Company of the Week: IBM

"International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or, colloquially, Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is a multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century; it was founded in 1888 and incorporated (as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R)) on June 15, 1911, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1916. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. With almost 330,000 employees worldwide and revenues of $US91 billion annually (figures from 2005), IBM is the largest information technology company in the world, and holds more patents than any other technology company."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
ibm.com

News:
IBM - Topix.net

Blogs:
IBM developerWorks: Blogs
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
IBM - CNET News
IBM Watch - eWEEK

Finance:
IBM - SeekingAlpha

Audio:
IBM - EarningsCast
IBM - Podtech.net

Bookmarks:
http://del.icio.us/Monten/IBM

Video of the Day: UC Berkeley on Google Video

Keywords: University of California, Berkeley

"The University of California, Berkeley is the preeminent public research and teaching institution in the nation . From classic literature to emerging technologies, the curricula of our 130 academic departments span the wide world of thought and knowledge. Supported by the people of California, the university has embraced public service as an essential part of its mission since 1868. The content on this page —drawn from campus seminars, courses and events—is just one part of UC Berkeley's commitment to the broadest possible dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of our state, the nation and the world."
Source: Google Video
[via Techmeme]

See also:
Audio of the Day: UC Berkeley Courses & Events Live and On-demand - The World 2 Come

Person of the Day: Dmitri Shostakovich

"Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906–August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. He had a complex relationship with the Soviet government, suffering two official denunciations of his music in 1936 and 1948 and the periodic banning of his work. At the same time, he remained the most popular Soviet composer of his generation and received a number of accolades and state awards, and served in the Supreme Soviet.

After an initial avant-garde period, Shostakovich wrote primarily in the romantic idiom, drawing heavily on the influence of Mahler. However, he combined this with atonality and on occasion tone rows. His music frequently includes sharp contrasts and elements of the grotesque. His greatest works are generally considered to be his symphonies and string quartets, fifteen of each; other works include operas, six concertos and a substantial quantity of film music."
Source: Wikipedia

Video:
Shostakovich - Google Video
Shostakovich - YouTube

Images:
Shostakovich - Flickr

Company of the Week: Adobe Systems

"Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, United States that was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. They founded Adobe after leaving Xerox PARC in order to further develop and commercialize the PostScript page description language. Adobe played a significant role in sparking the desktop publishing revolution when Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in the LaserWriter printer product line in 1985. The company name Adobe comes from the Adobe Creek, which ran behind the house of one of the company's founders.

Adobe acquired its former competitor, Macromedia, in December 2005."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
adobe.com

News:
Adobe Systems - Topix.net

Finance:
ADBE - SeekingAlpha

Blogs:
Adobe Blogs
Acrobat User Community Blogs
Adobe - Scoble

Audio:
Adobe Systems Incorporated - PodTech.net
ADBE - EarningsCast

Bookmarks:
http://del.icio.us/Monten/Adobe

See also:
Company of the Week - The World 2 Come

What's up with Tribe.net? - 3

Keywords: Tribe.net, social network

Tribe.net is back in the game!

Blogs:
Tribe.net Company Blog - tribe.net

See also:
What's up with Tribe.net? - 2 - The World 2 Come

What's up with Tribe.net? - 2

Keywords: Tribe.net, social network


Blogs:
Mark Pincus Blog
Mark Pincus - Valleywag
Tribe - Valleywag

See also:
What's up with Tribe.net? - The World 2 Come

Blog of the Day: Anousheh Ansari Space Blog

Keywords: Anousheh Ansari

"Anousheh Ansari Space Blog was made by friends at the X PRIZE Foundation to support Anousheh in her wish to inspire others with her historic spaceflight — the first woman to buy her own ticket to space.

So far as we know, Anousheh will also be the first person ever to Blog From Space!"
Source: Anousheh Ansari Space Blog
[via NevilleHobson.com]

Photos:
Anousheh Ansari - Photo Gallery
Space Explorer - Flickr