Provides the latest RSS feeds for San Jose News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page San Jose Sun.com http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/cat/2d152a2dc9f192ff/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 23:41:37 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:41:37 -0400 30 An acoustic sensor is attached to an anchor rod securing a critical shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans is using acoustic and hardness monitors to determine if the remaining anchor rods that did not snap are viable. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214651772/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 21:25:42 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214651772/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff NEW YORK (CBS / AP) –As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his passion for technology. A few years later, Karp built Tumblr — the wildly ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214651447/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 21:19:16 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214651447/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Alleged racial epithets led to some punches landed on a 68-year old football coach -- which landed a San Jose Sabercats assistant coach in jail in Florida, according to ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650759/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 20:20:57 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650759/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff But before that time, a dog-walker named Phoenix Asher Featherstone -- who in 2007 "helped sink a similar proposal" -- is trying to undo the law, the newspaper ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650760/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 20:20:56 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650760/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff A man walking across the 5200 block of Mission Street at 1:20 p.m. Thursday reported another man who "reached out and ripped the metal chain and copper crucifix from his neck," according to the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650761/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 20:20:56 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650761/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff BFD 2013 on Sunday turned out to be the revamped ‘Stone Temple Pilots’ featuring Chester Bennington from Linkin Park on vocals. Bennington ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650369/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650369/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Withbaseball season is in full swing, 800 concession workers could go on strike at AT&T Park sometime in the next few weeks. Negotiations fell apart last Thursday, just days after members of UNITE HERE Local 2 voted to authorize a walkout. A union representative said fans can expect to see concession workers who sell beer, popcorn and other food at the ballpark to be ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650368/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650368/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff […] in California by voters in 1996. The current law allowing the sale of medical cannabis has …State Senate OKs New Regulations For Calif. Medical Marijuana DispensariesCBS ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650250/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214650250/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff OAKLAND -- The names of two men killed in shootings that happened 14 hours apart Sunday in West and East Oakland were released by police Monday.A man fatally shot about 6:30 p.m. Sunday inside a house in the 2900 block of West Street in West Oakland was identified as Darvel McGillberry, 19, of Oakland. It was not clear if he lived in the house or in the area.A man fatally shot about 4:36 a.m. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649603/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:30 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649603/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff PIEDMONT -- Police are searching for a burglar who confronted two residents inside their home on St. James Drive, telling them to remain in bed and under the covers while he searched for valuables.The man, who pried a basement window to get inside the residence on May 16, made off with electronic items and a wallet containing credit cards and identification, police said. No one was hurt.The ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649604/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:29 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649604/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff You are using Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 is unsupported by this site and you may experience layout and functionality issues. 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The fire was threatening structures, a dispatcher ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649218/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:29 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649218/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff ROSENHEIM, GERMANY (CBS SF/CBS LA) – Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist of The Doors, died Monday morning of bile duct cancer in Germany, according to a post on the group's official Facebook page. Manzarek was ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649217/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:29 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649217/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Yahoo's new Flickr focuses on big, high-resolution images. Yahoo unveiled a new look to Flickr, and offered up more details on the companys Tumblr acquisition at its press conference today in New York City. The new Flickr, which launched today, is an image-dominant site (think more Pinterest than the blue links and text-heavy pages you're used to), with a new Android interface and 1 ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649605/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 17:56:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214649605/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff CBS NEWS ) – Miguel says he got ';caught up in the moment'; when he took a dive into the audience and accidentally landed on two fans Sunday night at the Billboard Music ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643935/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:00 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643935/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff CBS NEWS ) – We sense a rebellion brewing in the Force. Production is now under way on ';Star Wars Rebels,'; a new animated series based on the popular sci-fi franchise created ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214644141/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 17:54:59 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214644141/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff , the company’s newest cloud service. Office 365 is now available in 40 markets, and it brings together Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft Lync Online in an always-up-to-date cloud service, at a monthly subscription fee from $2 to $27 per month per ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214644464/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 17:53:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214644464/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Martin Havlat might finally help alleviate their deficiency when he returned to the lineup Saturday, May 18. Instead, he played just a few shifts and ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643240/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:50 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643240/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Armed with the best odds and their three-time winner back on stage, the Magic will try to jump-start the rebuilding process Tuesday night by landing the rights to the No. 1 pick in the NBA ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643042/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:35 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643042/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff A former Contra Costa County drug task force commander pleaded guilty today in federal court to a number of felony charges stemming from a police corruption case that scandalized the Bay Area. Norman Wielsch, 51, of Concord, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Oakland to charges including narcotics possession, distribution and sales, theft from a federally funded program, and civil rights ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643241/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:01 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643241/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Richmond Police Department investigators examine the scene of a fatal rollover crash on the Richmond Parkway at Hilltop Dr. in Richmond, Calif. on Monday, May 20, 2013. A 5-year-old girl died after she was ejected from the sports utility vehicle. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643237/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 16:57:12 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214643237/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff The Nationals posted a 9-4 record against the Giants in the 2011 and 2012 seasons combined, tied for the best record by any SF opponent in that span (Miami also went ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642852/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:34 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642852/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff The Rangers have just two losses in their last 11 games overall and have won six of their last seven home games. Texas has won 13 of its last 18 home games against ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642853/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:33 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642853/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Advance Publications led a $1.65 million Series A funding of Newsle, a company that delivers customized news to subscribers through emails and online dashboards. Advance owns American City Business Journals, which owns about 40 papers across the country including the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times in the Bay Area. Whitney Shaw, president of American City Business ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642560/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642560/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff The smells of bacon wafting from a San Francisco restaurant have not only generated local debate, but have become joke fodder for Saturday Night ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642022/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54:32 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642022/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff FIREBAUGH, Fresno County (CBS/AP) — A Fresno County homeowner killed a robbery suspect with a samurai sword during a home invasion, according to authorities. