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Carrie Prejean Contest! Suggest Songs For Her Debut Album!

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.17.2009 | Comedy

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Martin Lewis

I have issued an invitation to Carrie to let me produce an album with her. But what songs to record?That's where you -- the HuffPost readers -- come in. Please submit your suggestions.

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Paul Krugman's Advice for Obama Job Summit

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Administration, Paul Krugman, Job Summit, Jobs Summit, Foothill College Celebrity Forum Lecture Series, Silicon Valley, Business News
Alison van Diggelen

In an exclusive interview about President Obama's recently announced White House Job Summit, Paul Krugman was forceful in his view that "the jobs summit cannot be an empty exercise."

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Eric Schmidt: Weather, Few "WASP-y Americans" Make Silicon Valley Special

wsj.com | JESSICA E. VASCELLARO | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Eric Schmidt, Google-Ceo-Eric-Schmidt, Eric Schmidt Silicon Valley, Schmidt Silicon Valley, Interview Eric Schmidt, GOOgle Ceo, Silicon Valley, Technology News

Here's what Mr. Schmidt, a 33-year resident of the Bay Area, had to say about Silicon Valley hiring and the role of the weather in the local labor mar...

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Why Publishers are Like Venture Capitalists

Mark Coker | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Word Games, Book Publishing, Allegory, Angel Investors, Books, Future of Publishing, Venture Capital, Silicon Valley, Books News
Mark Coker

I invite you to play the word game. Copy and paste this post into a word processor. Replace "entrepreneurs" with "authors," and "startups" with "books." Now read it again!

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The Fallacy of Execution (and Sex), or Why Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Answer Questions About Facebook's Origins

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg, Startups, Facebook, Business, Steve Jobs, houseSYSTEM, Harvard, Larry Ellison, Microsoft, Nature Magazine, Apple, Oracle, Cell Magazine, Bill Gates, Think Computer, Silicon Valley, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

There is no cliché I hear more, and that I hate more, than the vague, poorly-defined and generally ill-conceived notion that "execution" is more important than "the idea."

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Most Interesting Start-up of the Year? The Federal Government

Anil Dash | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Usaspendinggov, recovery.gov, data.gov, iPhone Apps, Anil-Dash, Silicon Valley, Start-Ups, Technology News
Anil Dash

Our government's embrace of the same web technologies that have radically improved productivity in the private sector represents a permanent and fundamental upgrade in the way our government functions.

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Women in Tech: The Silicon Ceiling

Maya Baratz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Mad Men, Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, Webby Awards, Glass Ceiling, Learnvest, Healthywage, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Technology News
Maya Baratz

When I first I attended the Webby Awards in 2001, I noticed a anthropological paradox: The line to the ladies' room was nonexistent, the men's, long.

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Dispatch From Silicon Valley: The Origins of Innovation

David Kralik | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Innovation, Newt Gingrich, Technology, David Kralik, Silicon-Valley-Venture-Capital, Silicon Valley, Technology News
David Kralik

So what it is about the culture, companies and innovations that routinely give credence to why Silicon Valley remains the World Capital of Innovation?

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Boulder: You're Not in Kansas Anymore ...

Kimbal Musk | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: September 11, Internet, Restaurants, Boulder, Silicon Valley, Software Startups, The Kitchen, Denver, Colorado, Denver News
Kimbal Musk

Boulder was not the small town I had expected. It is a vivacious community of sophisticated people, who have the same aspirations and expectations you find in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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A Sundance for Startups

Maya Baratz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Vc, Indiem Film, Twitter, Intuit, Niche Film, Tech Crunch, Venture Capitalism, American Idol, Shooting Gallery Entertainment, Grand Jury Prize, Jay Bagash, techchrunch50, Silicon Valley, Mike Arrington, Sundance, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Mint, Media News
Maya Baratz

If you were to compare TechCrunch50 to anything related to Hollywood - a comparison folks in the tech industry love to hate - it's probably most like the Sundance Film Festival, circa anytime before this decade.

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The Google Brain Drain Goes On

Nicholas Carlson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Media, Business, Technology, New York, Silicon Valley, Business News
Nicholas Carlson

For a lot of employees who joined Google at the beginning or through acquisitions, solving a big company's problems of efficiency is kind of boring.

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New York: Media Capital 2.0

Lee C. Bollinger | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Medianyc 2020, Columbia University, New Media, Lee Bollinger, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, New York News
Lee C. Bollinger

Like Wall Street, many of our traditional media companies are shedding jobs while the new media and technology sector is growing -- unfortunately, mostly outside of New York City.

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The Twillion Dollar Economy

Tom Hayes | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Social Media, Twittering, Twitter, Tom Hayes, Personal Economy, Facebook, Tweets, Silicon Valley, Business News
Tom Hayes

Rather than attempting to get their arms around the enormity of global economic dislocations, consumers are choosing instead to shrink the world down to a manageable size, to forge small order from the exposed raw nerve endings of a hostile macro-economy.

