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BACK TO THE ROOTS: THE VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG STANLEY ON DISPLAY IN SILICON VALLEY (German Car Scene)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:42:39 GMT

WOLFSBURG, Germany - The penultimate stop in the Touareg Stanley’s international exhibition tour is The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. The prototype will be on display there from 20 June to 18 July 2008. It was here in the Silicon Valley region near San Francisco that the Stanley project was originally born.

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Hands-free cellphone laws kick in today [Silicon Valley Users Guide] (Valleywag)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Beginning Tuesday morning, California drivers under 18 are forbidden from using a phone while driving. Drivers over 18 must use a hands-free device. I'm sure plenty of Valley wheeler-dealers will... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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$50M earmarked for affordable housing in Silicon Valley (bizjournals)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:29:55 GMT

New affordable "green" and transit-oriented apartments built with environmentally friendly materials in San Jose, Salinas and Santa Cruz will be bolstered by a $50 million financing program approved by the California Housing Finance Agency.

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Touareg Stanley On Display In Silicon Valley (Technology News)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:15:27 GMT

Touareg Stanley will be on display, at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, from 20 June to 18 July 2008. It was here in the Silicon Valley region near San Francisco that the Stanley project was originally born. Stanley was the first automobile to master the “Grand Challenge” for robot cars, gaining itself the reputation of a pioneering development project for...

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BlackBag Technologies, Inc.: BlackBag Technologies Relocates Silicon Valley Corporate Headquarters (Market Wire - Government)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT

SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) BlackBag Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of computer forensic and electronic discovery solutions, today announced the relocation of its worldwide headquarters to 300 Piercy Road in San Jose, California. The move follows the Company's 5th anniversary and continued growth of its forensic software sales, as well as an intense demand for forensic and eDiscovery...

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Silicon Valley Bank Helps Reduce Homelessness in Northern California (PR News Wire )

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Lending Unit Completes Complex Transactions for Affordable Housing Projects SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Valley Bank's Community Development Finance team will proudly participate in the opening of The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corp Community Center and Railton Place, which it helped finance, in San Francisco, Friday, June 27. Silicon Valley...

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NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter: NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter Earns Top Award at NIRI National Conference (Market Wire - Financial Services: Investment Services and Trading)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:47:00 GMT

SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) The Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) today announced that it has earned the top award for the Best Overall Large Chapter in 2008. The chapter awards ceremony was held at the Annual NIRI National Conference in San Diego, California on June 7, 2008.

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Silicon Valley leaders debut YouTube medical channel (Social Media)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:45:43 GMT

From a news release this week: YouTube and The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) today collaboratively launched a comprehensive Internet video channel dedicated to the improved understanding of incurable neurodegenerative brain diseases. The UCSF Memory and Aging Center YouTube channel can be found here. The multimedia offering represents the latest step by one of the world’s leading...

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Launch: Silicon Valley Discount (Seeds of Growth)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:00:43 GMT

Launch: Silicon Valley is coming up in less than a week. The regular price is $199, but you can get a discount by clicking here . The event is on June 10th at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California. Thirty companies will be launching their products and services to an audience of venture capitalists, press, and analysts. The growth of your business will be determined...

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Will Web Video Make NY The New Silicon Valley? - Joost headquarters lead the way to create an online video community in NY (broadbandreports.com)

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:01:24 GMT

European peer-to-peer video sharing site Joost wanted to move its headquarters to the United States and many people assumed that meant the company would be heading to California. With Silicon Valley as a tech center and Los Angeles as an entertainment city, California would seem like a natural choice for companies seeking to make a move into online video entertainment....

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Metro Silicon Valley, May 21-27, 2008 (Asiaing.com)

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:32:32 GMT

Metro Newspapers publishes weekly newspapers in California's Silicon Valley, Santa Cruz County and the North Bay. Metro's award-winning publications reach more than half a million readers in the San Francisco Bay Area every week.

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People flee fire in mountains near Silicon Valley (OTB News)

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:18:55 GMT

GILROY, California (Reuters) - Nearly 200 people were evacuated on Thursday from the path of a wind-swept fire spreading rapidly in a mountainous area south of San Jose and near the city of Gilroy, California, officials said. Share This

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People flee fire in mountains near Silicon Valley (Reuters)

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:02:44 GMT

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Fire near Silicon Valley forces evacuations (OTB News)

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:18:19 GMT

GILROY, California (Reuters) - At least 100 people were evacuated on Thursday from the path of a wind-swept fire spreading rapidly in a mountainous area south of San Jose and near the city of Gilroy, California, officials said. Share This

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Fire near Silicon Valley forces evacuations (Reuters)

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:31:02 GMT

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Spime Watch: Silicon Valley Moguls Demand "Stuff On the Network" (Autopia)

Sun, 18 May 2008 15:32:02 GMT

(((Not unusual ideas, but rather unusual guys to have saying them in a business blog.))) http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/05/suns-mcnealy-i.html#more Link: Sun's McNealy: 'I Don't Want to Be On the Network' | Epicenter from Wired.com. "WOODSIDE, California -- At Apple co-founder Mike Markulla's Venetian...

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Silicon Valley Public Relations Agency Wins International PR Award for Orchard Supply Hardware Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:03:02 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The International Public Relations Network (IPRN), a consortium of 45 agencies from 32 countries, awarded PRx Communication Strategists of San Jose, California, its Project of the Year Award. This award, IPRN's highest honor, was

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Ericsson Strengthens Silicon Valley Presence with Research Branch and Additional Senior Management (Business Wire)

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:30:00 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced it is strengthening its presence in Silicon Valley by opening a research branch in San Jose, California, in

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Ericsson strengthens Silicon Valley presence with research branch and additional senior management (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:05:39 GMT

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN -- 05/06/08 -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced it is strengthening its presence in Silicon Valley by opening a research branch in San Jose, California, in August 2008. Jan Uddenfeldt, an Ericsson Senior Vice..

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Bill would require California’s science curriculum to cover climate - Silicon Valley (Www.OSIR.org.in) (www.OSIR.org.in)

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:07:19 GMT

A Silicon Valley lawmaker is gaining momentum with a bill that would require “climate change” to be among the science topics that all California public school students are taught. The measure, by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, also would Source: www.siliconvalley.com

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