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Siemens, Cape Cod Healthcare Sign Soarian Health IT Deal
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:28:52 -0500
As part of a seven-year deal, Siemens Healthcare will supply its Soarian health IT portfolio to Cape Cod Healthcare, a regional organization looking to improve medical care and efficiency at its facilities. The Cape Cod deal was the latest in a number of Soarian customer wins that Siemens has announced this year. - Cape Cod Healthcare is looking to Siemens Healthcares Soarian health IT software to increase efficiency and improve medical care at the organizations two hospitals and other facilities. Siemens on Dec. 15 announced a seven-year deal with Cape Cod Healthcare that will include applications aimed a...
Obama Dedicates $88M More for Health IT
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:32:12 -0500
As part of the new Recovery Act funding, President Obama pushes health information technology systems for community health care centers. - President Obama is seeding the health care industry with another $88 million in funding for health care centers to adopt new health information technology systems to manage their administrative and financial matters and transfer old paper files to electronic medical records. The initiative is p...
HP Signs Infrastructure Services Deal with Eli Lilly
Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:21:18 -0500
The seven-year deal between HP and Eli Lilly will enable the pharmaceutical company to put more resources toward its core drug business and not into managing its IT infrastructure. HP Enterprise Services will host Eli Lillys employee computing and messaging environment, offer service desk and on-site support, and provide external Web hosting. - Hewlett-Packard has signed a seven-year agreement with Eli Lilly and Co. to manage the pharmaceutical companys computing and messaging infrastructures. Under terms of the deal, announced Dec. 2, HP Enterprise Services formerly its EDS unit will host more than 45,000 mailboxes across all of Eli ...
Health Care Software Provider COO Faces Fed Fraud Charges
Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:53:45 -0500
Canopy Financial COO Jeremy Blackburn could be going to jail for a very long time for fraud. The health care software company executive is accused of creating fake audit reports, phony bank statements and transferring unauthorized funds to his personal accounts. Both the Justice Department and SEC have filed complaints against the executive. - Canopy Financial, a health care software company, is on the hot seat for misleading and defrauding investors and auditors on its financial health. Canopy's COO, Jeremy Blackburn, is facing both criminal and civil charges and faces a potential 20-year prison sentence and civil fines of $250,00...
Verizon Offers Collaboration Suite for Health Care
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:25:54 -0500
Verizon is rolling out its Telehealth Collaboration Services, which aid health care organizations in setting up online collaboration environments to help physicians connect remotely with patients and other health care professionals. Verizon also will help organizations design and implement the telehealth environments. Other vendors, such as Cisco Systems, also are getting into the telehealth field, which one analyst company says could grow into a $6.1 billion market annually. - Verizon is looking to bring its collaboration capabilities to the health care field. Verizon on Nov. 23 unveiled its Telehealth Collaboration Services, designed to let health care professionals collaborate remotely via the Internet with patients and other professionals in the field. Customers a...
Dell Offers Virtualized Desktop Solution, Services for Health Care
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:36:52 -0500
Dells Medical Clinical Computing solution is designed to make it easier for hospital personnel to gain access to the information and applications they need. The client virtualization offering keeps the information and data stored in the data center, and lets physicians and other health care professionals access them through such devices as laptops, handhelds and thin clients. Dell is leveraging its acquisition of Perot in developing this offering. - Dell is moving quickly to expand its services capabilities in the wake of its $3.9 billion purchase of Perot Systems, rolling out a health care solution designed to make it easier for hospital personnel to quickly access patient medical records. Dell is unveiling its MCC (Medical Clinical Computi...

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Nook Torn Open, Hacked, Rooted
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000
It didn't take long for hackers to open the Nook e-reader and access its Android operating system. Now that details are out, it will be interesting to see what happens.Read | Permalink
4G Mobile Service Debuts: What You Need to Know
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000
TeliaSonera, a Swedish telecom, is the first to roll out 4G service to customers. The transition may be a bit rough, 3G and 4G require different hardware, but with with speeds of up to 100 Mbits/second users may be eager to make the switch.Read | Permalink
Un-Facebook Yourself
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000
This wiki provides instructions to help you completely remove yourself from Facebook. Or. If you still want to be on Facebook but not available to the whole world, there are instructions on controlling your privacy.Read | Permalink

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Climate Talks Include Tech Ideas for Change
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:53:45 -0500
U.S. energy secretary tells Copenhagen about experimental technologies. Copenhagen - Climate change - Environment - Activism - Organizations
Android Explosion: Lifestyle Apps That Make Life Easier
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:30:45 -0500
Low-cost and free Android applications for every occasion. Android - Handhelds - Google - Facebook - Analysis
Coconut-Carrying Octopus Uses Shells for Shelter
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:39:30 -0500
Aussie scientists find octopus that collects, carries and assembles coconuts. Coconut - Home - Cooking - Octopus - Fish and Seafood

Wired IT

AT&T Tells FCC It Loves the Idea, Not Rules, of Net Neutrality
Ryan Singel Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:27:00 -0000
As the feds contemplate strict rules on ISPs, AT&T says it's a huge fan of the open internet -- in principle. It's just that regulations are a pain.

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Keeping Uncle Sam from spying on citizens
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0800
As Center for Democracy and Technology lawyer, Greg Nojeim works to keep government from using national security as excuse to violate citizens' online privacy.
Can we diagnose and destroy cancer in one sitting?
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:15:00 -0800
Researchers announce the creation of a single nanoparticle, traceable in real time via MRI, which can tag cancer cells and kill them with heat within the very same procedure.
Facebook sues men for allegedly phishing, spamming
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:00:00 -0800
Facebook's latest lawsuit accuses three men of getting access to Facebook user accounts by phishing and then sending spam from their accounts.

 

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