IBM Researchers Think Three-Dimensional Chips Are Possible ... The Economist tells us how IBM will build its 3-D chips. The plan is to stack high-performance circuit layers so intimately that they can be thought of as a single chip built on many circuit layers...
IBM Prepares 100-Terabyte Tape Drives ... IBM has begun work on new technologies designed to boost the capacity of tape storage devices by 250 times...
IBM Mouse Helps People With Shaky Hands ... Let's start with some pictures. Here is Hugh Pearson of Montrose Secam holding one of these mouse adapters (Credit: IBM Research)...
IBM Wants To Speed Up Google's PageRank ... Before looking at the new IBM patent, here is a little bit of history about Google's Pagerank, as I told you previously in this post...
A Guide To Refurbished IBM Laptops ... Look for "Notebooks: IBM Certified Used Equipment." There you can buy any of dozens of models and variations, for hundreds of dollars less than new models... IBM inspects all of their returned laptops (including the batteries, as with most factory-refurbished laptops), makes sure they up and running at top speed, and repackages them for resale...
When Will IBM Buy Sun? ... But why not? As we know, there are really two possible foundations under future Web services, one powered by Java -- i.e. Sun Microsystems -- and the other one by...
IBM New Song: 'Home, Smart Home' ... At the Village at Tinker Creek, a 170-unit housing development constructed in Roanoke, Virginia, by Commonwealth Builders, each home features an integrated system with "smart" technology for remote management of heating, air conditioning and security systems, as well as a customized portal with access to community information. Residents also have wireless local area network (Wi-Fi) access throughout their US$200,000 homes...