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- Gates' next act is to step into vaccine controversy
- If we can prevent a dread disease in childhood, should we, even at some risk to all children? And who decides whether that risk will be taken? Bill Gates? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Vaccine, CDC, Gates Foundation, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- The ripple effect of a GPL'd Java will reach far and wide
- The ripple effect of a GPL'd Java will reach far and wideJust anther languageadded to the heap. And not a good one at that. But I imagine the open source folks will love it, they have a penchant for half baked things.telcos should be very afraidJME + Mobile...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Operating systems, J2EE, CDC, CLDC, Java, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-13
- Taming a protein with a nanostring
- Taming a protein with a nanostringNanoViruses and computer sciencesstep 1) follow rulestep 2) go back to step 1Let step 1 lead to the unwitting creation of an enzyme that inhibits a human cells' intake of even one necessary chemical, or disrupt the supply chain for cells' functioning, and you've got...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, computer, CDC, kicker
- Discussion threads 2006-06-16
- CDC looks to cell phones for outbreak containment
- It hasn't happened yet, but what happens if and when avian flu starts to spread from person to person? Well, a lot of bad things, so the need for people in affected areas to take proactive measures is critical. The Centers for Disease Control is...
- Tags: CDC, mobile, evacuation, outbreak
- Blog posts 2006-01-18
- Report: CDC need electronic access to airline manifests
- Report: CDC need electronic access to airline manifestsWhat am I missing?When the Department of HomeLand Insecurity needs a year's worth of passenger manifests for an unsecure technology "demonstration" by an insecure contractor, the airlines hand over the manifests (including credit card numbers and SSN's) without a peep.When the CDC (with...
- Tags: CDC, airline manifest
- Discussion threads 2005-09-05
- Report: CDC need electronic access to airline manifests
- It currently takes several days for the Centers for Disease Control to get access to airline manifests because the government can't get electronic access to airlines' passenger manifests. The CDC has been asking for this for several years but privacy concerns and computer incompatibility have stymied the effort. Now, the...
- Tags: CDC, electronic access
- Blog posts 2005-09-02
- J2ME: CDC Overview
- CDC is part of the Java 2 Platform, Mobile Edition (J2ME) family of standards that are continuously being developed in collaboration with industry leaders through the Java Community Process JCP. The targets for CDC-based technology comprise a broad range of consumer and embedded devices like smart communicators, pagers, high-end personal...
- Tags: J2ME, Sun Microsystems Inc., CDC, Java, PDAs, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Handhelds, Hardware
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- Where does Google Health go from here?
- Google Health is going after all the industry's stakeholders and will let the open source process deliver applications, based on personal health records, which may or may not be free. Google and some of its Google Health partners called ZDNet soon after participating in a Webcast for...
- Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Personal Health Record, Google Health, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Cohen's negotiated open source idea moving ahead
- Former OSDL head Stuart Cohen's Collaborative Software Initiative today rolled out the first successes in its "negotiated open source" initiative. When we first wrote about this last year, we called what he was doing a "vertical application stack." But in an interview with ZDNet last week it...
- Tags: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Cohen, CSI, Open Source, Regulations, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Microsoft delivers first commercial version of healthcare-info system
- Microsoft delivers first commercial version of healthcare-info systemI guess we won't have to worry about our private med data...After all, this system will let far too many people see it anyway...So much for Doctor/Patient confidentiality.Well at least better than Google doing it, right?It wouldn't be long before Google tries to...
- Tags: Microsoft Delivers, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Is it worth the effort to provide many operating systems to students?
- Is it worth the effort to provide many operating systems to students?AmenChris says:"This goes back to the point that has been raised repeatedly in this blog: teach the fundamentals of computing (whether from an end user or developer perspective, depending on the students) and it won’t matter which OS (or...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Google's Rich Miner: Users will see ads and like it
- Google's Rich Miner: Users will see ads and like itcontext-sensitive ads: first Gmail, now GphonesA few weeks back I asked about this and this interview with Rich Miner (what an appropriate name! Google = rich miner) just confirms: Google intends to read, index, mine your phone communications. Courts have...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, REAL Innovation, middleware, Google Inc., Rich Miner, phone, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Virtual doctors still a long way off
- Virtual doctors still a long way offWhat is a real timeframeDemand, obviously, to weigh it, though by 2010 a third of the U.S. will take the role as a caregiver according to this report reviewing features/options in tech mentioned:http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/careers/worknews2/071104ccCareersTechmain.2f0975ea0.htmlWhere is the virtual doctor to help real health pros?Why haven't the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, virtual doctor, health care, flu
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- How health care dominates local economies
- The Missoula, Montana Missoulian has launched a three-day series about the impact of health care on the western Montana economy. While we generally bemoan health care in terms of costs, fact is it's a primary driver for economic growth as well. In western Montana,...
- Tags: Industry, Wealth, Health Care, Way Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-01
- Social networking and the open business revolution
- Social networking and the open business revolutionGroupware Business Social NetworkingI'm not sure if Groupware is even the appropriate name to be applying here but as web developers we are seeing a trend towards businesses and private groups establishing their own in-house networking sites that allow them to control and manage...
- Tags: social networking, network
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- Sun/Google Android "fight" overblown
- Ever since Google kicked off the Open Handset Alliance and released the "gPhone" Android SDK for mobile devices, the blogosphere has been buzzing about a new conflict brewing between Sun and Google over the future of Java. But I'm here to tell you, it's all bunk. Wars,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- What will Microsoft share about Windows futures in 2008?
- Microsoft's 2008 conference dance card is starting to fill in. It's looking like a very busy February and March for the conference-going set. And, as usual with Microsoft, mid-summer will be full of Microsoft industry and insider events. The biggest questions going into 2008 is how, when...
- Tags: Partnership, Microsoft Corp., Conference, WinHEC, Microsoft Windows, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Lead, an elemental problem
- A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control indicates that lead can be harmful to children even in low concentrations. Much of the lead absorbed by humans comes from environmental contamination: old pipes, residue for the era of leaded gasoline, old paint or paint chips. ...
- Tags: Paint, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-11-02
- MRSA alarm is now nationwide, but many docs seem unconcerned
- Sure, our environment is full of the staph bacteria. But when the CDC recently reported the virulent MRSA form is killing more Americans annually than AIDS, the public noticed. Then cases began being reported from schools around the country. It seemed especially prevalent among high school football players....
- Tags: School, Hospital, MRSA, Healthcare, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- Information lag turns deadly in MRSA case
- While I was getting my prescriptions renewed this morning my pharmacist made a point of showing me a poster that has been on his door, in front of patients' noses, for over a year now. It was a warning about MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection now panicking...
- Tags: Infection, Health Care, Pharmacist, MRSA Horse, Vertical Industries, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
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