April 2008 - Posts

When The Chips Are Down (in size, but up in storage)
April 25, 2008 12:41 PM by Diana Olsen

My husband writes for a music Web site, so I was surprised when he informed me that he had just written a post about some very big (or should I say, very tiny) technology news that I had not seen on any of the usual tech sites I peruse. Researchers at Read More...

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Earth Day
April 22, 2008 12:20 PM by Jim Boyle

I remember not too long ago when observing Earth Day usually meant one day of planting a couple seeds, maybe eating lunch outside and paying a little closer attention to lights being left on. Similar to how some react to all the good cheer surrounding Read More...

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American Heart Association Endorses Hands-only CPR for Adults
April 15, 2008 2:54 PM by Diana Olsen

Chest compressions alone, or hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), can save lives and can be used to help an adult who suddenly collapses, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. The statement, from the association's Read More...

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Preventing ID Theft After Tax Day
April 15, 2008 2:07 PM by Frank Irving

This blog post applies to personal identity protection, but the recommendations make good sense for any computing environment. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported that a record 77 million tax returns were filed electronically for tax year 2006. Read More...

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Can A Logo Make You More Creative?
April 14, 2008 2:48 PM by Bob Mitchell

So here's the deal, I work in a creative environment, but I have to disagree with the recent announcement that viewing Apple's logo makes one more creative than IBM's logo does. Come on, they're just logos. They're nothing but a company's brand. I like Read More...

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April is Donate Life Month
April 11, 2008 4:45 PM by Frank Irving

More than 26,000 people in the United States received organ transplants in 2007. That's the good news. The bad news is that nearly 6,000 people died while waiting for a transplant last year, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing ( UNOS ). Read More...

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Happy 50th Anniversary, DARPA
April 11, 2008 9:41 AM by Bob Mitchell

You may have missed the celebration this week, but 50 years ago then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in response to Russia's surprise launch of the first man-made satellite, Sputnik. At the Read More...

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Fatigued RNs Worry About Drowsy Driving
April 10, 2008 5:40 PM by Frank Irving

In a national online survey conducted by the American Society of Registered Nurses (ASRN), 32 percent of the RNs surveyed said they were too fatigued after work to be driving and "shouldn't be on the road." "Nurses who work at night are four more times Read More...

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