http://dir.salon.com/topics/silicon_valley/?source=rss&aim=silicon_valley en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/11/is_silicon_valley_chemistry_challenged/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/11/is_silicon_valley_chemistry_challenged/index.html?source=rss Green power is doomed in the Valley, says one local, because there's no Fry's catering to the research chemists By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/11/silicon_valley_model/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/11/silicon_valley_model/index.html?source=rss Why should the U.S. government bankroll the Valley's design-here, manufacture-there model? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/01/microsoft_yahoo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/01/microsoft_yahoo/index.html?source=rss In the annals of Silicon Valley culture, this merger fight is a definite biggie. But everyone knows Steve Ballmer's real target is Google. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/03/chips_and_treachery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/03/chips_and_treachery/index.html?source=rss A Santa Clara chip equipment manufacturer accuses a Chinese competitor of stealing trade secrets. So what else is new? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/19/indians_in_silicon_valley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/19/indians_in_silicon_valley/index.html?source=rss Why are Indians flourishing in Santa Clara County? Could it be because extraordinary diversity is like mother's milk? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/28/3com/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/28/3com/index.html?source=rss Its Silicon Valley glory days long gone, the telecommunications firm kowtows to the inevitable. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/02/reverse_offshoring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/02/reverse_offshoring/index.html?source=rss Top talent is getting too pricey in India, says a start-up CEO. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/09/bangalore_express/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/09/bangalore_express/index.html?source=rss Get your tickets punched for irony on a Lufthansa flight to India. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/29/bengaluru_wimax/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/29/bengaluru_wimax/index.html?source=rss What do we want? WiMax! When do we want it? Now! By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/01/six_am_pacific/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/01/six_am_pacific/index.html?source=rss Poetry for the age of globalization, a Thomas Friedman koan. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/31/bengaluru/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/31/bengaluru/index.html?source=rss The Silicon Valley of India is reborn, as Bengaluru. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/08/09/anderson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/08/09/anderson/index.html?source=rss New-business geeks are hailing Wired editor Chris Anderson for his sexy "long tail" theory of cultural consumption. But is his book for us or CEOs? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/20/lego/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/20/lego/index.html?source=rss Lego goes to Mexico via Singapore. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/14/engineers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/14/engineers/index.html?source=rss The decline and fall of the Silicon Valley engineer? By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/05/27/silicon_valley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/05/27/silicon_valley/index.html?source=rss Inspired by Google, the high-tech capital's boosters have decided that it's boring to be pessimistic. By Om Malik Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/04/16/herring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/04/16/herring/index.html?source=rss Red Herring is gone, and so is the boom it chronicled. But the magazine's optimism wasn't misplaced -- it was right on target. By Suneel Ratan Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/18/new_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/18/new_economy/index.html?source=rss Neither Bush nor the Democrats have grasped how to get the country moving again: Spurring innovation back to boom-time heights. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/09/18/valley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/09/18/valley/index.html?source=rss A noir mystery and an academic study anatomize Silicon Valley's culture of fast money and culture splicing. By Cory Doctorow Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/index.html?source=rss Programmers who hack their own bodies don't need exercise and never get sick: A new short story from one of science fiction's bright young stars. By Jeff Goodell Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/22/hp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/22/hp/index.html?source=rss Carly Fiorina may have triumphed over Walter Hewlett, but the effort to save her company's share price came at a cost: Silicon Valley's soul. By Tom McNichol Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/03/11/frugaljohn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/03/11/frugaljohn/index.html?source=rss Cruising for an escort but can't afford $300 an hour? Try FrugalJohn.com! By John Newton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/12/venture_bin_laden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/12/venture_bin_laden/index.html?source=rss He's a venture capitalist of terror -- let's seduce him with a PowerPoint pitch, then squander all his moolah on Super Bowl ads! By Jim Fisher Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/31/almaden2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/31/almaden2/index.html?source=rss What new cocktails of toxic chemicals are brewing in the high-tech industry's "clean rooms" -- and will we ever know what harm they're causing? By Jim Fisher Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/30/almaden1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/30/almaden1/index.html?source=rss Is workers' health the price we pay for high-tech progress? First of two parts. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2001/05/01/secrets_of_silicon_valley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2001/05/01/secrets_of_silicon_valley/index.html?source=rss A new documentary follows two young activists on a crusade to expose the tech industry's labor woes.