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1. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   Cheep, cheep cheep, yeah Adobe, Apple. IBM, Microsoft, and other "platform companies" go to great lengths to assure that application developers adhere to stringent user interface guidelines so that their ...

2. IBM censured after massive server screw up

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   The Texas secretary of state’s office has pulled electoral registration from an IBM facilities management deal following a server crash. The Texas secretary of state’s office has pulled electoral registration ...

3. Server sales continue to plummet

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 01 September 2009

   ... will stabilize in the second half of this year. Overall, IBM rules the server roost with 34.5 percent share, HP has 28.5 percent share, Dell and Sun are number three and four with 12.4 percent and 10 ...

4. Mainframe still refuses to die

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 20 August 2009

   ... despite decades of pundits saying it was dead. In a survey of  IT executives and managers at companies using the IBM System z mainframe in a variety of industries in the United States, Europe and ...

5. Texas Senate severely limits Vista purchasing for gov computers

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 03 April 2009

   ... standards, like the Open Document format used by OpenOffice. At that time, it was admitted by the representative who created the bill that he was interested in the concept following discussions with IBM ...

6. More than a third of new PC buyers downgrade Vista to XP, survey says

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 19 August 2008

   ... of Vista licenses that Microsoft sold. OEM vendors who continue to offer machines downgraded to XP contribute to the bottom line. For instance, IBM favors Linux and Dell recently launched first consumer ...

7. Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the greenest of them all?

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 17 June 2008

   ... technology field. The pack is led by Apple, which was described as “green” by 21% of respondents, and is followed by HP (21%), Microsoft (21%), IBM (20%), Intel (20%), Sony (20%) and Dell (19%). If we ...

8. Apple may be stylish, but it’s definitely not green

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 09 May 2008

   ... climate efforts. Apple's results fall far behind other tech companies:  IBM is at the top with 77 points, followed by Canon (74), Toshiba (70), Sony (68), Hewlett-Packard (68), Motorola (66), Hitachi ...

9. Survey: Linux outpaces generic open-source software adoption

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

   Tuesday, 18 December 2007

   From Computerworld UK - Forrester Research has concluded a 2,250 "software decision maker" survey, one which specifically targeted questions relating to open-source software and the Linux operating ...

10. AMD and IBM try next-gen power saving architecture for 'System x' servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 August 2006

    In an elaborate unveiling ceremony featuring no less than the Red Bull Formula 1 racing team, senior executives from IBM and AMD, including AMD CEO Hector Ruiz, introduced a new line of IBM xSeries blade ...

11. Xbox 360 loses money for Microsoft, but SQL Server makes it up

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 21 July 2006

    ... for any other company: $787 million. The largest chunk of that amount, believe it or not, was attributed to the company's settlement payment to IBM; the second European Commission fine took second place ...

12. Could 10 - 20% yields for Cell processors lead to problems for Sony PS3?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 14 July 2006

    Comments made by an IBM engineering VP in last week's Electronic News have raised concerns about the Sony/Toshiba/IBM alliance's capability to produce Cell processors at the rate, and in the quantities, ...

13. Larry Ellison best paid IT CEO in 2005

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 12 April 2006

    ... Joseph Tucci (EMC, $25.93 million), Sam Palmisano (IBM, 21.54 million), Matthew Massengill (Western Digital, $14.53 million), Ed Zander (Motorola, $14.32 million), Mark Hurd (HP, $12.63 million) and Hector ...

14. Businesses believe cybercrime costs have overtaken physical crimes

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 17 March 2006

    A recently completed survey by IBM indicates that the majority of businesses believe that cybercrime costs have overtaken costs from physical crimes. A recently completed survey by IBM indicates that ...

15. U.S. adults: Cyber-crime more likely than physical crime

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Wednesday, 25 January 2006

    ... survey of almost 700 people, which was sponsored by IBM. Read the complete story here. (eWeek)  ...

16. IBM still dominates supercomputer list

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Monday, 14 November 2005

      IBM continues to dominate the supercomputing industry, according to the Top500 Organization's latest list of the most powerful computers in the world. Altogether, Big Blue's systems comprise 219 ...

17. Hardware buyers favor Dell and Amazon when online shopping, report says

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 01 November 2004

    ... and Ibm came in ninth and tenth among the survey which included 2100 customers, Keynote said. Dell's strong brand, comprehensive product offerings, and focus on ease of use drove high scores for the site ...

18. Giants Play Tag with RFID

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 06 February 2004

      Microsoft, Oracle and IBM lent support to the growing gang backing RFID tags, as a survey found four in 10 European retailers plan to pilot the wireless technology this year. Microsoft, Oracle ...

19. PC Camera, Digital Camera, and Digital Camcorder That Fits in Your Pocket

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 10 August 2001

      You never know when you're going to need a little personal surveillance device. Twenty years ago, we were blessed with the introduction of the IBM PC. While many folks say that it definitely wasn't ...

20. Microsoft PC Survey

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 10 August 2001

      Twenty years ago, we were blessed with the introduction of the IBM PC. It's always interesting to see what computer component manufacturers say they have in store for us in the coming months and ...

21. Surprise, Surprise: AT&T Considers Comcast Bid

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 12 July 2001

    ... Compaq nor Intel has really given anyone a time frame that says when Compaq will stop producing AlphaServers and or when Alpha technology will be absorbed into Intel's processors. In fact, yesterday, IBM, ...