Redwood City Plane Crash Kills 3: Video of Plane in Water

In Redwood City a Plane Crashed Into a Lagoon in Redwood Shores: Three People Have Been Confirmed Dead Among the dead is 91-year-old Steel executive Robert Borrmann, along with his pilot and the pilot's girlfriend as reported by The San Francisco Chronicle. All three bodies...

Founder of New iPhone 4G Prototype Named: Brian J. Hogan

Brian J. Hogan: Found iPhone 4G Prototype Wired News has tracked down the man who found the new iPhone 4G - his name is Brian J. Hogan and he was paid $5,000 by Gizmodo which which broke the story - setting off a storm on the Internet, including accusations of check book...

Cheruiyot wins Houston Marathon in sprint finish

"Kenya's David Cheruiyot won the Houston Marathon in an unofficial time of 2:12:31, his third win in the race. Ethiopia's Dire Tune set a record — an unofficial time of 2:24:39 — in the women's event, breaking her own mark of 2:26:52, set last year. Cheruiyot pulled clear...

Nominum helps APNIC support exponential internet infrastructure growth

""Fast servers are crucial to our reputation. Since we implemented Nominum ANS, the CPU load on our busiest server has dropped by almost 70 percent; and the DNS server process start time, is now less than 30 seconds," said Terry Manderson, APNIC's network operations manager....

HopeLab launches "Ruckus Nation`

"Research shows that physical activity can help address poor health outcomes associated with childhood obesity. In addition, physical activity is associated with better mental and physical health. With this in mind, the goal of Ruckus Nation is to find great ideas for fun,...

Microsoft defends 100-day ANI patch process

"Microsoft Corp. first learned of the animated cursor flaw in Windows in December 2006, more than 100 days before it released an emergency patch. The release marked just the third time in more than two years it has released an out-of-cycle security update. The head of the...

RSA conference draws teams to fight organized hackers

"The industry will gather this week at Moscone Center in San Francisco for the RSA Conference, a chance to hear what the latest threats are -- and to see the latest tools to fight them.Images courtesy of sfgate.com" ''We need to be two steps ahead of the Internet crime...

Today in history - Nov. 12

"Today is Sunday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2006. There are 49 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 12, 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. (The Allies ended up winning a major victory over the Japanese.) On this date: In 1815,...

Some patient VCs still waiting for Visto to pay off

Silicon Valley is filled with start-ups launched on shoestring budgets that go on to sell for millions of dollars, seemingly overnight. Then there's Visto, a Redwood City company that has plowed through $267 million over the past 10 years -- including a $51 million round this...