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UrbanCode acquisition made by IBM for DevOps tools

Craig Lloyd, Apr 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

In order to provide its customers with improved software development, IBM has acquired UrbanCode, which is a provider of tools that are suited for rapid software development called DevOps. UrbanCode has provided their services to many big companies, like Wells Fargo, Fidelity, Walmart, Disney, and Expedia. Read The Full Story

IBM scientists research concentrated solar radiation power source

Shane McGlaun, Apr 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Researchers from IBM have created a very impressive and affordable new photovoltaic system that is capable of concentrating solar radiation up to 2000 times. The system is also capable of converting 80% of incoming solar radiation into useful energy. Other than simply creating solar electricity, the system also has two other very important capabilities. Read The Full Story

IBM reportedly selling server business to Lenovo

Craig Lloyd, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been roughly nine years since the time that IBM sold off its consumer PC business to Lenovo, and now it looks like IBM's server business is the next to go for the company. It's reported that IBM and Lenovo are in talks to make a deal that would see Lenovo buy IBM's x86 server business for at least $2.5 billion. Read The Full Story

IBM’s Watson heading to its first university

Craig Lloyd, Jan 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

IBM's infamous Watson supercomputer is making its way to the classroom after appearing on Jeopardy! a while back. IBM announced today that they'll be building another Watson supercomputer and will be giving it to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to be the first university to receive a Watson supercomputer. Other universities are planned to get one in the future. Read The Full Story

IBM Watson supercomputer learned to curse thanks to Urban Dictionary

Shane McGlaun, Jan 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

I've always thought that the IBM Watson supercomputer was a very cool device indeed. In fact, I thought Watson was such an interesting machine that I even watched the episodes of Jeopardy where Watson was a contestant. I think it's the only time I ever watched Jeopardy. Read The Full Story

Feeling through your phone and a digital tongue: IBM predicts the five-year future

Shane McGlaun, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

IBM has offered up its annual list of five innovations that will change our lives within five years. IBM calls the list the "IBM 5 in 5." The list covers innovations that IBM believes that the potential change the way people work, live, and interact over the next five years. Read The Full Story

IBM silicon nanophotonics speeds servers with 25Gbps light

Chris Davies, Dec 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

IBM has developed a light-based data transfer system delivering more than 25Gbps per channel, opening the door to chip-dense slabs of processing power that could speed up server performance, the internet, and more. The company's research into silicon integrated nanophotonics addresses concerns that interconnects between increasingly powerful computers, such as mainframe servers, are unable to keep up with the speeds of the computers themselves. Instead of copper or even optical cables, IBM envisages on-chip optical routing, where light blasts data between dense, multi-layer computing hubs. Read The Full Story

Apple named Most Innovative Company of 2012 by Booz & Co

Chris Burns, Nov 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

In their yearly list of most innovative companies in the world, the folks at analytical group Booz & Co. found with a survey of participants that Apple was the most innovative group - for the third year running. This year it appears that Apple made a substantial lead increase over either of its previous years in the lead, with a massive near-80-percent of respondents naming Apple as one of the most innovative companies in the world. This number is up from 70 percent of those questioned last year. Read The Full Story

IBM claims chip breakthrough using carbon nanotubes

Craig Lloyd, Oct 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

IBM has reported that they're making great strides on developing a new technology that will continue to make chips smaller, while also making them continually faster at the same time. Using carbon nanotubes, IBM scientists have been able to build hybrid chips with more than 10,000 working transistors. Read The Full Story

IBM scientists first to differentiate the chemical bonds in individual molecules using AFM

Shane McGlaun, Sep 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

IBM has announced that its scientists have been able to differentiate the chemical bonds in individual molecules for the first time via a technique called non-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM). The breakthrough has significant implications for the technology world. According to IBM, the breakthrough will help push the exploration of using molecules and atoms at a smaller scale and can be an important step for studying graphene devices. Read The Full Story