| Occupy protesters gather for new Oakland march Memebers of Occupy Oakland gather at Frank Ogawa Plaza for their weekly general assembly meeting, on Saturday Feb. 4, 2012, in Oakland, Ca., as they prepare for a protest march to Oakland Police... | |
| Pleasures of London before the Olympics This is London: Yellow construction cranes tower over inner-city building sites; popular gathering spots rumble with earth-moving equipment, along with the usual heaving masses of shoppers and... |
| Facebook has only men on its board of directors Most of Facebook Inc.'s more than 800 million users are women. You wouldn't know it from looking at the board, whose seven directors are all men. The disconnect puts the social-media... |
| Tom Brady, Patriots go for 4th title INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 01: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots answers questions from the press during a media availability session for Super Bowl XLVI at the University Place Conference... |
| Renewable energy costs are starting to come down The price of renewable power contracts signed by California utilities more than doubled from 2003 through 2011 but has now started to plunge, according to a long-awaited state report issued Friday. ... |
| Micron appoints Durcan CEO after Appleton's death 1 of 2. Micron Technology Inc. COO Mark Durcan listens to a question during the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco, California May 17,... |
| CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business (Credit: Micron Technology) Steve Appleton mirrored the survivalist streak in the company he led. Micron Technology CEO Appleton died Friday at 51 years old when a... |
| Facebook IPO will create billionaires When Facebook cannonballs into the pool of publicly traded companies this year, most of the big money will belong to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and an elite group of 10 top executives... |
| Mobile payment apps work to make wallets obsolete I have glimpsed the future - and it looks a lot like free hot chocolate. Late last month, I ordered the beverage at Sightglass Coffee in SoMa, grabbed it from the counter and walked out without... |
| S.F. man killed on freeway in Daly City (02-04) 16:46 PST Daly City -- The California Highway Patrol is searching for dark blue Prius and its driver following an incident this morning on Interstate 280 that resulted in the death of a San... |
| 'Universe from Nothing': Big Bang was a bargain But something from nothing, physicists are finding, may be the ultimate secret of the universe. "The surprising fact is that we live in a universe that has all the characteristics of being created... |
| Micron Appoints Mark Durcan to CEO Role After Appleton’s Death Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Micron Technology Inc. named Mark Durcan as its chief executive today, replacing Steve Appleton, who died yesterday after crashing an experimental... |
| CEO Appleton reflected Micron's risky existence (Credit: Micron Technology) Steve Appleton mirrored the survivalist streak in the company he led. Micron Technology CEO Appleton died Friday at 51 years old when a... |
| Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site When saints become sinners we all breathe more easily, because we all realize the distance between them and us is not so great. Many will feel their lungs expand, therefore, on hearing that the... |
| Music lovers pursue technologies to return to high fidelity Even a millimeter misdirection of a microphone or a minor adjustment in bass can mean the difference between a good recording and an inferior one to his ears. By the time a recording makes its way to... |
| Stun gun used on woman who blocked NC drive-thru (02-04) 10:02 PST Hope Mills, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina deputies say they used a stun gun on a woman who blocked a McDonalds drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because... |
| Search called off for missing boater (02-04) 10:23 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a missing crabber from San Ramon whose boat was found off the coast near Ano Nuevo State Park. The 18-foot... |
| Blackstone Said to Eye Brocade Buyout as Deal Interest Fades Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, is studying a leveraged buyout of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., said a person with knowledge of the... |
| Lightspeed Said to Be Raising $875 Million for U.S., China Funds Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in LivingSocial.com, has almost completed raising two funds, one in the U.S. and one in China, totaling about $875 million, according to... |
| Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri iPhone 4, but the iPhone 4S integrates Audience's "EarSmart" technology directly into the A5 processor, the company's S-1 filing said. The details answered a question that... |
| Super Bowl: Where to watch online, and more (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will be officially live-streamed online this year. Viewers will be able to watch the Giants battle the Patriots on their PCs,... |
| Twitter more tempting than sex and sleep, study says (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you desire most right now? A drink? A cigarette? A nap? That hottie at the next table? Come on, be honest. What you really want to do this instant,... |
| Calif. casino tribes kick out some members (02-04) 10:18 PST San Francisco, CA (AP) -- Two casino-owning tribes in California have thinned their membership ranks over the last several months, cutting off scores of people from a share of... |
