http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=66&catid=385News Feed for - Silicon-Valleyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96632096&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-27T06:15:00They're about 9 inches tall, with big eyes and toothpick legs, and just a few of them are left in Mountain View. But despite their small size and population, the city's remaining Western burrowing owls SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96595143&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-27T05:50:00Estelle Chalfin held her first Thanksgiving meal for the homeless in 1985, when she invited 35 people into her downtown Palo Alto sandwich shop, Captain Cosmos, for a dinner she cooked herself. On Thursday, SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96581449&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-27T06:02:00Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Traditionally we take stock of the things that weâ??re thankful for on this day each year. And I realized that one of those things is Steve Jobs. Iâ??m thankful that Business Insiderhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96619960&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-27T02:46:00Mike Levy spent a day getting connected with the bosses of Twitter, LinkedIn and others... A star-studded entrepreneurial team from Silicon Valley arrived at the Judge Business School. Their task was Cambridge Networkhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96380550&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-27T08:48:00Shopping research site Milo.com has raised $4 million in series A funding. The Palo Alto company offers a free web site where consumers can research online products they want to buy locally. Milo says Houston Business Journalhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96536636&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-26T04:52:00Although financial analysts say thejob market is showing signs of a turnaround, out-of-work lists are still high, according to NOVA job training agency in Sunnyvale. In Santa Clara County, the unemployment SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96535693&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-26T04:52:00West Valley Presbyterian Church is hosting a reception and art exhibit titled "Angels: Artists Imagine the Invisible." The exhibit will run from Dec. 8 to Jan. 5 at the church, located at 6191 Bollinger SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531451&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-26T04:52:00Thanks to some federal funding, Cupertino might not be left in the dark if there is ever a major emergency. Cupertino was recently allocated $300,000 to purchase a 300-kilowatt portable generator for SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96534169&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-26T10:55:00Just weeks after a fire roared through her apartment complex, Jessica Arias was looking on the bright side. Arias says she has plenty to be thankful for she is already living in a new place, working on Sunnyvale Sunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96500968&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-25T20:58:00The jury is expected to announce soon a verdict in the death-penalty trial of a 26-year-old man accused of murdering East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in 2006. The verdict will be read at about SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96440849&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-25T02:23:00Sunnyvale-based eSilicon celebrated a successful finish to 2008 by throwing an extravagant holiday party at Santana Row's Hotel Valencia. The semiconductor firm put together a dinner menu that included SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96438579&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-25T02:23:00By Mike Swift Despite a rocky three years, Yahoo is moving forward with plans to build a new campus that would house up to 12,000 workers in Santa Clara, potentially the largest single real estate development SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96502204&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-26T14:51:00A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the fraud and obstruction of justice convictions of a former Silicon Valley CEO who once faced additional charges that he plotted to kill a Bay Area federal judge. Individual.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96449531&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-26T00:08:00Silicon Valley tech millionaires who for years gave generously through donor-advised funds at the local community foundation are beginning to cut back, the reports. Buoyed by wealth from initial public Philanthropy News Digesthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96346860&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-24T11:43:00Sand Hill Road makes big bets and has done well funding very nascent technologies. But these same deal makers are doing things differently in China. Bets there are in a wide range of areas--health care, SINAhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300338&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-23T12:17:00ALISO VIEJO, Calif. From 1:50 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. 'It's an honor to have been invited to present side-by-side with such revered members of the thin-film community,' said Robert Wendt, CTO, XsunX, Inc. 'As Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96519077&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-26T06:28:00By Scott Duke Harris Asana. Not only does it rhyme with nirvana, it's also a Sanskrit word for a yoga posture to enhance well-being. Now say it slowly: Ahh. Sauna. It sounds like a spa in Big Sur. But Inside Bay Areahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96188280&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-21T23:03:00MESA, Ariz. -- It's a sad statistic, and one that hits close to home for thousands across the Valley. Every 16 minutes someone in the U.S. commits suicide. Those who have lost loved ones to suicide come KPHO Phoenixhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96367725&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-24T04:00:00SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Google Inc.'s acquisition of online advertising start-up Teracent Corp., announced Monday, marks yet another payday courtesy of the Internet giant for a member of one of MarketWatchhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96142436&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-21T05:22:00At least one unwanted guest won't appear on Thanksgiving Day. Forecasters say we're headed for a dry weather-wise turkey day. In the wake of the month's first major winter storm, the partly cloudy skies, SiliconValley.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96350223&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-25T22:54:00Mix goes in-depth into the world of mastering. Tell us how mastering has helped your projects in the past. E-mail us at mixeditorial@mixonline.com. This Month in Mix The second annual Silicon Valley Rocks! Mixhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96245374&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-25T16:09:00No sooner does the question leave my lips than I realize just how dumb it is. What makes Silicon Valley a good setting for a novel? Keith Raffel is a nice guy. He doesn't laugh, roll his eyes or ask me Individual.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96419041&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-25T07:21:00PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/24/09 -- Dyyno, the Web platform for instant sharing of visual information, today announced it has been named a finalist for the 2009 Emerging Technology Awards from Digital Producerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96297383&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-23T10:57:00Re:John Doerr on Carbon Costs & Financing Innovation - IT in Canada Forums jax_live_site //1: show, 0 : hide jr_expandImg_url @import open_window(req_con) Canada's Only Integrated Social Media News Network IT in Canadahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291343&Channel_ID=66&Category_ID=3852009-11-23T09:21:00Highlights from Scott Kirsners Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, visit www.boston.com/innovation . Seeing Boston from Silicon Valley. Via e-mail and Twitter, I keep receiving links to the recent Boston Globe