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office said two suspects armed with a handgun and an axe invaded a house in Firebaugh near Fresno in the middle of the night Saturday intending to rob the home. The suspects, 34-year-old Aaron Baeza ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642023/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:38 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642023/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff (KCBS) – Sunday marked the beginning of National Dog Bite Prevention Week. ';About 4.5 million Americans will be bitten by a dog this year,'; said Jennifer Scarlett, DVM, co-president of the San Francisco SPCA. ';About 1 in 1,000 people will go to a medical facility to receive treatment. These are just snap and release, not maulings. And this is about equal to the number of ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642024/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:33 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642024/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff You are using Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 is unsupported by this site and you may experience layout and functionality issues. It is recommended that you upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or switch to another browser. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642016/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:23 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214642016/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff How To Be A 'Woman Programmer' ." Prominent women such as Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer are proving that women are finding their place at the table. But in an op-ed ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640816/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:39 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640816/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff who recently talked about the Bulls’ point guard on 106.7 The Fan . "That’s hard, because I’ve never experienced that injury," Beal said. "And I know what type of injury that is, it’s possible it’s gonna happen again. Knock on wood. But at the same time, you might have to give it a go. If you’re practicing for two months and everybody in ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640559/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:49 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640559/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – A teenager riding a bicycle on his way to school was killed in a collision with a vehicle Monday morning in San Jose, a police spokesman said. The bicyclist was a 16-year-old sophomore at Silver Creek High School. The collision was reported at 7:36 a.m. in the area of East Capitol Expressway and Silver Creek Road – near Silver Creek High School, San Jose police ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640324/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640324/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A San Francisco newspaper reporter is still on the beat at an age when most of his colleagues are just plain beat, if alive at all. San Francisco Chronicle Science Editor David Perlman is 94 and chasing down stories 72 years after he first got into the business. He’s been at his current post for 6 decades – and counting. ';It’s being able to ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640323/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640323/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Canada's new immigration-centric pitch to Silicon Valley's many foreign-born entrepreneurs. Canada is pitching Silicon Valley entrepreneurs on northern migration. The gist: Easier access to visas for foreign-born entrepreneurs, a growing base of engineering talent, R&D tax credits and lower corporate taxes. Low-tax U.S. states like Arizona, Nevada and Washington have pitched financial ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640273/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:17 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640273/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Retail and tech pioneer Avery More has joined Menlo Ventures as a venture partner, focusing on sourcing deals for the firm and advising its startup founders. Avery More made a mark more than 20 years ago running 1980s computer retail pioneers CompuCom and Computer City, which he sold to CompUSA in 1998. But he says he has always been more of a tech entrepreneur than a retail guy and that is where ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640817/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:58 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214640817/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff A San Jose teenager was killed Monday morning as he was riding his bicycle, presumably on his way to Silver Creek High School. Here is some raw video after the tragic 7:35 a.m. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214639402/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 13:33:51 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214639402/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Ron Burgundy is staying classy in a new teaser trailer for "Anchorman: The Legend Continues." The latest promo spot for the upcoming sequel to the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638743/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:21 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638743/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A delegation that included San Francisco 49ers executives, regional business leaders and community advocates was en route Monday to Boston for a presentation to NFL owners of a bid to land the 2016 Super Bowl. For Super Bowl L, the 50th edition of the Super Bowl, it’s the Bay Area versus Miami. Each city will get 15 minutes to present to the NFL team owners, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638992/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638992/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff CONCORD (KCBS) – Contra Costa County’s former top vice cop was expected to find out Monday afternoon how long he would be sent to prison for robbing prostitutes and selling stolen drug ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638663/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638663/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff OAKLAND (KCBS) – The Oakland Raiders are hoping wide receiver and kick return specialist Josh Cribbs is as effective as he was before he had knee surgery after last season. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638993/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638993/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Turkish dailies covered on Monday the celebrations of May 19, the Commemoration of Ataturk Youth and Sports Day, Turkish PM`s visit to Silicon Valley and the death of an air cameraman Ozturk during an airshow ANKARA - The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.All Turkish dailies covered the celebrations of May 19, the beginning of Turkish War of ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638913/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:29 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638913/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Tinkercad, the Web-based 3D modeling startup led by Kai Backman, has been acquired by Autodesk. There was some actual business news amid the fun and gadgets at Maker Faire over the weekend with the announcement that Autodesk Inc. bought Tinkercad, the Web-based 3-D modeling company. Tinkercad, founded by Kai Backman, is a low-cost alternative to computer-aided design programs, requiring less ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638188/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 12:34:35 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214638188/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff PALO ALTO (CBS SF) — A shooting in East Palo Alto left a 16-year old boy dead, and two others injured, according to police. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation in the 2800 block of Fordham Street around 11 p.m., police said. When officers arrived, they found three teenaged boys with gunshot wounds, according to ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214637604/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 12:20:20 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214637604/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Bloom Energy's $130 million funding was last week's biggest venture investment in Silicon Valley and a little more detail about it was reported on Monday. Fortune reported that while it still isn't known who the investor was, an unnamed source provided it with some of the Sunnyvale fuel cell maker's financials. The report said that Bloom posted $42 million of pro forma revenue and ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214637341/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 12:03:30 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214637341/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff That ticket sold at the 7-Eleven at 2440 Almaden Expressway in San Jose matched all five of the regular numbers: 10-13-14-22-52, but failed to pick the needed sixth winning number of ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214636437/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 11:23:23 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214636437/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff 2013-05-20 10:26:00 NEW YORK, N.Y. - Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators, Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks are the three finalists for the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award.The award is presented to the player "who exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team, on and off the ice during the regular season."Alfredsson, the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635309/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44:54 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635309/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff A 16-year-old boy was killed and two other teenage boys were injured in a hail of gunfire while they were sitting in a car in East Palo Alto, where police on Monday were looking for the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635004/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 10:19:57 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635004/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Tumblr's traffic has grown rapidly since its founding, but has dipped in recent months. Its official: Yahoos Marissa Mayer cut a deal to acquire microblogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The site gives Yahoo instant access to some 108 million bloggers, most under the age of 25. But the deal isn't without its share of challenges. Here are Mayers five biggest hurdles to overcome: 1: You ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635174/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 10:05:54 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635174/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sign