Robert, I know it would be smart to keep the phone and get a lower-cost plan. But all those snazzy new features! Cameras and lovely new screens and ... It's just too tempting. I've never not upgraded. In my defense, I always...
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Beacons and RFID appear under-used in hospitals but that will change as healthcare providers continue investing in ways to improve patient experience and reduce costs. If nurses, for example, spend a few less minutes seeking...
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You might also want to take a look at WriteUpp (www.writeupp.com). Cloud-based, beautifully simple to use and subscriptions start from £14.95/month
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I totally agree with you, @cumulonimbus. The whole situation in Crimea -- all of Ukraine for that matter -- reminds me of the situation in Czechoslovakia when I was a little girl. My dad, a ham radio operator, was chatting...
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That's very interesting, @GoSmartyJones. To be honest, that's an aspect I had not considered -- educating employees about the penalties they will face if they do leak or steal data. It's definitely a natural fit with other...
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I gotta agree with SaneIT here. Google isn't the UN. It's not in the business of making calls on national sovereignty. It seems to be handling the matter about as well as it can.
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I don't know how much kill switch option is useful for smartphones ..
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Great ! I think Google will buy everything.. well It not sure how much he paid for this but it seems that Google want to rules the internet world. I recentlyl read the blog that Google May Step into Wireless Carrier...
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I understand that these "votes" are not what we might expect them to be or that they are anywhere near the dictionary definition of a vote but my point was that Google is not the UN or any kind of world governing body. They...
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Google caved in to China, so who would expect them to stand up to Russia?
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Like Rob, I'm neither a proponent nor critic of H-1Bs. Rather, I just see it as a relevant topic for the IT community. But I think there are a couple of misconceptions below, one of which I covered in a previous story (http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/team-building-and-staffing/h-1b-visas-6-most-misunderstood-facts/d/d-id/898928)....
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Seems to me this is the same approach that Citrix uses with Xen App, but refined further. Similarly Xenapp Compartmentalizes a running application that users connect to via any thin client or thin client application....
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If you ask all your subordinates if the project is "really" on-time, someone along the line will ask for more time and an IT project will never get done.
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ICD-9 id just a diagnosis tool for insurance purposes. What do you care if the cancer is in the left or right knee? It is the same amount of money to fix it, right?
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If Microsoft can move data back and forth between SQL Server and Hadoop in its Analytics Platform System, that's a pretty useful function. Many MySQL users would like to make use of Hadoop, but it's still not easy to get...
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AllJoyn is solid at what it does - fluent in Wi-Fi, competent on wired Ethernet, and a few words in some Bluetooth scenarios - but it will have to get a lot more protocol support before it connects all the IoT. They've emitted...
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Lorna, If its subsidized with a two-year contract, the purchaser is subsidizing the $100. Part of the monthly rate on a two-year contract is toward the hardware. If you keep the phone more than two years,...
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Thanks for mentioning voter fraud -- USA-- 2012 and 2008. Again, move on.
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Voting without independent monitoring leads to situations like Vladimir Putin getting 107% of the vote in Chechnya in 2012.
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Hmm, while I see where you're coming from, I don't think Microsoft will ditch the desktop in Windows 9. Most if not all of its application efforts might involve Modern/Win RT apps, but as Windows 8.1 Update shows (and as...
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Is it waterproof or water-resistant? Waterproofing would be awesome -- you could make underwater mobile calls.
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