Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Beard-Off!

Fortune | Michael V. Copeland | Posted 05.15.2008 | Business


Ancient symbols of power and virility, beards have gone hand-and-chin with computers at least as far back as the Home Brew Computer Club and the early...

Netflix: Don't Call Us Obsolete

Fortune | Michael V. Copeland | Posted 04.26.2008 | Business


Netflix announces its first-quarter earnings after the bell Monday, April, 21. With a spate of upgrades by analysts during Q1, Netflix is expected to ...

Netflix: Don't Call Us Obsolete

Fortune | Michael V. Copeland | Posted 04.26.2008 | Business


Netflix announces its first-quarter earnings after the bell Monday, April, 21. With a spate of upgrades by analysts during Q1, Netflix is expected to ...

Valley Workers Go "Topless" At Meetings

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business


As the capital of information technology, Silicon Valley may have more gadgets per capita than any other place on the planet. Yet, even here, "always ...

Solar-Power Users Go Green To Save Green

USA Today | Paul Davidson | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business


For years, Bruce Crawford dreamed of putting solar panels on his one-story house to cut his power bill and "do something good for the environment." Bu...

Microsoft-Yahoo Takeover Glitch: Can't Find Dissident Yahoo Board Members

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business


One of the next steps in the Microsoft-Yahoo melodrama (MSFT) (YHOO) is for Microsoft to nominate a slate of directors to replace the ones it will try...

Is Vinegar The Secret Ingredient For Biofuels?

CNET News | Michael Kanellos | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


To make ethanol, you want to make vinegar first, according to ZeaChem. The biofuel start-up, which has moved from Colorado to Silicon Valley, says it...

Hollywood, Silicon Valley Team Up For Start-Ups

New York Times | Laura M. Holson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Hollywood and Silicon Valley have something of a Mars/Venus problem: the two sides are talking but they don't speak each other's language. A new ventu...

The Best (And Best-Paying) Jobs For 2008

Portfolio Via MSNBC | Chris Dannen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


If you're job hunting in the professional or service-oriented fields, we have good news. Of the ten categories into which the Bureau of Labor Statisti...

The AOL Exodus Effect

Washington Post | Zachary A. Goldfarb, Kendra Marr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Barry Schuler moved to Washington from Silicon Valley to join AOL during its golden days, one of the many top technology professionals the Internet gi...

Top Microsoft Web Executive to Depart

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. announced the departure of several executives Thursday, among them a Silicon Valley veteran recruited to help fix its ...

Microsoft-Yahoo Linkup Hits The Pacific

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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The Microsoft bid to buy Yahoo sent shock waves not only through Silicon Valley but also across the Pacific to China.

Murdoch Finds A Fan Club In Silicon Valley

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


At the Web 2.0 Summit a few weeks ago, MySpace held an after-party at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. With a guest list of Silicon Valley lumi...

Silicon Valley Golden Boys Feel The Itch To Repeat Startup Success

New York Times | Gary Rivlin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Max Levchin is not easily distracted from his work. A few years ago, Mr. Levchin, one of the young princes of Silicon Valley, bought his first home, ...

Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again

New York Times | BRAD STONE, MATT RICHTEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Silicon Valley's math is getting fuzzy again. Internet companies with funny names, little revenue and few customers are commanding high prices. And i...

How NASA Helped Invent Silicon Valley

CNet News | Daniel Terdiman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


For anyone who's ever been stuck in rush-hour traffic on U.S. Highway 101 through Silicon Valley, the region's overgrowth of green-glass office buildi...

Report: Boston Is The New Silicon Valley

CNNMoney | Paul R. La Monica | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Silicon Valley venture capitalists are looking far beyond their backyards for hot new dot-com startups according to figures from data provider Dow Jon...