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| Sep.2 |
Stanford |
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Hundreds Laid Off As Endowment Shrinks University has laid off 412 employees and plans an additional 60 layoffs later to offset a steep drop in the value of its endowment
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Santa Clara |
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BAE lays off 360 at military vehicle plant BAE Systems, an international defense contractor, is laying off 20% of the 1,800 workers at its Santa Clara plant
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| Sep.3 |
Oracle |
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EU Applies Brakes To Oracle-Sun Deal| European Union regulators are launching a formal antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems | |
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| Sep.8 |
Los Altos |
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Student honored in Obama education talk The president told children: I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three
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Palm |
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Palm To Release Cheaper Pre Smart Palm is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of a lighter, cheaper handset called the Pixi
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| Sep.9 |
SF Downtown |
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 Steve Jobs lights up Apple show| Apple boss stole the show at an event to launch new products as he took to the stage for the first time in nearly a year following medical leave | |
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| Sep.10 |
Apple |
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Boost for iPhone and iPod app developers Users will get the ability to use the Genius feature through iTunes to get recommendations for apps
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Oracle |
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Tech Giants On Charging Readers Online IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Google responded to a request by the Newspaper Association for proposals on ways to easily charge for news
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| Sep.11 |
AMD |
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AMD simplifies data The No. 2 chipmaker is de-emphasizing its chips in favor of appealing to how consumers will actually use the computer
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| Sep.14 |
Yahoo |
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$150M Windfall From Alibaba.com Sale Yahoo has cashed out of its investment in China's leading e-commerce site. Yahoo invested about $100 million as part of IPO completed in 200...
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| Sep.16 |
Google |
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Google Acquires Anti-fraud Tool Google is acquiring ReCAPTCHA, a Carnegie Mellon spin-off, that lets users help digitize books as they register at Web sites or buy things o...
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Google |
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Digital Books To Reincarnate As Paperback| Google is opening up part of its index to the maker of publishing machine that can made a paperback book of 300 pages in under 5 minutes | |
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| Sep.18 |
Google |
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DOJ Balks At Google Book Deal The feds advised a judge that a proposed legal settlement giving Google the digital rights to millions of books threatens to thwart competition
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| Sep.21 |
Sunnyvale |
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Hot weather relief centers offerred| Temperatures have been moving higher through the weekend, with the predicting a high Tuesday of about 97 in San Jose | |
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| Sep.22 |
Yahoo |
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New web portal goes live| Internet giant has relaunched its web portal, supported by a $100m global advertising campaign, to boost both traffic and revenues | |
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Apple |
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OK For ITunes To Block Palm Pre Apple Inc. appears to have clearance from an industry group to block rival's Pre phone from connecting with the iTunes software
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Google |
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New Deal Sought In Disputed Book Plan A $125 million settlement of a lawsuit that would give Google the digital rights to millions books will be renegotiated
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| Sep.23 |
Stanford |
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Baidu CEO Draws Big Crowd Robin Li, the billionaire founder of a popular search engine, that dominates Internet search in China, draws crowd in Google's backyard
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Stanford |
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Univ. Portfolio Reportedly Shrinks 26% A new report from Stanford's money managers said the value of the university's investment portfolio plunged nearly $6 billion over the last ...
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| Sep.24 |
Google |
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Hearing Postponed For Books Deal A judge noted the many objections to a $125 million deal giving Google digital rights to millions of out-of-print books
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