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We ferret out the latest flu questions

Genes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in piGenes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade, according to researchers who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the virus. The findings...

Tags: H1N1 flu, latest flu, flu

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

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Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Yahoo: Giving users a mobile experience, not a mobile OS

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who was scheduled to speak at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this morning, has been bitten by a flu bug and didn't make it to center stage today. But that's OK - her team was on-hand for a media breakfast and shared her vision...

Tags: Mobile, Operating System, Yahoo! Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-21

It's flu season: connect and optimize your workers

More than technology to truly enable remote workingThis blog brings up a big point when discussing telecommuting: the technology must be able to handle the bandwidth when it becomes the norm. But that is solved by applying some well known technologies. It is a technical shift in where the bandwidth...

Tags: Development tools, worker

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

News to know: Smartphones; Windows 7; Palm Pre; EU and Sun-Oracle

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. Andrew Nusca: Smartphones to eclipse desktop PC sales by 2011 Sam Diaz: Facebook Mobile: Now 65 million strong...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, European Union, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales

Blog posts 2009-09-04

We ferret out the latest flu questions

University of Maryland researchers write that patients infected with both swine and seasonal flu are not becoming martini glasses of super flu bugs. The bad news is these patients are ferrets. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Patient, Flu, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-09-03

News to know: Swine flu; Microsoft; Windows 7; iPhone and Verizon

HostwiselyIt's really important to get updated on the latest news.http://hostwisely.com

Tags: H1N1 flu, Microsoft Windows 7, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Fake Microsoft patches themed malware campaigns spreading

Researchers from Computer Associates (NASDAQ:CA) and Sophos are reporting on three currently active malware campaigns using fake Microsoft patch themes as a social engineering tactic to spread over email. The first one is spreading as an "Important Windows XP/Vista Security Update" and is offering a bogus Conficker...

Tags: Patch Management, Malware, Social Engineering, Microsoft Corp., Malware Campaign, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Outlook, Viruses And Worms, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Whistler 1.0 (Mobile)

Whistler tracks product and food recalls, health updates including the latest swine flu news, car component recalls, environment issues and disaster news straight from your most reliable US government health, environmental, and industrial agencies. With the latest news updated on your device as they arrive, you can rest easy that...

Tags: Food, Car, Mobile, Health Care, H1N1 Flu, Satish Narayan, Whistler, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-05-15

Dear Twitter: Do you understand the value of your own service?

Dear Twitter: Do you understand the value of your own service?Dear Myself: Do I understand the value of Twitter's service? NO!No.. no .. No and NO! Man no matter how hard I try, I just can't understand what is so good about these "twitting" things.I was with you beforeI wasn't...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, Twitter, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

New England Journal of Medicine fights flu panic

What this means is that doctors and reporters can stay abreast of the latest research in the field as it is approved for use by the Journal's editors. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Wolfram Alpha has Google's attention

Wolfram Alpha has Google's attentionWolfram|AlphaI am excited to see what Wolfram|Alpha is all about. Unfortunately, I fear that it will turn out to be nothing more than a glorified "Google Calculator". Google already has functions within Google Spreadsheets which allow you to pull data regarding population, unemployment rates,...

Tags: Google Inc., Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Alpha

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

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: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

News to know: Windows 7; RIM; Botnet hijack; Amazon

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. Ed Bott: What to expect from Windows 7. Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft codenames, so little time... The...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Obama's 100-day tech review

Obama's 100-day tech reviewWaiting on ....Well, I know one thing wait till the 2010 elections, we will see how wonderful it is when auto-makers are producing Yugo's and electricity has a 25% tax on it to pay for the 'free' healthcare for people WHO don't work...IF the country is around...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, NOW IT, Obama, tax

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Swine flu? What it means for IT professionals

Swine flu? What it means for IT professionalsSwine Flu is not Bird FluOur company's plan for bird flu is *wildly* different than for this one. We used the 1918 Spanish Flu as our bird flu model, which has a 1% fatality rate for healthy 20-40 year olds.If something like that...

Tags: fatality, H1N1 flu, VPN, What it means

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

The cause of swine flu

The cause of swine fluas I said beforeThe origin of this virus and many others is in the promiscuos way of life of the homosexuals.Church leaders and conservative bloggers saw it comming.Unfortunately Obama does nothing to eradicate the root cause of this disease that is homosexuality, and panders to these...

Tags: antibiotics, H1N1 flu, virus

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Why Facebook can't open up like Twitter: Life doesn't operate in 140 characters

No matter what Facebook does it never seems to make everyone happy. The latest hubbub: Facebook opens up its activity streams to third party developers, but doesn't go far enough. Why? Damn privacy.  ReadWriteWeb's Marshall Kirkpatrick makes a great argument that Facebook remains fundamentally close due to its...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, ReadWriteWeb, Kirkpatrick, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Reviewing your pandemic plans has just become job #1

Guest post: With the focus on bird flu in recent years, it’s sort of unexpected to hear that the latest pandemic might, in fact, not come from flying descendents of dinosaurs but might be the result of a combination of human, bird and swine influenza viruses that have evolved inside pigs and...

Tags: Job, Outbreak, Flu, Contingency Plan, VPNs, Remote Access, Network Security, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Announcing the latest Google App: Google Soul

I had a brief Twitter conversation this evening with fellow ZDNet blogger, Jennifer Leggio. It went something like this (well, actually, it went exactly like this, thanks to the miracle of TweetDeck): Me (aka @mrdatahs): @google A suggestion :) http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2197 [shameless self-promotion aside] Jennifer (aka...

Tags: Google Inc., OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-26