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Technology Sector

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Ron Paul Counts Bay Area Tech Companies Among Top Donors

    This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... More >>

  • Music

    March 14, 2012

    The Creators Project: Show Preview

    This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Sorry, Twitter, if You're in the Media Business, You're a Media Company

    ​Given how Silicon Valley moguls flee from the term "media company," you'd almost think it was as bad as "child-porn merchant." But whether they like it or not, companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are media companies. They don't have precisely the same business models as News Corp., Disne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    List: What's the Best Voting System for San Francisco?

    ​Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Mark Farrell have proposed measures ending Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco, while David Campos and John Avalos have proposed allowing even more ranked choices on the ballot. What is the best voting system for San Francisco? Whoever raises the most awareness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    SOPA Might Be Bad Policy, but It's Not Censorship

    ​If you're reading this, chances are that you regularly consume media online. And if you regularly consume media online, you're almost certainly seeing and reading more today than you know what to do with about the federal Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Media Companies Outspend Tech Giants in Fight Over SOPA

    Can content pirates be stopped?​The tech industry has been paying quite a bit of attention to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a bill wending its way through the U.S. Congress that would allow media companies to pursue legal remedies against online search engines and social networks that link to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    The Stop Online Piracy Act: The Owner of San Francisco's Burning House Records Explains His Support

    ​You've probably heard some rumblings about the Stop Online Piracy Act recently. And in all likelihood -- especially if you watch major news channels like CNN -- it's probably all sounded pretty bad and pretty scary. Casey Shafer owns and runs Burning House Records -- an independent, San Francisco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Google, Facebook, Others Fight Legislation to Stop Online Content Piracy

    ​A veritable who's who of major tech firms in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley are fighting federal legislation aimed at putting a stop to theft of original content online.The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would allow content creators to seek court orders barring internet service providers, se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Zynga Pressures Employees to Give Back Stock Ahead of IPO

    Mark Pincus​Social-gaming company Zynga, along with a handful of other large tech businesses, was successful earlier this year in getting the city of San Francisco to forgo its share of tax revenue on the firm's stock options. Now it appears that wasn't enough: Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has reportedly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    What Exactly Is a Tech Company?

    ​Fast Company has published what might be the best, clearest look at the how the contours of the tech landscape are shaping themselves, and how that landscape has come to be dominated by four companies. I was alerted to the article via a tweet by Chronicle tech reporter Casey Newton who characte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Google Thumbs Nose at Antitrust Regulators

    ​You can't say Google doesn't have balls. Despite increasingly heavy antitrust scrutiny by the federal government, the Internet behemoth is charging ahead with a deal that brings all kinds of potential for cornering a market. It will pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, a leading maker of hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Massive Job Cuts Coming at Cisco

    ​Cisco Systems is planning to cut up to 10,000 jobs, Bloomberg News reported late Monday. That's obviously a huge number, but it seems even huger if you think of it this way: It represents more than half the number of jobs the entire U.S. economy created in June.​The numbers will be large en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Cisco Welcomes Its New Chinese Overlords

    ​Remember the good ol' days, when companies that did terrible things tried to hide their behavior? Those days are gone. Just witness the American technology companies shamelessly scrambling to get in on a government project in China that is almost certainly designed to help the repressive regime s ... More >>

  • News

    June 22, 2011

    H1-B Visa Program Creates Caste System for Silicon Valley

    ​Remember the good ol' days, when companies that did terrible things tried to hide their behavior? Those days are gone. Just witness the American technology companies shamelessly scrambling to get in on a government project in China that is almost certainly designed to help the repressive regime s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    John Boehner, GOP House Speaker: Does He Truly Define Silicon Valley?

    Represents the Silicon Valley?​When we read in the Chronicle today that supporters of our very own Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer were rolling out the red carpet for GOP House Speaker John Boehner, we had to give it a second read -- just to make sure that we hadn't misunderstood. And then we gave i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Groupon Google Ads Pulls a Bait And Switch, Lawsuit Says

    Bait and switch​Groupon is being accused of defrauding consumers by purchasing advertisements on Google for services the company did not offer, according to a federal lawsuit filed in San Francisco. A Google search for "San Francisco Tours" on Feb. 24, for example, purportedly returned the followi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Deflating the Social Media Hot Air Balloon

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Not a revolutionary​Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, and their ilk -- standard bearers for the ill-defined phenomenon known as "social media" that is now supposed to be the future of the Web -- are having a tough time these days in the thinking person's press.Over the past f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    AOL to Buy TechCrunch; Reported Price Tag is $25 Million

    Michael Arrington​AOL has announced that it is buying the San Francisco-based tech industry blog TechCrunch, an influential business news site that has built a strong following in Silicon Valley.Initial reports suggest the acquisition price -- which has not been publicly disclosed by either party ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    Will PG&E's SmartMeters smoke out pot growers?

