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IBM backs full-year profit forecast

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is again backing its forecast for profit of $9.20 per share this year.

Technology / Business

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IBM Developing Computing System to Challenge Humans on America's Favorite Quiz Show, Jeopardy! (w/Video)

For nearly two years, IBM scientists have been working on a highly advanced Question Answering (QA) system, codenamed "Watson." The scientists believe that the computing system will be able to understand complex questions ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM Alliance Announces Availability of Advanced 28-Nanometer, Low-Power Semiconductor Technology

IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Infineon Technologies, Samsung Electronics, and STMicroelectronics have defined and are jointly developing a 28-nanometer, high-k metal gate (HKMG), low-power bulk ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

IBM stumbles on 1Q sales dip; profit beats Street

(AP) -- IBM Corp.'s first-quarter results slipped as all its major business units suffered declines, but the company backed its bullish outlook for 2009 on Monday, reflecting its belief that a broad mix of services and software ...

Technology / Business

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Sun, IBM buyout talks in limbo

Representatives of Sun Microsystems met earlier this week with advisers for IBM in an effort to restart buyout talks that stalled earlier this month, but no deal was reached.

Technology / Business

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IBM cuts Sun takeover price: WSJ

IBM has cut the price of its takeover bid for Sun Microsystems Inc. to nine to 10 dollars a share from 10 to 11 dollars a share, The Wall Street Journal online reported on Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

IBM to shift 'large number' of US jobs to India

Computer giant IBM plans to cut a "large number" of US employees in its business services unit and transfer their duties to India, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IBM could shake up Silicon Valley with Sun deal (Update 2)

(AP) -- If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be making an opportunistic grab for a deep well of technology that Sun has ...

Technology / Business

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IBM launches water-management services operation

(AP) -- IBM Corp. wants to get really deep into water.

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created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists Track Heat in Tiny Rolls of Carbon Atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research scientists today announced a landmark study in the field of nanoelectronics; the development and demonstration of novel techniques to measure the distribution of energy and heat in powered carbon ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Quantum communication through synergy

(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people think of quantum communication, they think in terms of private communication channels - the ability to send messages without a third-party deciphering them. Indeed, quantum cryptography represents ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0 feature

Researchers Create Microscope With 100 Million Times Finer Resolution Than Current MRI

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 8

IBM Delivers New 'Social' Lotus Notes and Free Symphony Software for Macs

At Macworld, IBM today announced the availability of Lotus Notes 8.5 collaboration software with social computing features for all Mac OS X Leopard-powered computers. In addition, IBM's free Lotus Symphony document, spreadsheet ...

Technology / Software

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