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- The pay-off for hospital automation is decision support
- Recently Robert Scoble interviewed Christopher Longhurst, a Stanford physician who also works in his hospital's IT department. While most of the excitement over automating records involves issues like handwriting and privacy, Longhurst said the most exciting potential really lies in decision support. He gave this...
- Tags: Physician, Decision Support, Automation, Christopher Longhurst, Tools & Techniques, Data Mining, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
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- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Hands on with the XO Sugar OS
- Haven't heard much from these guys lately. This is me, not caring, while I'm on vacation. However, is the lack of news after their vaporware announcement of the next gen XO a sign of impending doom? I'll read what you think when I get back. For...
- Tags: Operating System, Kid, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain. The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...
- Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Can HP's new ULPC compete?
- I just might be buying a bunch of these...this is a repost while I'm on vacation, but I'd appreciated any new feedback now that these have been in the wild for a bit. Tell us what you think of them. HP announced today that it would...
- Tags: Misconception, Hewlett-Packard Co., Video Editing, Video, Laptop Computer, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Corporate Communications, Open Source, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- 2nd-generation Intel Classmates reviewed
- I just love these little laptops, so here's another repost while I've "gone fishin'". Intel recently sent me two examples of their second-generation Classmate PC for testing. The Classmates include numerous improvements on their already well-thought-out first-gen machines and mark the first versions that we can...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Classmates, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Memory, Mesh Networking, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.
- Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...
- Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Dave Lewis, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- My kid hates Linux
- This one irritated quite a few folks, so I figured it was worth a repost while I'm on vacation. Enjoy! My oldest son is a fairly typical 15 year-old end user. He's on the computer all the time, has a decent idea how to get...
- Tags: Computer, Linux, UNIX, 64-Bit, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Gone fishing...
- I'll be taking my first break from blogging in over two years next week. It's family vacation time for the Dawson's before I have to really dig in for the summer and deploy a few hundred computers, rebuild servers, and roll out new servers for our central office. ...
- Tags: Blogging, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Two Friday polls
- Here's a couple questions for a hot, lazy, Friday in the middle of July: What are your training goals for the coming year? Summer is an ideal time to develop training for the coming year since none of those pesky users are around to bug you....
- Tags: Training, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- News to know: Midori; Yahoo; iPhone; VMware
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and Sapphire Next Microsoft enterprise instant messaging/VOIP server: Think 2009 Microsoft to push XP SP3 via Auto Update on July 10 Microsoft to deliver SQL Server 2008 in August...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Open Source, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., VMware Inc., Phishing, 3G, Cyberthreats, Hardware Upgrade, Spam, Strategy, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- What was that about cutting music?
- Every year it's the same story for too many districts. Do we cut music, art, technology, physical education, or some unsavory combination thereof? Obviously we have to teach the core subjects; we don't get dinged on our standardized music test scores and nobody cares if we have students...
- Tags: Music, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Now I know what to do with those Eees!
- I'm really enamored of the Asus line of Eees. I really want one for myself (I'd much rather take a cheap 7" Eee on vacation next week than my Macbook since I just want a place to download pictures, write, and catch up on homework), but I have a...
- Tags: Class, Laptop Computer, Computer, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Should free broadband be neutral?
- A lot of politicians are bandying about the idea of licensing unused or underutilized radio frequencies to create a free, nationwide broadband network. As the US gets repeatedly dinged for a lack of broadband penetration, especially in the inner city and rural areas, an initiative like this would have...
- Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Summer reading for kids
- A user on Slashdot asked yesterday for summer science fiction reading suggestions for his preteen kids. There were, of course, plenty of great thoughts from other Slashdot members that included all of the usual suspects from Bradbury to Asimov to Pratchett to Douglas Adams. However, the...
- Tags: Kid, Slashdot, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- They don't all really need laptops, do they?
- I've been getting this question a lot lately from administrators, parents, and taxpayers. The question isn't malicious, but rather comes from folks with a vested interest in making sure that our technology dollars directly benefit students. Does giving teachers laptops directly benefit students? For people who aren't...
- Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?
- I just bought my wife a new point and shoot digital camera. The trusty Kodak 3 megapixel was getting a bit long in the tooth and more often she was lugging her 35mm SLR to take high quality shots. Since it's summertime, the Olympus Stylus 850SW seems like...
- Tags: Photography, SLR, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- News to know: Linux; iPhone; Gmail; Insecure antivirus software; SAP
- Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com Dennis Howlett: Ticking bombs in enterprise land Garett Rogers: Your Gmail is now a lot more secure Dancho Danchev: Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products ...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Linux, Google Gmail, SAP AG, Antivirus Software, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager
- Having finally gotten my oldest son a nicely-working install of Ubuntu on his laptop, I couldn't resist but wipe out his hard drive (saving his music, of course) and install Vista to get his impressions. He was perfectly content with Ubuntu once I had it all spiffed...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, Compiz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
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