The security breach at the anti-hacking division of data-storage giant EMC underscores how serious security threats have become -- and is more justification for the load of venture-backed security start-ups touting new lines of defense.

Think Global hasn't delivered on its sales promises for its electric cars, yet another bump in the road for an industry struggling to meet early projections.

Jean Deleage, a venture capital pioneer who backed the likes of Tandem Computers and Genentech before co-founding Alta Partners, died early Wednesday morning after an illness.

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Programmable chip maker Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC) this afternoon said its chief financial officer, Michael Potter, will step down as of April 15th. Potter will be replaced by Joe Bedewi, who joins the company from Intel (INTC), where he had a 17-year role as financial controller “for several groups,” the company said. Potter said he looks [...]

Stifel Nicolaus analyst Ajit Pai today writes that the disaster in Japan has exacerbated a slowdown in fiber optics, with the result that “the inventory correction and slowdown for the optical communications industry is likely to last at least until the end of the summer.” Shares of optical companies are broadly lower today, with Finisar [...]

Talks regarding Italy's renewable energy subsidies are ongoing at this time between industry representatives and the Italian government. Barclays Capital analyst Vishal Shah last night wrote that a vote yesterday by Italy's parliament was in favor of “a gradual reduction of incentives and an extension of grid interconnection deadline beyond the May 31st, 2011 date.” [...]

RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue reiterates an Outperform rating on shares of Juniper Networks (JNPR) today and a $46 price target, while cutting his revenue estimate for the current quarter to $1.05 billion, from $1.09 billion, on some weakness at customer NTT. “NTT has reported partial disruptions in the Tohoku and Kanto regions with [...]

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