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Wooing interns to Silicon Valley

July 3, 2007 Students working at companies like Google enjoy lots of perks and hands-on training. But a stint at Microsoft gets you a date with Bill Gates. TAGS: computer science, intern, SafeWeb, student, Silicon Valley, talent, Google Inc., professor, founder, food, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft vs. Google: Who's greener?

June 6, 2006 The two Internet companies work to reduce energy use and promote sustainability as product battle heats up. Photos: Green companies TAGS: campus, solar energy, emission, energy, electricity, data center, Silicon Valley, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., California

Can Google beat the new-office curse?

September 28, 2005 Company dares to build big where others have failed, plans million-square-foot campus on NASA land. Photos: Silicon Valley's office jinx TAGS: Silicon Valley company, distributed computing, campus, Silicon Valley, Borland Software Corp., Google Inc., Oracle Corp., project, software company, office, Microsoft Corp.

Gates donates $15 million to computer history

October 18, 2005 Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum gets its largest donation yet, aiding its effort to preserve computing artifacts. TAGS: Silicon Valley, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.

Legendary venture capitalist looks ahead

November 27, 2004 Don Valentine, Silicon Valley sage and founder of Sequoia Capital, explains why nanotech is overrated and Larry Ellison is wrong. TAGS: Sequoia Capital, nanotechnology, Silicon Valley, venture capital, South Korea, broadband, California, Cisco Systems Inc., Intel, Dell, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft sings 'O Canada' amid immigration challenges

July 5, 2007 Company plans to open a software development center later this year in Vancouver, partly because of immigration issue. TAGS: Vancouver, H-1B, worker, Redmond, software development, Silicon Valley, bill, Canada, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft licenses new way to make friends

April 26, 2006 Start-up hopes to use technology developed by Microsoft's research unit to take on sites like Friendster and MySpace.com. TAGS: Karl Jacob, Inrix, Friendster Inc., entrepreneur, Silicon Valley, MySpace, Microsoft Corp., start-up, CEO

Can Microsoft pull one more rabbit out of its hat?

September 23, 2005 If company's reorg can't clear corporate arteries, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says, the future could be all Google's. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Larry Ellison, Eric Schmidt, Scott McNealy, Google Inc., Silicon Valley, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows

Oil is hot, tech is not

February 28, 2005 CNET News.com Editor Jeff Pelline dares to revisit the 2-year-old debate: "Does IT matter?" TAGS: Fortune Magazine, Cisco Systems Inc., Scott McNealy, information technology, Silicon Valley, Larry Ellison, Wall Street, Bill Gates, Sun Microsystems Inc., view, Mr., CEO, Intel, HP, Microsoft Corp.

D-Day for 'Halo 3'--full coverage

September 25, 2007 The much-anticipated game goes on sale Tuesday. Can it help lead the Xbox 360 to victory? Video: The midnight launch of 'Halo 3' TAGS: Halo 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, launch, Silicon Valley, New York, event, Microsoft Corp., video

Hey, Silicon Valley--you can't take it with you

August 12, 2005 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks why the tech industry has spawned a generation of cheapskates, Bill Gates being the notable exception. TAGS: Bill Gates, century, entrepreneurial, Silicon Valley, New York, Microsoft Corp.

Why the tech industry still can't get its way

March 1, 2007 perspective When it comes to pressing its case with the political elites, Silicon Valley still doesn't know how to throw around its weight, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. TAGS: tech industry, Silicon Valley, Jonathan Schwartz, broadband, California, information technology, AMD, Intel, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Lifestyles of the rich and infamous

December 26, 2004 Technology may seem inherently interesting, but it's still the people behind the hardware and software who make the best stories. TAGS: Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., antitrust, Oracle Corp., lifestyle, Howard Dean, Silicon Valley, CEO, information technology, Dell, Microsoft Corp.

The collective amnesia over Shi Tao

March 30, 2007 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Silicon Valley would do well to borrow a page from the history of the antiapartheid struggle. TAGS: Jerry Yang, China, Cisco Systems Inc., Silicon Valley, Yahoo! Inc., government, U.S., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

McNealy--an engineer's witty patron

April 25, 2006 Known as much for his wit as his business acumen, Sun's outgoing CEO backed his engineers until it hurt. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., engineer, Jonathan Schwartz, Silicon Valley, dot-com, CEO, face, Linux, server, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Blogging, vlogging and the new mainstream

June 12, 2006 A pair of conferences illuminate blogosphere's ever-higher profile. Also: Legendary blogger jumps ship. TAGS: blogosphere, blogging, blogger, podcasting, Ask.com, blog, Silicon Valley, conference, start-up, video, Microsoft Corp.
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