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Silicon Valley Takes Off Its Blinders

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Stanford, India, Innovation, China, Technology, Silicon Valley, Blinders, Business News
Rebecca Fannin

Talk of Asia tech is no longer a turn-off in the Valley for a key reason -- China and other Asian upstart nations are emerging as innovation powerhouses.

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Retooling American Manufacturing to Drive for Energy Independence

Bob MacDonald | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Solar Manufacturing, Fossil Fuels, Economic Crisis, Green, Cash for Clunkers, Environmental Impact Reports, Manufacturing, Silicon Valley, Bay Area, Solar Energy, Auto Industry, Green Auto, Green News
Bob MacDonald

Resolving the worst financial crisis in history and attempting to wean the American economy off of fossil fuels: These efforts are actually more synergistic than most people realize.

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Building a National Innovation Movement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: First Amendment, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Global Economy, Zogby International, Austin, Free Trade, Congress, Immigration, Atlanta, Innovation, US Economy, Gary Shapiro, Silicon Valley, H1B Visa, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Cea, Zogby Poll, R&D, Cuba, China, Research Triangle, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Will we step boldly into the new economic reality with a plan for creating jobs? Or will we look to unsustainable government protections that will force the US to take a backseat in the new era?

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Computers Should be Held to the Same Standard as Cars

Tom Hayes | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Foreign Cars, Electricity, General Motors, Oil, Cars, Obama Administration, Natural Gas, Bill Gates, Solar Power, Silicon Valley, Politics News
Tom Hayes

Silicon Valley is not Detroit; technical challenges are welcomed here in an industry that thrives on brutal creative destruction.

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California Needs a New Constitution

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Enron, "Kenny Boy" Lay, California Constitutional Convention, Fiscal Crisis, Santa Clara County, California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Karen Bass, California-Constitution, Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown, California State Government, Paul Krugman, California State Leaders, California Budget Cuts, California Fiscal Crisis, Sacramento, California Budget Crisis, State Capitol, California Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, Darrell Steinberg, Silicon Valley, California, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

If Arnold and the Democrats can waste state money holding failed ballot initiatives and "special elections" they can set aside a little cash for a Constitutional Convention.

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The Movie They Didn't Want You to See

Stacy Peralta | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nazi Germany, Crips and Bloods, Baron Davis, Sundance Film Festival, AK 47, Beverly Hills, Film, Gangs, Los Angeles, African American, Movies, Black People, Steve Luczo, Documentary, Sundance, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Stacy Peralta, Entertainment News
Stacy Peralta

The more time I spent with gang members of Bloods and Crips, the more I began to see a far different America than the America I was raised in.

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Cisco Janitors Take to the Streets

Natasha Chen | Posted 04.29.2009 | Home

Read More: CEO Pay, Paul Fong, San Jose, John Chambers, Stimulus Package, Cisco Systems, Justice for Janitors, American Building Maintenance, Jones Lang LaSalle, Barack Obama, Silicon Valley, Seiu, San Jose-California, Milpitas-California, Home News
Natasha Chen

Chanting "No peace outside, no respect inside" and "Si se puede," workers filed down East Tasman Dr., where Cisco's tens of buildings line both sides of the street.

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Obama's California: The Arnold Alliance and More

William Bradley | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Solar, Antonio Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Poizner, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles, Jerry Brown, Orange Country, Steve Westly, Green Tech, Barack Obama, Reagan Country, George W. Bush, Electric Cars, Bill Clinton, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, John McCain, John Garamendi, Hollywood, Politics News
William Bradley

President Barack Obama is back in the east after a whirlwind visit to California which pointed up his strengths and suggested some things he can do differently.

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IBM, Sun Microsystems Deal Could Shake Up Silicon Valley

Yahoo! News | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Sun Microsystems Ibm, Sun Microsystems, Ibm, Ibm Sun Microsystems, Silicon Valley, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO - 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 a...

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How Silicon Valley Can Help Save Newspapers

Paid Content | Nathan Richardson | Posted 04.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Silicon Valley, Media News

How badly does the newspaper industry need new ideas? Here's the story I often tell when that question comes up. The year was 2005, and I had recentl...

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Face/Off: How a Little Change in Facebook's User Policy is Making People Rethink the Rights They Give Away Online

Daniel Sinker | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Facebook Privacy, Creative Commons, Facebook, Privacy, Silicon Valley, Non-Apology Apology, Facebook Terms of Service, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Controversy, Media News
Daniel Sinker

What's got billionare Mark Zuckerberg so blue? Just that his service is claiming perpetual rights to all its 175 million users' content, even if you kill your account.

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New iPhone Out Next Summer Rumor Has Sillicon Valley All Abuzz

New York Post | DAMON BROWN | Posted 03.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Apple, Steve Jobs, New iPhone, Silicon Valley, New Iphone Next Summer Rumors, New Iphone Rumors, Business News

Silicon Valley is abuzz with reports that the next-generation iPhone will hit shelves this summer - with the ability to be a full-fledged games platfo...

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