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MENLO PARK, Calif. -- -- PatentBridge LLC, the preeminent Silicon Valley patent broker since 2003, is pleased to welcome Charles R. Engles, Ph.D. as Senior Director where he will devote his efforts on auctions of patent portfolios representing extraordinary scientific and industrial breakthroughs.

He forever changed the way young people spend their entertainment time. And at Radio Ink's Convergence '12, you'll hear from Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari Corp.

The most hotly anticipated technology IPO in years disappointed investors and drew heavy scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators.

Ilhavo, Portugal - SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new Rating Update Report covering SVB Financial Group .

Memorial Day is an occasion to remember the men and women who went off to war and never returned.

It is the hardest substance known to man, and because it takes more than a billion years for nature to conjure up each one, a diamond is also one of the hardest gems to come by.

"The biggest challenge is trying to lead and not hold back the future," said Chase Carey, COO of News Corp., one of the panelists at the closing general session Wednesday at the NCTA's cable show here on May 23.

Despite botching one of the biggest technology IPOs in history, Silicon Valley will not be blacklisting Morgan Stanley anytime soon.

Mountain View, California The creative minds who fill movies and TV shows with angry aliens will soon be defending their vision of these extraterrestrial antagonists at SETIcon, a public event sponsored by the SETI Institute.

Jennifer Cassell helps Dominic Phillips down a new switchback trail that was created at the Via West Campus to make it easier for children and adults in wheelchairs move from the lower part of the campus to the sports and horseback riding areas.

America has bounced back from the edge of economic oblivion but still has a long way to go toward restoring the American dream, President Obama told enthusiastic supporters and contributors at a pair of Silicon Valley fundraisers Wednesday night.

Put another feather on Ann Arbor's best city cap. The Atlantic has named it the eighth best city for recent college graduates.

Silicon Valley Power , the City of Santa Clara's municipal electric utility, announced today that Aviat Networks, a leader in microwave networking solutions, will increase its purchase of clean renewable energy to match 100% of the electricity used at its Santa Clara headquarters.

Silicon Valley Bank, financier to 50% of the venture-backed tech and life science companies in the United States, has extended a significant line of credit to Pardot.

Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.

Here's one thing I didn't expect to hear from the chief executive officer of one of Europe's largest tech companies: That was Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent, during an interview yesterday at the Santa Clara Marriott, where the company was holding its annual meeting with Wall Street analysts.

Facebook IPO is announced on a screen outside the NASDAQ stock exchange in Times Square in New York City on May 18.

Today's the day HP is expected to announce a massive restructuring that includes laying off tens of thousands of workers.

Everyone in Silicon Valley wants to know what's coming next, and every year for the past 13 years, a panel of the most forward-thinking minds in technology and tech finance convenes here to provide a look at what innovations are likely to emerge in the next few years.

Thanks to a number of big projects like the 49ers stadium , hospitals and office building construction, things are going gangbusters for building companies in Silicon Valley.