Tag archive: IBM

If there's one trend we've seen over the past few months when it comes to lifestyle tech products, it's hands-down fitness and health tracking gadgets. Everyone is trying to come up with the best, most accurate, and yet easy-to-wear health and fitness gadget, and there is more than a handful of contenders. While I haven't had a chance to check out all the gadgets yet, I did manage to get ahold of the BodyMedia Core… Read More

There has been some pretty neat stuff coming out of the IBM camp as of late. Earlier this week we got a glimpse of the company’s plans to further develop battery technology in electric cars. Now it looks like another research and development division at IBM is hard at work pushing the envelope, and expanding computer storage space on an atomic level. IBM is calling it Atomic-scale magnetic memory, and it could very well revolutionize the amount… Read More

It’s no secret that there are many criticisms levied towards electric vehicles (EVs). While some contain more validity than others, one of the more relevant issues concerning EVs centers on range anxiety and the ability of an electric car to get you to your final destination. According to an article in NewScientist, IBM is looking to address and solve the limited range issue by pioneering new battery technology that may allow for extended… Read More

Google has bought itself a couple hundred more patents to beef up its portfolio. SEO by the Sea reports that the search giant has purchased 188 granted patents and 29 patent pending applications from IBM. The purchase was completed on Dec. 30, 2011 and gives Google access to technologies on a broad range of topics from mobile phones to blade servers to video conferencing. We've listed a few notable patents below: Mobile Wireless Device… Read More

Since 2006, IBM has published an annual end of year forecast called the “Five in Five,” a list of five technological innovations the company thinks will change the way people live and work in the next five years. IBM has now released its 5 in 5 for 2011, and the forecasts contains some doozies — including mind-readying mobile phones. “Every year IBM predicts the future of technology via the IBM 5 in 5 initiative — our… Read More

According to an IBM Benchmark study released today, online shopping during both Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday saw a sizable increase in spending over 2010. Specifically, online sales increased by 24.3 percent on Black Friday and rose by 39.3 percent on Thanksgiving Day. The large increase in Thanksgiving Day sales is likely attributed to stores like Best Buy and Amazon offering discounts on merchandise before Black Friday even started. In… Read More

Didn't have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We've got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from last week. Nokia bets big on Mango-powered Lumia 800, 710 This week, Finnish phone-maker Nokia launched the Lumia 800 and 710 — the company's first two phones powered by Windows Phone 7.5. The new phones have impressive specs and feature Nokia-exclusive apps like… Read More

After 30 years with the company, IBM senior vice president and group executive for sales, marketing and strategy Virginia Rometty has been named the company's new chief executive officer, the company announced today. Her tenure as CEO will begin at the start of next year, after current CEO, Sam Palmisano, retires. Palmisano will remain on IBM's board of directors. “There is no greater privilege in business than to be asked to lead… Read More

IBM may not make the news much nowadays with big consumer product announcements, but that hasn't stopped the long-time computer giant from growing. In fact, IBM's market value has now officially passed that of Microsoft, making it the second-most valuable technology company in the world, after Apple, and the fourth most-valuable company in the world, overall. The value of IBM jumped to $214 billion on Thursday, while… Read More

This last week has been full of corporate drama. Google is apparently being pounded by the US Senate for its “bait and switch” strategy, and HP’s brand new CEO, Leo Apotheker, is already rumored to be out. Rumors suggest that HP’s new board member Meg Whitman is likely to replace him if booted. I think that would be an incredibly bad idea, because it would basically repeat the mistake Yahoo’s board made with Carol Bartz. My friend Lance Ulanoff… Read More

In its continuing efforts to shore up Android's legal defenses against Apple and other companies, Google has purchased 1,023 more patents from IBM. The transfers were recorded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday, though they were initially acquired back in August, according Bloomberg's report on the deal. This is the second large batch of IBM patents acquired by Google following a purchase of 1,030 patents from IBM… Read More

According to a press release today, Hewlett-Packard is discontinuing webOS and is looking for a ”a full or partial separation of [consumer electronics division] from HP through a spin-off or other transaction.” That's right, the number one PC maker in the world is essentially shutting, or selling, its doors. HP is looking for someone to buy its Personal Systems Group (PSG). This division is responsible for all consumer PCs,… Read More

IBM was with the University of Illinois for three whole years, but apparently it just wasn't working out. Yesterday IBM suddenly announced it would axe a multimillion dollar contract with the university's National Center for Supercomputing Applications to help build a petascale computer by 2012 as part of the Blue Waters project. With funding from the National Science Foundation and U of I, the Blue Waters project is tasked with… Read More

Fresh off a clobbering by Apple and Microsoft in the highly-publicized auction for 6,000 Nortel patents that largely dealt with wireless tech, Google has snatched up 1,030 IBM patents dealing with a whole host of technologies spanning Google's current interests. The purchase is seen as yet another tech company trying to build up its patent war chest to protect against the storms of intellectual property lawsuits sailing through the… Read More

IBM's Watson supercomputer successfully stomped out its human competition, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, during a three-round Jeopardy! battle way back in February. Despite the much-talked-about win, however, the high-powered machine still can't land a good job. According to Hemispheres magazine (the one you flip through on Continental Airlines flights), Watson may soon be tasked with answering customer service calls. Essentially,… Read More