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Center Point (438 words) |
 | Center Point, Alabama, United States [CDP]; population was 22,658 in 1990; housing units was 9,081 in 1990; location is 33°39'N 86°41'W; land area is 8.49 square miles (5,436 acres); water area is 0.02 square miles (12 acres); FIPS code is 13264 [SourceCBP] |
 | Center Point, Indiana, United States [Town]; population was 278 in 1990; housing units was 117 in 1990; location is 39°25'N 87°4'W; land area is 0.75 square miles (478 acres); water area is 0.02 square miles (11 acres); FIPS code is 11746 [SourceCBP] |
 | Center Point, Iowa, United States [City]; population was 1,693 in 1990; housing units was 650 in 1990; location is 42°11'N 91°47'W; land area is 2.13 square miles (1,361 acres); FIPS code is 12270 [SourceCBP] |
| IBM Opens Supercomputing Center in Europe (908 words) |
 | IBM is opening a supercomputing-on-demand center in Europe to enable customers to access supercomputing power without having to invest in the hardware. |
 | The centers give researchers and engineers access to large amounts of computing power that otherwise would be difficult to afford. |
 | As the centers mature, IBM officials hope to bring more grid technology and management capabilities to them to create a utility computing environment in which customers could quickly plug into the systems and run their work, Solomon said. |