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  • IBM, screensaver to tackle smallpox

    IBM and a host of technology partners are working on software for the US Defense Department that will let the idle time of anyone's computer be devoted to investigate antismallpox drugs, the companies are expected to announce Wednesday.

  • IBM attacks Unix rivals with Power5

    IBM is expected to announce a new generation of Unix servers on Tuesday, systems it believes powerful enough to let Big Blue topple rivals Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard.

  • IBM expands flexible computing plan

    IBM added muscle to its "on-demand" computing push Thursday, with the debut of several efforts designed to help it defend its position in the technology world.

  • Google, Sun plan partnership

    Sun Microsystems and Google plan to announce a collaborative effort that some analysts speculate could elevate the profile of the OpenOffice.org and Java software packages.

  • Cooperative computing finds top prime number

    An effort in which hundreds of people donate their computers' unused processing power has uncovered the largest prime number so far known.

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