Wiser Than the Crowd: lolmarkets: IBM Smarter Cities Prediction. Hat tip to Midas Oracle and Panos Iperotis . I usually don't pay attention to the play-money prediction markets. But I have to comment on how unbelievably poorly done the IBM Smarter Cities markets (powered by spigit ) are. Where to begin? Well, how about this: 5 minutes after joining, I managed to get second place on their leaderboard .
You could do it too. Let's take a step back and think about what a real prediction market should do. 1. 2. 3. 4. Spigit managed to sell this to IBM, so it's obviously got a great marketing department. *So why am I not first? IBM Lotus news: Looking 'under the hood' of Web 2.0 an. The ultimate mashup -- Web services and the semantic Web, Part 1. Porting Linux applications to 64-bit systems.
PHP and RSS: Getting it together. Press Resources | IBM/EPFL. Archives: Announcement press release. The following is the text of an IBM Information Systems Division press release headlined "Personal Computer Announced By IBM" and distributed on August 12, 1981. IBM Corporation today announced its smallest, lowest-priced computer system -- the IBM Personal Computer. Designed for business, school and home, the easy-to-use system sells for as little as $1,565. It offers many advanced features and, with optional software, may use hundreds of popular application programs.
The IBM Personal Computer will be sold through participating ComputerLand dealers and Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s new business machine stores beginning this fall. It will also be sold through IBM Product Centers and a special sales unit in the company's Data Processing Division. "This is the computer for just about everyone who has ever wanted a personal system at the office, on the university campus or at home," said C. Among the new system's highlights are: The optional IBM display and printer are attachable units.
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