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IBM blocks Siri on its networks

Ben Kersey, May 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

When you use Siri, voice data is sent back to Apple’s servers in order to be processed, but the information is also stored there for a period of time to help hone the voice assistant. IBM seems to be a little spooked by this, and has begun blocking use of Siri on its private networks in the fear that sensitive information may wind up in the wrong hands. Read The Full Story

IBM lands contract to research exascale computing for astronomy

Shane McGlaun, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

IBM has announced that it has landed a massive contract to develop a new supercomputer and related technology to help decipher the huge amount of data collected by the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON). The contract is worth $42 million and will have IBM working with ASTRON to research exascale computer systems. Read The Full Story

Facebook buys 750 IBM patents for defense against Yahoo

Cory Gunther, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

In cased you missed the news regarding Yahoo's desperate attempts to sue Facebook for patent infringement, that is exactly what they are doing. Yahoo's social network and advertising patents have been heading up this attempt but according to Bloomberg Facebook just purchased some solid defense. Read The Full Story

IBM Holey Optochip is first to 1 trillion bits of information per second

Shane McGlaun, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

IBM scientists have created a prototype optical chipset that they called the Holey Optochip. The chip is the first parallel optical transceiver to hit one terabit of information per second. IBM says that's like downloading 500 high-definition movies in a single second. The Optochip is eight times faster than the parallel optical components we have today. Read The Full Story

IBM cans over 1000 workers in one week

Shane McGlaun, Feb 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

An IBM employee organization has confirmed that IBM has laid off more than 1000 workers across the country. The layoffs all came this week alone and more may be coming. IBM offers no official comments on the layoffs. The data on the number of workers cut comes via the IBM worker union Alliance@IBM/CWA Local 1701. Read The Full Story

IBM sets new records in quantum computing

Rue Liu, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

IBM scientists have set three new records in the realm of quantum computing, the company announced today at the Annual Physical Society meeting in Boston. Significant advances were achieved by the team in developing a quantum computing system that's stable enough to be scalable, bringing it one step closer to reality for practical computation. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: February 14, 2012

Chris Burns, Feb 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Valentine's Day, tech world, we're starting the day off right with some leaks of the newest system released by RIM, BlackBerry 10 in all its glory. Then the iPad 3 tips continue to flow - iPad 3 with 4G LTE, a teeny tiny iPad Mini, and there's a big tip about an iPad 8-inch iteration which, when combined with the other iDevices, would form Voltron. Meanwhile Google's Motorola buy is paving the way for future Nexus confusion. Read The Full Story

NASA retires its last IBM Z9 mainframe

Shane McGlaun, Feb 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

All the high-end space projects and space travel that go on at NASA require some serious computing power. For a lot of years NASA has operated IBM Z9 mainframe computers. NASA describes the Z9 mainframe as reliable, highly available, secure, and powerful. These machines were used mostly for transaction oriented needs that required lots of input and output such as reading and writing data from storage devices. Read The Full Story

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