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Late last week, the National Health Information Technology Cordinator Dr. David Brailer spoke at a brief conference to introduce the new Stanford Center for Clinical Informatics. The core mission of the center is to foster the development of an interdisciplinary academic program focused on novel applications of information technology and computer science to health care, […]

SAN FRANCISCO —Microsoft will deliver in March early developer releases of two of the three key pillars of its next major version of Windows, code-named Longhorn. These so-called “Community Technology Preview” (CTP) WinFX releases will be made available to developers next month, said Eric Rudder, Microsofts senior vice president of servers and tools. Rudder made […]

The TowerGroup says this IT investment will lay the strategic foundation for financial services for the next 10 years, laying the groundwork for organic growth, operational efficiency and networked services. Financial service industry CIOs will be looking to ensure that cohesive architecture, business process management and networked services each play a bigger role as financial […]

Microsoft officials are continuing to ponder what technologies the company should make more broadly available and how best to do so. And, in an interesting twist, at least in one case, they are using blogs to debate the details. This past weekend, Shawn Burke, a Microsoft developer division program manager, posted to his blog his […]

After a deluge of complaints by such organizations as the American Bankers Association and the American Electronics Association that Sarbanes-Oxley is wreaking havoc on small business budgets, the SEC in late December formed the SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies to look at the problem and recommend reforms. The first order of business? Determining […]

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has some big hopes and dreams for SharePoint, Microsofts collaboration technology. Gates sang SharePoints praises Friday during his keynote address at the first Office System Developer Conference. Microsoft made his keynote available via Webcast. “My favorite Office thing today is how SharePoint is being used for collaboration,” Gates told the 800 […]

Sears will move to Nasdaq once it completes its merger with Kmart in March, joining high-tech firms like Intel and Microsoft. One-letter ticker symbols are used on the NYSE, but the Nasdaq requires four-letter tickers. There was a cachet to having a one-letter symbol, but lately quite a few firms have given them up. Thanks […]

Kevin Yank, technical business director for the Web development resource site sitepoint.com, has put out the third edition of “Build Your Own Database-Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL.” The reviewer, Mary Norbury-Glaser, says its a good introduction to PHP and MySQL, particularly for beginners. Read the full book review at Slashdot. Check out eWEEK.coms for […]

Two large industry “Pre-N” groups, the TGn Sync Group and the World-Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWSE), each espouse a different approach to achieving 100Mbits/sec of usable throughput in the upcoming 802.11n high-speed wireless standard that will define next-generation wireless technologies. Leading the WWSE group is Airgo Networks, headed by former Stanford researcher Greg Raleigh. Airgo is […]

Microsoft Corp.s Belgian subsidiary has launched an electronic ID card pilot program and is looking to integrate authentication for e-ID cards into future versions of the MSN Messenger instant messaging service. Microsoft Belgium on Monday announced a new Electronic ID Early Adopter program. Under the program, Microsoft will be working with local software vendors to […]

VOIP provider Skype released final versions of its software for the Macintosh and Linux on Tuesday morning. Skype originally released both versions of its software in beta form. All of Skypes features, including its global address book, the ability to manage “presence” across different locations, and the ability to send files, have been included in […]

The OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) has raised $4 million to seed a non-profit, independent legal center that will provide free services to eligible open source developers and projects. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) will offer asset stewardship, licensing, license defense and litigation support, legal support, and lawyer training. The Center will be based […]