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Is Technology All That Beneficial?
June 11, 2008 2:12 PM by Bob Mitchell
I took my daughter to the hospital for some X-rays the other day, registering at the imaging center's front desk, then proceeding to a registration desk to continue the process. We were at the end of the registration process when the registrar handed Read More...
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Equipment Donated to Aid Chinese Earthquake Victims
May 19, 2008 1:30 PM by Frank Irving
Rochester, N.Y.-based Carestream Health donated mobile digital imaging systems to the Red Cross Society of China to help provide diagnostic X-ray exams to victims of the earthquake in southwestern China's Sichuan Province. These imaging systems are part Read More...
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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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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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Do Doctors Today Know Less?
March 27, 2008 5:21 PM by Diana Olsen
By Diana Olsen Friedman Earlier this week, I went to happy hour with a few friends. While a Monday happy hour is not the norm for me (not since college, anyway), we were celebrating the recent graduation of two of our friends from the University of Pennsylvania Read More...
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DoD Centralizes Health Surveillance Efforts
March 24, 2008 11:58 AM by Frank Irving
Earlier this month, the Department of Defense (DoD) formally established the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC). The move recognized health surveillance as being critical to medical readiness and force health protection. "One of the critical Read More...
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Too Many Features
March 20, 2008 11:00 AM by Jim Boyle
I'm always amazed by the various cell phone commercials that show off the many handy features other than voice communication. Music downloading, Web surfing, sports updates, text messaging, etc. They are all features that I never use, yet my consumer Read More...
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Hospital Connection and Conrail
March 7, 2008 12:56 PM by Bob Mitchell
I'll admit it; I'm new to this video thing, YouTube. I had thought that YouTube was nothing more than a bunch of amateur "videographers" -- not professionals like Lance Wheeler , a photojournalist I knew from my newspaper days at The Catskill Daily Mail. Read More...
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Texting Motorists Beware
February 26, 2008 2:30 PM by Frank Irving
According to the State of New Jersey's Office of the Attorney General (OAG), talking on a hand-held phone or texting while driving will be against the law starting March 1. Here's a summary from the New Jersey OAG's Web site : >> It is a primary Read More...
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DoD Confident of Successful Satellite Intercept
February 21, 2008 6:54 PM by Frank Irving
General James Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a news briefing at the Pentagon today providing information related to a missile intercept of a non-functioning satellite. Gen. Cartwright showed reporters video of the missile Read More...
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Shot at Satellite May Take Place Feb. 20
February 19, 2008 8:30 PM by Frank Irving
A follow-up to the story posted on this blog on Feb. 14... Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said Feb. 19 that a plan to shoot down a falling intelligence satellite may go into action as soon as Feb. 20. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been authorized Read More...
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How's This for a Technology Challenge?
February 14, 2008 8:21 PM by Frank Irving
The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced that President Bush has approved a plan for the Navy to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite. The "uncontrollable U.S. experimental satellite," which was launched in December 2006, is expected to re-enter Read More...
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Eight Days and Your Organization Could be Out of Business
February 8, 2008 11:09 AM by Bob Mitchell
Eight is the magic number. Eight days. That's all it could take for your organization to be out of business. Eight days. According to a recent Gartner survey of 359 information security and risk management professionals from the United States, United Read More...
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Everybody’s a Gamer
January 31, 2008 12:46 PM by Jim Boyle
When I see stories touting the health benefits of the Nintendo Wii, I'm reminded of the comedy, Sleeper . In the film, a man (Woody Allen) is placed in cryostasis and revived in the future. One scene in particular reveals that doctors have discovered Read More...
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Large Donation for Children’s Hospital
January 18, 2008 12:06 PM by Bob Mitchell
Aetna recently donated a $500,000 grant to a telemedicine program at UC Davis Children's Hospital. That's a boatload of money. And, why did the folks at this California hospital get all of the money? According to Gerald Bishop, MD, Aetna's senior medical Read More...
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