December 30, 2008 - Industry News
Seeds of Silicon Valley rebound are being planted
The economic forecast for the new year looks grim. But as Mercury News business reporters made clear last week in a series on technology ...
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December 1, 2008 - Industry News
U.S. auto industry's health affecting Silicon Valley chip makers
The financial crisis hammering Detroit's auto industry is sending shock waves to Silicon Valley, where a number of companies make the ...
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November 18, 2008 - Industry News
New MacBooks cool but pricey
Plastic used to be the sexy material of the future. Now it's the cheap, ugly material of the past. Just look at the effort Apple put into ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
Sun Microsystems cutting up to 6,000 jobs
By announcing one of the biggest tech layoffs so far this year, Sun Microsystems on Friday bought more time for its effort to expand sales ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
PC sales expected to drop
Silicon Valley's tech industry should brace for worse-than-expected personal computer sales next quarter and into 2009, industry experts ...
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November 13, 2008 - Industry News
IDC: Global IT spending to 'slow significantly' but remain positive in 2009
Worlwide spending on information technology is expected to "slow significantly" next year but should still grow 2.6 percent, according ...
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November 11, 2008 - Technology News
Fully digital living room still a few years away
Futurists and device makers have long imagined a world in which consumers can access movies, music, television programs and other media content ...
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November 4, 2008 - Industry News
IDC says PC chip sales hit record in 3Q; immediate future not so hot
Here’s some good news: shipments of microprocessors used in personal computers reached record levels again in the third quarter, according ...
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October 22, 2008 - Industry News
Apple profits beat estimates, but sales disappoint
Apple gave nervous investors reason for both hope and fear. On the one hand, the company reported stellar iPhone sales, a better-than-expected ...
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September 23, 2008 - Technology News
New crop of MP3 players hits the market
Just in time for late back-to-school or early holiday shopping, Apple, Microsoft and others have unveiled a new crop of digital media ...
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September 2, 2008 - Industry News
Apple trying to fix iPhone flaw that lets unauthorized users gain access
Apple executives were scrambling to fix the latest in what has become an annoying and embarrassing series of glitches plaguing their products ...
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August 20, 2008 - Technology News
We must do more to encourage girls to pursue science careers
A recent study in the journal Science showcased some very promising results: Girls are measuring up to boys in math from grades two ...
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July 22, 2008 - Top Story News
Apple shares plunge despite solid profit
Despite soaring profits and strong sales across Apple's product line over the past quarter, investors pounded the company's stock Monday because ...
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June 6, 2008 - Industry News
Nokia bets Americans want all-purpose cell phones
In one vision of the near future, Americans will rely on a smart-phone as their all-purpose gadget. Making calls will be almost an occasional ...
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April 14, 2008 - Industry News
IBM announces storage breakthrough
International Business Machines, operator of the world's largest company-owned laboratory, said a breakthrough in physics research will lead to ...
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October 16, 2007 - Technology News
Tech Talk: The beauty of Bluetooth
On July 1, it will be illegal for adults to talk on a cell phone in California while driving unless the driver has a "hands-free" ...
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October 12, 2007 - Technology News
Innovalight predicts its silicon ink will dramatically cut cost of solar power
Conrad Burke, the CEO of Innovalight, walked into a room with a small solar cell in one hand and a bottle of black liquid in the other. ...
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October 11, 2007 - Industry News
Xbox 360 secrets: After Falcon comes Jasper
During the next year, Microsoft plans to outfit the Xbox 360 with a new internal motherboard code-named Jasper, the Mercury News has learned. ...
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October 11, 2007 - Technology News
Nobel winners' discovery led to your iPod
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored two scientists whose discovery revolutionized digital data storage, awarding the 2007 ...
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September 24, 2007 - Technology News
Silicon Valley executives join push for plug-in hybrids
By early next year, 100 Silicon Valley business executives will be driving high-mileage plug-in hybrids, a testament to the seriousness ...
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September 4, 2007 - Technology News
Google settles suit over ad keywords
Google settled a lawsuit with American Blind & Wallpaper Factory on Friday, ending a long-running battle about whether its keyword- ...
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August 1, 2007 - Top Story News
Verdant to unveil method to replace solder on boards
For decades, solder has been the glue that holds electrical components to the circuit boards installed in computers and other electronic ...
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July 18, 2007 - Industry News
U.S. tech imports soar, as trade gap hits record
The U.S. technology industry imported more computers, high-tech components and consumer electronics in 2006 than it exported, ...
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July 18, 2007 - Industry News
Unlike Gartner, SEMI bullish on chip gear
A trade group for chip-equipment makers issued a relatively bullish outlook Monday with a forecast for 1.1 percent market expansion this ...
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July 12, 2007 - Industry News
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment makers predict better year ahead
Makers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment are poised for a better year in 2007 than anticipated only several months ago. Sales that ...
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