Category Archives: Data-storage

Computer ties human as they square off on ‘Jeopardy!’

By doris | Published: February 15, 2011

Full Story at  CNN.com (CNN) — The computers haven’t proven to be our trivia overlords just yet. Give them at least until Wednesday. An IBM supercomputer named Watson finished one round of the TV show “Jeopardy!” on Monday night tied with one of his human competitors and $3,000 ahead of the other. The man vs. [...]

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World’s fastest supercomputer belongs to China

By doris | Published: October 29, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (Mashable) — The United States no longer owns the world’s fastest supercomputer. A computer called Tianhe-1A, unveiled on Wednesday at a conference in Beijing, China, can run calculations faster than the previous speed leader, a computer at a U.S. lab in Tennessee.

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Dell buys data-storage company

By doris | Published: August 17, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Dell Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire data-storage company 3PAR for $1.15 billion, a move the computer maker says could cut its data management costs by 50%. Dell (DELL, Fortune 500) said Monday it will begin a tender offer to buy all of the outstanding [...]

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