Twenty-one years after he set foot in the United States, Facebook engineer Wei Zhu was overjoyed to take his oath of citizenship Wednesday at a special Silicon...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | February 23, 2012
Deluged by cyberattacks they've mostly hidden from the public, companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are being prodded by federal regulators to finally fess...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | January 27, 2012
Google has a new weapon in the intense war for engineering talent in Silicon Valley: The search giant on Thursday was named by Fortune magazine as the best place...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | January 19, 2012
As Wikipedia and other Websites go dark Wednesday in what backers are calling the largest Internet protest ever, the epic battle between Silicon Valley and Hollywood...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | January 18, 2012
Intel's chips have dominated the PC era, but when it comes to post-PC devices, such as smartphones and tablets, the company is less than an also-ran.San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | January 11, 2012
Imagine this nightmarish possibility: al-Qaida terrorists remotely disabling the brakes on thousands of cars racing down a Bay Area freeway during the morning...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | December 29, 2011
Silicon Valley is making one of its biggest lobbying pushes ever, as it fights a proposed law championed by Hollywood called the Stop Online Piracy Act. But whether...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | December 9, 2011
Continually needing to add computing power to its microprocessors, Santa Clara behemoth Intel this year announced it was venturing beyond its traditional method...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | December 6, 2011
Written off by some critics as a doomed dinosaur, stuck in the tar pit of a stalling personal computer market, Intel is headed for a colossal clash as it scrambles...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | October 24, 2011
By signing onto many of the most popular sites on the Web, you may be unknowingly sharing your email address or name with other websites and data collection companies...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | October 13, 2011
He was the resident wizard at 1 Infinite Loop, the guy sporting minimalist attire, closely cropped hair and a mischievous smile as he pulled one delightful new...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | September 8, 2011
Rosie the Robot could finally be coming to your home. Willow Garage, a startup in Menlo Park, has designed a robot called the PR2 that calls to mind the Jetsons'...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | September 7, 2011
The personal computer recently celebrated its 30th birthday. Then last week, Silicon Valley staged the PC's funeral.San Jose Mercury News From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2011
You want a good look at Silicon Valley's bipolar job market? Step into the 11th-floor office of Young Sohn. The CEO of Santa Clara-based Inphi is tearing his...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | August 22, 2011
The mobile computing boom has turned into a courthouse war of the titans, as big tech companies are increasingly engaged in high-dollar legal disputes over lucrative...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | August 10, 2011
Dropped calls, unsent texts, painfully slow Internet connections and overcrowded Wi-Fi hot spots have become a bane of modern life. But veteran valley entrepreneur...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | August 4, 2011
Chipmaker Marvell, whose top management is based in Santa Clara, has been tapped to help China achieve the goal of creating its own mobile technology standards...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | August 4, 2011
Taking a trip with always-on digital devices can be like traveling with your safe—and forgetting to lock it.San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | July 25, 2011