Oracle President Safra Catz is reclaiming the job of chief financial officer, the company said Monday, after announcing that CFO Jeff Epstein had resigned for undisclosed reasons.
Facebook wants to redevelop the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park and two adjacent parcels to eventually accommodate 9,400 employees, according to city documents.
Lacking the money to pay its operating expenses, Mountain View’s SETI Institute has pulled the plug on the renowned Allen Telescope Array, a field of radio dishes — popularized in the Jodie Foster film “Contact” — that scan the skies for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Malicious programmers are always looking for new targets, and Androids are a popular choice. While smartphones and tablets replace PCs as the gadgets we use for messaging, Web surfing and even doing business, some shady characters are starting to target these devices with new forms of viruses, Trojans and spyware.
After growing up in a family that sometimes struggled to get by, Kunal Bahl headed off to the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with a dual degree in business and engineering, started an Internet company and now he’s living the American dream — in India. His online coupon startup sounds like a perfect fit for Silicon Valley — so why isn’t he here?
Troy Wolverton says the key feature of HTC’s new Thunderbolt smartphone is its ability to tap into Verizon’s speedy next generation data network. Unfortunately, there’s little else to distinguish or recommend about the device.
Larry Magid reviews Pioneer’s new after-market audio and navigation system for your car.
When they aren’t writing code, Googlers in the company’s Beijing office line up for five-star meals, attend in-house yoga classes and pedal mini bicycles down hallways at the 10-floor outpost. Meanwhile, a year after a public feud with China’s government over censorship caused Google to move its search functions to Hong Kong, the conflict between the company and the Communist leadership continues.
With the right tools, anyone can tap into the private details of your life from your smartphone: texts, photos, tweets, Facebook ramblings, doctor’s appointments, favorite hiking trails, and what you had for dinner last night at that little French bistro on the corner.
Steven Levy’s new book, ‘In the Plex,’ is a deep dive into Google’s culture, history and technology and includes the Internet giant’s troubled foray into China, its intensifying rivalry with Facebook, and the inner workings of its search, advertising and data center technology.
Gov. Jerry Brown told Silicon Valley business leaders Friday that a demoralized and turbulent California educational system could undermine the state’s global competitiveness.
Mercury News interview: Mark Barrenechea is CEO of the new SGI, created two years ago when low-profile Rackable Systems bought the remains of Silicon Graphics — a once-hot computer maker that had fallen on hard times — and decided to revive the old name.
