At Facebook, ground zero for the nouveau tech riche in Silicon Valley, peer pressure dictates that consumption be kept on the down low.

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A Start-Up Is Gold for Facebook’s New Millionaires

Silicon Valley was alarmed. Across the country in Washington, federal lawmakers were proposing legislation that could have crippled the efforts of Web companies to collect consumer data that is crucial to selling advertisements online. Read full article > >

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Web privacy guidelines viewed as ‘win’ for Google

The Bay Area and Silicon Valley expect the windfall from a stock offering to make their in-demand region even hotter.

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California Housing Market Braces for Facebook Millionaires

In Silicon Valley, wearing flashy socks is more than an expression of your personality. It signals that you are part of the in crowd.

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In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur

In Silicon Valley, wearing flashy socks is more than an expression of your personality. It signals that you are part of the in crowd.

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In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur

Operating on money and equipment scrounged from the public and from Silicon Valley millionaires, a band of astronomers recently restarted the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Life Out There | Starry Dreams and Financial Woes: SETI Research Is Revived – Life Out There

Creating a mid-Atlantic version of Silicon Valley is a noble pursuit, but it may take something less tangible than venture capital.

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Big City: New York as a Tech Hot Spot: Is It Just a Sci-Fi Dream?

The private memorial will be held at Stanford on Sunday.

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Bits Blog: Memorial Service for Steve Jobs at Stanford

Some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names are on the guest list.

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Steve Jobs Memorial Slated for Sunday

The day after a senior Energy Department adviser was told to avoid discussing Solyndra’s application for a $535 million federal loan, he defended the solar company’s reputation in an exchange with a White House aide. Steven J. Spinner, a major fundraiser for President Obama and a Silicon Valley investor tasked with helping the government invest in clean-technology companies, had an ethical conflict: His wife worked for Wilson Sonsini, a California law firm that represented Solyndra, the solar-panel maker, in its applications for the government loan. Read full article > >

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Technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday that it was naming former eBay CEO Meg Whitman as its new chief executive in the latest plot twist for the storied Silicon Valley firm, which has recently been beset by scandals and turnover at the top. The tech firm’s current chief executive, Leo Apotheker, lasted less than a year in the job. Whitman, famed for her work leading eBay and her failed run for California governor last year, takes over as the company tries to reinvent itself — away from selling traditional computers and printers to consumers to pitching technology services and products to businesses. Read full article > >

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Meg Whitman named CEO of Hewlett-Packard

Facebook pushed the privacy line again by automatically turning on a feature that enables facial recognition in photos on the Web site.

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Bits: Facebook Changes Privacy Settings to Enable Facial Recognition

I was watching Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel (think Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster and Yelp) on CNBC last week talk about why some college kids might be better off quitting and starting a company. His Thiel Fellowship gives $100,000 each to 20 young men and women under 20 who are willing to follow his advice. I wasn’t born with the entrepreneurial gene and so I didn’t have the risk profile to do what Thiel is promoting. But it got me thinking about the story of Chad MacDonald, an entrepreneur I met a few months ago who did quit college to launch a business. Read full article > >

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From college dropout to Prince of Porcelain

I have been awarded a golden ticket to the heart of Silicon Valley: the Thiel Fellowship. The catch? For two years, I cannot be enrolled as a full-time student at an academic institution. For me, that’s not an issue; I believe higher education is broken.

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Opinion: College is a waste of time

Facebook denied that hiring a firm to push for critical articles about Google amounted to a “smear campaign.”

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Bits: Facebook Plays Down Campaign Against Google