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Does Silicon Valley Face an Innovation Crisis?

Judy Estrin, who has built several Silicon Valley companies and was the chief technology officer of Cisco Systems, says Silicon Valley is in trouble. In a new book, “Closing the Innovation Gap,� which will be in bookstores Tuesday, she writes that the valley’s problems are symptomatic of a crisis in innovation facing the country as a whole.

Silicon Knights "temporarily" lays-off 26 staff

Silicon Knights, the developer behind the maligned title Too Human, has announced that it has "temporarily" laid-off 26 employees.

Silicon Valley Plagued by Mobile Woes

Civic leaders in Silicon Valley are considering their options in light of a new report exposing myriad technical problems plaguing mobile phone users in the region, while analysts point out local governments are a big part of the problem.

Silicon Knights Less Human, 26 Staff Cut

Recently, news that a development studio has laid off workers ends with said developer ending up looking for a new sugar daddy, but spokeswoman Susan Lusty Of Silicon Knights assures us that their culling season is only due to the traditional cycle all developers go through after the launch of a title.

Silicon Valley Politicians Warn Against Google-Yahoo Lawsuit

A group of House Democrats from California hopes the Department of Justice goes easy on Google and Yahoo. Eleven California Democrats, many of whom represent regions around the Silicon Valley area, sent a letter late last week to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, urging his department to steer clear of a "preemptive lawsuit" blocking Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google.

NetSuite - A Leading Silicon Valley ERP, CRM and Ecommerce

NetSuite - A Leading Silicon Valley ERP, CRM and Ecommerce Software Company - Opens Major Facility in Denver Metro Area

Google Sponsors Silicon Valley Tech Conference on Africa

Google is sponsoring a conference in Silicon Valley, dubbed BarCamp Africa, aimed at familiarizing participants with the continent's technological developments.

'Google phone' hits Silicon Valley

It is thicker than an iPhone. It is an unassuming flat, grayish-black hunk of plastic. The fabled 'Google phone' officially launches in October, but it has already hit Silicon Valley.

China Mobile plans research center in Silicon Valley

China Mobile plans to establish a research and development center in Silicon Valley in the United States in 2009, according to the company's senior executive.

Unemployment Hits New High In Silicon Valley

Though there may be some degree of cushion for IT workers in the US generally, Slatterz writes "The steadily climbing unemployment rate in Silicon Valley has reached a shocking four-year high of 6.6 per cent. Recent statistics indicate that the percentage of unemployed workers in the sunny state of California has increased to 7.7 in August — up from 7.4 per cent in July. Jeffrey Lindsay of Bernstein Research explained that a number of Internet firms were chronically overstaffed."

China Mobile plans R&D facility in Silicon Valley

China Mobile, China's largest cell phone operator, plans to establish a research and development facility in Silicon Valley in 2009, according to a report from ChinaTechNews.com.

With EBay layoffs possibly looming, is Silicon Valley slowing down like it's 2000?

EBay CEO John DonahoeIf the Wall Street meltdown wasn't depressing enough, Google chairman Eric Schmidt and founder Sergey Brin fielded questions about the state of the Silicon Valley economy Wednesday. Their conclusion: Not so good.

Development of the World's First Discharge-Free Fluorescent Lighting Device using a Nanocrystalline Silicon Cathode Applications Expected in Next Generation Lighting Fixtures

Development of the World’s First Discharge-Free Fluorescent Lighting Device using a Nanocrystalline Silicon Cathode Applications Expected in Next Generation Lighting Fixtures

Arrow Shares Expertise in ARM Solutions at 2008 ARM Developers' Conference, Oct. 7-9, Silicon Valley

TMCNet: Arrow Shares Expertise in ARM Solutions at 2008 ARM Developers' Conference, Oct. 7-9, Silicon Valley

'We Apply for One Patent Every Month'

Chennai based Silicon Labs has carved a niche in critical care manufacturing market. This small scale company is standing out from its counterparts by practicing innovation and investing in R&D. L Narayanan, Managing Director, Silicon Labs in conversation with K Deepalakshmi.

Simulating hypersonic nanoparticle collisions

What happens when you fire a silicon nanoparticle at a silicon surface at 900 m/s? What about at 2,000 m/s? As it turns out, two completely different things occur; bouncing or sticking, and the transition between the two responses occurs at a speed between 1,250 and 1,550 m/s.

Team discovers quantum halfway house between magnet and semiconductor

(Nanowerk News) The semiconductor silicon and the ferromagnet iron are the basis for much of mankind's technology, used in everything from computers to electric motors. In this week's issue of the journal Nature (August 21st) an international group of scientists, including academic and industrial researchers from the UK, USA and Lesotho, report that they have combined these elements with a small amount of another common metal, manganese, to create a new material which is neither a magnet nor an ordinary semiconductor. The paper goes on to show how a small magnetic field can be used to switch ordinary semiconducting behaviour (such as that seen in the electronic-grade silicon which is used to make transistors) back on.

Hybrid Plastics Produce First Conformal Coating to Suppress Short Circuits

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Parallel "Nano-Soldering" Technique Selected as Top Nano50 Awards

Ortech Advanced Ceramics provide a wide selection of technical and advanced ceramics including Alumina Oxide, Zirconia Oxide, Silicon Carbide and Silicon Nitride

FDA Nanotechnology Task Force Release Report on Regulations of Nanoscale Materials

Ortech Advanced Ceramics provide a wide selection of technical and advanced ceramics including Alumina Oxide, Zirconia Oxide, Silicon Carbide and Silicon Nitride

Nano-Soldering Technique Awarded Amongst Top 50 Innovation by Nanotech Briefs

Ortech Advanced Ceramics provide a wide selection of technical and advanced ceramics including Alumina Oxide, Zirconia Oxide, Silicon Carbide and Silicon Nitride

Developers of the World's Thinnest Material Are Hopeful Candidates for the Nobel Prize

Ortech Advanced Ceramics provide a wide selection of technical and advanced ceramics including Alumina Oxide, Zirconia Oxide, Silicon Carbide and Silicon Nitride

Abaca Founder and Chairman Steve Kirsch Wins 2008 Inventor of the Year Award

Abaca Technology Corporation, an innovator in email protection and messaging security, today announced that its founder and chairman Steve Kirsch has been named inventor of the year by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA). The award honors Kirsch's numerous technological achievements as a Silicon Valley inventor and entrepreneur over the past 25 years.

World's Largest Solar Plants Planned In California

Pickens writes "Two photovoltaic solar power plants will be built in San Luis Obispo County in California, covering 12.5 square miles, that together will generate about 800 megawatts of power, the latest indication that solar energy is starting to achieve significant scale. 'If you're going to make a difference, you've got to do it big,' said Randy Goldstein, the chief executive of OptiSolar. OptiSolar will employ enough of its amorphous silicon thin-film solar panels at its Topaz Solar Farm project to generate 550 MW. Meanwhile, SunPower will install mechanical tracking for its more expensive 250 MW-worth of crystalline silicon photovoltaics at High Plains Ranch II in a bid to boost their efficiency by 30 percent from following the sun across the sky.

Silicon Knights 'Temporarily' Lays Off 26

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