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RSS genePatents in Genes
White Paper This paper examines the patentability of genes, the tests used by patent offices to award patents, and the policy issues that arise from gene patenting, particularly on the larger question of the patenting of higher life forms. [03 Jul 2008]
Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions
White Paper Chapter 11: Use of Genetically Modified Stem Cells in Experimental Gene Therapies This summary begins with common definitions and explanations of key concepts about stem cells. It ends with an assessment of how adult, embryonic and fetal stem cells... [03 Jul 2008]
A New Suite - What Every Smart Enterprise Wants?
White Paper Gene Phifer will define the SES, how enterprises will utilize it, and how the SES will be a critical component of composite applications. Effective communication, collaboration and information analysis are key tenets of effective processes and... [03 Jul 2008]
OCI Automates Research with Integrated Information Management Solution from IBM
White Paper To this end, OCI recently developed computerized methods for sophisticated analysis of protein interaction networks, gene expression data, and high-throughput protein crystallization screens. Part of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, the... [03 Jul 2008]
Evolutionary Design of Intrusion Detection Programs
White Paper Three variants of genetic programming techniques namely Linear Genetic Programming (LGP), Multi-Expression Programming (MEP) and Gene Expression Programming (GEP) were evaluated to design IDP. Intrusion detection is the process of monitoring the... [18 Jun 2008]
IBM smashes the supercomputing petaflop
News Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop - 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second - twice as fast as the world's previous fastest computer, Blue Gene. [11 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News The Storm worm botnet, a network of compromised computers, has been estimated to control between one million and five million machines, which one researcher said makes it more powerful than IBM's Blue Gene/L supercomputer. [07 May 2008]
Twenty Service Level Management Metrics to Enable Corporate Governance: Questions IT Operations Should Be Able to Answer
White Paper In this webcast, Gene Kim and Kevin Behr will share the three years of research they have done, spanning hundreds of organizations. They will provide their Top Twenty SLM Metrics that are excellent indicators of operational excellence, security... [03 Apr 2008]
Sun breaks through supercomputer haze with Constellation
News IBM has dominated the supercomputer rankings with a series of Blue Gene systems for the last several years. After a slight delay a new, somewhat unusual, supercomputer from Sun Microsystems will get formally unveiled next week. [14 Feb 2008]
Photos: US Army's Black Hawk goes high-tech
Photo Chief warrant officer 4, Gene McNeill, said: "With a digital moving map you know exactly where you are with relationship to the earth. The US Army's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade will begin taking delivery of the UH-60M - the latest generation of... [28 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Supercomputing
Cheat Sheet Blue Gene/L is the most powerful supercomputer in existence but the criminals behind the Storm Worm have created a botnet containing millions of PCs with a combined computing power greater than that of Blue Gene/L's. [20 Nov 2007]
Beep beep! Move over for IBM's super Roadrunner
News The top machine, the Blue Gene/L supercomputer - located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - is capable of 478.2 trillion operations, or 478.2 teraflops per second. The Blue Gene/L was at the top of the list six months ago but was only... [13 Nov 2007]
Web 2.0 portals open doors for businesses
News Speaking at Gartner's ITxpo in Cannes, Gartner analyst Gene Phifer said demand for these services in business will increase as the new generation of workers - or 'digital natives' - come into the workplace. [09 Nov 2007]
Apple riding high on Mac sales, iPhone
News That was actually right in line, however, with a prediction from Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, who cited an average analyst estimate of 10.9 million units. Apple has reported another stellar quarter, exceeding estimates in just about every facet of... [23 Oct 2007]
An Overview of Sangam: A System for Integrating Data to Investigate Stimulus-Circuitry-Gene Coupling
White Paper Sangam is an eScience collaboration between Neuroscientists and Computer Scientists to realize an environment that enables Neuroscientists to investigate "Stimulus-circuitry-gene coupling" that is, how particular types of stressful stimuli are... [31 Aug 2007]
