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- U.S. encouraging use of DDT...in other countries
- Do as I say, not as I do. That's the situation with DDT which the American government is subsidizing for use in countries fighting malaria. The DDT is now beign widely used inside homes and other buildings in nations where malaria is a major health hazard. ...
- Tags: U.S., Malaria, DDT, Government, Vertical Industries, Manufacturing, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED
- Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TEDGate$ should be locked at Guantanamo!After infecting our computers with a lame and insecure OS, Gate$ releases some biological virus vectors to harm us!If it was Bin Laden realeasing the biological vectors, we would have bomb him.Gate$ gets away with it!RE: Gates sics...
- Tags: Linux, bed net, sic, Ted, malaria, Gate$
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- Building better mosquitoes
- Mosquitoes are responsible for epidemics of dengue fever and malaria which strike at least 100 million people worldwide annually. Malaria alone kills at least one million people every year. Many research teams have tried to discover effective and affordable malaria vaccines. Now, the News and Observer writes that a project...
- Tags: malaria
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- Wristwatch fights malaria
- Wristwatch fights malaria'Invention' _innocent/bebevolent_ enough.....until you THINK about 'other uses/implications';)
- Tags: Wristwatch, malaria
- Discussion threads 2006-01-20
- Gates stumps in Silicon Valley
- Gates stumps in Silicon ValleyGood luck w/ piracy in ChinaEnding piracy in China is like enforcement of prohibition of booze in the US. Its too engrained in the culture to get rid of. They've copied entire automobiles before, stamping copies of MS Office is just too easy and will...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Wheh BillG, malaria, Microsoft Longhorn, hardware, PC
- Discussion threads 2004-10-01
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- GlaxoSmithKline Leads the Way With Microsoft Online Services
- GlaxoSmithKline (NYE: GSK) is a pharmaceutical industry leader: supplying a quarter of the world's vaccines, spending over $13 million each day to research new medicines, and providing many of the world's leading prescription medicines and consumer healthcare products. It is estimated that GlaxoSmithKline makes up seven percent of the world's...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., GlaxoSmithKline Plc., Healthcare, Vertical Industries
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- Smart People: Virus hunter aims to predict & prevent pandemics
- What if we could forecast outbreaks the same way we do hurricanes? Epidemiologist Nathan Wolfe ventures to the far-flung reaches of Africa, China and Asia to track how devastating diseases take hold in human populations and how they might be stopped before becoming widespread. Dr. Wolfe's most recent win? Helping...
- Tags: Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Progress through processors: Intel's new Facebook app
- Yesterday I signed up for Intel's "Progress Through Processors" application on Facebook. Essentially, through a small local application that interfaces with GridRepublic and BOINC, as well as your Facebook account, the application enables your Mac or PC to donate spare processing power to a variety of research causes. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Intel Corp., Climateprediction.net, Africa@home, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Bill Gates - the science guy
- Bill Gates - the science guyMust be nice, spending other people's money.And feeling "good" because of it.Well Gates, in the grander scheme of things, you're a thief. And giving away what you took from others is not going to change that.Funny how all this philanthropy... comes with strings attached to...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., science guy
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Smart People: John Mirsalis, Managing Director, Biosciences Division, SRI International
- How will we find the cure for Swine Flu? John Mirsalis and biosciences team at SRI International are working on the development of drugs to fight infectious diseases like HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis and the Flu. Over the years, his team has helped save thousands of lives by moving drugs from...
- Tags: Team, SRI International, Team Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Global Risks Fact File 1.0 (Mobile)
- Maplecroft's Global Risks Fact File is designed to help BlackBerry users navigate global risks for over 200 countries. The application, created for the business, political and NGO communities, also provides comprehensive information for anyone interested in the wider world. Data on climate change, education, health, geography, religion, economy, population, land...
- Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Maplecroft, Global Risks Fact File, Government, Handhelds, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-06-25
- Nine worst social media fails of 2009... thus far
- Social media has taken the marketing world by storm. Major agencies and internal divisions are hosting think tank sessions to try and come up with witty ideas to market their products and drive customer loyalty. Some of the ideas they come up with are great. But others, let's face it,...
- Tags: Pizza Hut, Brand, Stunt, Social Media, Twitter, Motrin, Nannerpuss, Jack, Skittles Home Page, Ashton Kutcher, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Learning in the cloud with Amazon
- Amazon announced its AWS in Education program yesterday, opening up cloud-based services to students, faculty, and researchers at accredited universities via grants and/or free access to its services. AWS, or Amazon Web Services, is used by everyone from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Twitter to host applications and is...
- Tags: Researcher, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com Inc., AWS, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- Intel awards innovation around Classmate PC
- Intel awarded four $100,000 prizes today at IDF as part of their INSPIRE/EMPOWER Challenge. Interestingly, three of the prize winners made use of the Intel Classmate PC. According to Intel's press release, The challenge called on the developer community to bring forth the most...
- Tags: Innovation, Intel Classmate PC, Researcher, PC, Intel Corp., MSCC, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Desktops, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED
- Will stunt cause technology world to take fighting malaria seriously? It's something Bono never tried. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Bill Gates, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP
- Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISPShut them down! ntntLet's buy Yahoo?Bill should just code himself out of this one.Well.....if they can't deliver a secure OS, how do you expect them to deliver a secure network?Taking a VERY jaundiced view but......it makes me wonder if any traffic is good traffic in...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Internet Service Provider, spam, Microsoft Corp., spam-friendly ISP, Spam-friendly, e-mail server
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night.....Our arrogance is our own demise. It's that simple. ]:)We already have a crippled two-level systemIt's called Medicare/Medicaid.And once again the author shows his ignorance of economics. In a truly private, competitive health care system, if universal electronic records provided increased profits,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Strategy, health care, ideology, ideological night, enormous innovation, surcharge, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Waiting for the right netbooks
- Waiting for the right netbooksASUS even plans an iMac rival....G*d, I love ASUS... :-)http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146605/asustek_to_launch_imac_rival_in_september.htmlHopefully again with the option of a preinstalled Linux. If not, you can always install it yourself:http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/(not for you, Chris! You already know how)But I suppose they'll have a Linux in the BIOS anyway, being...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Linux, ASUS, XO-2
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your business
- Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessIt's not your job to question.It is your job to feed Penelope and Rupert.RE: Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessYeah, remember that Alar stuff that was so bad? Oh, wait, it wasn't. Well, what about that really bad stuff, DDT? What do you mean I...
- Tags: Oops IT, green tech blog, bad stuff, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Medical Letter Report on Drugs for Parasitic Infections (Mobile)
- Medical Letter Report on Drugs for Parasitic Infectionspowered by Skyscape Publisher: The Medical Letter, Inc. Parasitic infections are found throughout the world. With increasing travel, immigration, use of immunosuppressive drugs and the spread of AIDS, physicians anywhere may see infections caused by previously unfamiliar parasites. Drugs for Parasitic Infections provides...
- Tags: Infection, Mobile, Skyscape Inc., Security
- Software downloads 2008-04-12
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