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Medsphere reboot is complete with Doyle hire: Medsphere completed its re-boot yesterday by announcing the hire of new CEO Michael J. Doyle from AHS, an online billing company. The hire makes good sense. The weakness of Medsphere, which began with the VA's public domain VistA software, always lay in the billing area. Since the...; Tags: Hospital, Billing, Automation, Medsphere, AHS, Open Source, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-16

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So what do teachers really want in a computer?: I handed out the following survey to the teachers in my school last week. Want to know what I found out? Let's just say they're a fairly heterogeneous group when it comes to their tech needs, wants, and opinions. As most of you know, all...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Teacher, Laptop Computer, Computer, ____Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-27
IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP: TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler maintains that booting Windows XP from a USB Flash drive ahs its advantages when you need to troubleshoot and boot a almost dead PC. Here's a video walking you through the process. You'll learn how to configure a computer's BIOS to boot from a...; Tags: Information Technology, Bootable USB Flash Drive, Bootable USB, USB Flash Drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Self-healing computers for NASA spacecraft: As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in...; Tags: NASA, Patent, Unit, Hardware, FPGA, Computer, UA, UA Engineer, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?SideShowIt's not Windows Slideshow - it's Windows SideShowRE: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?yawnYou misunderstand Apple's patent...The way I read it, it's nothing like the Microsoft examples you mentioned.Picture a clamshell laptop, with one half transparent. Closed, it would look like...; Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Apple Inc., dual-sided touch technology, touch technology, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-03-17

The Google Apps Appliance would make Microsoft sweat: The Google Apps Appliance would make Microsoft sweatEveryone winsThanks Garett. In spite of itself, Microsoft is showing signs of becoming the New Microsoft whatever that might mean. Google is not a Microsoft killer, and Microsoft is not a Google killer. Let's say that Microsoft does buy Yahoo....; Tags: SMB/SME, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Apps Appliance, Google Apps; Discussion threads 2008-03-09
Producer, game firm in rights battle over zombies: Producer, game firm in rights battle over zombiesWhat Next?C'mon, this is ridiculous. Will LucasArts sue Disney for having a comedy about Pirates? Obviously the makers of Grand Theft Auto need to be sued for making games that replicate hundreds of films? Perhaps MOHAA will be next for following the same...; Tags: Games, zombie, game, game company; Discussion threads 2008-02-26
The stereo analogy: The stereo analogyMac OS X getting worse...Or what do you think about the new firewall corrupting binaries?http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/98120A big NO-NO to Apple and their so called security "experts"...RE: The stereo analogyYour analogy always works if you wait long enough, which doesn't make it very useful, imho :-)Not reallyI think there was...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating systems, computer, stereo analogy, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Long Island, hobbyist, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-12
House panel approves legal shield for bloggers: House panel approves legal shield for bloggersA good lawBut it doesn't go far enough. It should have also protected online bloggers who do not make any money off their websites through ads and other things.I was happy to see that they put in the 'reasonable exhaustion of other means' thing...; Tags: Blogging, Vertical industries, government, blogger, illegal act, shield, First Amendment; Discussion threads 2007-08-01
Why DRM won't ever work: Why DRM won't ever workAccording To No_Axe It Will WorkIf I could find every post with his idiot rants about how it will change the industry...Someone help me out here.Why DRM won't ever work[i]I always thought Scotty should have said "no" to the captain more often, especially when Kirk would...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management; Discussion threads 2007-06-06
Thoughts on TurboLinux Wizpy: Thoughts on TurboLinux WizpyYes, at that size...... there's room for a partitioner and installer. 1.2Gb is overkill otherwise.The connected computer has to interact with the Woozy... uhm Wizpy. However the connection is made, that's probably the source of the bloat.Embedded Linux is already in use...... and probably doesn't...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, embedded Linux, computer, Microsoft Zune, TurboLinux Wizpy, TurboLinux Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2007-06-01
Serious QuickTime bugs bite Windows Vista, Mac OS X: Serious QuickTime bugs bite Windows Vista, Mac OS XQuestion for you Ryan -Would a user on windows vista not admin still be vulnerable to this or would that UAC popup come up first? And if yes, does that mean that users will automatically click yes?Doesn't Apple test their code?This...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple QuickTime, Apple Mac OS X, operating system, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-05
Dell may get serious about product design: Dell may get serious about product designAnother huge mis-step by DellSo he hired yet another person steeped in traditional thinking who's claim to fame is wrapping the same old products with a new ribbon and bow.If this is the best Mr. Dell can do then the company is in deep...; Tags: product design, Dell BIOS, Dell Computer Corp., dell, BIOS; Discussion threads 2007-02-16
Second-fastest sports car runs on batteries: Second-fastest sports car runs on batteriesElectric CarsPerhaps we need to develop a "third rail" system on the highway, similar to what the subways use underground."But the problem is the cost"And capitalism is the solution. Let free markets reign.Whatever they do, just make sure...that Sony doesn't make the batteries for...; Tags: Engineering, battery, thermodynamics, gasoline; Discussion threads 2006-09-26
Dell to slash rebates and promotions: Dell to slash rebates and promotionsEnding the rebate treadmill is a good ideaIt's really about time, that vendors realize consumers are tired of rebates. Many companies not Dell specifically will sit on rebates for months, or not even pay them. I say, if you want to lower the...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-07-13
Using Parallels on OS X: Using Parallels on OS XSnarky comment[i]Perhaps the coolest thing about my new Mac has been Parallels, the virtualization system that runs on OS X.[/i][i]On the gee-whiz side, I was able to duplicate this demo of switching between a full OS X desktop and a full Windows desktop using the Virtue...; Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X; Discussion threads 2006-06-16
Using Parallels on OS X: I've been running on my MacBook Pro for about a week now. While I've had some issues in getting it set up exactly how I want, I have to admit that switching processors has been remarkably uneventful. You'd think that it...; Tags: Parallels; Blog posts 2006-06-15
Reprogramming Microsoft and the GoogleNet PC: Reprogramming Microsoft and the GoogleNet PCNot much chance of success hereRay Ozzie is a brilliant guy, but he is going to be severely constrained by Microsoft's desire to protect its existing revenue. There have always been people at Microsoft smart enough to see where IT was going, but seeing it...; Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement, Google Gmail; Discussion threads 2005-12-11
IBM: The computer isn't the network. It's the blade chassis.: IBM: The computer isn't the network. It's the blade chassis.*only* 4 GB??"It just wasn't until this year that the first 4GB Fibre Channel switches — a.k.a. 4GFC-compliant switches — were tested for interoperability and started to come to market."Wait - my [b]PC[/b] has two gigabit ethernet connectors on the...; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, computer, network, blade, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-11-21
NATO tests RFID to prevent friendly fire: NATO tests RFID to prevent friendly fire... to prevent friendly fire and engage UNfriendly fire. Smart! NTNTWhat About Stealing?So what happens when friendly soldier "Bob" dies on the field wearing an RFID unit and enemy soldier "Jack" finds the unit, secures it for himself and skirts through toward attacking the...; Tags: RFID, NATO; Discussion threads 2005-10-20