IBM Sics Cloud on Drug Patents
Need to scour the world's patent databases for a particular chemical compound? There's a cloud for that. IBM has released the Strategic IP Insight Platform , a cloud-based data analytics system...
View ArticleGoogle buys up more IBM patents
Google has acquired more IBM patents, adding more than 200 to approximately 2,000 patents it had previously bought from IBM.
View ArticleIBM registers most patents for 19th year running
IBM retained its patent crown for 2011, topping the list of patent winners for the 19th year in a row. The only other US company to make the top 10, Microsoft fell from third place to sixth place,...
View ArticleFacebook buys 750 patents to build legal arsenal
Facebook has bought a portfolio of 750 technology patents from IBM to help it counter allegations of intellectual property infringement, according to a source.
View ArticleYahoo was licensing patents Facebook bought from IBM
Some of the 750 patents Facebook acquired from IBM were reportedly being licensed by Yahoo. If true, it means Facebook may have a new bargaining chip in its patent battle with Yahoo.
View ArticleIBM offering companies their own cloud
The new computers, designed for smaller corporations, deliver cloud computing without the Internet's security concerns.
View ArticleCurtains For Rim? Besides Ibm, Are Microsoft, Samsung, Oracle Looking?
Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion jumped on speculation IBM might be interested in part of the company. But others like Microsoft and Oracle , might also want its technology, too.
View Article2012 patent rankings: IBM on top again, Apple and Google surge
IBM racked up more US patents than any other company for the 20th straight year, as Google and Apple surged up the list.
View ArticleIBM Q4 net income at $5.8 bn
Operating net income was $6.1 billion compared with $5.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of 10 percent.
View ArticleMo De, mobile microcredit startup, wins IBM SmartCamp contest
The Nairobi-based company, focused on emerging markets, bests several other worthy startups to win IBM's "Global Entrepreneur of the Year" award.
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