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Powers of Ten, a video for IBM zooming 10 times every 10 seconds through the universe.

Now IBM offers supercomputing on demand. Pricing is unclear, but Big Blue is clearly positioning itself as the computer utility house of the 21st century.

IBM has this cool tool: Multimodal browser extension. With this, I can create a textbox on my site, which you can fill in by speaking to the web page. The underlying standard is W3C’s XHTML+Voice. Two years ago, I’d have downloaded it and had it on my site in a few hours. Today, I’m a married consultant. I don’t have a few hours. :-(

Microsoft (2002) vs IBM (1982). An article on whether Microsoft will go the IBM Way. Microsoft’s ability to adapt and prosper hinges on meeting a third main challenge: creating trust.

Oh, so Sam Palmisano made CEO of IBM. Guess that was expected. He wants to focus on on-demand computing (his word for corporatising distributed computing projects). Shortly, there will be companies creating this [distributed computing] market – focusing on aggregating the retail computing power, and using them across several projects. (Google is already trying to do that through its toolbar, and so is Intel.) – S Anand, 29 Sep 2002 And now, IBM. I was prophetic :-)

IBM’s research shows that people who are trusting adopt the Internet more than those who are suspicious by nature.

IBM acquires PwC Consulting. Or what would’ve been Monday. For $3.5 bn. I heard somewhere that the stock price of acquiring companies typically fall after such announcements. IBM’s didn’t. Does that mean they got PwC at a low price? Given that HP once refused them at $18 bn, maybe…

Corporate anthems in IT companies. Imagine having to listen to these for motivation. (Or singing along!)

If you thought HAL and IBM in 2001: A Space Odyssey was clever, you should read this article to learn out about the pun in Gattaca.

IBM has been accused of aiding Nazis during WWII.

I thought the next generation devices would use voice input. But maybe written is more likely. You can write on IBM’s Thinkpad and on Sony’s VAIO desktop.

Wal-Mart is the second largest company in the world in terms of revenues. Only 2 IT companies made to the top 10: IBM and AT&T

IBM’s made 5 of the top 10 most powerful supercomputers. India doesn’t seem to have made a single one.

IBM has a virus hype alert site, which lists all kinds of virus hoaxes. Incidentally, some people are worried that their web pages are infected.