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Healthline proclaims itself the winner in consumer health

In practice this means you download your Aetna or United EHR to an Aetna or United PHR. At that point your data can face Healthline's search services, which then deliver the benefits of semantic search to you. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Aetna Inc., Health Care, Personal Health Record, Healthline, West Shell, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-21

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US Embassy joins in the Green Dam fray

US Embassy joins in the Green Dam frayUh?Did our embassy forget that China is a communist country underneath it all? As sad as it is, the Chinese government can do practically anything it wants. Good luck. RE: US Embassy joins in the Green Dam frayAnd this from...

Tags: Manufacturing, Green Dam, Green Dam fray, Embassy, manufacturer, fray

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Ireland: Shell's new Nigeria?

Just as Shell brings to a close a difficult chapter in its troubled relationship with the Ogoni people in Nigeria, its relationship with community groups in the west of Ireland appears to be reaching new lows. Shell is the senior partner with Statoil and Marathon in an effort to bring off shore...

Tags: Ireland, Community, Shell, Government, Vertical Industries, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Iranian protesters take to the tweets

Iranian protesters take to the tweetsWhich precisely why.....net neutrality is important. No single entity or groups of entities should have the right to control what flows over the internet. That is the best way to ensure survival of freedom and democracy.Iranians, are your ports/websites being blocked?Take control of your Freedom.Set...

Tags: INTERNET, Government, Iranian protester, tweet, protester

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

When Americans were well-trained

When Americans were well-trainedExpress RailI like the idea! There is nothing express or high speed about traveling by train today in America. In fact from Michigan where i live I can plan on up to 20 hours to the East with long layovers. I see no reason...

Tags: NYC, Express Rail

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Can Healthline give insurers wellness on the cheap?

Can Healthline give insurers wellness on the cheap?Healthline ResponseHello Dana: I'd like to clarify Healthline's relationship with myOptumHealth.com. Healthline licenses our Medically Guided Search technology and HealthSTAT ad serving technology to myOptumHealth.com, to improve site experience and ad relevancy, respectively. Optum designed the site and has a team of talented...

Tags: Vertical industries, Insurance, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Healthline, myOptumHealth.com, health care, insurance company, Optum

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Official Gmail Themes are beautiful

Official Gmail Themes are beautifulRE: Official Gmail Themes are beautifulAs usual, this new feature is not enabled for google apps users.I noticed that earlier today. The new default is the best, and looks great.This is what is great about web applications! You get constant refreshes and improvements.RE: Official Gmail Themes...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Official Gmail Themes, Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

The harsh reality of suburban broadband

The harsh reality of suburban broadbandi live in parsippanyand my Optimum line does not go down ever! I've had it for over a year now and I have decided to not even consider switching to FIOS as I have zero issues of any kind. My speed test results are 27468...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cable, suburban broadband, harsh reality, broadband, Fios, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-22

Creating personal health record value from the bottom up

A Health information index Hii system creates value from a personal health record PHR by linking that record to a knowledge base and telling patients what they can about what ails them. It's part of a 20-year quest by Steve Beller right, a clinical psychologist by training who...

Tags: Health Care, Personal Health Record, Health Information Index System, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-16

(Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)

(Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Physical CompressionWe see the diameter of the cable at the surface. What diameter is it when it reaches the depth of 3 miles?RE: (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Always amazes me what one will do to get High Speed Internet to have that High Speed Porn.RE:...

Tags: Network technology, cable, Internet, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

A firefighting beetle robot

According to Popular Science, German researchers have designed firefighting robots mimicking beetles. The OLE robotic beetle (short for 'Offroad Löscheinheit' -- which means 'off-road extinguishing apparatus' in German) has been developed at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal. The OLE would be autonomous and guided by GPS, infrared and heat sensors and...

Tags: OLE, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-01

Great news for Microsoft: Zunes stolen!

Great news for Microsoft: Zunes stolen!What do you think of this?http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=388038Seems like Microsoft are trying to improve Zune.The Zune is pretty coolMy wife and I each have a Zune 80GB and they are pretty cool. The Zune software is very slick and simple to use and the Zune Pass...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Zune Software, Microsoft Zune, GREAT News, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Google's huge data centers: the IT failures question

Google's huge data centers: the IT failures questionPlanning for FailureThere are two entities that need to develop plans for failure in the SaaS model; the provider and the customer. I'd be willing to bet my data that in this scenario, Google the provider has a plan and mitigating steps...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, information technology, data center, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-17

Just in: Vonage gets a break in Verizon patent suit: monetary award vacated

Just in: Vonage gets a break in Verizon patent suit: monetary award vacatedSad stuffI lived through the wild west days of trying to get lower cost telecom services with competitive local exchange companies and was burned badly. Now I feel like this is a déjà vu – as I have...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

Unisys probed for Homeland Security breach

Unisys probed for Homeland Security breachUnisys for criminal fraud; Why not Homeland Security Management?Sigh, blame the vendor. It is a game no longer to be tolerated. Homeland Security has been questioned by the US citizens from its formation for the same reason that Black Water contractors are now being...

Tags: homeland security, Unisys Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

Pantech C150 (AT&T)

Pantech is known for making low-end handsets for AT&T, like the tiny C3b and the slim and compact C120. Its most recent handset is the C150, which continues the C120's candy bar trend but with a curvier and cuter look. The C150's features are as simple as its design, with...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Pantech C150, Pantech, phone, AT&T Corp.

Product reviews 2007-08-10

Poll: should iPhone be freed up and accessible via any carrier?

Poll: should iPhone be freed up and accessible via any carrier?Only in the US ...I seriously don't understand why you people allow cellphone carriers to lock you in like that. I thought the US was THE country of free market economy?Over here we used to have deals like that, with...

Tags: Cellular Phone Service, Apple iPhone, carrier, phone, cell phone, Apple Inc., Time!

Discussion threads 2007-07-14

Geodesic domes: 'Doing more with less'

Geodesic domes: 'Doing more with less'Couple these with solar panelsbuilt into the body and we may be onto something...The Eden ProjectThe Eden Project in south-west England is a good example of several large geodesic domes housing varous different climates.They are however very well sheltered from the wether in an old...

Tags: Geodesic, Eden Project, Doing More

Discussion threads 2006-07-03

If you build it, will they pay?

Local governments here in the states with for-fee WiFi plans might do well to reconsider, if Taipei's experience is any guide. A New York Times article explains that the Taiwanese capital built a massive wireless network with 4,100 nodes that reaches 90% of the city's 2.6 million residents - but...

Tags: Q-Ware

Blog posts 2006-06-26

Politicos propose new action on Net neutrality

Politicos propose new action on Net neutralityIf only big truck companies used the highway......that would be an unfair advantage over little truck companies who could only afford the slow roads.Maybe less money would be spent upgrading the slow roads, giving even more of an advantage to the big truck companies.The...

Tags: Internet, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2006-05-18