New IBM software helps people remember things..

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This looks like something that I - and many of us here could REALLY use!

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic & articleI\

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" July 31, 2008 (Computerworld) Ever try to remember who you bumped

into at the store a few days back? Or exactly what the company

president said at the morning meeting?

Well, you're not alone. And IBM researchers are working on software

that just may help you better recollect all the forgotten pieces of

your life.

This week, the company unveiled software that uses images, sounds and

text recorded on everyday mobile devices to help people recall names,

faces, conversations and events. Dubbed Pensieve, the software

organizes bits of collected information, stores them and then helps

the user extract them later on. "