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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

Does Amazon know where it's going with the Kindle?

Amazon, please ignore AdrianNormally I'm right with Adrian, but he obviously doesn't have a Kindle, which is my favorite device. To Amazon: don't add battery sucking features (like wi-fi), we don't care about multi-purpose (it's a bookreader!), i don't want cr@apps on my Kindle (it's a bookreader!) and I don't...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

For The First Time in Ages, I Agree With Apple

Spiders and dust on a slippery slopeWorst inside of a computer I've ever seen was a spider infestation. Must have been a million of them. But what I wonder is where does voiding the warranty stop?A generic abuse statement may not be sufficient in the world of EULA's....

Tags: Manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., manufacturer, smoker, First-time, computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux

Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with WindowsI gave it some thought too and realized that Chrome OS only has the bad and the ugly. There is nothing good about it. All data stored in the cloud, and on Google's...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?

I won't ntntI can'tI'm not online 24/7. I need local apps, as does everyone else. Say what you want. But network outages happen... Weather by forces of nature or human error, a network will eventually go down. It's only a matter of time. And knowing Google's past GMail outages, I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Desktops, operating system, desktop, Google Inc., desktop app, netbook, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Pressure tactics don't always work

The key words are ..."don't always". Has always and still works for Microsoft.^o^How about an piece on DOA hard drivesIf you truly resist manufacturer pressure then I would love to see a truly objective piece on the quality and failure rates on SATA hard drives being marketed today. ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Storage management, cloud computing, Virtualization, manufacturer, DOA, hard drive, failure rate

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Apple's "force fed ads" patent more likely related to content, not hardware

Perhaps neitherHopefully you are right and they'll use this process to allow customers to earn free content. Unfortunatley I see this as being a way for Apple to increase its warchest by forcing its followers to view ads. Perhaps it'll be a blend - view enough ads to put $10...

Tags: hardware, O'Grady, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

B&W Zeppelin Mini Speakers for iPod

Back in 2007, Bowers & Wilkins brought out the uniquely styled Zeppelin iPod speaker, which we described in our review as being every bit as sophisticated as Apple's iconic player, with detailed sound that largely lived up to B&W's high-end reputation. That Zeppelin remains on the market, but now it's...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Zeppelin Mini, Apple iPod, B&W, Apple iPhone, speaker

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Google hopes to remake programming with Go

Could be a really cool programming for old C/C programmers!!I will definitely try it out.No. No pointers.Umm, no. No pointers, no "*" symbols littered in my code anymore, thanks.. . . and, frankly, it pushes typing from bad to worse. No OOP, and no replacement, other than what...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Development tools, Programming languages, cloud computing, large project, object-oriented programming, Google Inc., programming

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

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