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Applied Materials Leads in Corporate Giving
BusinessNews Nov 05, 2010, by Danny Wool
At the Corporate Philanthropy Awards on Thursday night, local companies were honored for giving back to the community and the world. Applied Materials was honored for donating $5.2 million dollars to charitable causes, while other companies and firms received recognition for the money and time they donate to help others.
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Tech Awards 2010
News Nov 04, 2010, by Danny Wool
The Tech Awards will be handed out this Saturday for outstanding technological advances in Environment, Economic Development, Education, Equality, and Health to benefit humanity. Queen Rania of Jordan will receive the prestigious James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award in recognition of her worldwide efforts on behalf of children.
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Election Day!
LocalNews Nov 02, 2010, by Danny WoolIt’s election day across the nation, though 70 percent of Santa Clara voters have already voted by mail. We’ll have a new crew in Sacramento, a new insurance commissioner, new City Council members, new legislators, and new senators and congressmen. We’ll also decide if marijuana should be legalized, and if the state should continue pressing forward with its plans to curb greenhouse gases.
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Wine Enthusiast magazine named J. Lohr Vineyards the finest American winery of the year. The tribute recognized the vineyard for its wines as well as its contributions to women’s health and for going green.
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Pod Car Conference Launched
EnvironmentLocalNews Oct 28, 2010, by Danny Wool
San Jose is taking a giant leap forward to the next generation of public transportation with the Podcar City Conference. Pod cars are a hybrid form of public and private transportation, also known as personal rapid transit. They are electric vehicles that run on a track, like a train, but each car is for individuals and takes them exactly where they want to go, without stopping to let people on or off along the way.
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Boxer Campaigns in San Jose
NewsPolitics Oct 27, 2010, by Danny WoolSenator Barbara Boxer made a campaign stop in San Jose on Tuesday and spoke at a townhall meeting at Cisco. While she repeated her commitment to saving local jobs, Boxer came under fire for Cisco’s own outsourcing of jobs and its keeping of $30 billion offshore to avoid corporate taxes.
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Networks Block Shows from Google TV
BusinessNews Oct 22, 2010, by Danny WoolOnce there were only three networks in America: ABC, NBC, and CBS. Then came cable and the rise of Fox. Now TV is set to take another turn with the rise of Google TV, and the Big Three, the original networks that once dominated the tv-scape, are fighting back to maintain their position. while they are still locked in negotiations with Google about airing their shows on the new platform, they have blocked their shows from being viewable on Google TV. Fox is considering following suit.
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Manufacturing False Memories
BusinessNews Oct 21, 2010, by Danny WoolMemory is a fickle thing, and the triggers that spur memories can be even more fickle. Aza Raskin, Creative Lead for the web browser Firefox, warned that some very sophisticated advertisers are looking into memories, and trying to find ways to reshape them and promote their products. They’ve even found the platform to do that: Facebook.
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Following the revelation that Facebook apps had been collecting personal information about users and their friends for sale to advertisers and internet tracking companies, Democratic representative Edward Markey (D-MA) and Republican Representative Joe Barton (R- TX) sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, expressing concern over, “a series of breaches of consumer privacy.”
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Privacy Breach at Facebook
BusinessNews Oct 18, 2010, by Danny WoolFacebook is coming under fire after the Wall Street Journal reported that the users of popular apps are having their personal information sold to at least 25 advertising firms and internet tracking companies. According to the report, even users who have switched to the social networking site’s strictest privacy settings.
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