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Launch! TPG 2.5 (Mac)

Launch! TPG is a Mac OS X application for TPG ADSL broadband users. Launch! TPG provides a usage meter that updates automatically while connected to the network, calculations of costs when over your monthly allowance, and a status menu item.Launch! TPG is donation-ware - which pretty much means it is...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Texas Pacific Group, Apple Mac OS X, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Apple Mac OS, DSL, Telecommunications, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-21

PC Hardware Troubleshooting Pack

Get TechRepublic's popular PC Troubleshooting Hardware Resource Guide, which includes a handy quick reference chart covering common PC hardware troubleshooting issues. This guide will quickly get you up to speed on the intricacies of computer troubleshooting and repair, such as diagnosing a faulty power supply, identifying the cause...

Tags: Hard Drive, PC, Texas Pacific Group, Desktops, Hardware

Download resources 2009-05-27

101 Windows XP tips, tricks and hacks

Keep Windows XP machines running at peak performance with these tips, tweaks and hacks! These tips will help you achieve better performance, troubleshoot problems, and properly configure your Windows XP system. You'll also find many easy tweaks and hacks to allow you to customize all aspects of Windows XP...

Tags: Texas Pacific Group, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2009-05-05

TPG, Goldman to buy Alltel for $25 billion

TPG, Goldman to buy Alltel for $25 billionNoooooThey the gov have got to stop this horrid trend of PEGs taking companies private screw SOX. This will, in the short term, kill a great company Alltel that serves the US hinterland like no other company, and in the long term turn...

Tags: Alltel Corp., GoldMan, Texas Pacific Group

Discussion threads 2007-05-21

Palm: Going, going, gone?

Palm: Going, going, gone?unstrung is a *source*?Sounds like someone in Palm is trying to boost the stock, or someone at another firm is trying to undermine Palm. Texas Pacific is a buy-and-hold company that looks to make a profit in few years - it's a plus for Palm that...

Tags: Palm Inc., Texas Pacific Group

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

Diagram your rack environment in detail with this Visio stencil

IT pro Rick Vanover revamped his Visio stencil for creating device and server diagrams. Among the additions to this version are: HP ProLiant DL series serversHP ProLiant BL blade enclosuresHP StorageWorks hard drive enclosuresAPC rack-mount batteriesBayed rack enclosuresTranslucent pop-up monitor in rack (Visio 2002 and later)Callouts for Virtual Machine infrastructureThe...

Tags: Microsoft Visio, Environment, Texas Pacific Group, Servers, Hardware

Download resources 2005-11-29

Oracle Simple user Assistant 1.0 (Windows)

This is small and simple Oracle user assistant to create or manage table, constraints, views, procedures, index Tables list, View Table Fields, Create Table, Drop Table, Display Table Constraint, Sequence List, Create Sequence, Drop Sequence, Edit Sequence, and Change Sequence Next value.

Tags: Oracle Corp., Texas Pacific Group, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-06-29

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Click Heels 3 Times and Say 'I want to IPO, I want to IPO'

Alas Liquidity Events, I Knew Them Well.... If only wanting a liquidity event and getting it were that easy. As we say back in Texas, “'wantin’ and ‘gettin’ are two different things”. For technology executives looking for a liquidity event for their firm, the...

Tags: M&A, Liquidity, Liquidity Event, IPO, Investment, Financial Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Water, water everywhere, but only 2% to drink

GoingGreen, Davis CA: where'll we get the water? The panel: Dennis Merens, Director North America, Dow Venture Capital group. John Sylvia, Partner, Texas Pacific Group. A. Judson Hill, Managine Director, Halifax Group. ------ The moderator begins by reminding us that water...

Tags: Pipe, China, America, Beverage, Pricing Strategy, Water, AJH, DM, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Palm: Going, going, gone?

Unstrung is reporting that Palm is looking to sell itself by March 22 to either Nokia, Motorola or a private bidder. This end game isnt all that surprising given that Palm doesnt have the resources to compete with a larger player....

