Technology multinational IBM is reported to tie up with the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and the Research Centre for Advanced Research and Technology of the Tokyo University, with an aim to initiate a new step to make mobile phones more user-friendly for the elderly, the illiterate and the semi-literate.

On Monday, while IBM, on one hand, unveiled its new POWER7 processor, Intel, on the other, introduced the 9300 range of processors, and while these launches have spurred interest, experts feel that these have come at a time when the market for UNIX servers is steadily declining.

A Monday event in New York City will mark the expansion of IBM’s hefty share of the $14-billion UNIX server market – with the unveiling of the company’s long-anticipated Power7 microprocessor.

In a Wednesday statement, technology bigwig IBM Corp. revealed that it is acquiring the Chicago-based, 1995-founded Initiate Systems – a firm whose software plays a vital role in the organization and management of data across a number of diverse computer systems, for the health-care industry and government organizations.

It seems that Oracle wants to be more like IBM, that too the IBM of the 1960s.

The IBM Lotusphere 2010 conference attracted developers from all across the globe to its product showcase, which also included various renowned Canadian companies.

In what can be termed as IBM's direct attack at the Microsoft operating system, more so as Windows 7 is just round the corner, the IBM Client for Smart Work package will soon see a US launch by the company, in partnership with Canonical, the business entity behind Ubuntu Linux.

US technology giant International Business Machines reported on Thursday a higher net profit for the third quarter, in spite of plunging sales.

IBM's net income jumped 14 per cent from previous year to settle at $3.2 billion. It earned $2.40 per share, beating estimates of earning of $2.38 per share.

On Wednesday, Computer and Communications Industry Association Chairman Ed Black informed about the investigation being carried out by the U. S. Justice Department against International Business Machines for abusing its dominance of the mainframe business to reduce rivals.

The proposed 'DNA Transistor' project from IBM Research is a futuristic step in the world of medicine, whereby the momentous bonding of biology and computing would help create a new chip that would lay the basis a speedy and economical personal genetic analyzer.