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Why Google released Closure Tools

Anything Google can do to make Javascript more valuable to you is in its best interests, and the tools described on its blog today are pretty marvelous. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Tool, Productivity, Scripting Languages, Blogging, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Canadians get a taste of American medical system with IMS Health buy

Canadian pensions may be riding on the success of an American company performing computing feats that would be incomprehensible in their own country. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: IMS Health Inc., Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-06

House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

Once whatever passes passes (or doesn't) employers know the environment into which they're putting a major portion of their budgets, and can firm decisions on whether to hire, or how much, next year. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources

Blog posts 2009-11-06

News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

PriceDoc bringing price transparency to you

There is already a $200 billion cash market for health care. Buyers in this market want very much to know how much something will cost before they get it done. PriceDoc delivers. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, PriceDoc, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources

Blog posts 2009-11-05

What the Google Privacy Dashboard can mean for health

What if you could find out where all your health data is? What if you could learn just which doctors, which hospitals, which insurers have what types of electronic data on you? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Dashboard, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

What I have not seen is any reduction in intensity when I write the word Microsoft, from readers, e-mail correspondents, or the open source people I meet. Why is that, I wonder. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source, E-mail, Online Communications, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-05

How fast can remote monitoring move?

What the remote medical monitoring industry needs to get past the analysts' hockey stick graphs are standards. Technical standards, payment standards, approval standards. This is no longer rocket science, it's not experimental. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Monitoring, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Sam Ramji has his head in the clouds

Ramji has gone from Microsoft, where everything is defined and the fight is continuous, to Sonoa Systems, where nothing is defined and contention is nebulous. It's more wide-open and, he says, more fun. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Sam Ramji, Ramji

Blog posts 2009-11-04

LiMo has a second phone

It seems the idea is to hit the low-end of the market with something that looks like an iPhone, but isn't, and a network that seems like the Internet, but isn't. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Phone, LiMo Foundation, Dana Blankenhorn, Internet, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Ramji delivers a CodePlex process

CodePlex is delivering code to the commons that might not be contributed otherwise, valuable code that can be used to build new applications. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Commons, Dana Blankenhorn, Ramji, CodePlex

Blog posts 2009-11-04

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

With Zapatec Funambol has one stack to rule mobile open source

With Zapatec, Funambol believes it can create a one-stop shop for building mobile applications that run as well as native apps across multiple platforms. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-04

GOP will present a health care bill

The Republican proposal is guaranteed to be rejected, but now they have something they can offer on the campaign trail next year when voters complain about whatever does pass. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: GOP, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Kidneys do not like those chip and diet soda lunches

Linn and Gary Curhan published two studies, one of which found a correlation between high sodium intake and kidney function decline (that's the chips), the other of which found a correlation between artificial sweetener intake and kidney function loss (that's the diet soda.) by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Correlation, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Skype plays footsie with open source

All Skype really plans to open source is a Linux version of its client. The protocol remains proprietary. So if you have a Linux phone and want to support Skype's proprietary protocol on your new hardware, you can. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Yahoo does right by Traffic Server

Traffic Server is designed to optimize Web sites by caching popular content at the network edge, closer to users. It's not something Google needs -- they have their own solution -- but it could be very useful for relatively new, fast-growing sites. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Web Site Development, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-03

News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Obamicans rebranding NHIN-Connect as the Health Internet

Having health records moved nationwide under a set of open, accessible standards is also great news for Personal Health Record PHR systems like Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health, which may soon have a single set of open standards every proprietary system is writing to. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

Democrats can either tell their grassroots to suck on this and pass a bill moderates within both parties will accept, one without a public option, or they can roll their opponents in a parliamentary floor fight. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Joe Lieberman, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-02