As awareness of global warming grows, researchers are looking at what motivates -- and what hinders -- consumer responses. Turns out, hassles and high prices affect actions by consumers, even those who identify themselves as having green attitudes.
Thin-film solar firm Nanosolar says it has raised $300 million Confirming that venture capitalists consider its technology to be ready for prime time, San Jose's Nanosolar says on its blog that the company has raised $300 million this year -- more than any other solar company so far in 2008.
To keep its doctors from being tainted by business biases, Stanford University's medical school announced Tuesday it is imposing a highly unusual restriction on educational contributions by drug and medical device companies.
At Cisco Systems, at Temple Shir Hadash and at his Los Gatos home during his family's shiva, Ben Goldman, a Cisco executive who was found shot to death in Detroit's gritty 8 Mile area on Aug. 19, was remembered this week as a man full of life, family and song.
Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that its $13.9 billion purchase of Electronic Data Systems is complete, but the Palo Alto computer giant wasn't ready to say what the future holds for nearly 140,000 EDS employees.
Think of it as Animal House, but with a corporate sponsor. The free beer starts at 1 p.m. The couches are comfy. And the words flow from the Big Tent day and night.
Silicon Valley's recovery from the technology bust early this decade generated relatively few jobs, and the ''middle-class squeeze'' is intensifying as household incomes flatten and the cost of living rises, a report released Monday shows.
Thin and frail from 2 1/2 years of chemotherapy to reverse his life-threatening leukemia, David Godfrey's wish was simple: to meet and share his ideas with scientists exploring ways to save the world by developing alternative energy sources.
Already blocked from Facebook users in the United States and Canada, Scrabulous -- the online imitation of the popular Scrabble board game -- has been yanked by Facebook in all other countries except India in response to a copyright tussle over the game.
Hoping to capture more customers online, Adobe Systems today is unveiling updated versions of its desktop photo and video editing products, combined with a sharing and storage service that users can access on the Web.
So your stock portfolio is tanking and the equity in your home is just withering away. Now for some good news: A young Mountain View company called TradeVibes is offering a cool 100 grand to anybody with a hankering to invest in hot Internet start-ups -- or maybe do some short-selling too.
Surrounded by businesses pushing for the cutting edge of technology, Val King takes a step back. He builds and repairs the kinds of guitar amplifiers that were played by the cool cats of the 1950s and '60s.
Westward ho, venture capital. Silicon Valley gets a big slice of the VC pie in the second quarter. Also: the big deals that got away. Plus check out which sectors got funding.
In 2007, shareholders became more vocal against soaring executive pay and companies shifted away from stock options. Search our database, listen to a podcast and more.
Within Silicon Valley, the life sciences sector is often overshadowed by flashy Internet brands and global tech giants, but for venture capitalists, it may hold the greatest long-term potential.
The rosy numbers posted by the SV150 last year weren't enough to reverse one stark trend: The number of publicly traded companies in Silicon Valley continues to shrink.
Thanks to new federal disclosure rules on pay, debates will rage over a fundamental question: How much was the boss really paid? It's a simple question that defies a simple answer.
Dean and Nooch: Video game reporters Dean Takahashi and Mike Antonucci bring you reviews of the latest titles, insight into industry moves, and thoughts about the impact on culture.
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