Apple Computer has made the short list of five companies that are "widely perceived to be the best qualified to implement new technologies that will advance genomics research," acccording to market research firm BioInformatics, which has published results of the survey that asked 600 genomics researchers which technology vendor they prefer.

Apple Computer has outlined its strategy to win the hearts and minds of scientists, during a presentation to select attendees at the BioIT World Conference and Expo in Boston.

If computing power were water, Australia's drought would be rapidly coming to a close. Thanks to lowering costs and steadily improving technology, Australian life scientists and other researchers are rapidly gaining access to unprecedented amounts of computing power to support their work.

The Macintosh may not be an established player is scientific computing, but Apple Computer is beginning to get some respect as a player in the space, according to the company's vice-president of software technology, Guy 'Bud' Tribble, who pitched the case for the Mac to attendees of the Biosilico 2003 conference at Stanford University last week.

Apple Computer Inc had introduced a new Xserve configuration specifically designed for customers seeking clustering capabilities. The new Xserve configuration is said to keep the high-end power, but loses equipment not necessary for the clustering marketplace.