Chip maker Broadcom said Monday it has agreed to pay $3.7 billion for NetLogic Microsystems, a Santa Clara company that makes smart chips used to send voice, video and other data to people via cyberspace.
Scott Herhold writes about the accident that killed Apple engineer Skip Haughay and his horse. The driver of the truck that struck them has not been charged but has spoken publicly.
Michael Arrington, founding editor of technology news blog TechCrunch, is officially leaving the website and the company that purchased it nearly a year ago, AOL, after a nasty public tiff.
The new leader of San Jose’s Tech Museum is Tim Ritchie, the director of a thriving Alabama science museum who is also an attorney, educator, community developer and advocate for people with disabilities.
Taleo said Monday it plans to hire nearly 200 more workers at its Dublin headquarters, amid rising demand for the company’s business software. The company now has about 300 employees.
Whip out your smartphone, snap a photo of a frog or lizard, and you could deliver crucial informational about the hopping and crawling creatures whose numbers are declining worldwide. This month, UC Berkeley and Stanford University researchers helped launch the second phase of a “BioBlitz” race to photograph every amphibian and reptile species — about 16,500 in all — and record their locations with the camera’s GPS.
Chris O’Brien writes about what PG&E’s new CEO needs to do to restore the public’s trust in the utility: Make clear the ratepayers are the priority; lower the share customers need to pay for proposed upgrades; rebuild infrastructure and more.
