HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 04: Visitors crowd the IBM stand under an IBM logo at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 4, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 04: Visitors crowd the IBM stand under an IBM logo at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 4, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8.

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  1. President Obama recognized IBM and its Blue Gene family of supercomputers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country's most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement. Blue Gene's speed and expandability have enabled business and science to address a wide range of complex problems and make more informed decisions -- not just in the life sciences, but also in astronomy, climate, simulations, modeling and many other areas.
  2. The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado September 8, 2009. International Business Machines Corp. repeated that it expects to earn "at least" $9.70 a share this year.
  3. The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado September 8, 2009. International Business Machines Corp. repeated that it expects to earn "at least" $9.70 a share this year.
  4. The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado is seen with the Boulder Flatiron mountains in the background, September 8, 2009. International Business Machines Corp. repeated that it expects to earn "at least" $9.70 a share this year.
  5. In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: DC Water and Sewer Authority Chief Information Officer Mujib Lodhia speaks about "smarter water" projects with IBM at the Smarter Cities Forum at the University of Maryland's Baltimore County Campus.
  6. In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski at IBM's Smarter Cities Forum at the University of Maryland's Baltimore County Campus.
  7. Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky (center, standing) joins Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) CEO Gary Mangiofico (right) and IBM Senior Executive in Los Angeles County, Don Jue, and children at Van Nuys Civic Child Development Center on Nov. 16, to celebrate IBM's donation of 50 bilingual early education computer learning centers to LAUP that will benefit preschoolers throughout Los Angeles County. The computer systems, which will feature educational material in English and Spanish, are intended to introduce the children to science, math and technology.
  8. In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: Todd Kirtley, IBM General Manager, addresses local business and government leaders at the IBM Smarter Cities Forum in Phoenix, Arizona Thursday morning. Kirtley discusses how technology could advance the future of cities like Phoenix.
  9. In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, addresses local business and government leaders at the IBM Smarter Cities Forum in Phoenix, Arizona Thursday morning. Gordon emphasizes his hope for a smart Phoenix to emerge as one of the great cities of the 21st century.
  10. Speaker of the House B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, looks over an announcement that the state has terminated its contract with IBM for the delivery of welfare services at the Statehouse, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Indianapolis. The contract was terminated because the company did not make satisfactory progress to improve services to welfare applicants ansd recipients.
  11. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announces that the state has terminated its contract with IBM for the delivery of welfare services during a news conference at the Statehouse, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Indianapolis. The contract was terminated because the company did not make satisfactory progress to improve services to welfare applicants and recipients.
  12. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced that the state has terminated its contract with IBM for the delivery of welfare services during a news conference at the Statehouse, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Indianapolis. The contract was terminated because the company did not make satisfactory progress to improve services to welfare applicants ansd recipients.
  13. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announces that the state has terminated its contract with IBM for the delivery of welfare services during a news conference at the Statehouse, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Indianapolis. The contract was terminated because the company did not make satisfactory progress to improve services to welfare applicants ansd recipients.
  14. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to the 2008 IBM, received on behalf of the technology company's CEO Samuel Palmisano, at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009.
  15. IBM Chief Executive Officer Samuel J. Palmisano receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation on behalf of the company from President Barack Obama, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
  16. IBM Chief Executive Officer Samuel J. Palmisano receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation on behalf of the company from President Barack Obama, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

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  1. British singer Cliff Richard poses for photographers with his band "Cliff Richard and The Shadows" before meeting fans at a music store in London November 30, 2009.
  2. A painting by Chinese artist Fu Bao Shi, titled "Landscape inspired by Dufu Poetic Sentiment", is seen in Hong Kong in this undated handout released on November 30, 2009. The painting was hammered off for HK$60 million ($7.7 million), a price market experts said was around four times higher than its 2006 price. Sales of traditional Chinese paintings and old masters notched up firm results at Christie's autumn sales in Hong Kong, outshining Chinese contemporary art. To match Reuters Life! HONGKONG-ART/CHRISTIES.
  3. A Lebanese environmental activist runs in his underwear in Beirut November 30, 2009. The activity was organised by the League of Independent Activists (IndyACT) to raise money for youth activists from the Arab region who will have to travel to take part in the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen.
  4. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (R) shakes hands with Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko after handing over an agreement in Tehran November 30, 2009.
  5. OVERTON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 30: Martin McCallan, a farmer at Laverstoke Park Farm, feeds the farm's organic Norfolk Black turkeys, before preparing the birds for the Christmas table on November 30 2009 in Overton, England. On Wednesday the turkeys - that have been fed on a natural diet including over 30 grasses, herbs and clovers which the farm's fields are sown with - will be collected by a processor to be prepared for Christmas Day. Although the farm's order book for the turkeys - which currently command nearly 14GBP a kilo and will all be delivered from December 22 - is full, supermarket chains are gearing up for a price war to attract cash-strapped British consumers this Christmas.
  6. OVERTON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 30: Martin McCallan, a farmer at Laverstoke Park Farm, feeds the farm's organic Norfolk Black turkeys, before preparing the birds for the Christmas table on November 30 2009 in Overton, England. On Wednesday the turkeys - that have been fed on a natural diet including over 30 grasses, herbs and clovers which the farm's fields are sown with - will be collected by a processor to be prepared for Christmas Day. Although the farm's order book for the turkeys - which currently command nearly 14GBP a kilo and will all be delivered from December 22 - is full, supermarket chains are gearing up for a price war to attract cash-strapped British consumers this Christmas.
  7. A woman passes by graffiti that reads "Don't let them steal your votes" and depicts the two candidates for the presidency of Romania, Mircea Geoana, left, and incumbent president Traian Basescu, right, with faces painted red, communist style, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Romania, an European Union member state since 2007, is gripped by bitter political fighting, a week before a presidential election runoff.
  8. A man passes by graffiti that reads "Don't let them steal your votes" and depicts the two candidates for the presidency of Romania, Mircea Geoana, left, and incumbent president Traian Basescu, right, with faces painted red, communist style, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Romania, an European Union member state since 2007, is gripped by bitter political fighting, a week before a presidential election runoff.
  9. A man passes by graffiti that reads "Don't let them steal your votes" and depicts the two candidates for the presidency of Romania, Mircea Geoana, left, and incumbent president Traian Basescu, right, with faces painted red, communist style, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Romania, an European Union member state since 2007, is gripped by bitter political fighting, a week before a presidential election runoff.
  10. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.
  11. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.
  12. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.
  13. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.
  14. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a cabinet meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. The Kremlin says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sent foreign leaders a draft of a sweeping new trans-Atlantic security treaty he has been proposing since he took office last year.
  15. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. The Kremlin says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sent foreign leaders a draft of a sweeping new trans-Atlantic security treaty he has been proposing since he took office last year.
  16. Police officers and medical assistants escort defendant John Demjanjuk, lying on a stretcher, during a trial break in the country court in Munich, southern Germany, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Demjanjuk was brought by ambulance to a Munich court on Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired Ohio autoworker.