TechFlash: Nathan Myhrvold tells court: My email to Bill Gates is no one's business

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Nathan Myhrvold tells court: My email to Bill Gates is no one's business It would surprise no one that Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, a company formed to make money off of patents, has a close relationship with Microsoft: Its founder, Nathan Myhrvold, was Microsoft's chief technology officer in the company's early days. Aerospace companies tap universities to solve tech problems Washington aerospace companies are finding a new way to harness the state's university-level engineering expertise, through the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI). Are immigrants driving Washington state's economic growth? There are 40,000 illegal immigrants in Washington whose parents brought them to the state when they were children; foreign-born business owners make up 15 percent of the state's entrepreneurs; and immigrant-owned Washington businesses make $2.4 billion each year. Amazon says Seattle is No. 1 in indie rock Seattle music buyers purchase more indie rock music than any other city in the country, according to Amazon.com Inc. Magazine spotlights Paul Allen as world-class airplane collector Paul Allen loves rock, guitars, art, travel. He also loves his airplanes. Long a collector, Allen appears on the cover of the summer edition of ForbesLife for his collection of World War II aircraft. Sprint CEO: June 25 is one for the history books Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse called Tuesday a "historic day" for the Overland Park-based wireless carrier. Microsoft, Oracle in cloud deal Microsoft Corp. has entered into a deal with Oracle Corp. that will make it easier for Oracle users to use Microsoft's cloud-computing services. Naveen Jain, king of the private meteorite collectors Business leader and philanthropist Naveen Jain has one lightening-fast mind — full of ideas and curiosity. Along with two partners and one of his companies, Moon Express, he is developing a plan to land robotic vehicles on the surface of the moon and mine it for elements that are rare or do not exist on earth. National Tech News Velocity Venture Capital looking for entrepreneurs L.A. tells Uber, Lyft and Sidecar to stop Time Warner Cable expands national data center in Centennial SoftBank — and Japanese media — took a bow on Tuesday 5 takeaways for business from Obama's plan to address climate change Are immigrants driving Washington state's economic growth? Sprint CEO: June 25 is one for the history books Hortonworks raises $50 million L.A. tells Uber, Lyft and Sidecar to stop Groupon to pay $500K in lawsuit over expired deals

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