Silicon Valley Companies

The latest news about the top Silicon Valley Companies

September 2, 2010

Cisco Systems to buy S.F. smart-grid software maker Arch Rock

Cisco Systems, the giant San Jose maker of networking equipment, intends to buy Arch Rock, a San Francisco developer of smart-grid software.

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Filed under Cisco by By Frank Michael Russellfrussell@mercurynews.com on Sep 2nd, 2010. Comment.

August 30, 2010

HP pays $55 million in illegal kickback settlement

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed Monday that Hewlett-Packard paid $55 million to settle claims that the Palo Alto tech giant gave illegal kickbacks to other companies that recommended HP products to government agencies.

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Filed under Hewlett-Packard by By Brandon Baileybbailey@mercurynews.com on Aug 30th, 2010. Comment.

August 26, 2010

Netflix releases iPhone, iPod touch app for instant streaming

Netflix released an app that puts its instant streaming service on Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The app is a free download, with content available to Netflix subscribers who pay $8.99 a month or more.

Tags: Apple, companies, silicon valley.

Filed under Apple by By Frank Michael Russellfrussell@mercurynews.com on Aug 26th, 2010. Comment.

August 16, 2010

Google to tap games for social network

Google is widely expected to soon announce a new social network service to compete with Facebook's runaway growth. But CEO Eric Schmidt says Google's social effort, widely rumored to be dubbed 'Google Me,' won't be a Facebook knock-off.

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Filed under Google by By Mike Swiftmswift@mercurynews.com on Aug 16th, 2010. Comment.

August 13, 2010

Apple manager arrested in kickback scheme

An Apple global supply manager is in federal custody, accused of accepting kickbacks from half a dozen Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod headsets and related materials, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

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Filed under Apple by By Pete Careypcarey@mercurynews.com on Aug 13th, 2010. Comment.

August 12, 2010

Yahoo, Bing race to meet deadline

The two companies are racing to meet a fall deadline for launching their joint venture to collaborate on Internet search, an effort by the former rivals to try to narrow the gap with their much stronger, common foe: Google.

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Filed under Google by By Mike Swiftmswift@mercurynews.com on Aug 12th, 2010. Comment.

August 7, 2010

HP’s challenge: Find a CEO who’s a master of tech transformation, not cost-cutting

While Mark Hurd focused on cost-cutting, observers say Hewlett-Packard's next CEO needs to have a vision and the skills knit together all the deals Hurd made as computing moves beyond the desktop.

O'Brien: HP's decision based on mysterious circumstances

Source: Hurd paid accuser to settle claim

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Filed under Hewlett-Packard by By Brandon Baileybbailey@mercurynews.com on Aug 7th, 2010. Comment.

August 2, 2010

Google’s Android OS closer to overtaking BlackBerry in popularity

Android is rapidly gaining on Research In Motion's Blackberry for the highest share of sales. And a stunning 89 percent of smartphone owners said they also wanted their next device to be an iPhone.

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Filed under Apple by By Mike Swiftmswift@mercurynews.com on Aug 2nd, 2010. Comment.

July 30, 2010

Whistleblower details alleged Oracle contract violations

Oracle salespeople used a variety of questionable tactics to hide the fact they were over-charging the federal government for software, according to a whistleblower whose claims prompted a Justice Department lawsuit this week.

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Filed under Oracle by By Brandon Baileybbailey@mercurynews.com on Jul 30th, 2010. Comment.

July 6, 2010

Smart gadgets may one day anticipate our needs

The devices contemplated by Intel, HP and other companies would be capable of sophisticated judgments about a broad array of human needs.

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Filed under Google by By Steve Johnsonsjohnson@mercurynews.com on Jul 6th, 2010. Comment.

July 4, 2010

Gadgets market befuddles Microsoft

Company stumbles again in quest for cool new products

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Filed under Microsoft by By Ashlee Vance New York Times on Jul 4th, 2010. Comment.

June 21, 2010

China’s wage hikes likely to lead to higher gadget prices

The era of cheap manufacturing in China is coming to an end.Rising wages spurred by a series of labor disputes at factories in China, coupled with the country's just-announced decision to allow its currency to rise in value — making it more expensive to build things there — will lead to

Tags: Apple, companies, silicon valley.

Filed under Apple by By John Boudreaujboudreau@mercurynews.com on Jun 21st, 2010. Comment.

June 16, 2010

Cisco wants city OK for future growth

Cisco Systems is asking the city of San Jose for an agreement that would let the giant tech company build up to 2.5 million square feet of additional office and industrial space on Cisco's main campus in North San Jose.

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Filed under Cisco by By Brandon Baileybbailey@mercurynews.com on Jun 16th, 2010. Comment.

May 31, 2010

Mercury News interview: Andy Rubin, vice president, mobile platforms, Google

People in Silicon Valley have long known that Andy Rubin is smart, but as the man who heads up Google's Android effort, Rubin is beginning to look like a genius.

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Filed under Google by By Troy Wolvertontwolverton@mercurynews.com on May 31st, 2010. Comment.