MaximumPCs article on IBMs move to take on Google through the search giant’s “Google Apps” product line have caught my attention and I initially though IBM created a new product line for the competition. However; when I read the article I realized it was not a new and exciting application but a washed up, archaic product – Lotus Notes software suite. I first thought that IBM going web based on Lotus notes is a direct competition with Microsoft SharePoint, but then again, SharePoint is so dominant that there is no competition here anymore and a title like this is on …read more

According to a new patent filing, IBM is working on a TV remote control that can automatically post what you’re watching to Twitter. (Or any other microblogging service.) It’s called a “networking remote,” and it could signal the arrival of a something I’m coining a brand new term for right now: the Tweevice.

The Baltimore Sun first dug up IBM’s patent, pointing out that it was originally filed last year, but only recently was posted on the U.S. Patent Office website. The networking remote could have built-in tags to go along with your Tweets, or you could program in customized tags …read more

IBM led the industry by building the world’s fastest computers and now they are not only building the fastest computers but they are building the greenest of them all. IBM has built 18 of the 19 most efficient supercomputers in the world as released by the Green500 evaluators.

Green500 lists the fastest 500 computers in the world and analyses them and ranks them based on their efficiency and performance per watts. This is where IBM dominates all other tech companies.
The number one supercomputer is the company’s Roadrunner system which is stationed at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory; …read more