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IBM creates atomic storage device with only 12 atoms

Shane McGlaun, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

The technology world is always marching on, and a big push is to make things like computers and storage systems smaller, faster, and higher capacity. That can get to be very tricky though with processes used for microprocessors and other tech already working at the nanometer level. IBM has created a new method of storing data, creating a storage device that needs an amazingly tiny number of atoms. Read The Full Story

Samsung crams 4,894 patents in its trolling quiver in 2011

Shane McGlaun, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [16]

I guess it's a sign of the technology times when a report surfaces about the patents landed by the biggest tech firms in the world and the first thing that jumps to mind is how much patent trolling that will allow. Data from IFI Claims Patent Services has been published that shows which firms in the tech world landed the most patents in 2011. IBM held the top place spot for 2011, for the 19th year in a row. Read The Full Story

Google grabs IBM patents including “Computer phone”

Chris Burns, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [4]

This week its become apparent that Google is continuing to work with IBM to build up their patent portfolio so that they can avoid as many 2011-esque litigations as possible through the new year. As SEO by the Sea notes, IBM worked with Google this past September and July to move patents from one portfolio to the other, while this past week (the last one in 2011) showed Google acquiring another 188 granted patents and 29 published pending patent applications from IBM. Patents in this deal contain such names as blade servers, data caching, server load balancing, instant messaging applications, video conferencing, and a whole lot more. Read The Full Story

IBM sold PC business to China for government favor admits CEO

Chris Davies, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [3]

IBM's sale of its PC business to Lenovo in 2004 was an attempt to curry favor with the Chinese government, the CEO behind the deal has revealed, in the hope that ministerial approval would add up to increased enterprise adoption of IBM's remaining businesses. Samuel J. Palmisano, who stepped down as IBM CEO this weekend, oped for Lenovo rather than Dell and others in order to aid the Chinese "national goal" of global expansion for its corporations, the NYTimes reports. Read The Full Story

IBM’s Five in Five 2011 predicts mind-controlled devices, goodbye to passwords

Rue Liu, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [18]

IBM has released its sixth-annual Five in Five predictions of the top five technologies that will become commonplace within the next five years. The predictions include self-powered homes through recycling kinetic energy, the replacement of passwords with biometric data, and mind-controlled devices that obey your thoughts. Read The Full Story

Microsoft, Google, and Intel continue to beat Apple in brand value

Rue Liu, Dec 7th 2011 Discuss [18]

You would think with all the buzz and cult following that Apple generates it's brand value would be leading in the rankings, but that's not the case. According to consulting firm Interbrand's recently released top 100 Global Brands list, Apple is actually ranked number 8, behind Microsoft, Google, and Intel. And this is an improvement from its previous year's ranking. Read The Full Story

Apple licensed iOS patent to Nokia but Samsung deal collapsed

Chris Davies, Dec 4th 2011 Discuss [14]

Assumptions that Apple uses its patent portfolio to strongarm rivals into costly, time-wasting revisions of hardware and software, rather than as a way to milk them of cash, may have to be reconsidered with the news that the Cupertino company has licensed out at least one of its UI elements. In fact, Apple apparently licensed an iOS "scrollback" feature to both Nokia and IBM, according to heavily-redacted legal documentation shared with The Verge, and indeed even offered a similar deal to Samsung back in November 2010. Read The Full Story

IBM to spend another $7B on stock buyback

Shane McGlaun, Oct 26th 2011 Discuss [1]

This has been a big week for IBM. The company has appointed Virginia M. Rometty as CEO of the company, making her one of the highest profile female CEOs in the business world. When Rometty took the CEO spot, the former CEO Samuel J. Palmisano moved over to the Chairman position. While a new CEO and Chairman are in play, IBM has announced something else interesting today. Read The Full Story

IBM names new Chief Executive, Virginia Rometty

Chris Burns, Oct 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

This week it was announced that Samuel J Palmisano will be switching roles from Chief Executive to chairman while Virginia M Rometty will take over the Chief Executive, all of this taking place at IBM. Analysts say that Rometty's lead rival for the taking over of the roll at IBM was Steven A Mills, another senior vice president inside the company who has led the group's profitable and ever expanding software division. Meanwhile Rometty will now be one of the highest-profile female executives in corporate America. Read The Full Story

Google grabs 1,023 patents from IBM

Chris Davies, Sep 15th 2011 Discuss [5]

Google has snapped up a new patent haul, buying over a thousand from IBM in what's believed to be another attempt to shore up Android's defenses against Apple and others. The 1,023 transferred patents were detailed by the US Patent and Trademark Office, with Google subsequently confirming the deal had taken place. It's not the first such transaction we've seen; back in July, Google bought a different 1,030 patents from IBM. Read The Full Story

IBM builds 120-petabyte storage array!

Shane McGlaun, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

IBM is staffed with some geeks with big aspirations for sure. The gang at IBM has whipped up a little storage array for an unnamed customer that will use it for some unnamed task. The storage array happens to be the largest in all the land at 120 petabytes. That is 120 million gigabytes. Apparently, the storage array is being designed for a new supercomputer installation IBM is working on. Read The Full Story

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Apple is Safe with Tim Cook

Chris Burns, Aug 24th 2011 Discuss [9]

Wednesday afternoon Apple’s long-time CEO and founder Steve Jobs sent a letter out to the company’s Board of Directors and the greater Apple Community announcing his resignation as CEO of Apple. His letter requests and the board has agreed that now former Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook would become the new Apple CEO while Jobs himself would become Chairman of the Board, director, and, as he put it, “Apple employee.” As we find confidence in the fact that Jobs will continue to be a large member of the Apple family, we of course look to Tim Cook to fill the role that Jobs has defined for several decades. Is Tim Cook up to the task?