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The first nationwide snapshot of IT use in physician offices shows that nearly 60% of solo and small practices used information technology in one or none of several functions shown to improve quality of care. The survey is based on data from 2001; HSC (Center for Studying Health System Change), the non-partisan research group that […]

Cisco Systems Inc. this week said its VOIP telephony equipment has been certified by the Defense Departments Joint Interoperability Test Command (JTIC). The company achieved certification that would allow its equipment to be used for for switched calls. The specific equipment that received certification includes Cisco Catalyst 3550, 4500 and 6500 switches; Cisco 2600 and […]

Cisco Systems Inc. this week announced an agreement to sell 180,000 VOIP phones to Bank of America Corp. The third-largest U.S. bank will replace desk phones in 5,800 offices and branches, along with 362 switches that direct call traffic. The banks consultant Electronic Data Systems Corp. chose Cisco after a 14-month review. Read the full […]

Microsoft has posted for download from its Web site a collection of three new “report packs” that are designed to help users envision and author different types of reports using Microsofts SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services technology. The three packs (there might be more in the wings) that are available now are for Microsoft CRM, […]

Earlier than scheduled, Microsoft Corp. has gone public with its announcement of its third open-source code contribution to SourceForge. Microsofts mystery contribution? FlexWiki. Late Monday evening, SourceForge posted information on Microsofts FlexWiki code to its software repository. FlexWiki is an experimental collaboration tool based on WikiWiki, which is a tool for collaborating on common Web […]

Keep an eye on Symbians current lead in the race to dominate mobile operating systems. A New York-based analyst firm warns Microsoft could gobble the mobile OS developers market share by 2009. Although Symbian Ltd. currently dominates the cellular operating systems market, ABI Research says the company could see its share dwindle to less than […]

Microsoft is preparing to release a third piece of code under an open-source license via the SourceForge code repository on Tuesday. Both Microsoft and SourceForge have been hinting for some time that they plan to release more code this way. Earlier this year, Microsoft made its Windows Installer XML and Windows Template Library technologies available […]

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report, obtained under that countrys Access to Information laws, says mobile technologies are pressuring law enforcement. The criminal intelligence brief says “as a communication device in both voice and electronic text-based format, the cellphones ubiquity in the general public becomes a phenomenon to be reckoned with.” The report cites […]

Although analysts continue to predict the demise of the PDA, HP is introducing six new iPAQ models in its Pocket PC line. The new devices include the high-end iPAQ hx4700 with a VGA screen, the mid-level rx3715 multimedia companion; and the slim entry-level iPAQ rz1710 organizer. HP is also offering its first phone/PDA combo, the […]

Last week, the buzz at the Diskcon hard-disk-drive show in San Jose, Calif., was all about the drive industrys shift to smaller and smaller form factors. While IBMs 1-inch Microdrive led the charge in 2000, the technology was transferred to San Joses Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc. during IBMs merger of its hard-disk assets with […]

When Sun first fielded Java, it was “just” a programming language. Then Sun expanded it into a “platform” by adding other layers of software to the Java core. It seems that Google is embarking on a similar path. In addition to providing a search engine, Google is now offering Web mail. It acquired photo-storing/sharing vendor […]

AT&T hopes to bring mobile e-mail to the masses with its new $99 Ogo. The plastic clamshell device supports only e-mail and instant-messaging. Although it is targeted to consumers, particularly teens, its $17.99 per month pricing plan may make it attractive to small businesses. The service features no contract and can be charged monthly to […]