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High-tech boom brings sense of deja vu in San Francisco

When Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey decided to start a new company last year, he bypassed Silicon Valley and set up shop in San Francisco.

Technology / Business

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In nod to IBM, HP overhaul minimizes consumers

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is surrendering in smartphones and tablet computers and has put its personal computer division up for sale, as new CEO Leo Apotheker tries to transform the Silicon Valley stalwart ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unsociable networks

Innovation and high-tech "clusters" inspired by the success of Silicon Valley in the United States are, ironically, struggling to get much social networking out of the scientists who inhabit them, a new study ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Motorola acquisition a huge gamble for Google

Less than six months after taking over as chief executive, Google co-founder Larry Page has placed the Internet giant's most audacious wager yet.

Technology / Business

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Groupon, Twitter, other tech companies grapple with hypergrowth

Mark Johnson is something of a miracle worker for Groupon. No, he isn't a Master of the Universe salesman, nor a code-slinging prodigy. What he does is just as important.

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Indonesian tech frenzy tantalizes venture capital

(AP) -- Venture capitalists from Silicon Valley to New York all have the same question about Indonesia's come-from-nowhere tech frenzy: Are the young entrepreneurs that have piqued their interest smart bets ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plan to build giant solar farm in Calif. comes before judge

A proposal to build one of the world's largest solar farms south of Silicon Valley had its day in court Monday as a long-simmering battle between the San Francisco Bay Area investors supporting the project and environmentalists ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 27

Judge tells Zediva to stop web streaming of movies

(AP) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a preliminary injunction favoring the Motion Picture Association of America in its copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.

Technology / Business

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oracle to HP: Core of lawsuit 'complete fiction'

(AP) -- Oracle says a former Hewlett-Packard executive has been falsely accused of stealing trade secrets in one of several ongoing legal skirmishes between the two technology heavyweights.

Technology / Business

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google plans social games debut

Google Inc. is planning to debut a platform for social games that would compete with offerings on Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tech leaders ponder future of mobile

The pace of innovation and change in mobile devices is so dizzying it is difficult to predict the winning platforms and products of the next few years.

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dell buying US datacenter networking firm

US computer maker Dell on Wednesday announced a deal to buy high-performance datacenter networking firm Force10 in a move aimed at broadening offerings for businesses.

Technology / Business

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NYC fires shot at Silicon Valley tech dominance

(AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is firing a shot across the bow of Silicon Valley, saying New York City's efforts to attract a new science and engineering campus will help the metropolis surpass the California region as ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clashing values could trip Facebook as it tiptoes toward China

As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ponders a strategy for China, the conditions imposed in the world's largest Internet market were highlighted recently when executives of the country's top Web companies gathered to sing ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jive attacks communication barriers in the office

Tony Zingale is in the corner office at Palo Alto's Jive software when his phone rings. It's the chief marketing officer of a major pharmaceutical corporation, who's just heard from his counterpart at News Corp. about how ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0