ZDNet (ZDZ) acquires 3DFiles.com

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            cash and stock

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Content/Communities

   *  Scorecard:      B

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11--ZDNet, which operates the Web's leading destination for people who want to buy, use and learn about technology, announced it has acquired 3DFiles.com. Rochester, NY-based 3DFiles.com is a top source for free, downloadable 3D demo files, including games, movies, screensavers and utilities. The acquisition was made with a combination of cash and stock. Other terms were not disclosed.

 

 BSQUARE (BSQR) acquires Mainbrace

   *  Amount:         $21 million

   *  Terms:            460,000 shares/$10.8 million in cash

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Performance Software

   *  Scorecard:      B-

BELLEVUE, May 11--BSQUARE will add a range of new product technologies and capabilities to address new and existing market segments through the acquisition of Mainbrace, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $21 million.

Mainbrace is a leading IP-licensing and enabling software firm delivering product solutions to high volume market segments including set-top boxes, Web-enabled phones, wireless thin clients, and electronic book readers. Consideration will include the exchange of approximately 460,000 shares of BSQUARE common stock and approximately $10.8 million in cash for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Mainbrace.

 

 Agilent Technologies (A) acquires SAFCO Technologies

   *  Amount:         $120 million

   *  Terms:            100% cash

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Speed/Bandwidth

   *  Scorecard:      B+

PALO ALTO, May 11--Agilent Technologies agreed to acquire SAFCO Technologies, a subsidiary of Salient 3 Communications, a supplier of wireless planning, measurement, analysis and predictive software systems and data collection products and services. The acquisition of SAFCO, headquartered in Chicago, will extend Agilent's current wireless solutions portfolio to help service providers deliver wireless voice and data/Internet services, such as wireless e-mail, stock quotes and trades, and other mobile commerce applications. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

 Ableauctions.com (ABLC) to acquire Auctions West Sales

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-tailers

   *  Scorecard:      C

SCOTTSDALE, May 11--Ableauctions.com announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Auctions West Sales Corporation. Auctions West, located in British Columbia, is a certified appraiser of assets of bankrupt persons or businesses with annual revenues of approximately US$500,000. Ableauctions.com will acquire the business assets that include material contracts, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, goodwill and other intangible assets to add to its online auction liquidations of computers, electronics, office equipment, furniture and industrial equipment that it acquires through bankruptcies, insolvencies and defaults.

 

 The Financial Commerce Network (FCNI) acquires Stockchicken.com

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            100% stock

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Financial Services

   *  Scorecard:      D

NEW YORK, May 11--The Financial Commerce Network announces that it has acquired Stockchicken.com through a stock transaction. The Financial Commerce Network will add Stockchicken.com's financial Web site to their growing list of EcoNet clients. Financial terms were not disclosed.