Based in Silicon Valley, Ashlee Vance serves as US Editor for [...], Britain's irreverent online rag keeping tabs on the high-tech industry. Vance covers numerous Silicon Valley corporations and various technology areas, including microprocessors, robots, supercomputers and national labs. The Register ¿ fueled by its slogan "Biting the hand that feeds IT" ¿ has amassed more than 5 million readers and counts as one of the most popular technology news destinations online in Europe, the US, Australia and Canada.Vance's writing has appeared in other publications such as the Economist, the New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune.

OutlineIntroduction: Shockley brings silicon to Silicon ValleyChapter 1: Palo Alto and Menlo Park· Federal Telegraph Company· Stanford University/Stanford Research Park/The Stanford Dish/Silicon Valley Archives· University Avenue and Stanford Shopping Center: collegiate eateries contrast with high-end mall· Hewlett-Packard: HP history and background with headquarters address· HP Garage: Thousands of people a year come by the house to try to see the garage, which a historic market designates as ¿Birthplace of Silicon Valley¿· Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) ¿ Menlo Park: Fun with high-energy physics. Provides tours daily and hosts thousands of visitors each year· Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Campus located on beautiful, hilly bit of land in Palo Alto.No tours, but it offers talks open to the public every Thursday.· Sand Hill Road/3000 Sand Hill Road: Where everyone goes to get venture capitol· SRI International, Menlo Park · Fairchild SemiconductorChapter 2: Mountain ViewShockley Semiconductor Computer History MuseumFenwick & West quintessential SV law firmMicrosoft¿s Silicon Valley Campus: SGI: Silicon GraphicsThe Stevens Creek Trail: NASA Ames: SETI Instituteetscape HQGoogle/Googleplex Chapter 3: Santa Clara and SunnyvaleIntel/Intel Museum/Intel HeadquartersLockheed Martin SunnyvaleSun Microsystems/Sun¿s Headquarters AMD Advanced Micro DeviceYahoo Sunnyvale Chapter 4: San JoseWorld¿s First Broadcasting Station: KQWIBM¿s Almaden Research Center/Magnetic Disk Heritage CenterSan Jose City HallSantana RoweBayWinchester Mystery House/Tours. Thousands go each yearSan Jose State UniversityPulgas Water TempleLick ObservatoryCisco Systems The Tech Museum of Innovationhildren¿s Discovery Museum Chapter 5: San FranciscoGreen Street LabThe ExploratoriumThe Wave OrganThe Letterman Digital Arts CenterMoscone CenterThe MetreonCraigslist.orgGolden Gate Yacht ClubSilicon Justice: San Franciscös courthousesElectronic Frontier FoundationMicrosoft Research CenterGenetechCalifornia Academy of SciencesBay Area Laboratory Co-operativeTechnology Publishers RowAT&T ParkMonster/Candlestick Park Chapter 6: Out and About in Silicon Valley: The Surrounding SceneWindy HillOracle, Redwood ShoresHiller Aviation Museum, San CarlosJoint Genome Institute, Walnut CreekAtari, SunnyvaleElectronic Arts, Redwood CityLawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Discovery CenterSandia National Laboratories, LivermoreExcite@HomeAlviso: Home of Tivo Drawbridge (ghost town)Apple Computer, Cupertino Drive the Valley: Best Routes for Seeing it AllSuggested ReadingSurf the ValleyIndex