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AMD: Spin-off interruptus

It was supposed to be a formality. Shareholders of Advanced Micro Devices were simply supposed to give their thumbs-up to a spin-off of the company's manufacturing business at its shareholder's meeting and the deal would be done. But the company needed at least 50 percent of the...

Tags: Shareholder, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Spinoff, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Photos: Following the evolution of 'Spore'

Over the years, Will Wright's Spore has gone from a sci-fi-inspired Sims spinoff to its own dual-platform game. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Spinoff, Games, Personal Technology, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-01-15

Additional Resources

E-reader devices: The fun is just starting

The interest in e-readers, or e-books as they are called now, has reached a fever pitch. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fields nothing but Kindle questions at the company's  shareholder meeting. Prime View picks up E Ink, the company that supplies the screen to Amazon's Kindle, for $215 million. And companies...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sarah Rotman Epps, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Two more Microsoft Labs deliverables debut

Two more Microsoft Labs deliverables debutRE: Silverlight? No thanks...Read the article: "The new spinoff, known as Seadragon Ajax, allows users to embed a Deep Zoom viewer in their blogs, Web sites, or even your eBay listing." In other words, if I am reading this correctly, you will not have to...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Silverlight, Seadragon Ajax, Deep Zoom, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?

AMD on Thursday launched its Shanghai processor family--the successor to the much maligned Barcelona. The goal: Close the gap on server chips with Intel. The challenge: Convincing customers, shareholders and others in the peanut gallery that a turnaround at AMD is underway. Later today, AMD will try...

Tags: Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Balance Sheets, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach

Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachthis is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!this is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!RE: Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachLOL!! What have I been saying all along? That linux is NOT secure and is NOT suitable for any purpose....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Red Hat Inc., security, Linux, security breach, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Smart grid players extend their influence beyond the pilot phase

When it comes to real market potential in the green tech space, smart grid-related technology is right up there. In any given week, I could post a half-dozen blogs about developments in this world. Echelon, in particular, has had a very busy summer, inking a new deal in Denmark, expanding...

Tags: Echelon, Project Deployment, Pricing, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-21

News to know: Apple patches; D6 coverage; Yahoo; Google I/O

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Leopard mega-patch plugs 41 security holes Jason O'Grady: Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.3 software update Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update Google: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google Contacts Psystar offering new...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, I/O, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-29

News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls ‘stalker list’ tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

WSJ cleverly coins 'Motorborg', creates jealous blogger

The Wall Street Journal reported recently on Inrix, Inc., a Kirkland, Washington-based Microsoft spinoff that tracks speeds on 100,000 miles of US highway using data from GPS-enabled fleet vehicles, toll booths, road sensors...and citizens' mobile devices. The data is sold to a variety of companies (including MapQuest, Dash, and...

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Sensor, Blogger, Dash, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-05-05

What's cooking at Xerox's PARC labs

The Palo Alto Research Center, a spinoff lab from Xerox, recently opened its doors to show off paper with disappearing ink, solar concentrators, and a way to purify water that was inspired by toner cartridges. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a tour and has the latest on the lab's current...

Tags: Lab, Xerox PARC

Videos 2008-04-30

Photos: PARC prints green tech

Xerox spinoff company is using technology from its printer business to make better solar cells and to purify water. by CNET News.com

Tags: Green Technology, Xerox PARC, Photograph, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-04-02

Motorola considers cell phone biz spinoff

Motorola considers cell phone biz spinoffMoto's metal phones=poopyI said it. I stand by it. I received a RAZR as an "upgrade" from my Nokia 6103 after it's SIM card reader quit working, and I've had nothing but problems with the built-in apps and with bluetoooth the entire time, along with...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, cell phone biz spinoff, Motorola Inc., cell phone, Moto

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Comcast on Digital Voice: "we're now number 4 telco, and we ain't VoIP"

Here at CES, Comcast is proudly heralding their new ranking as the fourth-largest residential phone service provider in the U.S. At one time they were the sixth largest, behind, Verizon, AT&T, Qwest, Sprint-spinoff Embarq,and Vonage. But now, they've passed Embarq. They passed Vonage about sixth months ago. ...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Voice, Vonage Holdings Corp., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Microsoft: 100 million copies of Vista sold at retail

Microsoft: 100 million copies of Vista sold at retailHard to believeI'm sorry, but this alleged 100 million number for RETAIL sales of an operating system (doesn't matter who makes it) sounds more like a big corporate lie than the truth.Here are some simple facts that make the alleged count unbelievable:-...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, HERE ARE, Microsoft Corp., Average Joe, Microsoft Windows Vista, sales, Vista sale

Discussion threads 2008-01-06

OVISO Manufacturing Ensures Business Continuity and Scalability With Hosted IT Infrastructure

OVISO Manufacturing is a contract manufacturer, serving customers in diverse industries that span the semiconductor capital equipment, aerospace, industrial gas turbine, and medical equipment and instrumentation markets. OVISO applies lean manufacturing principles and concurrent engineering techniques to provide customers with high-quality products at competitive prices. OVISO operates manufacturing facilities in...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Scalability, Capital Equipment, Business Continuity, Oviso Manufacturing

Case studies 2008-01-01

OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world

The One Laptop Per Child OLPC is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn't designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the fact that it isn't like the notebooks adults use. As the ASUS Eee shows a low-cost conventional...

Tags: Notebook, Connectivity, Expression, Industrial Design, Activity, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Refocusing photos after they're shot

At the 6sight conference in Monterey Calif., Ren Ng, founder of Stanford University spinoff Refocus Imaging, shows how his company's lens and software technology can change the focus settings of a picture after the camera has taken the photograph.

Tags: Photograph, Photo, digital images, 6sight

Videos 2007-12-03

Stop the botnets!

This is the intention of Paul Barford, a computer scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wants to build a new line of defense against malicious traffic which has become today a billion-dollar 'shadow industry.' As one of 'the most menacing aspects of botnets is that they can go largely...

Tags: Network, Network Intrusion, Nemean, Achilles, Botnet Evaluation Environment, Networking, Security, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-09

The low-cost laptop that Apple should have built (and sort-of once did)

The buzz around the XO Laptop, aka the One Laptop Per Child group's "$100 laptop" is growing, with an innovative donation program coming in time for the holidays. But this colorful, rugged computer could have come from Apple, and in another time, it did. The...

Tags: Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, XO Laptop, eMate, Keyboards, E-mail, PDAs, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Handhelds, Management, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-10-08