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IT pioneer William Norris dies at 95

From wartime code-breaking to '60s idealism and '80s corporate clashes, Norris encapsulated the industry's history.

August 23, 2006 by Peter Judge

Coop's Corner: Closing the Linux credibility gap

Closing the Linux credibility gap.

November 2, 2000 by Charles Cooper

There's a hush in the air...

People in San Francisco and Silicon Valley are getting ready for Burning Man - the annual harvest festival -- a celebration of abundance and innovation.

August 27, 2011 by Tom Foremski

IBM's chief steps into 'Second Life' for incubator launch

Sam Palmisano chooses the virtual world and Beijing to announce $100 million investment into new businesses, found via online brainstorming.Images: IBM chief's 'Second Life' avatar

November 13, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

CBA distances Tata from crown jewels

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has snagged work on the Commonwealth Bank's core banking system replacement project, but a spokesperson for the bank today insisted Indian outsourcing firm was not a key partner like SAP or Accenture.

November 11, 2008 by Liam Tung

Dell Latitude Z meets Lotus Symphony: What happens when you bring your IT to work?

There's a compelling case to be made for corporate users to bring their own IT to the workplace, but there are hurdles. Here's a tale of what happens when a new laptop meets an alternative office suite and tech support.

February 22, 2010 by Larry Dignan

IBM, Stanford reach green chemistry breakthrough

IBM and Stanford University this week will outline a green chemistry breakthrough that may lead to biodegradable and biocompatible plastics.In a nutshell, IBM and Stanford have applied "organocatalysis" to green polymer chemistry.

March 8, 2010 by Larry Dignan

Only fools rush in -- predictions for '98

The swami's predictions for 1998 are in, and class participation is invited. You'll find one correct answer to each multiple choice question.

December 30, 1997 by Charles Cooper

Get Smart: Researchers call results of GridWise energy demand-response project encouraging

If this blog takes the form of a news story, that's because it kinda is. In some ways this is a phenomenon I’ve been writing about for years -- the fact that headless devices like sensors and meters and intelligent appliances will start driving more traffic on the Internet than the things we normally think of as computers.

January 9, 2008 by Heather Clancy

Telelogic acquisition takes IBM closer to the applications business

So IBM can say otherwise, but I see IBM as in the applications business of the future, top to bottom. ISVs don't necessarily have to quake in their boots, but the enterprises and end users that need solutions, regardless of the code approach, should expect to see IBM and its close partners showing up in a lot of new places ... living rooms, cars, planes, tanks, missiles ... and in new ways ... consulting, compositing, architectural methods, tools, and systems development, libraries of solutions.

June 10, 2007 by Dana Gardner