Hawaii quietly nurturing high-technology industry – There are keys to success.

Henk Rogers’ lawyer told him he’d be crazy not to set up his mobile game company in Hawaii. So he gave it a try. Three and a-half years later, his Honolulu studio buzzes with some 50 programmers, designers and testers making games played by millions of mobile phone owners around the world.

In April, Rogers sold Blue Lava Wireless to JAMDAT Mobile Inc. of Los Angeles for $137 million. And he extracted a promise from the mainland company not to move the unit from the islands.

"We in Hawaii want to prove ourselves to the rest of the world that we are just as good as they are," Rogers said. "We’re going to go out there and kick butt. We did, we have, and we’re still doing it."

By Audrey McAvoy, The Associated Press

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