The chip industry is starting to hit the skids, and the dramatic growth it saw in 2010 is likely to be a cyclical peak. In 2011 and 2012, growth is li... read more »
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In the modern media equivalent of a Greek myth, the Gawker empire was hit hard over the weekend when it was revealed that a hacker group had infiltra... read more »
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Looking for something fun or educational to do this weekend A just-launched site called GameMaki aims to be your guide.The basic mechanics of the site... read more »
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Kyocera, a company mostly known for making printers and dumb phones (through its Sanyo brand), isna4a4t usually associated with innovative smartp... read more »
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When you hear the word &''startup&'', you most likely think of an Internet startup. Maybe it&'s funded, maybe not, but its burn rate almost for sure ... read more »
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Zynga and Playdom, two of the biggest social game companies, said today that they have settled a year-old lawsuit over alleged trade-secret theft.Term... read more »
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Salesforce has hired IBM enterprise sales pro Jeff Lautenbach to head its enterprise sales division as it gets ready to take on some of the largest co... read more »
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Herea4a4s our roundup of the weeka4a4s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:Apple fa... read more »
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If Groupon&'s rebuke of Google last Friday taught us anything, it&'s that sometimes the coolness conferred by just saying no is worth more than any a... read more »
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Here&'s a great example of how a seemingly noble social media donation campaign can go awry: Microsoft tweeted two hours ago on the Bing search engine... read more »
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Youa4a4ve probably seen that professional networking site LinkedIn filed for its initial public offering today. Now that the first wave of exciteme... read more »
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Personal genetics company 23andMe has raised $22 million in a third round of funding, according to a filing with the SEC. Founded by Anne Wojcicki, wi... read more »
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Herea4a4s the latest action wea4a4re following on the GreenBeat:Cleantech investing hit $4 billion in 2010 a4a4 Investments in cleantech comp... read more »
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SoloPower, a maker of flexible thin-film solar power panels, has raised $13.5 million in its fifth round of funding from Crosslink Capital and others,... read more »
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Okay everyone, let&'s calm down. Currently making the rounds on the Internet is that Twitter is about to launch a Foursquare-killer, Twitter Places. T... read more »
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HP narrowly beat analyst expectations for Q4 earnings today, postinga4snet revenue of $33.3 billion, up $2.5 billion or 8% from a year earlier. Non... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat today:Khosla backs natural gas startup Ciris &8211' Ciris Energy makes technology that con... read more »
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UpdatedAs interest in secondary markets for shares in hot private companies like Facebook and Twitter grows (among both investors and regulators), a n... read more »
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Daily deals giant Groupon might be in talks with several banks to file for an initial public offering later this year that would value the company at ... read more »
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[Update: added comments from kn0thing a4a4Alexis Ohanian's Twitter handle a4a4 on Y Combinator's Hacker News website]Priceline today announced... read more »
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