In the culturally fractured Internet age, it’s hard for a single voice to stand out.

Although seven technology giants from Silicon Valley requested the district court dismiss a lawsuit that alleges anti-poaching deals, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh stated yesterday that the companies must defend themselves from the plaintiffs’ complaints.

Picture perfect. Former Meadowvale resident Benjamin Su has been working at Pixar Animation Studios in California for the last two years.

Animator. Former Meadowvale resident Benjamin Su has been working at Pixar Animation Studios in California for the last two years.

Welcome to the wacky and often wonderful world of animation. As Oscar sees it, this is one of the most unusual years ever.

As torrents of cash flow into Apple’s pockets, new attention is being drawn to how Apple makes the products it sells.

A 2007 e-mail uncovered in the course of a lawsuit reveals that under Steve Jobs’ request, Google’s Eric Schmidt got one of the company’s own recruiters fired after they tried to hire an Apple engineer.

Apple’s Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee’s job, according to a court filing.

In Silicon Valley’s white-hot competition for tech talent, programmers can face a daily barrage of calls from recruiters seeking to woo them to rival companies with offers of better pay and perks.

It’s 3:00 p.m. in Richmond, Calif., and Steve Jobs is micromanaging. He’s sitting around a conference table at his Pixar Animation Studios with a gaggle of Pixar producers and Disney marketing types, poring over the color-coded, small-print, stunningly elaborate synergy timeline for the upcoming Toy Story 2, which Pixar made and Disney will … (more)