SANTA CLARA -- Both Republican candidates for governor are veering to the right as they try to win over conservative primary voters at this weekend's California Republican Party convention in Santa Clara.
State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is vowing to cut off state-funded services for illegal immigrants and hardening his stance on abortion. He and his rival, former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman, are backing away from their previous support for Democrats, including Barbara Boxer and Al Gore.
State Senator Abel Maldonado, who represents a portion of Silicon Valley, said that such shifts hurt the party and voters, who are left wondering what the candidates really believe.
In the race for Senate, candidate Carly Fiorina is attempting to win over California Republicans by attacking two of their strongest dislikes - incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and a federal government she says is broken.
Fiorina is the former Hewlett-Packard CEO making her first run at public office. She introduced herself to the state's GOP convention Saturday with a movie called Hot Air, which depicts Boxer as enamored with her own image and out of touch with Californians.
The other candidates in the race - former congressman Tom Campbell and state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore - are well-known among the GOP faithful.
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Google is reportedly close to shutting down its search business in China. According to the Financial Times, executives of the search engine have apparently finalized plans to orchestrate an orderly closure of google.cn.
The report quoted a company insider who said talks between Google and the Chinese government over internet censorship are going nowhere. Full Story
CUPERTINO -- Early orders for Apple's iPad appear to be off to a good start. Analysts say Apple received over 90,000 pre-orders for the device within the first six hours of it's release.
The iPad will be available in stores next month and insiders say sales is now expected to reach five million units this year. Full Story
ALVISO -- TiVo is going to be making a return overseas. TiVo has set up a new partnership with Virgin Media to come out with its Premiere and Premiere XL DVR set-top boxes in the United Kingdom.
The service has not been available in England for the last seven years after its partnership with Sky Broadcasting dissolved after Sky started producing its own recorder. Full Story
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SANTA CLARA -- Both Republican candidates for governor are veering to the right as they try to win over conservative primary voters at this weekend's California Republican Party convention in Santa Clara.
