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04 December 2009

The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's 2008 Emerging Tech award winners were named Thursday night at the Computer History Museum.

The winners were chosen from a record number of nominations, showing the depth of the valley's innovation even during rough economic times.

"Among the things we considered in this year's nominees include the potential viability of the company and the 'wow' factor that clearly sets something apart," said Publisher James MacGregor. "We were ultimately looking for companies that could completely change technology in their sectors, not just advance it a step or two."

The winners and finalists named at the awards event are:

Mobile technology

Winner: Lost? Micello maps the great indoors

Finalist: Mobclix connects mobile app developers with revenue

Search

Winner: Redbeacon lights way for service providers, clients to find each other

Finalist: You are what you eat, and SmartShopIt helps you get educated

Security

Winner: With ThreatMetrix, every visitor gets screened for fraud potential

Finalist: SecureBox keeps your cargo in ship shape

Biotech

Winner: Biotech firm Complete Genomics takes the lead in genome sequencing

Finalist: Versartis may help daily injections be a thing of the past for diabetics

Entertainment

Winner: Telepathy? Not exactly, but NeuroSky is one step closer

Finalist: Watch out, consoles: OnLive streaming games let users play anywhere

Social networking

Winner: Clixtr creates an instant photo network

Finalist: Dyyno lets you share any media you want, when you want

Medical devices

Winner: Evalve offers an alternate route to heart repair

Finalist: Hello AcelRx, goodbye morphine drip

Cloud computing

Winner: Box.net lets you store, share, work in the computing cloud

Finalist: LiveOps SaaS company clouds traditional call center

Clean/green technology

Winner: G24 creates personal power plants

Finalist: What’s new in sheet metal? Industrial Origami may surprise you

Collaboration

Winner: Liaise makes good on your commitments

Finalist: Fuze Box software simplifies the virtual meeting

Internet technology

Winner: ODesk finds a world of freelance talent

Finalist: Find your Web audience — then buy it, says Quantcast