    Michael Arrington​AOL has announced that it is buying the San Francisco-based tech industry blog TechCrunch, an influential business news site that has built a strong following in Silicon Valley.Initial reports suggest the acquisition price -- which has not been publicly disclosed by either party ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Is Steve Jobs Mortal? In 2007, SF Weekly Was the First to Ask

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien Steam Engine Room Is Hell Of Sick

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Myth-Busting The Eight Glasses of Water A Day Rule

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2008

    Gibson Rocks Activision's Guitar Hero With Legal Suit

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    iPods Now More Explody

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2008

    It's Time to Buy Stock in MRSA Detectors

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Radiohead Tour Dates Leave Out SF

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    Call of Duty 4 Marathon Commencing in Eight Hours — Double XP, Baby!

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    Cell Phones Get D from Consumer Reports

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    The Top 50 Women in Business -- WSJ Honors Silicon Valley Fembots

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2007

    So Does That Mean Weeklies Were Ahead Of Their Time? Shit, They've Always Been Free

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    Hitting the G-Spot: Google to Announce Mobile Phone Platform

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    CNET/H-P Suit: Good Personal Privacy v. Bad Personal Privacy VIolator

    Now that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced he'll take an illness-related leave of absence, the global faithful are asking themselves: Wait a minute; which is it? Is he the all-knowing, all-being master of lightness and dark, as we've been led to believe? Or is he a mere flesh-and-blood mortal? As i ... More >>

  • News

    April 11, 2007

    Tight Agenda

    Maker of Boy Butter says Comcast won't air his racy sex-lube ad in San Francisco

  • News

    February 14, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of 2-14-2007

  • News

    February 7, 2007

    Pay to Play

    The son of a world—renowned chef says he wanted to reform the phone industry. The feds say he wanted to get rich quick.

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Cops Who SPY

    The son of a world—renowned chef says he wanted to reform the phone industry. The feds say he wanted to get rich quick.

  • News

    September 13, 2006

    I Spy a Scandal

    Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard is reeling, under investigation for invading the privacy of journalists and its own board members. Do you see a way out for the computing giant?

  • News

    August 30, 2006

    Quattrone 2.0

    A judge says Silicon Valley investment titan Frank Quattrone is free to go back to work. Would you trust him?

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    Is Anybody Watching?

    In its struggle for cable eyeballs, Al Gore's S.F.-based Current TV is off to a rocky start

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Grand Old Partying

    Infiltrator joins the Young Republicans to experience the blue suits, big hair, and free beer of the Republican state convention

  • Culture

    August 6, 2003

    Dangerous Corner

    Infiltrator joins the Young Republicans to experience the blue suits, big hair, and free beer of the Republican state convention

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    A Dog-Eat-Dog World

    A journalist frets about job security, then realizes things could be worse -- he could be a janitor at Yahoo!

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Place to Sweat While Doing Business

    Sportsclub/LA San Francisco

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    Call to Patriotism

    If fighting terrorism requires a stimulated economy, no move could be more welcome than the dismantling of Pac Bell

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    Rikke's Angels

    They're young, beautiful corporate headhunters for the high-tech industry. How have they survived the crash of 2001? Simple: By partying like it's 1999.

  • News

    August 20, 1997

    Spammer-Jamming Hammered

    The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

  • Music

    April 23, 1997

    Riff Raff

    The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

  • News

    March 26, 1997

    Portrait of the Soul-Jacker

    Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

  • News

    April 10, 1996

    Fish Story

    Red Herring Editor Tony Perkins is a self-described maverick, a stylish fast-talker with a knack for making friends and influencing people in the high-tech world. Not bad traits for a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, but are they what it takes to publish a "m

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    Chatterbox

    Red Herring Editor Tony Perkins is a self-described maverick, a stylish fast-talker with a knack for making friends and influencing people in the high-tech world. Not bad traits for a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, but are they what it takes to publish a "m

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