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Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology

2013-05-23 20:40:00

The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time. But it was not nearly as...

Patents needed for the world's first bionic eye: 255 and counting

2013-05-08 12:52:00

It took a lot of time, funding and the work of countless individual researchers to create the world's first bionic eye, which gives some sight back to the blind. How long? Well, the IBM ThinkPad (remember those?) was the world's hottest laptop...

IBM team uses atoms to create world's tiniest stop-motion movie

2013-05-01 12:43:00

Talk about some tiny pixels: Researchers at IBM have created the world's tiniest stop-motion animation film by using single atoms to tell the story of a boy named Atom and his friend, an atom. The story is cute — Atom and his friend dance...

Stocks close higher on Wall Street

2013-05-10 14:53:00

Small was beautiful this week.� The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time on Tuesday, then held above that milestone for the next three days. But an index of small-company stocks has been putting the blue-chip gauge to...

Investors snap up $17 billion in Apple bonds

2013-05-01 00:00:00

First came the frenzy for iPhones and iPads. Now there's a scramble for iBonds. Apple Inc. sold $17 billion in bonds Tuesday, a gargantuan deal that ranked as the largest in global corporate history. And even though the securities are paying...

In a new film, IBM goes short. Really short.

2013-05-01 10:21:00

Talk about some on-screen minimalism. In a bid to “explore the limits of filmmaking,” IBM� has created a movie that takes a character and reduces him to his essence—literally. “A Boy and His Atom,” a new stop-motion short...

PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Ben Pleasants L.A. poet and playwright Ben Pleasants, 72, a Los Angeles poet and playwright who also championed the work of Charles Bukowski and John Fante in literary critiques, died of a heart attack April 18 in Crescent City, his wife, Paula, said....

Amoroso quits as Yahoo chairman

2013-04-25 15:45:43

Yahoo Inc. said Fred Amoroso had resigned as chairman of its board and won't seek reelection as a director. Maynard Webb will serve as interim chairman, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company said Thursday. Amoroso, who joined as a director last year while...

Cyber security bill pits tech giants against privacy activists

2013-04-12 18:48:00

SAN FRANCISCO — The escalating cyber attacks on corporate and government computers have provided a rare opportunity for bipartisan legislation to address the problem. But rather than sailing through Congress, the latest cyber security legislation is...

CISPA passes House committee, angering privacy activists

2013-04-10 16:38:00

The U.S. House Intelligence Committee overwhelmingly passed a cyber-security bill on Wednesday, angering privacy advocates who believe the bill fails to protect critical personal information.� The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013,...

How the relationship between employers and workers changed

2013-04-07 11:31:00

Decades ago, many workers spent their whole lives at the same job, retiring with a full pension, and maybe even a gold watch from their boss. Now, almost no one works at the same place for life, and there’s much less loyalty between employers...

Richard Artschwager dies at 89; painter and sculptor

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Richard Artschwager, an artist who turned his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker into a distinctive approach to making sculptures and paintings that defy easy categorization, died Saturday in Albany, N.Y., following a brief illness. He was 89. A...

Norman Fekrat has been named chief strategy & revenue officer at Lemko Corp. Fekrat brings more than two decades of network technology and telecommunications solutions expertise to Lemko. He was a vice president and partner at IBM Global Services with responsibility for telecom networks solutions.

2013-02-18 00:00:00

IBM manufacturing plant, Rochester, Minn. | Architect: Eero Saarinen

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Author and 'Dear Abby' columnist Pauline Phillips, seated at her desk, her hands on the IBM typewriter.

2013-01-17 00:00:00