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Wildcats make an expensive splash with Calipari

John Calipari thought he'd pop up on Kentucky's radar two years ago when the Wildcats were looking for Tubby Smith's replacement and Calipari was coming off a 33-win season at Memphis. He spent a week constantly asking his wife Ellen if Kentucky's number had finally popped up on the caller ID. "I called my wife every day for six days. Did they call? Did they call?" Calipari said. "Then I kind of figured out: They're not calling."

IBM in Bind on $5M Debt Owed by Schools

A school district in the San Francisco Bay area has put IBM Corp. in a tough spot by asking the company to forgive a $5 million debt that began when educators bought computers from Big Blue way back in 1989.

IBM Sues Amazon for Patent Infringement

IBM Corp. alleged in two lawsuits Monday that important components of Amazon.com Inc.'s massive retailing Web site were developed and patented many years earlier at IBM.

No. 11 Mich. Bruises No. 2 Irish 47-21

Take that, Notre Dame. No. 11 Michigan finally put a Big Blue bruising on the second-ranked Fighting Irish in a 47-21 rout Saturday — the most points scored against Notre Dame at home in 46 years. "They deserve their just due," Irish coach Charlie Weis said. "I think it's important to understand that team just came and whupped us pretty good."

IBM to Acquire Internet Security Systems

With revenue growth sluggish at IBM Corp., Big Blue is buying its way to getting bigger. The company's recent acquisition roll continued Wednesday with a deal to spend $1.3 billion in cash for Internet Security Systems Inc., which performs network monitoring and analysis services for companies.

SCO Dealt Setback in IBM Linux Lawsuit

A U.S. magistrate has struck down many of the SCO Group Inc.'s claims against IBM Corp., saying the Utah company failed to show its intellectual property was misappropriated when Big Blue donated software code to the freely distributed Linux operating system.

The Vine
U. of KY: Grape Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells
Source: Natural News

Now there's another reason to appreciate the healthy phytochemicals contained in grapes. Researchers from the University of Kentucky have found a natural substance in the fruit that's deadly to malignant leukemia cells.

IBM aims $400 million at cloud computing
Source: CNET.com

IBM announced Friday that it's spending nearly $400 million on new cloud computing data centers in North Carolina and Tokyo. Big Blue will spend nearly $360 million to renovate an existing building at its Research Triangle Park campus in North Carolina.

Hilarious photo of Dalai Lama with football gear
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Apparently the Dalai Lama is a Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan. He signed a team helmet "Victory to the Blue Bombers" and looks pleased as punch to be pulling for the Big Blue.

IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes
Source: networkworld.com

Talk about eating your own dog food. IBM today will announce it is consolidating nearly 4,000 small computer servers in six locations onto about 30 refrigerator-sized mainframes running Linux saving $250 million in the process.

IBM bores tiny holes in computer chips
Source: Business Week

IBM is using nano-scale technology to build "swiss-cheese" like computer chips that have significant performance improvements over non-perforated chips.

IBM Has Room to Run [Fool.com] April 30, 2007
Source: fool.com

IBM's stock price is undervalued, which has been said now for awhile. I've seen it said that the stock should be at $115.00. I'm hoping!

Gambits of Big Blue-sky thinking - IBM
Source: FT.com

From across the pond, news/opinion on my employer

IBM search tool targets flying saucers, ghosts and goblins
Source: networkworld.com

BM wants to help you find out if UFOs are real. Well, sort of.

IBM Search Tool Targets Flying Saucers, Ghosts, Goblins
Source: pcworld.idg.com.au

IBM wants to help you find out if UFOs are real. Well, sort of.

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