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1. 23 Jul 2008

   Software goes to bat for major league umps
   The old taunt, "Hey ump, are you blind?" may soon be replaced by "Hey, ump, are you off line?" Major League Baseball (MLB) is now using software from IBM to give umpires more information and improve the way the game is officiated.

2. 23 Jul 2008

   Software to boost care for 'preemies'
   IBM and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology are using software and biomedical data to help doctors detect changes in the condition of critically ill premature babies. The results could be earlier intervention in conditions that threaten such "preemies."

3. 15 Jul 2008

   IBM Reports 2008 Second-Quarter Results
   IBM Reports 2008 Second-Quarter Results

4. 10 Jul 2008

   Supercomputer makes waves at naval center
   A new IBM supercomputer will help the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) with ocean modeling and weather forecasting, thereby improving maritime safety.

5. 09 Jul 2008

   New tech lets visually impaired improve web access
   Visually impaired Web surfers now have an easy, collaborative way to improve Internet accessibility, thanks to IBM researchers. People with vision problems often rely on software that reads web pages to them. But the software won't work with every element on a page unless the proper information is there. New software from IBM Research allows the users to report such shortcomings so they can be remedied.

6. 07 Jul 2008

   New tech protects customer data in call centers
   Researchers at IBM's India Research Laboratory have developed advanced data masking technology that helps call centers protect that critical data without disrupting customer service or business operations.

7. 03 Jul 2008

   Supercomputer’s virtual bones aim at osteoporosis
   Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory recently used a Blue Gene supercomputer to create the most extensive simulation real human bone structure to date. Their work gives doctors a heretofore unseen "high definition" view of the strength and fragility of bones and could mean better clinical tools for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.

8. 30 Jun 2008

   Journal examines ‘Real-time and event-based systems’
   More and more, IT systems have to respond almost instantaneously to an event or a collection of events. For example, the systems aboard one of the U.S. Navy’s most modern warships, the DDG 1000 destroyer, must evaluate and respond to a missile attack within 10 seconds. The latest issue of the IBM Systems Journal (Volume 47, Number 2, 2008) examines the challenges of such “responsive systems” and the latest research in the field.

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