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Silicon Valley
hideSilicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading high-tech hub because of its large number of engineers and venture capitalists. Geographically, Silicon Valley encompasses the northern part of the Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities.
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News tagged with silicon valley
Big Blue dreams of a big green battery
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Spike Narayan watched a Tesla electric sports car rocket from zero to 60 mph (100 kph) in less than four seconds and knew batteries would be the next big thing.
Amazon expected to lift wraps on large-screen Kindle
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May 04, 2009 |
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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.
Apple 'to design own computer chips'
Apr 30, 2009 |
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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.
IBM could shake up Silicon Valley with Sun deal (Update 2)
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be making an opportunistic grab for a deep well of technology that Sun has ...
Google phone revolution or misdirection?
Dec 19, 2009 |
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Google smartphones are either a daring foray into the telecom world or a misunderstood test of the next-generation of the Internet giant's Android mobile operating system.
Tech blog, Singapore startup feud over tablet PC
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Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked.
Sezmi offers a new kind of TV service
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Sezmi, a Silicon Valley startup that's pioneering a new type of TV service, is opening up a public test of its system Monday in California.
Yahoo! shuts down GeoCities
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Yahoo! on Monday closed GeoCities, a free Web hosting service that it purchased for over three billion dollars at the height of the dot-com boom.
Young entrepreneurs get tips from Facebook-Twitter
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Facebook and Twitter stars shared lessons learned with young entrepreneurs aspiring to be the next hot technology firm.
Windows 7 to salvage Vista 'train wreck'
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Microsoft releases Windows 7 to the world on Thursday as the US software giant tries to regain its stride after an embarrassing stumble with the previous generation operating system Vista.
New 'consumer-intelligence' technology will compile detailed profiles
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Buying Huggies at Target the other evening -- size N, for newborn -- I noticed that the back of the receipt was printed with a coupon for infant formula. Cash registers are so clever these days. Target, I've been told, is ...
Social online TV and invisible speakers among 'DEMOgods'
Sep 24, 2009 |
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An online network for farmers, social Internet television, and invisible speakers were among startups taking laurels this week at the DEMO technology conference here known as a launch pad for winning firms.
Judge extends deadline to debate Google book deal
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The final assault on a class-action settlement that would expand Google Inc.'s already vast digital library has been delayed until next week.
Code writers along for the ride for Google's next 'wave'
Aug 12, 2009 |
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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.
Facebook testing Twitter-like 'Lite' version
Aug 12, 2009 |
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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.
