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Category Archives: Tech
Where and When to Catch a Glimpse Today of First Night-Flying Solar Plane
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Q: What has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but weighs the same as an average car? A: The first solar-powered aircraft able to fly both day and night. The Swiss-engineered Solar Impulse airplane came to town last month. It's scheduled … Continue reading
Government Secrecy Orders on Patents Keep Lid on Inventions
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By G.W. Schulz, Center for Investigative Reporting More than 10 years ago, Robert Gold sought to do what many Americans have dreamed of their whole lives: patent an idea. Gold developed a breakthrough in wireless communications that would help people … Continue reading
Update: Microsoft Renews its 'Scroogled' Ads, Claims They're Working
Whatever else you can say about Microsoft, it doesn't give up easily. Although its Scroogled attack ads, renewed on Tuesday, might not have eroded Google's market share for search, they have changed public opinion, Microsoft says. "The campaigns have been … Continue reading
On Immigration, High Tech and Ag Don't Meet, Literally
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As Congress takes up comprehensive immigration reform, people from different walks of life will have to come together for the effort to succeed. In California, no two places illustrate the bridges that must be built better than Silicon Valley and … Continue reading
Facebook Unveils Android 'Home'
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"We're not building a phone, and we're not building an operating system," said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Instead, the company is launching "a family of apps" for the Android smartphone operating system. The new Home displays images from friends on … Continue reading
Gamers Mourn as LucasArts Gets Zapped
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For fans of such LucasArts games as "Star Wars," the empire struck back on Wednesday — the Disney empire, that is. Reports spread rapidly that LucasArts, based in San Francisco's Presidio, had ceased production of games, laying off 150 people, … Continue reading
California Vies for Drone-Testing Contracts
By Aarti Shahani It looks like the skies are going to become a lot more crowded. The Federal Aviation Administration wants to put unmanned aerial vehicles operated by joysticks in the same air with planes operated by pilots. Last month … Continue reading
San Francisco Muni to Enable Taxi App for Smart Phones
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted on Tuesday to work towards a mobile phone application connecting passengers to taxis throughout the city. The legislation would create an electronic taxi access network that would … Continue reading
Go to Jail for Violating Terms of Service? Reddit Hopes Not
You know those terms of service you didn't read but signed anyway? The thousands of words of legalese you blithely ignored when you clicked "accept" at the bottom of the page? They could come back to haunt you. It turns … Continue reading
Golden Gate Bridge Says Goodbye to Toll-Takers — and to a Personal Touch for Travelers
By Danielle Venton Dawnette Reed started working at the Golden Gate Bridge gift shop one summer when she was 17. Now, at 43, she's a toll collector, and loves it. She’s even got her favorite lanes, Number 1 and 2. … Continue reading