at entry to the Maker Faire shows the way to a few of the many attractions that covered the sprawling San Mateo event center grounds. Lock-picking anybody? "I leave my mind at home so I won't lose it at work," read a sign at the Maker Faire in San Mateo over the weekend. The annual mashup of Burning Man, science fair and gadget makers' heaven had on full display what its ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635005/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:59:38 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635005/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Paraag Marathe is the COO of the San Francisco 49ers. On Tuesday, team owners for the National Football League will decide between Santa Clara and Miami for the 2016 Super Bowl L. In an edited interview, Niners COO Paraag Marathe, a 12-year veteran of the team, shares his thoughts on Super Bowl prospects at the new $1.2 billion Santa Clara stadium and drops hints about a new, high-end 49ers ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635001/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:58:57 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214635001/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff NetApp is reportedly preparing to cut 10 percent of its global workforce. Sunnyvale-based NetApp is reportedly cutting as many as 1,200 jobs worldwideroughly 10 percent of its workforceahead of its earnings report on Tuesday. Last week, Piper Jaffray issued a private analysts note warnings investors of the impending layoffs. The Times of India today reported that the company was cutting 300 jobs ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214634249/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:35:22 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214634249/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff For decades, people have asked a deceptively simple question: can you replicate the magic of Silicon Valley? Can you do this in businesses, organizations, and communities to unleash innovation, anywhere in the world? This is more than an academic mystery. The answer affects real lives. Every day, countless opportunities are passed by to invent better solutions, create new jobs, improve quality ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633804/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:32:57 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633804/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Knicks star Carmelo Anthony won’t need surgery on his troublesome knee, and the team hopes it’ll be the same for his injured shoulder, according to the New York Daily News. Anthony will have his left shoulder ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633762/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:28:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633762/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff OAKLAND -- Police are investigating the city's second deadly shooting in less than 14 hours after a man was killed in West Oakland Sunday night. Officers were called at 6:30 p.m. to the 2900 block of West Street for a report of shots fired in the area, police said. When officers arrived they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.The man was transported to a local hospital where he was ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633064/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633064/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Supplies of Apple's MacBook Air are dwindling at retailers, which means a product refresh could be imminent. Apples Worldwide Developers Conference is coming next month, and the product rumor mill is in full swing. One of the top rumors today is that the Cupertino-based company will reveal a new MacBook Air, running Intels forthcoming Haswell chip. Apple Insider reports the available ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633937/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633937/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff YouTube celebrated its 8th birthday this weekend. More than 1 billion people visit the site on a regular basis. By the time you finish reading this article, YouTubers will have uploaded anywhere from 100 to 200 hours of video to the site. Thats an awful lot of funny cats. The Google-owned video juggernaut celebrated its eighth birthday over the weekend, and revealed its users are now uploading an ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633807/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:26 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633807/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Kevin Systrom, right, and Mike Krieger, founders of Instagram, will be interviewed by Digg founder and Google Ventures Partner Kevin Rose in a Commonwealth Club event on May 30. Now that Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the Tumblr blogging site, it's timely to have last year's billion-dollar buyout babies coming up on a Commonwealth Club talk. Instagram founders Kevin ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633806/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633806/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Yahoo Japan reports hackers hit their site for the second time in less than a month, this time stealing 22 million user IDs. Yahoo Japan is telling its 200 million users to change their passwords, after hackers apparently stole 22 million user IDs in an online raid last week. It doesnt appear the hackers were able to steal passwords or password information, nor that the raid affected users ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633387/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 08:59:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633387/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff This is a screenshot of on an animation that ran on Marissa Mayer's Tumblr about buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, which included a promise to run the blogging service as a separate business and "not to screw it up." Click the next panel to see the rejoinder to this acknowledgment about Tumblr users' unease over the deal. Yahoo confirmed that it will pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr on ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633805/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214633805/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Rangers head coach John Tortorella watches his team warm up prior to Game 2 against the Boston Bruins. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214632630/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 08:28:55 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214632630/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff It's just a 4-mile stretch of country road, but Highway 156 is a vital link between the Monterey Peninsula and the Bay Area -- and now it could become the first toll road north of Los Angeles. In a report released Thursday, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County says converting the outdated two-lane Highway 156 into a nearby four-lane toll road between Highways 1 and 101 could be ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214632660/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:25 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214632660/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff SAN FRANCISCO -- Beefed-up security in response to last month's Boston Marathon bombings didn't deter tens of thousands from reveling in San Francisco's most spirited footrace Sunday.Berkeley resident Kenneth Prochnow, 62, ran his 28th Bay to Breakers wearing a "Boston Strong" T-shirt, one of many that could be spotted in the sea of colorful costumes and birthday ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214631443/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 07:19:08 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214631443/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page announced on his Google Plus page that he has paralyzed vocal cords and also suffers from a rare condition called Hashimoto's thyroditis. Page has not spoken at recent investor events and his voice has been much softer over the past year. Page said a doctor discovered he had left vocal cord paralysis 14 years ago after suffering a bad cold and his voice ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630230/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:16 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630230/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED February 27, 2013 PALO ALTO -- HP announced plans in April to sell the Slate, an affordable Android Jelly Bean consumer tablet that provides customers with easy access to Google Mobile services with a starting price of $169.With a 7-inch diagonal screen and weighing 13 ounces, the HP Slate is an ideal trusted personal companion, featuring a stainless-steel frame and soft black paint in ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630232/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:15 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630232/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff -- Ouya, a startup developing a new video game console, has raised $15 million in venture capital led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the same firm that originally backed Electronic Arts, and includes other investors such as Mayfield Fund, NVIDIA (who also makes the chips inside of OUYA), Shasta Ventures (who backed great hardware companies like Nest), and Occam Partners. Ouya is ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630234/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:15 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630234/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 18, 2013 REDWOOD CITY -- Electronic Arts, the world's leading gaming company, announced that John Riccitiello will step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 30. The Board has appointed Larry Probst as Executive Chairman to ensure a smooth transition and to lead EA's executive team while the Board conducts a search for a ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630233/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:15 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630233/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED January 14, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO -- PayPal announced it has expanded its retail in-store payment acceptance to more than 18,000 locations covering 23 chains. The 23 national brand name retailers now taking PayPal are Famous Footwear, Dollar General, Mapco Express, RadioShack, Spartan Stores, Abercrombie & Fitch, Advance Auto Parts, Aeropostale, American Eagle Outfitters, Barnes & ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630247/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630247/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED January 11, 2013 MOUNTAIN VIEW -- LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network on the Internet, announced that it has reached 200 million members. New members continue to join LinkedIn at a rate of two per second. The company has added more than 13 million members since its last announcement on November 1, 2012. Since reaching 100 million members in March 2011, LinkedIn has ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630246/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630246/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED January 25, 2013 PLAYA VISTA - Belkin, a private company based in Playa Vista, CA, with operations and sales in more than 100 countries, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit, including its proven products, technology, well-known Linksys brand and talented employees. With global operations, Linksys’ main office ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630237/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630237/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff have reached an agreement to develop a pilot program to be called San Jose State Plus, offering college classes for credit to SJSU and non-SJSU students beginning in January ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630236/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630236/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED January 15, 2013 NEW YORK -- U.S. venture capital firms raised $20.6 billion from 182 funds during full year 2012, a 10 percent increase by dollar commitments compared to full year 2011, and a three percent decline by number of funds, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). During the fourth quarter of 2012, 42 U.S. venture capital funds ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630235/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630235/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff , key new HTC Sense innovations that reinvent the mobile experience and set a new standard for smartphones. "People today immerse themselves in a constant stream of updates, news and information. Although smartphones are one of the main ways we stay in touch with the people and information we care about, conventional designs have failed to keep pace with how people are actually using ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630231/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630231/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED January 15, 2013 MENLO PARK -- Facebook has introduced a new feature called Graph Search at a press event at its Menlo Park headquarters. Graph Search will appear on Facebook as a bigger search bar at the top of each page. When you search for something, that search not only determines the set of results you get, but also serves as a title for the page. You can edit the title - and in ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630248/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630248/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED Decmeber 27, 2012 SANTA CLARA -- Marvell, a global leader in integrated silicon solutions, announced that on December 26, 2012, a jury in Pittsburgh delivered a verdict in a lawsuit brought by Carnegie Mellon University ("CMU") against Marvell and Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. ("MSI"), Marvell's U.S. operating subsidiary, in the United States District Court for the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630245/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630245/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff -- Ruckus Wireless, a maker of indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi access points and systems, went public on the New York Stock Exchange Friday at $15 per share. However, shares went south immediately and closed for the day at $12.25, down 18.3%. A total of 8.4 million shares were sold with 7 million coming from Ruckus Wireless and 1.4 million from shareholders. Investors in the company include: Sequoia, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630241/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630241/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 18, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK -- Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy, and Twitter announced an exclusive multi-year agreement to create the "Nielsen Twitter TV Rating" for the US market. Under this agreement, Nielsen and Twitter will deliver a syndicated-standard metric around the reach of the TV ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630244/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630244/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff -- Facebook has launched its new Social Jobs App through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). The new SJP app is a central location where recruiters can share open positions with the Facebook community sorted by industry, location ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630240/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630240/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 5, 2012 LOS ANGELES -- Netflix Inc. and The Walt Disney Company announced a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for first-run live-action and animated feature films from The Walt Disney Studios. Beginning with its 2016 theatrically released feature films, new Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630243/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630243/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 13, 2012 PALO ALTO -- Tesla Motor's Model S sedan was named Motor Trend magazine's 2013 Car of the Year, one of the automotive industry's most prestigious awards. To take top honors, Model S garnered a unanimous vote from the panel of Motor Trend judges and guest judges, considered among the savviest and toughest critics in the industry. This is the first time in ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630239/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630239/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff . The tablet market grew 49.5% year over year in 3Q12 and 6.7% over the second quarter of 2012. Android shipments, led by Samsung and Amazon, surged during the quarter, at the expense of Apple, which saw its share slip notably during the quarter. "After a very strong second quarter, Apple saw growth slow as both consumer and commercial (including education) shipments declined, and rumors ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630238/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630238/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 19, 2012 SAN JOSE -- Cisco announced it will acquire privately held Meraki Inc., a leader in cloud networking, for $1.2 billion in cash. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, London and Mexico, Meraki offers midmarket customers easy-to-deploy on-premise networking solutions that can be centrally managed from the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630242/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630242/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED October 29, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO -- After debuting Windows 8 last Friday, the latest version of the Windows operating system, Microsoft has now introduced Windows Phone 8 for smartphones at an event in San Francisco.As part of the announcement, Microsoft revealed new features, including Kid's Corner and Rooms, along with details and pricing for a range of new smartphones from Nokia, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630257/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:12 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630257/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 1, 2012 BURBANK and SAN FRANCISCO -- The Walt Disney Company announced it would buy Lucasfilm Ltd. from legendary film maker George Lucas for $4.05 billion in cash and stock. Disney immediately said it would launch a new Star Wars film debuting in 2015. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder, George Lucas. Under the terms of the agreement and based on the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630258/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:12 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630258/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Apple announced that customers have downloaded over 50 billion apps from its online App Store. Customers are downloading more than 800 apps per second at a rate of over two billion apps per month on the App Store. The 50 billionth app was Say the Same Thing by Space Inch, LLC, which was downloaded by Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, OH who received a $10,000 App Store Gift Card to commemorate this ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630256/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:12 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630256/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 5, 2012 CORTE MADERA - Restoration Hardware enjoyed a great opening day Friday when its IPO surged 30% to close at $31.10. The company priced 5.2 million shares at $24, raising $123.9 million. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs led the offering. Restoration Hardware operates luxury home improvement stores with 73 retail stores, consisting of 71 Galleries and 2 full ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630259/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:12 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630259/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED September 25, 2012 NEW YORK -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. plans to launch an online video service called NOOK Video. The service will premiere this fall with blockbuster movies, classic films and original TV shows from major studios including HBO, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, STARZ, Viacom and Warner Bros. Entertainment, plus favorite movies from The Walt Disney Studios. Barnes & ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630254/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630254/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff to a five-year term that begins Oct. 1. She is one of the world's wealthiest women with a net worth of $9 billion according to Forbes magazine with large stock holdings in Disney and Apple. Powell Jobs is the founder and chair of Emerson Collective, which supports social entrepreneurs and organizations working in the areas of education, social justice and conservation. The organization, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630253/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630253/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED October 22, 2012 DETROIT and PALO ALTO - General Motors and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a new multi-year project services and software contracts that will accelerate GM's ongoing IT transformation efforts and deliver seamless, global services and products throughout the automaker's operations. These agreements provide GM a cost-neutral solution in which 3,000 HP employees ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630255/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630255/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 16, 2012 SAN JOSE -- Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking, reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the period ended July 28, 2012. Cisco reported fourth quarter net sales of $11.7 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.9 billion or $0.36 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.5 billion or $0.47 per share. