoo! Poker on their PCs at any time, as well as
mobile-to-mobile and PC-to-PC game play. The game is fully integrated across
devices so that players can bring their chip stack with them from the
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"BIOCOM and CONNECT share a mission to promote the region's great
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Opportunity to rate and review games

Ability for users to create a buddy list of other members for
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series of forums that will help local life science leaders get a closer view
of what's really happening in the region's research labs.4 billion in grants from the National Institutes of Health, with life
science companies in San Diego securing more than $747 million in venture
capital investments in 2004. The association focuses on
initiatives that positively influence the growth of the life science industry,
including capital formation, public policy, workforce development , and
scientific discovery and development. For more information on BIOCOM or the
San Diego regional life sciences community, please visit the organization's
Web site at http://www.

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game applications to improve the user experience . Millions of new users and gamers of all types visit Yahoo!
Games each month to play and to discover the best in games.

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playing and trying out the latest downloadable games.

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Yahoo! Poker Antes Up New Services and Features

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the U.
Taking advantage of Yahoo!'s community strengths, the game
leverages Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile so players with the client
downloaded on their phone can find their friends online and join them
at a table to enjoy a round of Texas Hold 'Em.
"We are delighted to expand our relationship with Sprint and offer
our exciting lineup of multiplayer PC-to-mobile games to the growing
community of on-the-go gamers," said Geoff Graber, general manager of
Yahoo! Games.

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Duane Roth, director of CONNECT, says the Technology Innovation Forum is
also a way to give venture capitalists and large pharmaceutical companies
early access to local innovation. "Our interest is to see this knowledge turn into
fundable projects through technology licensing or through the creation of new
companies.
For more information about the Technology Innovation Forum please visit
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Institutions including the Burnham Institute, the Salk Institute, the
University of California at San Diego, the San Diego Zoo's Conservation and
Research for Endangered Species facility will present at the Technology
Innovation Forum on such topics as cardiovascular disease, embryonic stem cell
research and neurology.

About CONNECT: UCSD CONNECT is the globally recognized, university-based
public benefits organization fostering entrepreneurship in the San Diego
region by catalyzing, accelerating, and supporting the growth of the most
promising technology and life sciences businesses.com/mr

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"Transforming technology into
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products and solutions, including global IP, wireless, local and
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members

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mobile community for gamers to meet, recommend games and challenge
each other.com) is the leading destination
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