Greenplum Inc., a provider of database software for business intelligence, said Tuesday it closed a third round of funding with $27 million.

"Alongside Sun's acquisition of MySQL, our investment in Greenplum is further evidence of our commitment to the open source database community and marketplace," said Jonathan Schwartz, Sun CEO and president.

Still vowel mouthed

OH NO. Another cackle is coming. But at least they are getting easier to predict. Like a Native American with an ear to the ground, one can study Janet Street-Porter's vocal chords at a distance for the next guffaw, at least five words before it actually begins. The only thing that could stop it would be a contradiction, snagged on a swear word or a particularly violent vowel. But no, here it comes, like the 9.15 from Chippenham.

Street-Porter is wearing a pink V-neck jumper that matches her lipstick. The once-trademark glasses are gone, courtesy of laser treatment in 2001, and she looks youthful for 62. But slightly harried. She has been working this morning; she will work again this afternoon. As a jobbing journalist, she writes two columns a week for the Independent and a monthly interview for Marie Claire.

Private sources essential for intervention

The program developed satellites in communities and with youth groups.

Later this month, members of the Tulare County Gang Prevention Task Force and the Visalia Multi-Agency Gang Prevention Task Force will meet to present recommendations for programs on how Tulare County can establish additional effective gang prevention and intervention.

We say additional because we know there are already many in existence. For a list of many of them, visit our Web site, www.VisaliaTimesDelta.com and select "Gang Wars" from the list of special projects.

Despite the existence of those many programs such as HEART, Streetwise Partners, Partners for Youth Vision, Police Activities League, Boys and Girls Clubs, UCYC, Reaching Youth, YMCA young people continue to become trapped in gang involvement.

Mix: Q1 Earnings, Travelocity, Camera, iPodPortugal

Apple will report its results for the first fiscal quarter 2008 later this afternoon, and will also offer a webcast of the conference call discussing the results that will begin at 5pm ET.

Conice has introduced a new 6x optical zoom attachment for the iPhone (pictured). The lens attaches to the phone via an included clear protective case, weighs 4.69 ounces, and is avialable now for $15.

Still is Player of Week

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Prices, sales up for AK Steel in 4Q

Fourth-quarter sales jumped for AK Steel Corp., despite continually rising prices, the company reported Tuesday.

Excluding a pretax charge in the 2006 period of $133 million related to retiree health care benefit plans, operating profit tripled to $154 million and operating profit per ton nearly tripled to $98 versus $34 per ton in the 2006 period.

Vision of future seen in bionic contact lens

Parviz said the health care field also might benefit from the technology. “How do we constantly monitor someone's health?" he said. “It turns out that a lot of indicators that tell if a person is healthy or not show up on the surface of the eye."