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The article discusses anger amongst citizens of San Francisco, California regarding buses that illegally use city bus stops to transport employees of technology companies such as Google, Apple, and Facebook as of February 1, 2014. Topics addressed include protests against the buses, as well as a growing opinion that technology companies represent elitism.

The article reports on the vision of Ron Conway, founder of the San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation (sf.citi), for the technology industry in San Francisco, California. It says that the vision of a business-friendly and technology-driven city was pursued by Conway with the use of his wealth and network. It adds that sf.citi was established by Conway for the improvement of the policy and transportation in the city.

CORRECTION APPENDED SAN FRANCISCO -- As the computer industry makes a radical shift to new modes of computing -- in the cloud and on tablets and smartphones -- Hewlett-Packard, a stalwart of the previous era, finds it hard to keep up. It is not alone in that struggle. H.P., along with well-established tech companies like Dell and Cisco Systems, is contending with a faster-than-expected move by consumers and businesses from personal computers and small racks of computer servers toward mobile phones and tablets that are connected to millions of servers, all lashed together in remote supercomputing ''clouds.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -- Dell Inc. issued on Tuesday a forecast for fiscal first-quarter revenue that was below Wall Street's expectations, stoking fears that the personal computer industry had not fully emerged from its downturn. The company projected sales would be down 7 percent this quarter compared with those in the previous quarter, when it posted revenue of $16 billion. That translates into about $14.9 billion, below the average forecast for about $15.2 billion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SAN FRANCISCO -- The first time Steve Jobs ever bullied anyone was in the third grade. He and some pals ''basically destroyed'' the teacher, he once said. For the next half-century, Mr. Jobs never let up. He chewed out subordinates and partners who failed to deliver, trashed competitors who did not measure up and told know-it-all pundits to take a hike. He had a vision of greatness that he wielded to reshape the computer, telephone and entertainment industries, and he would brook no compromise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Last week, shares of Apple did something they rarely do: they fell nearly 7 percent, in two days. The unusually sharp drop, which was twice as large as the decline in technology shares over all, was driven in part by worries over the impact that the crisis in Japan would have on Apple's ability to make its blockbuster products. It didn't help that the iPad 2, the latest Apple gadget that everyone seems to want to get their hands on, appears to be in increasingly short supply, a situation Apple has found itself in before. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the development of a new strategy by Hewlett-Packard Co. for designing a quantum computer in San Francisco, California.

Reports on the decision of Microsoft Corp. to enter the consumer antivirus business as part of its subscription service in San Francisco, California.

Reports on the settlement agreement between the computer firms Intel Corp. and Intergraph Corp. in San Francisco, California. Total amount paid by Intel to Intergraph; Increase in the value of the shares of Intergraph.

Discusses the popularity of the new Apple Computer outlet store in San Francisco. Description of the new store; Length of the line of people waiting to get in the store, some even gathering hours before the doors opened; New Apple stores as a place for Web developers and other computer-savvy people to converge and talk.

Reports on the issues over the takeover bid of Oracle Corp. for the assets of PeopleSoft Inc. in San Francisco, California. Opposition of the Department of Justice to the bid; Antitrust implications of the bid; Disclosure on the offered takeover value.