“You may not shoot coyotes.” That’s the law in California, but that doesn’t mean that the animals are harmless. A Monte Sereno man discovered that on Aug. 1, when he woke up to find a coyote staring at him through the screen door of his bedroom.
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In a message posted on YouTube, someone claiming to be a member of the hacker group Anonymous announced that the group plans to destroy Facebook on Nov. 5.
San Jose’s Planning Commission is urging the City Council to back off on its plan to decimate medical marijuana collectives. The commission recommends upping the cap on collectives to 25, extending land-use regulations and allowing off-site cultivation of cannabis.
H. Alex Balogi knows about power. A hobbyist mechanic most of his life, last year the San Jose resident set a motorcycle class land speed record on his red 1973 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport, a brand known more as a touring bike than for speed.
Authorities are discovering that many California inmates also have Facebook pages, which they can access through contraband cell phones.
Every stock was down when the markets closed yesterday, leading some investors to wonder whether this signals the end of the 2.0 bubble. “Investors will flock to more conservative fields in uncertain periods.”
Reuters is reporting that today’s market fluctuations might have a significant long-term impact on the resurgent Silicon Valley economy. In an article focusing on San Jose networking giant Cisco, reporter Noel Randewich spells out how the spending cuts sparked by the so-called “debt crisis” might affect Silicon Valley and the world economy.
The Syrian military has a new enemy to deal with, and it is not anyone that can be taken down with tanks and guns. The hacker group Anonymous has taken on Syria’s Ministry of Defense.
First a boast. In a recent game of Scrabble, I used up all my letters by placing the word PITHIEST on two triple word scores. Total score for word: 194 points, including the 50 bonus points for using up all my letters. Unfortunately, I was playing against a computer.
Google’s self-driving robot car has taken yet another step toward becoming more like a human-operated vehicle. It got into an accident and blamed the other driver.
