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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMT

Chinese Developer of Biodegradable Bone Screw Technology Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Award

Intel Foundation Presents $25,000 to Winning Team, Co-Hosts First Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium to Foster Innovation through Mentorship NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For developing a novel biodegradable bone screw
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMT

Chinese Developer of Biodegradable Bone Screw Technology Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Award

Intel Foundation Presents $25,000 to Winning Team, Co-Hosts First Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium to Foster Innovation through Mentorship NEWS HIGHLIGHTS As winner of the Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge, Ihealth, from
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT

Chinese Developer of Biodegradable Bone Screw Technology Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Award

Company Website: http:www.intel.com/pressroom/ SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- (Business Wire) For developing a novel biodegradable bone screw technology, Ihealth of Chinas Tsinghua University has won the 5th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Chinese Developer of Biodegradable Bone Screw Technology Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Award

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Chinese Developer of Biodegradable Bone Screw Technology Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Award

Intel Foundation Presents $25,000 to Winning Team, Co-Hosts First Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium to Foster Innovation through Mentorship NEWS HIGHLIGHTS As winner of the Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge, Ihealth,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:00 GMT

Silicon Valley Power Uses 3Ms ACCR to Raise Transmission Capacity Without Tower Construction

Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the Santa Clara, CA, municipal electric utility, has selected the light-weight 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (3M ACCR) to boost transmission capacity on an existing line without having to enlarge the towers or the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:00 GMT

Cassidy: Give a book, change a life

The thing about books is that once you love them, once they get a hold of you, there is no telling where they will take you. They are portals to dreams, windows on places, people and times that we never could have imagined on our own. They are poems and
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:08:00 GMT

Suicide survivors forum to be held at Palo Alto High on Saturday

Every 16 minutes someone in the United States dies by suicide, fliers from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention say, and every 17 minutes "someone is left to make sense of it." To help those who have lost friends or family members to suicide,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

One shot, killed in East Palo Alto

A man was shot and killed in East Palo Alto on Thursday afternoon while standing on a city street, police said. The unnamed victim was standing in a driveway on the 2500 block of Illinois Street at about 4:48 p.m. when a small, red-colored vehicle
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Forged check leads to 3 arrests in Mountain View

A forged check in Mountain View led to three arrests Wednesday and the discovery of a semiautomatic handgun owned by a convicted felon, police said. At about 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday, employees at the Bank of America on the 400 block of Castro Street called
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Silicon Valley ebook company buys NZ's BookHabit

Silicon Valley-based "ebook" company Smashwords has bought Wellington's BookHabit, a distribution platform for independent authors and publishers. The price paid was not disclosed. BookHabit was founded in 2008 to provide ebook publishing for independent
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:56:00 GMT

Maveron Ventures Into Silicon Valley

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron is in an expansion into the Bay Area, the firm announced this morning, saying it has opened up a new office San Francisco. According to Maveron, Partner Amy Errett is leading the new San Francisco office, which
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:20:00 GMT

East Palo Alto council censures Peter Evans

The East Palo Alto City Council has censured one of its members for the second time in less than three years a largely symbolic gesture that expresses disapproval and may protect the city against litigation. Tuesday night, the council voted 4-0 to
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:52:00 GMT

Mohammed Meets Jerry Yang of Yahoo!

:14 PM DUBAI - His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai received Co-founder, Former Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo! Inc. Jerry Yang and the delegation accompanying him on
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:48:00 GMT

Mohammed Bin Rashid meets Jerry Yang of Yahoo!

- WAM Dubai, Nov 03rd, 2009 (WAM): Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in the presence of Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, received here today
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:22:00 GMT

Silicon Valley giving hits skids...

Silicon Valley giving hits skids Charitable giving in the Silicon Valley area of California has slowed, with donations from the wealthy directed through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation dropping to $46.2 million as of August, compared to $168
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:21:00 GMT

US SEC: SEC Charges Former Executives at Silicon Valley Company for Inflating Financial Results

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former Silicon Valley executives for improperly inflating the reported financial results at Santa Clara, Calif., semiconductor company Tvia, Inc. The SEC alleges that Tvia's former Vice President
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:59:00 GMT

Sergey Brin Wears Weird Shoes

Google's billionaire cofounder Sergey Brin showed up at the Google Chrome OS event today in Mountain View for a surprise Q&A. And as CrunchGear points out , he was wearing very strange looking shoes. Read the rest of this story » See Also: More
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:18:00 GMT

VIDEO FEATURE - VC John Doerr bullish on smart grid

SAN MATEO, Calif. - The smart grid promises to be in some ways similar to and even bigger than the Internet, according to a veteran venture capitalist investing in the sector. 'The supergrid will be the last great network we build in our lifetimes,' said
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:49:00 GMT

Sergey Brin Wears Weird Shoes

Google's billionaire cofounder Sergey Brin showed up at the Google Chrome OS event today in Mountain View for a surprise Q&A. And as CrunchGear points out , he was wearing very strange looking shoes. John Biggs : For those not in the know, Vibram
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:15:00 GMT

Palo Alto Networks Preps For (Another) Channel Close-Up

A year that began with a somewhat confusing channel development for Palo Alto Networks is set to end with the company's foot on the gas pedal. Palo Alto will in December debut Next Wave, an updated channel program that promises better engagement with
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:00 GMT

Silicon Valley Company Snaps Up Wellington's High-tech Bookhabit

Voxy News Engine WELLINGTON, New Zealand and LOS GATOS, Calif. 20 November (NZDT) -- Silicon Valley based Smashwords, Inc. has acquired Wellington New Zealand company BookHabit Limited, consolidating Smashwords' position as the world's premier ebook
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:00 GMT

Silcon Valley Company Acquires BookHabit

Silicon Valley based Smashwords, Inc. has acquired Wellington New Zealand company BookHabit Limited, consolidating Smashwords' position as the world's premier ebook publishing and distribution platform for independent authors and publishers. BookHabit ...
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:00 GMT

John Doerr on Carbon Costs & Financing Innovation Day one of the GreenBeat 2009 conference in San...

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:00 GMT

Cassidy: Former Silicon Valley CEO settles into the writing life

No sooner does the question leave my lips than I realize just how dumb it is. What makes Silicon Valley a good setting for a novel? Keith Raffel is a nice guy. He doesn't laugh, roll his eyes or ask me to leave the comfort of his Palo Alto living room.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT

mig33 moves global HQ here from Silicon Valley

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:00 GMT

Downturn Taking Toll on Silicon Valley Giving

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:54:00 GMT

Silicon Valley real estate turnaround? Prices, sales up in October

For the first time in nearly two years, the median price of Santa Clara County houses rose compared with a year earlier, reflecting a shift away from sales of lower-priced, post-foreclosure properties, according to a report released this morning. The
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:42:00 GMT

KP’s John Doerr on Greentech: ‘The Largest Economic Opportunity of the 21st Century’

Introduced by Venture Beat's Matt Marshall as "The best known investor in Web 1.0, involved in the founding of Amazon, Netscape, and Google," John Doerr and his firm, Kleiner Perkins, have raised a billion dollars to be channeled into greentech. 
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:00 GMT

Palo Alto's downtown shopping district sees hope of recovery

You can't see it from the street, checkered as it is with empty storefronts and vacancy signs. But behind the papered-over of some of downtown Palo Alto's most prominent retail properties, signs of economic life are stirring. In some cases, it's
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:08:00 GMT