Year: 2006

  • Google Offers Mac Blog

    Google Offers Mac Blog

    Scott Ferguson

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    Add another Mac blog to the list. On Oct. 9, Google launched its own blog dedicated to Apple Computer’s Macintosh and other Apple applications. The first post on Google Mac Blog by Scott Knaster, a technical writer, and Rose Yao, a Mac product manager, offered some insight into why the search engine leader decided to… Read more

  • Survey: Few Doctors Use Electronic Records, Fewer Use Adequate Systems

    Survey: Few Doctors Use Electronic Records, Fewer Use Adequate Systems

    M.L. Baker

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    Just under one in four community physicians are using electronic health records; fewer than one in 10 are using EHRs that perform at least four functions deemed critical by the Institute of Medicine. That’s according to a new study specially commissioned to provide a reliable baseline to assess future IT adoption. Although many surveys on… Read more

  • Brocade Storage Products Take Leading Role in Hollywood

    Brocade Storage Products Take Leading Role in Hollywood

    Elizabeth Millard

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    The transition from traditional optical film to digital formats has been a boon for resolution, editing, and post-production additions for film studios. But, as Pacific Title and Art Studio has discovered, it can also create hassles with extremely large files that transfer over the network at different speeds. In order to play back film in… Read more

  • What’s the Best Linux for Beginners?

    What’s the Best Linux for Beginners?

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    I recently received a letter from a computer pro who’s nearing 80. He’s disgusted by “how [Microsoft] things have developed, and how most software is put out there full of errors and omissions. Help is virtually nonexistent. One really has to dig to find answers.” “So I am interested in learning more about Linux and… Read more

  • Health IT: How to Spend $240M

    Health IT: How to Spend $240M

    Stacy Lawrence

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    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed $240 million to health care IT in California, and a plan is supposed to be in place before the end of 2006. At the start of the coming fray, a major philanthropic group has just weighed in on what California’s health IT priorities should be. Now that Schwarzenegger has committed $240… Read more

  • Gartner: Googazon Could Dominate Web Retail

    Gartner: Googazon Could Dominate Web Retail

    Stan Gibson

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    ORLANDO, Fla.—As the World Wide Web evolves into a collection of Web services, one or two huge players could come to dominate retail search. Gartner analyst Hung LeHong laid out that scenario at the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here. “It’s a scary scenario. A few major players could take over Web 2.0,” said LeHong, suggesting that… Read more