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630250/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630250/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED September 4, 2012 SEATTLE -- Amazon.com and EPIX have announced a multi-year licensing agreement in the U.S., which will add thousands of new releases, classic library titles and original programs to Prime Instant Video. Programming from the agreement includes movies from EPIX studio partners, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, and Lionsgate. The agreement between Amazon ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630252/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630252/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 8, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO -- Starbucks, the world's leading coffee chain, has announced a new partnership and $25 million investment in mobile payment company Square. The partnership terms ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630249/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630249/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 23, 2012 SAN JOSE -- PayPal is looking to expand offline by teaming up with Discover to bring PayPal to more than 7 million merchant locations across the U.S., and potentially to millions of international merchant locations in the future. Starting in 2013, Discover will work with PayPal to enable participating merchants to accept PayPal easily through their existing relationship ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630251/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:11 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630251/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED July 30, 2012 MENLO PARK -- Facebook, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter, which ended June 30, 2012. These are the first quarterly results since the company went public in May.Facebook reported revenues of $1.18 billion for the second quarter, up from $895 million a year ago. The company reported a net loss with GAAP of $157 million. Usage numbers at Facebook are ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630261/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630261/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED June 27, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft Corp. said it will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks, for $1.2 billion in cash. Yammer will join the Microsoft Office Division, led by division President Kurt DelBene, and the team will continue to report to current CEO David Sacks."The acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliver technology that ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630265/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630265/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED June 19, 2012 LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft has unveiled two new tablets called Surface that run on Windows and will compete against Apple's dominant iPad. The company hasn't announced how much the tablets will cost.These will be the first computing devices built and sold entirely by Microsoft without using a hardware manufacturer like Dell or HP. Two models of Surface will be ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630264/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630264/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED May 25, 2012 PALO ALTO -- HP, one of Silicon Valley's largest companies, announced a massive restructuring that will result in the loss of 27,000 employees, or 8.0% of its workforce as of Oct. 31, 2011, by the end of fiscal year 2014. The company is offering an early retirement program, so the total number of employees affected will be impacted by the number of employees that ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630270/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630270/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED June 5, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO - Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, plans to acquire Buddy Media, the world's leading social media marketing platform, for approximately $689 million payable in cash and salesforce.com stock. The transaction is expected to be completed during Salesforce.com's fiscal third quarter ending October 31, 2012, and is subject to ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630263/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630263/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED July 23, 2012 EMERYVILLE - Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. and Joh. A. Benckiser (JAB) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which JAB will acquire Peet's for $73.50 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $1 billion. The agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the Peet's Board of Directors, represents a premium of approximately ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630262/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630262/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED May 23, 2012 SUNNYVALE - SAP of Germany announced that its subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire Ariba, the leading cloud-based business commerce network, for $45.00 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $4.3 billion. The acquisition will combine Ariba's successful buyer-seller collaboration network with SAP's broad ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630269/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630269/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 7, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO -- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. has acquired Bleacher Report (B/R), one of the fastest-growing sports digital properties on the Internet for a reported $175 million. Turner owns cable networks TBS, TNT and TruTV. Bleacher Report will now operate as part of the Turner Sports division which includes websites for NBA, NCAA and PGA. B/R delivers original and ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630260/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630260/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED July 19, 2012 MOUNTAIN VIEW - Coursera has added 12 major universities to its roster of schools offering free online classes. The 12 new schools are California Institute of Technology, Duke University, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Georgia Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Rice University, UC San Francisco, University of Edinburgh, University of Illinois at ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630266/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630266/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 30, 2012 REDMOND, WA -- Microsoft Corp. has agreed to invest $300 million in Barnes and Noble's Nook and digital businesses. The two companies announced the formation of a strategic partnership in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, which will build upon the history of strong innovation in digital reading technologies from both companies. The partnership will accelerate the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630267/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630267/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 24, 2012 MENLO PARK -- Microsoft Corp. and Facebook announced an agreement under which Microsoft will assign to Facebook the right to purchase a portion of the patent portfolio it recently agreed to acquire from AOL Inc. Facebook has agreed to purchase this portion for $550 million in cash. In the initial AOL auction, Microsoft secured the ability to own or assign approximately 925 ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630282/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630282/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 16, 2012 SAN JOSE -- Cisco announced its intent to acquire NDS Group Ltd. for $5 billion. Based in the U.K., NDS Group is a leading provider of video software and content security solutions that enable service providers and media companies to securely deliver and monetize new video entertainment ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630275/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630275/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 22, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO - Zynga, the world's leading provider of social game services, announced it has acquired New York-based social game developer OMGPOP, makers of the popular cultural hit mobile ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630277/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630277/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 21, 2012 PALO ALTO -- HP announced an organizational realignment to improve performance across the company and restructure several business units. As part of this realignment, HP’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) and its Personal Systems Group (PSG) are joining forces to create the Printing and Personal Systems Group. The combined entity will be led by Todd Bradley, who has ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630276/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630276/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 9. 2012 MENLO PARK -- Facebook announced it will acquire Instagram, a popular photo-sharing app for mobile devices. Facebook will pay Instagram $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close later this ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630280/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630280/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 6, 2012 MOUNTAIN VIEW -- The Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., (TEMA), announced that the company has opened a dedicated office in Silicon Valley furthering Toyota's commitment to localizing research and development activities in North America and enhancing the customer's experience with ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630278/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630278/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 9. 