Read more Silicon Valley stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/564/silicon-valley.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:36:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67450/tech-employees-want-to-cash-in-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacebook’s recent deal to let employees sell some of their stock to private investors has sent Silicon Valley scrambling, as workers at other start-ups ask for similar deals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Start-ups rely on the promise of future stock sales to lure and retain talent, but with the...http://www.newser.com/story/67450/tech-employees-want-to-cash-in-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 14:29:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66920/netscape-founder-reenters-browser-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStung but not discouraged by Netscape's loss to Internet Explorer in the browser battles of the 1990s, Netscape’s founder is getting back in the game, the New York Times reports. Marc Andreessen is funding a startup called RockMelt, which is developing a new browser of its own. “We have backed...http://www.newser.com/story/66920/netscape-founder-reenters-browser-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 10:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65714/silicon-valley-unemployed-turn-from-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter holding its own against the economic tide, the tech industry is hurting—and many jobless in Silicon Valley are heading to other sectors, the Wall Street Journal reports. One group that helps job-seekers grew to capacity this year, from 180 to 225 members, with 450 on the waiting list;...http://www.newser.com/story/65714/silicon-valley-unemployed-turn-from-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 8:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64478/fact-challenged-facebook-book-not-making-many-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot everybody is friending a book detailing the birth of Facebook, Reuters reports. BusinessWeek calls Ben Mezrich’s The Accidental Billionaires a “tawdry mismash,” amounting to “a fictionalized account of the founding.” The book is full of over-the-top scenes—like one in which Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg breaks into a Harvard...http://www.newser.com/story/64478/fact-challenged-facebook-book-not-making-many-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 13:32:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64442/google-exec-reinvents-geek-chic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarissa Mayer is Google’s 20th—or maybe 16th—employee, responsible for such household names as Gmail and Google Maps. But the 34-year-old exec is also addicted to cheese and Oscar de la Renta, and carries an iPhone “to have a non-Google product to better simulate the user,” she says. Mayer,...http://www.newser.com/story/64442/google-exec-reinvents-geek-chic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 12:17:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63675/netscape-pioneer-forms-venture-cap-fund.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarc Andreessen, the tech pioneer who co-founded Netscape, launched a boutique venture capital firm today, intent on investing in “anything that involves chips and computers.” Though Andreessen and business partner Ben Horowitz have been dropping angel investments around Silicon Valley for years, they’ll now have much more capital at their...http://www.newser.com/story/63675/netscape-pioneer-forms-venture-cap-fund.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 11:14:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62019/compound-may-be-next-silicon-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStanford physicists have discovered a chemical compound that could replace silicon and transform the computing industry, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Jet-black bismuth telluride has a unique ability, researchers discovered: Electrons can travel across it without resistance, losing no energy. So far the material can only carry small currents,...http://www.newser.com/story/62019/compound-may-be-next-silicon-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 11:32:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59446/backward-brain-drain-calls-indians-home-from-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile much of the world suffers economic meltdown, India’s economy is comparatively healthy—and that may be reversing a longstanding “brain drain” of Indians to American shores, Sandip Roy reports for NPR. “It’s the hottest topic at potluck dinners all over Silicon Valley—which friend or colleague has decided to...http://www.newser.com/story/59446/backward-brain-drain-calls-indians-home-from-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 14:10:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55875/police-hunt-silicon-valley-phone-vandals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthorities in Silicon Valley are hunting for saboteurs who cut fiber-optic telecom cables, leaving more than 50,000 customers—including police and hospitals—in parts of three counties without phone and internet service, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Ten cables were severed, crippling 911 operations, cellphone service, and businesses depending...http://www.newser.com/story/55875/police-hunt-silicon-valley-phone-vandals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 11:50:52 CDT