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...week, sometimes scenting truth and other times falling off the cliff entirely. CBS released several damning new memos, which may or may not be authentic (more on that later), that sent forensic experts researching the history of the type font Times New Roman and bloggers dusting off their old IBM typewriters. Welcome to the final stage of a tight race. Now let's pause for a few reality checks...
...memos. Some insist it would have been nearly impossible for a 1970s-era typewriter to produce the memos because of the letter spacing in the documents and the use of a raised and compact th symbol. But Bill Glennon, a technology consultant in New York City who worked for IBM repairing typewriters from 1973 to 1985, says those experts "are full of crap. They just don't know." Glennon says there were IBM machines capable of producing the spacing, and a customized key--the likes of which he says were not unusual--could have created the superscript...
DIED. BOB EVANS, 77, computer scientist who led the development of a new class of mainframe computers during the industry's fledgling days, transforming the basic architecture of computers and substantially reducing the cost of powerful computing; in Hillsborough, Calif. As an engineering manager at IBM, he convinced the company to invest more than $5 billion in the new system, opening five plants and hiring 60,000 employees. The risky undertaking paid off, as the famous 360s--named after the number of degrees in a circle--helped turn IBM into a data-processing power soon after their introduction...
...starry-eyed young software engineers are eager to work for as little as $4,500 a year. Yet there are not nearly enough experienced managers (who can pull in 10 times as much) to oversee the influx of raw recruits. At the same time, as multinationals like Accenture and IBM poach midlevel executives, some observers are worried that fast-rising wages could erode India's competitiveness--and price the country out of the outsourcing business, which has fueled most of the country's IT growth. --By Aravind Adiga/New Delhi...