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Rackable seeks SGI crown jewels
11 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Rackable Systems remained convinced that Silicon Graphics must have some invaluable IP hidden somewhere.Rackable Systems has bought Silicon Graphics (SGI) out of bankruptcy for $25m, and announced today it would change its own name to SGI, with
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SGI lives on as Rackable changes its name
11 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Rackable Systems has just completed its acquisition of Silicon Graphics, and intends to change its own name to SGI going forward. Rackable becomes the name of a product line sold by SGI. There's life in the SGI brand yet, it seems. Rackable bought
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Nanotech 2009 underway in Houston
07 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Visitors arriving at the entrance to Nanotech 2009 in Houston couldn't help thinking the organisers had taken the theme a little too literally.Thanks to peephole on Flickr for the pic (CC licence).Digg
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CBR calls it right: Vignette succumbs to acquisition
07 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
In the July issue of CBR magazine, we featured a profile of Vignette, including an interview with CEO Mike Aviles. Concluding the piece, I wrote: "We would like to think Vignette can grow more strongly and steadily, but we have to concede that, on
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Quick take: Open Text buys Vignette
06 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
6th May 2009PRESS RELEASE Open Text to Acquire Vignette Waterloo, ON and Austin, TX, - May 06, 2009 - Open Textâ„¢ Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software,
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Micro Focus buys Borland, Compuware's ASQ biz
06 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Legacy modernisation vendor Micro Focus has acquired Borland, the venerable application lifecycle management (ALM) firm with a torturous recent history, for $75m.The British firm is also buying Compuware's testing and automated software quality
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If Apple bought Twitter....
05 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Twitter employees are surprised when they discover that Apple staff are even weirder than they are. [It was rumoured today that Apple might buy Twitter for up to $700m.]Digg
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Apple to buy Twitter? Shiver me timbers
05 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Valleywag is reporting the rumour that Apple is close to sealing a deal to buy social networking site Twitter, for up to $700m. It seems far-fetched, truth be told.“We hear it's Apple that's closest to sealing a deal, possibly for as much as $700
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Amazon exec lashes out at McKinsey cloud computing report
01 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Andy Jassy, senior vice president of Amazon Web Services, slammed a recent report by McKinsey & Co that was sceptical of cloud computing, saying in an exclusive CBR interview that it contains, “numerous factual errors” and research that is “skin
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Oracle inaugurated in Sun's culture
01 May 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Oracle realised it was going to take longer than expected to fully understand Sun's unique cultural traits.Thanks to irILordy for the snapshot.Digg
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Oracle staff visit Sun HQ: first pics
28 April 2009 | By Jason Stamper
After lunch there was just time for Sun's execs to give Oracle staff and family a tour of the HQ.Thanks to Tembako on Flickr for the pic (CC licence).Digg
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Sun staff visit Oracle HQ: first pictures
28 April 2009 | By Jason Stamper
Sun's staff weren't sure what exactly was meant by Oracle's choice of canapés, but they sure as hell didn't like it.Thanks to Tres.Jolie for the pic (Flickr, CC licence).Digg
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Minidisc community gets tough
28 April 2009 | By Jason Stamper
After months of planning, the Minidisc Community was finally ready to take matters into its own hands.More Minidisc silliness here.Thanks to Loop Oh on Flickr for the pic (CC
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The Sky is Falling: the 1976 US swine flu scare
27 April 2009 | By Jason Stamper
This is interesting: a swine flu epidemic in 1976 saw the US government rush to immunise as many people as it could in the entire United States. The outbreak never happened as predicted, and the mass immunisation is generally thought not to have
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Don’t panic: swine flu is no more dangerous than ‘normal’ flu
27 April 2009 | By Jason Stamper
While Swine Flu is the biggest trending topic on Twitter this morning, and many commentators are predicting untold carnage, it’s worth noting that the symptoms and transmission of the swine flu from human to human is much like seasonal flu:
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