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- How dangerous is the pacemaker hack?
- How dangerous is the pacemaker hack?That's not the point.I don't think that is the point. Devices like pacemakers, car GPS systems that receive traffic updates over radio, etc, have not been designed to authenticate/validate data coming in. This could be a serious problem if someone sent a whole...
- Tags: investment, stock, pacemaker, pacemaker, security
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Have a heart (attack): Defibrillators, pacemakers vulnerable to hackers
- Have a heart attack: Defibrillators, pacemakers vulnerable to hackersPacemakers Must Be Running Windows MobileGod forbid you blue screen during sex.Security Clearance Issues?I wonder if and how such a vulnerability might affect someone's ability to obtain a government security clearance.I wouldn't think all that much, since there are plenty enough ways...
- Tags: hacking, wi-fi, advertising & promotion, pacemaker, hacker, attack, security
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Study says iPods can make pacemakers malfunction
- Study says iPods can make pacemakers malfunctionGood griefIt's called radio interference and can be caused by any number of devices. It's just "cool" to blame it on the iPod. Makes for a snappy headline.IDIOTS - It is common sense!About 20 or some years ago, my grandfather got his pacemaker. I...
- Tags: pacemaker, apple ipod
- Discussion threads 2007-05-11
- Study says iPods can mess with pacemakers
- Study says iPods can mess with pacemakersIf I remember correctly......don't devices such as TVs and stereos have to be constructed so as not to send out any interference? Seems to me that a media player such as the iPod should be subject to the same requirements.Carl RapsonOne other minor detail...
- Tags: digital music, digital media, apple ipod, pacemaker, apple inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-11
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- Tonium Pacemaker
- Photo gallery:Tonium PacemakerThe Tonium Pacemaker ($800) squeezes the performance and functionality of a full digital DJ rig into a single pocket-size device. Fitting a DJ booth into a product the size of a Sony PSP requires some compromises in design and features, but the end result is a new breed...
- Tags: digital music, digital media, tonium pacemaker
- Product reviews 2008-06-20
- Time to overhaul grandfather's FDA approval process?
- Time to overhaul grandfather's FDA approval process?FDA Approval ProcessI believe that you are confusing the issue of grandfathering to devices before 1976 and the requirement to submit what the FDA calls a 510K in order to use device similarity to an already grandfathered device.Most new medical devices are 3 or...
- Tags: federal government, healthcare, fda-approval process, fda-approval, fda
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Time to overhaul grandfather's FDA approval process?
- In February the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Riegel vs. Medtronic, that the FDA's authority to approve medical devices means states, and their courts, have no recourse when something goes wrong. At a stroke this pre-emption ruling eliminated medical device product liability. Once the FDA approves a...
- Tags: fda, medical device, recourse, federal government, healthcare, government, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- News to know: Google Apps; Vista UAC; Microsoft Echoes; Comcast; Dell
- Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: Google App Engine pricing a disappointment Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time Sunbelt Blog: Microsoft: What we got here is a failure to communicate Larry Dignan: Dell delivers: Is a...
- Tags: google inc., google apps, facebook, dell computer corp., comcast corp., vista uac, apple inc., microsoft corp., netbook, microsoft windows, enterprise service bus, telecom & utilities, security, operating systems, software, enterprise software, middleware, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- The first optical pacemaker
- According to a short news release from the Optical Society of America OSA, an international team of scientists at Osaka University in Japan has used a femtosecond laser pacemaker to control heart muscle cells. So far, this optical pacemaker will only be used for laboratory research. As writes OSA, 'exposing...
- Tags: heart, contraction, laser, cell, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Put some IT pros in jail
- Put some IT pros in jailAgreed to the fullestWhen I described the WH email issue with a friend, I said flatly "I would have walked in and fired every person I laid eyes upon." There is NO excuse for that level of incompetence, none whatsoever!Too bad there aren't licenses we...
