Monthly Archives: September 2004
Plaxo Reconsidered
For as long as theres been a Plaxo, the free service that promises to keep your contact list up-to-date, Ive been recommending that people...
IBM Takes Sting Out of Database Management
IBM announced Thursday the general availability of the "Stinger" version of its DB2 Universal Database, which delivers to database administrators a host of new...
External Storage: Little Big Drives
Backup has gotten personal: Small drives that match your lifestyle have changed the face of storage and backup. Add-in drives are out of the...
Health Leaders Appointed to IT Certification Board
A dozen clinicians, IT vendors, and health care purchasers or payers have been appointed to the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, which will...
Prescribing the Internet
More-informed patients often do better, and doctors can help make patients better informed by supplying reliable Internet sites.Researchers at University of Iowa tested out...
Drug Industry Should Welcome Clinical Trial Disclosure
Recent disclosures that drug companies have suppressed results linking antidepressants to suicide have sparked outrage. Patients, scientists and politicians have called for policies to...
Microsoft Sets New Deadline for SP2 Automatic Rollout
Microsoft began notifying customers Tuesday that it has established new deadlines regarding how long they will be able to block Windows XP Service Pack...
RFID to Spark Supply Chain Sector Growth
The prospering survivors of the supply chain technology shakeout are likely to gain a significant growth boost from RFID, according to industry analysts.One vendor...
Apple Patches 15 Mac OS X Flaws
Apple Computer Inc. has issued a patch for 15 security flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, including many originating in the softwares...
Microsoft Overhauls Longhorn Drivers for Usability, Connectivity
SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft Corp. clued in hardware makers at the semiannual Intel Developer Forum here to the companys Windows Longhorn developer to-do list for connectivity...