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SPOILER ALERT: Watson Is The New King Of Jeopardy!

If you aren't in the Eastern time zone or you recorded tonight's episode of Jeopardy! for later viewing then you may want to stop reading now.  But if you have seen the show or don't plan to watch it or don't know what the heck I'm talking about then read on. Day three, the final day, has just wrapped up

Is Google Cursed?

Back in the very early part of the 1990’s, the tech world villain of choice was IBM, and the underdog was Microsoft. As the 1990’s progressed, IBM began to move into the background and Microsoft took over the role as tech villain. Windows 3.0 was the version that really started making waves in a big way. It was buggy and

Microsoft Gets No Love From IBM

"Firefox is now the gold standard for what an open, secure, and standards-compliant browser should be.” So says Bob Sutor, vice president of Open Source and Linux at IBM.  The new default browser for half a million IBM employees worldwide is now Firefox.  All newly deployed computers at IBM offices will be set with Firefox as its default browser, and

McBride still after Linux Payday Despite Firing

So the latest SCO filings quietly stated that the man most linked to the long running SCO litigations, Darl McBride, was no longer with the company.  His role as CEO and president had been eliminated.  One might have thought that this was an indication that the other people in charge at SCO were cooling to the whole thing.  In case

GNC-2007-08-31 #298 Abridged Show Notes

I talk about Hawaii Road Runner Turbo RR plus some upcoming thoughts for show 300 and some other milestones I will hit on that show. Sponsors: Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page [Get a SSL Cert for 14.00] Use Code GNCSSL [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.]

Grid Computing Comes Mainstream

The Globus Consortium, founded by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems, announced today plans to design and market commercial grid-computing software applications. The consortium will promote technical standards to make grid computing a viable option for businesses. With a quarter million dollar investment from each company, the organization is sufficiently funded to begin operations. Other contributing participants include Nortel Networks,

AMD and IBM Create Innovative High-Speed Computer Chip

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and International Business Machines (IBM) announced, today, their joint development of an innovative high-speed computer chip that will boost transistor speed by 24 percent, improving the performance and reducing the power consumption of chips used in many products. Using a new process called dual stress liner (DSL) the team improved the performance of both types of