Suck it Bostonians!

Quoted: The Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metro area has moved ahead of Boston to claim the title as the number two technology region in North America, according to a report released by the Milken Institute this week.

Quoted: Retailing powerhouse Best Buy and Seattle angel investor Geoff Entress have invested $1.6 million in Dashwire, a Seattle company that seamlessly integrates information between mobile devices and the Web.
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"We are cranking on some really cool things," Dashwire CEO Ford Davidson tells TechFlash. The company, which employs 11 full time and contract staffers, also plans to increase hiring as part of the new round.

Edmund Yu could rock this.

Quoted: How it works: You design a logo for the Seattle 2.0 blog. If I like it better than any other logo (if there is any other logo), then you are the winner.
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Prize: Besides bragging rights, of course, Your design firm (or yourself) gets a sidebar banner on the Seattle 2.0 blog that links to your site for one year. This is priceless!

John Cook on...

Quoted: ....what the differences are between Seattle and Silicon Valley.

This is his response to that New York Times article Derek faved.

Awesome. InfiniteHoops got a mention on Seattlest.

Quoted: Seattlest emailed a bunch of local tech professionals and asked them for the best of the Seattle tech scene in 2007. They responded and we threw all their suggestions in a list, looked it over, and scrapped 90% of them and then made up a new list off the top of our heads.
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8. Infinite Hoops
If there's a theme to the rest of the list it's that the best technology out of Seattle this year really shines when it's facilitating real-world contact. InfiniteHoops.com helps you find pick-up games in your area.

Quoted: The Seattle high school sports Web site beRecruited has been acquired by RVS Ventures.

Ah finally.

Quoted: Clearwire customers in Seattle and Bellingham will not have to travel with their wireless modems and plug them into a wall anymore if they are willing to shell out an additional $80 for a new PC card that the company is testing here.

Quoted: I reported Tuesday that Recipezaar -- an 8-year-old online recipe site that boasts 2.5 million unique visitors a month -- was in late-stage talks to be acquired by a big publishing company.
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Today, the deal is being officially announced, with the online unit of E.W. Scripps gobbling up the tiny 5-person Vashon Island company. The companies aren't discussing the purchase price, though a source told me that Scripps was planning to pay more than $25 million.
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"We were very lean. We were operating out of our house. It just doesn't really take that much and this is the great thing about Internet based businesses is that computers don't really cost that much, especially with a user-generated content site too."