Stories about: Silicon Graphics

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    Microsoft rivals to purchase 22 patents to defend Linux 09/09/2009 05:18:00

    A group of Linux proponents will purchase patents formerly held by Microsoft in an effort to defend distributors of the open-source OS against the ongoing threat of patent litigation from the software giant.
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    Rackable Systems becomes SGI, closes deal 12/05/2009 04:20:00

    Rackable Systems has completed its acquisition of Silicon Graphics and will change the name of the combined company to SGI, Rackable announced Monday. It hopes the name change helps it expand its business overseas, where SGI is a better-known brand.
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    Rackable buying SGI for $25 million 02/04/2009 06:04:00

    Rackable Systems said Wednesday it plans to buy the assets of bankrupt Silicon Graphics (SGI) for roughly US$25 million in cash and will also assume certain liabilities.
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    NASA research finds way into IT, consumer products 18/11/2008 09:02:00

    Aware of a history of heart disease in his family, then-50-year-old Gary F. Thompson saw his doctor for a checkup before he ran a Los Angeles marathon in the mid-1990s.
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    DreamWorks dumps AMD, teams with Intel on 3-D animation films 08/07/2008 22:19:49

    DreamWorks Animation SKG is pushing Advanced Micro Devices aside to team up with chipmaker rival Intel to make the big transition to 3-D animated films next year.
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    The 16 Greatest Moments in Web History 03/10/2007 06:33:36

    Depending on how you calculate it, the Web has been around for between 15 and 17 years--which makes it old enough to ask for the car keys, but still an awkward teenager growing toward maturity. Yet it already has a long and storied history (and some prehistory). We've decided to chronicle its 15 greatest moments here.
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    Happy birthday, Sputnik! (Thanks for the Internet) 02/10/2007 06:00:11

    Quick, what's the most influential piece of hardware from the early days of computing? The IBM 360 mainframe? The DEC PDP-1 minicomputer? Maybe earlier computers such as Binac, ENIAC or Univac? Or, going way back to the 1800s, is it the Babbage Difference Engine?
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    IBM, HP share bragging rights on supercomputer list 27/06/2007 17:02:50

    IBM still operates the fastest supercomputer in the industry, but rival HP has more of them in operation, according to a closely watched global survey.
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    Intel speeds up introduction of new quad-core chip 12/12/2006 13:48:25

    Intel says it has rushed introduction of a new quad-core chip originally scheduled for next year to Monday to meet demand from server manufacturers for the processor.
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    Silicon Graphics back in business 21/09/2006 09:06:10

    Silicon Graphics (SGI) is back in business. The company went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings earlier this year, but the stage is set for the company to re-emerge into the industry following a ruling at the New York bankruptcy Court this week.
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    Google Earth's photographer builds out infrastructure 02/03/2006 08:08:55

    The company responsible for those cool satellite images accessed by millions of Google Earth users said this week that it has almost completed an enormous upgrade to its internal IT infrastructure to increase production and support the launch of two more imagery satellites over the next two years.
 
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