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The Case for Public-Private Partnerships

Jacob Frydman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Infrastructure, California Budget Crisis, Labor Unions, Unions, Privitization, Public-Private Investment Program, California, Public/Private Partnerships, Private Equity, American Society of Civil Engineers, Silicon Valley, Business News
Jacob Frydman

California can be a giant again, but only if it maximizes its resources and harnesses the drive and ingenuity of America's entrepreneurs.

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Building a National Innovation Movement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.17.2009 | 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 06.02.2009 | 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 05.26.2009 | 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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American Brain Drain: Why We Need H1B Visa Immigration Reform

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer-Electronics-Association, Kauffman Foundation, Gary Shapiro, Intel, H1B, The New York Times, Audiovox, Immigration, Protectionism, Vivek Wadhwa, Facebook, Immigration Reform, Yahoo, Visa, Sanjay Mavinkurve, Qualcomm, Cea, Entrepreneurship, Ebay, Tech Boom, Sun, Silicon Valley, Google, Business News
Gary Shapiro

America's immigration system is broken. While most focus on illegal immigration or changing ethnicities of legal immigration, what concerns me is th...

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Industry Moves: MTV Vet John Sykes Replaces Van Natta at Project Playlist

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 04.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Silicon Valley, Home News

Music-sharing site Project Playlist just got an instant dose of credibility in the music industry with its new CEO: MTV Networks veteran (and MTV co-f...

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The Movie They Didn't Want You to See

Stacy Peralta | Posted 04.07.2009 | 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 03.29.2009 | 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 03.20.2009 | 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 03.19.2009 | 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 03.07.2009 | 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 02.17.2009 | 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 02.01.2009 | 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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No Economic Team of Rivals On Obama Staff: Rubin's Manic Neoliberals Dominate

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Leo Hindery, Hamilton Project, US Economy, Lawrence Summers, Jason Furman, Robert Rubin, High Wage Jobs, Goldman Sachs, James W. Thompson, Hilda Solis, Joseph Stiglitz, Rahm Emanuel, James Thompson, Timothy Geithner, National Economic Council, Diana Farrell, Department of Treasury, Silicon Valley, Larry Summers, Obama Administration, Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Obama Team of Rivals, Team of Rivals, 100 Days, Business News
Steve Clemons

Obama and Rahm Emanuel have hired a group of people who are going to make the rich stay rich -- and who are not designed to really change things for the middle class or the struggling lower end.

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Chief Technology Officer to be Transformational?

David Kralik | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Chief Technology Officer, Center for Responsive Politics, Center for Responsive Politics Obama, Washington DC, The Center for Responsive Politics, Technology, Barack Obama, Silicon Valley, The Internet, Google, Obama Cabinet, Computers, Web, Websites, Internet, Obama's Cabinet, Media News
David Kralik

Technology and the Internet were crucial to helping elect Barack Obama president and it will be crucial to the success of his administration.

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"Mac Is Back?" Hey, It Never Left. Macintosh Turns 25

William Bradley | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Ipod, Itunes, Steve Wozniak, Macintosh, Apple, Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, Microsoft, Desktop Publishing, Pixar, Ibm, Jerry Brown, John McCain, Gary Hart, Regis McKenna, Chiat/Day, Lee Clow, Apple II, Clio Award, California, Silicon Valley, Hillary Clinton, Business News
William Bradley

What will the Mac be in another 25 years? Undoubtedly part of my flying car.

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Too Big to Succeed

John Standerfer | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, The Great Depression, Fdic, Bankruptcy, Money, Economy, Bank of America, Websites, Venture Capital, Capitalism, Facebook, Taxpayers, Dotcom Crash, Superbowl Ads, Dot-Com Bust, Super Bowl Ads, Taxpayer Money, Youtube, Banks, Dotcom Boom, Dot-Com, Technology, Silicon Valley, Great Depression, Business News
John Standerfer

What we don't appear to understand yet is that no amount of money, time or regulation can possibly resolve this problem while a few banks continue to hold the entire nation hostage.

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Will Apple Survive This Bite? The Most Important Lessons to Learn from Steve Jobs and Apple

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs Leave of Absence, Mark Goulston, Apple, Dave Logan, Steve Jobs, Tribal Leadership, Business News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Since Steve Jobs announced he's leaving until June, two questions have circulated through the media. I know the answer to one, not to the other. Wha...

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Tech Sector Finally Hit With Job Losses

Bits | Matt Richtel | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Tech Sector, Economy, Silicon Valley, Financial Crisis, Job Cuts, Business News

In the fine print of a jobs report published today is some mixed news for Silicon Valley. For the first time in this downturn, the region lost jobs; ...

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The New CEO at Yahoo is Urgent to Stop the Brain Drain

Penny Herscher | Posted 12.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Yahoo, Ceo, Corporate Boards, Yahoo!, Technology, Business, Silicon Valley, Business News
Penny Herscher

Seeing a VP engineering go to My Space and the director of search engineering go to Current TV -- and there are many of these -- tells the story of what's happening inside the company.

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Richardson is the Innovator We Need in Commerce

Michelle Kraus | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Secretary of Commerce, Albuquerque, Obama Cabinet, Intel, President Elect Barack Obama, Sir Richard Branson, Governor Bill Richardson, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Economy, Obama's Cabinet, Secretary of Commerce Bill Richardson, Bill Richardson, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

Here we go again! All the media pundits seem to be missing the boat on the brilliance of the selection of Governor Bill Richardson as the next Secretary of Commerce.

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Recharge America with Electric Cars

Gavin Newsom | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Bail Out, Green Jobs, Economy, Green, Jobs, Washington DC, Ev, Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bay Area, California, Ron Dellums, Chuck Reed, Gavin Newsom, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Better Place, San Francisco, Mayor Newsom, Silicon Valley, Detroit, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Auto Industry, Oregon, Green News
Gavin Newsom

Yesterday, joined by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, I announced a nine-step policy plan for transforming the Bay Area into the "Electric Vehicle (EV) Capital of the U.S."

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Laid-Off Silicon Valley Worker Kills Three

AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Silicon Valley, Unemployment, Business News

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A 47-year-old engineer arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting three of his co-workers had been laid off hours earlier a...

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Hollywood Under Siege

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Movie Industry, Dvds, Film Industry, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Why is traditional content losing its vigor? Everyone focuses on the culture of piracy, but there are other reasons as well. One is supply and demand.

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Grassroots Organization Sends Campaigners Across the Country on Donated Frequent Flyer Miles

Natasha Chen | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Frequent Flyer Miles, Travel for Change, Florida, Volunteers, Ohio, Swing States, Stanford, Colorado, Barack Obama, Silicon Valley, Home News
Natasha Chen

In the effort to send out volunteers to swing states, a grassroots organization started by a couple of Stanford students has turned into the main hub ...

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