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So now IBM is worried about Apple, too?

When you think of Apple's likely competitors, IBM isn't one of the names that would top the list. Even so, IBM is suing to block one of its employees from joining Apple, as CNET reports.

Bizarre. Yes, as CNET's Tom Krazit points out, Mark Papermaster, IBM's former vice president of microprocessor technology development, could help to revive Apple's Xserve server line, or he could work on its chip technology, or...he could do many things. But the point is that none of them is a clear and present danger to any of IBM's businesses.… Read more

Competing with Google is Cuil

CNET is reporting that ex-Googlers are out to beat their alma mater with a new web search engine, Cuil. A quick review of Cuil reveals that it is slow, redundant (meaning, it displays the same pages over and over rather than an array of different pages), and makes weird associations (It has an old picture for me next to pages that have never had that picture on them).

But that's not the point. The thing that I love about Cuil is that it exists in the first place. Silicon Valley may have its problems, but it thankfully retains the … Read more