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- IBM suspension fallout
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  The US Environmental Protection Agency might have lifted its ban on IBM but the computer company is not out of the wars yet
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- PwC and IBM settle kickback allegations
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  PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM have settled allegations that the companies were involved in graft over government contracts. The companies have paid $5.2 million to settle but have denied they did anything wrong.
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- Supercomputer steps up the pace
  Posted by Billbar from BBC News
  Blue Gene/P is three times more potent than the current fastest machine, BlueGene/L, also built by IBM. The latest number cruncher is capable of operating at so called "petaflop" speeds - the equivalent of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.
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- Simulated mouse-brain running at 1/10 speed
  Posted by Jeff from BoingBoing
  "This is a simulation of a cortical network with the size, link complexity and signal activity of a mouse brain, but without the structure -- so, arguably, it isn't a really a simulated mouse brain, but a functional platform upon which a mouse brain sim could run. Depending upon your perspective, this is a minor quibble or makes all the difference."
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- John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language, which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82.
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- IBM unveils super-fast microprocessor
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  Bucking a trend in the chip industry, IBM Corp. said Tuesday its upcoming Power6 microprocessor for servers will run at 4-6 GHz while keeping a lid on power requirements and heat.
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- IBM freezes pension, switches to 401(k)
  Posted by Billbar from ZDNet
  IBM announced major changes in its retirement plan in a move the company said would save it billions of dollars in coming years.
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Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.
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