Maxwell Technologies (Nasdaq: MXWL) is up $2.01, or almost 20 percent, to $12.42 in midday trade, after the company released second-quarter earnings Thursday.

Lpath Inc. a therapeutic antibody company, was awarded a $3 million grant by the National Eye Institute.

eAccess LLC, a Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) subsidiary, will deliver 1 million smart cards to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) under a new three-year contract.

AV Concepts, a supplier of audio-visual and technical support for meetings and conventions, announced plans to double the company's office space in San Diego.

For San Diego's young business leaders, the current recession is the first economic downturn they've experienced while in charge. So perhaps it's youthful optimism or just a case of not knowing enough to be afraid that's making so many of them so positive.

Camille Sobrian has been promoted to president of Connect, the organization announced Thursday.

Shares of MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL) jumped as much as 10 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after second-quarter earnings and revenue came in better than expected.

Sorenson Media announced LG Electronics has licensed its Sorenson Spark video codec, enabling the company's full line of mobile devices to access a broad selection of Internet videos.

San Diego-based Daylight Defense LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daylight Solutions LLC, is being awarded a $5,681,229 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion type research and development contract.

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s aerospace sector, based in San Diego, announced recently it is being awarded a $29,715,101 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide operations and maintenance services in support of U.S. Navy Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration.

Dr. Thomas Staley, an electronics engineer at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, recently was honored at the Pentagon for his work providing unprecedented communications capabilities to Marines on the ground in combat or humanitarian relief efforts.

Cornell University defended its title as champion at this year’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition, which was hosted by SPAWAR Systems Center (SSC) Pacific.

Websense Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN) on Tuesday said its second-quarter net income dipped 6 percent and the Internet filtering and security software maker issued revenue guidance lower than Wall Street was expecting, citing concerns about foreign exchange rates and the overall economy.

Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) and San Francisco-based ECOtality Inc. (Nasdaq: ECTY) said Tuesday they have agreed to implement cellular connectivity into charging stations.

Vista-based digital pathology company Aperio Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it has been issued a patent covering its digial slide viewing technology.

Vista-based solar energy and construction firm Independent Energy Solutions Inc. said Tuesday it has completed a utility-scale rooftop photovoltaic system for Wilco Industries in Vista.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car said Tuesday that San Diego will be among eight U.S. locations to begin offering electric vehicles for rent next year.

In recent years the interest in high quality audio recording, digitized music, and the miniaturization of electronics has been the perfect storm for creating super high quality pocket recorders.

As the distinction between these two industries continues to fade, it was certainly not surprising to see video games increase their presence at last week's international Comic-Con.

San Diego-based Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) said Monday it has been awarded a $7.8 million fully funded task order for 12 Oriole rocket systems.