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The BlackBerry as Black Sheep
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The BlackBerry as Black Sheep

Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the way someone might speak of an embarrassing relative. 

Redefining Medicine With Apps and Ipads
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Redefining Medicine With Apps and Ipads

Dr. Alvin Rajkomar was doing rounds with his team at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center when he came upon a puzzling case: a frail, elderly...

Power, Pollution, and the Internet
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Power, Pollution, and the Internet

Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt.

On Waterfront, Rise of the Machines
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On Waterfront, Rise of the Machines

In the rising light of a mid-September morning, the CSAV Pyrenees, a blue-water freighter sailing out of Suape Port in Brazil, was lashed to its lines at BerthPort...

Game Maker Without a Rule Book
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Game Maker Without a Rule Book

This is no Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

Mow Yard. Drop Off Kids. Take a Drive on Mars.
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Mow Yard. Drop Off Kids. Take a Drive on Mars.

Matt Heverly, 36, started a recent workday as any young father might: up at 5:30, gulping coffee, fixing a bottle for the baby. 

A Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley
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A Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley

In recent years, Silicon Valley seems to have forgotten about silicon. It’s been about dot-coms, Web advertising, social networking, and apps for smartphones.

Information Technology Spending to Hit $3.6 Trillion in 2012, Report Says
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Information Technology Spending to Hit $3.6 Trillion in 2012, Report Says

Fueled by an accelerating move to cloud computing, and by a boom in associated telecommunications services, worldwide information technology spending is increasing...

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How ­.s. Lost Out on Iphone Work

When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.

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Road Safety Agency Is ­rged to Add Expertise in Electronics Systems

A branch of the National Academy of Sciences reported Wednesday that federal safety regulators lack the expertise to monitor vehicles with increasingly sophisticated...

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In Tech, Starting ­p By Failing

Every entrepreneur hopes to start the next big thing. But sometimes the first try doesn’t go as planned.

With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield
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With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield

Lee Redden, 26, a Ph.D. student in engineering at Stanford, recently decided to shelve his education and help found a start-up company.

Fixated on What He Fixes
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Fixated on What He Fixes

Peter Guggenheim has worked so long at Stuart Electronics that his feet have worn holes through two layers of tile and an inch of plywood, down to the floorboards...
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