Google, IBM Partner on Utility Computing Cloud
Search engine and Web advertising goliath Google and server maker and supercomputing giant IBM announced today that they are working with some prominent American universities to set up a so-called cloud computing grid.
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Blade consortium backed by IBM, Intel predicts the future
The blade server industry group founded by IBM and Intel, Blade.org, is predicting three key trends that will reshape the data center: network convergence with Ethernet technology; advanced energy efficiency techniques such as water cooling; and "hyper consolidation" involving both virtualization and blade servers.
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Intelligent Systems: Tools That Will Discreetly Tap a Shoulder to Offer Help
Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research wants computer applications to be courteous and intelligent about the nature and timing of interruptions, that understand how busy you are and when to defer alerts till later.
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Google to buy Nielsen data
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AP - Determined to sell more television ads, Internet search leader Google Inc. is sharpening its focus on the medium with demographic data from the influential Nielsen Co.
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