Recently added articles from San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA):

Leopard reminds all: Apple makes computers, too.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: John Boudreau SAN JOSE, Calif. _ With all the hoopla surrounding the iPhone and the new matchbox-like iPods, it's easy to forget Apple remains at its core a computer company. Steve Jobs and Co. are set to remind the world about their first love in coming days ...

Fairchild at 50: Start-up spawned Silicon Valley chip industry.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Boslet SAN JOSE, Calif. _ During a rare public appearance last month, high-tech pioneer Gordon Moore looked back on a storied career that began when Silicon Valley was still rich with prune and apricot orchards. "I had the opportunity to get in at the ...

Virtual worlds catching on in workplace: VIRTUAL WORLDS GRADUALLY CATCHING ON IN WORKPLACE.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Boslet Oct. 10--Cisco Systems doesn't believe business ends at the virtual water's edge. The San Jose company owns four islands in the virtual online world Second Life, each populated with pavilions for product demonstrations, training and meetings. ...

49ers consider buying park: GREAT AMERICA'S OWNER CONCERNED ABOUT STADIUM PLAN.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Julie Patel Oct. 10--With the owner of the Great America theme park continuing to raise concerns about plans for a San Francisco 49ers stadium next door, team officials Tuesday said they would consider buying the Santa Clara attraction to move the deal ahead. ...

Giants let go of two coaches.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Andrew Baggarly Oct. 10--Giants hitting coach Joe Lefebvre and first base coach Willie Upshaw will not return to Manager Bruce Bochy's major league staff next season, the club announced Tuesday. Bochy will retain the rest of his staff, including pitching coach ...

BRIEF: Next for Sharks: at Chicago.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: David Pollak Oct. 10--NEXT: AT CHICAGO Faceoff: 5:30 p.m. today at the United Center. TV: Fox Sports Net. Radio: KUFX-FM (98.5), KOMY (1340), KRKC (1490). Head to head: The Sharks swept the four-game series with Chicago last ...

'Hard' look at stock plans: SEC EXAMINING PROGRAMS EXECUTIVES USE TO AVOID INSIDER-TRADING ACCUSATIONS.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Schwanhausser Oct. 10--The Securities and Exchange Commission could put a chill this week on automatic stock-trading plans that scores of Silicon Valley executives use to insulate themselves from allegations of insider trading. SEC enforcement chief ...

Armed with its No. 2 ranking, Cal will focus on moving forward.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Laurence Miedema Oct. 10--The hottest quarterback in the West will be at Spartan Stadium on Friday night with an opportunity to raise his profile playing in front of a national television audience. Hawaii's Colt Brennan will be there, too. Brennan, ...

Creative aid for a family in need: GROUP OFFERS HELP BEYOND SIMPLY GIVING MONEY.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Lisa Fernandez Oct. 10--When Natalina Gonzalez heard about the plight of a Fremont mother with a young daughter fighting serious heart and respiratory problems, she wanted to do more than give money. So Gonzalez is creating a network of people to help Tamarah ...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Mark del la Vina column: Site lets singles speed-date from home.(Column)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mark de la ViNa Oct. 10--It's the latest wrinkle in digital romancing, a Web-camera-based service that lets singles lounge on their couch in sweats, if they so choose, while going on dozens of Internet "dates" in an hour or two. Unlike such dating sites as ...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Patty Fisher column: 'Where to start' for women entrepreneurs.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Patty Fisher Oct. 10--At 5-foot-2, Sunny Suppa used to have to hem every pair of pants she bought. "Why can't people just buy clothes that fit?" she wondered. So the aspiring fashion designer came up with a great idea: create a line of clothing ...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Vindu Goel column: Vindu's View: FDA more cautious than compassionate.(Column)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Vindu Goel Oct. 10--If you were dying of cancer and there were an experimental drug that could give you an extra six months to live, you'd want access to it. You'd still want it even if it had awful side effects, like turning your skin green and making your ...

Scientists craft tool to explore secrets of vision.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Lisa M. Krieger Oct. 10--Physicists from the University of California-Santa Cruz have built a tool that studies how the eye processes the busy world around it, transforming the chaos of incoming light into elegantly moving images. The tiny device, which ...

Convention center growth questioned.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: John Woolfolk Oct. 10--While San Jose officials are preparing for a major expansion of the McEnery Convention Center, a report released Tuesday by the city auditor says bigger may not be better and suggests what the aging facility needs is not more square footage, but ...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Gary Richards column: Roadshow: Once again: wipers on, headlights on.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Gary Richards Oct. 10--Q Recently, I was coming home from the Santa Cruz area and as soon as I got onto Highway 85, the rain started. It was pouring. Of course, I needed my wipers and I immediately turned on my headlights. There were a few others, but most of the cars ...

Horrifying for the wrong reason: HIGH SCHOOL HAUNTED HOUSE WAS TO FEATURE MENTALLY ILL.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Julie Sevrens Lyons Oct. 10--Sitting in a Campbell juice bar reading the local weekly paper, John Mitchem got the fright of his life. Students at Westmont High would be hosting a haunted house and portraying mental institution patients as "tortured souls" living ...

BRIEF: 3 THINGS TO DO TOMORROW.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--3 THINGS TO DO TOMORROW Literary A conversation with Isabel Allende Bestselling author Isabel Allende will discuss her books "Daughter of Fortune" and "Ines of My Soul," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware St., ...

EDITORIAL: A blueprint for San Jose: Residents have a chance to influence growth.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--If you want a say in the kind of place San Jose will become over the next two decades, go to City Hall on Saturday morning. The task force assigned to update the city's blueprint for growth -- its general plan -- will be taking notes. This communitywide workshop is ...

BRIEF: 3 THINGS TO DO TODAY.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--3 THINGS TO DO TODAY Music Punk pioneers in Santa Cruz SoCal punk rock pioneers Social Distortion perform at 8 tonight. The group's latest release is a "Greatest Hits" compilation. The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25 ....

Lower risk of home-price decline: STUDY: VALLEY IN BETTER SHAPE THAN OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Pete Carey Oct. 10--An index that charts the risk of home-price declines across the United States is giving Silicon Valley a slightly improved forecast. The odds Silicon Valley homes will fall in price over the next two years have dropped slightly to 43.3 ...