On Twitter: "4K of IBM memory found in my grandpa's pole barn, captured in a 692K photo".

"Watson, the "Jeopardy!"-playing computer system, is getting a job.<br />
"WellPoint Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. are set to announce a deal on Monday for the health insurer to use the Watson technology, the first time the high-profile project will result in a commercial application."<br />
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Jeopardy, if you didn't know, is the US quiz show in which players are given parts of an answer and have to offer the question (eg "To marry Elizabeth, Prince Philip had to renounce claims to this southern European country's crown." The 'answer': Greece.)<br />
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So to start from a set of symptoms and work back to a diagnosis is perfect.<br />
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Wonder how long it will be before it appears in an episode of House.

"IBM’s secret is that it is built around an idea that transcends any particular product or technology. Its strategy is to package technology for use by businesses. At first this meant making punch-card tabulators, but IBM moved on to magnetic-tape systems, mainframes, PCs, and most recently services and consulting. Building a company around an idea, rather than a specific technology, makes it easier to adapt when industry “platform shifts” occur (see article).<br />
"[But...] An elegant organising idea is no use if a company cannot come up with good products or services, or if it has clueless bosses. But on the basis of this simple formula—that a company should focus on an idea, rather than a technology—which of today’s young tech giants look best placed to live to 100?"<br />
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Interesting question.