Two research organizations have ranked Lenovo Group Ltd. as second best computer developer in the world.

IBM Researchers, who are working with the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore have discovered some tiny particles known as nanostructures to make them work as a key to shut down the infectious superbug known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which has killed 19,000 Americans in 2005.

Even before the launch of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) problems have started to occur. The leading security group AusCERT has shown concerns for the security of the PCEHR. As the security group claims that they do not have the sufficient information for the functioning of the PCEHR.

A contract of $23.6million has been won by IBM from the Government's National E-Health Transition Authority, for the design and building of the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) project.

With the IBM supercomputer Watson besting the human 'Jeopardy' champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, last week, a number of tech aficionados from all over the world have been inspired to donate their excess compute cycles to a program which loops the power of individual home PCs into a virtual mainframe.

With the highly impressive IBM supercomputer Watson handsomely beating the human 'Jeopardy' champions in the recently televised rounds of the game, a Reddit thread now gives users a chance to ask questions online to Watson.

The second game of the Man vs. Machine "Jeopardy" competition, which was televised nationally on February 16, witnessed the IBM supercomputer Watson comfortably beating two ex-Jeopardy champions - Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.

The first segment of the highly-anticipated two-game ‘Jeopardy!’ contest between former Jeopardy champs - Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter – and the IBM supercomputer Watson was aired on February 14.

The earnings for the last quarter of the year 2011 jumped up by a humongous 7%. The conglomerate ended up earning an exceptional revenue of $29-billion for the quarter ending in the month of December.

In the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case, an important defendant pleaded guilty to criminal charges on Wednesday and admitted of crossing the limits by giving out information on stocks including IBM and Advanced Micro Devices.