Burnett off DL; Angels send down Brasier

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ANAHEIM — Injuries have decimated the Angels’ pitching staff throughout the first 44 games of the season. The club has already used 20 pitchers — the earliest the team has done so — but the carousel in the bullpen appears to be nearing an end as the Halos are getting Prior to…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 5:00 am

New IBM project puts Watson to work in customer service

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Watson, the powerful computer that rose to fame as a Jeopardy! contestant in 2011, has proved remarkably versatile since then. After a stint fighting cancer, Watson will soon be taking on the less glamorous role of a customer service representative. Forbes writes that over the next several months, IBM will “Watson…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 5:00 am

IBM Watson At Your Service: New Watson Breakthrough Transforms How …

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IBM Watson Solutions VP Stephen Gold interacts with the new IBM Watson Engagement Advisor, which uses cloud-delivered mobile and online chat technology to assist businesses’ customers, anytime and anywhere on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Armonk, NY. … ARMONK, N.Y. and NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Ushering in a new era (Photo:…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 3:00 am

IBM’s Watson Is Bringing “Cognitive Computing” to Customer Service

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It will be powering smartphone apps by the end of the year too. IBM’s Watson computing platform made a name for itself on Jeopardy, but its incremental roll-out into the real world has been no less impressive. It has worked in finance at Citi helping to assess risk and at…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 3:00 am

IBM’s Watson Has a Boring New Job Answering Phones Gizmodo

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After you’ve used your crazy robot intellect to crush puny meatbags definitively in a game of Jeopardy, it would seem like the world is your oyster. But Watson’s not taking trying to take over the world or anything, no. After a trying out medicine and inventing a pastry, he’s settling…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 1:00 am

Beckham, Danks inching closer to Major League return

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ANAHEIM — After finishing 2-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday night, Gordon Beckham knocked out three hits during his second Minor League rehab start for Charlotte on Sunday. Beckham scored one and drove in two while playing second base, as he moves closer to a White…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 1:00 am

Java Blend Broadcast: Korby Lenker 5/18/13

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This Saturday at 2 PM, IPR Studio One’s Ben Kieffer will host a special hour of “Java Blend” with Korby Lenker. Ben Kieffer will chat with Korby throughout the show to find out more about the indie folk singer/songwriter’s career. In case you’re not familiar, Korby Lenker is a sneaky-good…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 1:00 am

IBM’s Watson supercomputer could be the cure for awful customer service

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IBM’s jack-of-all-trades supercomputer Watson now has a new trade: customer service. IBM announced a new application for Watson today, called Watson Engagement Advisor, that applies all of Watson’s brainpower to answering questions from regular people rather than, say, doctors or Alex Trebeck. Think of it as Siri, but on a…

Posted on: May 22, 2013 12:00 am

Java PaaS Provider Jelastic Updates Platform

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Java-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider Jelastic has released a new version of its cloud hosting platform. Version 1.9.1, available now, comes with fairly long list of upgrades that includes, among others, the ability to regulated the sequence of balance charging, improvements to the config manager, PostgreSQL 9.2.4 support, the ability to If there’s…

Posted on: May 21, 2013 9:00 pm

O’Leary urges Wilshere to eclipse Arsenal games record

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Arsenal great David O’Leary says he would love to see Jack Wilshere eventually take the mantle of most appearances for the club. Former defender O’Leary played 722 times for the Gunners over 18 years and although he seriously cannot see his record being beaten, he would like it if somebody “I’d love…

Posted on: May 21, 2013 9:00 pm