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Article: AFTER HIGH, LOW, SILICON VALLEY TAKES A PRAGMATIC PATH NEW VENTURES LOOK BEYOND TECH REALM
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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WOODSIDE, Calif. - Silicon Valley is reinventing itself again.
Five years after the dot-com implosion, entrepreneurs and
technology companies across this high-tech peninsula are dusting
themselves off and moving into new businesses and markets.
New signs of life are everywhere. Apple Computer, a signature
technology company, is being reborn as a consumer electronics giant.
Yahoo is evolving from Internet directory to entertainment portal.
Search engine Google is fashioning an online advertising model to
vie with traditional media businesses. And a new crop of start-ups,
many fueled by venture capital, are injecting technology into
traditional fields such as health care, finance, and ...