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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 2, 2010

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

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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. #

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 30, 2010

HP pays $55 million in illegal kickback settlement

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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 29, 2010

Wolverton: Facebook’s location-sharing feature needs privacy protections

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Facebook users can access Places and share their whereabouts -- and those of friends with them -- with their Facebook contacts.

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Filed under Silicon Valley Opinion by By Troy WolvertonMercury News Columnist on Aug 29th, 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 26, 2010

Netflix releases iPhone, iPod touch app for instant streaming

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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.

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

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