1.   Based on technology licensed from a major defense industry contractor, Blackbird uses software that identifies radio wave signal patterns emitted by individual cellular phones.

2.   Duffy said valley firms can also produce new defense technology more cheaply than traditional defense industry contractors who are bogged down by intractable government regulations and procedures.

3.   A group of casino industry contractors who are challenging minority set-asides went to court Thursday in a bid to have the anti-discrimination measures stricken as unconstitutional.

4.   He scoffs at the court challenge mounted by other casino industry contractors who say they are losing business to companies like his because of the minority set-aside requirements.