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The Health Research Institute of consulting firm (PwC) PriceWaterhouseCoopers has released a new report called "Putting Patients Into ‘Meaningful Use’" that says hospitals need to take steps to incorporate patient feedback for meaningful use implementation to be worth the investment. PwC’s Health Research Institute provides analysis on various issues affecting the health care industry. HHS […]

Apple’s iPad 2 has a few features in common with Motorola’s Xoom Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" tablet, including a dual-core processor and dual cameras. Of course, the iPad 2 is also slimmer and weighs less than the Xoom, but these may be mere trifles for consumers next to the price difference. Apple retained the same pricing […]

Small to midsize businesses are beginning to move toward cloud-based backup (as opposed to traditional technologies) to protect their company data, according to a Forrester Research survey whose goal was to discover the drivers for the move to cloud-based recovery tech versus traditional on-premises solutions. The report, commissioned by cloud-basked backup specialist Asigra, found that […]

A recent auction of Twitter shares on the secondary market suggests investors value the company at $7.7 billion, more than twice the valuation the Internet microblogging service garnered in a December funding round. Investors have agreed to pay $34.50 a share for Twitter in the auction conducted by Sharespost, an exchange for private company shares […]

With so many reports of Android and iPhone malware, it was only a matter of time before a BlackBerry variant emerged. A variant of the Zeus banking Trojan targeting BlackBerry smartphones was detected by security researchers at Trend Micro. With more users using their phones to get up-to-date alerts on their bank account balances, to […]

Intel is rolling out its newest business PC processors, the Core vPro, that combine the chip maker’s “Sandy Bridge” architecture with the latest generation of its on-board management and security capabilities. Intel unveiled the 2nd Generation Core vPro i5 and i7 processors March 17, with Rick Echevarria, vice president of the Intel Architecture Group and […]

Spiceworks has launched a new  Vendor Pages feature, designed to help tech companies connect with Spicework’s customer base of small business IT pros. The Vendor Pages let tech companies create their own Facebook-like pages to build a presence with the Spiceworks community. “Just like Facebook Pages did for consumer brands, we’re giving every technology company […]

Microsoft has plans for a small Patch Tuesday next week that will include just three security bulletins. Of the three, just one is rated "Critical," while the other two are rated "Important." The critical bulletin, as well as one of the bulletins classified as important, impacts Microsoft Windows. The other bulletin affects Microsoft Office. Click […]

Google’s Android operating system took 29 percent of U.S. smartphone market share in January, breaking a statistical tie with Apple’s iOS and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platforms in growing 2 percentage points from December. However, Nielsen data also noted that while Android handsets might have a slight edge over the iPhone and BlackBerry-powered gadgets, RIM […]

NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) – Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE:JNPR) said it expects its market opportunity to grow more than 60 percent over the next three years, as it launches more advanced network equipment and enters new markets like mobile security. Juniper’s target market is likely to grow to $66 billion in 2013 from $41 […]

A recent study by IT job search specialist Dice found more than half (54 percent) of hiring managers and recruiters anticipate that tech talent poaching will get more aggressive this year, while just three percent of respondents expect a let-up. That expectation is amplified when looking at hiring managers working in the technology or consulting […]

Taking a page out of the books of Web-based storage providers, Google March 1 began offering User Managed Storage to meet Google Apps customers’ requirements for additional space for their content in the cloud. Google Apps is the search engine’s suite of e-mail, document, presentation, spreadsheet and other apps, all residing on servers in Google’s […]