2012 NEW YORK -- AOL Inc. announced that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications to Microsoft Corporation and to grant Microsoft a non-exclusive license to its retained patent portfolio for aggregate proceeds of $1.056 billion in cash. Shares in AOL surged over 40% after the news was ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630279/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630279/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 20, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO - Splunk went public Thursday and saw its shares more than double to close at $35.48 per share on the Nasdaq.Splunk priced its initial public offering of 13,500,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 per share. A total of 12,507,278 shares were offered by Splunk, and a total of 992,722 shares are being offered by selling stockholders. In addition, Splunk has ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630281/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630281/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mark Zuckberger rings the Nasdaq opening bell outside of Facebook headquarters. MENLO PARK -- Facebook went public Friday in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in a decade but the opening day was anything less than smooth and shares eeked out a 23 cent gain. Trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol FB, the stock exchange was overwhelmed by orders and the first trade of Facebook stock was ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630268/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630268/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED February 27, 2012 SAN JOSE -- Cisco announced it will acquire privately held Lightwire for $271 million. Headquartered in Allentown, PA, with offices in Santa Clara, Lightwire develops advanced optical interconnect technology for high-speed networking applications. The acquisition will allow Cisco to deliver cost-effective, high-speed networks with the next generation of optical ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630272/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:08 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630272/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 14, 2012 SAN JOSE -- Dell announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SonicWALL, Inc., a leader in advanced network security and data protection. SonicWALL's industry-leading Next-Generation Firewalls and Unified Threat Management (UTM) Firewalls complement Dell's security solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630274/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:08 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630274/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 4, 2012 SAN JOSE -- Shares in Yelp made their public debut Friday and surged 64% to close at $24.58 from its offering price of $15 each. The review site has over 66 million users a month who have written 25 million reviews of local businesses including restaurants, hotels, stores and dentists. Yelp was founded in 2004 by CEO Jeremy Stoppleman and Russel Simmons, both former ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630273/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:08 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630273/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 13, 2013 LOS GATOS -- Netflix has introduced new social features with Facebook that make it easier and more fun to find TV shows and movies to watch and discuss with friends. Starting today, Netflix streaming members in the U.S. can link their Netflix account to Facebook. The new Netflix/Facebook integration lets Netflix members see what their friends have watched by adding new ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630271/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630271/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 19, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO -- Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, and Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), have made a combined investment of $300 million in Twitter. This investment was the result of several months of negotiations and comprehensive due diligence and represent a strategic stake in Twitter.Prince Alwaleed is a billionaire and one of the world's ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630287/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630287/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED February 6, 2012 NEW YORK - Verizon and Coinstar announced today the formation of a joint venture that will create a new service for consumers that will rival Netflix. The venture's services will offer all of the convenience, simplicity and value of Redbox DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals combined with a new content-rich video on-demand streaming and download service from Verizon. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630286/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630286/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 17, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO - Zynga, maker of popular games like CityVille and FarmVille on Facebook, went public Friday selling a whopping 100 million shares at $10 each for a total of one billion dollars.Unfortunately for Zynga shareholders, the company's stock gained little traction and ended the day down 50 cents to close at $9.50. Zynga itself did not receive any proceeds ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630298/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630298/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 30, 2011 A letter to former HP CEO Mark Hurd claiming sexual harassment against an event hostess for the company has been released to the public. Hurd resigned from HP in August 2010 after an internal HP investigation. He is now co-President of Oracle after being hired by friend Larry Ellison. The 2010 letter was sent by attorney Gloria Allred on behalf of her client Jodie ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630285/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630285/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED February 9, 2012 REDWOOD CITY -- Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Taleo Corporation, a leading provider of cloud-based talent management for $46.00 per share or approximately $1.9 billion, net of Taleo's cash and debt. Taleo's Talent Management Cloud helps organizations attract, develop, motivate and retain human capital to improve performance ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630284/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630284/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED February 15, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO - Zynga, maker of popular games like CityVille and FarmVille on Facebook, announced earnings for 2011. The company recently went public in December. The company reported revenues of $1.14 billion for 2011 but a net loss of $404.3 million due to employee stock award expenses. The company awarded $510 million of stock-based compensation expense for ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630283/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:07 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630283/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 8, 2011 NEW YORK -- Barnes & Noble, the nation's leading book retailer, has expanded its portfolio of NOOK devices with the introduction of NOOK Tablet, the company’s fastest and lightest tablet while also offering HD entertainment. NOOK Tablet offers access to popular movies, TV shows, music and more through the top entertainment services, including Netflix, Hulu ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630291/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630291/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 15, 2011 FREMONT -- Lam Research Corp. has agreed to acquire Novellus Systems of San Jose in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.3 billion. The combined enterprise, which will retain the name of Lam Research Corp., will be a semiconductor equipment company with a broad portfolio of market-leading products and multiple opportunities to drive value creation through ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630297/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630297/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 12, 2011 SUNNYVALE, CA -- Blue Coat Systems, a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, has entered into a agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by San Francisco-based private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion. The Blue Coat Board of Directors has approved the agreement and resolved ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630295/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630295/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED October 26, 2011 REDWOOD SHORES -- Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire RightNow Technologies , a leading provider of cloud-based customer service, for $43.00 per share or approximately $1.5 billion net of RightNow's cash and debt. RightNow's Customer Service Cloud helps organizations deliver exceptional customer experiences across call centers, the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630290/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630290/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 10, 2011 SAN MATEO, CA -- IBM said it plans to acquire DemandTec in an all cash transaction at a price of $13.20/share, or at a net price of approximately $440 million, after adjusting for cash. The acquisition of DemandTec will extend ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630294/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630294/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 18, 2011 SAN RAMON -- GE plans to open a new Global Software Center next year to be headquartered at the Bishop Ranch office complex in San Ramon. When fully operational, this new "nerve center" for software will employ approximately 400 software professionals to speed the pace of innovation, collaboration and commercialization of new technologies. This expansion adds ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630293/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630293/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 13, 2011 SANTA CLARA - Intel Corporation reported third-quarter results, setting new records for microprocessor units shipped, EPS, earnings and revenue, which was up 28 percent year-over-year. The company did warn on fourth-quarter revenue which would be below expectations due to disk drive shortages because of flooding in Thailand. "Intel delivered record-setting results ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630296/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630296/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 9, 2011 SAN JOSE -- Adobe Systems provided a business update for its fourth quarter fiscal year 2011, ending Dec. 2, 2011. The company projects record revenue but says it will cut 750 jobs. The company also announced plans to further align its business around the explosive growth categories of Digital Media and Digital Marketing solutions. Adobe is investing aggressively in ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630292/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630292/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED October 14, 2011 MENLO PARK -- Khosla Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced that the company has raised a new $1.05 billion fund to help great entrepreneurs continue to harvest their potential for breakthrough and innovative ideas. The Khosla Ventures IV fund will further the firm's strategy to invest in early stage investments in the areas of clean tech, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630288/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630288/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 19, 2011 PALO ALTO -- Hewlett-Packard, the largest company in Silicon Valley, announced a stunning restructuring that includes shutting down its new Touchpad tablet and smartphones, and is exploring the sale of its personal computer division. HP launched the Touchpad on July 1 with hopes of competing against Apple's successful iPad tablet. The Touchpad had the same price as ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630303/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630303/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 3, 2011 SANTA CLARA -- Broadcom Corporation of Irvine, a leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, has agreed to ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630305/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630305/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED September 28, 2011 NEW YORK -- At a press event in New York City, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a new lineup of Kindle handheld readers including the Kindle Fire, a tablet with Amazon's own web browser, priced at just ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630301/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630301/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED September 20, 2011 LOS GATOS -- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings issued an apology to customers that he messed up with the company's recent price increase. After seeing the company's stock plunge by over $60 in less than a week, Hastings is also making another controversial move by spinning off the DVD delivery service of Netflix to a separate company called ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630299/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630299/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTEDSeptember 3, 2011 ENGLEWOOD, CO -- Netflix was dealt a blow this week after failing to come up with a new deal with Starz Entertainment, a leading provider of streaming movies for the online movie service. CEO of Starz Chris Albrecht said the following in a statement: "Starz Entertainment has ended contract renewal negotiations with Netflix. When the agreement expires on February 28, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630304/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630304/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 29, 2010 PALO ALTO -- HP announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as president and chief executive officer. She replaces Leo Apotheker, who was fired after 11 months as CEO of HP. In addition to the CEO change, Ray Lane has moved from non-executive chairman to executive chairman of the board of directors, and the board intends to appoint a lead independent ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630300/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630300/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED October 12, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO -- Zynga showcased several new games at Zynga Unleashed, a game event hosted by CEO and Founder Mark Pincus at its new San Francisco headquarters. The company gave a sneak peek of several new social games, including the next chapter in its "Ville" franchise and teased its own new play service, code named"Project Z." The games unveiled at ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630302/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630302/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED October 23, 2011 SANTA CLARA -- Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Inc., officially opened his company's newest research and development center here in Silicon Valley this week, saying the facility will tap the innovative nexus of Silicon Valley to fill jobs that will create the technology solutions in demand by Dell ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630289/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:05 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630289/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED July 2, 2011 REDWOOD SHORES -- Oracle announced that it has agreed to acquire Pillar Data Systems, a startup owned by its own CEO Larry Ellison. No amount was provided by Oracle for the acquisition but an SEC filing shows Ellison has invested $544 million in Pillar over the past decade. Pillar Data Systems is a leading provider of innovative and highly scalable SAN Block I/O storage ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630312/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630312/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED June 9, 2011 PALO ALTO -- HP today said that the Wi-Fi version of HP TouchPad will be available in the United States beginning on July 1. HP's first webOS tablet will be available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Germany a few days later and in Canada in mid-July, with availability scheduled to follow later this year in Italy and Spain, as well as in Australia, Hong Kong, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630311/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630311/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED July 18, 2011 SAN JOSE -- Cisco Systems detailed plans to reduce its global workforce by approximately 6,500 employees, which includes approximately 2,100 employees who elected to participate in a voluntary early retirement program. The cuts are part of the company's $1 billion annual operating expense reduction. This also includes a reduction totaling approximately 15 percent of ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630310/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630310/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 3, 2011 SAN JOSE -- Adobe Systems has announced the first public preview release of Adobe Edge, a new HTML5 web motion and interaction design tool that allows web designers to bring animation, similar to that created ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630307/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630307/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED August 12, 2011 SANTA CLARA -- Intel Capital announced a $300 million Ultrabook Fund to help drive innovation in this new category of devices. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630306/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630306/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED July 29, 2011 LOS GATOS -- Netflix, the world's largest online movie subscription service, has begun streaming of the hit series Mad Men starting Wednesday. Viewers can now immerse themselves in the gripping world of Don Draper and Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce as the first four seasons of Emmy Award winning is now on Netflix streaming. Earlier this year, Netflix and Lionsgate ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630308/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630308/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED May 10, 2011 REDMOND, WA -- Microsoft Corp. has agreed to buy Belgium video calling company Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Skype is owned by an investor group led by Silver Lake. This is the second time Skype has been acquired. EBay bought Skype in September 2005 but was sold off to an investor group led by Silver Lake in November 2009. Microsoft said the acquisition will increase the ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630315/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630315/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED May 19, 2011 MOUNTAIN VIEW -- LinkedIn, a social networking site for business professionals, saw its IPO welcomed by Wall Street by more than doubling in its first day of trading (Symbol: LNKD).LinkedIn priced its Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange at $45 per share after raising its price from $30. Shares in the company rocketed at its open Thursday morning to $83 and ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630313/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:04 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630313/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 21, 2011 LOS GATOS -- Netflix announced it is buying exclusive rights to air "House of Cards," the much-anticipated television series and political thriller from Executive Producer David Fincher and starring two time Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey. The sereies will debut exclusively in the United States and Canada from Netflix, the world’s leading Internet ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630325/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630325/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 12, 2011 SAN JOSE -- Adobe Systems has launched Creative Suite 5.5, the latest package of its top-selling web authoring software and is now offering subscriptions to users for the first time. The new Creative Suite product lineup is headlined by Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection, which includes, in a single package, all of Adobe's top products, such as Photoshop, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630317/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630317/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 5, 2011 SANTA CLARA -- Texas Instruments has agreed to acquire long-time rival National Semiconductor for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion. The acquisition combines two industry leaders in analog semiconductors, each with unique strengths in delivering products to improve performance and efficiency and convert real-world signals in electronic systems. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630309/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630309/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED January 11, 2011 SANTA CLARA -- NVIDIA announced that it has signed a new six-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel. For the future use of NVIDIA's technology, Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011. NVIDIA and Intel have also agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630322/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630322/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 29, 2011 SAN JOSE -- eBay Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire GSI Commerce, a leading provider of ecommerce and interactive marketing services, for $29.25 a share, or total consideration of approximately $2.4 billion. The acquisition, which will be financed with cash and debt, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011. "We intend to lead the next generation of ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630327/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630327/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff announced the upcoming availability of the XOOM Wi-Fi tablet from leading retailers across the United States starting March 27. Amazon.com, Best Buy, Costco, RadioShack, Sam's Club (select locations), Staples and Walmart will be offering the 10.1-inch widescreen HD tablet with Android(TM) 3.0 (Honeycomb) through both online and retail store channels. The retail price for MOTOROLA XOOM Wi-Fi ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630324/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630324/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED April 13, 2011 SAN JOSE -- Cisco announced a realignment of its operations with the exit of most of its consumer businesses and realign the remaining consumer business to support four of its five key company priorities – core routing, switching and services; collaboration; architectures; and video. As part of its plan, Cisco ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630316/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630316/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED May 6, 2011 SANTA CLARA -- Intel Corporation announced a significant breakthrough in the evolution of the transistor, the microscopic building