- Tags: tools & techniques, development tools, software engineering, jail, information technology, software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Black Hat Europe, Day 2 (Revisited): An interview with an invisible hacker
- If you haven't seen Day 1 or Day2/Day3 of my series on Black Hat Europe, feel free to have a look. As I mentioned in my Day 2/Day 3 posting, I didn't get a chance to meet up to interview Adam Laurie until late in the day on Thursday; therefore,...
- Tags: black hat, training, satellite, hacker, nate, workforce management, network technology, human resources, networking, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- How dangerous is the pacemaker hack?
- Not very. Despite the snarky headlines, you're not going to be able to create a zombie army with this hack. As our own Chris Soghoian notes, many newer pacemakers give off signals which can be read up to 5 meters away. That's a Bluetooth distance,...
- Tags: team, wireless internet connection, attack, team management, wi-fi, wireless, security, management, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Got room in your heart for a hacker?
- I was looking over famed security researcher and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier's blog today and found an article on hacking medical devices. I have to admit that I was surprised, but I shouldn't have been. These days, if you can build it, we can break it seems to be the...
- Tags: device, researcher, article, hacker, schneier, hacking, security, digital security, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Have a heart (attack): Defibrillators, pacemakers vulnerable to hackers
- Researchers have discovered that an implantable heart device, a combination of a defibrillator and pacemaker, is vulnerable to hackers. According to a study, authored by researchers at the University of Washington, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Harvard Medical School, hackers could get wireless access to a heart...
- Tags: software, patient, researcher, radio, privacy, hacker, attack, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, implantable medical device, advertising & promotion, security, marketing, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Debs Pro Karaoke Player (zip)
- Debs Pro Karaoke Player is for hosting a Karaoke Show. Plays Zipped Karaoke MP3/Cd+g Files, as well as MP3, media and video files. Has the following features: A Play List to manage the rotation, listing Singer, Track, and Pitch. A database to create a list to search your karaoke tracks...
- Tags: track, video, debs pro karaoke player, corporate communications, digital music, digital media, marketing, personal technology, consumer electronics
- Software downloads 2007-12-07
- How many medical gadgets changed the world?
- 9. That's how many medical related devices turn up on The Independent of England's arbitrary list of the "101 gadgets that changed the world." In some ways the list is rather silly but it does give some indication of which medical gadgets are considered...
- Tags: gadget, tablets, team management, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, management, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- Today's Debate: Is Medtronic recall good enough?
- Today's Debate: Is Medtronic recall good enough?reality show &/or 12 hr.,5 part maj. motion pic. much better!I didn't see this tv show which you reference as a basis for speculation about this Medtronic recall situation. However, from the few words with which you provide the substantive details of its synopsis,...
- Tags: healthcare, gilligan, medtronic inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- Today's Debate: Is Medtronic recall good enough?
- Shares of Medtronic fell today after it announced it was recalling its Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads from the market. The FDA was quick to note that the recall does not mean currently-implanted leads should be taken out of patients' pacemakers. The company said it had found "just"...
- Tags: medtronic inc., lead, federal government, government, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Study: Cell phones, hospitals don't mix
- Study: Cell phones, hospitals don't mixSounds likeequipment needs to be manufactured from the begin to not interfere so as to not put the duty on the owner to worry about interactions with other devices, especially in a hospital, on a plane, or by a pacemaker. And maybe those devices...
- Tags: healthcare, vertical industries, benefits, web 2.0, cellular phones, privatization, cell phone, health care, hospital, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-09-07
- Today's Debate: Ban cell phones from hospitals?
- I was wondering why Dr. Sanjay Gupta was waving his phone in my face this morning as I sweated to the oldies at my local YMCA.Here's why. A Dutch study shows radiation from data-enabled cell phones can interfere with critical hospital equipment from as far away as 3 meters -- that's...
- Tags: cellular phones, u.s. here, dana blankenhorn, data phone, phone, gprs, umts, cell phone, hospital
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
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