Paul Sakuma, Associated Press

Amid all the smart-phone news, the elegant Palm OS has been ignored. But some news next month could change that — if it's not too late.  

He got off to a shaky start, making the jump from Microsoft to Juniper just before the recession hit, but under his leadership, the Sunnyvale networking equipment company has made solid advances toward expanding beyond its core market.  

As they filed new charges in the Galleon hedge fund investigation Thursday, federal prosecutors drew the most detailed picture to date of what now appears to have been a pipeline of inside information between Silicon Valley and Wall Street.  

New findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project show cell phone and IM users tend to have larger and more diverse networks of close confidantes.

  Read the full Pew report on social networking  

On the heels of similar actions by foreign governments and private competitors, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday that accused Intel of using kickbacks, threats and retaliation to dominate the worldwide semiconductor market.  

The computer-based conservatory, called the Genome 10K Project, would transform biology, building a digital record of molecular triumphs and stumbles across 500 million years of evolutionary history.  

Cisco CEO John Chambers said the latest financial snapshot of the company reflected 'strong sequential growth trends.  

The acrimonious fight over first-in-the-nation energy-efficiency standards for TVs will go on for another two weeks, after last-minute objections from the Consumer Electronics Association.  

Google is acquiring mobile ad startup AdMob. Electronic Arts is cutting 1,500 jobs and buying social networking game maker Playfish. Silicon Valley tech stocks surge higher along with the Dow and Nasdaq.  

The Diocese of San Jose is embracing a very Silicon Valley way of saving money, the earth and souls. Solar power will soon light the lives of of students and worshipers in Santa Clara County.  

Russel A. Daniels, Associated Press

Could more time with the new smart-phone change my initial view: "It's a winner, but still second place to the iPhone"?