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  • Toll road between Highway101 and Monterey Peninsula Highway 156 stretch a candidate

    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 In a report released Thursday, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County says converting the outdated two-lane Highway 156 into a nearby four-lane toll road between Highways 1 and 101 could be ...

  • Bay to Breakers Just a thin shadow of Boston attack

    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 ...

  • Google CEO Page has Paralyzed Vocal Cords

    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 ...

  • HP to Sell $169 Android Tablet

    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 ...

  • Ouya Delivers $15 Million

    -- 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 ...


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  • Electronics Arts CEO Resigns

    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 ...

  • PayPal Expands Retail Locations

    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 & ...

  • LinkedIn Signs Up Over 200 Million Members

    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 ...

  • Belkin Buying Ciscos Linksys Unit

    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 ...

  • Udacity to Offer Courses at San Jose St

    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 ...

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