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No leads in last year's Bay to Breakers slaying
Investigators believe one of them is responsible for killing the man in the green troll wig, Stephen Martin of Santa Clara.
Virtual reality and non-conductive liquids: data centers get innovative
Google I/O is getting most of the attention this week, but a conference at the other end of Silicon Valley showed there's plenty of innovation happening in the word of data centers, too.
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
Big bunches of bikes beat bumper to bumper boredom beautifully on BTWD
It was a fantastic Bike to Work Day this year! Counts of people on bikes in both Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties were up this year: counts at 80 Energizer Stations in Santa Clara showed a 19% increase in butts on bikes on Thursday morning, while at the 36 Energizer Stations organized by our friends at Commute.org in San Mateo County, cycle ... (more)
UPDATE 2-Applied Materials says smartphone-chip demand to aid revenue
Applied Materials , a maker of equipment used to manufacture chips, said on Thursday that demand for smartphone chips will help increase its revenues slightly in the current quarter and offset slowing demand from manufacturers hurt by slumping PC sales.
Theme parks: Roller-coaster mania in California
The Gold Striker, depicted in this artist's rendering, will be the tallest and fastest all-wood roller coaster structure in northern California when it opens at California's Great America later this month.
Santa Clara County Natural Gas Fueling Station
Santa Clara County CALIF.ORNIA The County of Santa Clara received a grant award of $300,000 from the California Energy Commission.
Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling
A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard.
Hello muddah? Not everyone loved sleepaway camp
When the school year ends a few weeks from now, millions of kids will head off to sleepaway camp for a summer filled with color wars, kayaking and bunk life.
San Francisco office space leasing slows amid building boom
Spacious and bright: The development wave in San Francisco includes projects with large floors to create a sense of voluminous space, natural light and two-storey lobbies.
Woman, young child dead in triple stabbed in unincorporated East San Jose
Sheriff's deputies are at the scene of a triple stabbing in unincorporated East San Jose at Viewmont and Alum Rock avenues that left a 1-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman dead.
The San Jose Museum of Art chronicles the impact of contemporary Chinese art in the 21st Century.
Pizarro: Santa Clara County asks residents to preserve historic structures with a picture
Santa Clara County is celebrating May as Preservation Month, which might be a little funny to people who care about historic preservation in the county.
Embedded flash startup in production at three foundries
A stealthy embedded non-volatile memory developer Chip Memory Technology Inc. has announced a design win with Chrontel Inc., a vendor of video ICs, and claims to be in volume production with multiple customers at three foundries.
OneSpin Solutions Reaches for the Cloud, Driving New Technology, Business Model for Easy Adoption
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. –– May 15, 2013 –– OneSpin Solutions™ , provider of innovative formal assertion-based verification and formal equivalence checking solutions, today unveiled a new business model based on Cloud Computing designed to give project teams flexibility previously unavailable for electronic design automation ... (more)
Nvidia in Goldman deal to buy back $750M shares
The company will acquire the shares as part of its previously announced intention to return over $1 billion to shareholders in the current fiscal year.
San Jose to Install CNG Fueling Station
A $300,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to Santa Clara County will be matched with $900,000 in county funds to install a compressed natural gas fueling station at the Fleet Management Facility at 2265 Junction Ave.
Data Centers Show Signs of 'green Fatigue'
A new survey from the Uptime Institute suggests fatigue is setting in when it comes to making data centers greener, and it may be partly due to overachievers like Google and Microsoft.
Cloud Expo New York | Storage & Archive: Are Existing Offerings Relevant?
Storage and Archive offerings are now exploding on the market. From end-user mobile devices to company tactical level, the cloud has become a black hole for every kind of data.
Cupertino Sheriff's Blotter, April 13-23: DUI, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence
Under the Influence Louis Dominguez, 41, unknown city of origin, 9:40 a.m. April 20, at Saich Way and Alves Drive in Cupertino , for misdemeanor being under the influence of alcohol, drugs or a controlled substance.
Johnny Khamis: VTA could save millions with increase use of compressed natural gas buses
As the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority develops its budget for the next five years, one of the most important considerations is the operating and capital costs of its extensive bus fleet.