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Electric sports car ready to challenge Porsche?

June 6, 2006 Silicon Valley all-stars line up behind start-up that claims its car can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in four seconds. TAGS: Draper Fisher Jurvetson, magnet, motor, Sergey Brin, electricity, car, Silicon Valley, e-book, eBay Inc., California, start-up, CEO, Google Inc.

U.S. green-tech hot spots go coast to coast

December 13, 2007 Investments in green-tech start-ups are going through the roof. Which regions in the U.S. are in the lead?Photos: Green tech from coast to coast TAGS: Silicon Valley, life science, green tech, energy, information technology, U.S., start-up

Silicon Valley's Mr. Green

September 25, 2006 Vinod Khosla made a fortune as an Internet and IT venture capitalist. Now he's setting his sights on clean technology--and national energy policy. TAGS: subsidy, Silicon Valley, experiment, Wall Street, venture capital, Mr., start-up, U.S.

Students learn the language of start-ups

August 5, 2006 Collegians visiting Silicon Valley from Middle East, North Africa hear what it takes to turn ideas into profitable realities. Photos: International language of start-ups TAGS: Silicon Valley, Atheros Communications, student, language, failure, women, start-up, U.S., idea

Former Procket CEO stokes his latest start-up

April 14, 2005 Randall Kruep, who helped Procket raise more than $200 million in venture funding, eyes union of cellular and Wi-Fi tech. TAGS: Procket Networks, Redback Networks Inc., venture capital, carrier, telecommunications, telephone company, Wi-Fi network, start-up, Silicon Valley, Wi-Fi, CEO

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

Fabric7 banks on high-end x86 servers

November 1, 2005 A Silicon Valley start-up bets that AMD's Opteron processor and built-in networking will help its high-end x86 servers succeed where others fail. TAGS: AMD Opteron, x86 server, server, networking, Silicon Valley, Intel Xeon, AMD, Intel x86, start-up, bank, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, Intel, database, operating system

TorrentSpy lawyer battling 'copyright extremism'

July 31, 2007 Ira Rothken, a veteran of nasty copyright fights between Hollywood and Silicon Valley, has a large stake in the copyright system. TAGS: lawyer, ReplayTV, RIAA, founder, suit, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, entertainment, start-up, search engine

Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?

September 20, 2007 Patent-dependent companies and inventors have fighting words for a bill that passed the House and, they hope, will die in the Senate. TAGS: Dean Kamen, patent, bill, Segway, Silicon Valley, Apple QuickTime, start-up, component, eBay Inc., Apple Computer, video

Start-up wants feds to decide on free Wi-Fi plans

August 16, 2007 Silicon Valley company petitioned FCC 15 months ago to build national wireless network on unused spectrum. It's still awaiting a response. TAGS: petition, Silicon Valley, broadband, start-up, Wi-Fi

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, blogger, blogging, podcasting, Ask.com, blog, Silicon Valley, conference, start-up, video, Microsoft Corp.

Chip start-up's big payoff comes in, at last

October 20, 2005 MicroUnity gets a $300 million settlement from Intel, 17 years after it was tipped as one of the most promising ventures in Silicon Valley. TAGS: Transmeta Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc., Silicon Valley, founder, Intel, start-up, TV
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