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Microsoft, Kaiser team up to test site for storing health information
Kaiser Permanente today announced a major test of Microsoft's HealthVault, a free Web site for storing personal health information that is intended to give individuals control of their medical records.
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Handlink Wi-Fi Base Station: Quick Net Access at Drop of a Coin [Wi-Fi]
This gizmo from Handlink is clearly aimed at hotels, coffee shops and other public places where you may need net access, and you can't argue with the thinking in its design. Simply pop in some coins,...
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Kaiser Permanente to provide online records access through Microsoft collaboration
In a program that would go head to head with an online health care service launched by Google Inc., Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Corp. are working together on a pilot program to make medical information accessible online. (MSFT) (GOOG)
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Could Facebook Be the New Ning?
Earlier this week something interesting happened in the world of social networking: Verizon, which this week became America's largest mobile carrier after moving to acquire Alltel, moved its branded social network to Facebook . The company announced a plan to shut down its Verizon Community site -- a moderately popular corporate social network -- in favor of its 18,000 member strong ...
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Sage MAS 90 and 200 4.3 Help Small & Mid-Size Businesses Grow Smart & Green With New Paperless Office & Enhanced ...
Sage Software announced today general availability of Sage MAS 90 and 200 ERP 4.3, the latest versions of the company's award-winning flagship ERP solutions. Small and mid-sized business owners have enjoyed the value of automating and streamlining business processes with Sage MAS 90 and 200 for more than 20 years.
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Yang, Icahn faceoff looms
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and billionaire investor Carl Icahn moved closer to a showdown Tuesday, as the company set an Aug. 1 date for the annual meeting, while Icahn said he will fire Yang if Icahn wins a proxy battle. Ongoing coverage
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Samsung "Announces" Omnia Cellphone on the Worst Day Ever [Samsung Omnia]
It's not that the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-based 3G Samsung Omnia is not a good phone. In fact, we already knew that it looks very good. It's just that today, dear Samsung people, today is...
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BlogTalkRadio Gives Listeners A Voice With “Ask The Host”
BlogTalkRadio, the site that allows online broadcasters to generate shows using phone calls, has introduced a new feature they call “Ask the host”. The feature allows fans listening to live shows to interact with the show’s host in real-time using VoIP and their computer’s microphone. After finding a participating live show on BlogTalkRadio’s servers, listeners [...]
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Delicious 2.0: We’ve Been Waiting 9 Months
It’s been over nine months since Yahoo first gave us a glimpse of Delicious 2.0 - a complete code rewrite from the now aging platform that was acquired by Yahoo in December 2005. Yahoo never said when they’d be ready to launch the new Delicious (it’s available at preview.delicious.com but beta invitations are locked down). In [...]
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Galileo International adds podcast to its travel network
Global travel technology solutions leader Galileo International has added a podcast or internet radio to its distribution network. The introduction of podcast has made Galileo International the first company to implement this medium of electronic communication 'in travel technology repertoire'.
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Why doesn't Facebook serve contextual ads against messages? [Online Advertising]
When our video producer, Richard Blakeley, sent me an invite to the Belmont stakes this weekend, a link appeared below his message. It read: Gambling Problem? The New York Racing Association... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Ballmer: "Obviously" Microsoft and Icahn are talking [Yahoo Raid]
Publicly, Microsoft, its CEO Steve Ballmer, and its chairman Bill Gates say the company no longer wants to acquire all of Yahoo. Yet corporate raider Carl Icahn continues to wage billions of dollars... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Lifehacker infiltrates Gmail, makes us all that much more efficient [Google]
Our "l33t" sister site Lifehacker, your source for anything and everything to help make you the hyper-efficient Valley worker demanded by our workaholic culture, managed to get some of their Better... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Yang: Yahoo more focused after rebuffing Microsoft
Describing Microsoft's takeover bid as "a real-life exercise in crisis management," Yahoo founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang on Wednesday said the challenge to remain independent has given Yahoo focus and will make it stronger in the long run.
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Amazon.com site outage doesn't exactly inspire confidence in world domination plans [Breakdowns]
It's one thing when Twitter goes limp (again). It's another when e-commerce oligarch Amazon.com can't keep it up for customers. But that's just what readers are reporting, and we've confirmed. I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Google co-founder: Yahoo ad deal could work
In a wide-ranging talk on communications and the Internet, Google co-founder Larry Page said Thursday that his company and Yahoo could structure a long-term advertising deal that does not raise antitrust concerns and protects Yahoo's autonomy.
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Healthline Launches Semantic Health Ad Network
Believing that health sites need their own ad network, Healthline is bringing its semantic search technology to advertising. The health search engine is launching the Health Media Network, an ad network that will place contextual ads on health Websites. It is like an AdSense for health sites. But instead of relying simply on matching [...]
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Wii Spray Wiimote Hack Breaks Up The Family Fun With a Little Virtual Vandalism [Wii Spray]
Check out this Wii controller prototype from Bauhaus-University design student Martin Lihs. The spray paint can-styled casing contains a hacked up Wii controller that's used to manipulate virtual...
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Twitter Tempts Fate
Twitter tempts fate in a big way: tomorrow will be a day that they do not get kicked in the face over yet another outage, they say in a blog post. They outline two lines of defense in preparation for a big wave of Twitter usage around the Steve Jobs/Apple WWDC Keynote: “We’ve moved much of [...]
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Robbie Bach Denies Blu-ray Xbox and Zune Phone, But Hints Zune Touch, and Zune Platform May Expand to Other Devices ...
In an SFGate interview running today, Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president for entertainment and devices, touched on many familiar points: Zune is more than a product, it's a platform, and because of...
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Apple WWDC 2008 Keynote Live-Blogging Tomorrow
Matt, Michael, and Mark (the M-Team) will be reporting live from WWDC tomorrow at 10AM Pacific, 1PM Eastern. We will be posting on CrunchGear. You can talk about the event with us at CrunchChat. It it all goes pear-shapes we’ll revert to a static HTML page in place of the dynamic page for the duration [...]
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Larry Page: A Google-Yahoo deal could be a win-win
In a wide-ranging talk on communications and the Internet, Google cofounder Larry Page said today that his company and Yahoo could structure a long-term advertising deal that does not raise antitrust concerns and protects Yahoo's autonomy.
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Teen Accused Of Making Porn With Dog
Police have charged a 17-year-old Littleton, N.H., man with cruelty to animals and pornography charges after images of children and a video involving his golden retriever allegedly turned up on the man's computer.
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Rumor: Apple to Launch Mac Fusion
Apple's World Wide Developer Conference keynote presentation is almost here, and the latest rumors say that the company will introduce a new computer dubbed Mac Fusion along with the highly anticipated second generation iPhone. The Mac Fusion is apparently aimed at Windows and Linux developers...
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Can Google Trends Predict The Election?
If more people are searching on Google for “Obama” than “McCain” does that mean he is more likely to win the election? Not every voter in the U.S. uses Google, or even uses the Internet, for that matter. But enough of the population does use Google that its search patterns cannot be ignored by [...]
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