Topic - Berkeley

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Cleantech

Ambitious and Binding

The EU sets new targets requiring 20% renewable energy by 2020.
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Internet

Top 7: Free Software, Ethanol, Nokia, Microsoft, Yahoo, Honda, Google

Richard Stallman’s free software, Vinod Khosla’s ethanol, Nokia’s music phone, Microsoft’s ads, Yahoo’s forced vacations, Honda’s diesel engines, and Google’s Berkeley lectures topped the week.
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Internet

Google Shows Berkeley Lectures

Search giant’s video service will deliver educational content from California.
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Computers, Finance

SiBeam Nails $21 Million

The wireless chip company wants its chips to connect electronic gadgets.
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Cleantech

UC Gets $1M for Efficiency

A California state fund awards UC Davis a grant to establish the world’s first academic energy-efficiency center.
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Cleantech

Smart Homes Control Heat, AC

Researchers at UC Berkeley are looking at ways to use technology to improve lives, conserve energy, and save money.
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Computers, Media

Broadcom Buys Sandburst

The $80-million deal boosts the chip firm's ethernet chips offering for networks primed to deliver IPTV, video-on-demand.
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Computers, Finance

N8 Systems Receives $9.7M

The software company will use the venture dollars for its product that helps other companies save development dollars.
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Finance

Q&A: Nat Goldhaber

The VC behind Claremont Creek Ventures details plans to replicate Silicon Valley’s success across the San Francisco Bay.
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Communications

Cisco Jumps into Muni Wi-Fi

The networking giant moves into the growing citywide wireless market, making startups already in the field uneasy.
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General news

Cars May Find Parking Spots

Smart vehicles will find empty parking spots and avoid red lights in the near future.
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General news

Q&A: Philip Stephanou

Philip Stephanou sharpens his business skills to start his own semiconductor company.
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Computers, General news, Security, Communications, Internet, Finance

China in the digital age

Staying one step ahead of the information police.