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MacMurray Ranch to Host 30th Annual Showcase: Taste of Sonoma, Saturday, September 5, 2009

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.28.2009

Sonoma’s Largest Wine and Food Event – Part of the 2nd Annual Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, Presented by Visa Signature – Features Tastings, Demonstrations, Tours…

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Branding: Sony takes page out of Apple ad playbook with new PS3 campaign

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.27.2009

Did you hear? The new svelte PS3 is now only $299. Well, maybe you didn’t know. But if Sony has its way—with radio, TV and…

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Weekend wine pick: 2006 Santa Ema 60/40 Reserve (87 pts, $10)

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.27.2009

Here’s a good value wine you can most likely buy right now at your local Costco for about $10. But it delivers at least twice…

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Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ available tomorrow $29, resource guide

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.27.2009

Apple Mac fans, rejoice! Tomorrow’s Mac OS X upgrade, aka ‘Snow Leopard’ at only $29, is Apple’s lowest priced upgrade ever. Us faithful deserve it,…

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Back stage pass @ San Jose Rep with Rick Lombardo

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.27.2009

Rick Lombardo’s eagerly anticipated ‘As You Like It’ opens in three nights at the San Jose Repertory Theatre. It should prove to be a compelling…

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CMO perspective: Economy improving, online marketing spending +9.5%

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.26.2009

According to Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business July 2009 “CMO Survey”, CMOs believe that the economy is turning the corner. How long it will…

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Lenovo to delay release of Ion-powered S12 netbook until Windows 7 launch

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.26.2009

(UPDATE: Reports are also indicating Samsung will delay its Ion-powered netbooks also until Windows 7 is released.) Well I think the mystery is finally solved;…

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Carey Perloff’s Phèdre at Stratford receives glowing review

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.26.2009

More Bay Area theater news. Carey Perloff, artistic director at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, has been on the road up North…

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Successful play ‘The Kite Runner’ heads to Arizona Theatre Company

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.25.2009

That didn’t take long. Loni and I wondered where and when ‘The Kite Runner’ production would next surface. The world premiere here in the Bay…

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Are Hollywood stars in danger of extinction?

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.25.2009

According to a New York Times article, “the spring and summer box office has murdered megawatt stars.” The story surprised me as I always pictured…