IBM 2Q profit soars on services strength

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In this April 16 2008 file photo the entrance to the IBM manufacturing plant in Essex Junction Vt. is seen. IBM reports quarterly earnings after the closing bell Thursday July 17 2008. (AP PhotoToby Talbot)
In this April 16, 2008 file photo, the entrance to the IBM manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt. is seen. IBM reports quarterly earnings after the closing bell Thursday, July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

(AP) -- IBM Corp.'s earnings, used to gauge the health of global technology spending, were a bright spot in an otherwise dreary economic landscape.


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Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again

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(AP) -- When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon.

IBM builds online version of China's famed Forbidden City

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IBM on Friday opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the nation's emperors.

Fujitsu Develops World's First GaN HEMT Able to Cut Power in Standby Mode and Achieve High Output

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Fujitsu today announced the development of a new type of gallium nitride (GaN)-based high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) that features a new structure ideal for use in amplifiers for microwave and millimeter-wave ...

Deep sea pipelines to green gas production

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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers are working to tap into a wealth of natural gas resources located in distant, deep-ocean fields off the coast of Western Australia.

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it's supercopter

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unmanned helicopters could soon be a key part of emergency relief operations, as well as bringing a new dimension to filmmaking, thanks to some innovative work done by European researchers.
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