Author: Martin Swinney

  • Buggy McAfee update whacks Windows XP PCs

    CNET Article – McAfee’s popular antivirus software failed spectacularly on Wednesday, generic causing tens of thousands of Windows XP computers to crash or repeatedly reboot. A buggy update that the company released early in the day turned the software’s formidable defenses against malicious software inward, misbirth prompting it to attack a vital component of Microsoft…

  • Legal spying via the cell phone system

    CNET NEWS – Two researchers say they have found a way to exploit weaknesses in the mobile telecom system to legally spy on people by figuring out the private cell phone number of anyone they want, visit web tracking their whereabouts, clinic and listening to their voice mail. Independent security researcher Nick DePetrillo and Don…

  • SAS to Hold Business Forecasting Conference

    For those of you who are in to Data Analyzes and Business Intelligence. SAS is holding it’s annual  Business Forecasting Conference on June 7-8 in Cary, phlebologist NC, apoplexy and learn how better forecasting can lead to better decision making for your organization. F2010 is one of the world’s largest forecasting conferences.

  • Data.WorldBank.org Launched Today on Drupal

    Signaling the most aggressive open data push in the international development community to date, diagnosis World Bank President Robert Zoellick launched Data.WorldBank.org this morning ahead of the organization’s spring meeting. All of the World Bank’s 2,000+ data indicators are now open and freely available to the public. This new website is the browser for some…

  • Will FaceCash, the mobile payment application, kill the credit card?

    By Letitia Stein, symptoms Times Staff Writer (Tampabay.com) University of South Florida leaders said Tuesday they are ready to use $6 million from the federal stimulus bill to hire “e-ambassadors” to help doctors convert to using electronic medical records. Within about three months, USF hopes to make the first of about 100 hires for its…

  • Materials Research Advances Reliability Of Faster Smart Sensors

    By Letitia Stein, symptoms Times Staff Writer (Tampabay.com) University of South Florida leaders said Tuesday they are ready to use $6 million from the federal stimulus bill to hire “e-ambassadors” to help doctors convert to using electronic medical records. Within about three months, USF hopes to make the first of about 100 hires for its…

  • USF prepares to hire workers for electronic medical records initiative

    By Letitia Stein, symptoms Times Staff Writer (Tampabay.com) University of South Florida leaders said Tuesday they are ready to use $6 million from the federal stimulus bill to hire “e-ambassadors” to help doctors convert to using electronic medical records. Within about three months, USF hopes to make the first of about 100 hires for its…

  • onFocus Healthcare Secures $3 Million in Series B Financing

    By Letitia Stein, symptoms Times Staff Writer (Tampabay.com) University of South Florida leaders said Tuesday they are ready to use $6 million from the federal stimulus bill to hire “e-ambassadors” to help doctors convert to using electronic medical records. Within about three months, USF hopes to make the first of about 100 hires for its…

  • Friday Blurbs…. April 16th, 2010

    They have Ruined Mecca – Scores of Carlsberg workers walked off their jobs in protest Thursday after the Danish brewer tightened laid-back rules on workplace drinking and removed beer coolers from work sites, ed a company spokesman said.  The warehouse and production workers in Denmark are rebelling against the company’s new alcohol policy, click which…

  • PositiveID Corporation Partners with International Maritime Medical Association

    DELRAY BEACH, shop Fla., prostate Apr 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PSID) announced today that it has partnered with the International Maritime Medical Association (“IMMA”), a trade association that promotes the health and medical interests of seafarers, port workers and cruise passengers worldwide, to offer PositiveID’s Health Link…