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Planning for the unthinkable

Planning for the unthinkablePandemicsI would have thought that in a raging pandemic, isolation of people would be one useful counter-measure -- the history of the Black Death in England has an example of this, where a village isolated itself -- and with modern technology for home working this should be...

Tags: infection, anti-rejection, transplant, immune system, flu, Planning

Discussion threads 2006-03-30

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AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts

AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cutsFor those that said "Don't Care", you had better!I have a parent going through a serious illness and on Medicare/Medicaid right now.Let me tell you, it's a nightmare folks. The last thing we need is doctors priced into not giving a damn...RE: AMA...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, Medicare, health care, Medicare cut, AMA

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Fired Director of IT acused of destroying organ donor information of former company

Fired Director of IT acused of destroying organ donor information of former companyIt just goes to show...... that the thinking that the greatest security threat to any organization is its employees... and especially disgruntled ex-employees who are allowed to keep the keys to the kingdom.RE: Fired Director of IT acused...

Tags: SECURITY, organ donor information, FIRED, Nate

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Fired Director of IT accused of destroying organ donor information of former company

Here's a story that will make you absolutely sick.  I used to live in Houston, time to time I still check out the Houston Chronicle... which I did this morning.  I was interested in reading more about the altercation between the Astros pitcher and general manager, but then I stumbled...

Tags: Organ, Houston, Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Backups, Hacking, Marketing, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-26

7 ERP failure analogies

ERP implementations sometimes feel like pulling teeth. Keeping alive this spirit of suffering, the ERP and More! blog has assembled a list of seven analogies for ERP. Truth be told, I suspect the dude has a bit too much time on his hands,...

Tags: ERP, ERP Implementation, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-06-25

OK, folks...if you want Windows it's going to be Vista

OK, folks...if you want Windows it's going to be VistaGlad you understood.Schools are normally hard up for money and they can't afford to waste a lot of time or money because everybody expects them to have unlimited amounts of both and they are highly accountable to the public. They also...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Ok Folks, WINDOWS IT IS, Windows IT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Money Tree (exe)

William the gardener has inherited a very strange house, with an even stranger tree in the yard. Help him catch the falling leaves and transplant them on apple, pear, cherry and orange trees to earn his daily money goals. If William can sell enough fruit, fight off the garden pests,...

Tags: Leave, Tree, Mumbo Jumbo

Software downloads 2008-06-16

Organ Transplant Network Ensures High Availability of Critical Services

The United Network for Organ Sharing UNOS administers a database system that transplant providers use to register patients and match organs to transplant candidates. UNOS needs to keep its network fully accessible and secure, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. To enhance its disaster recovery system and...

Tags: Organ, Network, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Networking, Databases, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software

Case studies 2008-02-01

Will comparative effectiveness cut medical market?

Will comparative effectiveness cut medical market?Is that really two tier?Any medical intervention that doesn't offer verifiable long-term improvements isn't good medicine. It might be personally preferable, along the lines of some cosmetic surgery, but not "medicine" in the third-party payor sense.This isn't an academic question to me right now:...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Insurance, hip-length cast, manual traction, titanium rod, rod, cast

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

Obama turns Facebook fans into delegates

Obama turns Facebook fans into delegatesThere should be some talk of Ron Paul in this articleRon Paul has harnessed the internet like no one has ever done before. He raised 20 million in donations in a quarter through the internet and has gained millions of fans through you tube....

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, Ron Paul, health care, Facebook

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Woman receives Sprint wireless broadband bill for $14,062.27

Woman receives Sprint wireless broadband bill for $14,062.27Unlimited?This doesn't look like that kind of issue. With speeds of 14K modem I doubt the woman could have done anything to rack up that kind of bill. This looks like billing glitch.I have thr sprint card..Unlimited plan, but is $99.99 a month....

Tags: Sprint Communications, kind-of, Roaming Charges, Sprint Wireless, broadband

Discussion threads 2007-12-31

Stem cell finding does not end debate

The discovery of regulator genes which can turn skin cells into stem cells does not end the scientific debate over the use of stem cells from human embryos, according to the scientists who made the discovery. (The picture of a human stem cell is from the Wellcome...

Tags: Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-26

Crazy CopyCat Recipes (zip)

The Crazy Copycat Recipes Program, Over 640 copycat recipes from Americas favorite restaurants. Not only can you make all your favorites in your own kitchen, but you can also help my son out with with a few dollars for medicine and travel expenses for his Kidney Transplant. Version 200X features...

Tags: Medicine, Kitchen

Software downloads 2007-10-19

New Messaging Infrastructure Helps Donor Network Boost Productivity, Collaboration

In addition to facilitating every organ transplant in the United States, the United Network for Organ Sharing UNOS drives the development of organ transplantation policy. More than 30 UNOS-supported committees of geographically dispersed representatives from all aspects of transplantation - including UNOS-employed liaisons - meet regularly to establish and improve...

Tags: Collaboration, Network, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-10-17

The T2 and media reaction

The T2 and media reactionWill this make my Amiga 500 go faster? ...T2 performance and power consumptionIt's amazing that it is possible to get real performance improvements and a far lower power bill as soon as you look away from x86. Modern processors such as UltraSPARC T2 and several MIPS...

Tags: Network technology, T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., UltraSparc T2

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

DBF to SQL2000 (msi)

DBF to SQL2000 is a migration database tool from Dbf to SQL Server 2000/2005. Dbf to the database transplant database SQL Server 2000. Opened Dbf database and SQL database server at the same time, we will be able to migrate Dbf table a one-time to SQL SERVER 2000. This version...

Tags: Database Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-07-12

Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked off Operation Bot Roast this summer with the goal of addressing the botnet problem. Hurray for them,it's good that something is being done. However, this is probably not going to stop the botnet problem, and maybe...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-07-02

AMD hopes Barcelona demos whet IT's appetite

AMD hopes Barcelona demos whet IT's appetiteIt doesn't work for me when Intelsays they have chips available but I can't go into a store and buy them, so I don't know why AMD thinks they can pull off the same stunt. I want them to succeed, but just because they...

Tags: Semiconductors, PRODUCTIVITY, Network technology, Processors, information technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., AMD IS, server

Discussion threads 2007-06-05

The genetic programming future

The genetic programming futureBorders, schmordersWrong straw man, John. Ask the victims of the Unabomber or Timothy McVeigh -- or for that matter the residents of Baghdad today.The fundamental problem lies in the amount of power available to imperfect beings.Are you nuts........ the concept of treating DNA as a program...

Tags: Biotechnology, genetic programming

Discussion threads 2007-05-29

Lexie Barnes Echo 13-Inch Laptop Bag

When it comes to laptop bags, there are two camps: those who want to carry not only their laptop but a host of other materials (such as books, files, a digital camera, wallet, and keys) in one bag, and those who want a simple carrier for their laptop, cords, and...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Lexie Barnes Echo, exterior

Product reviews 2007-04-06