block of modern electronics. For the first time since the invention of silicon transistors over 50 years ago, transistors using a three-dimensional structure will be put into high-volume manufacturing. Intel will introduce a revolutionary 3-D ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630314/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630314/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED February 1, 2011 SANTA CLARA -- Intel Corporation said it has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel® 6 Series, code-named Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon fix. In some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630323/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630323/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED March 24, 2011 MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Mozilla has released Firefox 4, the newest version of the popular, free and open source Web browser. Firefox puts users in control of their Web experience, providing a streamlined user interface, fun new features, a boost in speed and support for modern Web technologies. There are over 400 million users of the Firefox browser worldwide. Firefox 4 is ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630326/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630326/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 29, 2010 DALLAS -- Following a successful pilot program, AT&T announced plans to expand its deployment of Wi-Fi hotzones to additional locations in major markets, starting with the expansion of ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630319/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630319/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff has unveiled the new tablet Motorola XOOM - the first device on Google's new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system designed from the ground up for tablets. The Honeycomb user experience improves on Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization and features the latest Google Mobile innovations. Boasting a dual core processor with each core ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630321/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630321/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED November 20, 2012 PALO ALTO -- HP announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2012. The company reported an $8.8 billion writeoff for its purchase of Autonomy, which is now a disastrous deal for HP. CEO Meg Whitman also said there were serious accounting problems at Autonomy which the company purchased for $11.1 billion in September 2011. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630320/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630320/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff POSTED December 22, 2010 SAN JOSE -- Adobe Systems Incorporated reported record financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Dec. 3, 2010. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, Adobe achieved record revenue of $1.008 billion, compared to $757.3 million reported for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and $990.3 million reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2010. This ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630318/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:02 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214630318/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Media Advisory for Friday, August 8, 9:30am-4pm WASHINGTON - August 7 - WHAT: A co-sponsor of ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626859/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:56 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626859/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff David Hamzeh, of San Francisco, an employee at the San Francisco-based software company Demand Force, fell from the roof of a home on the 2000 block of Fell Street at 3:30 ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626549/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 03:38:47 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626549/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Catch the San Francisco Symphony performing at the new America's Cup Pavilion on July 20th. It's the Best of Tchaikovsky performance with violinist Nicola ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626285/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:43 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626285/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Chef Renee Cade’s diverse background has inspired her innovative pastry style. The daughter of a diplomat, she was born in Japan and moved to Hawaii at a young age. As a child she used to cook with her mother in their family kitchen. Renee’s mother was an excellent cook who loved to try new recipes. Renee was a finicky eater as a child, but her mother always encouraged her to taste ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626284/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:43 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214626284/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff FREMONT, California -- In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than US$60,000 ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214625818/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:10 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214625818/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff In 1978, the year that I graduated from high school, in Palo Alto, the name Silicon Valley was not in use beyond a small group of tech cognoscenti. Apple Computer had incorporated the previous year, releasing the first popular personal computer, the Apple II. The major technology companies made electronics hardware, and on the way to school I rode my bike through the Stanford Industrial Park, ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214623580/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Mon, 20 May 2013 00:27:25 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214623580/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Merritt College professor Claudio Duran, right, speaks to students and faculty members during a meeting of Club Altazor on Monday, May, 6, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Duran started the club to help his community college students figure out how to transfer to top universities. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214622545/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 22:21:25 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214622545/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff The Spurs' Kawhi Leonard scored as the Grizzlies' Jerryd Bayless looked on during the second half in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Sunday. The Spurs won ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214622150/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 21:52:14 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214622150/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks grimaces after being called for a foul in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214621505/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 20:50:27 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214621505/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Goalkeeper Jonathan Quick #32 of the Los Angeles Kings takes a drink of water from a Gatorade bottle against the San Jose Sharks in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 18, 2013 in San Jose, California. The Sharks defeated the Kings in overtime 2-1. (credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214621483/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 20:35:42 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214621483/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Juan Nicasio scattered three hits over six innings, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki each drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies won their first series over San Francisco in two years, beating the Giants 5-0 on Sunday.Dexter Fowler tied a career high with four hits to help the Rockies take three of four from the reigning World Series champions. Jordan Pacheco also drove in a run as ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214620953/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 20:09:27 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214620953/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff BOSTON (CBS) - Following an overtime loss in Game 1, all-world netminder Henrik Lundqvist sat despondent at his locker stall in the cramped visitors’ locker room at the TD Garden. He had stopped 45 of 48 shots, but he blamed himself for losing track of Brad Marchand on the game-winning goal. He said he made a mistake, that he should have kept his pads together but that he ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214620989/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 19:58:31 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214620989/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff An Federal Aviation Administration Official said that the Cessna 170 plane crashed in a wooded area about a mile south of the airport at 9:10 p.m. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214620357/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 18:59:09 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214620357/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Chicago Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews (19) battles for position in front of the goal with Detroit Red Wings' Henrik Zetterberg (40) during the second period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinals in Chicago, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214619960/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 18:32:06 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214619960/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Who Wins tracks the outcomes of teams in all three sports over time, making plain how common it is for teams to come back from deficits in the series based on outcome of the previous games. In ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214619775/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 18:24:15 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214619775/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Gabriel Mcclelland said he was walking by city hall at 10:15 a.m. Sunday morning when he stopped and noticed a falcon on the ground. The bird wasn't moving, so he called police. Mcclelland said he recognized the bird as one of the celebrated Peregrine falcons that hatched on top of the city hall this ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214619776/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 18:11:13 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214619776/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff MIAMI (AP) -- A year ago in the playoffs, Indiana coach Frank Vogel raised the ire of the Miami Heat by accusing them of flopping. Different words are resonating with the Heat again ... http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214618868/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff Sun, 19 May 2013 16:28:29 -0400 http://www.sanjosesun.com/index.php/sid/214618868/scat/2d152a2dc9f192ff