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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 30 Jun 2008

   Supercomputer aids Canada cancer research
   Canada's fastest research supercomputer is helping search for more effective cancer treatments at the Ontario Cancer Institute. The new IBM system analyzes millions of images of proteins to identify those related to the disease and help design better treatments.

4. 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.

5. 26 Jun 2008

   US, Mars and IBM move to sweeten cocoa crop
   The US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), chocolate maker Mars and IBM will pool scientific resources to sequence and analyze the entire cocoa genome. Understanding the cocoa genome may allow more efficient breeding of cocoa plants and enhance the quality of cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate.

6. 18 Jun 2008

   Los Alamos machine tops fastest computer list
   As expected, a new supercomputer built by IBM for Los Alamos National Lab topped the latest list of the world's 500 fastest computers. Other IBM machines were the second and third faster, and IBM computers accounted for more than 40 percent of the entire list.

7. 17 Jun 2008

   New computer does Windows 3,000 times faster
   The most powerful Windows-based computer in Europe is being installed in Stockholm's Umeå University. Nicknamed "Akka", the supercomputer incorporates IBM Power microprocessors, Cell Broadband Engines and Intel processors and is about 3,000 times faster than the average laptop. It is expected to handle some 46 trillion calculations per second, putting it among the top 50 fastest computers in the world.

8. 16 Jun 2008

   Japanese electronics firm and IBM focus on solar energy
   Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK) and IBM are teaming up to cut the cost of solar energy. IBM and TOK will focus on making CIGS (Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenide) solar cell modules, a cost-saving alternative to silicon.

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