Health IT Infrastructure Projects

January 22, 2005

An eWeek piece on a forecast of annual savings from a U.S. national electronic health information system.  The piece notes that much of the gain would be dependant on the extent to which systems are interoperable.  We have many other more pressing priorities in Canadian health care reform, but one cannot help but imagine how […]

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Rush Limbaugh Argues that Florida Privacy Laws Protected His Medical Records From Search Warrants

January 22, 2005

From E Online, attorneys for Rush Limbaugh are arguing in an appeal to the Florida Supreme Court that the disclosure to police of his medical records, which detailed his use of painkillers, should not have occurred under Florida’s privacy laws.  The argument appears to be that the State’s medical privacy laws ought to prevail over […]

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Hubble in Deep Trouble

January 22, 2005

The White House is cutting funding to the Hubble telescope rescue effort.

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Mark Cuban Abandoned by the DVD Business

January 22, 2005

Mark Cuban has a piece on the consumer’s frustration when DRM concerns overtake meeting customer needs. I used to believe that we couldn’t rely on the entertainment megacorps to change the world, and that it would be changed around them, whether they were willing or not.  But their ownership of content libraries, their power to […]

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But Imagine How the Mice Feel

January 22, 2005

Scientists have reversed the effects of Alzheimer’s on lab mice.  (It seems the mice kept taking the wrong turn on the way to the cheese.)  Money quote: The US team used an antibody to remove the build up of potentially damaging deposits from the area of the brain responsible for memory and cognition.  The treatment […]

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American Airlines Traveller Told to Disclose Names of Friends at Destination

January 21, 2005

Via Bruce Schneier, a deeply chilling account on BoingBoing of one passenger’s experience with American Airlines – he was told that he would have to disclose the names of all of his friends at his destination before he could board the aircraft.  A truly Orwellian account ….

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Securing Your Wireless Hotspot Access

January 21, 2005

Via BeSpacific, a useful post on securing your wireless access at the local Starbucks, and a related article by the same author.

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GE Auctions Legal Services in UK

January 21, 2005

Via Strategic Legal Technology, GE UK has held an auction to distribute legal mandates.

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UN Report Praises Use of Linux in Educational Institutions

January 21, 2005

Just when it seemed the UN couldn’t get the U.S. any more annoyed, the International Open Source Network, which is affiliated with the UN, has released a report praising the role of Linux in educational institutions, and showing people how to deploy it.

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Canadian Net Pharmas Snubbed and Embraced; Dazed and Confused?

January 21, 2005

Merck has announced it will stop supplying its drugs to Canadian pharmacies that export them to patients in the United States.  Oddly enough, this on the heels of Rhode Island making it lawful, despite federal laws to the contrary, for residents to buy cheaper prescriptions from Canada.

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RBC Customers Targeted by Phishing Scam

January 21, 2005

The Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal (who knew?) is reporting a phishing scam targeting RBC customers.  Thunder Bay police are warning customers.

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Printer Manufacturers Find New Avenues to Increase Consumer Costs

January 19, 2005

In yet another snub to consumers looking to reduce toner costs, the printer manufacturers are going to start instituting region coding (of DVD fame) in toner cartidges, to prevent consumers from importing cartridges from cheaper jurisdictions. No doubt, efforts to circumvent the coding will be prosecuted as DMCA violations.

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