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Mageia 2 Released

...final release of Magiea 2 was made available today. Mageia is a spinoff from the Mandriva distribution, which was created by a group of Mandriva... Read more

23 May, 2012
3D printing takes shape

3D printing takes shape

...the Netherlands to New York. The service, which is two-year-old spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics's Lifestyle Incubator, lets people put together their... Read more

30 September, 2010 by Karen Friar

Facebook plans open-source storage hardware

...datacentres more efficient. The designs should become available in May via Facebook-spinoff the Open Compute Project, the company confirmed to ZDNet UK on Friday... Read more

24 February, 2012

MoD simulations outgunned by commercial rivals

...Battlespace 2 — a high-fidelity war simulation program developed by a spinoff from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind commercial wargames like ARMA 2 and... Read more

29 December, 2011

HP decides to keep its PC division

...to chief financial officer Cathie Lesjak. "The costs and risks of a spinoff would be far greater than any value we could create," said Whitman... Read more

27 October, 2011

Microsoft embraces Hadoop for data analytics

...at the Pass Summit on Wednesday, will see Microsoft work with Yahoo-spinoff Hortonworks on developing a distribution of Hadoop tuned for its software. The... Read more

13 October, 2011

HP dumps WebOS, looks to split off PC business

HP boss Leo Apotheker is killing off devices including the TouchPad tablet and Pre line of smartphones, and is considering spinning off or selling HP's market-leading PC business Read more

19 August, 2011 by David Meyer

AMD reports flat earnings, but sees future in Fusion

...other category represents benefits from the deconsolidation of AMD's chip manufacturing spinoff GlobalFoundries, intangible assets and the earnings of the handheld business unit. Revenue... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

News Corp ponders MySpace sale or spin-off

...more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see News Corp. mulls sale, spinoff of MySpace on CNET News. Get the latest technology news and analysis... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Steven Musil

GlobalFoundries sets sights on Mems production

...media briefing, Raj Kumar, general manager of GlobalFoundries Singapore, said the AMD spinoff is targeting to become the global number one microelectromechanical systems (Mems) foundry... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Liau Yun Qing
Imperfect Balance 1.0

Imperfect Balance 1.0

...and riches. Make towers fall, constructions collapse, and shapes explode in this spinoff of Perfect Balance. Use mouse to pick up and drop shapes. Mouse... Read more

16 April, 2012
Neutral Trend TradeMax Basic Edition 3.5.2012.227

Neutral Trend TradeMax Basic Edition 3.5.2012.227

...in the event of corporate actions such as stock splits, stock merge, spinoff and symbol changes, expand the portfolios and enable you to cross-reinvest... Read more

28 February, 2012
Neutral Trend TradeMax Premier Edition 3.5.2012.227

Neutral Trend TradeMax Premier Edition 3.5.2012.227

...Events Module : Recording various corporate events, such as stock splits, stock merge, spinoff and symbol changes 3.) Powerful importing module: TradeMax has pre-defined profiles... Read more

28 February, 2012
Neutral Trend TradeMax Deluxe Edition 3.5.2012.227

Neutral Trend TradeMax Deluxe Edition 3.5.2012.227

...Events Module : Recording various corporate events, such as stock splits, stock merge, spinoff and symbol changes 3.) Powerful importing module: TradeMax has pre-defined profiles... Read more

28 February, 2012
Extra TV 1.0

Extra TV 1.0

...a joint merger between Time Magazine and Telepictures. Extra also had a spinoff show called Celebrity Justice, which ran for only three seasons from 2002... Read more

13 February, 2012

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