Tags: Cellular phones, Palm Inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-20

3Com to buy Huawei stake in joint venture

Network equipment maker plans to acquire the rest of H-3C, based in China, from Huawei Technologies for $882 million. Communications network equipment maker 3Com on Tuesday said it agreed to buy the rest of its joint venture with Huawei Technologies that it did not already own for $882...

Tags: 3Com Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., H-3C, Research & Development, Investment, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance, Reuters, Corporate & legal

News items 2006-11-29

The mystery of Oregon's 'dead zone'

The mystery of Oregon's 'dead zone'Dead zoneThis area is immediately in shore of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and this may be some indication of what is happening in that area. We know that dangerous gases are released by volcanos and fissures beneath the surface of the ocean in these...

Tags: oxygen, Dead Zone, river, Chesapeake Bay, theory

Discussion threads 2006-08-26

Fans of sci-fi 'Serenity' follow their bliss

Joss Whedon groupies wish their favorite screenwriter a happy birthday by staging multiple screenings of the film. PORTLAND, Ore.--Like many fans of fantasy screenwriter Joss Whedon's TV series "Firefly" and the movie that followed it, "Serenity," Adam Whiting is beyond passionate. So much so, in fact,...

Tags: Movie, Portland, Firefly, Adam Whiting, Browncoats, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Daniel Terdiman

News items 2006-06-20

Lenovo completes IBM acquisition

Lenovo completes IBM acquisitionSo much for ThinkPad dominance!I Love my ThinkPads. I am on my third, a T series. Just like everything else that comes out of Red China, you will be able to by them at Wal-Mart soon, with the "quality" to match. I...

Tags: Notebooks, Investment, acquisition, shareholder, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-05-01

Security firms team for new product

Antivirus-technology companies Network Associates and Check Point Software release an automated Internet and desktop security package designed for small businesses. Antivirus-technology companies Network Associates and Check Point Software co-released on Wednesday an automated Internet and desktop security package designed for small businesses. ...

Tags: Desktop, Team, Antivirus, Information Technology, Networks Associates Technology Inc., Security, Viruses And Worms, Matt Hines

News items 2004-05-05

Palm itching for China move

The handheld maker signs several licensees for its operating system and prepares offices in Hong Kong and Beijing. Palm is getting ready to enter the Chinese market in the first half of next year, signing several licensees for its operating system and preparing...

Tags: Beijing, Operating System, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Mobile Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Margaret Kane

News items 2002-12-11

A fast-growing Legend in China

The Legend Group has become one of the world's fastest-growing technology conglomerates, featuring everything from desktops and servers to IT services. BEIJING--It's one of the few PC companies today with profits and growth in market share. Its close allies on various projects--Microsoft, Intel, Texas Instruments, America Online--reads like high-technology's...

Tags: China, Brand, PC, Legend Group, Technology Slowdown, Branding, Marketing, Michael Kanellos, Hardware

News items 2002-08-12

The path to the U.S. fiber cable glut

Built at a cost of some $90 billion, about 39 million miles of fiber-optic cable run below U.S. soil. But more than 97 percent of that capacity lies idle--and may never be used. DENVER--As he rushed to lace America with fiber-optic cable, James Crowe wasn't the sort to...

Tags: Qwest Communications Inc., Network, Level 3 Communications Inc., Cable, Fiber, Scott, Network Technology, Telephony, Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Rebecca Blumenstein, Technology News

News items 2001-06-18

Intel set to unleash new handheld chips

Intel is preparing samples of its XScale processor, as well as prototypes of the type of handheld devices. The first chips should run at 266MHz or 300MHz. Intel is preparing samples of its XScale processor, as well as prototypes of the type of handheld devices it can be used...

Tags: Intel XScale, Handheld Processor, Intel Corp., Chip, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 2001-01-31

Re-vote for the president online

Canada has a solution to the presidential mess -- a Web site that will let Americans vote again for president. Guess who's winning. First it was Cuba offering to oversee the presidential election re-count. Now there's more international help being extended to the United States: a new Web site...

Tags: U.S., Web, President, Re-vote, Internet, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Marketing, Ben Charny, Technology News

News items 2000-11-27