| Alzheimer's spread by a protein, studies say Alzheimer's disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies find. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known... |
| SpaceX launch will be a key test for NASA Lawmakers, administration officials and other policy makers with a role in deciding NASA spending will be watching as well. The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Cape... |
| Slipstream: Employers and Brands Use Gaming to Gauge Engagement Recyclebank , for example, use game incentives, like points and rewards, to prompt consumers to perform eco-friendly activities. Other businesses offer awards like virtual badges to induce their... |
| Digital Domain: On HealthTap, Advice for You and Points for Doctors EVERY sphere of life, it seems, can be turned into a game - including the way physicians offer medical advice and build a public... |
| AutoTrader.com Said to Be in Talks for Initial Offering Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- AutoTrader.com Inc., which runs a website linking buyers and sellers of new and used cars, is talking to banks about a potential initial public offering, a person with knowledge... |
| Apple's week brings new hire, court rulings, iPod spy shots You certainly can't call the past few days boring for Apple. The company filled a vacancy left on its executive team, was handed a fairly major setback in a German court, and maybe had its... |
| University High's Reynolds inspires NY Giants If the New York Giants finish their season with a win in Super Bowl XLVI, they'll have a San Francisco high school cross country team and runner partially to thank. According to a story in the... |
| New Mid-Market businesses boost foot traffic Looking back on it, a high-end French restaurant was probably not a good fit for Sixth Street. The Passion Cafe opened with high hopes and a menu that ran from croque monsieur to beef bourguignon.... |
| Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Staying on Message Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg,will reap a fortune in its stock offering. And she hasn't stopped telling the world how women should take responsibility for their... |
| Inotera Sees no Impact on Business from Micron CEO’s Death Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Inotera Memories Inc. expects no impact on its operations after the death of Micron Technology Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve... |
| iPad-like MacBook Air now unlikely? Was it even necessary? , eventually pushing annual tablet volumes above those of traditional PCs. We have wondered whether Apple might offer an ARM-based version of MacBook Air at some point; we walked away from this... |
| Five ways to save money on audiobooks (Credit: Audiobooks.com) Audiobooks are a great way to pass the time on long drives. Audiobook prices, on the other hand, are a great way to drain your wallet. For example, want to listen to the... |
| Zuckerberg's taxes on IPO? How about $2 billion (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it. As The... |
| High-tech way to get enough orange juice (Credit: Hammacher Schlemmer) Freshly squeezed orange juice is a refreshing delicious beverage that there almost never seems to be enough of. After all, it takes a lot of oranges to squeeze out... |
| Protests spur park service to rethink dog policies Rover may yet get a reprieve in areas of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area where dogs were going to get the heave-ho. Park service representatives announced this week they are going to... |
| GOP candidates shy away from Nevada housing crisis Las Vegas -- As Joseph and Christina Hetherton listened to Newt Gingrich speak this week at the Las Vegas factory where Joseph was laid off last summer, they thought about how their home could go... |
| For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life For Facebook, though, hacker means something different. It's an ideal that permeates the company's culture. It explains the push to try new ideas (even if they fail), and to promote new... |
| For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life For most people, that word means something malicious... |
| RCA's 'video LP' format, doomed from the start? . It was a grooved, carbon-loaded PVC disc. The grooves were 48 times smaller than an LP groove, but they were still tracked with a diamond "needle"! That was possible because unlike an... |
| LA school reeling from arrest of 2nd teacher In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after... |
| Obama pressures Congress on housing (02-04) 03:07 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for... |
| Irsay again insists he has no problem with Manning Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning watches as students exercise at Frederick Douglass School during a BOKS function Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in... |
| UC campus police move in on student protesters Young Occupy Cal protesters clash with UC Berkeley police officers and Alameda County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in Berkeley,... |
| Celebrated Marin County salmon make their return The storied silver salmon of West Marin - long considered a bellwether of salmon health in California - are laying eggs and carrying on in Lagunitas Creek this week almost as if they weren't... |
| Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading... |
