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<title>Layoffs wrack IBM; 1300 workers cut from US workforce, 8000 coming</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/06/13/layoffs.part.of.1.billion.restructuring.effort/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1369175281_watson-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[IBM yesterday commenced layoffs in the US, with a round of 1,300 people now looking for work. The move begins IBM's previously announced global restructuring plan that began in April after bad first quarter financial results. The restructuring is expected to cost the company $1 billion worldwide, including severance expenses and other one-time charges related to the layoffs....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple maintains top spot in 2013 BrandZ brand rankings</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/21/companys.growth.rate.slips/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lenovo said to consider buying IBM's server business</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/20/ibm.server.segment.could.fetch.45.billion/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/IBM-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo may be heading back to IBM for yet another purchase, as Bloomberg reports that the company is in talks with IBM to buy its server business. The deal, still very much in the formative stages, could see Lenovo paying between $2.5 and $4.5 billion for IBM's server division, depending on what is included. A source close to the negotiations says an agreement on the deal ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IBM Roadrunner supercomputer shuttered over power usage</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/01/shutdown.of.amd.cell.based.supercomputer.despite.22.ranking/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364813658_roadrunnersupercomputer.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Los Alamos National Laboratory is shutting down its Roadrunner supercomputer, after deeming it too energy inefficient. Constructed by IBM in 2008, the five-year-old supercomputer was at one point the fastest in the world after achieving a speed exceeding one petaflop: one million billion calculations per second....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly: Facebook UK Android update, IBM tech center</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/29/facebook.updates.android.app.in.uk.with.voip.access/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364569871_facebookvoipthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook has updated the Android version of its Messenger app in the United Kingdom, enabling Voice over IP (VoIP) calls in the country. The new version comes just days after the same update appeared on the iOS version for the UK, with users being able to place calls to other Messenger users by tapping the "i" button then "Free Call." The unannounced Android update has taken place in a much shorte...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple retains top spot in Fortune 'Most Admired Companies'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/28/google.amazon.fill.out.top.three/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360819869_dollarbills-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[For a sixth year in a row, Apple has claimed the top position in Fortune's annual World's Most Admired Companies list.  The chart is based on a poll of executives.   "Apple has had a rough time lately with its stock price in a free fall and the widely publicized failure of its Maps feature," Fortune writes.  "However, it remains a financial juggernaut, posting $13 billion in net income last quarte...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google grows, Apple reduces US lobbying cash in 2012</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/18/major.tech.companies.wield.influence.on.american.government/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1108/corruption.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google increased the amount it spent on lobbying the US government 90 percent year-over-year in 2012, according to data compiled by Fortune.  The company ended up spending $18.22 million, easily beating out any other American technology firm.  Microsoft, in fact, came in second place with $8.09 million, despite likewise increasing its spending.  Other major tech businesses that funneled more money...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IBM beats street, reveals fourth quarter $5.8 billion profit</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358905640_ibmsign-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[IBM announced its fourth-quarter 2012 diluted earnings on Tuesday. The IT services company revealed earnings of $5.13 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $4.62 per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of 11 percent. Fourth-quarter net income was $5.8 billion compared with $5.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of six percent. Total revenues for the fourth quar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IBM, Cleveland Clinic turning Watson towards medical support</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/31/knowledge.system.to.be.used.to.diagnose.patients/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346272720_ScreenShot2012-08-29at4.32.08PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Cleveland Clinic and IBM are to work together to implement Watson's Deep Question Answering technology in a medical capacity. Researchers will work with Watson and medical students to improve the system's knowledge, as well as to find any challenges that could appear when putting such a technology to real-world use....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IBM to bring Watson to smartphones</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/29/efficiency.improvements.to.make.siri.competitor.possible/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346272720_ScreenShot2012-08-29at4.32.08PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[IBM is looking to bring the technology that powers Watson to smartphones. The technology giant says that advances in both battery power and computing efficiency make it possible to bring a new version of the smart computer, dubbed Watson 2.0, to mobile handsets within the coming years. The new version will bring the voice recognition capabilities the system is already known for, but IBM is also lo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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