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There is no pony plan for health care

There is no pony plan for health careUntil the greedy Pharmaceutical Companies are reeled in...There is no hope for fixing health care in the US.It MUST start with the banning of Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV. The billions paid for those ad's are paid by patients needing the meds IF...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, surcharge, pony plan, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

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

Here comes the video conferencing boom

Gas is high. Airlines are nickel and diming you to death. And your employees are getting squeezed. This state of travel could put video conferencing over the top. We've all heard this video conferencing rap before. It goes like this. Video conferencing is like a real-life meeting...

Tags: Video Conferencing, Surcharge, Video, US Airways Group Inc., Definition Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-13

Saying "goodbye" to the Net

The Senate Commerce Committee, splitting 11 to 11 and therefore rejecting compromise language, set the stage for a carrier-controlled Internet. If the bill passes the Senate and is signed by the President, you can kiss the Net you know "goodbye." Farewell, open networks and open standards. Soon every packet...

Tags: carrier, network

Blog posts 2006-06-28

UPS: Driving cost savings by eliminating left-hand turns

UPS: Driving cost savings by eliminating left-hand turnsAvoiding left-hand turns...I wonder what effect that will have on their trucks' alignment & tire wear.That will explain why more packages are NOT delivered on time...The poor UPS drivers in most areas work their butts off right now. Just imagine what will happen...

Tags: cost savings, United Parcel Service of America Inc., left-hand turn, surcharge

Discussion threads 2005-11-22

Additional Resources

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?Won't workThe only way News will get their revenue offset is if 'the pipe' is charged; in other words ISPs get charged and pass along the cost to you in the form of an increase surcharge on your broadband account.When a...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operational accounting, grand subscription plan, minimal revenue, News Corp., Much Ado, subscription plan, Rupert Murdoch, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead Laptop

My laptop's screen died during 4th of July weekend. I sent it back to HP for warranty repair, but then they wanted either $89.00 to send it back without repair, or $440.00 to replace a $99.00 OEM part due to "Accidental Damage". I...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Shiva Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-14

The sky is failing; GAO warns GPS satellite program needs funding and leadership

The sky is failing; GAO warns GPS satellite program needs funding and leadershipmake the GPS manufactures pay a license fee/deviceit's like using the roads...RE: The sky is failing; GAO warns GPS satellite program needs funding and leadershipHow about charging a license fee to those who don't pay taxes to maintain...

Tags: Handhelds, Network technology, GPS, GPS satellite program need, satellite, program need, GPS satellite, General Accounting Office, leadership

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Real files antitrust countersuit against Hollywood's "illegal cartel"

Real Networks has turned the tables on Hollywood movie studios, filing a countersuit in U.S. District Court today that accuses the studios of violating antitrust laws by collaborating to form an "illegal cartel" that's trying to monopolize the DVD market. PDF The countersuit accuses the DVD Copy...

Tags: Antitrust, Studio, Real, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Pirate Bay defendant urges DDo$ attack on lawyer

Wow. Talk about revenge. The Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg anakata has devised an ingeniously evil plan to get back at the law firm that helped deliver the verdict again TPB. According to the Blog Pirate: The plan can be...

Tags: Asset, Payment, Law Firm, Attack, Litigation, Internet, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Quicken Online Mobile 1.0 (Mobile)

Quicken Online Mobile showing you how much you have left until your next paycheck, for example. It lets you set budgets and keep track of them while you are out and about, and you can enter cash purchases on the go to track spending, among other features. When you set...

Tags: Intuit Inc., Financial, Mobile, Quicken, ATM, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Network Technology, Networking, Marketing, Finance

Software downloads 2009-04-27

Will HIMSS vendors oppose their best customers?

Will HIMSS vendors oppose their best customers?It's about money - not your healthThe health insurance industry had the highest median CEO compensation. Over $10 million and that's just the median. Half of those guys made more than that.One would be foolish to believe that those rather happy CEOs...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Healthcare reform, Insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

FoodOrder 1.0 (Windows)

FoodOrder is a program that simulates a POSpoint of sales system to order food and retail goods. Most commands can be assigned to different levels of staff so table and takeaway operations can be done in one click. FoodOrder includes graphic interface with option to add custom pictures for items...

Tags: Point-of-sale, Payment, Microsoft Windows, Lun Yim, FoodOrder, Operational Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-01-31

iTunes Plus: an upgrade odyssey

A guest column contributed by Samuel A. Maffei. When I first heard the Macworld Expo 2009 announcement that Apple was going to fully DRM-free music on the iTunes Store, I was excited. I jumped at the chance to free my music from the shackles of oppressive copy...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Tiffany, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-19

McKinsley blames technology for our health care woes

McKinsley blames technology for our health care woesGive us old folks the little blue pillNo, not Viagra.Samuelson is obviously one of the more affluent of us as we move toward old age. Quite happy to increase costs of medical care and reduce expensive services for those on Medicare. ...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Samuelson, health care, McKinsley, health care woe

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

Electric cars level automaker playing field

Electric cars level automaker playing fieldDrawback of electric carsWhat I see with todays cars is that most consumers will balk at them because they have not really developed the technology yet needed to really sell like a gas powered vehicle. Speaking as an American, we seem to want high...

Tags: car, electric car, SUV

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

Bright days ahead for solar in California

Today the California Air Resources Board approved state standards that will push utilities there to use less fossil fuel for generating electricity. The express reason for the new, tougher anti-emissions regs: combat global warming. There are now 31 new rules in California affecting utilities, large factories...

Tags: Installation, Solar Panel, California, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Avira AntiVir Personal 8

Avira's AntiVir Personal 8 comes highly rated by independent third-party antivirus experts, so we were eager to compare it with other antivirus products. While we can't complain about its high level of protection, there were several nitpicks about the application itself that set us back. For one thing, you pay...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, AntiVir, AntiVir Personal 8

Product reviews 2008-12-02

Cellular Abroad National Geographic phone (Motorola V180)

A cell phone can be a great asset when traveling abroad. You can make travel arrangements, check in with local friends or fellow travelers, and you can keep in touch with family back home. And as more U.S. residents continue to pack their phones for international trips, they face a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, National Geographic, Motorola Inc., phone, Cellular Abroad

Product reviews 2008-09-05

Want XP on your new Dell? $50, please

Want XP on your new Dell? $50, pleaseWindows Vista all the way!I haven't used Windows XP since January 2007. Windows Vista is so much better than Windows XP. When will people wake-up and see Windows Vista as the best, most secure, operating system currently available?how about a no...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, MS OS, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-18