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UK Health Program: a Very Sick Patient

UK Health Program: a Very Sick PatientYou wait ages for a failed IT project and then four come along at onceThe failure of an IT project in the National Health Service is one of a number of failures in information technology recently. Other disasters are to be found at the...

Tags: Other Disasters, patient, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

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Wall Street Raider 5.3 (Windows)

Wall Street Raider is a highly sophisticated and realistic financial simulation, a corporate takeover and stock market game in which you strive to build your corporate empire by fair means, or otherwise, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of the SEC, IRS, Justice Department, EPA, Congress, powerful...

Tags: Financial, Stock, Microsoft Windows, Stock Market, Ronin Software, Wall Street Raider, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-14

What Intel wants in health care

Video for Intel ReaderI enjoyed your story. I work at Intel and thought it might benefit from a link to view a video I shot in San Francisco showing how the Intel Reader works http://bit.ly/2s0CYy.Copyright violation possibilitesI foresee publishers complaining that this device can be used to read books...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, Intel Corp., health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

DisasterAlert - Lifetime Subscription (Mobile)

Be the First to know:DisasterAlert helps you to prepare for an early escape before theinfrastrutcture collapses. This might save your and other's lifes. Sometimes it is crucial to have access to information first. Especiallywith natural or even human made disasters it is often just a matterof minutes to know where...

Tags: Mobile, Disaster, DisasterAlert, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-10

What's the hurry? You can still see Miami from the plane.

Add another choiceHarry, you need to add another choice on your survey."If the climate [b]IS[/b] warming, it is part of a natural cycle and has very little to do with mankind's actions, and there is very little that we can do to affect it."another choice being added--Harry FullerFuller, why the...

Tags: launch-pad, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Newton was right: Apple finds gravity...in climate change

So Apple has dropped out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It's the fifth American corporation to openly disagree with the Chamber's aggressive, well-funded campaigning to kill any federal legislation on greenhouse gas emissions. None of the other corporate dissenters have been tech firms. The "Wall Street Journal" refers...

Tags: Apple Inc., Climate Change, Chamber Situation, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-07

PhotoCopy 1.1.3 (Mac)

PhotoCopy lets you combine iPhoto's ease of use with the great sharing features of Flickr. PhotoCopy makes it easier than ever to share your iPhoto library through Flickr and to create offsite backups. Copy photos from iPhoto to Flickr: Select which iPhoto albums you want to copy, and let...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Flickr, Photograph, Apple iPhoto

Software downloads 2009-09-15

Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down

RE: Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes downMy office lost it primary and secondary links to our data farm. We spent the morning without access to our email exchange.The servers are off site for security and redundancy reasons. We are in a location that has all sort...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, Google Gmail, outage, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Should Apple make its own TV?

yes!I have been looking for a smart tv for a while and it came only as a PC connected to a big monitor.Somebody has to break the ice, and, if it's Apple, more power to them.No!Can you imagine an Apple TV:It will be priced twice as much as any other...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., TV, Apple TV

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

iEmergency+ 1.3 (Mobile)

iEmergency+ is the top selling medical emergency app on the app store today. It has been in the top 50 selling medical apps since it's release. There are more than 115 million ER visits each year in this country. Accidents, Earthquakes, and other disasters can happen unexpectedly. IEmergency+ is designed...

Tags: Mobile, App, Kavapoint, iEmergency+ 1.3, iEmergency+, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-08-20

Backup to FTP Server 9.07.25 (Windows)

Backup to FTP Server can compress and backup your data to local folder and remote computer or device using FTP connection. Backup to FTP Server is a practical remote backup destination as it allows you to store important files offsite. Backup to FTP Server can be considered as an additional...

Tags: FTP Server, Microsoft Windows, FTP, Backups

Software downloads 2009-07-30

Will the 'real' Windows 7 testers please stand up?

Will the 'real' Windows 7 testers please stand up?Can you tell me how long I'll have to wait for the pudding? :-) I agree with you on waiting for the finial version to arrive. I tried both the 32 & 64 bit RC versions on a 3 yr AMD...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Windows 7 RC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win 7, beta tester, RTM, Windows 7 tester, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

IT Security: Context is King

One of the big blockers for enterprise collaboration uptake is ediscovery and compliance - and depending on the business entity the familiarity, processes and confidence in dealing with legal issues. This is a broad topic, but you can simplify it down into two broad camps: companies that are set up...

Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Strategy, Security, Internet, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Microsoft gets its edge back

Is it just me or is Microsoft a little more competitive than it has been in recent years? Microsoft has gotten under Apple's skin---at least its lawyers---got Google's attention with Bing and is even doing the Web app thing. Microsoft almost seems to be enjoying itself as honchos like Kevin...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing, Linux, Retail, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill

Nearly every energy and greentech and auto and battery and utility company in America has a stake in the proposed Waxman-Markey bill. So does every taxpayer and the future of any potential agreement with China on global warming could hang in the balance, and...the list of possible effects of...

Tags: Game, Bill, Dems, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-30

The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash

There appears to be a fully fledged backlash against 'social media' marketing emerging, with commentary in both areas you'd expect and in places you might not. This is tough on the people who have solid foundations for what marketing messaging is all about,...

Tags: Facebook, Procter & Gamble Co., Social Media, Burger King Corp., Josh, Desktop Publishing, Marketing Research, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-23

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

IBM & FXA Helping Assure Safety of Vietnam Seafood Exports

IBM's vision of a smart planet is proving to be an interesting intellectual platform from which to invite all actors to think how best to improve sustainability performance with smart use of IT. Yesterday's announcement hat tip James of a partnerhsip between IBM, FXA Group, the Vietnam Association...

Tags: Crisis Management, Farm, Food, Food & Beverage, IBM Corp., Ireland, James Farrar, Management, Manufacturing, Meat, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?

Tech giants are spending heavily on research and development, but it's difficult to follow the bouncing return on investment ball. The research and development return topic was brought up by my ZDNet UK colleague Rupert Goodwins earlier this week. Rupert went on a tour of Microsoft Research...

Tags: R&D, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IEEE Spectrum, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-14

DOJ signals newly vigorous antitrust enforcement

DOJ signals newly vigorous antitrust enforcementoppositeEvery time this administration says it is gonna do something ... it has done the oppositeTiming is everythingHow convenient for Microsoft that they had the DOJ in their corner when it counted, and now that the heat is coming back on it's Google's turn.Imaine if...

Tags: Corporate law, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2009-05-11