Technology

After a long and lonely battle against bigger rivals, Roseville's SureWest Communications said Monday it has agreed to be taken over by a much larger firm.

Revionics President and CEO Marc Hafner and founder Jeff Smith have guided the Roseville-based company through a decade of economic turmoil that, Hafner says, has actually increased demand among retailers for the firm's analytical services.

Davis-based biotech firm Arcadia Biosciences Inc. said it has received a five-year, $4.5 million federal grant to improve overseas crop production and the environment.

Sacramento's clean tech companies more than doubled their revenue over the past three years while providing job growth in a region hard hit by the economic downturn.

Four days after a hacker attacked the city of Sacramento's website, city officials said Wednesday that it had been 80 percent restored. But they are still working to prevent future attacks.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is offering incentives of up to $100,000 to help owners of small and medium-sized buildings install advanced lighting control systems.

It may be better known for smokestack industries, but New Jersey is fast becoming a green haven for a number of Sacramento-grown solar companies.

Rancho Cordova has announced it is offering a new computer social network for residents.

He doesn't have a jet pack, but Julian Figgins does have technology that was only dreamed of a few years ago, and it helps him do his chores faster.

The Ethel Hart Senior Center's new slate of SeniorNet computer classes – for computer novices as well as people with slightly more advanced skills – will begin the week of Jan. 23, with a mandatory orientation session for new students scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

California will become the first state in the nation to require greater energy efficiency in the battery chargers that millions of consumers use to power their cellphones, laptops, power tools and other electrical devices.