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East Bay school projects get $57 million in funding
the Contra Costa Times . The awards were part of $520 million in funds approved for projects at 92 districts around the state. The 15 East Bay projects, for construction and modernization, had local matching funds for much of the ...
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Google Facebook may battle for Waze
Bloomberg reports Waze is looking for bids of more than $1 billion for the company, but it may also stay independent and seek a new round of venture funding. Reports earlier this month said Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was in talks for an acquisition in a deal worth as much as $1 billion. Apparently Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other tech companies have also approached the ...
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Xbox found not to infringe Google patent
Bloomberg reports . The ruling ends a case that was filed in November 2010 and an upholds a March ruling. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) obtained the patent when it bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in a deal that closed last year. The case is part of a global patent war between Google and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Microsoft is seeking royalties on smart phones that use Google's Android ...
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Oakland Museum of California to reopen science wing after overhaul
The Oakland Museum of California on May 31 will reopen its natural sciences gallery, the final part of a six-year, $63 million overhaul of the ...
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Google facing display ad probe by FTC
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has started a probe into complaints that Google Inc. abused its power in the market for online display and video ...
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Movie Review
Virus
"Virus," directed by FX guru John Bruno, is another in a long line of recent graphic-novels-turned-movies. This one is, however, perpetually ugly--violent in a grisly kind of way and utterly dark. Not dark as in dark-natured or dark-humored (although it is those things as well), but more along the lines of darkly lit. The action sequences in "Virus" are bathed in an incessant gloom that makes it l ... ...
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San Francisco Chronicle taps new management team
San Francisco Chronicle owner Hearst Corp. has hired two senior executives to give a boost to the paper and its SFGate website. The company named newspaper veteran Jeffrey Johnson publisher, replacing Frank Vega, who announced his retirement Thursday. Johnson previously worked at the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel and most recently the Los Angeles Times. Hearst also hired Joanne Bradford, ...
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Proposed SF Condo High-Rise Could Cast Shadow On Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The debate over plans to build a 47-story condominium tower on Mission Street downtown has spilled north of Market Street to Union Square, where opponents have raised concerns the building will cast too much shadow over the plaza. The mechanical penthouse atop 706 Mission Street has been modified enough to get the greenlight from both the City Planning Commission ...
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BART board votes to allow bikes on rush hour trains
OAKLAND -- Another barrier to taking bicycles on board BART trains is falling with the removal of a ban on riders taking their bikes on trains during rush hour.The BART board decided Thursday that after July 1, riders can enter trains with bicycles during peak hours as long as they follow a rule restricting the two-wheelers from overcrowded train cars.The board vote was 6-3 to drop the ban, and ...
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‘Fly here often’ Virgin breaks the ice
Fans of Virgin America have said they feel like they are stepping into a nightclub when they enter the plane's cabin. Mood lighting and ambient music greet passengers as they take their seats. Now the Burlingame-based airline has taken the club feeling a bit further by helping passengers work on their pickup lines. OK, that's not how they are pitching it. But much as at a club, where ...
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A dozen aftershocks felt following Northern California earthquake
More than a dozen aftershocks were felt after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook a remotely populated area in the Sierras in Northern California, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake was strong enough to be felt across a wide area and to do considerable damage to poorly designed buildings. But no significant damage had been reported. The quake at 8:47 p.m. Thursday was ...