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New business models for medical device makers

In an attempt to keep sales high for its high-end medical diagnostic gear Philips is introducing some new business models. These business models are being tried first in Europe but if they work they might be imported. A managed service model which includes a...

Tags: medical device, business model, relief, potato, strategy, management, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Hypno Fish Screensaver (exe)

Stressed out? You'll feel the tension melt away as you watch these mesmerizing fish. Ten beautiful underwater scenes ripple on your desktop. A medley of Titanic music plays once, but can be turned off for maximum relief.

Tags: screensaver, scene, relief, desktops, hardware

Software downloads 2006-05-25

Tinnitus Masker Pro (exe)

Tinnitus Masker Pro allows you to choose exactly which sounds you find best mask your tinnitus and mix them together to create realtime masking relief via headphones. Alternatively, record to wav or mp3 to create custom portable masking relief. Tinnitus Masker is extremely easy to use and no sound editing...

Tags: relief, tinnitus masker pro, digital music, digital media, personal technology, consumer electronics

Software downloads 2005-09-09

Stress Relief (zip)

Are you mad at your computer? Do you want to through a hammer at it? Now you can with Stress Relief Use a Hummer, Chainsaw, Gun, Flame Througher, Color Througher, Phaser, Stamp, Termites, and a Washer.

Tags: hammer, relief, productivity

Software downloads 2005-08-13

Portal Solution Accelerates Global Relief Agency's Response to Asian Tsunami

As the official overseas relief and development agency of the United States Catholic community, Catholic Relief Services-U.S. Catholic Community Bishops (CRS-USCCB) provides humanitarian assistance in over 100 countries. In fiscal year 2004, almost half of the U.S. $573 million CRS operating budget was used for emergency relief. CRS responded quickly...

Tags: agency, tsunami, microsoft corp., relief, portal solution, portals, web technology, public relations, advertising & promotion, internet, marketing, corporate communications

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DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wild

DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wildMy W2k server and SuSE 10.2...server were easily patched through their respective automatic updates. The patching was so easy that anyone running a DNS server that hasn't patched already is an idiot.Is https still safe?I'm imagining that https connections are still safe. In...

Tags: domain names, networking, referral url, server-name, whois, dns, whois server, ip address, dns cache poisoning attack, ip

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?

Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?They are hosed.They have no leg to stand on, and obviously, they are using GPLed software with proprietary methods that they don't want to disclose. Since the long term relief is simply that they must stop using BusyBox or release the full...

Tags: sflc

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'

Update: Apple has sued Psystar in U.S. district court over copyright infringement.  Apple's complaint (view the Apple Complaint Against Psystar PDF, filed against Psystar back on July 3, alleges copyright infringement, induced copyright infringement, breach of contract, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement and unfair competition and asks...

Tags: apple inc., productivity, operating systems, software, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.

The city of New York should be letting out a big sigh of relief right about now. On Monday, a federal judge cleared online auction site eBay from any wrongdoing in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by upscale jeweler Tiffany & Co. I bring New York into...

Tags: brand, tiffany & co. inc., ebay inc., branding, marketing, sdiaz

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)

I'm continuing my diary of the troubles I'm having with getting broadband into my new house. I never thought it would be this difficult, but indeed these posts prove it really can be. Monday 14th July 2008 - Today The morning post came with something for...

Tags: diary, broadband, professional development, broadband internet, network technology, telecommunications, career, networking, zack whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Attacking phishing at the source

Good news on the phishing front. Google reports that they are now authenticating all e-mail that purports to come from eBay and PayPal. Using e-mail authentication standards including DomainKeys and Domain Keys identified Mail, and working with PayPal and eBay, Google's Gmail now verifies every e-mail...

Tags: bank, e-mail authentication, paypal, ebay inc., e-mail, phishing, financial services, online communications, security, spam and phishing, robin harris

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Mojo Gesture RSI (exe)

Avoid RSI strains with mouse gestures. Mojo Includes 25 minute take-a-break reminder tool. Mojo provides gesture support for Windows desktop, including IE 7 and Firefox. To minimize RSI issues use gestures as an alternative. Simply draw a symbol with the mouse pointer as a convenient substitute for common actions, such...

Tags: mouse, gesture, cityzen451, mojo, mojo rsi, mice, hardware, peripherals

Software downloads 2008-06-25

Kinesis Contoured Advantage Keyboard

The Kinesis Advantage Contoured Keyboard is designed for users whose RSI-related pain is not helped by a traditional split keyboard, such as the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. Unlike a traditional keyboard, which features raised keys on a mostly flat surface, the Kinesis features two concave bowls that dip below...

Tags: keyboards, kinesis advantage contoured keyboard, keyboard

Product reviews 2008-06-18

Stratus Avance a new take on clustering

After many attempts at scheduling a meeting, I was finally able to speak with Stratus about their new virtual machine/clustering/HA software offering called Avance. It's Stratus' entry into the pure software market. Here's how Stratus describes Avance Stratus Technologies can provide some relief. With the introduction...

Tags: software, stratus technologies, clustering, virtual machine, stratus avance, virtualization, desktop virtualization, cloud computing, storage management, utility computing, hardware, storage, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Bulls in the corn field, beware! Ethanol from corn? Mooooo.

Those are market bulls of the two-legged sort similar to the ones currently jacking up crude oil futures. The next great investment bubble may focus on the fields of Iowa. Today's Department of Agriculture numbers on the American corn crop (the world's largest) are not encouraging for corn...

Tags: biofuel, corn, corn production, current estimate, khosla, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's help

Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's helpIt's about economics and the lesser of two evils...Supply and demand, good old basic economics. Nobody wants to face the facts that, as labor, we are simply "supply" for a demand which has gone global and is cheaper elsewhere. Years of Clinton economics were...

Tags: benefits, payroll solutions, salary, job, xerox corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-10

Windows Home Server gets a big bug fix (and much more)

That noise you just heard from outside Seattle was a collective sigh of relief, as Microsoft announced that it has released a public beta version of Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server. It's more than a service pack, with at least two significant new features (client support for x64-based Windows machines and...

Tags: microsoft windows home server, microsoft windows, backups, operating systems, servers, software, hardware, ed bott

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Observations: what's moving the SOA market these days

I just had the chance to catch up with MomentumSI's Jeff Schneider while he was up in the Princeton, NJ, area. MomentumSI does a lot of consulting and integration work for SOA projects in organizations across the country, so Jeff's practice is a good bellwether for what's on the minds...

Tags: soa, jeff schneider, service-oriented architecture (soa), web services, middleware, enterprise software, software, joe mckendrick

Blog posts 2008-06-08

Silver Spring Networks boasts smart grid network in action

OK, oil just hit another high today, and it's getting easier and easier to cash $100 bills at my local gas station. They used to give me trouble for changing a $50. Harry does a much better job of blogging about energy sources than me (because IT is my thing...

Tags: alternative energy, network, utility, technology, networking, heather clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Leaked Pentagon doc slams Lockheed

Leaked Pentagon doc slams Lockheedwill it make any difference?Is this going to make any difference as faras Lockheed's ability to get contracts?How many of the Hurricane Katrina relief effortvendors are still doing business with FEMA andother agencies?EVMS sucks...I want you to think long and hard about EVMS for a minute...first...

Tags: lockheed martin corp., evms, pentagon

Discussion threads 2008-06-05