Results tagged “technology”

Hector Ruiz, former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, is leaving his job with an AMD spinoff company after reports linking him to an insider trading case. Ruiz is taking a leave from his position as chairman of chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries, then will resign officially on Jan. 4. Last week, the Wall Street Journal identified Ruiz as the AMD executive who shared confidential information about his company with a trader who has since been arrested as part of the Galleon Group scandal. Ruiz has not been charged in the case. [Associated Press]

Former AMD chief executive officer Hector Ruiz finds himself tied to an alleged insider-trading case, raising questions about his business practices around an AMD spinoff company.

The Dell Mini 3I, an Android-based smartphone that currently is available only in China, is coming to America in the next few months, according to CrunchGear. In August, consumers got a look at the Mini 3i, courtesy of photos from the Chinese site Sina. CrunchGear reported yesterday that Dell will bring the Mini 3i to U.S. customers to compete with other planned Android operating system phones from HTC, Samsung, and Motorola.

In yet another move to dismantle Enfatico, the $4.5 billion powerhouse agency created to handle all of Dell's marketing needs worldwide, several of the top executives on the creative side have been laid off.

The FBI has opened an inquiry into Gov. Rick Perry's claims that his campaign website was hacked last week during a re-election announcement, according to the Associated Press.

After all, these were practical folks. Problem-solvers. Puzzle people. How could you be concerned with something as trivial as how much your all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast cost ($20) when code monkeys all over the world were making unauthorized changes to databases on mission-critical servers? When they were creating massive outages and expensive system downtime? When they were causing unfathomable revenue losses? When you could wake up in the morning and read about #ITFail (gasp) after #ITFail after #ITFail?

Texas Tech coach (and head pirate) Mike Leach has told social networking sites Twitter and Facebook to walk the plank after some recent online postings by his players.

Two of the biggest technology names in Texas have joined forces Monday as Dell acquired Perot Systems by $3.9 billion.

Spawn Labs debuts the "Slingbox for video games", City Hall throws a party for game developers, CA buys NetQoS for $200 million, and UT alumnus Bob Taylor sits down to talk about inventing the Internet.

An Austin semiconductor company announced today it has produced a power amplifier that could mean a huge leap forward for any mobile phone's performance, cost, battery life, and reliability.

Technology supersite Gizmodo has assembled a gallery of photos of Dell's Mini 3i, the company's Android-based smartphone that's only available in China. Looking at the photos taken from the Chinese site Sina, the Mini 3i has characteristics of both the iPhone and the Palm Pre.

David Kalina worked on big-budget console games for Midway Studios, but after the company cancelled his project and laid off 90 people from its Austin shop, he teamed up with former Electronic Arts developer Randy Smith to found Tiger Style and begin building games for the iPhone.

Social media standout Chris Brogan will deliver the keynote address at the Ubiquity Marketing unSummit, set for Sept. 3 at the Shoreline Grill. Brogan's latest book, "Trust Agents", demonstrates how to tap into the social networks to build influence, reputation, and profits. The twist for this conference, however, is that rather than making your message broad and globally focused, you can use social media to turn your small business into a local powerhouse.

When the Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off for its 13-day mission this week, the crew will be carrying samples from an Austin biotech company. Astrogenetix has been working with NASA for more than a year, doing vaccine research in hopes of developing new medicines. The microgravity of space allows biological systems to interact more quickly than they do on Earth.

Sugar Land-based TechRadium has sued Twitter in federal court, claiming that the popular messaging service infringes on its patents for a "mass notification" concept.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor will cut 550 jobs from its Austin manufacturing operations later this year. The company's Fab 1 plant will be shut down on or about October 18, and most of the eliminated jobs are centered there. The Fab 1 facility is being renovated to become part of the newer, larger, more automated Fab 2 factory next door. Once renovation is complete, Samsung said it plans to hire 150-200 workers for the new factory. [Statesman Business Blog]

A Texas judge has ruled that Microsoft cannot sell its cornerstone word processor, Microsoft Word, because of patent infringement.

Beginning on July 22, you can use your credit or debit card to pay for on-street parking. Pay stations will appear first on Congress Avenue, with all 3,800 meters replaced by Thanksgiving. Each pay station will replace 8-11 meters.

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Congressional candidate Laney Melnick hopes that isn't true. As a result of a technical glitch, hundreds of people have received multiple emails from the Melnick campaign over the past few days.

The Wall Street Journal reports that engineers at Dell are developing a mobile device that would access the Web, but doesn't work as a phone.

City officials will hold a community forum tonight to give an update on the latest developments around the city's web site. The forum begins at 6 p.m. at the George Washington Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina St.

Austinites will have to wait a bit longer for a new city website. City officials have decided not to award a $700,000 contract to a California company for the work and to seek a new round of bids, according to the Austin Business Journal.

A pair of Austin companies have received investments from the state's Emerging Technology Fund. RFMicron, a developer of RFID (radio frequency identifier) microchips, received $675,000, while Agile Planet, creators of operating software to facilitate safe human-robot collaboration, received $250,000 from the fund.

Dell's new netbook is geared toward kids in the classroom with five vivid colors, a rubber casing, and 10.1-inch screen.

A legal battle over Dell's involvement in security camera purchases by the city of New Orleans just got messier for the company after a New Orleans judge ordered CEO Michael Dell to give a sworn deposition in the case.

The word around town (specifically from Chris Garcia at the Statesman) is that come May 21st, the Galaxy Highland will have a brand new technology, only released last March, which bears the unfortunate name of D-Box (which immediately made us think of D-Bag, a horse of a completely different color, no doubt). D-Box replicates the motion happening on screen, frame-by-frame, in each and every theater seat. You will, allegedly, feel like you are actually in the movie.

As city officials take time to review their options for the new city web site, a local grassroots effort has sprung up to offer a helping hand. OpenAustin is a "community-based effort to crowdsource the requirements and development" of the city's web site.

The Austin Business Journal reports that online giant Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, a company with Austin ties and the creators of Stanza, a popular e-book application.

Four Austin companies and one California company were chosen Wednesday to participate in a summer startup program run by local technology incubator Capital Factory.

A University of Texas team travels to Sweden this week for the world's most prestigious computer programming competition, the Battle of the Brains.