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AdvaMed says of health care inflation, not me

We have reached the stage in the health care debate where everyone is pointing the blame, and pointing it elsewhere. It's like the Family Circus Not Me. Who did it, Billy? Not me. In this case the Not Me is a study, from AdvaMed,...

Tags: Device Manufacturer, Insurance Company, Health Care, Inflation, AdvaMed, General Device Inflation, Insurance, Government, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Regulations, Benefits, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-14

How common are medical kickbacks?

Wright Medical Technology has been subpoenaed in a probe of kickbacks on joint replacement systems going back almost 10 years. (Picture from a fine 1999 article about contracts between consultants and device makers.) The company is best-known for its ads starring former tennis player Jimmy Connors. Yesterday it...

Tags: Device Manufacturer, Patient, Difference, Laser, Wright Medical Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-12

Managing the Product Record for the Medical Device Industry

A graying population's increased demand for effective, efficient medical devices, combined with the advances in science and technology that have allowed device makers to meet that demand, has led to a period of unprecedented growth for the medical device industry. But the same things that are driving industry growth -...

Tags: Device Manufacturer, Healthcare, Management, Medical Device, Strategy

White papers 2007-09-01

Latest AACS Processing Key released

Latest AACS Processing Key releasedThe hackers have the upper hand[i]"The battle between the hackers and the AACS LA could go on for years or it could be over in months"[/i]It costs the AACS a lot of money and even more in credibility every time this happens. It merely costs the...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Hacking, Digital media, DVD, Consumer electronics, SECURITY, digital-rights management, BD-ROM Mark, BluRay, hacker, device manufacturer, HD-DVD, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-31

As Zune looms, Napster UK gives away MP3 players (potential doorstops)

Ever hear of ARPU? Average revenue per unit? Thats one of the metrics that cellular phone carriers ("cellcos" for short) use to gauge their success. Its also one of the reasons that the cost of your cell phone was either partially or entirely subsidized. Or, in my case (which...

Tags: ARPU, Napster Inc.

Blog posts 2006-09-12

Additional Resources

What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre [spec shootout]

Specs don't tell everythingis a 1996 chevy with 4 doors and v8 engine better than a 2008 2-door lexus with a v6?Its the whole experience of the device that matters. Can the DroidDont dock itself into 80% of the vehicles currently made? No, you can use an auxiliary input but...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Palm Pre, Apple App Store, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Times exec hints at Apple tablet

Gawker reports that Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, may have outed the mythical Apple tablet. At a supposedly off-the-record meeting which someone graciously preserved on Vimeo with the entirety of Times' Web staff Keller gave us this tantalizing nugget: I'm hoping we can get the...

Tags: Apple Inc., Bill Keller, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Samsung Moment (Sprint)

In case you haven't noticed, the Google Android dam has broken. For almost a year HTC was the only manufacturer to offer handsets with the operating system, but in the past month, Motorola and Samsung almost fell over each other to offer Android smartphones of their own. Moto gave us...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Sprint Communications, Samsung Moment, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Nokia sues Apple over iPhone

?trying to get a free ride on the back of Nokia?s innovation.?What do you mean? All innovation begins with Apple. Remember when they invented the portable digital music player? Or the thin laptop? Or the smart phone and touch screens? They even invented mice and GUI's. Apple invented everything...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Nokia Corp., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

How the cordless Powermat charging system took my iPod touch hostage [review]

Unnecessary..... POS if you ask me!Cordless charging will work only whenit will be standardized and built into the various devices.what about solar-charging wireless?i've heard it was on the drawing boards...has anyone refined this 'green tech' to the point where it can be relied on?Oh, well... The transformer is such an...

Tags: Smart phones, hostage, iPod touch hostage, cordless Powermat, Powermat, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...

Tags: Smart phones, Pwnage, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., jailbreak

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Motorola Cliq (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Motorola CliqIf anyone doubts that Google's Android has a future, then they haven't seen T-Mobile's Motorola Cliq MB200. With its easy-to-use design, spacious keyboard, and action-packed feature set, the Cliq combines an attractive, powerful device with the customization of the Android operating system. We won't say it's the...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Google Search Bar, Motorola Inc., Cliq, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-10-15

Is this Barnes & Noble's secret e-book reader?

The other big question:How big? If it's paperback size, as most of the ones now out are, then it's too small to do serious readers (science, business reports, financial tables, CAD/CAM drawings, etc.) any good. Way too much scrolling around.Not ANOTHER DEVICE?!?!? ARGGGGGG!!!This is getting stupid.Why so serious?Are you...

Tags: E-books, Tablets, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-book Reader, Hewlett-Packard Co., iTablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Rumor: Apple to awaken dormant FM tuner in iPhone

I bet there will be an activation feeApple beat its M$ mentor when it comes to ripping cult members off.More BS from AppleWhat a scam they have running. Create a product with all kinds of disabled features, and then slowly enable them later one by one in lieu of real...

Tags: rationale, Apple Inc., car, Apple iPhone, FM Tuner

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Android's Weakest Link

Just as as a slew of Android-based phones are getting ready to hit the market, the open source mobile platform is facing its biggest challenge - itself. TechCrunch is reporting that Android developers are pretty pissed about having to support multiple code bases...

Tags: Developer, Phone, Android, Arlington, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-11

(Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week)

UMPC-netbook-laptop - Mini laptop - UMPC02laptop, umpc laptop, laptop manufacturer, China laptop manufacturer, China umpc laptop manufacturerTel: +86-755-27383577 fax: +86-755-21580416 Email: sales18@bf-china-factory.comMini laptop - UMPC02Model:UMPC02 Sample price: $ 250 * CPU: Intel N270 1.60GHz* Operation system Support Vista/WindowsXP/LINUX etc.* Memory 1GB(DDR2)* Storage Device SATA 120G,160G...

Tags: Notebooks, Manufacturing, photograph, Build-In, laptop computer, Mini-laptop, laptop manufacturer, manufacturer

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Apple leads smartphone customer satisfaction

Let the flame wars beginntNo question that Apple changed the gameover 2 years ago.Why aren't the others catching up?Nokia seems to have disappeared.Microsoft latest 6.5 is a disappointment even to Paul Thurrott.I can understand the reference toNokia, but Microsoft has nothing to do with this. The operating system can be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Apple Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., phone, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Gadget Gal's daily deals: LG Bluetooth car visor, Klipsch speakers, MoviePix camcorder

An LG Bluetooth hands-free car speaker, a choice of two Klipsch speakers, and a MoviePix digital camcorder. Here are your daily deals for Thursday, October 8, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the LG MSB-100 Visor Mount Bluetooth Car Kit Hands-Free Speaker for $20, down from...

Tags: Car, Speaker, LG Electronics Inc., Camcorder, Bluetooth, F-1, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-08

BMon-Bluetooth Monitor Suite 1.2.7 (Windows)

BMon is a Bluetooth monitor suite that monitors Bluetooth devices and adds them to a database for later review. Also BMon can analyze each devices manufacturer and device class. Monitoring can be done within specific interval from 30 to 90 seconds.

Tags: Monitor, Microsoft Windows, CenterMediaSolutions, BMon, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-10-08