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Mar 11, 2010 9:57am
On Helping Bloggers Overcome Writer’s BlockBy Casey Dugan, Researcher, IBM Center for Social Software, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAAt Lotusphere 2009, I heard from customers that their employees were reluctant to author blogs. Later in the year, we surveyed IBMers about this issue, and discovered that would-be bloggers often abandoned their...
IBM, Stanford Unveil Green Chemistry Breakthrough
Mar 9, 2010 8:12am
Scientists from IBM and Stanford University have unveiled discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. The result of a multi-year research effort, the breakthrough also could lead to a new recycling process that has the potential to significantly increase the ability to recycle...
IBM Endorses Patent Reform Legislation Compromise
Mar 8, 2010 8:07am
IBM has endorsed the compromise on U.S. patent reform legislation announced by Senate leaders, saying that the first significant update to the nation's patent laws in more than 50 years will bolster American competitiveness in the global economy and help stimulate innovation. "The leadership of Senators Leahy, Sessions and others...
Data matters on a smarter planet
Mar 2, 2010 12:58pm
Data: it's the foundation of a smarter planet. We capture it, store it, analyze it, and make decisions based on it. And IBMers like Julia Grace, featured here, are at the heart of what we do. Behind her are thousands of IBM experts who are using the...
Inventors' Corner: Inventing a Secure Planet
Mar 1, 2010 11:57am
Cybersecurity is a top priority for federal, state, and local governments worldwide, and it is increasingly becoming a primary concern for critical infrastructure industries, such as utilities and telecommunications. To help clients prepare for emerging cybersecurity challenges, IBM offers a wide range of security technologies and services developed to address...
Meet IBM's Mark Smith, Master Inventor, San Jose, CA
Feb 26, 2010 4:37pm
Each year, IBM selects a new field of Master Inventors as one way of recognizing IBMers who have mastered the patent process, provided broad mentoring, added value to IBM's portfolio, and demonstrated sustained innovation leadership and service.Once selected, a Master Inventor is expected to apply his or her mastery of...
Math vs. Massive Data Overload
Feb 26, 2010 10:31am
This year digital information will grow to 988 exabytes or equivalent to a stack of books from the sun to Pluto and back.Sure, lots of data is great for predicting the future and producing models, but how do you know if the data is any good? IBM scientists have developed...
Inventors' Corner: U.S. Patent #7,635,189 – "Method and system for synchronizing opto-mechanical filters to a series of video synchronization pulses
Feb 22, 2010 5:59am
This patent, U.S. Patent #7,635,189, describes a technique for converting a portable projector into a three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic display. Any projector based on standard digital light processor (DLP) technology can be converted to 3D using this patented invention. To view the image in 3D, the user wears a...
Capture, Reuse and Share Your Web Browsing History With Friends and Colleagues - Try It Out and Tell Us What You Think
Feb 17, 2010 4:22pm
Following is a guest post from Jeffrey Nichols on the CoScripter team at IBM Research - Almaden in San Jose, CA.CoScripter Reusable History is a new tool from IBM Research that extends the web history capability of your Firefox web browser. The tool is now available for download from...
Inventors’ Corner: U.S. Patent # 7,610,187 - Lingual translation of syndicated content feeds
Dec 14, 2009 1:42pm
This new patented invention from IBM brings real-time, language translation delivered right to your computer one step closer to reality. The patent describes a technique that enables syndicated content feeds to provide viewers the choice of reading blogs or news feeds in different languages. The system uses a translation server,...
Mind Blowers - episode 6 - Nano-Revolution
Nov 24, 2009 9:02am
In this episode of Mind Blowers, a web series designed to present interesting topics and breakthroughs from IBM in a very understandable and entertaining way, we focus on the Nano-Revolution....
Software patents and innovation
Nov 6, 2009 7:38am
by Mark ChadurjianSenior Counsel, IBM Software Group Intellectual Property LawWe've heard a lot lately about software patents. Some folks say software should not be patentable. Others say that any business method run on a computer should be patentable. Why all the controversy?[Read more]...
Inventors’ Corner: U.S. Patent #7,280,658 – Systems, methods and computer program products for accelerated dynamic protection of data
Nov 4, 2009 8:44am
Digital media, including videos, audio, and images, sometime require secure handling by both the content provider and the distributor. This patented invention offers the provider and distributor end-to-end protection by coupling dynamic and static key encryption. The technique accelerates the overall encryption and decryption process, and improves encryption efficiency and...
Inventors' Corner: Innovations enable privacy by design
Oct 20, 2009 8:53am
IBMers patent important privacy inventionsBy 2011, the world will be 10 times more instrumented than it was in 2006. Internet connected devices will leap from 500 Million to 1 Trillion. Approximately 70% of the digital universe is created by individuals, but enterprises are responsible for 85% of the security, privacy,...
Inventors’ Corner: U.S. Patent # 7,545,978—Methods and apparatus for filtering video packets for large-scale video stream monitoring
Oct 14, 2009 9:07am
The ability to simultaneously monitor, process and understand semantic content from multiple video streams--broadcast over separate channels or transmitted via the Internet--is a capability that has long presented numerous technical challenges. As a result, this has prevented providers from being able to effectively allocate bandwidth to reduce transmission...
Inventors’ Corner: Patent Power Within IBM Blue Gene
Oct 8, 2009 10:42am
IBM has received the 2008 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, for the IBM Blue Gene family of supercomputers. This achievement is a symbol of the company’s heritage of invention and innovation and IBM’s 9th National Medal of Technology. ...
Guest Blog: Can we forecast the next pandemic?
Sep 29, 2009 12:33pm
From James Kaufman, Manager, Healthcare Information Infrastructure at IBM Research - Almaden:In order to create effective policies and response plans for pandemics, public health officials need the ability to track how both seasonal flu and emerging strains like H1N1 can spread. If you think about it, an infectious disease spreading...
Guest blogger: IBM scientists reinvent the record player needle?
Sep 7, 2009 6:00am
Well, not exactly - let me explain.Do you remember the last time you used a record player? For those readers born in the age of CDs and MP3s let me explain. Records have tiny grooves on them with peaks and valley's that are "read" by a tiny needle,...
Inventors’ Corner: U.S. Patent # 7,519,658- Automatic blogging during media viewing
Sep 2, 2009 6:57am
Imagine being able to comment about your favorite TV show or program in real-time via social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter -- without having to turn on a computer.This patented invention allows you to post, tweet and communicate with friends via an enhanced remote control, which enables a...
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