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NASA's new supercomputer aims for 10 PFLOPS by 2012
SGI and Intel are jointly building a supercomputer for NASA that is expected to perform at 10 PFLOPS by 2010. Read more...

Purdue builds own supercomputer -- on Monday morning

Q&A: IT vet Gordon Bell talks about the most influential computers

Cray, Intel sign pact to build petascale computers

HP unveils application modernization tools

Supercomputing at less than the cost of a gallon of gas

DARPA taps Sun to take microprocessors to 'macrochip' level via optics

Yahoo offers free supercomputing to Indian Hadoop developers

IBM touts new mainframe as 'most powerful' business system yet

New 504 TFLOPS supercomputer tackling mysteries of the universe

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Opinion: IGF — IBM's unseen competitive weapon
IBM Global Financing is a competitive threat because Big Blue uses it as a sales tool during the selling process, not just as an after-the-sale financing option.

'They Were Like Us'
Like our Iranian counterparts, if our government engaged in activity that resulted in trade sanctions being imposed against us, we'd work hard to overcome those obstacles too.

Gaming Technology: Beyond Entertainment
The massive, low-cost computing power that has transformed video gaming will bring benefits to many important industries.

Print Chips Just Like Memos
Imagine a world where semiconductors are produced on ink-jet printers. One vendor tells Mark Hall that world is very close.

IT's Finest Hour


Farewell Ken Kennedy: Computer scientist, scholar, teacher


IT disasters you never hear about
I was standing on a customer's loading dock when one of my companys big machines arrived strapped to a pallet. The customers forklift operator failed to lower the forks to the ground before accelerating forward. The resulting sound was truly gut-wrenching.

IBM sues mainframe company for patent infringement


Lightweight Linux for high-performance computing
Vendors are working to overcome the "operating system jitter" problems associated with all the daemons and services that run by default in the full-blown operating system and cause problems in big-scale systems.

IBM wins Texas-size data center consolidation contract
IBM will run the contract and provide mainframe and server consolidation and IT operations for the Texas state government. Contract partners Unisys Corp. will provide data center operations and facilities management.

Mistakes such as putting down co-workers or burning bridges when you resign are surefire ways to darken your career prospects. Here's how to avoid them
Hype and promises abound in the IT world, but these six breakthroughs really will change your life, says author and former IT manager John Brandon.
Baby boomers are retiring and taking their knowledge with them. Why do so few in IT seem to care?
Computerworld editors share stories of their first PCs, including some classics and some real clunkers -- then we ask readers to share their early-PC tales.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
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