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A VTA light-rail train collided with an unmarked San Jose Police car Thursday night, injuring the on-duty officer inside.

The force of the crash pushed the vehicle several yards, leaving shattered glass on the roadway and the officer trapped inside his car on First Street just north of Highway 880.

The officer was transported to Valley Medical Center for treatment, where he is in serious but stable condition. His identity was not released. Two passengers in the light-rail train complained of pain, but did not receive treatment.

The two-car train, which was carrying 19 passengers, was heading north on First Street about 6 p.m. when the car drove into its path, said Bernice Alaniz, spokeswoman for the Valley Transportation Authority. Both the train and the car were heading north.

The collision temporarily halted service for about two hours.

San Jose Police officer Enrique Garcia said the incident is under investigation.

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Tokyo-based venture ZMP Inc.’s 14-inch long Miuro robot - which looks like a white ball wedged [...]

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NPR filed a notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington Wednesday signaling [...]

Stocks finished largely flat Thursday after the Commerce Department issued a weak reading of the nation’s gross domestic product. Technology stocks fared better than most, however.

The technology-dominated Nasdaq composite index was up 11.93, or 0.5 percent, to 2,604.52, bolstered by a 2 percent gain in Apple shares.

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EBay announced Wednesday that it acquired StumbleUpon, a software start-up that suggests Web sites based on reader reviews and personal preferences of its members.

The $75 million cash acquisition gives eBay access to about 2.3 million people who have filled out profiles at StumbleUpon, founded in 2001 by three Canadian software engineers [...]

While the Internet’s major search engines keep adding more computers to scan the Web and run increasingly sophisticated algorithms to pull up meaningful results, dot-com luminary Jason Calacanis thinks there’s still a place for people power.

Backed by a group of investors with impressive track records, [...]

Digital video recorder pioneer TiVo on Wednesday posted a small net profit in its fiscal first quarter - its first quarterly profit - as revenue increased, beating Wall Street expectations.

The San Jose company has increased subscription fees and cut rebates on equipment purchases.

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Yahoo’s chief technology officer is resigning after nearly a decade on the job, creating a management void as the Internet icon tries to mine more profits from a recent upgrade to its system for delivering online ads.

Farzad Nazem’s plans to leave the Sunnyvale company were disclosed [...]

With no sightings this morning, it appears the humpback whales that captivated the world with their journey 90 miles up the Sacramento Delta have slipped through the Golden Gate and out to sea under the cover of darkness.

“We would love to see them one more time and say goodbye but if they have made [...]

After nearly a year, a judge was finally appointed in the trial of Edith Delgado, the Redwood City teenager accused of causing the car crash on U.S. Highway 101 in July which killed three people, including two members of the Tongan royal family.

San Mateo County Superior Court Judge John Runde was [...]