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Filed under Silicon Valley News by admin on Jul 24th, 2008. Comment. #

September 4, 2010

Toyota Prius May Lead Japan Car Sale Collapse as Subsidies End

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TOKYO -- The Prius hybrid has spearheaded sales growth for Toyota Motor in Japan for more than a year, helped by government subsidies.

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Filed under Business news by By Makiko Kitamura and Yuki Hagiwara Bloomberg News on Sep 4th, 2010. Comment. #

September 3, 2010

Making a greener champagne bottle

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Change aims to cut carbon footprint

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Filed under Business news by By Liz Alderman New York Times on Sep 3rd, 2010. Comment. #

September 1, 2010

Wolverton: Apple makes big push into social networking

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Filed under Personal Tech by By Troy WolvertonMercury News Columnist on Sep 1st, 2010. Comment. #

August 31, 2010

Long wait for Los Gatos love triangle murder for hire trial ends today

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District attorney lays out prosecution's case in opening statement at 9 a.m.

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Filed under Valley News by Julia Prodis Sulekjsulek@mercurynews.com on Aug 31st, 2010. Comment. #

August 27, 2010

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google and others for patent infringement

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Time was that Silicon Valley companies accused Microsoft of corporate treachery. Now Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has turned the tables, filing a marquee-quality lawsuit Friday that accuses Google, Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, YouTube and Netflix of patent infringement.

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Filed under Business news by By Scott Duke Harrissdharris@mercurynews.com on Aug 27th, 2010. Comment. #

August 25, 2010

San Jose airport has fourth most laser strikes on planes

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On Aug. 12, a Boeing 767 commercial night flight from Hawaii was six miles out from Mineta San Jose International Airport when it was struck with a laser beam.

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Filed under Valley News by By Sean Webbyswebby@mercurynews.com on Aug 25th, 2010. Comment. #

August 24, 2010

Bing powers Yahoo searches

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As of Tuesday, the results of all searches made from Yahoo sites came from Microsoft's Bing search engine, a milestone for an alliance that the two companies hope can take on Google in search.

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Filed under Business news by By Mike Swiftmswift@mercurynews.com on Aug 24th, 2010. Comment. #

August 23, 2010

San Jose: Former correctional officer sentenced to 12 years in molest case

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A former Santa Clara County correctional officer who was convicted of sexually abusing his young niece was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison and waived his right to appeal the decision.

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Filed under Valley News by By Mark Gomezmgomez@mercurynews.com on Aug 23rd, 2010. Comment. #

August 22, 2010

Thousands celebrate at 35th annual San Jose Pride

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It was part old-home week, part newfound-liberation day and part just an afternoon to rock out to music in the sun as thousands gathered Sunday at Discovery Park for the 35th annual San Jose Pride Festival.

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Filed under Valley News by By Sharon Noguchisnoguchi@mercurynews.com on Aug 22nd, 2010. Comment. #

August 21, 2010

GOP state convention stays upbeat, avoids resolution that slapped at Whitman

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SAN DIEGO -- The California Republican Party anticipates the sweet taste of victory in the fall '“ and is determined to do everything it can not to mess up its chances.

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Filed under Valley News by Ken McLaughlinkmclaughlin@mercurynews.com on Aug 21st, 2010. Comment. #

August 20, 2010

Pizarro: San Pedro Public Market opening pushed to 2011

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The downtown San Jose retail project had been expected to open this summer, but the new target is early next year.

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Filed under Valley News by By Sal Pizarrospizarro@mercurynews.com on Aug 20th, 2010. Comment. #

August 19, 2010

Defense in Mark Achilli slaying to request change of venue

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Paul Garcia's defense lawyer plans to ask Friday that his murder trial be moved out of Santa Clara County because of pretrial publicity surrounding the killing of Los Gatos restaurateur Mark Achilli.

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Filed under Valley News by Julia Prodis Sulekjsulek@mercurynews.com on Aug 19th, 2010. Comment. #

August 18, 2010

Foxconn: iPhone manufacturer rallies workers after China suicides

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Young workers who normally spend their days assembling iPhones and other high-tech gadgets packed a stadium at their massive campus Wednesday, waving pompoms and shouting slogans at a rally to raise morale following a string of suicides at the company's heavily regimented

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Filed under Business news by By Gillian WongAssociated Press on Aug 18th, 2010. Comment. #

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