San Jose bird watchers join thousands around the country for annual count


San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE -- It was a day truly for the birds. Thousands of volunteers Saturday headed into the wilds around San Jose and other communities nationwide to tally the numbers of California towhee, acorn woodpeckers and scores of other fowl in what has been ...



No. 2 UConn women rout No. 1 Stanford 61-35; Featuring Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis


San Jose Mercury News
STANFORD, Calif.—Swarmed by three defenders for much of the day, Chiney Ogwumike released the ball off-balance or just plain forced it up to try to somehow get No.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis delivers in home state...
San Francisco Chronicle
PALO ALTO, Calif. - When Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis headed home to her native California, there was a little extra gift waiting for her that was most certainly not on the UConn sophomore forward's Christmas list.



Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Images


Here on the Gallery page you can find the very latest images, videos and products from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, including the spectacular launch ...

Stunning Photos of Saturn and its Moons | Cassini Probe ...
NASA has unveiled amazing new photos of Saturn's rings, atmosphere and moons Janus and Mimas. The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn snapped both photos.



Same-Sex Marriage And Adoption: Unresolved Issues In France


NPR
Thousands of supporters of same-sex marriage took to the streets in Paris last weekend in support of the government's plans to legalize marriage and adoption for gay couples.

Maine's Same-Sex Marriage Law Goes Into Effect
Huffington Post
After waiting years and seeing marriage rights nearly awarded and then retracted, gay couples in Maine's largest city didn't have to wait a moment longer than necessary to wed, with licenses issued at the stroke of midnight as the law went into effect.



New China Family Law Forces Grown-Up Children to Visit Senior Parents

New China family law regulates family visits - Jacksonville ...
On Friday Dec. 28 China's national legislature amended their law on the elderly. The new china family law now requires that adult children make regular ...

New China Family Law | Wal-Mart
New China Family Law, A new amendment to a law passed in China will force kids to visit their elderly parents “often” or face legal ramifications.



Oakland Raiders name Terrelle Pryor to start at quarterback Sunday


Tri-Valley Herald
Oakland Raiders' quarterback Terrelle Pryor (6) throws against the Kansas City Chiefs in the second quarter at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif.



Serial Bay Area copper thief gets 3 years

San Francisco Chronicle
Dennis McGuire of San Francisco became a poster boy for copper theft after he was accused of a string of high-profile Bay Area heists, only to be repeatedly freed from jail.



WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: No. 2 UConn meets No. 1 Stanford

San Francisco Chronicle
PALO ALTO, Calif . - Don't even try to ask Kelly Faris to reflect on the pride she may feel of being UConn's leading scorer the last time the Huskies ventured out to Maples Pavilion.


The top 10 tech 'fails' of 2012

(CNN) -- Well, you can't win 'em all. In 2012, we saw big tech advances. Smartphones got bigger. Tablets got smaller. Social media played a role in everything from a presidential election to disaster relief.



San Jose State tops Bowling Green in Military Bowl


Auburn Citizen
Among the accomplishments this season for San Jose State: It's no longer a school anyone would want to schedule for homecoming. The No. 24 Spartans have their first 11-win season since 1940, capping a comeback year with a 29-20 win over Bowling ...



San Francisco's Mansion Discounts Luring Technology Millionaires


San Francisco Chronicle
Jeff Paster, a developer of luxury homes in California's Marin County, couldn't find a buyer for the brand-new waterfront mansion he listed in January for $45 million.



Half of Americans leave landline behind


NBCNews.com
A new study indicates that fully half of Americans are living in a household that uses only or mostly mobile phones - but the remainder is slow to convert.



Military Bowl preview: San Jose State vs. Bowling Green


National Football Post
The 2012-13 college football postseason continues Thursday as San Jose State and Bowling Green collide in the Military Bowl. Let's take a glance at this matchup between the Spartans and the Falcons. San Jose State (10-2) vs. Bowling Green (8-4) at 3 p.m. ...



Mayors of Palo Alto, Madison, Wis., make friendly wager over Rose Bowl game


San Jose Mercury News
Count the mayors of Palo Alto and Madison, Wis., among the masses who have been swept up by Rose Bowl fever. Madison's Paul Soglin is convinced his Wisconsin Badgers will best the Stanford Cardinal when the two college football teams meet in the ...



