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San Antonio’s fastest growing high-tech company, Rackspace Managed Hosting, has gotten even bigger with the acquisition of a data center near Dallas. High-tech Rackspace expands
San Antonio-based Rackspace Managed Hosting on Monday said that the company has invested in a new 55,000-square-foot data center in Grapevine, Texas. Rackspace acquires new data center, doubles network hosting capacity
A toy robot designed by a former NASA engineer has been named Britain’s toy of the year by Hamley’s, the nation’s finest/most expensive toy shop. Farting robot wins toy of the year
Peer 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX-V:PIX – News), a leading provider of high-performance Internet bandwidth and server co-location facilities, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of ServerBeach, Ltd., a leader in the unmanaged dedicated server business. ServerBeach will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peer 1 Network. Peer […]
A month after being named one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Texas, San Antonio-based Rackspace Managed Hosting also has been ranked one of the fastest growing firms in North America. Rackspace ranked one of the fastest growing tech firms in North America
Altman’s key-chain fob was a TV-B-Gone, a new universal remote that turns off almost any television. The device, which looks like an automobile remote, has just one button. When activated, it spends over a minute flashing out 209 different codes to turn off televisions, the most popular brands first. Inventor Rejoices as TVs Go Dark
Sleep medicine experts have successfully treated a rare case of a woman having sex with strangers while sleepwalking. Sleepwalking woman had sex with strangers
Will business owners rush to buy a big sport-utility vehicle and get a $100,000 tax break before it expires? Closing tax loophole could spur SUV sales
San Antonio is the least entrepreneurial major city in Texas, according to Visa’s Innovation Index. S.A. ranks last in entrepreneurial spirit among Texas cities
You really aren’t driving a Mini unless you’re driving it like this… Mini Racing
According to the new Visa Innovation Index, which examines variables of innovation for its Ideas Happen campaign, Austin is the most entrepreneurial city in the country, receiving a score of 95 out of 100. Austin ranks as country’s most entrepreneurial city
The FBI yesterday seized a pair of UK servers used by Indymedia, the independent newsgathering collective, after serving a subpoena in the US on Indymedia’s hosting firm, Rackspace. Why or how remains unclear. Feds seize Indymedia servers
A Canadian company has bought ServerBeach, a spin-off of Rackspace Managed Hosting, for $7.5 million in cash and other services. S.A. Web hosting business is sold
Vancouver-based Peer 1 Network Enterprises Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PIX) on Tuesday said that its wholly owned subsidiary P1 Acquisition Ltd. has agreed to acquire all of the assets of ServerBeach Ltd. in San Antonio. Canadian firm acquires ServerBeach for $7.5 million
When Surgery goes bad… Awful Plastic Surgery
Mary Poppins was wrong. “A spoonful of sugar” doesn’t cut it anymore. In a diet-obsessed culture, many Americans are going sour on sugar. Sugar business sours as U.S. goes diet crazy
Hundreds of airline passengers suffered disruption to their travel plans when a major regional airport was shut down for an hour after a humming and vibrating adult sex toy was mistaken for a bomb. Vibrator shuts down Australian airport
After a long night at work as a radio DJ, Junko Suzuki likes to snuggle at bedtime — and she says she’s found the perfect partner: a man-shaped pillow. In Japan, Women Can Doze With Man Pillow
iPod Agent currently does the following: Transfers songs from your iPod to your PC Transfers Outlook mail to your iPod Transfers Outlook appointments to your iPod Transfers Outlook contacts to your iPod Transfers Outlook tasks to your iPod Transfers Outlook notes to your iPod Fetches weather forecasts from the web and puts it on your […]
The “Brilliant” campaign employs the services of two somewhat quirky Guinness brewmasters who go so far as to compare GDIB to other life-altering inventions such as sliced bread. Thanks to a specialized production technique using vintage photographic images, modern day two-dimensional photography and Brilliant animation of course, our intrepid brewmasters interact with each other in […]
Rackspace Managed Hosting’s revenues for the first half of 2004 grew 55 percent compared to the first half of 2003. Rackspace expects to report $100 million in sales this year
Exclusive Interview with Mr. Patrick Condon,One of the founders of Rackspace Managed Hosting. He shared with us his key success and his best experience for leading Rackspace to become the fastest-growing managed hosting specialist. Patrick Condon, One of the founders of Rackspace Managed Hosting
Denver-based Qwest Communications has subleased out a large chunk of its space in Heritage Business Park IV in Grapevine to a San Antonio-based company. Qwest Communications to sublease space to Rackspace