Silicon Valley
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Tensions between sales, engineering in Silicon Valley
News commentary In good times, the simmering tension is manageable, but when times turn tough, look out. Yahoo's new CEO should keep this in mind.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., Carly Fiorina, Sales, Carol Bartz, CEO
Service restored in Silicon Valley after fiber cut
News AT&T said that service is back up in the San Jose, Calif., area after four of the company's four fiber-optic cables there were cut last week.
Tags: Cable, Twitter, Sprint Communications, Fiber, landline phone, Wireless, Cable, phone, AT&T Corp., network
How much of IT are you willing to give up?
Blogs A CNN report this week discussed the likelihood that the country's first tech-savvy president will have to give up the o...
Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook
News A Cupertino, Calif.-based start-up claims the bookseller misappropriated its trade secrets in its design of a similar e-reader.
Tags: Copyright, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-reader, Nook, Alex, California, Amazon.com Inc., E-book, Cupertino, marketing
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Tags: Layoffs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., job, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Small Business, layoff, Silicon Valley
Ning officially launches apps platform
News Build-your-own-social-network service makes public a platform that lets users embed more than 90 apps and widgets for things like donation collections or ticket sales.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Google OpenSocial, Marc Andreessen, Forbes, social networking, online store, Silicon Valley, Web 2.0
Silicon Valley jobs dip, green tech grows
News New report also shows region's per capita income fell last year for the first time since 2003. But green tech jobs continued to rise.
Tags: Layoffs, Recruiting, Green IT, housing market, solar system, commercial property, venture capital, job loss, hardware company, financial
Google data liberation project adds Docs, Sites
News Google says it wants to make it easy for users to export their data in hopes of satisfying customers, as well as critics who contend it has too much power.
Tags: Data Management, Databases, User Data, business strategy, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Internet, Google Docs, Internet company, incentive
Gunning for an elephant in Silicon Valley
News Tiny Arista, started by a Sun co-founder, is challenging Cisco with superfast networking gear.
Tags: Data Management, Database management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Equinix, software, network, Andreas Bechtolsheim, Cisco Systems Inc.
Why 'Joe Facebook' wants to cash out
News Reports indicate that Facebook's official employee stock buyback program has been "oversubscribed". Here's why this is normal, and hardly greedy.
Tags: Web 2.0, IPO, Stock, dot-com, payment, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Web, Web 2.0
Contrarian Google launches investment fund
News Google's new investment arm will focus on start-ups working on the Internet, biotech, green tech, software, and health care.
Tags: Venture capital, Investment, Google Inc., IPO, National Venture Capital Association, venture-capital company, Silicon Valley company, Silicon Valley, Wall Street Journal, Web Site
Report: Yahoo, Microsoft finally near deal
News Two sides are "down to the short strokes", according to a report on All Things Digital, which notes that top Microsoft executives are in Silicon Valley to finalize a partnership.
Tags: Search, Business development/management, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Silicon Valley, Search, Business development/management
Reports: Steve Jobs returned to Apple campus
News Reportedly recovering from liver transplant, he is also quoted by Apple for first time in months as company doubles projections for iPhone 3G S.
Tags: Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Cupertino, CNBC, CEO, Tennessee, Silicon Valley, Apple iPhone, California, Cellular phones
ZDNet Asia Top Tech 50 to recognize Asia's potential
Blogs The ZDNet Asia Top Tech 50 awards are back, and we're once again seeking nominations to identify the industry's best-per...
Source: Yahoo-Microsoft deal unlikely this week
News Although Yahoo and Microsoft have continued to talk, any search tie-up is unlikely to come this week, according to a source.
Tags: Search, Mergers, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, board meeting, partnership, Silicon Valley, CNET Networks Inc., Wall Street Journal
