Loading...
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page.
Highlights

A collection of news and information related to IBM published by this site and its partners.

Sort By: Relevancy | Date | Type
Displaying items 1-12 of 933
» View latimes.com items only
    Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. For the record

    Dole Food Co.: In the June 10 Section A, a Monday Business stock spotlight article about Dole Food Co. said that Chief Executive David A. DeLorenzo stepped down to run Itochu Corp. He joined Itochu Corp. to run the newly acquired Dole Asia Holdings. Also,...

    Tags: Chicago Cubs, Baseball, Science and Technology, Colorado Rockies, Sports

  2. May 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. The real IRS scandal

    Should you need a license from the government to exercise free speech? The real scandal at the Internal Revenue Service should be seen not as a left-versus-right issue but instead as infringement on the 1st Amendment. The people targeted were political entrepreneurs with unorthodox political voices. More to the point, IRS discrimination was consistent with 40 years of institutionalized hostility by the federal government to such views.
    Should you need a license from the government to exercise free speech? The real scandal at the Internal Revenue Service should be seen not as a left-versus-right issue but instead as infringement on the 1st Amendment. The people targeted were political...

    Tags: Social Issues, Taxation, Richard Nixon, Politics, Discrimination

  4. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Patents needed for the world's first bionic eye: 255 and counting

    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.
    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...

    Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

  6. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology

    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.
    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...

    Tags: Obituaries, Swiss Confederation, Scientific Invention, University of California, Santa Barbara, Science and Technology

  8. May 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. When your laptop dies

    It happened, as crises do, without warning. I was doing something essential, like trolling online for better and deeply discounted kitchen knives, when suddenly the image on my laptop went from hi-res to out-of-register. Most of the color fell away and a grim message appeared: My computer was having a problem, as though I hadn't noticed; I should wait a minute and try to turn it on again.
    It happened, as crises do, without warning. I was doing something essential, like trolling online for better and deeply discounted kitchen knives, when suddenly the image on my laptop went from hi-res to out-of-register. Most of the color fell away and...

    Tags: FedEx Corporation, Columbia University, Les Miserables (musical), Science and Technology, Electronics

  10. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. IBM team uses atoms to create world's tiniest stop-motion movie

    <iframe width="600" height="338" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oSCX78-8-q0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
    This post has been corrected. Please see note at bottom for details.
    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...

    Tags: Science and Technology

  12. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Investors snap up $17 billion in Apple bonds

    First came the frenzy for iPhones and iPads. Now there's a scramble for iBonds.
    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...

    Tags: Employment, American Express Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Bonds, Economy, Business and Finance

  14. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. In a new film, IBM goes short. Really short.

    <iframe width="600" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oSCX78-8-q0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
    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...

    Tags: Entertainment, Movies

  16. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel

    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....

    Tags: Esophageal cancer, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Science and Technology, Queens (New York City), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  18. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. |Story
  20. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. CISPA passes House committee, angering privacy activists

    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.&nbsp;
    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,...

    Tags: Adam Schiff, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Reddit Inc., Politics, U.S. House of Representatives

  22. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. How the relationship between employers and workers changed

    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.
    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...

    Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, University of California, Santa Barbara

 1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-78Next >
Original site for IBM topic gallery.
Advertisement
Loading...
 
 

Date:

Credit:

User-submitted

Tags:

Rate:
Sending...

E-mail this photo

Error: malformed email address(es)
Both "from" and "recipient" email fields are required.

Recipient E-mail Addresses

(up to 3, separated by commas) Send me a copy.

From:

e-mail | buy this photo | link to photo
IBM Photos
Norman Fekrat has been named chief strategy & revenue o...
(February 18, 2013)
Norman Fekrat, chief strategy & revenue officer, Lemko
IBM manufacturing plant, Rochester, Minn. | Architect:...
(February 1, 2013)
Author and 'Dear Abby' columnist Pauline Phillips, seat...
(January 17, 2013)
Pauline Phillips