en-my Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2001, 2008. All rights reserved. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/my/ for copyright and trademark information. askibm@vnet.ibm.com webmaste@us.ibm.com Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:37:48 GMT ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/news/my/ The latest "e-readiness" ranking of the world's largest economies puts the U.S. on top, followed closely by Hong Kong. The annual survey examines the information and communication technology (ICT) of 70 economies, using a model developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit in cooperation with the IBM Institute for Business. http://www.ibm.com/news/my/en/2008/04/2008_04_11.html http://www.ibm.com/news/my/en/2008/04/2008_04_11.html IBM scientists are moving closer to electronic memory that combines the best attributes of flash drives (common in digital cameras and cell phones) and the hard disk drives of computers. http://www.ibm.com/news/my/en/2008/04/2008_04_10a1.html http://www.ibm.com/news/my/en/2008/04/2008_04_10a1.html Students from St. Petersburg University of IT, Mechanics and Optics in Russia took top honors in the 32nd annual Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest. http://www.ibm.com/news/my/en/2008/04/2008_04_10.html http://www.ibm.com/news/my/en/2008/04/2008_04_10.html http://www.ibm.com/legal/my/ http://www.ibm.com/legal/my/