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  • DOJ May Halt Google’s Bid for ITA Software

    Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA Software may be halted by the U.S. Justice Department, which is reportedly preparing for a possible antitrust lawsuit to put the kibosh on the deal. ITA’s software helps airlines, search engines and online travel companies organize flight information, including flight times, availability and prices. Sources familiar with the matter…

  • IBM Supercomputer Beats Humans in Jeopardy Match

    Watson, IBM’s latest DeepQA supercomputer, defeated its two human challengers during a demonstration round of Jeopardy on Jan. 13. The supercomputer will face former Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a two-game, men-versus-machine tournament to be aired in February. However, the Jeopardy match-up was not the "culmination" of four years of work by…

  • Cloud, Analytics Will Drive Midmarket Growth

    The midmarket is investing in IT again, and it’s focusing on IT infrastructure improvements, collaboration, business analytics and business performance management, according to a survey from IBM. Fifty percent of companies surveyed plan to increase their IT budgets in the next 18 months. IT investments, however, had to align with business goals and drive growth,…

  • McAfee Offers Enterprise Mobility Management 9.5

    Security specialist McAfee announced the general availability of its Enterprise Mobility Management (McAfee EMM) 9.5 software. The EMM software now includes integration with the company’s ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) platform, providing customers with unified management of their endpoint, network and data security products. The end-to-end visibility and control provided by the McAfee ePO platform is designed…

  • Air Grid Leather Chair ($199.98)

    Air Grid Leather Chair ($199.98) Tilt and swivel with a lever-operated pneumatic height adjuster until you’re comfortable in this stylish leather chair, which also features adjustable armrests. Just don’t fall asleep in it. Storyline Bookshelf ($399.00) By first processing a word into soundwaves, the physical shape of this bookshelf is then mirrored in powder-coated steel,…

  • Intel Quells Tablet Fears with Strong Outlook

    SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) posted better-than expected revenue and margins for the fourth quarter and gave a rosy outlook for early 2011, defying worries about the chipmaker’s minor role in the booming smartphone and tablet computer market. Shares in the world’s largest chipmaker, whose net profit surged 48 percent year…

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