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ScanCARE Enhances Medical Software With Advanced Analytics

ScanCARE Pty Ltd, established in 1987, has developed from a family owned surgical instrument repair company into a corporate leader in quality management technology in the medical industry. While ScanCARE's core solution is a powerful tracking and automated data collection tool, the company quickly identified an opportunity to address one...

Tags: Software, Analytics, Quality Management, Analysis, Zap Technology, ScanCARE, Quality, Business Operations

Case studies 2009-06-12

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JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOUNo Kindles for us...This goes along with my statement in the other article on this subject.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66909&messageID=1266075We will not purchase any Kindles for family members nor for ourselves. With Amazon having this much power over a persons Kindle why would anyone consider to purchase it. This Kindle...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, JEFF BEZOS IS, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

Hybrids not selling either

Hybrids not selling eitherWaste of money and a trickThe entire environmental whacko green movement is based on a lie.RE: Hybrids not selling eitherIf there is no money, it doesn't matter what your selling, it won't sell (you bunch of dummy's!)I agree.While I think it's important to try and minimize our...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Tesla Motor, Carbon tax, tax, car, green technology, environment

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe.....So what, you lost some electronics and doo dads. You and your's are alive, that's what is important. The electronics can be replaced, repaired and data recovered from back-ups I know you have them. The fact that you consider losing your electronics harmful is...

Tags: Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, security system, lightning strike, electronics, strike

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it alreadyTalk about Polution!!There's is no form of transportation MORE polluting than an electric car. Why people are so thrilled with them....They use power which is produce primarily by COAL!!!The coal-fired electricity has to be transmitted which costs...

Tags: car, electric car

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

A tenfold improvement in battery life?

A tenfold improvement in battery life?Cool! I can't wait to read about how Apple just invented it!You know, on my 3 year old laptop with the aforementioned 40 hour battery.RE: A tenfold improvement in battery life?Screw laptops! Move this to auto batteries! Imagine the kick in the @ss this would...

Tags: Engineering, Apple Inc., Being First, battery, tenfold improvement, NiMH

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

Phishing education eludes Net users; Can reverse DNS zap phishers and spam?

Two stories in one here trying to economize. If you haven't noticed, I'm on one of my anti-spam kicks again. Last week, I published a video asking Google, AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo! (GAMY!) to once and for all to set aside their differences, decide on some standard...

Tags: Education, Technique, Internet User, DNS, RFC, Server, Video, Domain Name, Phishing Education, GAMY, rDNS, E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Domain Names, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Internet, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-09

Electrons driving us drivers and may juice up our future

That's an eBox in the picture. Made by AC Propulsion, one of the four electric vehicle makers on the GoingGreen Panel, Davis, CA. Moderator, Jesse Deeter, Producer "Who Killed the Electric Car?". Tom Gage, CEO, AC Propulsion. They are...

Tags: Electricity, Car, Vehicle, Battery, eBox, TG, GS, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-11

'Fire phasers!' Military researching laser ray guns

The image of battle ray guns alternatively calls up Captain Kirk ordering "Phasers on stun" and the little Martian warning Bugs Bunny, "I will disintegrate you!"Military technology is not quite there yet but the military is hard at work on figuring out the defenses to laser weapons, Wired's...

Tags: Defense

Blog posts 2007-07-18

I've got a free G-Tech wireless 'smart fabric' keyboard for the ZDNet reader who...

I've got a free G-Tech wireless 'smart fabric' keyboard for the ZDNet reader who...Great Doings!I just love the way you are involving your readers in a project and getting real people results for your great stuff. Sometimes, I just feel like products are just offered without adequate testing in...

Tags: Keyboards, wireless, keyboard

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Dell's new focus: Don't look back

Dell's new focus: Don't look backDell's problemsAre actually quite simple. In order to cut costs, they build crappy machines and give crappy support. HP builds better machines and gives better support, and HP gets more business. It's not that hard.Oh, and having a store without inventory? How stupid can you...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-01

In advance of Core Duo launch, Intel's firesales zap AMD on Wall St.

In advance of Core Duo launch, Intel's firesales zap AMD on Wall St.Hooray for competitionI, of course, will continue to purchase AMD machines as my charitable donation toward perpetuating the lowest prices possible.Hell, I used to by Cyrix...What is this s**t?...[i]forthcoming round of dual core technology (due July 27th) appears...

Tags: Processors, Construction, wall, Intel Core Duo, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-21

In advance of Core Duo launch, Intel's firesales zap AMD on Wall St.

Proving that Intel and AMD are locking horns in an absolute bloodbath right now especially on the client side, AMD fell $80 million shy of Wall Street's expectations when it announced its second quarter results yesterday. According to News.com's Tom Krazit:Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had originally been...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Blog posts 2006-07-21

Why isn't VoIP more aggressively marketed to hip-hop fans?

Why isn't VoIP more aggressively marketed to hip-hop fans?ha ha ha haLike anyone's going to DARE to speak their mind on this.Do we realy want such good tech associated with a drug cult?

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, cell phone

Discussion threads 2006-07-13

Backpack turns hiker's energy into electricity

Backpack turns hiker's energy into electricityis it available? who makes it?. . . does anyone know?I think that this is an excellent technology and hope that it takes off.85 pounds!!!Who's going to carry [b]85 pounds[/b] around just to power their PDA? I doubt most people could walk for more...

Tags: Fuel cells, PDAs, Engineering, hiker

Discussion threads 2005-09-09

Apple's Rokr iTunes phone ready to roll

Apple's Rokr iTunes phone ready to rollNot impress with the phone all that much but......that "Nano" is sweet. Talk about saying goodnight to all the competition that was gunning for the iPod Mini!Worthless...My rep called me and enforced the idea that I need to mandate Smartphone usage in our company....

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., phone, Motorola ROKR

Discussion threads 2005-09-07

Software Blades

I've been doing some catching up in the blogosphere, which means catching up on Robert Scoble's link blog and trying to unwind myself from NetNewsWire's 163,000 unread items. It's completely unfair to subject beta software to that level of abuse, but since all software is beta these days, so be...

Tags: Robert

Blog posts 2004-11-17

RFID tags--demonic tools?

RFID tags--demonic tools?It's "Revelation" (No "s").mark d.Can you say still born?Look, I understand all the supposed cost savings, I just don't buy it but that's another argument. The fact of the matter is I see NOTHING that provides a tangible benefit to me. (If you think lowered...

Tags: tool, RFID, RFID tag, government

Discussion threads 2004-09-07

HP replaces three senior executives

HP replaces three senior executivesCarly Fiorina is the one that needs to go!Everything she has done has been bad for HP, so she blaimes the chronies under her. What do you want to bet that she put them there in the first place.DaveMiss estimate, change lower managementI notice that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Digital rights management (DRM), Hewlett-Packard Co., Carly Fiorina, computer

Discussion threads 2004-08-12

Under-the-skin ID chips move toward U.S. hospitals

Under-the-skin ID chips move toward U.S. hospitalsWho wouldn't want to be tagged and monitored like livestock?This has got to be a joke piece. I can imagine prisoners being to forced to wear these things since their rights have been curtailed; but who would want to give authorities that kind of...

Tags: chip, beast

Discussion threads 2004-07-27