The Rigged-Up Net

The two companies announced yesterday that on Monday they will begin offering Microsoft’s cable-television software to Comcast customers… Comcast deal gives Microsoft entry into cable TV

And you think that YOU work hard? Tired Japanese Business Man

I know that lots of you felt that these deals were fraud or just a hoax, but I did get my new 4th Generation 20gig Mac+PC Ipod via FedEx last week and it didn’t cost me a cent. I was expecting an ipod, but I wasn’t expecting the latest and greatest. I’ve attached a photo […]

Site Selection magazine, a publication about business expansion and relocation, has named Texas the top state in the country to do business Texas named top state for business

Its been awhile since I mentioned anything funny here, but this cannot go without mentioning: http://smashsworld.com/ Notable mentions are Hot in herre, Yeah, and Hit me baby.. Actually, Hit me baby is probably a good one to watch first. I don’t know who Mike is, or anything else about him for that matter. But I […]

Earlier this year, Rackspace Managed Hosting also announced plans to lease a portion of the 200,000-square-foot building at 9725 Datapoint. The firm will occupy roughly 66,000 square feet initially, but has committed to absorbing more of the building in the coming years. Office market continues to show steady improvement

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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

Security vulnerabilities have been found in WordPress, the popular PHP-based open source blogging application. Some scripts in WordPress are not properly validated, leaving the program open to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks in which third parties could insert content into a WordPress-driven site. Security Holes in WordPress Blogging Tool Security

Cereal is about to get a lot healthier. On Thursday, General Mills, the nation’s No. 2 cereal maker, will announce plans to convert all its cereals — including Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms — into whole grain products. General Mills cereals go totally whole grain

Today’s twentysomethings won’t have the lives their parents had. And that’s OK by them. It’s time to grow up — later

Eight months later, Janet Jackson’s infamous performance during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show remains the most replayed moment in TiVo history, a representative for the digital video recording company said. Janet Jackson still holds TiVo title

I had a front row seat for the Internet Bubble, because I worked at Yahoo during 1998 and 1999. One day, when the stock was trading around $200, I sat down and calculated what I thought the price should be. The answer I got was $12. I went to the next cubicle and told my […]

A major breakdown in Southern California’s air traffic control system last week was partly due to a “design anomaly” in the way Microsoft Windows servers were integrated into the system, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Microsoft server crash nearly causes 800-plane pile-up

Coming to cash registers near you: new $50 bills sporting splashes of red, blue and yellow. New, more colorful $50 bill begins circulating

The first prescription treatment for women with a flagging libido could enter the market next year, and a second, related product might not be far behind. ‘Female Viagra’ may enter market

We learn that the never-married Davis (Alice), 78, is happily retired and living in a Christian community in San Antonio, where she sings in her church’s choir, watches baseball on TV, plays computer games and takes frequent naps. Re-‘Bunch’-ed

With competitive prices on everyday goods, high-quality items and brand-name products, Costco attracts bigger spenders and bigger revenue per warehouse than Wal-Mart’s competing Sam’s Club, which it has battled for its 21 years. All the while, Costco has stayed true to a set of corporate mores that smack of times gone by. Costco wins loyalty […]