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A free, online resource for scientists and the public to get the latest information on projects sequencing various animal, plant and other eukaryotic genomes has been founded by the International Sequencing Consortium. The comparison of these to the already mapped human genome will continue to provide useful scientific insights. The database includes information about each […]

The National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration announced an online database to track adverse events in gene transfer research trials. Dubbed the Genetic Modification Clinical Research Information System (GeMCRIS), its intended to aid in the reporting and analysis of adverse events, to allow direct access to the public, and to improve […]

By the end of the three-year project to map the mouse brain about one petabyte of data will have been generated, pushing scientists up against a range of technological limitations, according to the senior director of the Allen Brain Atlas Project Mark Boguski at the recent Bio-IT World Conference. The staff of 26 scientists and […]

Computing industry giant IBM and gene-chip maker Affymetrix have announced a partnership to supply clinical genomics capabilities to medical research facilities and drug makers. Affymetrix expects to provide its genotyping platform, while IBM will offer systems integration and regulatory compliance services. This will allow companies to quickly assemble a lab built for genetic and genomic […]

On Thursday, Microsoft notified some of its SQL Server 2005 testers that they are eligible to join the next phase of the “Yukon” beta program. As noted in a beta tester e-mail note posted on the ieXbeta Web site, Microsoft is seeking customers to join its Technology Adoption Program (TAP) beta program for its next-generation […]

IP SAN company LeftHand Networks Inc. this week announced an alliance with hardware vendor Crossroads Systems Inc. in an effort to widen its customer base. Crossroads will sell LeftHands SAN/iQ software in its routers to bring IP storage into companies that already have Fibre Channel installed. The main advantage to LeftHand will be more sales […]

Hitachi this week unveiled a revised 40GB Travelstar 4K40 laptop hard disk that focuses on reliability, rather than capacity. Key changes include a more rugged spindle motor and an updated head loading mechanism that doubles to 600,000 the number of times that the read/write head can move on and off the platter without failure. John […]

Brocade Communications Systems Inc. this week today announced two new switches for the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market. The new switches include the Silkworm 3250 (8 ports) and the Silkworm 3850 (16 ports). These products are the first new hardware releases from Brocade in over a year and theres more to come at the […]

DeviceLogics, keeper of the DR-DOS code base, released this week what might be the final upgrade to the 17-year-old DOS operating-system variant. At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, DeviceLogics took the wraps off DR-DOS 8.0, the first update to DR-DOS since 1999. The primary new feature of the 8.0 release is FAT32/large-partition support, […]

Some predict that Medicare will run out of money by 2019, but a recent report from the Medicare Trustees argues that putting in place electronic-health technology is one of the reforms that could help to keep the retirement medical system functioning. Electronic prescriptions and disease management systems that integrate information on patient care from a […]

In one of Microsofts periodic “Executive E-Mail” blasts to customers, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates outlined on Wednesday the companys security progress to date. In the latest e-mail note, Gates told customers Microsoft is focusing its security push on four areas: isolation and resiliency; updating; quality; and authentication and access control. Gates reiterated Microsofts plans to […]

Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS) unveiled an integrated version of its Proventia appliance for small and midsize businesses. The Proventia M30 combines intrusion prevention and detection, firewall, VPN, antivirus, Web filtering and anti-spam functionality for complete protection in a single box. The company also unveiled two new versions of the Proventia tool designed to offer […]