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Yahoo! CEO Thompson steps down 
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Yahoo! CEO Thompson steps down
By Liam Tung | May 14, 2012 | Comment Now 
Fake degree saga winds down.
 
Sydney, Melbourne make 'top 25' startup hubs 
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Sydney, Melbourne make 'top 25' startup hubs
By Liam Tung | Apr 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Access to funding still perceived weakness.
 
Microsoft details Windows on ARM 
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Microsoft details Windows on ARM
By Liam Tung | Feb 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
The price of power savings.
 
3M to make e-glue for IBM's 3D processors 
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3M to make e-glue for IBM's 3D processors
By Liam Tung | Sep 8, 2011 | Comment Now 
Silicon skyscrapers for smartphones by 2013.
 
Intel buys up Silicon Hive 
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Intel buys up Silicon Hive
By Jennifer Scott | Mar 21, 2011 | Comment Now 
Parallel processing technology.
 
Molybdenite shapes as super silicon successor 
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Molybdenite shapes as super silicon successor
By Tom Brewster | Feb 1, 2011 | Comment Now 
Graphene alternative.
 
Intel's silicon photonics to revolutionise comms 
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Intel's silicon photonics to revolutionise comms
By Daniel Robinson | Jul 28, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Claims first optical data link using integrated lasers.
 
Tesla staff killed in California plane crash 
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Tesla staff killed in California plane crash
By Ry Crozier | Feb 18, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Blacks out Palo Alto for 10 hours.
 
MIT's hybrid microchip to overcome silicon size barrier 
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MIT's hybrid microchip to overcome silicon size barrier
By Liz Tay | Sep 21, 2009 | Comment Now 
Researchers aim to continue Moore's Law.
 
Photos: Inside the Computer History Museum 
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Photos: Inside the Computer History Museum
By Munir Kotadia | Sep 11, 2009 | Comment Now 
Mechanical computers, a 27kg 5MB hard drive and more.
 
Silicon Graphics sold off cheap to Rackable 
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Silicon Graphics sold off cheap to Rackable
By Shaun Nichols | Apr 2, 2009 | Comment Now 
Rackable Systems has agreed to acquire embattled Silicon Graphics (SGI) for US$25 million.
 
Unemployment rises in Silicon Valley 
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Unemployment rises in Silicon Valley
By Aharon Etengoff | Sep 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
The steadily-climbing unemployment rate in Silicon Valley has reached a shocking four-year high of 6.6 per cent.
 
Silicon valley stars to send DNA into space 
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Silicon valley stars to send DNA into space
By Sylvie Barak | Sep 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
As if it wasn't enough that nerds control the world, now they want to conquer space, with Silicon Valley ‘celebs’ lining up to send their digitised DNA off to the final frontier.
 
The death of the silicon computer chip 
Hardware
The death of the silicon computer chip
By Liz Tay | Mar 28, 2008 | Comment Now 
The reign of the silicon chip is over, according to physicists who predict that the conventional silicon chip has no longer than four years left to run.
 
Silicon nanowires turn heat into power 
Hardware
Silicon nanowires turn heat into power
By Robert Jaques | Jan 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
A newly discovered type of silicon nanowire could lead to personal 'power-jackets' that use heat from the human body to charge electronic devices..
 
Carbon could replace silicon in next-gen transistors 
Hardware
Carbon could replace silicon in next-gen transistors
By Robert Jaques | Dec 21, 2007 | Comment Now 
US engineers have developed a technique that replaces silicon with carbon to make next-generation semiconductors..
 
Boffins automate silicon chip debugging 
Hardware
Boffins automate silicon chip debugging
By Robert Jaques | Nov 8, 2007 | Comment Now 
US researchers have developed a technology that automates the process of debugging silicon chip designs..
 
Intel claims silicon crown despite AMD Barcelona 
Hardware
Intel claims silicon crown despite AMD Barcelona
By Tom Sanders | Sep 11, 2007 | Comment Now 
Intel is confident, with a few benchmark exceptions, that it will still have the fastest x86 processor in the market following today's launch of AMD's Barcelona Opteron processor.
 
Intel silicon lasers reach 40Gbps 
Hardware
Intel silicon lasers reach 40Gbps
By Shaun Nichols | Jul 27, 2007 | Comment Now 
Intel's project to create an optical modulator from standard silicon has reached a new milestone.
 
Intel settles strained silicon patent case 
Hardware
Intel settles strained silicon patent case
By Tom Sanders | Mar 7, 2007 | Comment Now 
10-year licensing deal settles all legal charges.
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