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Software patents are legalised extortion

Software patents are legalised extortion

...is one of thousands of shell companies leading back to a Silicon Valley start-up called Intellectual Ventures. Founded by a former Microsoft executive and... Read more

30 October, 2011 by Mike Lee

Report: Apple eyes datacentre in Silicon Valley

...company reportedly leasing space from a new wholesale datacentre facility in Silicon Valley. Data Center Knowledge reports that Apple signed a seven-year lease with... Read more

19 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Nokia braces for strategy shake-up

...the firm is considering moving its headquarters from Espoo, Finland to Silicon Valley. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Nokia prepares for... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Marguerite Reardon

Cisco pledges $500m to East London Tech City

...the East London Tech City scheme to develop a competitor to Silicon Valley in the British capital. Prime minister David Cameron has welcomed a $500m... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Google execs to get 30-percent pay rises

...tries to hang on to employees amid a talent war in Silicon Valley. Those executives are also being given hefty restricted-stock awards, with Pichette... Read more

15 November, 2010 by Tom Krazit
Splunk 4.3.2

Splunk 4.3.2

Splunk is a Silicon Valley company inventing large-scale, high-speed indexing and search technology for IT... Read more

4 May, 2012
Twitter: We won't use patents as weapons

Twitter: We won't use patents as weapons

...a reduction of hostilities in the patent wars threatening to engulf Silicon Valley: a pledge to do no evil. The pledge, which could become a... Read more

19 April, 2012 by Elinor Mills

California marks 'Steve Jobs Day'

...Twitter, declared Sunday as 'Steve Jobs Day' in the Golden State. Silicon Valley royalty assembled at Stanford University to pay their respects to Jobs at... Read more

17 October, 2011 by Steven Musil
Intel to invest $5bn in Arizona plant

Intel to invest $5bn in Arizona plant

...an Intel facility in Hillsboro, Oregon. On Thursday, Obama dined in Silicon Valley with some of the most powerful names in the tech industry to... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Sam Diaz
Exhibition charts the history of computing

Exhibition charts the history of computing

...Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, the Computer History Museum is dedicated to preserving artefacts from the... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Scott Ard

Cerf: UK government should offer IPv6 upgrade tax credit

Internet founding father Vint Cerf has proposed that the UK government provide incentives to help businesses prepare for the imminent exhaustion of IPv4 addresses Read more

12 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Cameron announces plan for 'East London Tech City'

...all due to make investments in the UK's answer to Silicon Valley, Cameron said. The prime minister also announced plans for £200m of equity... Read more

4 November, 2010 by Jack Clark

Zuckerberg beats Assange to be Time Person of the Year

The 26-year-old founder of Facebook beat contenders such as the Wikileaks editor Julian Assange to be named Time magazine person of the year Read more

16 December, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy
Silicon <endeca_term>Valley</endeca_term> Roots & Shoots 1.3

Silicon Valley Roots & Shoots 1.3

Guide to High-Tech Heritage Sites "Silicon Valley Roots & Shoots" is an insiders guide to the companies, people, and products... Read more

29 April, 2012
Silicon <endeca_term>Valley</endeca_term> / San Jose Business Journal 4.0.0.33

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal 4.0.0.33

Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Your trusted source for local business news. Our... Read more

10 March, 2012

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

37 minutes ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

1 hour ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

5 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

12 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

15 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

17 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

17 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

18 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

20 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

21 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

22 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

23 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

1 day ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths