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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:17:00 GMT

Turning the Tables: Carol Bartz Grills BoomTown in the Yahoo Cafeteria (Over Easy With a Side of Disclosure)

Today, BoomTown gassed up the Mini Cooper and motored down to the Sunnyvale HQ of Yahoo, this time with a tiny bit of trepidation. Ok, not that much, but some! Why? Because Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz had invited me to be the first in a new
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:17:00 GMT

Lean startups making headway in the Silicon Valley

– Silicon Valley - with a 37% decrease in VC funding, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are leveraging new technologies and methodologies to move ahead with new company creation. According to Eric Ries, of startuplessonslearned.com, a confluence of events
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:36:00 GMT

Bay Biz Buzz: France's Areva buys Silicon Valley solar startup

French government-owned Areva, a leading maker of nuclear reactors, announced Monday that it is acquiring Ausra, a Mountain View concentrated solar thermal startup backed by several Silicon Valley venture capitalists. The deal effectively launches
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:18:00 GMT

EE Times Group Unveils ESC Silicon Valley Event Details: 'See What's Real Today and Possible Tomorrow'

EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today unveiled details of ESC Silicon Valley 2010 being held at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose,
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:50:00 GMT

Respected Global Electronics Journalists Converge on EE Times Group's ESC Silicon Valley Event

EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technology news, analysis and intelligence for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced that for the first time since the launch of ESC, every EE Times
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:50:00 GMT

Turning the Tables: Carol Bartz Grills BoomTown in the Yahoo Cafeteria (Over Easy With a Side of Disclosure) [BoomTown]

Today, BoomTown gassed up the Mini Cooper and motored down to the Sunnyvale HQ of Yahoo, this time with a tiny bit of trepidation. Ok, not that much, but some! Why? Because Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz had invited me to be the first in a new
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:32:00 GMT

"iPad Summit" Colocated with "Cloud Computing Expo" in Silicon Valley

iPad Energizes $4 Billion Semiconductor Opportunity Article Rating: Reads: 206 Cloud Computing Expo - The debut of the iPad promises significant opportunities well beyond just Apple. The iPad promises to energize the emerging tablet PC segment, creating
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:32:00 GMT

"iPad Summit" Colocated with "Cloud Computing Expo" in Silicon Valley

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Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:16:00 GMT

EE Times Group Unveils ESC Silicon Valley Event Details: 'See What's Real Today and Possible Tomorrow'

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Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:12:00 GMT

Respected Global Electronics Journalists Converge on EE Times Group's ESC Silicon Valley Event

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Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:10:00 GMT

Nimsoft Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud Expo 2010 New York & Silicon Valley

SYS-CON Events announced today that Nimsoft, the first provider of Unified Monitoring solutions for virtualized datacenters, hosted and managed services, cloud platforms, and SaaS resources, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 5th
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:06:00 GMT

President Kaberuka's Visit to China's "Silicon Valley" in Shenzhen

President Kaberuka concluded a three-day official mission to the People’s Republic of China. The President visited the Southern City of Shenzhen, home to two famous ICT firms, and also major investors in Africa's IT sector, Huawei and ZTE. The
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:06:00 GMT

"iPad Summit" Colocated with "Cloud Computing Expo" in Silicon Valley

iPad Energizes $4 Billion Semiconductor Opportunity Article Rating: Cloud Computing Expo - The debut of the iPad promises significant opportunities well beyond just Apple. The iPad promises to energize the emerging tablet PC segment, creating a potential
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:40:00 GMT

Eric Schmidt Explains Why Google Blew ~$2.5 Million On That Super Bowl Ad

Eric Schmidt from the Google Blog: If you watched the Super Bowl this evening you'll have seen a video from Google called " Parisian Love ". In fact you might have watched it before, because it's been on YouTube for over three months. We didn't set
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Nimsoft Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud Expo 2010 New York & Silicon Valley

SYS-CON Events announced today that Nimsoft, the first provider of Unified Monitoring solutions for virtualized datacenters, hosted and managed services, cloud platforms, and SaaS resources, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 5th
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:53:00 GMT

Eric Schmidt Explains Why Google Blew ~$2.5 Million On That Super Bowl Ad

Eric Schmidt from the Google Blog: If you watched the Super Bowl this evening you'll have seen a video from Google called " Parisian Love ". In fact you might have watched it before, because it's been on YouTube for over three months. We didn't set
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:28:00 GMT

Eric Schmidt Explains Why Google Blew ~$2.5 Million On That Super Bowl Ad

Eric Schmidt from the Google Blog: If you watched the Super Bowl this evening you'll have seen a video from Google called " Parisian Love ". In fact you might have watched it before, because it's been on YouTube for over three months. We didn't set
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:07:00 GMT

Palo Alto\'s CEO: New channel program, competition and a 2011 IPO?

Lane Bess has been confident enough in the growth of Palo Alto Networks that an IPO is always on his mind. But based on how the network security startup closed out calendar year 2009 and is progressing in its fiscal year 2010, he now has a stated goal:
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:10:00 GMT

Eric Schmidt explains Google’s accidental first-ever Super Bowl ad

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said tonight in a blog post that Google’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial was an accident of sorts. The ad, dubbed “ Parisian Love “, has been up on Y0uTube for three months already. The idea wasn’t to create
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:01:00 GMT

Eric Schmidt explains Google’s accidental first-ever Super Bowl ad

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said tonight in a blog post that Google’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial was an accident of sorts. The ad, dubbed “ Parisian Love “, has been up on Y0uTube for three months already. The idea wasn’t to create
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:01:00 GMT

EE Times Group Updates on ESC Silicon Valley Event

EE Times Group, a UBM company and a daily source of business and technology news, analysis and intelligence for the electronics industry's decision makers, announced every EE Times Network journalist is expected to attend ESC Silicon Valley 2010 being
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:22:00 GMT

Google Eric Schmidts Super Bowl Commercial, hell is freezing over, Parisian Love

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Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:38:00 GMT

Google Eric Schmidt’s Super Bowl Commercial, hell is freezing over, Parisian Love

Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google ( GOOG , news : 531.29 +4.512 +0.86% , cap: 168.5B, 1yr target: 674.52) , recently tweeted , Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorrow. Be sure to watch the ads in the 3rd quarter (someone said “Hell has indeed frozen
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:32:00 GMT

Silicon Valley VCs and the Gender Gap

fysdt writes with this excerpt from TechCrunch: 'An analysis of Dunn and Bradstreet data shows that of the 237,843 firms founded in 2004, only 19% had women as primary owners. And only 3% of tech firms and 1% of high-tech firms (as in Silicon Valley)
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:04:00 GMT

Cassidy: Silicon Valley's backrooms aren't always a pretty sight

For Michael Smith, going to work some days means closing himself into a tomblike room that lets in no light, little sound and most important hardly any of the multitude of radio waves madly pulsing through Silicon Valley as its residents chat on cell
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:58:00 GMT

Valley's top traders, Feb. 7

Chart: Large trades by Silicon Valley executives, Dec. 11-Jan. 4, led by John Thompson of Symantec.
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 15:39:00 GMT

Google Watch: Google CEO Eric Schmidt Tweets Of Google Super Bowl Ad

Google CEO Eric Schmidt rarely tweets on Twitter -- he has posted 15 messages since Dec. 7 2009 -- but one he posted Feb. 6 The search engine will apparently air an ad during the third quarter of today's NFL Superbowl, of air time. : Google has to do
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:02:00 GMT

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Mike Cassidy column: Silicon Valley's backrooms: Not always a pretty sight

For Michael Smith, going to work some days means closing himself into a tomblike room that lets in no light, little sound and -- most important -- hardly any of the multitude of radio waves madly pulsing through Silicon Valley as its residents chat on
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 07:08:00 GMT

SVASEStartUp-U Silicon Valley: Angels vs VCs with Howard Hartenbaum (August Capital) & Michael Howse (CEO / Bigfoot Networks)

Contact Info: Dan Grosh Email: dgrosh@boyden.com Location: Mintz Levin 5 Palo Alto Square, 1st Floor Conference Room, 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, 94306
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 06:27:00 GMT

Facebook games may lead payment start-ups to $3.6-B market

Facebook games FarmVille and Caf World have Silicon Valley start-ups racing to create new ways to pay for virtual goods, a market that may reach $3.6 billion by 2012. Kwedit Inc., based in Mountain View, California, announced that gamers can buy virtual
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 04:37:00 GMT