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There was a time in Silicon Valley when the political game was practically sneered upon. http://www.physorg.com/news170014910.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:30:01 EST news170014910 (AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered charges against at least a dozen executives. http://www.physorg.com/news169835905.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:40:01 EST news169835905 (AP) -- A new fund managed by Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen and his longtime confidant Ben Horowitz is treading familiar ground with its first investment - a high-tech startup already tied to the two partners. http://www.physorg.com/news169838026.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:40:01 EST news169838026 By Sunday morning, the Silicon Valley Google Technology User Group's "campout" made part of the Googleplex in Mountain View look a bit like a college dorm after a couple of all-nighters. http://www.physorg.com/news169319990.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:20:01 EST news169319990 The Internet was buzzing Wednesday with talk of Facebook testing a streamlined "Lite" version of the social-networking service that could challenge microblogging sensation Twitter. http://www.physorg.com/news169321311.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:42:27 EST news169321311 The manicured lawns and carefully sculpted buildings of Huawei's headquarters are a far cry from the sweatshop image of southern China's factory belt. http://www.physorg.com/news169012438.html Technology Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:40:01 EST news169012438 As antitrust regulators continue to scrutinize the year's biggest tech deal, Oracle's planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, competitors in the high-end hardware business and open-source software market have wasted no time wooing and in some cases winning Sun's customers. http://www.physorg.com/news168849276.html Technology Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:10:02 EST news168849276 For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones. http://www.physorg.com/news167827048.html Technology Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:20:01 EST news167827048 The publication of internal documents about Twitter that were filched by a hacker caused fans to express their outrage -- before they hunkered down to read them. http://www.physorg.com/news167499285.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:36:13 EST news167499285 (AP) -- It might seem an odd move for a company that relies on money from advertising. Yet AOL is reducing the number of ads it shows on its home page and some other Web sites it runs. http://www.physorg.com/news167277142.html Technology Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:20:10 EST news167277142 Yahoo Inc. shares rose 4 percent Friday amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft Corp. in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to Google Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news167070770.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:33:40 EST news167070770 (AP) -- Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt can't wait for the Internet search leader's free operating system to debut next year. http://www.physorg.com/news166424449.html Technology Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:30:02 EST news166424449 (AP) -- Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz echoed the turnaround promises of her predecessors as she presided over the first shareholder meeting since her hiring, yet she left little doubt the slumping Internet company's new boss isn't the same as the old bosses. http://www.physorg.com/news165170772.html Technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:46:40 EST news165170772 (AP) -- The federal government has severed the Internet connection of a company accused of helping criminals serve up a "witches' brew" of nasty content online, from computer viruses to child pornography. http://www.physorg.com/news163393349.html Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:03:14 EST news163393349 The new Pre smartphone from Palm is likely to make a splash when it goes on sale this Saturday, but will that be enough to turn things around for the struggling Silicon Valley company? http://www.physorg.com/news163362007.html Electronics Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:20:40 EST news163362007 (AP) -- The $1.6 million red Bugatti crouches in the showroom, flanked by Lamborghinis, Bentleys and a Rolls-Royce all polished to a shimmer. The nearby potted plants, however, are dusty and wilting. With super-luxury car sales here just half of what they used to be, they had to cut something. http://www.physorg.com/news162390461.html Technology Sun, 24 May 2009 13:27:58 EST news162390461 (AP) -- Intel Corp. was fined a record $1.45 billion by the European Union on Wednesday for using strong-arm sales tactics in the computer chip market - a penalty that could turn up the pressure on U.S. regulators to go after the company, too. http://www.physorg.com/news161435562.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 12:18:13 EST news161435562 Google's unabashed success as an Internet search and advertising juggernaut has placed it in the crosshairs of regulators worried the firm will trample free market competition. http://www.physorg.com/news161181234.html Technology Sun, 10 May 2009 13:37:50 EST news161181234 I unpacked my vintage earphones and compact disc player on a recent flight to Washington and settled back for a few hours of uninterrupted fumbling with CDs and untangling various cords and wires. http://www.physorg.com/news160899499.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 07:18:45 EST news160899499 An online community devoted to helping start-ups duel with venture capitalists is opening an institute to train technology entrepreneurs how to build top-notch businesses. http://www.physorg.com/news160723485.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 06:31:14 EST news160723485 (AP) -- President Barack Obama's plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America's overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies. http://www.physorg.com/news160720875.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 05:42:05 EST news160720875 Amazon.com is widely expected to lift the wraps on a new large-screen Kindle device this week, which could be the first in a line of electronic reading devices geared toward newspapers and textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news160681757.html Electronics Mon, 04 May 2009 18:49:53 EST news160681757 Apple is building the capability to design its own computer chips in a strategic shift aimed at cutting its reliance on outside suppliers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news160312653.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:18:00 EST news160312653 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. limited co-founder Jerry Yang's 2008 compensation package to his customary $1 salary during his final year as chief executive, a tumultuous reign that unraveled after he rebuffed Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion bid to buy the Internet company. http://www.physorg.com/news160312282.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:11:49 EST news160312282 Yahoo! said Thursday it will close its GeoCities service that provides people a free online locale for home pages. http://www.physorg.com/news159724202.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:50:23 EST news159724202 Bob Pease is a genuine Silicon Valley rock star who I never would have heard of had he not lost his job, or left his job. It's not entirely clear which. http://www.physorg.com/news159702678.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:51:53 EST news159702678 (AP) -- Silicon Valley, the nation's center of high-tech innovation, is exporting a new kind of product - frustrated former CEOs leaping from the boardroom to politics with promises to return economic luster to the Golden State. http://www.physorg.com/news159642862.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:14:51 EST news159642862 (AP) -- If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun. http://www.physorg.com/news159468953.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:56:15 EST news159468953 US President Barack Obama on Saturday named a Harvard-educated Indian-American to the newly created post of Chief Technology Officer in an appointment much-awaited by Silicon Valley. http://www.physorg.com/news159347349.html Technology Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:09:36 EST news159347349 The prospects for "cloud computing" now seem a little less ... cloudy. Once a term confined to the personal-speak of high-minded tech geeks and derided by critics as a bogus marketing ploy, cloud computing today is arguably the hottest trend sweeping the information technology industry sector, investors, analysts and entrepreneurs say. http://www.physorg.com/news159011833.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:57:56 EST news159011833