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IBM Earnings Continue To Reflect Transition Challenge

IBM’s financials continue to show a company deep in transition, with first-quarter earnings beating expectations and revenue falling but meeting views. Big Blue also maintained its outlook for 2015. IBM (IBM) late Monday reported earnings per share minus items of $2.91, up 8.6% from the year-earlier period and well above the analyst consensus estimate of $2.80 as profit margins improved and expenses fell. The news reversed two straight quarters of

Google YouTube Service: Not The Only Web Video Star

YouTube remains the online video leader, but it’s far from the only star in an increasingly competitive field. YouTube owner Google (GOOGL) this month confirmed plans to launch an ad-free YouTube subscription service. Whether that means that YouTube will try for some higher-end professional and original content and go up against subscription services from the likes of Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon.com (AMZN) remains to be seen. But in the field of

So Long, Passwords? Biometrics Begin To Open Eyes

When Qualcomm set out to develop a more accurate sensor to authenticate fingerprints, the chipmaker chose ultrasound technology — the same high-frequency sound waves used by doctors to examine pregnancies. “It actually sees into the ridges of your fingerprint and pores of your skin,” said Tim McDonough, Qualcomm’s (QCOM) vice president of product marketing. “That’s the starting point. Then we encrypt the fingerprint and store it inside