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IntraLinks, Adobe Team for Paperless Clinical Trials
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:31:21 -0500
Combining Adobe's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite with IntraLinks' solutions for secure collaboration, companies aim to turn the document-intensive clinical trial process into a paperless experience. - IntraLinks and Adobe are teaming up to develop solutions that will automate cross-organization data capture and submission-based business processes within the life sciences industry. The initial solution IntraLinks and Adobe are bringing to market addresses the document-intensive clinical trial p...
Microsoft Health Care IT Video Series Debuting Nov. 10
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:16:18 -0500
Microsoft will debut an online video series, Health Tech Today, starting on Nov. 10. The upcoming show will focus on how health and information technology intersect. Microsoft's cloud-based repository for patient information, HealthVault, is just one of the health care IT-related applications and products that companies ranging from Google and Intel to Oracle have been pushing into the public sphere. - Microsoft will debut an online video series, Health Tech Today, exploring the intersection of health and information technology on Nov. 10. While details of the show remain largely under wraps, Microsoft posted a video trailer for the show on the Microsoft HealthBlog. The show will be hosted ...
HHS Breach Notification Rules Again Under Fire
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:35:08 -0400
The Center for Democracy and Technology is the latest to find fault with the Department of Health and Human Services' data breach rules for personal health records. Under the current interim rules health care organizations that use encryption or destruction, no breach notification is necessary, but for those who don't, the health organization makes the call on whether the breach is harmful enough to trigger a breach notification. - The Department of Health and Human Services should replace its controversial harm standard for triggering a personal health record data breach notification with a risk assessment approach that requires organizations to determine whether the data was actually viewed or acquired by an unauthorized...
E-Health Records: Privacy Diagnosis Poor
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:34:42 -0400
A new survey shows 80 percent of health care organizations reported a data breach within the last year. Perhaps even more disturbing, IT professionals claim management support to protect patient privacy as a priority is lacking. - The vast majority of health care organizations experienced at least one incident of lost or stolen electronic health information in the past year, and 4 percent had more than five patient data breaches, according to a new survey by LogLogic and the Ponemon Institute. Of the 80 percent that reported ...
Microsoft Launches Swine Flu Response Site
Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:27:24 -0400
A new site offers a self-assessment and helps people determine whether their symptoms could be caused by the H1N1 flu virus. - Microsoft Oct. 7 announced a new Website, the H1N1 Response Center, which provides users with relevant content and allows consumers to gauge symptoms and receive guidance using an H1N1 self-assessment service. The site offers consumers a self-assessment licensed from medical and public health expert...
IT Firms Uneasy with Some Health Care Reforms
Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:45:26 -0400
A new survey shows the IT industry generally supports health care reform, including a public option, but concerns center on higher taxes and more government involvement. - Mirroring the current congressional debate, the IT industry generally supports health care reform but is uneasy with many of the legislative solutions currently on the table. According to a survey released Oct. 6 by CompTIA, the IT industry is closely watching the debate, particularly provisions inv...

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Verizon's Droid Launch: Your Complete Guide
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
The Droid is out. This article includes some basic information on the new phone, including specs, reviews, and alternatives.Read | Permalink
Head First iPhone Development
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
In this book you will learn to use iPhone SDK tools, including Interface Builder and Xcode, to help you create your own iPhone apps. Authors Dan and Tracey Pilone have focused on helping you understand how it all works instead of just providing code snippets.Read | Permalink
MoDaCo's Completely Crazy 43 Minute Touch HD2 Video
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
If you have the time, this is a 43:43 minute video on all the features of the new HTC Touch HD2.Read | Permalink

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The Day the Droid Drops
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:02:09 -0500
Verizon's first smartphone to run on Google software goes on sale.
iPhone App Translates Baby's Crying
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:40:23 -0500
Application claims to identify why a baby is crying within 10 seconds.
EBay Settles Suit With Skype Founders
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:43:01 -0500
EBay: Investors buying majority of Skype settle suit with Skype's founders.

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With 2 Billionth iPhone App Download, Apple Gets Blasé
John C. Abell Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:08:00 -0000
It doesn’t exactly rival Moore’s Law, but Apple has hit 2 billion iPhone app downloads in about half the time it took to reach 1 billion. But unlike the fanfare which attended the 1 billion mark, we don’t know who downloaded the 2 billionth app or what it was — and this time nobody wins anything.

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EMI to offer instant concert recordings
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:00 -0800
An initiative called Abbey Road Live will enable concert attendees to buy CDs, DVDs, or flash cards with recordings of the show they just heard.
Sesame Street, Droid get Google's love
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:00 -0800
The search king has given much of its front page love this week to honor Sesame Street's 40th anniversary, but it did save some space to tout the new Droid smartphone.
Microsoft launching health tech video show
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:59:00 -0800
Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu is among the guests in the first episode of the Web video show, which debuts next week.

 

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