CES postscript: The touch laptop, like it or not

The laptop was reinvented at CES. Or maybe I should say there was a vigorous attempt to reinvent the laptop. Because we won't know how successful touch has been until next year this time. Intel's CES booth -- still a large presence in the CES Central Hall -- had one basic unmistakable message: touch has arrived. Windows 8 convertibles, detachables, touch-screen laptops,...

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Facebook Distributes $200,000 to East Palo Alto and Menlo Park Nonprofits, Mercury News

Facebook kicked off the new year by showering 42 nonprofits in Menlo Park and East Palo Alto with a total of $200,000 in grants, according to company officials. The financial largess is part of a deal the social media company struck with the city of Menlo Park last year in exchange for permission to almost double the number of employees on its main campus at the intersection of Bayfront Expressway and Willow Road. Although Facebook originally promised to create a $500,000 foundation, Susan Gonzales, the company's head of community engagement,...

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