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• Can two AMDs be better than one?

  AMD will today announce that it will split into two companies - but can two AMDs be better than one? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

  Tags: Components, Financial Accounting, Processors, Finance, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hardware, Sam Diaz, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

  Oct 07, 2008 4:49 AM PDT

• AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created

  AMD and a technology investment company backed by the government of Abu Dhabi have established a new semiconductor company that will manufacture AMD's advanced processors. The new company--currently known as ...

  Tags: Asset Management, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Asset, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, John Morris, Foundry Networks Inc., Business Operations

  Oct 07, 2008 4:44 AM PDT

• Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital

  AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi and receive a capital infusion from Mubadala ...

  Tags: Asset, Larry Dignan, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, ATIC

  Oct 07, 2008 4:42 AM PDT

• Review: HAVA Platinum HD lets you watch TV on your Nokia Internet Tablet, S60 or WM device

  I've been using a Slingbox since they were first launched a few years ago and have used all of the mobile clients to watch my TV content on the road. ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Matthew Miller, HAVA Platinum HD, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Device, S60, Mobile, Nokia Corp., PC

  Oct 07, 2008 4:07 AM PDT

• Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

  Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best ...

  Tags: Linux, Laptop Computer, Operating Systems, Dan Kusnetzky, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office, Steven, Software, Office Suites

  Oct 07, 2008 3:00 AM PDT

• Consumers might not be ready for Linux netbooks, but we are

  Of course the Windows crowd has picked up on Linux netbook return rates. Fellow blogger Ed Bott writes these days, Linux is a great choice for technically sophisticated users who ...

  Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, Christopher Dawson, Open Source, Software, UNIX, Microsoft Windows

  Oct 07, 2008 2:32 AM PDT

• IT Dojo video: Five practical tips for choosing the right UPS

  On the surface, choosing a UPS for your organization's server room may seem like a simple task, but like many IT tasks, the devil is in the details. In this ...

  Tags: Management, United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Information Technology, Larry Dignan, Video, Strategy, Marketing, Corporate Communications

  Oct 07, 2008 2:07 AM PDT

• Whisky, Whiskey, and the Semantic Web ?

  Huge ontologies and taxonomies that attempt to boil the ocean and describe 'the sum of human knowledge' tend to make me deeply uncomfortable. At the other end of the scale, ...

  Tags: Management, Tim O'Reilly, Strategy, Internet, Ontology, Semantic Web, Paul Miller

  Oct 07, 2008 2:06 AM PDT

• News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP

  Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that ...

  Tags: Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), SAP AG, Web Services, Information Technology, Strategy, Web Servers, Apple iPhone, Enterprise Software, UNIX

  Oct 07, 2008 2:05 AM PDT

• AMD to spin off manufacturing

  Advanced Micro Devices will reveal a broad cost-cutting plan this morning that includes spinning off its manufacturing operations to a new joint venture largely funded by Abu Dhabi investment companies. ...

  Tags: Financial Services, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hardware, Manufacturing, Networking, Sam Diaz, Abu Dhabi

  Oct 07, 2008 1:27 AM PDT

• A question about web server volume failures

  It's a shocking confession - I mean, I know how to use google - but I haven't found anything that really describes the nature and order of failures when a ...

  Tags: Test, Web Server, Web, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Paul Murphy, Internet, Server, Web Servers

  Oct 07, 2008 12:15 AM PDT

• Talkback Tuesday: Mobile Malware

  Last week I wrote two posts about why I was not concerned about mobile malware right now, but I expected mobile malware to become a problem in the near future. ...

  Tags: Spyware, Adware & Malware, Adam O\'Donnell, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Viruses And Worms, Malware, Security, Mobile Malware, Mobile, Mobile Device

  Oct 06, 2008 11:16 PM PDT

• Bill Gates Leaving Might Help Mend Silicon Valley Fences

  Here is a short clip from CNET of a tearful Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and ...

  Tags: Bill Gates, Corporate Law, Silicon Valley, Microsoft Corp., Antitrust, Security, Tom Foremski, Business Operations

  Oct 06, 2008 10:44 PM PDT

• MozyPro for Mac goes public beta

  Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple's Mac platform. MozyPro for the ...

  Tags: MozyPro, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan, Hardware, Software, Mozy, Public Beta, Desktops, Backup, Apple Macintosh

  Oct 06, 2008 9:01 PM PDT

• The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments

  I realize Advanced Micro Devices has some news in the offing this week that likely will supersede the urgency of this blog's content, but I wanted to recount some high ...

  Tags: Larry Vertal, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Heather Clancy, Energy Efficiency

  Oct 06, 2008 8:46 PM PDT

• ZDNet blogger: working from home

  More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, ...

  Tags: Zack Whittaker, Phone, Blogger, Online Communications, E-mail, Tea

  Oct 06, 2008 8:41 PM PDT

• Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]

  Picking up on my post about failed IT culture, Oliver Widder has drawn another great Geek and Poke cartoon: Sadly, this cartoon describes the norm in many organizations, where projects ...

  Tags: Management, Information Technology, Strategy, Michael Krigsman, Cartoon

  Oct 06, 2008 4:20 PM PDT

• Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?

  Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo. The company's stock reached a five-year low today, closing at $15.31 - or less than half of the $31 per share that Microsoft ...

  Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz, Business Structures, Google Inc.

  Oct 06, 2008 3:42 PM PDT

• Authorizing and clearing transactions

  Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, describes how they are competing in the global marketplace. He also outlines their data processing strategies and how their technology operations are giving the company ...

  Tags: Management, Strategy, Administrator

  Oct 06, 2008 3:03 PM PDT

• Moving quickly with tap-and-go technology

  Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas—such as their PayWave technology, which gives users the ability to send and receive money from anywhere. ...

  Tags: Management, Strategy, Leadership, Technology, Administrator

  Oct 06, 2008 2:58 PM PDT

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