Oops! Zuckerberg Family Photo Goes Public ABC News

Oops! Zuckerberg Photo Goes Public ABC News
The Facebook Privacy Setting That Tripped Up Randi Zuckerberg Forbes

Oops. Mark Zuckerberg's Sister Has A Private Facebook Photo ...
Family members of Facebook's founder are not immune from privacy breaches on the social network.

Facebook Privacy Is So Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family ...
Mark's sister got a little sensitive last night over a photo of the Zuckerberg clan celebrating the holidays — the public outing of which may say as much about ...



Marvell Ordered to Pay $1.17 Billion for Infringing Patents

Marvell slammed with $1.2 billion patent-infringement ...
Marvell Technology Group was found guilty of infringing two patents held by Carnegie Mellon University and ordered to pay $1.17 billion in damages in a ...

Marvell Ordered to Pay $1.17 Billion for Infringing Patents ...
A U.S. jury ordered Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL) to pay $1.17 billion in damages that may be tripled for infringing patents on integrated-circuit ...



Human Hand Evolved For Fighting, Study Of Boxers & Martial Artists Suggests


Huffington Post
Human hands may have evolved their unique shape in order to better punch the living daylights out of competitors, a new study suggests.



Erratic Environment May Be Key to Human Evolution


LiveScience.com
At Olduvai Gorge, where excavations helped to confirm Africa was the cradle of humanity, scientists now find the landscape once fluctuated rapidly, likely guiding early human evolution.

Fluctuating Environment May Have Driven Human Evolution
Science Daily
A series of rapid environmental changes in East Africa roughly 2 million years ago may be responsible for driving human evolution, according to researchers at Penn State and Rutgers University.



Netflix blames Amazon for Christmas Eve outage

- Yahoo! News ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An outage at one of Amazon's web service centers hit users of Netflix Inc's streaming video service on Christmas Eve and was not fully resolved ...

Netflix Hit by Outage, Blames Amazon - WSJ.com
Netflix said it restored its streaming video service a day after it was hit by an outage as a result of problems at Web service provider Amazon.com.



Raiders QB Palmer out with cracked ribs, bruised lung

Panthers knock out QB Carson Palmer, hand Raiders seventh ...
Carolina Panthers' Cam Newton (1) is sacked by Oakland Raiders' Miles Burris (56) during the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday ...



Mattel and Hasbro terrified over Kindle Fire, high-tech toys

Mattel and Hasbro said to be ‘terrified’ as more kids seek high-tech Christmas gifts By BGR News

Mattel and Hasbro terrified over Kindle Fire, high-tech toys ...
Christmas has come and gone, and Mattel and Hasbro are terrified because kids have asked for high-tech toys like Amazon's Kindle Fire, according to a Dec ...



Merry Chistmas, San Francisco Bay Area!



China alcohol ban:Moutai shares lead alcohol tumble after China bans spirits from army feasts



Moutai shares lead alcohol tumble after China bans spirits ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese distiller Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd led a tumble in the country's alcohol sector on Monday after Beijing banned its top brass from hosting ...


Seahawks crush 49ers, 42-13; Niners humbled, stunned by worst loss in Harbaugh era


San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle -- The home crowd was deafening, but the message sent by the home team Sunday night was even more earsplitting: Look out for us in January.

In Depth:Niners humbled, stunned by worst loss in Harbaugh era



Christmas season in overdrive on San Carlos' Eucalyptus Avenue


San Jose Mercury News
SAN CARLOS -- If you sell your home on the 1900 block of Eucalyptus Avenue, you have to mention the lights in the disclosure packet.



Raiders again offensively inept in 17-6 loss to Panthers


Silver and Black Pride
This game typified the ineptitude of the Raiders offense. They couldn't get into the endzone and gave the Panthers a fairly easy win in Carolina.



Colts' Luck sets rookie record for yards passing

Colts' Luck sets rookie record for yards passing - Yahoo! Sports
Colts' Luck sets rookie record for yards passing - The Associated Press

Luck Sets Rookie Record, Rookie PK Sets NFL Mark - ABC News
Andrew Luck has broken the NFL rookie record for yards passing, and rookie kicker Blair Walsh has broken the league mark for 50-yard plus field goals in a ...


Telepresence robots let employees 'beam' into work


San Jose Mercury News
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley.



Sponsored Links


Recent Additions