• George Packer Can Silicon Valley embrace politics

  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, ...

• Transfer club at Oaklands Merritt College helps students navigate path to universities

  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 ...

• HP Launches Moonshot Servers

  POSTED April 9, 2013 PALO ALTO -- HP has unveiled the world s first commercially available HP Moonshot system, energy-saving servers for data centers that use up to 89 percent less energy, 80 percent less space and costing 77 percent less, compared to traditional servers. "With nearly 10 billion devices connected to the internet and predictions for exponential growth, we've reached ...

• Nicasio lifts Rockies to 5-0 win over Giants

  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 ...

• Two Dead in Plane Crash Near Auburn Airport

  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. ...

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