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Top 10 Tech Trends for 2012: Flexible displays, Tablet bonanza, Android crushes it

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.31.2011

Unlike other parts of the country, Silicon Valley is doing relatively well. Job growth is respectable, unemployment is in check, and that iconic symbol of…

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5 Questions: Silicon Valley CEO on Leadership

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.29.2011

"When musicians try playing in ensembles for the first time, there are layers of discoveries and challenges that they go through which I think are…

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Fleur de Sel: Not your commonplace salt

BY LONI STARK — 12.28.2011

What is true about most hand-crafted objects which later through industrialization and mass production become commonplace, is true for salt.

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“S’mores No More” Caramilk rice crispy secrets (recipe)

BY LONI STARK — 12.25.2011

This recipe playfully references the highly successful "Caramilk Secret" advertising campaign conceived by Gary Prouk.

Food & Wine

5 Secrets for the ultimate fish taco

BY LONI STARK — 12.23.2011

It was only after several trips down to Loreto, that I started to crave this Baja Californian archetype that represents one of the most sublime…

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Why I returned the Samsung Galaxy Nexus

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.20.2011

Sitting unused, the Nexus battery inexplicably lost 15% of its charge in less than an hour.

Google's Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming to Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, S II smartphone

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.20.2011

Devices confirmed include: Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy R, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7, and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.

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Top Tablet Picks: Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab, HP TouchPad

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.19.2011

Here's some top rated iPad 2 alternatives. All the tablets mentioned here are brand new models, introduced in 2011, and none require a two-year commitment…

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10 Things You’ll Love About Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.19.2011

The curvaceous Nexus is the first to run Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Think of it as Android all grown up. Refined, slick…

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From Porsche to Prius: The Hybrid Experience begins… now

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.17.2011

I will tell you this: I absolutely refuse to be one of those Crazy Prius Greeners holding up traffic in the fast lane, cruising 10mph…